Countless powerful bolts of purple-black lightning transformed into chains, tightly binding the man.
The man struggled desperately. The chains shattered repeatedly, yet kept manifesting anew.
Layers upon layers of chains needed to trap him for merely an instant!
"Die!"
Li Guanqi swung his arm, his face contorting ferociously. The lightning sword in his hand developed cracks, as though unable to bear the immense power.
A mist of blood burst from his strained arm, leaving Li Guanqi's face far paler than before.
Cracks gradually spread across the mask on Mei's face, his eyes filled with terror.
No matter how he struggled against the endless chains of lightning, it was futile.
A vicious glint flared in his eyes, and he poured every shred of his violent fiendish energy into his sword blade!
"Even if I die, I'm dragging you down with me!"
Li Guanqi's features twisted in agony as the terrifying fiendish energy surged into his body.
In almost an instant, the flesh at his waist turned pitch-black. Corroded by the fiendish energy, his internal meridians were nearly destroyed in a flash.
As the sword light fell, the condensed lightning sword in his hand shattered instantly!
Boundless lightning erupted violently outward with Mei's body as the epicenter!
Under the ferocious venting of power, the Thunder God phantom exploded. The shockwave of the detonation nearly eradicated all the fiendish energy within the space!
The last Mei, who had intended to seize the momentum and assassinate Li Guanqi, was instantly blown back thousands of zhang!
Heaven and earth trembled. The blood array beneath their feet shook incessantly, its bloody light flickering erratically like an oil lamp in the wind.
Because the final assassin had been too close to Li Guanqi, he had also absorbed a significant portion of the blast.
Half of his body was torn to shreds by the erupting lightning, and the grim fiendish energy about him was no longer as dense as before.
The corner of his blood-red mask was shattered, exposing one eye and half of his cheek.
Blood filled the eye socket, and the revealed eye was riddled with blood spots, an unmistakable panic lingering in its depths!
"Dead... another one dead..."
Three half-step Body Integration realm cultivators had come to besiege and kill a trapped late Void Refining Realm cultivator, yet two had fallen one after the other!
This was an outcome they had never even considered before coming here...
As the aftermath of the explosion gradually subsided, the faint patter of dripping water suddenly sounded in the air.
In the distorted midair hung a figure whose waist was ulcerated and oozing pus.
Li Guanqi's hair was disheveled, his head slightly bowed...
Blood gushed from his mouth in quantities too great to swallow down.
His eyes were somewhat numb, and his insides were an absolute wreck.
At the very end, that man had poured all his fiendish energy into him with everything he had, and the final detonation had nearly blown him in two at the waist!
If he hadn't suppressed this power with all his might, he probably would have died at his foe's hands right then and there.
"Cough, cough... Urgh..."
That surging fiendish energy seemed sentient as it rushed toward Li Guanqi's dantian, seeking to devour his origin spirit!
Li Guanqi mobilized what little primal energy he had left in a frenzied counterattack!
At the same time, he raised a hand, condensed a dagger, and began carving away his own flesh...
Looking up at the sole remaining enemy in the distance, his palms sweated from tension.
If the other person attacked right now, he wouldn't even have the chance to fight back—he could only wait for death!
Yet all he could do now was put on a bluff. He sneered, "Don't dare make a move?"
Beneath the mask, the assassin's eyes flickered slightly, and he slowly began shuffling forward, inching toward Li Guanqi.
Li Guanqi's heart leaped into his throat. Secretly shattering spirit stones, he frantically absorbed the spiritual energy within them.
However, the meridians in his body were severely damaged; even the most basic circulation of his cultivation technique was problematic.
He couldn't even complete a single heavenly circuit. He could only watch helplessly in anxiety as the rich spiritual energy went to waste!
At this moment, less than twenty percent of the primal energy in his body remained. If the enemy struck, his chances would be grim indeed...
The sword coffin shuddered. Red Lotus struck violently against it, desperate to come out.
A somber look entered Li Guanqi's eyes. Without further hesitation, he drew Red Lotus.
Twisting his wrist, he violently slashed away all the rotten flesh around his waist!
"Ngh!"
This single cut carved away almost all the flesh on his left flank. A muffled groan escaped him from the agony, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
Shivering, Red Lotus achieved its Apocalypse form almost instantly!
Crack!
A red lotus petal suddenly broke off and fell!
Heartache struck Li Guanqi, yet Red Lotus continued to emanate a peerlessly sharp, oppressive pressure!
Wherever its edge pointed, it swept through all opposition!
Suddenly!
Dense fiendish energy billowed around the enemy, blotting out the sky!
The array light beneath their feet surged. That inexplicable suppression grew stronger, and the rate of blood loss accelerated.
Li Guanqi's heart sank abruptly. He was now like a trapped beast fighting a cornered battle.
The opponent didn't need to rush to attack; he only had to wait quietly as Li Guanqi was slowly eroded away.
In contrast, Li Guanqi could not absorb spiritual energy, and his primal energy was all but depleted...
With injuries this severe, over half of his essence blood had already been drained, and even his mind was growing somewhat hazy.
In such a situation, his powerful divine sense was completely useless; if fiendish energy contaminated it, he would only suffer further backlash.
Li Guanqi's knuckles whitened around the sword hilt. His eyes narrowed as he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.
If things went wrong... he might really die this time!
Beneath the pitch-black fiendish energy, there was no sound, nothing to be seen.
Even the bloody array below was hidden from view, as though a spherical orb had enveloped Li Guanqi inside.
Li Guanqi spread his divine sense across a radius of a hundred zhang, yet still could not detect the opponent's presence.
Suddenly!
Countless sword lights wrapped in fiendish energy shot forth from all directions.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Mobilizing his remaining primal energy, Li Guanqi dodged repeatedly, relying on his formidable physical strength to minimize energy consumption.
He didn't dare retaliate, fearing that the moment he struck, the enemy would see through his exhaustion.
Not only was he biding his time, but his opponent was doing the same.
Clearly, the enemy had realized Li Guanqi was severely wounded and was probing him!
Li Guanqi's eyes flickered. Given his current state, even if he drained all his remaining primal energy with everything he had to unleash those two sword arts... he probably still wouldn't be able to kill the man!
Swish! Swish!
The sword beams grew denser and denser, multiplying until dodging alone was no longer an option!
Left with no choice, Li Guanqi had to draw his sword to parry!
Clang! Clang! Cling-clang!
Boom! Boom!
Explosions rang out in rapid succession. Li Guanqi could only grit his teeth and endure the dispersing fiendish energy.
Red Lotus was also nearing its limit now. Li Guanqi even felt that one more sword beam might shatter it!
Whoosh!
Reversing his grip, he put Red Lotus away, just as an exceedingly ferocious sword beam came slashing in!
At that very moment, a flustered big white radish abruptly appeared outside the domain.
Pengluo now had dozens of green leaves on its head, looking far more pleasing to the eye than before.
Pengluo took a quick sense, rested its hands on its knees, and panted heavily as it muttered, "Here... it's right here... right here!"
Turning its head, it saw Meng Jiangchu and Gu Yong both staring at it in astonishment.
Pengluo had already stuffed one hand into the domain. Looking at the two of them, it barked, "What're you staring at?"
Chapter 718