An Enraged Xiang Huaizhi!

Jiuxiao's enraged dragon claws tore through the trio's defenses like razor-sharp blades! Before Jiuxiao's talons, their protective barriers were as flimsy as paper. In an instant, a thick stench of blood filled the air! The bodies of three mighty Body Integration Realm cultivators were torn into multiple pieces! Jiuxiao opened his gaping maw, his eyes brimming with mockery, and unleashed a terrifying breath of thunder. The dragon breath raged. The three elders were not even given a chance to flee; both their physical bodies and divine souls were instantly obliterated! With three dead, nine had become six—two of whom were gravely injured by Pengluo, leaving four sustaining the formation. Panicking, the remaining six turned pale as Yu Cang roared in terror, "Run! Don't let it catch you!" "This beast can actually ignore ocular techniques! Watch out and keep the formation stable!" Yu Cang and the others were fleeing with every ounce of their strength, but Jiuxiao was blindingly fast and would overtake them in moments. The moment Jiuxiao seized even one of them, the formation would break, and outsiders would quickly sense Li Guanqi's location. Yu Qingkun frowned, surprised that the true dragon race could disregard ocular techniques. With a sigh, his black eyes suddenly shifted into an eerie dark gold! As his pupils shifted with unpredictable strangeness, everyone within a hundred li of the void stiffened simultaneously. At the same time, Yu Qingkun hurled a beast-trapping immortal net from his hand! The golden net expanded dramatically against the wind, instantly engulfing Jiuxiao. Its terrifying force tightened further and further until it shattered Jiuxiao's scales, the net's golden threads biting deep into his flesh. Roar!! As Jiuxiao writhed, the giant net dug even deeper into his flesh. Seeing everyone else frozen in the void, Jiuxiao grew frantic. With an angry roar, his claws dug ferociously into the giant net. The few surviving Yu clan cultivators finally breathed a sigh of relief... "Phew... The dragon is finally trapped!" "What a pity Lao Zhao, Lao Zhou, and the other died..." "Humph! Once we capture this beast and bring it back, we'll give it a thorough whipping!" The primal energy inside Jiuxiao began to be suppressed, and his consciousness grew hazy. Yet catching sight of the figures in the distance, he jolted awake. His dragon claws clamped tight, sparks flying as if blades clashed. Yu Cang frowned. "What is it doing?" *Screeech—crack!* Jiuxiao's sharp claws were severed in an instant! Yet two gaping holes were torn into the beast-trapping net! Jiuxiao instantly— The world around Li Guanqi spun abruptly, transforming into tens of thousands of li of barren, scorched earth! The boundless land cracked open in patterns like the shell of a tortoise, with bottomless fissures a zhang wide. Within this realm, everyone's movements were bound; they could not budge, nor could they channel their primal energy or divine sense... "It is over." Yu Qingkun raised his longsword, aiming toward Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu before swinging it down. Li Guanqi's heart shuddered, his eyes filled with unwillingness... *Is it really going to end like this? The Mahayana realm... truly cannot be matched by the Body Integration Realm.* From start to finish, no matter how hard Li Guanqi fought, the other party had acted with effortless ease throughout. Yu Qingkun had suppressed both Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu at every turn. Even against a peak Body Integration cultivator, the two fighting together could have held their own. Yet before the Mahayana realm... it was nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot. No matter how heavenly their methods, they still could not bridge that chasm. A glint of wild joy flashed in Yu Qingkun's eyes; everything was progressing according to plan. Yet he had forgotten one thing... *Roar!!!