Old Bastard... You're Courting Death

The elder said nothing, only turned his hand to produce a clay jar! Boom!!!! Dozens of sword lights shot forth in an instant!! The firmament shuddered as a monstrous surge of killing intent condensed into tangible substance, towering to the heavens!!! "Old bastard... you're courting death!!" Li Guanqi surged forward at blinding speed, closing the distance to the elder in a fraction of an instant. Violent power of laws seemed intent on tearing the man apart and devouring him whole. Facing Li Guanqi's sword light, the elder's expression tightened as well. He fell back abruptly as towering flames surged forward, colliding head-on with the incoming sword light!! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Deafening explosions resounded, blasting Li Guanqi back over a hundred zhang. A monstrous wave of fire swelled before him, but a burst of lightning shattered the shockwaves. Drawing in the scorching air, Li Guanqi felt as if his very lungs were burning. Not far away, amidst the detonating thunder-flame and blazing fire, the figure of an elder in a green robe gradually emerged. Beneath the tattered black robe lay a familiar, aged face. The elder was none other than Lu Tiancheng of Fulong Village from years ago!! Dressed in a plain green robe, his beard and hair completely white, his scrawny frame was slightly hunched. His features were sharp—an aquiline nose, thin lips, slightly prominent cheekbones, and sunken eye sockets. Those eyes were somewhat cloudy, the eyelids drooping. Yet his gaze was so profound it seemed capable of seeing through everything. Lu Tiancheng merely looked at Li Guanqi with an indifferent expression. He looked down and ripped the remnants of the black robe from his body. Glancing at the sword cut on his green robe, he reached out to wipe it, staining his fingers with fresh blood. The elder chuckled and looked up at Li Guanqi. "To think... you've actually grown to such an extent. "Those useless wretches schemed for so long, yet they still failed to kill you..." Li Guanqi wasted no breath on useless chatter; his heart was consumed entirely by towering killing intent and fury. Boom!!!! "Why waste your breath? Don't you just want to kill me?! "I'm standing right here. If you have the strength... then come kill me!!" As the words left his mouth, purple divine markings spread across Li Guanqi's face, and a silver sigil flashed between his brows. Buzz!!! Boom!!! At this moment, Li Guanqi's aura surged, directly rivaling the mid-Ascension realm. As the thunder-flame spread, everything within a hundred li transformed into a vast sea of lightning!! The lightning sea surged, hoisting Li Guanqi a hundred zhang into the air. Ten thousand bolts of lightning bowed in submission beneath Li Guanqi's feet. Li Guanqi looked down upon the elder. Seeing that face unchanged from the past, mixed emotions churned within him. Towering waves of fire billowed, actually forcing Li Guanqi's lightning back, each claiming half of the void! "Honestly, I truly don't understand... why are you so obsessed with snatching my sword coffin?" Lu Tiancheng smiled. "How about you give it to me? "As long as you give it to me, if you want me to die, I'll die right this instant." Li Guanqi's brows furrowed slightly. The elder was not lying! Li Guanqi was shaken inside. He had never imagined the Sword Spirit would be this crucial to 'them'! A supreme powerhouse who had cultivated all the way to the Ascension realm was willing to choose death without hesitation just to confirm what he sought. Li Guanqi let out a cold laugh. "It seems... this sword coffin of mine truly is important to you. Vitally important." The elder did not deny it. He said plainly, "Indeed. Whether it is what we seek decides a great many things." He pointed overhead. "Including... whether to destroy this realm. "Although the price would be steep, it wouldn't be unacceptable." There was no way Li Guanqi would ever hand over the sword coffin. Yet he had gleaned another piece of information from Lu Tiancheng. *Those in the Immortal Realm... are likely terrified of the Sword Spirit, or perhaps desperately covet it!