Exterminate the Yu Clan!

Li Guanqi smiled, walked up to the three seniors, and handed them jade bottles with a solemn tone. "This junior, Li Guanqi, thanks all of you seniors for coming to my aid. I will keep this kindness carved into my heart. "If there is ever any matter in the future where I can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to ask. I will not shirk my duty." Han Yuan and the other two exchanged glances. Hearing those words, a comfortable warmth washed through every fiber of their beings—they felt indescribably gratified. They had originally assumed that beside Meng Jiangchu and Xiang Huaizhi, their own standing wouldn't amount to much. They never expected that a mere two sentences from Li Guanqi would elevate their status so considerably. Just as everyone helps lift a sedan chair, courtesy begot courtesy. The three returned the gesture in kind, generously bringing out an abundance of precious spiritual herbs and medicinal pills to hand to Li Guanqi. Gu Changsheng’s family had received two portions of dragon blood, so he was naturally lavish with his gifts as well. As for Xiang Huaizhi? He wanted nothing more than to kidnap Jiuxiao. In the future, he would have far more chances like this than the others, so he too parted with gifts most handsomely. After exchanging pleasantries, Xiang Huaizhi licked his lips and said coldly, "Now that everything here is taken care of, shall we pay a visit to the Yu clan together?" The others only smiled without a word. Clasping their hands behind their backs, they tore through space. Six Mahayana realm cultivators... plus Li Guanqi and his companions. Setting aside the powers of the nine imperial cities, this lineup was an exceptionally formidable force. *** At that moment, at the Yu clan estate, a swordsman in green robes leaned against the roof of a pavilion, his expression unusually grim. There was not the slightest trace of mockery on Nangong Xuandu’s face over Xiang Huaizhi’s negligence. The frosty-faced man was in no mood for wine now. The entire Yu clan estate was strewn with corpses, and the few remaining experts knelt on the ground, shivering uncontrollably. Suspended high above the vast estate—stretching tens of thousands of zhang—was an azure sword beam hundreds of zhang long! Inverted in the sky, that sword beam could fall at any moment to obliterate every living soul. A green barrier enveloped the void. The massive commotion at the Yu clan had naturally drawn the attention of many people. However, those cultivators only dared to observe from far away in the sky. His sword qi was simply too sharp; not a single person dared to venture close to inspect. With his temper roused, Nangong Xuandu wore a terrible expression, which left many observing experts bewildered. Since when had such a terrifyingly powerful green-robed swordsman appeared in the Ethereal Immortal Domain? Nor did anyone understand what the Yu clan had done to provoke such an existence! Suddenly, the void trembled. High above the boundless mountain ranges, several unimaginably terrifying auras surged into existence! Rumble! A dreadful pressure erupted, tearing countless pitch-black rifts across the void for a hundred li around! This sight shook the souls of all the experts secretly watching from afar! To shatter the space of the Ethereal Immortal Domain through sheer aura alone required at least the Mahayana realm! The void for a hundred li around was covered in dense, hairline fissures. This... Countless cultivators looked at the tears beside them and swallowed hard, unable to stop themselves. A wild gale swept through heaven and earth as the wind and clouds shifted dramatically. Oppressive black clouds hung low overhead, seemingly on the verge of collapsing upon everyone. Though it was broad afternoon, the sky had turned dark. Everyone stared fixedly at the torn emptiness. Six figures slowly emerged, one after another... "Six! Six Mahayanas!" "What on earth happened to the Yu clan?" "Just who did such a powerful force like the Yu clan provoke? What is going on?!" "Six whole Mahayana realm experts arriving together, plus that green-robed swordsman—that's seven Mahayana mighty figures!" "Look, the one following beside the Five Yang Ghost Emperor... isn't that the person Qin Wushang personally welcomed at the city gate a few days ago?" "Yanluo Sword Li Guanqi! It really is him! He truly is a harbinger of doom. Just getting tangled up with him has brought the Yu clan to this..." In an instant, the experts watching from the horizon took the initiative to retreat several thousand zhang. They had no desire to be noticed or dragged into this. Xiang Huaizhi looked at Nangong Xuandu on the pavilion roof and frowned slightly. He had rarely ever seen Nangong Xuandu display such chilling murderous intent. Even though he had arrived, the man didn't spare him a single glance. In the past, he would have shoved his face forward to mock him straightaway. What was going on? Li Guanqi also sensed that something was amiss; the atmosphere felt stiflingly heavy... Jiuxiao coiled around Li Guanqi's wrist, blissfully savoring the natural treasures he had just received. Compared to the dragon blood he had lost, these things were enough to sustain his cultivation for a long time. He knew the difference between being stuffed for one meal and having a steady supply of meals. If he got injured in the future, could he deliberately gather his own dragon blood and trade it with those old men the next time he saw them? Jiuxiao's draconic eyes gleamed with cunning light, suddenly feeling quite clever. Pengluo had returned to the sword coffin space by now, quietly cultivating to recombine his split body. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Nangong Xuandu raised his hand to unseal the green barrier. The moment a breach opened in the barrier, a dense stench of blood surged toward them. The scent of blood saturating the air... It was as if they had walked into a slaughterhouse that had been butchering pigs for years; the reek of fresh blood was extraordinarily pungent. However, these people had all weathered great storms, so such a scene did not faze them. Xiang Huaizhi took a deep breath, looked at Nangong Xuandu, and asked cautiously, "Nangong, what happened to make you this furious?" Only several hundred members of the Yu clan remained alive. Furthermore, Nangong Xuandu had slaughtered his way straight through the estate from the main entrance. Broken walls and ruins were everywhere, with dismembered corpses strewn haphazardly throughout the debris. Li Guanqi swept out his divine sense and discovered that almost all of the dead were people who possessed ocular techniques or carried fox tails at their waists. Nangong Xuandu took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and sighed. "I never imagined such a sinister clan still existed in this era!" "Come. I'll take you to see... what... true purgatory looks like!" His voice was deep and low. Nangong Xuandu did not even greet Li Guanqi. Lowering his head, he drew his wine gourd and threw back several gulps of fiery liquor. A heavy complexity settled over the group upon hearing this. Han Yuan and the others still had no idea what was happening. In fact, the others didn't even know that Li Guanqi and his group had clashed with the Yu clan. Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu exchanged a glance, their hearts suddenly sinking. Everyone then followed behind Nangong Xuandu, walking toward the rear courtyard of the Yu clan estate. The deeper they went, the more tragic the ruins around them became, and the higher the cultivation realms of the corpses. By the end, the entire rear courtyard of the Yu clan was utterly destroyed. There were quite a few corpses of Void Refining Realm and Body Integration Realm experts, totaling more than twenty. From this, one could imagine just how terrifying Nangong Xuandu’s fury had been. Everyone's expressions grew solemn. As though realizing something, Li Guanqi sent a quiet voice transmission. "Pengluo, keep a close watch on Yun Jie. Don't let her notice anything." Pengluo nodded and replied softly, "Understood." Ahead in the depths of the ruins, everyone saw a shattered domain fragment and filed inside. Darkness. Desolate silence. A stench of blood several times more overpowering than before assaulted their nostrils. The braziers along the walls were ignited, and their light illuminated the entire space within the domain fragment!