Peak Master of Tianmu Peak!

Only... the disturbance was far too great. So great that it alarmed everyone! Lu Kangnian and Qin Xian were the first to appear atop Yuhu Peak. Immediately after, the masters of the seven peaks and numerous elders were roused from their cultivation, each stepping across the void to arrive. None of them understood why Li Guanqi had suddenly unleashed such terrifying barrier power, enveloping the entire Great Xia Sword Sect within it! Lu Kangnian looked at Li Guanqi with a solemn expression and asked in a low voice, "What happened?" Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes and murmured softly, "There is a traitor... inside Great Xia Sword Sect!" He then quickly briefed Lu Kangnian on what had just transpired. Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed through Lu Kangnian's eyes! Li Guanqi's current standing and status were vastly different from the past. For a Soul Formation Realm cultivator to attempt to spy on him under such circumstances—this was no small matter! Whatever the purpose, for a Soul Formation cultivator to appear within Great Xia Sword Sect's territory, it could only be an insider. "What's going on? What happened?" Tu Kui looked around at everyone blankly, completely in the dark. Shen Lan and Li Nanting arrived together, both wearing slightly awkward expressions. Li Nanting cleared his throat lightly and spoke up, "Guanqi, what's going on?" The others also chimed in one after another, asking Li Guanqi what had happened. Yet from start to finish, Li Guanqi did not say a word. He stood motionless, gazing placidly at the crowd. Suddenly! Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes toward a certain direction! Turning the edge of Red Lotus in his hand almost imperceptibly, he said softly, "Peak Master of Tianmu Peak... Yu Mu!" As soon as the words fell, all eyes turned in unison toward the tall, upright man. Lu Kangnian's pupils contracted sharply! His voice transmitted with urgent speed: "Guanqi, could there be a mistake? Yu Mu entered the sect over six hundred years ago!" The man wearing a white jade crown furrowed his brow, his expression indifferent as he said, "Elder Li, do you need something from me?" Li Guanqi did not say a word, walking toward him step by step. Seeing this, everyone frowned deeply, completely unaware of what had happened. Yet the murderous intent and terrifying pressure radiating from Li Guanqi made them realize that something major was afoot. Clearly, he was preparing to strike. Right then, Shen Lan could not help asking, "Guanqi, won't you tell everyone what happened?" Li Guanqi still said nothing, continuing to draw nearer step by step. With every step he took, the aura and pressure rolling off him grew noticeably heavier, pressing down on everyone until they could barely breathe. Lu Kangnian narrowed his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them, and gave an imperceptible nod toward Qin Xian. A flicker of shock darted across Yu Mu's eyes. Without offering the slightest explanation, he instantly crushed a silver scroll! *Crack!* The scroll shattered, and a terrifyingly powerful force instantly hurled the people beside him hundreds of zhang away! Amidst flashing silver light, a teleportation array merely three feet wide materialized instantly! Suddenly! Scorching flames ignited beneath Yu Mu's feet! Lightning crackled as the flames swept across the area, reducing the silver array patterns to ash in an instant! Yu Mu's face drained of color, and the green primal energy he released was incinerated on contact. He roared in terror and panic, "A heavenly flame! How could you possibly possess a heavenly flame?!" Simultaneously, dozens of thick vines shot toward Shen Lan nearby! Li Nanting's expression changed drastically. Erupting with lightning, he slashed out fiercely with his sword! However, Yu Mu was a Soul Formation cultivator after all, and the disparity in their power was far too vast. The lightning sword beam struck the vines without severing a single one. "Lan'er!" Li Nanting bellowed. "Guanqi, save her!" Li Guanqi's voice carried neither joy nor sorrow as he spoke placidly. "You shouldn't have done that." *Boom!* The Sword Prison shrank in an instant to a radius of a hundred zhang! Myriads of lightning bolts came crashing down like thunderous bolts, and dozens of lightning spears pinned the flurry of vines firmly in midair! At the same time, a crimson sword beam flashed across midair! A pitch-black void fissure ripped open, stretching over a hundred zhang! Yu Mu stared blankly at his severed arm, and immediately following that, a piercing pain flared through his jaw! The blind youth before him had driven his sword straight up through Yu Mu's lower jaw from below, the tip pressing against the roof of his mouth! Li Guanqi spoke with cold, indifferent eyes. "Don't move. Move... and you die." The rest of the onlookers gasped in unison. A mighty Soul Formation cultivator, the Peak Master of Tianmu Peak... Before Li Guanqi, he was like an infant, thoroughly calculated and countered at every turn. Li Guanqi's speed was extreme, to say nothing of his killing power. In merely a single blink, the sword had already pierced through the man's jaw! Even Lu Kangnian and Qin Xian, who had been preparing to intervene, narrowed their eyes. Qin Xian's heart pounded relentlessly as he silently cursed under his breath: *The brat really is fierce now...* Lu Kangnian said in a deep voice, "To the deliberation hall. We will talk there!" Yet right at that moment, Li Guanqi suddenly sent a voice transmission: "Sect Master, have someone keep an eye on Cang Lu. I'll go see him shortly." A look of gravity crossed Lu Kangnian's eyes. He astutely deduced that this entire incident seemed to have stemmed from the youth named Cang Lu. Li Nanting looked at Shen Lan with concern, only relaxing when she shook her head to indicate she was unharmed. Meanwhile, a warm jade slip crackling with lightning had slipped into his palm unnoticed. At the same time, a transmission sounded in his mind: *Watch out for Cang Lu.* The old man's expression remained unchanged as he casually tucked the jade slip into his robes. The commotion here naturally disturbed the disciples of the sect. With such a massive uproar, it was hard not to notice... Soon, the gathered disciples began discussing Li Guanqi's strike with great fervor. "Damn, that sword strike was way too fast! I couldn't see it at all!" "Exactly! All I saw was a flash of sword light across the sky!" "Hey! What do you think happened? Why did Elder Li attack the Peak Master of Tianmu Peak?" "No idea... but I bet something huge went down." "Now that you mention it... you've really got a point!" *** Inside the sect's main hall on Tianjian Peak. The grand hall was occupied entirely by high-ranking figures of Great Xia Sword Sect; not even the elders of the seven peaks were qualified to be present. The atmosphere in the hall grew tense to the extreme! Lu Kangnian's expression was as dark as could be. As the Peak Master of Tianmu Peak, Yu Mu had been in the sect for a very long time. Yet today, Li Guanqi had caught him red-handed. A pale-faced Yu Mu currently bore an eerie lightning seal at his dantian, completely sealing away the primal energy within his body. At this moment, Yu Mu was like an ordinary mortal off the streets, lacking even the strength to truss a chicken. Beads of sweat dripped onto the floor as he knelt trembling, clutching his severed arm. Lu Kangnian slammed his hand onto the armrest of his throne with a *bang*, shouting in a frigid voice: "Speak! Who ordered you to do this? What are you after?!"