Crushing Annihilation!

Yet at this point, how could the crowd give him that chance? Shadows shifted, and more than a dozen cultivators surrounded him in an instant. Frigid sword rays blossomed in midair! Ye Feng gripped his longsword and fought desperately to fend them off, but more than a dozen sword lights still broke through his guard, slashing toward the two of them in an instant! Without a second thought, Ye Feng pulled Li Guanqi from his back into his embrace, and the Wind Thunder Wings snapped shut around them! In an instant, swords slashed repeatedly in the crowd's hands, sending large chunks of flesh flying from Ye Feng's body! His body fell powerlessly downward! The Wind Thunder Wings were heavily damaged as well, completely losing their spiritual luster. *Thud!* Immediately after, the cultivators swooped down, blades hacking toward his head! *Boom!* Suddenly! A powerful blast of air blew everyone back more than a dozen zhang! A strange figure bearing a sword casket on his back appeared right before their eyes! Crackling with lightning, Li Guanqi looked at the critically wounded, dying Ye Feng, killing intent surging wildly in his heart! The gruesome wounds covering Ye Feng's entire body made it painfully clear what had transpired. His consciousness fading and eyelids heavy, Ye Feng looked at the youth standing proudly before him and murmured, "B-Boss... I'll leave it... to you..." "I'm... a bit sleepy... gonna sleep... sleep for... a while." With that, his eyes closed, and he passed out completely. Li Guanqi placed him onto his back and slowly raised his head. Those pure white eyes stood out so starkly in the dark that anyone who met his gaze felt an involuntary chill in their heart. Frigid killing intent seemed on the verge of overflowing! A voice like that of the nether hell was forced from his throat, word by word: "All of you!" "Must! Die!" A chill ran down everyone's spine, and uncontrollable terror surged from the depths of their hearts! Unable to endure this extreme terror any longer, someone was the first to turn and flee! Once the first fled, the others could no longer restrain themselves and turned to run. They had all witnessed Li Guanqi's strength with their own eyes. The only reason they had dared ambush Ye Feng was that Li Guanqi had been unable to move while breaking through. But now... The roles of hunter and prey had reversed in an instant! Li Guanqi had already checked Ye Feng—though heavily injured, his wounds were all external. Lightning flashed beneath Li Guanqi's feet, and he instantly appeared behind a coarse-featured woman. *Splat!* A flash of sword light flitted across her eyes like a startled swan! Before she could even feel the pain of her body being sliced apart, her consciousness dissipated. *Thud! Thud!* The two halves of her corpse dropped to the ground one after the other, attracting poisonous insects from the forest to feed. Immediately following, a second scream rang out! "Ahhh!" The shrill scream echoed in their ears, plucking at their taut nerves. *Thud!* *Thud, thud!* Corpses crashed to the ground with dull thuds. Every sound seemed to tell them that none of them would walk out alive today! Screams, pleas for mercy, begging, seductions— People constantly pleaded, offering every kind of condition, yet the figure bearing the sword casket was like a ruthless killing machine. None present could withstand a single blow from him. Even late Core Formation cultivators could not last a single move! Just a single strike! Gradually, all who pleaded fell silent. Only the three strongest were left fleeing in desperation! All three were captains of beast-hunting teams, seasoned veterans who had spent years in the Purgatory Mountain Range. The three frantically communicated via voice transmission. Originally, they felt they had hit a steel wall and were ready to yield where necessary; even losing limbs would be fine as long as they survived. Yet people before them had already done just that—whether by severing their own legs or crippling their own cultivation. The youth had shown no mercy whatsoever, slaying every single one under his sword! Cold-blooded, powerful, and ruthless! That was their clearest impression of him! The three made an instant decision. If this continued, all three of them would die! They might as well fight to the death! *Swish, swish, swish!* The three abruptly turned to face their enemy. Li Guanqi watched coldly and gradually came to a halt. *Drip! Drip!* Blood dripped slowly from the Red Lotus sword into the air below. The scar-faced man at the lead looked gravely at Li Guanqi and said in a heavy voice, "Fellow Daoist! It pays to show mercy where you can. We are willing to offer our entire fortunes to buy our lives. What do you say?" The other two nodded repeatedly. "Fellow Daoist, if we fight to the death, even if you are at Core Formation Great Perfection, you will likely pay a heavy price. Why not take some wealth instead?" The other man, a bearded fellow, was remarkably quiet, but he was the only one among them Li Guanqi considered clever. Because he had already prepared himself to shove the person beside him forward at any moment. Li Guanqi tilted his head, finding the words rather amusing. "Buy your lives?" "If I kill you, everything is mine. What will you buy your lives with?" Li Guanqi's voice did not fluctuate in the least, flat and terrifying. "Pay a price?" "Do you truly believe you can hurt me?" At those words, cold sweat trickled down the scar-faced man's temples. Gritting his teeth, his primal energy erupted, and he charged at Li Guanqi with longsword in hand! At the same time, he roared, "Attack together! Otherwise we all die!" Yet, just as expected, the moment the bearded man saw the other two charge Li Guanqi, he wheeled around and fled at top speed without looking back! "Fool!" Enraged, the scar-faced man had no choice but to charge Li Guanqi alongside the man beside him! Li Guanqi merely whispered, "Array Breaker: Thunder Spear!" "Moonstep!" Two murmurs sounded in succession. Storm clouds instantly gathered across the sky, and thunder rumbled. Sharp whistles pierced the pitch-black forest as several flying swords streaked through the air, shooting toward the bearded man! Seeing this, the scar-faced man's pupils shrank to needlepoints! "Sword control technique!" Li Guanqi merely shifted his feet and stepped forward as a terrifying pressure erupted! The pressure stifled their breath. In the blink of an eye, Li Guanqi left two afterimages behind. As thunderous power exploded, two streaks of purple sword light practically joined into a single line! *Splat! Splat!* Two large heads flew high into the air! To his dying moment, the scar-faced man never imagined the two of them would be so utterly fragile before him. Executing his movement technique, Li Guanqi stepped onto a flying sword and shot into the distance! The burly man looked behind him in sheer terror. When the sword was barely a zhang away, he screamed in a panic, "Don't kill me! I know a secret!" *Hum—* A blood-stained spiritual sword stopped just as it pierced a finger's width into the center of his brow. Li Guanqi flashed before him, looking down upon him from above as he said softly, "Speak." The man did not speak right away. Rigid all over, he dared not move an inch, his face pale and drenched in cold sweat. Looking in terror at the youth in the air, his voice trembled. "If... if I tell you, can you spare me?" "I didn't make a single move from start to finish!" At his words, Li Guanqi turned and walked away as the spiritual sword sank inch by inch into the man's brow. "I don't like people bargaining with me." Panic threw the man's mind into chaos, and he screamed hastily, "I'll talk! I'll talk!" "A valley in the mountains, a lake in the valley!" "Something at the bottom of the lake is about to emerge!" "Can you spare—" *Thunk!* With a slight twitch of the sword, it drove straight through the man's skull, pinning him dead to the ground. Lowering his eyes, Li Guanqi murmured, "I told you. All of you must die."