Furious Onslaught!!

Lu Wuhen retreated frantically, but no matter how much he increased his speed, he still could not shake Li Guanqi!! Li Guanqi's movement technique was simply too fast. How could anything given to him by Gu Yong be ordinary? Not to mention, Li Guanqi was currently channeling the Great Void Shadow Breath Concealment Divine Art. Setting aside his sheer speed, not a shred of his aura leaked out. He traversed the interlayer of nothingness almost instantaneously, without creating even a ripple in space. Boom!!! A sword strike packed with immense power smashed Lu Wuhen out of the void. His hurtling body crashed into the arena floor, blasting open a crater a hundred zhang across. The instant his body rebounded, Li Guanqi's figure appeared right in front of him. Blood seeped from the corner of Lu Wuhen's mouth, but he slashed his blade forward without hesitation. A fierce, swift flash of sword light instantly barred Li Guanqi's attack, and in an instant, sword qi crisscrossed and erupted between the two. For a time, their figures fought from the stage into midair, and from midair back down to the ground. Deep craters shattered across the arena, and every blast of sword qi that skimmed the ground carved a deep trench. The spectating cultivators watched with unblinking eyes, staring at the two figures flickering rapidly within the barrier. Though barely a dozen breaths had passed, the two had already engaged in dozens of psychological gambits in their minds!! They exchanged blows at breakneck speed. Suddenly, Lu Wuhen sneered. "Why aren't you using your left hand? Am I still not worthy?!" With that low shout, the sword in Lu Wuhen's hand moved faster and faster, growing increasingly ferocious!! Li Guanqi smiled faintly. "Since that's what you want, I'll grant your wish." Amid crossing sword light, Li Guanqi instantly shifted the Red Lotus Sword from his right hand to his left. In an instant, fierce flashes of sword light slashed toward Lu Wuhen like a torrential storm!! Lu Wuhen laughed heartily, defending with everything he had, even managing to find openings to counterattack in stride!! Clang! Clang, clang!! Boom! Boom!! The sword attainments of both men far surpassed their peers; even old monsters who had cultivated for thousands of years would hesitate to claim equality with them. Their combat experience was incomparably rich. Whether Li Guanqi or Lu Wuhen, anyone could tell at a glance that both had fought through countless slaughters. They were men who had truly cut their way out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. As the Yanluo Sword, Li Guanqi had personally wiped out entire clans more times than one could count. Even now, many still whispered tales of how he had once walked with a string of severed heads floating behind him. As for Lu Wuhen, being the foremost figure of the Lu clan's younger generation, he had naturally undergone extensive private trials. Yet compared to Li Guanqi, his fierce killing momentum lacked a certain savage ruthlessness. The pressure Li Guanqi exerted on Lu Wuhen grew heavier and heavier. His opponent's strength far exceeded his expectations. Soon, his previous wild arrogance gave way to an unsightly grimace. At first, he could still look for gaps between the other's strikes to counterattack. Yet... ever since Li Guanqi switched his sword to his left hand, no matter how Lu Wuhen pushed his sword speed, the other man matched it with effortless ease. What was more, Li Guanqi's blade was always a sliver faster than his own!! By now, several cuts marked Lu Wuhen's face, his robes were shredded, and fresh blood from his wounds soaked through the fabric. Boom!!! As wild sword qi crisscrossed, Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed. He swung Red Lotus in his left hand in an impenetrable wall of defense, parrying every burst of sword qi. Still, stray wisps of sword qi cut across his body, but his physical constitution was sturdy enough that they only scraped the surface of his skin. Both men recoiled violently, but the moment they fell back, Lu Wuhen suddenly noticed that vast storm clouds had gathered overhead at some point. Lu Wuhen's expression changed. Looking at the churning thunderclouds, an ill premonition seized him. As he shot backward, Li Guanqi hooked his fingers, and from the firmament's thunderclouds erupted countless lightning spears with a deafening roar!! "Spirit Incantation: Array Breaker: Savage Spear!!" Not only that, dazzling purple lightning descended from the sky, snaking like ropes to bind Lu Wuhen. "Spirit Incantation: Binding Lightning!!" Lu Wuhen's pupils shrank. With no time to think, he drew a deep breath, bent low, and unsheathed his sword!! In an instant, myriad sword qi bloomed outward. The crisp sword light clashed against the lightning, setting off rolling roars of thunder. Yet the moment the lightning shattered, Li Guanqi arrested his backward momentum and slammed both hands hard against the void!! "Spirit Incantation Seventy-Eight: Four-Direction Heaven-Reaching Pillars!!" Boom!!!! Four pillars of light that reached to the heavens tore through the void and materialized abruptly around Lu Wuhen. Lu Wuhen's sword-wielding hand blurred into afterimages, then his eyes went wide. The moment he sensed the terrifying spatial power around him, his face drained of color!! Rumble!! Boom!!! The swift, sudden pillars of light instantly pinned Lu Wuhen's body in midair from all directions. To the outside cultivators, everything unfolded in the blink of an eye. The two had traded mad blows before rocketing backward. Their backward flight was so fast that the spectators could only make out two blurry silhouettes. Yet in that mere fraction of a breath, Li Guanqi had unleashed several tremendously powerful spirit incantations in succession. In particular, that terrifying sealing pillar of light was actually a spirit incantation ranked within the top hundred!! With his four limbs pinned, Lu Wuhen's pupils constricted. When he looked up, Li Guanqi had already vaulted into the air. Countless lightning serpents coiled around the four pillars of light, binding them firmly together like chains. Without anyone noticing when, Li Guanqi had clad his entire body in a suit of lightning armor, leaving only a pair of pure white eyes staring down at him. "Red Lotus Heavenly Dance: Raging Thunder." The instant Li Guanqi raised his hand, the hilt of Red Lotus flared with an eerie crimson radiance. Surging sword intent pierced straight into the heavens, punching through the clouds above! Gripping the four-foot Red Lotus firmly, a colossal phantom of a thunder god abruptly manifested behind Li Guanqi!! The thunder god mirrored his stance, holding an ethereal blade, and swung down in unison with him. A condensed, hundred-zhang beam of sword light slashed thunderously toward Lu Wuhen at the center of the seal!!! As the sword descended, heaven and earth shifted color, and wild gales howled into being. Li Guanqi's white robes snapped loudly in the air, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's and brimming with savage ferocity!! Facing this strike, Lu Wuhen could not help but tremble from head to toe as the dread of death gripped his heart. A chill rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his crown, and the hairs on his arms stood on end. Boom!!!!! An incomparably terrifying pressure erupted from Lu Wuhen's body. At this moment, the tip of the Dengxian Sword in his grip emanated a bizarre, demonic red glow! Twisting his wrist, a flurry of sword light flashed, and the four massive pillars of light were instantly cleaved to pieces!! The spirit incantation Serpent Binding could not endure for even an instant. Having broken free of the seal, Lu Wuhen swallowed down the blood welling up in his throat, gripped his sword with both hands, and slashed fiercely upward!! A golden beam of sword light surged violently from below, splitting the surface of the arena floor! "Dengxian: Heavenly Wolf Slash!! Break for me!!!" Boom!!!! Li Guanqi frowned as a terrifying explosion swept across the thousand-zhang Dao platform!! The entire platform shook violently, and intense ripples spread across the reinforced barrier. Shockwaves from the explosion crashed against the barrier wave after wave.