* A furious dragon roar rang out. Vast dragon might surged, stunning Yu Qingkun's divine soul for a fraction of an instant. His divine soul shaken, the entire ocular illusion began to warp. Ignoring his injuries, Jiuxiao twisted his body and broke free of the beast-trapping net. With a whip of his dragon tail, he struck with all his might! The void shattered. The instant the tail hit Yu Cang, his body exploded with a loud bang! The old man's body burst like a smashed watermelon, disintegrating into a cloud of bloody mist... Even his fleeing divine soul was shredded by the lingering power. The others were also sent flying by this terrifying force, severely injured. The array plates shattered, and Jiuxiao let out a dragon roar as he rammed headfirst toward Yu Qingkun, whose true form was now exposed! In the pitch-black void around them, spiritual light suddenly flared. In an instant, several silver-white curtains of light burst open! Leading the way were three terrifying torrents of heavenly flame! The fire swept across a hundred li, instantly consuming the remaining elders into piles of ash. The scorching flames gave them no chance to flee; the spatial power restricting them left them with nothing to do but wait for death. Meng Jiangchu stepped upon eerie green ghost flames, tearing through the void as he arrived. His face was cold as frost, his eyes dripping with killing intent! Then, a crimson flame flared into existence, its searing heat distorting the void. Xiang Huaizhi's expression was so dark it could practically drip water, and his mood was foul in the extreme! Because... Nangong Xuandu had sent him a transmission. Without even thinking, he knew the words in that jade slip were nothing short of a double insult! When had he, Xiang Huaizhi, ever suffered such mockery? Beside Gu Changsheng stood three full Mahayana experts! Han Yuan, Jiang Qizhi, and Guo Feng had all arrived. With this young fellow holding an eighth-grade pill recipe, they certainly didn't want anything to happen to Li Guanqi! Furious pressure dominated the area. Meng Jiangchu instantly teleported Li Guanqi, Meng Wanshu, and Pengluo behind him. He looked toward Meng Wanshu with concern, and seeing that his daughter was injured, his face darkened like stagnant water! "Courting death!!" The moment Yu Qingkun's figure appeared, the three heavenly flames coalesced into horrifying chains that pierced right through his body! Not only that, beyond the three heavenly flames were three earth flames... Flames bound his four limbs, and Chiyang transformed into myriad sharp swords, viciously impaling Yu Qingkun's body! Xiang Huaizhi reached out with a dark face and hoisted Yu Qingkun up by the collar! His slender fingers gouged into the man's cheeks like awls. Xiang Huaizhi drew close and rasped coldly, "You worthless dog, do you have any idea how much face I lost because of you?!" With those words, Xiang Huaizhi violently drove his left knee upward, his right hand forcing Yu Qingkun's head down into the blow. *Bang!* Blood splattered everywhere. Yu Qingkun's features were pulverized into a mangled pulp, his entire face caved in. Both of his eyes burst under the raw, vicious impact. Bloody fluid poured from the hollowed sockets, and his teeth shattered completely, spewing out alongside a mouthful of blood. Seeing this, Gu Li momentarily forgot to heal Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu, muttering under his breath, "That's some heavy resentment... What happened to him...?" Gu Changsheng retrieved healing medicinal pills and fed them to Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu. Li Guanqi's face was deathly pale, his body trembling slightly. Seeing this, Gu Changsheng's expression changed drastically. His fingers tapped rapidly across Li Guanqi's acupoints as he snapped, "Reckless fool!!" "Now that you've broken the seal, resealing it will force you to endure several times the agony!" Li Guanqi gritted his teeth through his trembling. "In that situation, there was no way I could leave Wanshu to face it alone..." Meng Jiangchu cut in and waved Gu Changsheng off, saying grumpily, "Exactly. He couldn't just let my daughter shoulder it by herself, could he? Cut the nonsense. The three of us are right here; it's just a seal. Huaizhi, stop settling scores for a second and come help out. Your Chiyang is more useful than mine." Xiang Huaizhi snorted coldly. He thrust a hand forward, piercing Yu Qingkun's throat, and with a wave of his hand, formed a cage of Chiyang flames around him. Turning his head, he growled icily, "You bastard, I'll settle things with you properly in a moment!" He pulled out a jade slip and commanded into it in a chilly voice, "Wushang, have Qin Xiao lend a hand and suppress the Yu clan's domain. I'll be there shortly!"