*Thud, thud, thud!*
Three headless corpses plummeted from the sky, while three severed heads floated behind Li Guanqi.
The sudden, brutal scene left everyone dumbfounded...
For a moment, the remaining cultivators stood rooted behind Liu Peiyuan, paralyzed with shock.
The formidable might he had displayed made them dread making the slightest move.
Only a moment ago, he had dragged the three of them into his domain and immobilized them with peerless sealing power.
Then, bolstered by overwhelming sword momentum and surging sword intent, he had dismembered three Void Refinement experts in the blink of an eye!
*Hiss!*
A flurry of sharp gasps rippled through the crowd.
"Is that guy... the Yanluo Sword Venerable? He's terrifyingly strong!"
"Is he truly only in middle Void Refinement...?"
"The world's greatest prodigies truly cannot be underestimated!"
Liu Yunxuan, meanwhile, eyed Li Guanqi with keen interest.
During his clandestine travels in the mortal world, he had heard Li Guanqi's name.
After all, achieving a revered title recognized across the world while only in the Void Refining Realm was extraordinarily rare in any era.
One had to realize that many mighty cultivators in the Body Integration Realm never received a title acknowledged by the realm at large.
Liu Yunxuan had secretly observed several so-called favored children of heaven before, but in his eyes, they were nothing more than worthless dogs and chickens.
Yet the man before him... was different.
He truly possessed terrifying strength!
Liu Yunxuan licked his lips. Before he could speak, however, Li Guanqi looked down upon them all, fixing Liu Yunxuan with blood-red eyes.
His voice was slightly raspy, yet it sent a chill deep into everyone's bones.
"Where... is my sister?"
Heaven and earth fell dead silent. No one dared answer his question.
Instantly, the atmosphere within the entire domain turned eerily tense.
Even Liu Peiyuan felt conflicted as he looked at the young man, yet his face remained devoid of expression as he commanded, "Someone bring that girl here."
Liu Yunxuan's eyes narrowed. He could not understand why the ancestor would do such a thing.
With matters escalated to this point, everyone present understood deep down...
Today, Li Guanqi had to be slain here and now!
Given his reputation in the outside world, after an incident like this, he would never let things rest!
Liu Yunxuan slowly stepped forward, sneering as he stared straight at Li Guanqi. "Ancestor, in my view, there's no need for that, is there?"
Yet the old man merely cast a calm glance his way. That single look was enough to turn Liu Yunxuan's face pale with fright, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
*Whoosh!*
Liu Peiyuan reached out a hand and drew a young woman into midair.
*Hum!*
The moment Li Guanqi saw the girl, clad only in a single thin garment, tears burst from his eyes.
Though Yu Sui'an had received healing, dense scars still covered her exposed wrists and ankles.
The blackened marks had clearly been there for an agonizingly long time.
The rationality he had barely managed to suppress shattered completely!
A crushing weight pressed against his chest, choking the breath from his lungs...
The precious little girl he treasured above all else had suffered such horrific torment!
Why was her fate even more wretched than his own?!
How could the heavens be so unjust?!
He had always treated Yu Sui'an as his own little sister. On Tianlei Peak, she was the darling of all his fellow disciples, the little granddaughter his master loved as his own kin, a sweet child cherished by every elder.
"Sui'an..."
His hoarse murmur caused two streams of tears to slip from Yu Sui'an's tightly closed eyes.
Her body trembled uncontrollably...
Liu Peiyuan sighed inwardly and looked up at Li Guanqi.
The old man's calm voice echoed out, "The Liu clan has no wish to be your enemy. Speak your terms. Whatever compensation you desire, our Liu clan will agree to it."
The moment those words landed, a terrifying killing intent erupted!
*Boom! Crash!*
The vault of heaven was pierced by frigid murderous aura and lightning!
A world-shaking dragon roar tore through heaven and earth!
Immediately after, an enormous dragon nearly eighty zhang long materialized beneath his feet.
After its previous injuries, Jiuxiao had devoured the physical body of the Scarlet Thunder Suanni, advancing its power even further. Its surging aura now rivaled the peak of the late Void Refining Realm!
Beside them, Pengluo, standing a full zhang tall, suddenly appeared.
Li Guanqi stood atop the dragon's head, his bloodshot eyes glaring at everyone present.
He swung his sword downward violently, the horrifying force instantly blasting through a hundred zhang of the realm barrier. Stretching his neck, he roared at the top of his lungs,
"Compensation?!"
"Fine... then I... want your... whole! Liu! clan! dragged! into! the! grave!"
*Boom!*
As his words fell, a horrifying pressure swept across the void, and tens of thousands of lightning bolts slammed into the ground like the wrath of doomsday!
In an instant, the Liu clan's domain was transformed into a purgatory of thunder.
Countless cultivators were impaled by lightning in the blink of an eye, detonating into clouds of bloody mist!
At the same time, a snow-white hand reached out from the void toward Yu Sui'an.
Yet the moment Pengluo made contact with Yu Sui'an, a frigid glint flashed!
Pengluo's arm was severed instantly, flying high into the air.
Battle erupted in full force!
The giant dragon roared, and Li Guanqi's figure flickered through the void, teleporting right to Yu Sui'an's side!
Just as he reached for her, Liu Yunxuan, holding a three-foot azure blade, sneered.
"My plaything... how could you be allowed to touch her?"
Before his voice had faded, his sword was enveloped in a layer of green astral wind as he slashed toward Li Guanqi!
Li Guanqi answered with a savage horizontal sweep toward Liu Yunxuan!
"Apocalypse: Sword Draw Stance!"
His opening move was a lethal strike!
*Boom!*
Liu Peiyuan's pupils shrank. He raised his hand, intending to strike at Li Guanqi.
Yet he hesitated, the words Liu Yunxuan had once spoken flashing through his mind, and forcefully suppressed his primal energy.
A terrifying sword light burst forth!
Boundless lightning formed a sword domain that enveloped a radius of three thousand zhang.
Countless lightning bolts surged relentlessly, and several spirit incantations materialized in the blink of an eye, crashing down.
The dreadful force made the entire Liu clan domain shudder violently, opening countless apocalyptic fissures across the realm.
Using offense as defense, Liu Yunxuan teleported back several hundred zhang. Amidst the roar of primal energy, he unleashed a fierce sword strike!
"Sha-Free: Twin Dragons Capture!"
*Boom!*
Two azure beams of sword light coiled like swimming dragons and shot forth!
More than twenty figures lunged at Li Guanqi at the same time, their blades and swords weaving into a dense web meant to grind him to dust.
Several gray-haired elders reached out to seize Yu Sui'an.
Terrifying power exploded across the sky, instantly shredding Li Guanqi's robes with its stray force.
The savage power sliced into his flesh, yet he exerted every ounce of strength to reach toward Yu Sui'an!
"Sui'an, wait for me!"
"I'm here... to save you!"
Just as the sky full of blades and swords was about to fall upon Li Guanqi, three figures appeared beside him in a triangular formation!
A storm of spear shadows filled the sky as a blood-red spear was wielded so tightly not a drop of water could pass!
Eerie ghostly qi surged, a sword strike blowing back the foes in front!
Annihilating blue flames flared, twin fists shattering the glint of incoming blades!
Chapter 637