Hate Me? Then Die.

At that moment, Sun Zhen's emotions were a tangled mess. There was certainly resentment toward Li Guanqi in his heart. Yet because of Li Guanqi's strength and methods, he did not dare let even a shred of it show! Perhaps his silence stemmed precisely from the fear Li Guanqi instilled within him. Those who did not know him might not feel as much, but the more one knew about him, the more terrifying he became. Clenching his fists, Sun Zhen bent down with grief in his eyes and scooped up Sun Tianqi's charred corpse. With bloodshot eyes, he looked toward Li Guanqi and said, "This matter... the Sun clan will never let it rest!" Li Guanqi frowned, catching the flash of hatred deep within Sun Zhen's eyes. Suddenly! The space between heaven and earth twisted and rotated, turning in the blink of an eye into a purgatory of thunder. Seeing this, Sun Zhen was struck with sheer terror! Circulating his movement technique, his figure shot back over a hundred zhang! Glaring at Li Guanqi, he barked, "You want to kill me?!" Not only Sun Zhen, but even the spectating cultivators were struck with boundless shock. *Hiss!* *Gulp...* "Has he lost his mind?! That's the Ancient Clan's Sun clan! Killing Sun Tianqi wasn't enough, and now he wants to kill Sun Zhen too?" "Indeed! Is he preparing to fight the Ancient Sun clan to the bitter end?" "He's going to kill both of the Sun Clan Master's sons... Damn it, he really is a living King of Hell..." Listening to the murmurs around him, Sun Zhen suddenly shuddered. From Li Guanqi, he felt an unmistakable murderous intent! Li Guanqi looked at Sun Zhen with cold detachment. He had seen Sun Zhen's expression and gaze far too many times before. And everyone who had ever looked at him like that... was dead. In Li Guanqi's palm, a longsword of thunder slowly condensed. He looked at Sun Zhen and said softly, "Since the Sun clan intends to retaliate, I might as well finish what I started." Cold sweat beaded on Sun Zhen's forehead as the terror of death enveloped him. Only now did he sober up a little from the shock of Sun Tianqi's death. He suddenly regretted hurling those parting threats at Li Guanqi, but by now it was far too late for regrets. Sun Zhen raised his hand and crushed several special scrolls. Yet the ripples of spatial power could not transmit outward at all! Noticing this, Sun Zhen's face drained of color! He stared around at the surrounding domain space in terror, his voice trembling as he muttered: "This... this isn't a domain space... This is... a world unto itself!" Li Guanqi's mastery over severing space was already at the pinnacle of skill; how could he possibly give Sun Zhen the chance to send word? Not only that, but he was even pondering whether to slaughter all the Sun clan members present! On second thought, Li Guanqi smiled faintly. With Uncle Long and the others suppressing them, the Ancient Clan currently dared not enter the mortal world. In that case, he naturally had nothing to fear from cultivators below the Body Integration Realm. Thunder flashed, and Li Guanqi's figure vanished from where he stood like a startled swan or a roaming dragon. That terrifying speed rattled Sun Zhen to his core; he could barely catch a fleeting afterimage. Sword in hand, Sun Zhen braced himself to resist Li Guanqi's assault with everything he had, seeking any opening to escape! Suddenly, thunder surged throughout the space, the terrifying power of lightning blanketing heaven and earth. With nowhere to dodge, Sun Zhen swung his sword repeatedly, shattering the incoming bolts. To those outside, they could only sense deafening rumbles erupting from that unseen space as heaven and earth shook violently. A dreadful pressure permeated the void, leaving everyone suffocating under its weight. Li Guanqi murmured softly, "Thunder Wrath." *Boom!* A dazzlingly solid, hundred-zhang sword light slashed down upon Sun Zhen's head! An illusory phantom of thunder, resembling a divine being, emerged behind Li Guanqi. "Ah! Break for me!" Sun Zhen channeled all the power in his body and unleashed a desperate strike with all his might! With a contorted expression, Sun Zhen watched as his full-strength slash shattered inch by inch, and the defenses he had erected melted away as if intangible. Carrying peerless, invincible force, Li Guanqi's sword light obliterated his strike entirely. In the final moments of his life, Sun Zhen suddenly felt a strange sense of release. He did not know what he had been living for, nor did he know whether the person he had been lately was truly himself. Aside from a pang of reluctance, he actually felt a touch of relief... Sun Zhen's body was cleaved in two, his origin spirit thoroughly destroyed. Amid the trembling of heaven and earth, a figure in white slowly stepped out from the warped space. Everyone stared at Li Guanqi in sheer terror. In his hand, he carried another corpse. Li Guanqi's expression remained tranquil. He turned toward the distant Sun clan disciples whose legs were trembling violently and said, "When you take the word back, be sure to deliver it in full." The young man bowed his head, averting his eyes as he hastily agreed. Li Guanqi tossed Sun Zhen's corpse to him—though he had already stripped the storage rings from both Sun Zhen and Sun Tianqi... The Sun clan... was merely on a different side from him, and that included Sun Zhen. Originally, he had not intended to kill Sun Zhen. But Sun Zhen's parting threat and that venomous, hateful glare at the end... He would rather eliminate every threat to himself and those around him in the cradle! Even if an irreconcilable feud had already formed between him and the Sun clan, he had no desire to desecrate corpses. Let the Sun clan take them back. The young disciple supported the corpses of Sun Zhen and Sun Tianqi with both hands. His legs felt as heavy as lead, unable to budge an inch. Li Guanqi paid him no further heed, instead turning to look at Zhou Shiyu, who was seated cross-legged on the ground. At this moment, Zhou Shiyu still looked completely dazed, but the aura of his cultivation base—which should have plummeted precipitously—had stabilized. *Swish! Swish! Swish!* Several figures appeared before Li Guanqi. The old man leading them bowed solemnly. This old man was none other than the sect master of the Six Ancient Sacred Sect, Gu Huai! Gu Huai bore the dignified, celestial air of an immortal daoist master. "This old man is the sect master of the Six Ancient Sacred Sect, Gu Huai. Today, I thank you, young friend, for lending a helping hand!" Li Guanqi waved his hand and replied softly, "It was merely a coincidence. Sect Master Gu, do not take it to heart." Gu Huai could not help but glance twice at Zhou Shiyu. Li Guanqi smiled. "Whether he can rebuild after destruction depends entirely on him." Gu Huai's gratitude toward Li Guanqi was written plainly on his face. Extending a hand to guide him, he said softly, "Young friend, please, after you." Li Guanqi nodded and was about to step through the sect gates when an old, displeased voice suddenly reached his ears. "Hmph! In my view, there is no need to invite him inside, is there?" Hearing this, Li Guanqi slowly turned his head. A short, gaunt old man was staring at him, speaking without the slightest courtesy. Beside him, Gu Huai's expression changed slightly, and he barked in a heavy voice, "Tu Sisheng! Shut your mouth! Have you gone mad?! What do you mean by saying this at a time like this?" A cold sneer tugged at the corner of the gaunt elder's mouth as he spoke chillingly, "If he had merely driven the Sun clan away, I, Tu Sisheng, would naturally treat him with all due respect... "Yet now... on the grounds of our Six Ancient Sacred Sect, right before everyone's eyes, he killed Sun Tianqi and Sun Zhen! "If the Sun clan seeks vengeance, the Six Ancient Sacred Sect will surely be caught in their crosshairs! "All of this... is entirely his fault!"