As the man's pressure erupted, the surrounding void seemed utterly suppressed.
Li Guanqi felt as though he were trapped in a quagmire, every single step immensely difficult.
Before the man, his own aura was like a mayfly shaking a giant tree, a toddler swinging a sword...
Only now did he truly understand how absurd the suppression between cultivation realms could be.
Looking back, Li Guanqi realized that from the very beginning, he had never once faced a Mahayana realm cultivator in an all-out fight to the death.
He had crossed paths with plenty of Mahayana experts in ordinary times.
It was precisely because of this that he had gradually lost some of his reverence and vigilance toward the truly strong.
Whether Gu Changsheng or the trio of Han Yuan, or even Long Hou, Hong Zhi, Nangong Xuandu, and Xiang Huaizhi...
All of them were Mahayana realm cultivators, yet he had never directly borne the brunt of their full aura and terrifying might.
Having seen so many of them, his subconscious mind had begun to think that Mahayana cultivators were not that insurmountable after all...
Yet now, facing a genuine Mahayana cultivator, he realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts had been.
And Yu Qingkun was merely in the early Mahayana realm!
Even if Li Guanqi unleashed every ounce of his power and forcefully broke through to the mid stage, he would at best only be able to trade blows with someone at the late Body Integration Realm.
"Phew..."
"Things really have gone too smoothly for too long. I've even lost my old reverence."
Boom!
Meng Wanshu's aura erupted with a roar, and a frost storm more than ten zhang wide instantly tore into the sky!
Her figure gradually materialized. An ice blossom floated behind her back, and she held a deep blue ancient sword in hand.
The blade possessed a profound and heavy aura, clearly no ordinary object—likely the personal weapon of an expert from ages past.
After breaking through to the mid stage, Meng Wanshu's aura showed no signs of slowing, and she made no effort to suppress the surging power.
It climbed relentlessly until reaching the peak of the mid Body Integration Realm before finally coming to a halt!
A violent gale of frost swept across the surroundings, coating even the void in a layer of rime.
Yu Qingkun clasped his hands behind his back and sneered. "Is that all?"
Light flashed across his hand as he drew an unadorned three-foot green blade.
Gripping the sword with one hand, Yu Qingkun looked upon the entire battlefield with haughty disdain!
A chilling arc of sword light shot forth in an instant!
Li Guanqi's heart lurched, and he roared, "Wanshu, look out!"
The moment Meng Wanshu sensed it, brilliant light flashed beneath her feet!
Her body shifted hundreds of zhang to the side. The sword light cleaved right through the storm and detonated deep in the void far away.
Blood roared like a mighty dragon through Li Guanqi's veins. Relying on his formidable physical strength, he braced against Yu Qingkun's crushing pressure and shifted beside her.
Seeing the flesh and blood carved from Meng Wanshu's shoulder, he clenched his teeth...
Fast!
The man's sword light was absurdly fast!
It was several times swifter than his own fastest strike. By the time he even sensed the terrifying beam, it was practically already upon them!
A petal had been sheared off the ice blossom behind Meng Wanshu, and her complexion was decidedly grim.
She had believed that by breaking through to the mid stage, she and Li Guanqi together could at least hold out for a while.
Now it seemed... that was entirely unrealistic.
Jiuxiao's furious roar suddenly rang out, and vast dragon might rolled outward, actually fending off a fraction of the pressure.
A sharp glint flickered in Yu Qingkun's eyes. He became all the more determined to claim Jiuxiao for himself.
Roar!
Jiuxiao reared upright, lightning crackling brilliantly atop his horns as a mysterious ripple radiated outward.
His draconic eyes gleamed. Sucking air deep into his chest, he opened his maw and unleashed a pillar of lightning ten zhang wide!
The power of this dragon breath approached the strike of a late Body Integration expert, its lightning energy rivaling a seventh-rank heavenly tribulation!
Yu Qingkun thrust one hand forward, the bracelet on his wrist gleaming brightly.
Countless earthen-yellow runes materialized before him, forming a circular shield of spiritual light.
Under the onslaught of the dragon breath, the glowing shield reinforced itself layer upon layer, ultimately withstanding the entire blast.
Before the shield had even dispersed, a bizarre white shadow popped up between the man's legs.
Wielding a hammer the size of a human head, it swung violently toward Yu Qingkun's crotch.
Excitement flared in Pengluo's eyes as he yelled with a cackle, "Cracking some eggs!"
Bang!
A blurry afterimage flashed. Without even lowering his head, Yu Qingkun brought his foot down hard on Pengluo's belly.
The kick blew Pengluo's body apart on the spot!
With half his body obliterated, Pengluo was booted thousands of zhang away, flying like a streak of white light deep into the void.
Yu Qingkun's brow furrowed as a chill ran down his spine.
Li Guanqi had appeared ten zhang behind him, the longsword in his grasp shimmering with an eerie crimson glow.
The flame spiritual seal between his brows burst with a pop!
Li Guanqi drew his sword and slashed several times in an instant!
His hairpin shattered, and his black hair whipped wildly in the wind, his white robe snapping in the air.
Veins bulged along his arms. Only by pushing the Great Void Shadow Breath Concealment Divine Art to its absolute limit had he concealed his presence and materialized at this very spot.
An eerie crimson glow flickered between Li Guanqi's brows—the light of the Sword Ruins.
With the three Sword Ruins abilities unleashed at full power, the phantom of lightning behind Li Guanqi became substantially more solid.
Vaguely, one could see that the phantom of his sword soul... bore a thirty percent resemblance to the sword spirit.
Because of this, Li Guanqi's sword intent was extraordinarily formidable!
"Apocalypse: Raging Thunder!"
Rumble!
A phantom of the Thunder God a hundred zhang tall manifested behind him, bringing a massive lightning blade crashing down from above its head.
"Red Lotus: World's End!"
Red Lotus Slays the Heavens!
This strike seemed poised to tear the very world apart, carving it down to obliteration and returning all to silence.
A hundred-zhang beam of lightning sword light mingled with blood-red fury.
"Heaven Shatterer: Immortal Slayer!"
"Draw-Sword Slash!"
Slashing several strikes in rapid succession nearly drained Li Guanqi of his primal energy!
The sight of that peerless sword light sent the Yu clan elders fleeing in every direction.
Power of this caliber was far beyond what they could contend with; a mere graze meant certain death.
The void collapsed and wild sword qi rampaged in all directions, augmented by the power of the Sword Prison.
These strikes were the strongest Li Guanqi could possibly unleash.
Their sheer force surprised even Yu Qingkun.
He actually sensed an inexplicable threat from within those few beams of sword light.
After a brief hesitation, Yu Qingkun chose not to act carelessly. He raised a hand to construct a spatial barrier, enveloping himself within.
The earthen-yellow spatial energy was exceedingly dense, and several arcs of sword light rose to meet the assault. Though his sword intent was only at the Sword Heart Realm, it was equally formidable.
Sword light clashed against sword light, setting off a continuous series of detonations!
To everyone's surprise, the first beam of sword light Yu Qingkun struck out shattered instantly.
Yu Qingkun's expression changed slightly. It was just as he had expected!
"Blade Break! Illusory Form!"
"Your Sword Ruins actually possesses two abilities at once!"
Li Guanqi said nothing. Dozens of heavy arcs of sword light were already descending upon him.
Yet someone had appeared at Li Guanqi's side, pressing a palm to his back as the power of frost suppressed the rampaging primal energy within him.
A touch of solemnity crept into her frost-cold expression as she said chillingly,
"Apocalypse: Snow Shadow!"
Chapter 886