The moment the words left its mouth, Pengluo's body began to swell furiously, expanding to over a zhang tall in the blink of an eye.
Mysterious purple runes pulsed with radiant light across its skin, and its face contorted into a savage grimace.
Pengluo violently thrust both hands into the void. With the runes all over its body blazing, it forcefully tore open a rift in space itself.
Yet fissures ruptured across its own body, its juices pouring out profusely.
With bloodshot eyes, Pengluo turned toward Li Guanqi and roared, "Master!! Go!!!"
Lightning exploded beneath Li Guanqi's feet, his speed so terrifying that afterimages streaked through the air.
Before Pengluo could even finish shouting, Li Guanqi snatched it up and dragged it into the void with him.
This sight shocked everyone.
No one had imagined that anyone could tear space open and escape from the combined spatial blockade of three Void Refining Realm experts.
"What the hell is that giant white radish?! How is it that strong?!"
"*Hiss*... That looked like... a pengluo? But who's ever seen one covered in purple markings?"
The three black-armored cultivators flying in from the distance were mildly taken aback, having never expected their joint spatial lockdown to be shattered by a mere pengluo.
Without hesitation, all three tore through space in unison and stepped through.
A chill instantly crept down Li Guanqi's spine. Three figures were trailing just over a thousand zhang behind him.
Activating his escape technique, Lightning Flash, he blurred into an indistinct streak. Even so, the figures behind him continued to close the gap at alarming speed.
*Rumble!*
Primal energy surged violently around the trio. Their terrifying pressure weighed down so heavily that Li Guanqi felt as if he were mired in deep mud.
His eyes flickered sharply as he calculated how to break free.
Right at that moment, however, a young man clad in green flew through the air, looking down at the mess on the ground.
Glancing down, he happened to spot the Black Armor Guard squad leader and flickered to his side to help him up.
With a light tap on the guard's dantian, he drew out the wild lightning thrashing within.
"Du Yan, what happened here?"
The man rose, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and clasped his fists toward him. "Young Sect Master, someone was causing trouble in Yuntian City just now, and the three commanders are pursuing him right now!"
At the young man's waist, a bamboo flute and a jade pendant clicked together crisply. He carefully scrutinized the lightning in his palm.
It felt strangely familiar...
Suddenly!
He Yuning's brows twitched, and he spoke in rapid succession, "Does the person you mentioned have golden hair? Handsome features?"
The black-armored guard nodded in confusion, bowing slightly as he asked, "Does the Young Sect Master know him?"
He Yuning's expression changed drastically. Crushing the lightning in his palm, his figure flickered as he teleported a thousand zhang away!
Unhooking the bamboo flute from his waist with a sharp sweep, he tore a long spatial rift open in front of him.
The onlookers erupted into a buzz of discussion at the sight.
"Isn't... isn't that the Young Sect Master of the Taixuan Sword Sect? Does he know that guy?"
"That can't be, right? If anyone had connections to He Yuning of the Taixuan Sword Sect, wouldn't they be strutting through Yuntian City unchecked?"
Many silently speculated that perhaps He Yuning had a grudge against the fugitive as well.
Still, more than anything, they just loved watching the excitement.
Whatever relationship He Yuning had with this person, matters had clearly become complicated.
Treading upon golden radiance, He Yuning trailed a long streak of light behind him, pushing his speed to its absolute limit.
By now, neither Li Guanqi nor his pursuers were in He Yuning's sight.
Even so, the immense auras of those powerful figures still lingered in the fabric of space.
Pulling out a pitch-black circular jade slip, He Yuning said gravely, "Elder Guo, please show mercy! That man is a friend of mine. There must be a misunderstanding!"
Lowering the jade slip, He Yuning sped anxiously through the void.
Suddenly!
A burst of booming rumbles echoed from deep within the void!
Li Guanqi's eyes turned piercingly cold as he watched the incoming blade light. Without hesitation, he unleashed Red Lotus's second awakening.
"Apocalypse: Red Lotus Sky Dance!!!"
Almost instantaneously, Li Guanqi surged his aura to its pinnacle.
Reaching back, he retrieved a blood-red pill and swallowed it without a second thought.
His aura, which had already been on the verge of peak Soul Formation, soared once more—half-step Void Refinement!!
Twisting at the waist, he gripped his sword with his left hand and slashed out with ferocious force!
"Heaven Breaker Sword Art: Demon Subduer!!"
*Thud!! Boom!!!*
Yet the thunderous sword light lasted only a few breaths before violently shattering.
Wielding his sword in his left hand, Li Guanqi slashed frantically, his left arm dissolving into afterimages as he unleashed over a hundred sword beams in an instant.
It was still to no avail; the terrifying blade glow tore through his defense regardless.
*Bang!*
The blade glow slammed against the sword coffin, sending Li Guanqi hurtling back over a thousand zhang!
All sensation fled from Li Guanqi's arm, the bones of his right arm fractured by the impact.
It felt as if a savage prehistoric behemoth had rammed directly into him, jarring his internal organs out of place.
A mouthful of blood erupted from his lips!
The elderly man behind him frowned slightly. He had not held back on that strike, yet it had only inflicted minor injuries on this ant before him.
Letting out a cold snort, the old man swept one hand across his saber.
The blade immediately turned crimson, radiating an overwhelmingly terrifying pressure.
Li Guanqi's gaze turned razor-sharp, and without hesitation he spun around and shot away.
One of the black-armored men closing in from another direction could not help chuckling, "Elder Guo, looks like you have to admit you're getting old, eh?"
Spread ten thousand zhang apart, the three formed an encirclement and closed in on Li Guanqi.
The old man snorted, snapping irritably, "It's not that I'm old; this kid is extraordinarily strong. Don't underestimate him."
Though the burly man had teased the elder, he understood the truth.
The elder's strike was no joke, yet the target had only suffered light injuries.
The trio's speed surged abruptly. Knowing he could no longer outrun them, Li Guanqi gritted his teeth and wheeled around!
The instant he turned, a chilling gleam flashed in the eyes of the man who had just spoken, and the sword in his hand erupted with a frigid aura.
"Frost Sword!!!"
Li Guanqi licked his lips. As the Sword Ruins hummed, the Red Lotus sword flickered with scarlet light.
With the power of the Sword Ruins fully unleashed, Li Guanqi crouched low as a blistering wave of fire abruptly surged from his sword!
Sword light hissed several zhang outward as sword intent at the Sword Gall Realm detonated!
The sight struck all three pursuers with immense shock.
For the aura of those flames was anything but ordinary fire.
What baffled them even more was that if Li Guanqi possessed impure dual spiritual roots, his primal energy shouldn't have such distinct elemental affinities.
Or rather... neither should have been this powerful.
Storms of primal energy swirled violently around Li Guanqi as thunder surged into his body, roaring through his meridians.
"Yin lightning!!"
Grasping the hilt with both hands, he moved as swift as lightning, weaving and zigzagging frantically through the void like an elusive specter.
Facing a mighty mid Void Refining Realm powerhouse, he didn't retreat—instead, he charged forward, sword raised!
A thunderous roar ripped from his throat:
"Heaven Breaker Sword Art: Immortal Slayer!!!"
Sword light erupted! A terrifying hundred-zhang blade of fiery thunderous sword light tore forth!
This sword sought to slay immortals!
Chapter 475