Ge Yi!

"And another thing..." "You definitely had no idea the Pavilion Master jade pendant was on Song Yunshu!" "Yet the moment you saw the pendant, you couldn't hold back. You hired assassins to strike, but the attempt failed." "Back then, you were clearly closest to Song Yunshu. Even if the assassin appeared out of nowhere, there is no way your reaction should have been that sluggish..." Li Guanqi sneered. "You just wanted Song Yunshu dead!" At this point, Li Guanqi turned to look at Yuan Hongyi. "Of course, the assassins sent after Song Yunshu on her way back were probably arranged by Yuan Hongyi, weren't they?" "Yet the men... were still borrowed from the Red Tower—or rather, handpicked from the death-sworn assassins you trained." The corner of Tu Yongsi's mouth curled up. Looking at Li Guanqi, he said, "Impressive, truly impressive!" Jiang Yi listened in utter confusion, having had no idea about any of these details! After all this scheming, he was the big fool kept completely in the dark! Jiang Yi's face looked exceedingly grim. Primal energy surged powerfully around Tu Yongsi's body, and wisps of demonic qi drifted from his skin. Looking at the Dark Pavilion Guards behind Li Guanqi, he turned to Ji Yuchuan with a mocking smile. "Never would I have guessed... the final pavilion keeper was actually you." The sickly-looking Ji Yuchuan shrugged and said softly, "It was obvious enough. Though I never expected you would collude with the Sha organization." With that, the remarkably sharp Ji Yuchuan bowed respectfully to Li Guanqi. "Ge Yi pays respects to the Pavilion Master!" Li Guanqi nodded and slowly rose to his feet, facing Tu Yongsi. As he stood, a magnificent, boundless momentum erupted from the ground! The surging pressure rolled outward, surprisingly matching Tu Yongsi's half-step Body Integration might toe-to-toe! The sword coffin materialized behind Li Guanqi, and Red Lotus flew into his hand in an instant. The moment he gripped the hilt, his aura underwent a drastic transformation! The fangs he had kept hidden were now bared in all their ferocity. Leveling his sword at Tu Yongsi, Li Guanqi said coldly, "Truth be told, at first I couldn't fathom why Elder Gu insisted on sending me here just over the ambitions of a few tower masters..." "Because guys at the Void Refining Realm like you shouldn't have been able to kick up any real storm." "That was... until I uncovered clues in the intelligence files of the Blue and Purple Towers!" Li Guanqi tilted his head slightly, glaring coldly at Tu Yongsi. "The Sha organization has been nurturing demons across the Six Domains. Their gaze was bound to target the places where various clans and factions sealed the Abyss Demons!" "And the only faction capable of locating so many sealed grounds was the Tianji Pavilion's Purple and Blue Towers!" "The Purple Tower's intelligence network, combined with the Blue Tower's open and hidden operatives infiltrating the Six Domains' various powers!" "If you had truly taken control of the Tianji Pavilion, it wouldn't have been long before every demon seal in the Six Domains was uncovered by the Sha organization..." Tu Yongsi's chest heaved violently as he took several deep breaths in succession. Toward this blind man before him, he could only offer heartfelt praise for an intellect so devilish! "I truly underestimated you..." *Boom!* Erupting with overwhelming pressure, Tu Yongsi suddenly raised his saber and slashed toward Ji Yuchuan! Li Guanqi raised a hand to parry the strike, but caught a flash of disdain in Ji Yuchuan's eyes. With a flick of Ji Yuchuan's hand, a golden writing brush as tall as a man appeared behind him. The brush shaft flared with golden radiance, knocking the long saber aside. As it spun, the brush tip thrust forward like a sword, aiming straight through Tu Yongsi's head! *Thud!* Wielded like a spear, a single strike of the brush forced Tu Yongsi back several dozen yards! The previously sickly Ji Yuchuan now looked flushed with vigor, his eyes bright and spirited. He held the man-sized brush behind his back with one hand, inscriptions gleaming along its shaft. Faintly, Li Guanqi caught sight of two intricate characters: *Shenzha!