Cao Yan

Having done all this, Li Guanqi was breathing slightly heavily, having consumed nearly forty percent of the primal energy within his body! And those three Core Formation cultivators abruptly ground to a halt a hundred zhang away from them! They had watched helplessly with their own eyes as the two of them each cut down several people! It had taken merely two breaths of time!! The three exchanged a look, and without glancing back, each fled madly in three different directions! Without Li Guanqi even needing to speak, Ye Feng turned his head and bellowed, "Boss! Leave this one to me!!" With that, he transformed into a streak of golden light and vanished into midair in an instant. Killing intent surged in Li Guanqi's heart as he looked at the two figures fleeing in different directions. Lightning flashed beneath his feet, and his figure shot instantly toward the middle Core Formation elder. At the same time, the Core Formation within him roared as boundless primal energy surged, circulating along an exceedingly profound route. Immediately afterward, three massive dark clouds abruptly gathered in the sky!! "Spirit Incantation! Two hundred forty-six! Thunder Spear!!!" "Spirit Incantation! Two hundred sixty-three! Binding Lightning!!" *Rumble, boom!* In an instant, over a dozen lightning cords flew out from the dark clouds, coiling toward the man! Three zhang-long purple thunder spears blasted down through the clouds with sudden ferocity!! Yet it did not end there. As the primal energy inside Li Guanqi surged and depleted, spear after spear of lightning continuously broke out from the clouds!! Li Guanqi had reduced the incantation's power in exchange for increasing its quantity. In a split second, lightning flickered across midair, and one thunder spear after another pinned that cultivator completely dead atop the mountain peak. Immediately afterward, over a dozen more thunder spears plummeted, and the violent explosions leveled the entire mountain peak!! Seeing this, the elder flying ahead through the air was even more terrified to the core!! The way that spirit incantation had been unleashed completely shattered his understanding of spirit incantations. The elder looked back at the rapidly approaching figure, gritted his teeth, and tossed out several storage bags, calling out in a low shout: "Little brother! There is no grievance between us! I was tricked by Yu Kai and forced into this!" "This is all my wealth—take it! Spare my life!!" Realizing he might not be Li Guanqi's match, the elder chose without hesitation to part with his wealth to avert disaster! Yet he saw the young man stow away the storage bags, his speed not decreasing in the slightest—instead, it grew even faster!! The sight infuriated him so much he nearly coughed up blood. "You have no sense of honor!!" "Humph! Do you truly think I fear you?!" "Since you refuse to show any mercy, let us see who emerges victorious!!" With that, violent fluctuations of primal energy surged around the elder's body. He was actually the possessor of dual wood and fire spiritual roots. Fire was primary, and wood fueled the fire; purely in terms of primal energy attributes, his strength was not to be underestimated either. However, Li Guanqi had no intention of giving him any chance to strike back, his left hand gripping Red Lotus tightly. The Seven Fiends Sword Art sprang into motion, the sword momentum in his hand tracing a profound arc! The elder breathed rapidly, not daring to be careless in the slightest! Amid bursting firelight, his figure shifted, stepping forward with astral steps to close in on Li Guanqi! Fire coiled around the longsword in his hand, swirling like a fiery tornado about the blade as it struck toward Li Guanqi!! In that instant, red light flickered along both edges of Li Guanqi's Red Lotus, and the power of the spirit ruins was instantly unleashed!! The crimson longsword within his spirit ruins radiated a shimmering light, and Red Lotus was immediately endowed with the two great abilities of his spirit ruins! "Slaughter! Blade Break!" The ability of Slaughter was very simple, yet tremendously powerful. For it made the killing power behind every sword strike Li Guanqi unleashed terrifyingly immense! If his baseline strike strength was ten, then after Soul Release, a slash from Red Lotus was thirteen!! *Boom!!!* Where the sword light passed, space actually warped faintly!! Where blade met air, specks of fire burst forth, and rampaging lightning emitted an ear-piercing screech!! On the youth's calm face, a soft murmur escaped his lips: "Seven Fiends Sword Form Two... Startling Fiend!!" In an instant, two sword lights converged with the full power of both combatants and slashed out abruptly! "Blazing Fire Mad Sword!!!" The two sword lights were dazzling in the dark night, but in the blink of an eye, the lightning sword light tore through the flames, its momentum unabated!! Terror flooded the elder's eyes, and he shouted in panic, "No!!!" "Don't kill me!! I beg—" *Squelch!* The sword light blurred, and in an instant, the elder's body was sliced into countless pieces. Li Guanqi's face turned pale, his figure swaying slightly as he nearly plummeted from the air. *Whoosh!* A few new sword wounds marked Ye Feng's body as he flew up beside him, slinging Li Guanqi's arm over his shoulder to support him. Li Guanqi turned to look at Ye Feng, and a faint smile could not help but tug at the corner of his lips. Ye Feng grinned in return. After experiencing this battle against enemies, he felt an unprecedented thrill. Fighting for his life against two cultivators of the same realm one after another, his nerves had been taut every second. Until the moment the opponent breathed their last, not a shred of vigilance could be lowered. This was the lesson his recent foe had taught him, and how he had earned the wounds on his body. At this moment, Li Guanqi said rather weakly, "Hurry... go check on that guy. Don't let him suffocate to death." Only then did Ye Feng remember that there was still someone they had buried. *Whoosh!* Leaping through the air, they soon arrived at the spot where the person had been buried earlier. Li Guanqi sat to the side and took out spirit stones, seizing the time to recover the depleted primal energy within his body. Yet after a good while, the only sound reaching Li Guanqi's ears was heavy panting and grunting. Frowning, Li Guanqi activated his mind's eye, only to see Ye Feng huffing and puffing as he dug a pit all by himself. Annoyed, Li Guanqi kicked off a shoe and hurled it at Ye Feng's head, cursing, "Wrong spot!! Three zhang forward!! Wait any fucking longer and that guy really will be buried alive!" Ye Feng froze in the pit, muttering under his breath, "Huh? Did I remember it wrong?" He hastily moved three zhang forward, surging his primal energy to blast away the loose dirt. Hurriedly, he dug out the youth buried deep within. Ye Feng rubbed the back of his neck and said with a grin, "Hehe, he's still breathing, Boss." *Whoosh!* The other shoe came flying over as well. Ye Feng tilted his head to dodge it, then rubbed his nose somewhat sheepishly. "Boss, what do we do with this guy?" Li Guanqi pondered for a moment, then turned and said, "Go search all the storage bags on those people. Don't miss anything." "As for the corpses..." "Hang them all on the city wall of Lingchang City!" "Consider it a warning to anyone who still harbors improper designs." "Once that's done, wait until I wake him up, then we'll talk. Have you ever ransacked someone's home before?" Hearing this, Ye Feng instantly perked up, rubbing his hands together with a grin. "Never done it, but I'm game." With that, he trotted off eagerly to loot the bodies, pulling out storage bag after storage bag from the corpses. He even found a storage ring on Yu Kai's body. Li Guanqi had also absorbed quite a bit of spiritual energy, and the primal energy in his body had recovered to around thirty percent. Standing up, he walked over to the youth and began setting his bones and bandaging him. By the time he finished, the youth also slowly regained consciousness. When he exerted all his strength to open his blood-blurred eyes, what he saw was the blind youth from before. Looking around, the corpses scattered all over the ground beside him were actually all members of the Dark Blood Alliance! For the first time, light appeared in the youth's eyes as he stared intently at Li Guanqi. Sitting cross-legged across from him, Li Guanqi smiled softly. "What is your name?" A faint smile appeared on the youth's face as he spoke softly: "My name is Cao Yan."