Slaying Long Qu!

Ye Feng did not say a word; having dressed, he followed behind Li Guanqi. Yet Li Guanqi stopped him and spoke softly. "Things feel unsettled lately, Old Ye. You'd better stay in the sect." "For one thing, you can step in if anything unexpected happens." "Moreover, Old Third is on the verge of a breakthrough. I'll feel more at ease having you guard his Dao." Ye Feng thought it over and no longer insisted. He believed that with the boss going, he would be able to handle whatever arose. "All right, I'll stay. It'll give me a chance to get properly familiar with my current power." "You still need to be careful, Boss. The Xiao clan's affair... probably won't stay hidden for long." Li Guanqi nodded. Taking the teleportation array plate for the Shenbao Domain from Ye Feng, he stepped out of the Great Xia Sword Sect. The Great Xia Sword Sect's protective barrier finally settled back into place, yet no one dared venture within a hundred li of it. For high in the heavens, a golden-haired youth sat cross-legged in the void, sweeping sword energy surging around him to deter all within a hundred li! Yet Li Guanqi did not immediately depart from the Great Xia Sword Sect; instead, he walked through the void with one hand behind his back. His expression was calm, though killing intent surged incessantly in the depths of his eyes. He murmured in a chilling voice, "What a Long Qu..." "Hmph!" "Since you dared to reach your hand out, there is no need to keep you around." Indeed! He had already learned from Ye Feng about Long Qu's previous attempt to borrow the swords. He had never felt much toward this Northern Heavenly King. Back then, when the man had bestowed treasures, it was only what the Great Xia Sword Sect rightfully deserved. Who would have thought that after his own strength grew and the sect obtained abundant resources, the man would actually covet the seven peak swords of the Great Xia Sword Sect! Once, twice... Last time, had Ye Feng not been present, the sect master likely would have yielded to the pressure and handed over the swords, wouldn't he? People... truly do change. Greed—such was human nature. With each step Li Guanqi took, he crossed tens of li, his figure continuously teleporting through the void. Lowering the Tianji jade pendant in his hand, Li Guanqi soon arrived above an endless mountain range. Spiritual energy was dense here, making it an exceptional location to establish a sect. Yet in a place of such rich spiritual energy, not a single sect or clan had established a presence within a hundred li. The reason was simple: Long Qu's palace stood right here! Stepping out of the void, Li Guanqi's expression was as sharp as a blade, and even the air seemed laden with a chilling aura of slaughter. Li Guanqi did not even bother to summon Red Lotus. Reaching out slowly, his hand made contact with the spatial barrier. Cyan spiritual light flickered incessantly across the sky, cloaking heaven and earth like a massive canopy of light. His fair palm pressed gently against the light barrier. As terrifying primal energy surged, violent ripples rolled across the barrier! It was as though a boulder had been hurled into a calm lake. Boom!!! Lightning erupted. As his fingers slowly clenched, the spatial barrier of the entire formation was shattered in an instant! Bang! Crack! Crack! Explosions resounded repeatedly as the thick spatial barrier fell from the sky like shards of shattered porcelain. An endless expanse of architectural complexes suddenly emerged in midair! Sprawling across a full three thousand zhang, magnificent pavilions and towers gleamed in resplendent gold and jade, surrounded by dense spiritual energy that masked the world like rolling mist. Seated in the center of the grand hall, Long Qu's expression shifted slightly. Below, the eyes of the gathered crowd hardened. Everyone had sensed the violent spatial disturbance in the distance. They clearly perceived that the spatial barrier of this place had been forcefully broken from the outside! Clang! The sword beside the throne suddenly unsheathed! With a dark, grim face, Long Qu strode forward, sword in hand, roaring, "Who dares trespass into my Northern King Realm?!" The people below in the hall also frowned. "Which blind fool dares force their way into the Northern King Realm! Guards, take them down at once!" An old man seated lower down snorted coldly, clearly filled with displeasure. The others chimed in one after another. "Someone has a death wish! Don't they know that within a hundred li of the Heavenly King's domain, cultivators are strictly forbidden to enter?!" "Hmph, looks like the Northern King Guards' patrols have grown increasingly lax lately!" "This old man would like to see just which blind fool dares barge into the Heavenly King Realm." Li Guanqi sneered, killing intent flickering in his eyes as he watched the man soaring out of the grand hall in the distance. Boom!!! The crimson sword with its hilt shaped like a blooming red lotus suddenly flew from the sword coffin into his hand. Immediately after, terrifying sword intent erupted with a roar, and the crimson blade slashed out a beam of thunderous sword light accompanied by the screech of lightning! "Heaven Shatterer: Immortal Slayer." Boom!!!! The cultivators of the Heavenly King Palace had just rushed out of the hall when they saw a terrifying sword light laced with crimson radiance flash across the sky! The frightful sword light swept horizontally across, causing the entire Northern King Realm to rumble and tremble. Amid the quaking void, the Northern King Realm—spanning thirty li across—was cleaved cleanly in two from the middle! Whether buildings or mountain peaks... Everything obstructing the sword light was severed horizontally, and the drifting power of lightning nearly wiped out this entire world! Seen from the outside, heaven and earth seemed to have been torn apart for tens of li by a pitch-black lightning sword light! Spurt! Long Qu finally saw the intruder's face clearly, yet the vision before his eyes suddenly began to spin wildly. He even saw blood gushing like a fountain from his own neck. Buzz! A golden origin spirit violently shot out from Long Qu's body, fleeing toward the horizon like mad. Yet Li Guanqi merely hooked his fingers, and his divine sense materialized into the shapes of over a hundred Red Lotuses, shooting forth violently! "Moonstep Sword Control Technique." Boom!!! Across the mist-shrouded sky, over a hundred chaotic, pitch-black fissures were ripped open by invisible swords of divine sense, shooting straight for the origin spirit! The fleeing origin spirit moved at extraordinary speed, but the swords of divine sense behind it were faster still! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! In virtually the blink of an eye, the barrage of razor-sharp sword light shredded the origin spirit completely! With indifferent eyes, Li Guanqi slowly extended his left hand and clenched it fiercely toward the fracture-riddled void! Terrifying lightning power instantly converged into a lightning palm measuring a full hundred zhang. The void across a thousand li was thoroughly sealed, and the drifting motes of spiritual light were entirely crushed and annihilated by the thunderous hand! Thus... Long Qu was dead beyond dead. Even if he had wanted to find someone to possess and cultivate anew, it was impossible. Boom!!! The space of the entire Northern King Realm shook violently with deafening rumbles as heaven and earth collapsed and the void shattered. Countless structures began tumbling down, and mountain peaks fractured. With a flick of his wrist, Li Guanqi shook the blood from his blade, turned, and left the Northern King Realm. A cold, calm voice drifted back from deep within the void: "The slayer is Li Guanqi." Cold sweat immediately drenched every cultivator who had stepped outside. Even as the world collapsed around them, their limbs went ice-cold... A mere six words, yet it left them standing rigidly in place, not daring to move a muscle. Only after a long while did someone turn a stiff neck, exchanging glances with the others. In each other's eyes, all that could be seen was terror and helpless panic.