*Gulp…*
"The alliance leader… The alliance leader has been killed!!"
"The eld… elders are… dead too… All dead."
"Quick!! Spread word that he's here! Other mighty experts will definitely come to kill him!"
Countless disciples cried out in horror, though just as many Crane Alliance disciples stood frozen where they were.
Never had they imagined that a youth coming alone to their doorstep would slaughter every last one of them.
Even their sect master in the Soul Formation Realm could not escape death!!
A lone cultivator in the Nascent Soul realm, picking a fight with an organization led by a Soul Formation expert…
To their eyes, Li Guanqi's challenge had been doomed from the start.
The gulf between the Soul Formation and Nascent Soul realms was as vast as a chasm.
In their view, Li Guanqi had been seeking his own death—a walking bounty delivered straight to their hands.
Yet now…
One after another, the familiar corpses of their elders and their alliance master hung bound behind him like trash.
Terror.
The aura of death and sheer terror gripped every heart, yet as more of them looked at Li Guanqi, subtle glints flickered in their eyes.
Drenched in blood, Li Guanqi's throat convulsed repeatedly as he forced down the surging blood in his chest.
Battling a Soul Formation powerhouse kept every nerve wound to the breaking point with every passing breath.
Victory and defeat were often decided in a single instant.
He had chosen the Crane Alliance partly because it was closest to him.
On the other hand, the Tianji Pavilion's intelligence stated that the Crane Alliance's leader had forcefully broken through using pills, making his strength somewhat inferior.
Li Guanqi had also wanted to use a faction to establish his dominance!
Otherwise, the endless pursuers hunting him down would never stop.
If he had to kill, he would paint the heavens black and dim the sun and moon!
Li Guanqi slowly straightened his spine. Even though blood dripped from his body and his aura fluctuated wildly, not a single person dared fly into the air to approach him!!
Deterrence!
Li Guanqi stood tall and straight like an unyielding sword, proud and upright!
With a flick of his hand, he bound over a dozen corpses behind him and looked down below.
He saw that many Crane Alliance disciples beneath him were glaring at him with eyes brimming with hatred and venom.
By slaying the Crane Alliance's leader and all its elders, he had effectively destroyed their entire alliance!
In other words… from this day forward, these disciples had lost their sanctuary.
Li Guanqi lowered his gaze and narrowed his eyes, his lids trembling slightly.
A chilling glint flashed in his pure white eyes, and cold murderous intent erupted in an instant!
He raised a hand, and the Thunder Pool Sword Prison manifested once more!
Lightning spirit swords coiled with the power of heavenly flame appeared yet again!!
Countless lightning swords traced dizzying trajectories across the sky, commencing a frenzied slaughter of anyone who showed him the slightest hostility!!!
"Ahhh!! Run!!"
"He's insane!! He wants to kill us all!!! Ahhh!!"
*Thwack! Thwack!*
The sound of lightning swords piercing through flesh echoed without end.
Li Guanqi's frigid eyes held not a trace of mercy as he ruthlessly harvested their lives!!
In just three breaths of time, blood flowed like rivers across the entire Crane Alliance.
Gore slowly trickled down the mountainside toward its base.
Only when barely a hundred people remained did the blood-splattered Li Guanqi finally lower his hand.
*Step. Step.*
Li Guanqi walked through thick, sticky blood, dragging over thirty cold, mangled corpses bound behind him!!
The sky full of corpses hung suspended in midair by chains of lightning, every body still exuding formidable residual might.
Down in the Crane Alliance, the surviving disciples were pale as ash, coughing up blood.
Their eyes held only numbness and sheer horror.
Every single one of them had been crippled by Li Guanqi, their dantians utterly shattered!
In this single battle, Li Guanqi had eradicated the entire upper echelon of the Crane Alliance's combat strength.
Every disciple who had shown hostility had been slaughtered!
Rivers of blood ran red!
A total of four hundred and ninety-two people were slain in this battle!
Li Guanqi walked slowly down from the Crane Alliance's main peak. The commotion of this battle had been far too massive to conceal.
By now, over forty Nascent Soul cultivators had gathered around the Crane Alliance, and that number was steadily climbing!!
As the void rippled and warped, one black-robed figure after another emerged from the shadows!
Yet not one of them dared make a rash move.
A sickeningly dense reek of blood drifted through the air around them.
The sweet tang of blood was unmistakable even from thousands of zhang away.
Everyone's expression shifted slightly. None of them could fathom how many lives Li Guanqi had taken to produce such a suffocating stench of slaughter.
Li Guanqi stood suspended in the void. Though deep, bone-exposing sword gashes ran across his entire body, dripping with crimson, his back remained as straight as a blade. He held his head high with pride, his gaze sweeping coolly across his surroundings.
In those pure white eyes, there was not the slightest trace of fear.
At that moment, someone caught sight of the corpses trailing behind Li Guanqi and muttered under their breath,
"The Crane Alliance's Wei Xian… has been killed!!"
Not only that, but many of the corpses bound behind Li Guanqi belonged to figures who possessed considerable reputations.
Had they not been confident in their own strength, they never would have dared pursue him in the first place.
Even if Li Guanqi had trailed dozens of Nascent Soul corpses, it might not have shocked them this deeply.
After all, Li Guanqi was currently ranked sixth on the Heavenly Secret Top 100 Rankings.
To them, it was only natural for him to kill a few Nascent Soul cultivators.
Yet… slaying a Soul Formation expert across realms was an entirely different matter!
It meant his strength far eclipsed their own!
Li Guanqi's cold, calm gaze swept across the crowd.
Whoever met his eyes felt their heart shudder!
Even so, many ignorant fools continued rushing toward the scene.
One had to understand that claiming that sky-high bounty meant one would never have to worry about cultivation resources for at least a thousand years!
A rogue cultivator's sole torment was procuring cultivation resources, which drove many of them to hunt demon beasts.
Yet hunting demon beasts was perilous beyond measure; a single misstep meant death and the end of one's cultivation path, while the returns were never stable.
Since it was a gamble with their lives either way, swarming a Nascent Soul brat seemed a far better bet.
*Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!*
Dense dark clouds had gathered in the sky at some unknown moment. Thunder roared above the mountain peak as lightning ripped through the night sky, illuminating the earth below.
The brilliant flash lit up the vault of heaven. Li Guanqi stood in the void, facing off against the crowd a hundred zhang away.
By now, close to forty-odd Nascent Soul powerhouses had arrived through the void.
Li Guanqi was in no rush. Inside his sleeves, high-grade spirit stones turned to dust one after another.
Upon his wrist, Jiuxiao emitted faint fluctuations, yet Li Guanqi still had no intention of letting it strike.
The Dark Crow organization had yet to appear; Jiuxiao could not reveal itself!
Furthermore… through every continuous battle, he had been keeping trump cards hidden.
*Rumble!!*
*Crack, crack, crack!!!*
Several dazzling bolts of lightning tore through the dark night.
Li Guanqi moved.
The Red Lotus in his hand flared with a crimson glow as he suddenly roared, "Die!!!"
*Boom!!!*
His movement technique ignited, and his figure blurred into a flash of lightning that shot forward!
Seeing Li Guanqi strike without hesitation, the hesitation in the others' hearts hardened into resolve.
They roared in fury,
"Together!! Kill him!!"
"He's heavily wounded—now's our best chance!"
"Kill him and claim the bounty!!"
In an instant, twisted, savage faces swarmed through the air, hurtling straight toward Li Guanqi!
Chapter 355