Battle!

Cracking melon seeds, Ye Feng suddenly hollered, "Boss, let me in too! I wanna watch!" The corner of Li Guanqi's mouth curved slightly. With an expansion of his Sword Prison, he enveloped Ye Feng within it. Looking at the two standing divided in confrontation, Ye Feng couldn't help but lick his lips, muttering with a fiery glint in his eyes, "Ten breaths? Fifteen breaths?" He shook his head and mumbled with absolute certainty, "Twenty breaths at most! Definitely no longer than that." Li Guanqi drew Red Lotus and said with a teasing smirk, "Looks like you've spent quite a lot of time buzzing around Wanshu over the years, huh?" Xiao Chen sneered in disdain. "Hmph, I've seen plenty of toads lusting after swan meat like you. Every single one of them dreaming of perching on a high branch to turn into a phoenix. Over all these years, I've driven off at least eighty, if not a hundred. If you want to get close to Wanshu, you'd best give up on that idea right now!" Xiao Chen delivered his words with utter righteousness, which still caught Li Guanqi a bit by surprise. Squatting to the side cracking melon seeds, Ye Feng's right eye glowered with ghostly energy, flashing crimson. Hearing this, he was slightly taken aback. "He... didn't lie?" Xiao Chen continued, "A woman as exceptional as Wanshu—in this entire world, only I, Xiao Chen, am worthy of her! As for you? Even though I can see there are genuine feelings between you two, I do not approve!" Li Guanqi was amused to the point of laughter by his absurdity. "You bastard don't approve? Fine, fine, fine! Today, I'd really love to see just how you plan to withhold your approval!" *Boom!* Aura erupted around Li Guanqi as terrifying thunder tore through the void, and spatial power instantly bore down toward the opposing sea of fire! Xiao Chen's expression didn't waver. The corner of his mouth curled into a sneer. Parting his lips, he barked in a low voice, "Great Sky Rosy Flame!!" *Boom!* The scorching power of flame detonated. Ye Feng's pupils instantly contracted. "These flames... a heavenly flame?!" Li Guanqi's expression remained calm. He had long since sensed that the man's aura carried the power of a heavenly flame. Watching the blazing flames flicker in the air, Li Guanqi muttered under his breath, "Great Sky Rosy Flame, ranked twenty-seventh among heavenly flames. A wind and fire dual-attribute flame." *Boom!* The scorching flames fully converged, ultimately transforming into a fiery tassel at the tip of his spear. The power of the heavenly flame coiled around the spear, primed to detonate at any moment. Carrying immense confidence on his face, Xiao Chen stood tall and straight, pointing his spear at Li Guanqi with one hand. "This is the fire of a heavenly flame! If you catch even a spark of it, it will not easily extinguish. Surrender now, and you might still save yourself!" Li Guanqi and Ye Feng exchanged a look, both with a glint of amusement in their eyes. Seeing this, Xiao Chen frowned. Why did it feel as though the man before him wasn't afraid of his heavenly flame in the slightest? Just as confusion gripped him, Li Guanqi slowly raised his left hand, and a burst of pitch-black flame flared into life. Space warped and melted. As the flames flickered, they clashed violently against the might of the Great Sky Rosy Flame, eventually forming a towering sea of fire in the sky to hold their own as an equal match. Xiao Chen stared in utter disbelief at the fire illuminating the sky, pointing at it as he stammered, "Yin... Yin... Yinming Profound Flame!!! Did your grandfather give it to you? Looks like your elders really dote on you... They say the Yinming Profound Flame resided in the lands of Mingchuan. It's a pity Mingchuan vanished without a trace not long ago. I thought no one in the world would ever find this flame." Hearing this, Li Guanqi rubbed his nose somewhat awkwardly and replied frankly, "I snatched this flame myself. Oh, by the way, judging from what you said, are heavenly flames really that rare?" Xiao Chen flared up in exasperation. "Nonsense! That's a heavenly flame! It's not some precious earth flame, nor is it some rare beast flame. In the entire Six Domains, known possessors of a heavenly flame don't even exceed what you can count on both hands! What do you think?!" Yet before he could finish, Li Guanqi's right hand suddenly ignited with another burst of blazing flame! The fire formed a thunderous dragon over a hundred feet long! The fiery dragon coiled around Li Guanqi, rearing up and unleashing an earth-shattering roar at the flames Xiao Chen had released! Jiuxiao's essence blood hadn't just nourished Li Guanqi alone! Xiao Chen's eyes went wide. His throat bobbed as he struggled to swallow his saliva. Fixing his gaze on the fiery dragon, he muttered in utter disbelief, "Ranked sixteenth among heavenly flames... the Purple Dragon Thunder Flame!!! Impossible... That's absolutely impossible!!" He pointed at Li Guanqi, ranting like an incensed shrew, "You bastard...?! Two?! These are two real heavenly flames!! Rank sixteen!! The Purple Dragon Thunder Flame!! Aren't you afraid of burning yourself to death, you bastard?! Uh... wait... Aren't your damn spiritual roots lightning-attributed??? No, are you out of your freaking mind?!" Standing to the side, Ye Feng rubbed his nose. He had always taken everything about his boss as perfectly normal. But now, hearing Xiao Chen break it all down, he suddenly felt that, yeah... his boss's situation really was a bit absurd... The corner of Li Guanqi's mouth curved slightly as he said softly, "Since you put it that way, I really should have a proper spar with you. It'll be a good chance to see just how formidable a Holy Son from another domain truly is." With those words spoken, Xiao Chen, who had still been spitting disdain at Li Guanqi a moment ago, suddenly reined in his expression. His entire demeanor shifted drastically! Noticing this, Ye Feng slowly rose to his feet, his right hand instinctively resting on his sword hilt. "This guy... suddenly feels a bit different." Xiao Chen's gaze grew grave. Though he looked down on Li Guanqi with his mouth, he had to admit: Li Guanqi was indeed the strongest among all the younger generation he had ever encountered! An inexplicable battle intent surged in his heart. Gripping the Blood God Spear tightly, a torrent of primal energy erupted from him. *Boom!* The void ruptured. Li Guanqi found that his origin energy domain could no longer encroach even half an inch onto the other's territory. Reining in any trace of underestimation, Li Guanqi tightened his grip on the Red Lotus Sword. As the Sword Ruins hummed, Red Lotus instantly completed its second liberation! "Apocalypse: Red Lotus Sky Dance!!" *Boom!* A terrifying sword intent burst forth, soaring straight into the clouds! Seeing this, Xiao Chen's pupils contracted. Between his brows, upon his spiritual terrace, the phantom of a blood-red spear suddenly manifested. "Apocalypse: Blood God Spear!!" In an instant, flames detonated across heaven and earth, and the blood-red spear lengthened once more, reaching an exaggerated thirteen feet! Moreover, the shaft grew considerably thicker, and the spearhead became massive and ferocious! Wisps of crimson mist seeped from Xiao Chen's body, gathering around him like flames. Fierce spear intent shredded the void, surrounded by countless black rifts. Holding the Blood God Spear, Xiao Chen's heart surged with excitement as a long-lost battle intent stimulated his mind. Crouching slightly, he shot forth in an instant like an arrow loosed from a bow!