I Want It All

Xuan Lin's brows furrowed tightly. Looking up at Li Guanqi, he hesitated for a moment before asking in a deep voice, "What... are you doing?" Pengluo leaped up at once, pointing at Xuan Lin and barking, "Is your head stuffed with shit? He only said a few words, and you still don't get what he means? You don't have any friends in your life, do you? How could you be this brainless?" Hearing Pengluo's words, the cultivators watching from far away couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat for it. One had to understand that Xuan Lin's current fame was by no means unearned; it was forged punch by punch, kick by kick, with his own hands. Those with true strength naturally had short tempers, to say nothing of Xuan Lin, who possessed the bloodline of a Qilin. Everyone dreaded that Xuan Lin would step forward and flatten the thing with a single punch... Xuan Lin's chest heaved slightly, searing fire-attribute primal energy surging around his body. In a chilling voice, he said, "I can't beat him?" Pengluo clapped its hands, turned to Li Guanqi with a nod and a grin, and said, "A teachable lad, a teachable lad! The kid isn't completely stupid after all." Then it turned back to Xuan Lin. "Since you already know you can't beat my master, aren't you going to show some sincerity?" Xuan Lin was thoroughly baffled at first, but then his brows twitched as though he had figured something out. Looking at the fat white radish perched on Li Guanqi's shoulder, he saw the little creature actually beckoning him with a curled finger. A nameless flame of rage abruptly flared within him. He tilted his head, and his neck immediately crackled like beans popping in a bamboo tube. *Crack! Crack-crack!* Xuan Lin was a proud man by nature. Looking at Li Guanqi, he calmly drew out an entirely fiery-red bead and spoke. "The Heavenly Flame Bead. If you want it... beat me first!" *Boom!* Xuan Lin took a fierce step forward, his terrifying power directly shattering the void beneath his feet. Scorching, fiery-red flames blazed across his whole body, his long hair dancing in the wind. Seeing this, Pengluo instantly ducked behind Li Guanqi, pointing at Xuan Lin as it muttered, "Master, you take him... I can't beat him." The corner of Li Guanqi's mouth twitched. This fellow truly exhibited what it meant to act fierce relying on one's master. Li Guanqi glanced at the Heavenly Flame Bead radiating immense pressure, his gaze sharpening slightly. *This thing looks pretty good. I don't have a use for it myself, but I can save it and give it to Big-Head Cao next time I see him.* Li Guanqi suddenly broke into a grin, but Xuan Lin assumed Li Guanqi was looking down on him. With a cold snort, Xuan Lin instantly unleashed an incomparably formidable force! Just when everyone thought Li Guanqi would strike using the Apocalypse-grade longsword that had awakened its second phase, Red Lotus unexpectedly shot straight back into the sword casket. Xuan Lin's brows furrowed, a sharp light instantly flashing in the depths of his eyes! He watched as Li Guanqi rolled his wrists, and the void beneath Li Guanqi's feet abruptly shattered! *Bang, bang! Boom, boom, boom!* Giving no one time to react, violent booms erupted midair! *Thud, thud! Boom! Crack! Bang, bang! Thud, crack!* Terrifying fist astral energy exploded outward, and all the remaining cultivators watched the sky, mouths agape. Two figures tangled together, their fearsome might causing heaven and earth to tremble incessantly. It was as though two ancient grand demons were violently colliding—flesh against bone, punch after punch, blood spraying relentlessly! Li Guanqi's eyes were bright, his battle intent soaring! *Bang, bang, bang!* The two figures continually shifted and weaved through the sky. Terrifying force poured furiously into each other, every punch and kick astonishingly fast. The spectating cultivators couldn't even see their movements clearly. *Gulp...* "Too terrifying... At this speed, I can't even see how they're striking!" A solemn-faced old man at late Soul Formation gave a cold harrumph. "You only see how fast they are, but have you noticed their physical strength? Strength refined to the absolute limit, bursting forth within mere inches!" Just as the old man said, both combatants' power was concentrated entirely in their fists. Every single joint in their bodies could serve as a lethal weapon. Li Guanqi tilted his head to evade a punch, the fierce wind of the fist astral energy tearing lacerations across his cheek. Ducking low, he snapped his five fingers together and thrust straight for Xuan Lin's throat! A sharp gleam flashed in Xuan Lin's eyes, and he swatted downward with one hand to parry the lethal strike! He stepped forward fiercely with his left foot and drove his right knee toward Li Guanqi's solar plexus. Seeing this, Li Guanqi's brows raised. His parried left hand clenched into a fist and slammed directly into Xuan Lin's knee. *Bang!* At the same time, Li Guanqi twisted his waist, rolling over as his right elbow smashed down toward Xuan Lin's head like a heavy warhammer. *Boom!* The ponderously heavy elbow struck Xuan Lin squarely on the temple. His body flew over a hundred zhang through the air like a hurled sandbag! As he rocketed backward, his body shattered mountains along his path! From this, one could see just how terrifying the power behind that strike had been. The moment Xuan Lin was sent flying, he had also kicked Li Guanqi squarely in the back. *Bang!* Li Guanqi crashed into the earth like a cannonball. *Rumble!* A deafening roar erupted below, and the impact gouged a crater roughly a dozen zhang across beneath Li Guanqi. *Ptooey...* With a mouth full of blood, Li Guanqi spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and slowly rose to his feet. His Nether Robe was now tattered beyond recognition. *Riiip!* Li Guanqi raised a hand and tore away the ruined black robe, exposing his powerfully built upper body. Dense wounds covered him from head to toe; hardly an inch of skin remained intact! Hideous lacerations were visible everywhere. At this sight, the spectating experts could not help sucking in a cold breath. It was unimaginable... Just how many battles had he endured to accumulate such harrowing wounds? Stamping his feet against the void, Xuan Lin also halted his momentum. At this moment, his face was dead serious. He opened his mouth rather awkwardly, reached inside, rummaged around for a while, and finally spat out three teeth. Xuan Lin slowly looked down at Li Guanqi in the crater, monstrous waves already crashing in his heart. Although he had not exerted his full strength, his senses told him that the other was holding back as well. And the holding back he meant... was not simply that Li Guanqi had yet to use his sword... By his perception, Li Guanqi definitely had not unleashed his full physical strength to contest him either! Xuan Lin looked deeply at Li Guanqi and cursed under his breath in exasperation, "Monster!" Li Guanqi looked up at Xuan Lin with a grin, murmuring silently to himself, *The strength of three dragon-elephants really isn't enough to completely suppress him...* *Boom!* The earth beneath Li Guanqi's feet abruptly shattered across dozens of zhang! Under this force, the crater caved in by another zhang! *Thud!* Li Guanqi kicked off fiercely, vanishing from where he stood through sheer physical power alone. Xuan Lin's pupils contracted violently, and he hastily raised his fists and shouted, "No more! I yield!" The instant his words fell, a flat palm-blade was already hovering barely an inch before his eyes.