Baby-faced Zheng Yao gritted her teeth and flashed onto the arena stage as well.
Seeing this, Tang Jing also leapt onto the stage.
Li Guanqi looked at the three of them and chuckled. "Take a look at yourselves—aren't you ashamed? Female cultivators have already stepped up, yet are the rest of you really this spineless?"
The onlookers below hadn't originally intended to go up, but seeing their senior martial sisters take the stage, their impulses began to stir.
More importantly, it was because of Li Guanqi's taunt.
In an instant, figures swept onto the arena one after another, swelling their numbers.
In the end, the massive arena was densely packed with people.
Li Guanqi looked calmly at the several hundred people, rubbed his nose, and said, "If there are really this many of you, I'll have to go all out."
Everyone froze at his words. Right after, they heard Li Guanqi say with a laugh, "Just leave ten at late Core Formation."
Liu Man smiled faintly and spoke up. "Listen to Elder Li. Otherwise, with this many of us, how could we fight?"
Li Guanqi smiled slightly and said softly, "Don't worry. This time, I won't injure you."
Soon, only ten Wind Thunder Sect inner disciples remained on the stage.
These disciples had joined the sect quite some time ago, and their cultivation and strength were by no means weak.
Moreover, from their gazes, Li Guanqi could tell they genuinely wanted to learn something.
Li Guanqi took a deep breath, and the sword in his hand let out a clear *clang*.
Under everyone's shocked gazes, Li Guanqi actually suppressed his aura even further!
Mid Core Formation realm!
And before him stood ten full late Core Formation cultivators!
All of them were senior brothers and sisters of the inner sect. Seeing this, Liu Man couldn't help frowning and asking, "Are you... truly going to face us at this realm?"
If Li Guanqi lowering his realm slightly against Tang Chuan earlier was something they could understand—after all, Li Guanqi's original realm was higher than Tang Chuan's, so lowering it slightly wasn't taking unfair advantage—now the disparity between minor realms was already significant, let alone against ten opponents at once.
Yet Li Guanqi nodded firmly. Turning to face the dense crowd of Wind Thunder Sect disciples all around, he said in a heavy voice, "You should know that if you go out to temper yourselves in the future and clash with others, keep what I say firmly in mind.
"First: endure what you can; if you can't win, run."
As soon as those words left his mouth, snickers broke out from below. "Run? Wouldn't that be utterly humiliating?"
Li Guanqi fixed his eyes on the youth who had spoken. "Is saving face more important, or is your life?"
The chubby youth fell silent at once. Immediately, Li Guanqi continued, "Second: if you've already decided to strike, you must pull up the grass by its roots! Above all, never be soft-hearted!"
Having said that, Li Guanqi looked at the ten disciples before him. "Furthermore, you must realize...
"If you travel alone to gain experience, you will inevitably face situations where you are outnumbered!
"And right now, I'm going to show you what to do when you encounter that."
At his words, the inner disciples standing beside Liu Man nodded heavily.
At their level, going out on sect missions was already a regular occurrence, and they occasionally ran into the very circumstances Li Guanqi described.
A sharp light flickered in Liu Man's beautiful eyes, and she asked with slight curiosity, "Have you ever experienced such a situation yourself?"
Li Guanqi nodded.
"Then how many did you face back then?"
The question instantly piqued everyone's curiosity.
The spectating disciples all around stared curiously at Li Guanqi, eager to know the greatest number of enemies this absurdly powerful youth had ever faced.
Hearing this, Li Guanqi's expression turned quite colorful as he recalled facing more than a dozen hunting squads alongside Ye Feng.
At the thought of Ye Feng, the corner of Li Guanqi's mouth curved slightly, and he spoke softly:
"One hundred and thirty-two."
*Hiss—!*
The moment those words landed, sharp intakes of cold air hissed all around.
Many gulped with great difficulty, their jaws dropping wide enough to stuff an entire egg inside.
Their wide eyes looked as if they had just heard some unbelievable myth.
Yet quite a few were rather skeptical. Even among the elders in midair, the burly man who had previously thought so highly of Li Guanqi couldn't help chuckling.
"This kid certainly knows how to brag. Facing over a hundred cultivators of the same realm, I doubt anyone could survive, right?
"Still, putting some fear into these little brats is no bad thing."
Just as the burly man finished speaking, First Elder Zhou Shiqing, who had already returned, gave him a profound look.
Turning toward the youth on the stage, the First Elder spoke in a solemn voice, "Not necessarily..."
"Hm? What do you mean?"
Zhou Shiqing narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "I wonder if you still remember a piece of news that shocked the Eastern Domain not long ago?"
The burly man pondered for a good while before his eyes suddenly snapped wide. "You mean... the mysterious disappearance of more than a dozen hunting squads in the Purgatory Mountain Range?"
The old man said nothing, but a realization had already dawned in their minds.
When they looked back at Li Guanqi, the look in their eyes shifted again and again.
Li Guanqi raised a hand and said softly, "Let's begin!"
*BOOM!*
Sword in hand, Liu Man said in a low voice, "Pardon the offense!"
In an instant, the disciples behind her fanned out in an encirclement, swooping toward Li Guanqi!
The crowd of onlookers below cheered and shouted, eagerly anticipating Li Guanqi slaughtering in all directions!
Yet in the very next breath...
Everyone saw Li Guanqi turn tail and run like a panicked rat.
As he ran, Li Guanqi even called out, "When being hunted by cultivators who overwhelmingly outnumber you, remember one thing: run!"
Roars of laughter instantly erupted from the crowd below.
Yet before their laughter could even fade, Li Guanqi suddenly spun around, raising his sword to charge!
Extraordinary speed made him look almost as if he were skimming flush against the ground.
Several chilling gleams slashed out in an instant. The grim-faced youth raised his blade to parry.
Yet right at that moment, an agonizing scream tore from his mouth.
Just as everyone was utterly baffled, their eyes instinctively drifted down to their senior brother's crotch.
The youth's face flushed green, then purple. Unable to bear it, he finally dropped his sword, clutched his groin, and shrieked in agony.
Watching this, the disciples couldn't help squeezing their legs together.
"Painful... that's just too painful..." a youth murmured with a bizarre expression.
Suddenly!
A bizarre cloud of smoke erupted across the arena, followed immediately by white quicklime flung toward everyone's eyes.
Liu Man cried out at once, "Watch your eyes!"
*Thud!*
*BANG!*
Two figures shot backward out of the smoke and dust, both bearing a white fist imprint upon their chests.
Yet having done all this, Li Guanqi began running again, calling out as he fled:
"Never get bogged down in combat! If you can win in a one-on-one, you can create openings and avoid getting surrounded!
"No method is underhanded—any trick that keeps you alive is a good trick!"
Chapter 304