Lifting his foot, Tang Yan kicked the black-robed man violently out the window, his chest still heaving with rage.
A cold glint flickered in his eyes as he said chillingly, "Since he's an idiot, there's no need to keep him around."
"If he doesn't die, kill him!"
Outside the window, the black-robed man knelt trembling on the ground and answered in a deep voice, "Yes, Second Master!"
Whoosh!
Tang Yan sat back in his chair, his expression black as thunder. He had never imagined that someone he spent countless resources nurturing could be so utterly stupid!
It would be hard to pin the blame on anyone else now—who would brazenly send assassins into the city?!
Tang Yan pressed both hands against his forehead, swearing softly in exasperation.
"A bunch of pig-brained fools!"
Overturning the table in front of him with a single shove, he still felt fury churning in his chest.
He then retrieved a jade slip and whispered, "Kill him."
Crack!
The moment the jade slip shattered, a figure concealed atop the peak overlooking Wuzi City slowly rose to his feet.
***
Bang! Bang! Bang! Boom! Boom!
By now, Lu Yi's face was bathed in blood, his chest was slightly caved in, and his left arm had been snapped clean in two!
A look of deep dread flashed in his eyes.
He could not understand why, no matter how much he raised his strength, his opponent remained so completely at ease.
Though the youth's fist techniques were somewhat unpolished, his reaction speed was terrifyingly swift.
Even when Lu Yi struck without the slightest warning, his opponent dismantled each move in the simplest possible manner!
*No… impossible!*
*I am Lu Yi! How could a nobody like him be this strong?!*
Finally, he remembered that his objective was to kill the old man, and he shifted his gaze toward the distant cage of lightning.
Boom!
Out of the corner of his eye, Li Guanqi's figure vanished in an instant!
When he reappeared, those freezing eyes were barely a palm's width away!
Immediately after, Li Guanqi pinned Lu Yi's right arm, and a surge of monstrous force crashed down, threatening to snap that arm as well.
Lu Yi's expression warped with panic. If his right arm was broken too, he would be reduced to helpless prey!
Every muscle in his body tightened at once. Using the momentum, he leaped forcefully into the air, trying to circle behind Li Guanqi.
Yet the moment he took flight, Li Guanqi's right leg whipped upward through the air like a lash!
The tip of his foot stabbed toward Lu Yi's throat like a sharp blade!
If this kick landed squarely, it would likely shatter his entire neck.
Bang!
Li Guanqi and Lu Yi were blasted hundreds of zhang apart in an instant.
Lu Yi hurtled hundreds of zhang through the air, while Li Guanqi furrowed his brows slightly, looking down at his broken toe.
He looked up at Lu Yi and saw that the man had donned a pair of silver finger claws over his hands.
The dark silver claw-tips radiated a shimmering glow, stained with dark purple blood. One look was enough to tell that this spirit tool had claimed countless lives.
Panting heavily in the distance, Lu Yi slowly raised his hands, clenching his fists slightly as he spoke with a chilling edge, "I never expected you would force me this far!"
Primal energy circulated within Li Guanqi, healing the injury on his toe at a rate visible to the naked eye.
He rolled his wrist, and then…
Boom!
Under Lu Yi's astonished gaze, the phantoms of several golden dragons and milk-white sacred elephants seemed to manifest around Li Guanqi!
That boundless blood vitality pressed down on Lu Yi so heavily that he could scarcely breathe!
Li Guanqi's gaze was indifferent as he murmured, "In that case, I'll stop playing with you."
Boom!
The void cracked open, and countless pitch-black fissures extended outward for several zhang!
Lu Yi's pupils constricted violently. He crushed one medicinal pill after another hidden between his teeth!
With his blood and vitality surging, he punched out savagely!
Thud!
Before the stunned eyes of the onlookers, Lu Yi's figure plummeted from the air like a torn sack!
Boom! Crash!
Lu Yi smashed straight into the eastern mountain peak of Wuzi City, shattering it completely, and skidded across the ground, kicking up a trail of dust a hundred zhang long!
"Pfft! Urgh! Cough, cough…"
Lu Yi felt as though every bone in his body had come apart, overwhelmed by agony.
His eyes were hollow as he looked up at the white-robed figure in midair, letting the pouring rain beat down on his face.
Blood mingled with rainwater and streamed down his cheeks.
His robes were shredded to tatters, and the claws on both hands were entirely shattered.
Both of his arms were twisted out of shape, his hands ruptured until only bits of mangled flesh still clung to them.
"Cough, cough…"
He had never imagined that he would be defeated by a single, ordinary punch from the youth.
And that punch just now…
Before his eyes, three pure-white sacred elephants had reared their colossal legs and trampled down upon him!
A mighty dragon roared; sacred elephants trampled!
Looking at the youth who had appeared not far away, a dry, bitter sneer escaped his mouth.
"Cough, cough… pfft!"
He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with chunks of ruined organs.
Looking at the youth, who bore nothing more than a few faint bruises across his body, he could not fathom just how terrifying this person's physical strength truly was.
Heaven and earth fell silent; only the torrential downpour continued to cascade endlessly.
The entire city of Wuzi sank into a deathly stillness.
Looking up at the shattered sky above, where pitch-black rifts took a long time to heal, every cultivator who witnessed the scene drew in a sharp breath of cold air.
Tang Ru's throat bobbed slightly as he murmured in a dry, hoarse voice, "He's… he's too strong…"
Behind him, the old man was also wide-eyed with shock, keeping his lips pressed together in silence.
It turned out that when the youth had said he could kill him, it had not been an empty boast!
He… had merely been stating a fact.
Li Guanqi's gaze was indifferent. Without the slightest hesitation, he threw a punch that slammed into Lu Yi's head.
Bang!
The head burst apart, splattering red and white across the ground.
Ranked fortieth among the top one hundred on the Tianji Rankings, Lu Yi was slain by Li Guanqi with nothing more than pure physical strength.
Suddenly!
Just when everyone thought the matter had concluded, a piercing, resonant cry rang out.
A terrifying streak of sword light shot toward the heavens in an instant!
Against the dark firmament, a bolt of lightning sword radiance slashed upward through the driving rain!
Immediately after, a burst of golden saber light flared, and a black-robed figure was forced back several hundred zhang.
Swish!
Li Guanqi crossed the distance in a single stride, appearing right beside the lightning cage.
All the cultivators watching from midair were startled. Only now did they remember that Li Guanqi was a sword cultivator!
As Li Guanqi walked out from the curtain of rain in his white robes, everyone held their breath and watched the scene unfold.
No one had expected another person to appear at this moment!
And Li Guanqi had actually drawn his sword!
His physical strength, rivaling a fourth-rank martial cultivator, had already been enough to shock the world.
He had slain Lu Yi of the Tianji top one hundred with his bare fists!
And now, he had drawn his sword against this sudden intruder.
At the same time, many people grew curious about the black-robed person's identity.
Standing in the distance, Tang Ru had long since clenched his fists inside his wide sleeves, his palms slick with sweat.
"Ranked thirty-ninth among the Tianji top one hundred: Morning Cloud Sword, Xue Yan!"
Chapter 320