* Li Guanqi felt a chill in his heart. That brush was clearly extraordinary. He could even sense the presence of an artifact spirit within it! Primal energy surged around Ji Yuchuan, making his white robes snap loudly in the air. With a toss of his head, his hair—previously draped casually down his back—was bound atop his head in a golden crown. Dressed in white, he looked ethereal and poised. Half-step Body Integration realm! Ji Yuchuan glanced back at Li Guanqi with a genial smile. "To answer the Pavilion Master: this subordinate's brush... can kill!" As he spoke, Ji Yuchuan's expression gradually darkened. "Dark Pavilion Guards, hear my command!" *Whoosh!* Several shadows materialized in succession behind him! "Execute the treacherous rebels: Jiang Yi! Yuan Hongyi! Tu Yongsi!" *Whoosh!* In an instant, waves of tremendous primal energy erupted within the cramped Deliberation Hall. Meanwhile, the entire Tianji Domain was completely sealed off. Li Guanqi was left with nothing to do. Suddenly! Yuan Hongyi punched himself viciously in the chest. He immediately coughed up a mouthful of heart's blood! Despite his rotund build, the man dodged attacks with astonishing agility as he bit through the tips of his fingers on both hands. Using blood as a medium, a silver-white sigil emerged on each of his palms. Pressing both marks together, the bursting blood formed a crimson mist that tore open a space rift roughly ten feet wide right in midair! Seeing this, Ji Yuchuan snorted coldly. "Amateur tricks!" *Boom!* After deflecting Tu Yongsi's blade strike and knocking him back, Ji Yuchuan instantly broke away from his spot. Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes. Within that rift, he sensed a formidable aura rapidly approaching. Clearly, this was the trump card Yuan Hongyi had prepared: a grand Body Integration Realm assassin! Noticing Tu Yongsi lost in thought, Li Guanqi's face suddenly appeared right before him. A flash of scarlet lightning sword light streaked past, slicing off half of Tu Yongsi's ear. Tu Yongsi looked at the nearby space with a solemn gaze. Li Guanqi smiled playfully. "You really shouldn't get distracted in the middle of a battle." The moment the words left his mouth, the speed of his swings with Red Lotus grew faster and faster, each blow packing greater ferocity. Empowered by terrifying sword intent, every slash carried the momentum to cleave mountains and split rivers! In the blink of an eye, their figures flickered at blinding speed. Blade light and sword shadows intertwined as the deadly battle unfolded. Within breaths, they exchanged over a hundred blows, each sustaining wounds. Yet Li Guanqi charged forward like a primordial beast—brimming with boundless strength and utterly insensible to pain! The realm suppression of a half-step Body Integration cultivator meant nothing to Li Guanqi... In that single exchange of lightning and sparks, Tu Yongsi felt an immense, suffocating pressure. It was as though the being he fought was not human at all... ...but an untamed primordial beast barely keeping its feral nature in check! Li Guanqi swung his sword casually, and the lotus petals at Red Lotus's hilt began to blossom slowly, causing that overwhelming pressure to skyrocket! Within moments, the sword light grew so fast it blurred; even Tu Yongsi could barely track the trajectories of Li Guanqi's strikes! Tu Yongsi's breath hitched, feeling as though a mountain were pressing down on his chest. "Ah!" *Boom!* Dark demonic qi fused into Tu Yongsi's blade light, and the blasting arc instantly knocked Li Guanqi dozens of yards away! Yet the sweeping blanket of lightning wiped out that sinister demonic qi in the blink of an eye. Li Guanqi, who had lowered his head, slowly looked up with frigid eyes. "Demonic qi after all... You... swallowed an Abyss Demon!" Li Guanqi's icy voice dripped with killing intent. For he had realized that the power Tu Yongsi absorbed came precisely from an Abyss Demon that had been nurtured! Just like the Abyss Demon that appeared in the Xiao clan, which had devoured all the weaker Abyss Demons before being taken away by the Sha organization. To think the ultimate fate of these Abyss Demons was to be absorbed by someone! Thunder crackled violently around Li Guanqi, and his already soaring aura climbed higher still! "Lethality, Blade Break, Illusory Form!" "Apocalypse · Red Lotus!" "Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Art, all six layers unleashed!"