Human Slave?!!!

The strong prey on the weak! This iron law of nature was displayed to the fullest in the Immortal Realm. From the moment Li Guanqi set foot here, everything before his eyes drove that truth home. The native cultivators of the Immortal Realm held ascending cultivators in utter contempt, treating their lives like penned livestock. He did not know how long a wild spirit had to cultivate to attain the level required to ascend to the Immortal Realm. Just looking at Pengluo was enough to know it was by no means easy. Yet she had been slaughtered the moment she arrived, her primal source energy torn out and devoured to empower her killer. Such a horrific scene was considered their rightful due by the cultivators of the Immortal Realm. Back then, Li Guanqi had intended to leave without causing trouble. But then the young man called Zhou Xuanze gradually dropped his hypocritical mask, seeking to lay claim to the baptismal power Li Guanqi was receiving from the Immortal Realm. And now… Li Guanqi wanted nothing more than to kill the enemy before him! To hell with lying low… throw it all away! *Boom!* The barrier of the Ascension Platform shattered with a thunderous blast. Fragments went flying in all directions as immense pressure erupted from Li Guanqi's body! Though he had only just broken through to the late Ascension Realm, his pressure was comparable to the peak of the Ascension Realm! Zhou Xuanze and the burly man froze where they stood, their expressions turning exceedingly solemn. "What immense pressure… Just what kind of monster came up here?!" the burly man muttered under his breath, a flicker of gravity flashing through the depths of his eyes. Yet Zhou Xuanze's mind was already clouded by fury. Gripping the banner tightly, he sneered, "You know this guy?" He glanced at the dying Chan Kongzi and scoffed. "This guy had stiff bones, so I broke every last bone in his body. When I tried to search his soul and memories, the bastard actually shattered his own sea of consciousness." At this point, the young man looked back at Li Guanqi, licking his lips as bloodlust flared in his eyes. "Could the two of you… really be from the Youhuang Realm?" Li Guanqi gave no answer. He only looked at Chan Kongzi with deep sorrow in his eyes. By now, it was only a matter of time before Chan Kongzi drew his last breath. Blood trickled from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were hollow. But the instant he caught sight of Li Guanqi, his remaining sliver of consciousness brought him a moment of lucidity. Yet he merely took a deep, lingering look at Li Guanqi. Without uttering a single word, he exhausted his last drop of strength to shatter his own origin spirit! *Pfft!* "Senior!" Li Guanqi roared in fury, but it was already too late. Chan Kongzi hung limp upon the banner, his blood dyeing the ghastly white cloth blood-red. The vitality within his body had long dispersed, and his remaining consciousness crumbled away… Li Guanqi took a slow step forward. *Thud!* A dull, heavy sound reverberated as Li Guanqi stepped onto the plaza. His very first step into the Immortal Realm was drenched in slaughterous intent! Li Guanqi closed his eyes in agony, the rage in his heart burning so fiercely it felt ready to tear his chest apart. *Skreee!* A clear, piercing sword cry echoed through the clouds. The commotion drew the attention of many platform guards, but none intended to intervene. All folded their arms, ready to enjoy the show. Cultivators who had just ascended to the Immortal Realm were utterly incapable of adapting to everything here. Pitted against seasoned veterans like them who had spent centuries or millennia in the Immortal Realm, putting up a fight was virtually impossible. Countless cultivators stepping off the Ascension Platforms perished by their hands each year. The futile resistance of the weak was nothing more than a diversion in this dull, barren post. Only the burly man confronting Li Guanqi truly understood just how formidable this blind swordsman was. *Boom!* A cold murderous intent erupted from Li Guanqi's body, solidifying into near-tangible form as it fused with his Sword Po realm sword intent and soared straight into the sky! In an instant, the skies above the entire reception grounds churned with wind and clouds, and wild gales howled. Thunder surged through the heavenly firmament, and the sky abruptly darkened. Li Guanqi's long hair whipped wildly in the wind, his white robes snapping through the air. Metallic dragon scales spread across his entire body, and his icy eyes locked onto the young man before him. "I will… make you wish you were dead!" A suffocating aura of death enveloped the two men. The burly man reversed his grip to draw his saber, his expression grim. Even though both of them were at the peak of the Ascension Realm, facing Li Guanqi gave him the distinct, terrifying illusion that he would die! *Gulp…* "Po realm sword intent! An innate sword body!" "Zhou Xuanze, don't hold back! Strike with everything you've got and crush him!" Zhou Xuanze was also shaken by that terrifying sword intent, his earlier fury suppressed beneath the sudden shock. He, too, felt immense pressure. Suddenly! In the distance, searing flames erupted as well! The burly man from before had cold light flashing in his tiger eyes as pressure at the peak of the Ascension Realm detonated with a roar. The two cultivators guarding that Ascension Platform were blasted away instantly! Thunder shrieked as terrifying lightning laws exploded outward! Li Guanqi vanished from his spot in a flash. When he reappeared, he was already between the two men! The Red Lotus sword flashed with chilling brilliance, repelling both opponents with a single strike! A thread of blood surfaced across the youth's nose and eyelid. Meanwhile, the saber-wielding burly man held his broad saber horizontally in defense. The terrifying force transmitted through the blade instantly tore open the webbing between his thumb and index finger, and his body was hurled backward over a hundred zhang against his will. The burly man's pupils constricted to pinpricks. *What terrifying physical strength! An ascender with dual cultivation of spirit and martial paths!* "Zhou—" His throat felt as though it had been seized, cutting off his words before he could finish. He watched as Zhou Xuanze was kicked flying like a cannonball. With a thunderous crash, he slammed into a stone stele on the plaza, his momentum snapping two steles in half before he finally came to a halt! Li Guanqi lowered Red Lotus, cradling the corpse with the pierced abdomen in both hands, tears welling in his eyes. Chan Kongzi… The man who used to talk endlessly and nag, yet was righteous to the core and fought enemies with desperate fury. To think he had ascended to the Immortal Realm only to die like this… His body was limp, without a single intact bone. Li Guanqi could not imagine what kind of torment Chan Kongzi had suffered while alive. Upon his cheek was a burn left by a branding iron. "Human Slave!" The two branded characters came into full view. Li Guanqi's eyes tore with rage, his entire body trembling slightly. Clenching his fists, he put the man's corpse away into storage. A low murmur tumbled continuously from his lips. "Human slave… Human slave!" His voice grew increasingly ferocious! *Rip!* Standing up, Li Guanqi tore his robes away, revealing a body clad in dragon scales. Gripping the Red Lotus sword embedded in the ground with his left hand, the red lotus bloomed, and terrifying lightning sword qi crisscrossed in all directions! The devastating sword qi carved deep fissures into the immortal-grade stone tiles of the plaza. Li Guanqi's eyes were bloodshot as he strode toward Zhou Xuanze in the distance, one step at a time. Along the way, Li Guanqi grabbed every branding iron from the braziers he passed. At the sight, panic crept into Zhou Xuanze's eyes. His face was covered in blood, his chest caved in, and stark white bone protruded through his torn skin and robes. Li Guanqi's kick had carried far more than tens of thousands of jin of force!