Who On Earth Is Ji Yuchuan!

Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu streaked back and forth through the air, unleashing strike after strike, yet Ji Yuchuan deflected every blow with effortless poise. A few breaths later, Li Guanqi's intent to kill was thoroughly ignited! Though he had not yet deduced the man's true identity, the prowess Ji Yuchuan currently displayed was far beyond anything he had imagined. *This man cannot be allowed to live!* "Wanshu! Take off the gloves!" Hearing this, Meng Wanshu's expression instantly turned grim. She whispered under her breath, "Apocalypse: Snow Shadow." "Ten Thousand Li of Frozen Wastes!" Her clear, fierce cry rang out as tempestuous sword qi swirled upward, coalescing into barriers of ice and snow that surged out, blotting out the heavens. In an instant, the entire domain of Guanyun Pavilion was frozen solid! Li Guanqi bellowed, "Apocalypse: Red Lotus!" *Boom!* Between his brows, the fire brand formed by three heavenly flames flickered frantically. Anxiety flickered through Meng Wanshu's eyes. Li Guanqi forcibly suppressed the roiling power within his body, using consummate control to maintain the peak output of his primal energy. The red lotus blossomed. Li Guanqi drew his sword and slashed down with fury! *Rumble!* "Red Lotus: World's End!" Crimson brilliance surged within the colossal, cascading sword beam. Ji Yuchuan's expression finally took on a touch of solemnity. Exhaling a long breath of turbid air, his left hand pressed lightly toward Meng Wanshu's direction. In an instant, countless inscribed talismans streaked out, accompanied by layer upon layer of array inscriptions wreathed in flames. His vast spiritual force was even stronger than Gu Li's! Then, an ancient longsword was gripped tightly in his palm, and Ji Yuchuan gave a helpless smile. His perpetually sickly demeanor finally bore a spark of spirit, and his grave eyes fixed upon the sword in Li Guanqi's hand. Facing the hundred-zhang sword beam hurtling toward him, he whispered softly under his breath, "Selflessness." *Boom!* An indefinable aura erupted with a roar, and a sword beam as dazzling as a blazing sun ripped up from the earth, instantly colliding with the thunderous sword radiance. *Rumble!* A tremendous explosion thundered across the area, shaking the heavens and the earth. Several pavilions were obliterated into powdery frost in an instant, dispersing into nothingness. Ji Yuchuan's voice suddenly rang out, "Enough." The man's left hand hovered in a loose grasp; having repelled Meng Wanshu's sword beam, several dozen inscribed talismans still floated before him as fractured array radiance tumbled down. The right hand holding his sword trembled slightly. Looking at the nick on his blade, his heart ached, and a flicker of lingering dread flashed through his eyes. Li Guanqi did not care what Ji Yuchuan had to say. As Ji Yuchuan concealed more and more, the bond between them had been quietly slipping away. Li Guanqi streaked forward with almost no pause, reaching out to grasp Meng Wanshu's wrist. The two exchanged a glance. Meng Wanshu nodded slightly, and a surge of colossal force poured forth, violently hurling Li Guanqi forward in an instant! Blood and vital energy roared within Li Guanqi. Stomping fiercely against the empty void, he exerted explosive force. *Boom!* The cracking sound of collapsing space rang out. Li Guanqi's figure turned into a white streak, hurtling toward Ji Yuchuan in an instant! A sharp light flashed deep in Ji Yuchuan's eyes, and a faint smile tugged at the corner of his lips. "Since you want to play, I'll play along for a bit—just so you don't grow too arrogant, boy!" *Boom!* Ji Yuchuan's originally frail, scrawny physique suddenly filled out into a well-proportioned, towering frame! A burst of physical strength no weaker than Li Guanqi's erupted from him. With a slight flex of his feet, his white boots shattered into pieces! Across the tops of his feet, every sinew stood out in stark relief, yet the space beneath his soles merely rippled with subtle tremors. Li Guanqi's heart lurched. He had lost track of Ji Yuchuan entirely! "Looking for me?" Li Guanqi's hairs stood on end. He whipped his sword around in a backhanded slash. As if anticipating it all along, Ji Yuchuan shoved his palm forward and struck Li Guanqi's elbow with tremendous force. Borrowing that momentum, he chopped sideways toward Li Guanqi's neck. Fortunately, Li Guanqi's reflexes were swift; he raised his shoulder to crash against the incoming palm. *Bang!