Not a Single One Can Fight

Drip! Drip! Blood dripped from Red Lotus. Li Guanqi's face was splattered with gore, and countless sword wounds covered his chest and back. He stood proud and tall opposite the two men, surrounded by severed limbs strewn across the ground. Li Guanqi's chest heaved violently; his primal energy had been drained tremendously. At this moment, Li Guanqi was like a god of slaughter standing atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. His pure white eyes sent an involuntary chill down the spines of all who looked upon him. Seeing this, the many mighty figures watching from above couldn't help drawing sharp breaths. Disregarding their pride, they flickered down before their respective juniors to inspect them. When they found that their juniors were only severely injured and their immortal paths had not been severed, they all let out sighs of relief. Though reluctant, they still gave Li Guanqi slight nods and uttered words of thanks. One after another, the elders brought their juniors off the martial stage, made hurried apologies to Meng Jiangchu, and left in haste. The smile on Meng Jiangchu's face couldn't have been more radiant. He stood up, went up to each of the unconscious juniors with a look of great concern, and handed out medicinal pills. "Aiya, ya, ya, look at that! My son-in-law has no sense of restraint. This nephew will have to stay in bed for at least three months." "Domain Lord Meng is too modest. It is just that young Han's strength was lacking." Meng Jiangchu nodded with a smile, then walked over to another youth who had passed out, both arms severed. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, he'll be bedridden for half a year, won't he? Just look at this—once a fight starts, he has no sense of proportion at all." "Cough, cough... Domain Lord Meng, we are in a hurry to return, so we won't disturb you any longer." "Hahaha, yes, yes, yes, hurry along now!" Meng Jiangchu was busy as could be over there, the corners of his mouth grinning almost to his ears. On the other side of the martial stage. Li Guanqi looked at the fellow in white robes and asked, "What is your name?" With a grim expression, the youth replied, "Nine Heavens Sect, Zhang Jin!" Li Guanqi nodded slightly and murmured, "Good, I'll remember you." Then he turned to look at Wei An, speaking calmly, "Only you two are left. Come on, what are you waiting for?" Boom! Wei An stamped forward fiercely. The sword intent he had previously displayed at only the Sword Gall Realm suddenly soared with a roar into the Sword Heart Realm! Zhang Jin's expression also tightened. As his eyes narrowed, his powerful divine sense actually clung to his longsword. A distorted silver glow abruptly enveloped the frigid, razor-sharp blade! Li Guanqi's expression hardened, his eyes growing solemn. This Zhang Jin was one of the rare individuals he had encountered whose divine sense was even stronger than his own! If this fellow didn't possess an earth spiritual root, he would likely have made an exceptionally powerful alchemist or array master. Exhaling a breath of turbid air, the ground beneath Li Guanqi's feet shattered instantly, and his figure shot forward! Even though Wei An also possessed Sword Heart Realm sword intent, Li Guanqi remained fearless! The sword in his hand traced streaks of afterimages as sword light slashed toward the two like a tempestuous squall. The two shifted their stances in an instant, flanking Li Guanqi from left and right. The space beside him warped, and Li Guanqi drew back his sword with one hand for a horizontal cleave! Clang! Using the rebound to sweep into a downward chop, Li Guanqi struck, but Wei An's reaction was equally swift. Sidestepping the blow, Wei An wound his sword around Li Guanqi's blade and thrust straight out, aiming to pierce Li Guanqi's neck. Li Guanqi ducked beneath the strike, clenching his right fist to smash against Zhang Jin's whip kick. Feeling a chill on his back, Li Guanqi lightly tapped the void, spinning around to sweep across the necks of the two behind him, forcing them back. Treading intricate footwork, Zhang Jin leapt into the air and cleaved downward! From the flank, Wei An crouched low, his sword momentum ethereal as he slashed violently upward! Li Guanqi hurtled backward through the air, yet his speed was still not enough to evade these fierce sword maneuvers! Left with no choice, he instantly summoned the Yanluo Sword—Yanluo Apocalypse. A phantom of Yanluo, fully thirty feet tall, instantly manifested above Li Guanqi's right shoulder. Instead of retreating, he lunged forward. With Red Lotus in his left hand held behind his back at an angle, he parried Zhang Jin's descending slash. In his right hand, Yanluo—heavy as a mountain and imbued with world-shaking sword might—stabbed downward to meet the tip of Wei An's sword! Clang! Clang! Boom! Borrowing the force to rise, Li Guanqi twisted his waist, violently slashing Red Lotus horizontally toward Zhang Jin. In his right hand, Yanluo smashed down with the power to cleave mountains! Zhang Jin could not dodge in time. Just as the blade was a mere inch from his neck, he flicked his wrist, fiercely jabbing the tip of his sword against