Sealing his injured meridians with primal energy, Li Guanqi looked down at his festering, purulent flesh. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and carved away the corrupted flesh once more!
He had not expected the enemy's demonic qi to become so terrifying.
Even Tu Yongsi, who had likewise devoured the power of an Abyss Demon, could not compare in the slightest!
What Li Guanqi did not know was that the three assassins were just as shocked.
At merely the late Void Refinement stage, he was able to take on the three of them head-on and was only slightly at a disadvantage...
With strength like this, it was no wonder he had repeatedly thwarted their organization's operations.
The two sides stood a hundred zhang apart, each harboring their own thoughts.
Li Guanqi surveyed his surroundings. The three would never give him an opening to flee.
Yet their strength was formidable. If there were only one, he could handle the foe with ease and even slay him! But there were three such men.
With no time to overthink, and taking advantage of the three not yet moving, Li Guanqi swung his sword toward his flank in rapid succession!
A spatial force capable of cleaving apart heaven and earth erupted instantly!
"Not good! He wants to escape! Stop him!"
Li Guanqi reached out and crushed two jade slips, only to discover that the space here was extraordinarily firm; his spatial transmission could not be sent out at all.
Just as his foot stepped into the severed spatial boundary, several streaks of sword light struck from behind!
Left with no choice, he turned to meet the attack. At the same time, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of the man who had previously held the compass.
Without hesitation, the man hurled four palm-sized blood crystals!
Light churned within the crystals, as though scarlet blood were slowly flowing inside them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The blood crystals detonated, the bursts of crimson stone cascading like four waterfalls as a torrent of blood poured into the space below.
In an instant, a terrifying spatial surge rippled outward, forcefully squeezing Li Guanqi out of the severed space.
Flung back into open space, Li Guanqi swept his sword across in a fierce horizontal slash!
Instantly, the world within the original crimson domain darkened!
A terrifying sword intent erupted, and thunder roared within his body as it poured into the Red Lotus sword.
The two assassins closing in on him saw only a flash of cold light before their eyes, followed by a whisper in their ears.
"Demon Shadow Slash: Dark Night!"
Boom!
A terrifying sword light slashed out horizontally. The two before him had no time to draw back their blades to defend, and could only erect thick barriers of demonic qi in front of themselves!
Boom! Crack!
Crisp shattering sounds rang out as their defensive barriers instantly crumbled under the strike.
Reeling backward, the two looked down at the mangled, bloody wounds on their chests, which burned with searing pain.
The blistering thunder writhed like spirit serpents, trying to bore into their bodies.
Demonic qi surged, and it took no small effort to expel the thunder from their flesh.
The ribs in their chests were all severed. Had they not reacted quickly, that single strike might have cleaved them both in two!
A chill ran through their hearts. The power behind that attack was no joke.
"So strong..."
"He truly deserves to be revered by the world under the title of Sword Venerable."
Standing in the distance, Mei, who had crushed the blood crystals, narrowed his eyes slightly, having already made his decision.
Without any further hesitation, he formed hand seals. As the sea of blood roiled beneath his feet, the surrounding world blazed with intense crimson light.
Li Guanqi's heart jolted, and he looked down beneath his feet!
Suddenly!
The surging sea of blood seemed to fuse with the surrounding world, and countless dazzling formation inscriptions spread outward.
The moment the formation appeared, Li Guanqi felt an overwhelming sense of crisis!
With no time to think, his primal energy roared as he pushed his movement technique to the absolute limit.
Within a single breath, dozens of afterimages appeared in the void, slipping past the two men in front of him in the blink of an eye!
Whoosh!
"Not good! Watch out!"
"Damn it! How is he so fast?!"
Wielding Red Lotus, Li Guanqi surged with thunder, his sword intent boundless!
Stepping with dragon-like strides, he dodged several sword lights and unleashed a ferocious strike!
"Apocalypse: Thunder Lotus!"
Rumble!
Thunder boomed as petals of a lightning lotus forged from thousands of sword lights blossomed in the void!
That terrifying thunder lotus contained thousands of sword lights, his left hand blurring into countless afterimages as he swung.
Hum!
"No! Dodge, quickly!"
Mei's demonic silhouette shifted and darted as his hands maintained their seals, roaring in anxious fury, "Buy me some time! Just a little more!"
Seeing that the grand array spanning the entire space was nearing completion, Li Guanqi ignored the dripping blood on his left hand and desperately slashed out more than a hundred more sword strikes!
Bloodshot veins climbed into his eyes as he muttered under his breath, "Wither."
Buzz!
The void trembled as the giant thunder lotus forged of pure sword light slowly bloomed.
The closed petals parted, and the compressed, concentrated sword qi began to expand violently.
The other two naturally knew how crucial the formation was. Exchanging glances, they had no choice but to brace themselves and flash forward to shield Mei.
Boom!
A terrifyingly immense pressure erupted from the two.
To Li Guanqi's senses, their auras were considerably stronger than his own—truly worthy of the half-step Body Integration realm!
Joining forces, they erected several layers of spatial barriers before them. As the demonic qi surged within their bodies, they took on the towering, immense stature of Abyss Demons!
Yet their eyes remained perfectly lucid. Their swords were suddenly cloaked in demonic qi!
Looking up at the blooming thunder lotus in midair, they unleashed several slashes with all their might!
Terrifying black sword lights blotted out the sky, the combined force of the strikes causing space to tremble violently.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion echoed through the heavens.
Li Guanqi went deaf in an instant, hearing only a cicada-like buzzing in his ears.
His mind turned to absolute mush, leaving him barely able to maintain consciousness.
The shockwave of the blast sent him flying several thousand zhang away!
Heaven and earth shuddered, and space shook relentlessly.
Amidst the churning sea of blood below, the coalescence of the formation runes was forcibly interrupted.
Yet Li Guanqi's heart skipped a beat, for he sensed that their auras still lingered in the air!
"Not dead...?"
Li Guanqi suddenly noticed that the runic formation beneath his feet was reassembling at an astonishing speed.
Abruptly, he realized that the crimson light filling the sky exerted a suppressive force; the circulation of primal energy within him suddenly grew sluggish!
Not only that... an inexplicable suction permeated the entire space, tugging at the flesh and meridians within his body!
And... his blood!
The meridians in his body began to rupture, and fine beads of blood seeped through his skin.
The moment these blood droplets appeared, they vanished as if evaporated.
The circulation of primal energy within him dropped by at least thirty percent!
Moreover, that bizarre tearing, devouring pull persisted, continuously damaging his internal meridians and devouring his essence blood!
Li Guanqi's expression shifted slightly. If this went on...
Even if he was not killed by the three of them, this eerie grand array would consume every drop of his flesh and essence blood!
Chapter 715