A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin

The two men in black said nothing, merely releasing their illusory bodies in silence.

Li Guanqi felt an intimidating presence unlike anything he had ever experienced. He narrowed his eyes, palms slick with sweat.

These two are strong. Even Xiao Chen and Ye Feng might not be able to beat them.

Buzz!

A mysterious ripple of energy traveled in his direction, and he paled. The two men had combined their powers, releasing an eerie sucking force that began swallowing his vital force domain. The surrounding space twisted, and the pitch-black vital force made his chest tighten.

Boom!

Several consecutive explosions rang out.

Four men in black shot toward him, each holding a different weapon—a knife, a spear, a sword, and a halberd, all ancient treasures glinting with cold light.

Li Guanqi licked his lips, and lightning crackled around him. Great force spread across space. He stepped on lightning and shot forward.

“Seven Killings!”

“Ten Thousand Jun”

The Yanluo Sword unleashed seven beams of light towards one of the figures. Metallic clangs rang out, and the surrounding space trembled. The quiet void suddenly became riddled with gusts of vital force storms.

A knife swung past Li Guanqi. He dodged sideways and thrust his sword at the man’s heart, but a spear blocked the Red Lotus Sword.

Clang!

With a horizontal swing, the spear forced Li Guanqi’s sword back. The spearhead was so sharp it stung his cheeks even without touching him. He swung his Red Lotus Sword at the man’s head, but before he could complete the motion, a sword was already heading toward his own skull, bringing with it a gust of wind.

He swung the Yanluo Sword, releasing a sharp beam of light that deflected the incoming blade. Then, twisting his own sword behind him, he sliced a large chunk of flesh from the man’s shoulder.

Pfft!

Knife light shot past Li Guanqi’s waist. A terrifying sucking force threatened to enter his body. Li Guanqi’s gaze turned icy. His blood surged, circulating rapidly through his body. He released dozens of sword lights with his two swords, forcing all four men back.

The four men encircled him.

The battle had only lasted several breaths, but Li Guanqi had already sustained a gruesome wound at his waist. His stress doubled, yet this also made him especially excited. It had been a long time since he’d danced with death.

As his cultivation level progressed, even Ye Feng, who had survived the Dungeon Abyss, struggled to keep up. He hadn’t met opponents on his level in a long time. And now, he was facing two of them.

Li Guanqi glared at them like an eagle and closed his eyes. Terrifying sword intent shot into the sky. After his Sword Heart Realm sword intent erupted, his demeanor changed completely. If he had been a sheathed sword before, now he was a fierce blade with its edge bared to the world.

Boom!

With his boosted blood and qi circulation, his physical strength reached its peak. His entire body swelled visibly, even growing a little taller, making him look indomitable.

The two men locked eyes, their gazes solemn.

“Tsk tsk. So that’s why the Order left you alone for so long...”

“Heh, so what if you’re strong? You’re still going to die here. How dare you kill a member of the Dark Raven Order?”

Buzz!

The four of them turned holographic, gradually merging with the surrounding void like ghosts. Their auras disappeared entirely. Li Guanqi scanned his surroundings with his divine consciousness, but he still couldn’t find them.

He gripped his swords and looked around cautiously. The more dangerous the situation, the more important it was to stay calm. The moment he exposed a flaw, he would die.

A glinting sword covered in black vital force appeared by his ear. Li Guanqi raised his hand and struck the man’s wrist, using the Yanluo Sword to block the attack.

Crack!

His punch was powerful, bending the man’s wrist at an unnatural angle.

Black sword light burst beside Li Guanqi. He moved one zhang sideways, but the sword light cut half the flesh from his shoulder. Before he could stabilize himself, a halberd pierced through the void toward his back.

Li Guanqi stepped on the void, shattering it. He twisted at the waist, grabbed the halberd, and slashed his sword down at the void.

“Shadow Demon Slash, Dark Night!”

Boom!

The terrifying sword light made the whole place dim for a moment. A ray of sword light burst forth at almost point-blank range.

Boom!

“Ahhhhh!”

The attack instantly cleaved one of the men in half. He had been hiding in a spatial crack.

But then, a knife appeared behind Li Guanqi without a sound, piercing into his waist. The man gripped the blade with both hands and twisted upward, trying to cleave Li Guanqi in two. Li Guanqi steeled himself and wrapped his hands in vital force. He gripped the knife’s blade and used his bones to trap it.

The man’s eyes flashed. One more knife light and he could finish Li Guanqi off. But just as his vital force surged, a fire dragon shot toward the spatial crack where he was hiding. The fire dragon bit the man’s neck and coiled around him like a snake.

Snarling, Li Guanqi cried, “Incinerate him!”

Boom!

The Lightning Dragon Flame, manifested as a large dragon, tightened around the man. No matter how he tried to extinguish the flames, new ones always emerged.

Ahhh!

The man wailed in agony. The flames threatened to consume both his body and soul, and they couldn’t be extinguished.

Pfft!

Li Guanqi pulled the knife out and tucked it into his storage ring. He licked the blood from his lips, tasting its metallic tang.

He glared at the remaining men, panting.

The man tortured by the flames disappeared into the void. When he reappeared, he had already returned to the others’ side. The twins placed a hand on the fire dragon, and the eerie aura appeared once more. It began devouring the heavenly flames, which were supposedly impossible to extinguish.

The left twin coughed, blood spraying from his mouth. The fire dragon seemed to be coiling around his illusory body.

Li Guanqi paused, then said softly, “I don’t need help. Your task is to protect Wanshu.”