the flat of Red Lotus's blade. The strike only left a shallow line of blood on his neck. Seizing the opportunity, Zhang Jin slid his sword along Red Lotus toward its hilt! This slash was swift and heavy; if it connected, Li Guanqi's shoulder would surely be cleaved open! At the same time, below him, Wei An stamped hard upon the void. The void cracked with pitch-black fissures as Wei An initiated the Swimming Dragon sword momentum, making it impossible for Li Guanqi to anticipate the blade's path. Golden light erupted from Wei An's sword, the sword glow flickering as it wound about his body, creating afterimages. Six afterimages struck with their swords in unison! Seeing this, Li Guanqi immediately raised his hand and pressed downward, Red Lotus's guard firmly trapping Zhang Jin's blade before circling to parry it away, then slashing upward! Slash! The lightning-fast upward slash struck beneath Zhang Jin's armpit, nearly lopping off his entire right arm. Giving the two virtually no time to catch their breath, Li Guanqi swung both swords in rapid slashes. His terrifying assault was relentless, like a violent tempest. Joining forces to resist, the battle instantly reached a white-hot intensity. Deafening rumbles sounded incessantly as terrifying sword glows sprayed in every direction. The surface of the entire martial stage looked as though it had been plowed by an earth dragon rolling over, mangled beyond recognition. Ripples spread across the surrounding formation barrier like raindrops falling upon a tranquil lake. As time went on, wounds multiplied on both sides, their injuries growing ever more severe. Their consumption of primal energy escalated frantically with every passing second. Li Guanqi's sea of consciousness cracked, his soul wavering. Zhang Jin's attacks were simply too fierce; even he found them hard to endure. Though Wei An looked ordinary, he was likewise a monstrously gifted sword cultivator. Like Li Guanqi, he practiced the dual cultivation of spirit and martial paths; his powerful Void Refining Realm physique brought Li Guanqi intense pressure and trouble. His Sword Heart Realm sword intent was equally fierce, and the stray sword qi alone left numerous cuts across Li Guanqi's body. As for the sword domain's barrier space? It had long since been shattered to pieces by their ferocious clash. "Heaven Breaker Sword Art!" Li Guanqi erupted, unleashing three consecutive sword forms. The terrifying force blasted both men several hundred zhang back! Fierce sword light flashed, flaying the flesh from their bodies as if caught in a storm of blades! Li Guanqi took a deep breath as he pulled both swords back to his waist, gripping them in a reverse hold. Thunder flickered at his waist, instantly manifesting two purplish-black scabbards of lightning. Sheathing both swords, the void collapsed beneath Li Guanqi's feet, and he surged forward! Two dazzling sword lights severed the void in parallel lines! "Apocalypse: Sword Draw Stance!" Boom! The terrifying power almost drained the primal energy in Li Guanqi's second dantian completely dry in an instant! Pfft! Pfft! "Ahhh!" "Cough, cough..." The moment those two sword lights appeared, everyone shot to their feet! "A Heaven rank sword art!" Wei Qing's gaze turned grim, and his hands inside his sleeves involuntarily clenched tight. A direct hit from that terrifying sword light would severely injure even a late Void Refining Realm cultivator—perhaps even risk their demise! A terrifying explosion sounded, and two figures were hurled through midair. Except... the flying dark shapes... numbered four. The faces of Wei Qing and another white-haired elder changed drastically. Sensing the faint auras of the two inside, they vanished and reappeared on the stage in an instant. The two reattached the mangled remains of Wei An and Zhang Jin, channeling their mighty power to frantically mend their injuries. Clang! Li Guanqi was drenched in blood, much of his own flesh having been carved away by the pair. Blood blurred his eyes, and his entire body trembled faintly. Bracing Yanluo behind him, he raised his head, looked into the distance, and murmured: "All... all of you... are useless..." "Not a single one... can put up a fight." With that, Li Guanqi's vision went dark, and he was about to collapse. Yet the next moment, he tumbled into a man's embrace. Meng Jiangchu looked down at Li Guanqi. Lifting his hand, Meng Jiangchu gave a wide sweep of his sleeve, instantly displacing everyone out of the domain space. The space shut with a rumble. Wei Qing and the others didn't dare utter a single peep, hurriedly taking Wei An and Zhang Jin away with their tails between their legs. Unsurprisingly, word of today's events quickly spread. The news completely shocked everyone. 'Meng Wanshu, daughter of the Shenbao Domain Lord, has taken a Dao companion. He is said to be the famous swordsman from the Great Xia Domain, Li Guanqi the Yanluo Sword.' 'Refusing to accept this, rivals came knocking on their door, only for Li Guanqi to fight ten sons of sacred grounds in the Void Refining Realm all on his own.' 'When the battle concluded, not a single one was left standing—only Li Guanqi remained, spitting defiant words!'