* Yet the more this was the case, the hotter the flames of fury burned in Li Guanqi's chest. Li Guanqi took a deep breath, immortal primal energy swirling around his body, and whispered in a voice cold as ice, "Today... let us settle this once and for all." The elder scoffed. Behind him, the three-headed flame serpent swayed its heads, seemingly mocking Li Guanqi's overestimation of his own abilities. "Back then, even Su Xuan failed to slay my true body. Just by yourself?" A sneer curled on Li Guanqi's lips, his gaze razor-sharp. "That's right. Just by myself!!" Li Guanqi slammed his left foot forward. His long hair whipped wildly in the wind, his robes snapping violently. In an instant, heaven and earth roiled with storm clouds, and primal energy rampaged out of control. At this moment, Li Guanqi completely unleashed his full strength! "Shiwu... "Are you confident you can suppress his fire laws?" Shiwu manifested beside Li Guanqi, bowed, and said in a deep voice, "All flames under heaven obey my command!" With those words, a glint of cold light flashed in Shiwu's eyes. Instantly, boundless flames surged forth. The elder frowned slightly and raised a hand, causing his own fire to blaze furiously. Fire laws capable of incinerating all living beings erupted in an instant! The two forces collided in the heavens. Boom!! A deafening roar echoed through the clouds as the enormous flame serpent, having ballooned against the wind to a hundred zhang, was snared and coiled by thunder-flame. Shiwu's open palm slowly clenched shut. "Perish!" Boom!!!! Shiwu's power coalesced into a colossal hand, crushing the three-headed flame serpent until it exploded into nothingness!!! Drawing upon Li Guanqi's cultivation realm, the Devouring Void Sacred Flame was now comparable to the mid-Ascension realm! Having passed through the Immortal Road, its foundational essence was no lesser than that of a half-immortal spirit. The master of all flames in the Mortal Realm! At the same time, Li Guanqi shot forward like a loose arrow. Lu Tiancheng's expression shifted slightly. In the end, he had still underestimated Li Guanqi's current strength! Ten thousand bolts of thunder cascaded from the clouds; heaven and earth fell into desolation. For a time, the towering sea of fire retreated step by step, its flames bursting apart under the onslaught of thunder-flame. The elder's face darkened dramatically. With a flip of his hand, he produced an archaic longsword. Boom!!! Peak Sword Soul realm sword intent erupted with a roar. Yet the moment this sword intent appeared, it shattered into pieces!!! Li Guanqi appeared before the elder, his face contorted in a ferocious snarl. "Mere Soul realm sword intent, and you dare run wild before me?!" Boom!!!!! Peak Sword Po realm sword intent exploded outward, infused with bloodthirsty, slaughterous intent as it merged into his blade. Sword lights crisscrossed and sword qi swept in every direction; Lu Tiancheng was driven back retreat after retreat!! The sword in his hand could only mount a hasty defense, yet the scorching sword light could not harm Li Guanqi in the slightest!! The sword strikes in Li Guanqi's hands poured over the elder like a tempestuous squall!! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! The dense clashing grew faster and fiercer! Gradually, the elder proved powerless to resist, wounds multiplying across his body. The power of laws he had taken such pride in was thoroughly suppressed by Li Guanqi's own laws. The crimson sky that had once claimed half the void now retained barely thirty percent, struggling desperately to hold on. When his laws shattered, that would be the moment of his death!! Not only that, Lu Tiancheng discovered to his horror that, without him realizing it, Li Guanqi was actually dragging this entire void domain toward the Seventh Domain!!! Out in the nothingness at this moment, Gu Li and the others were hurtling through the void, hauling a shimmering spatial barrier of the domain realm behind them!!! The entire domain realm was wrapped inside dense layers of inscribed talismans, the runes woven into a thick, stout rope. Ye Feng and the others had looped it around their bodies, speeding forward with all their might. Jiuxiao's massive body led the vanguard, dragging along the vibrating domain realm. Gu Li trembled all over with excitement. "Damn it, I'm dragging that old turtle back to the Seventh Domain today no matter what!!! "We'll have Grandpa Su come down and slash that son of a bitch a couple of times!!!" Suppressing a laugh, Ye Feng murmured in a low voice, "Quit running your mouths! Didn't Big Brother kick us out specifically for this? Put your backs into it, hurry!!"