Boom!
A deafening roar abruptly echoed through the nothingness!
Li Guanqi and Wen Guyan's heroic spirit projection were blasted backward at the same time.
Li Guanqi's eyes shone with excitement. This Hall of Heroic Spirits felt far more real than he had imagined.
The circulation of primal energy, the tangible tactile sensations, and everything else felt completely identical to reality.
Li Guanqi licked his lips, deciding to let loose and fight with everything he had!
Buzz!
A pressure restrained at the half-step Ascension realm slowly radiated outward.
Against anyone else, Li Guanqi would have restricted himself to an even lower cultivation realm.
But this was Wen Guyan, the leader of the Four Kings!
Buzz! Swish, swish, swish, swish!
Piercing sword cries rang out, and terrifying wood-attribute sword rays crisscrossed the air, sweeping forward like a chaotic downpour!
Wen Guyan's figure faded, concealing itself within the curtain of swords.
A terrifying sword intent soared into the clouds!
Sword Po realm sword intent!
Li Guanqi frowned slightly. In the entire Seventh Domain, this was the fourth person he knew of who possessed sword intent at the Sword Po realm.
Aside from himself and Ye Feng, that fellow Ye Mohan also possessed Sword Po realm sword intent.
Yet aside from those few, this was the first time Li Guanqi had truly experienced such an oppressive Sword Po realm sword intent.
Whether it was Ye Feng or Ye Mohan, both of their sword intents were still too green compared to his.
Facing Wen Guyan, however, was like confronting a calculating, calm, seasoned hunter.
The edge of his sword intent was never wasted on a meaningless strike.
The corners of Li Guanqi's mouth curved upward, a confident smile spreading across his face.
Transforming into a swimming dragon, lightning roared around him as he darted through the curtain of swords.
A dense web of lightning spread across a hundred li.
In merely a single breath, Li Guanqi found Wen Guyan concealed within the sword screen.
Flashing forward, his sword slashed out again and again.
In an instant, the pitch-black void was overtaken by brilliant flashes of azure and purple sword light!
Li Guanqi's sword was swift and ferocious. Against the exceptionally condensed wood-attribute sword light, he exerted an almost overwhelming dominance.
Yet Li Guanqi dared not lower his guard. He had never seen anyone cultivate wood-attribute primal energy to such an astonishing level!
Boom-crack!
A fierce blast detonated, and Li Guanqi lashed out with a midair whip kick.
Wen Guyan's heroic spirit projection was instantly sent flying.
As Wen Guyan hurtled backward, Li Guanqi's speed surged once more, striking second yet arriving first.
His blade carved out arcs of profound sword light, enveloping his opponent within!
With every swing of Li Guanqi's sword now, each strike could be considered a masterwork sword technique manual of its own.
Within a single breath, the primal energy in his body cycled at lightning speed.
He could even mobilize immortal primal energy along different pathways to erupt simultaneously!
Yet Wen Guyan's mastery of the sword was just as profound!
Why did the Four Kings hold such an exalted status?
Wen Guyan accounted for the greater half of that prestige.
His reputation as the foremost beneath ascension had not been granted merely by the Azure Dragon's soul.
It was forged through piles of immortal corpses that Wen Guyan had stacked with his own hands!
Amidst dazzling sword light, Wen Guyan's heroic spirit soul broke through Li Guanqi's perimeter of sword rays, surging forward to strike!
Li Guanqi's eyes were ablaze with excitement.
"Close-quarters combat? Come on then!"
Boom, boom, boom!
Clang, clang, clang! Clink, clang! Boom, boom!
Azure and purple light flashed frantically in midair as the fierce clash of steel resonated across the sky!
Sparks flew in every direction, and cold glints gleamed endlessly. The afterimages carved by the two longswords in the air moved too quickly for the naked eye to track.
Both Li Guanqi and Wen Guyan possessed formidable physical strength.
Fists, feet, elbows, shoulders, knees—every part of their bodies was turned into a lethal weapon.
Toward the end, their hands even transformed into swords, dozens of spiritual blades coalescing beside them in a frenzy of violent collisions!
Li Guanqi's hair crown shattered, and his long hair whipped wildly in the wind.
In only the span of a cup of tea, numerous sword marks appeared across both of their bodies.
As time passed, the battle grew increasingly fierce.
Li Guanqi continually absorbed experience throughout the fight, learning his opponent's swordcraft and methods.
The blood within him surged like thunder, and the circulating levels of his cultivation art rose higher and higher.
Gradually, heaven, earth, and the void itself began to tremble beneath their might.
Roar!
Li Guanqi brought his sword down onto Wen Guyan's shoulder. The moment the projection's arm flew off, a powerful force erupted from within the heroic spirit's body!
Boom!
A deafening explosion burst forth, mingled with a low dragon roar.
Li Guanqi held his sword in his left hand and thrust his right hand into the void, forcibly arresting his backward momentum.
Straightening up, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and slowly raised his head.
His eyes narrowed slightly, gleaming with towering battle intent!
In the distance, the heroic spirit radiated a shimmering emerald glow.
As the light flowed, dragon scales just like Li Guanqi's began to emerge across Wen Guyan's body!
In the blink of an eye, azure dragon scales covered him from head to toe!
A shimmering phantom of the Azure Dragon coiled around him, and an extraordinarily terrifying pressure swept outward in an instant!
Li Guanqi's breath hitched. A crushing weight descended from above, pressing in on him from every direction.
Li Guanqi frowned slightly. He could sense that at this moment, Wen Guyan's pressure had drawn remarkably close to the Ascension realm!
"Is this... Senior Wen's Heavenly King Transformation?"
"The power of the Azure Dragon is truly terrifying!"
"In that case, let's get serious!"
Boom!
Dragon scales spread, the Sword Ruins opened, the Red Lotus bloomed, and the fifth layer of Divine Punishment ignited!
Buzz!
The entire Hall of Heroic Spirits shuddered faintly at that moment, as though straining under an immense power.
Not only Li Guanqi—up on the thirty-sixth floor, the real Wen Guyan wore an exceptionally grave expression, drenched in blood, his dragon scales shattered...
Both men were astonished by the other's sheer might, which far exceeded their expectations.
With all his power unleashed, Li Guanqi's momentum reached its absolute peak!
Bolstered by the Divine Punishment realm cultivation art, Li Guanqi's aura instantly skyrocketed to an unbelievable height.
Boom!
The void shattered. The blood vitality of both fighters surged like vast oceans, each slash of their swords carrying the might to split mountains and cleave the earth.
Sword light gleamed frigid and sharp as both men controlled their dodges within the span of inches.
Blades passed no more than a finger's width from their throats, the cold glint sometimes slicing right before their eyes.
Boom!
Clang, clang, clang!
Their mastery of the sword far surpassed that of others. The clashes of their blades rang out like the thunder of war drums, seizing the heart.
The fierce combat made Li Guanqi's entire body tremble uncontrollably.
Stirred by intense exhilaration, heart and sword became one, the Dao of the sword following the laws!
A terrifying sword intent shot straight into the clouds, the two sword intents grinding violently against one another in midair!
Dragons roared and fists struck flesh as Li Guanqi's blade grew swifter and swifter.
By the end, not even Wen Guyan could keep up with Li Guanqi's sword!
The force behind each of Li Guanqi's swings was profound and elusive.
When it came to outright slaughter, the wood-attribute laws were simply less sharp.
Li Guanqi's lightning, however, contained tyrannical, destructive might.
The ever-shifting power of lightning would condense and detonate beyond limits in an instant.
Boom, boom, boom!
Clang!
Wen Guyan's body was sent reeling backward once again, entirely out of control.
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