* Li Guanqi was instantly hammered down hundreds of zhang, hurtling from midair and slamming directly into a mountain peak! *Rumble!* The mountain trembled, sending boulders tumbling. Lying in the deep crater, the blood and qi within Li Guanqi surged in reverse, bringing a coppery sweetness to his throat. Before he could swallow down the regurgitated blood, a foot stomped heavily down upon his chest. *Bang!* That stomp embedded Li Guanqi deep into the heart of the mountain. A glint of cold light flashed through the dust and smoke as Li Guanqi instantly launched an attack of divine sense. His divine sense condensed into a blade, stabbing toward Ji Yuchuan's sea of consciousness, while his wrist twisted to slash at Ji Yuchuan's ankle! Ji Yuchuan smiled, extending his toes to kick hard toward Li Guanqi's wrist! If that kick landed, Li Guanqi's wrist would be crippled. The longsword originally aimed at the ankle naturally shifted trajectory, slamming down toward the top of Ji Yuchuan's foot, while Li Guanqi's right hand gathered a spirit blade that shot straight for Ji Yuchuan's face! Ji Yuchuan retracted his left foot and leaned back slightly, evading the strike. Over a dozen colossal thunder pythons materialized around Li Guanqi, coiling tightly around Ji Yuchuan's body. The man gave a cold snort, and the giant pythons shattered into countless tiny arcs of lightning. His ear twitched as a shrill whistling tore through the air from behind. Cold light gleaming in Meng Wanshu's eyes, she raised her hand and made a clutching gesture. *Boom!* Thick slabs of ice materialized from thin air, forming an ice prison in the blink of an eye! Seizing the chance, Li Guanqi flashed free and slashed his sword toward the ice prison! *Slash! Slash! Slash!* Sword light flashed in dazzling patterns, leveling the mountain behind them to the ground in an instant! Meng Wanshu flew over to stand back-to-back with Li Guanqi, both casting vigilant gazes across their surroundings. With his hands behind his back, Ji Yuchuan casually swung his sword as he stood atop a high pavilion, looking down at the two with an amused smile. "Looking for me?" "Haven't you ever faced an enemy who uses substitute talismans?" As he spoke, Ji Yuchuan threw out six inscribed talismans, bit his fingertip, and tapped them six times in rapid succession! The black talismans flared with blinding radiance, and six figures identical to Ji Yuchuan's true body promptly stepped forth! And that was not all. Ji Yuchuan slapped additional talismans onto these puppet avatars, causing their auras to swell abruptly. Li Guanqi took a deep breath, opened his hands in a shrug, and said, "I'm done fighting." "My grandfather really spared no pains for my sake, didn't he?" Meng Wanshu's heart jumped, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, clearly baffled by his words. Ji Yuchuan froze where he stood. Where was there any trace left of his former sickly demeanor? His deep eyes curved into crescent moons as he smiled, sheathing his sword, and murmured softly, "You guessed who I am?" "Well, I suppose so. Otherwise, you would have crushed the jade slip in your sleeve to summon Ye Xuan long ago." Li Guanqi sheathed his sword and said quietly, "Up until now, you never made a lethal move, nor did you emit any killing intent..." "Had you shown even a sliver of killing intent, I might never have suspected." Ji Yuchuan rubbed his neck and curled his lip. "I didn't expect you to really go for the throat, boy." Meng Wanshu was utterly lost. She sent a hushed voice transmission, "You figured out who he is?" Narrowing his eyes at the man, Li Guanqi said softly, "It's you, isn't it? One of the Eight Generals—Yu Shan!" Ji Yuchuan chuckled. "I rather prefer being called Ji Yuchuan now. It sounds nicer than Yu Shan." Flashing across the space to appear before Li Guanqi, Ji Yuchuan scrutinized him with keen interest and asked softly: "When did you start suspecting me?" "After Hong Zhi? Or was it this time?" Li Guanqi shook his head. "Neither."