Taking the Fight to Their Doorstep!

Li Guanqi looked at the silent Xiao Chen, knowing what was on his mind. In a voice heavy with earnest counsel, he said, "Xiao Chen, remember this: once you have resolved to make a move to deter the world, you must be utterly ruthless." "Those whose cultivation was crippled might seem innocent in your eyes—people who had nothing to do with this matter." "True, they genuinely didn't know the Ding clan's upper echelon conspired against the Xiao clan." "Yet you must understand, we came to kill. How could they not harbor resentment in their hearts? Or hatred?" Xiao Chen nodded silently. Though he knew Li Guanqi was right, he still could not completely turn his mindset around in such a short time. Seeing this, Li Guanqi continued, "Therefore... the moment there is venom and hatred in their eyes," "You must never, under any circumstances, let your heart soften." At this, Li Guanqi gave Xiao Chen a deep look. "If I were in your place, not a single living thing among the six clans would be left alive." Of the Ding clan's six hundred-odd members, over two hundred were slain, and every remaining cultivator—regardless of their cultivation level—had their cultivation crippled! And after departing the Ding clan, in the span of a single shichen, Li Guanqi led Xiao Chen to slaughter their way through the remaining four clans!! Yet upon arriving at the last one, the Zhou clan, Li Guanqi discovered that an invisible force within their domain seemed to be keeping them out. This Zhou clan was precisely the family of the final old woman Xiao Chen had killed. Apart from that old woman, the Zhou clan had two other Void Refining Realm experts. One was her Dao companion, Zhou Yigu, at the middle Void Refining Realm. The old man wore a black robe; due to his advanced age, the skin of his face sagged somewhat. Yet his countenance was dark and gloomy, and his sunken eye sockets were filled with frigid killing intent. Standing beside him was an old man also clad in black, bearing a seventy percent resemblance to him. Zhou Yiwei—Zhou Yigu's biological younger brother—had never married, dedicating his entire life to the pursuit of the Dao. However, his talent was slightly inferior to Zhou Yigu's, putting him only at the early Void Refining Realm. Both had been in secluded cultivation when Zhou Yigu abruptly discovered that his Dao companion's life-bound soul lamp had shattered! Emerging from seclusion, he had only just learned the full sequence of events from others. The old man slammed his palm down, shattering the table beside him, and roared furiously, "Outrageous!!" "A pack of fools, serving as the Li clan's pawns without even realizing it!!" "Hmph! Contact the Li clan at once! Demand that they protect our Zhou clan!!" "We must eradicate this brat right outside the Zhou clan's gates and let the world see what happens when anyone crosses our Zhou clan!" Several subordinates below scurried away to contact the immensely powerful Li clan. Zhou Yiwei stood beside the elder brother, frowning. "Elder Brother, I fear this matter won't be settled so easily..." "I heard that young swordsman has a moniker—the Yanluo Sword Venerable." "Things have come to this, yet not a single one of the other five clans has sent word back. His strength is likely far beyond yours and mine!" Zhou Yigu's eyes flickered. How could he not know what his brother was saying? Reconciliation was impossible now; their only hope was for the Li clan to dispatch an almighty expert to strike him down. Yet before the messengers sent to the Li clan could return, the entire Zhou clan domain shook violently!! Boom!! The sky above the grand pavilions suddenly shattered!! A sword ray of lightning cleaved straight down toward the Zhou clan's main peak!! The terrifying sword radiance tore through the void. Both old men struck at once, unexpectedly unleashing the same sword art in joint unison. One gold, one red—two terrifying sword beams surged upward. Yet the moment these two majestic sword lights clashed with Li Guanqi's strike, they instantly blasted apart. Boom!! Amid the roaring blast, the terrifying force hurled both old men back a hundred zhang. Two black silhouettes shot backward through the air, drawing two blurred black streaks. Their faces turned pale, their throats bobbing as they forced down their churning blood. Exchanging a glance, both saw grave solemnity in each other's eyes. A mere casual strike from the opponent had repelled both of them. Within the Zhou clan domain, every single person looked up in unison. From the pitch-black fissure, two figures stepped out slowly. One was a handsome youth in a white robe, carrying a massive black sword casket on his back. The other wore a blood-red robe, holding a scarlet spear, his expression icy as frost. Li Guanqi's eyes flickered. Looking up at the two men, he drew his sword and surged forward without a word. With cold light glinting in his eyes, he raised his blade and charged without hesitation. Xiao Chen did the same; the enmity between the two sides required no words. A golden light gleamed in the eyes of the leading elder as he barked in a low voice: "Fight with everything you have! Hold nothing back!" There was no pleading or begging for mercy. For he knew that since the other party had tracked down the Zhou clan, they had never intended to let matters end peacefully. In an instant, lightning converged, and violent primal energy made heaven and earth tremble. Zhou Yiwei's eyes darted as he frantically tried to contact the Li clan. He sent a panicked mental transmission to the elder beside him: "There's still no reply from the Li clan!!" Zhou Yigu's eyes flashed. Executing his movement technique, he instantly manifested dozens of identical mirror images, swarming toward Li Guanqi. He spoke at rapid-fire speed: "Then keep contacting them!! If the Li clan doesn't come today... our Zhou clan is finished!" When Li Guanqi sensed the spatial fluctuation, a cold sneer curved at the corner of his mouth. If he had not guessed wrong, Meng Jiangchu should have already arrived at the Li clan by now. As for here... There was no need to waste any more time. Boom!!! In an instant, endless lightning erupted around Li Guanqi, condensing into lances of lightning that detonated outward!! The fearsome spears directly pierced through all of the old man's deceptive duplicates! Li Guanqi's speed was pushed to the absolute extreme. The old man only felt his vision blur, catching a fleeting flash of lightning in his peripheral vision. Boom!!! The lotus on the hilt of Li Guanqi's Red Lotus bloomed, and both abilities of the Sword Ruins burst wide open! "Killing Power! Blade Break!" In a breath, Li Guanqi's strength soared to the absolute peak. "Apocalypse: Sword Draw Stance!" Swish!! A cold glint flashed. The old man, who had just been surging with momentum, snapped around and swung his sword fiercely toward his flank!! Yet not only was Li Guanqi's footwork swift, his sword was faster! The old man had barely raised his sword when that terrifying sword radiance was already upon him! Zhou Yiwei's face twisted in horror as he yelled at the top of his lungs: "Elder Brother!!" Xiao Chen sneered. To dare become distracted while locked in life-and-death combat with him! Both hands whipped the Blood God Spear, the shaft coiling forward like a roaming dragon!! A single thrust parried the old man's sword and forcefully drove straight through his shoulder. With one hand, he violently jolted the spear shaft, causing the spear tip, originally thrusting upward, to abruptly cleave downward!! This strike split the old man's body apart in an instant! Twisting his waist, Xiao Chen ripped the spear free, pivoted, and drove another vicious strike through the old man's head!! Boom!! The skull burst apart like a smashed watermelon. And Zhou Yigu was likewise unable to escape death, his body cleaved in two by the sword light. The fearsome sword light stretched a thousand zhang, cleanly splitting the entire Zhou clan domain in two!