Spirit Ruin, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Boom!

Terrifying pressure exploded outward, and the entire martial arena trembled.

Everyone watched the battle with rapt attention. Li Guanqi’s barrier seemed invisible to them.

Boom!

The ground beneath Li Guanqi’s feet shattered as his raw physical power drove him to impossible speed. All anyone could see was a blur of lightning that vanished from its original spot.

Wei An narrowed his eyes. Stomping on the void, he abruptly changed direction, charging back toward a tall, slender man nearby.

“Careful! Li Wei, he’s beside you!”

Not only Wei An, but one or two others also sensed Li Guanqi’s position. Several streaks of sword light erupted simultaneously.

Holding his sword in one hand, Li Guanqi slashed backward several times in succession and shattered the incoming sword lights. His right fist smashed into the side of the sword being swung at him, blasting it away. The blade bent inward from that single punch, warping into an absurd arc.

Bang!Li Guanqi’s right hand swept past the long sword and grabbed the man by the hair. His right knee shot up in a savage strike.

Boom!

The man’s vital force barrier shattered like paper, sending him flying like a ragdoll.

Li Guanqi followed with a casual sword slash, then twisted his waist and spun rapidly in midair, reorienting himself. He split into seven afterimages and withdrew in a flash.

Dozens of sword lights flashed and struck almost as soon as the afterimages materialized, slicing them apart. But Li Guanqi was simply too fast, evading every single attack.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thunderous roars echoed across the martial arena, the massive platform trembling faintly.

The man crashed to the ground, smashing his nose, losing several teeth, and tearing open his lips. He looked utterly miserable. The terrifying power had shaken his very soul, and that one knee strike left him incapacitated, eyes rolling back as he lost consciousness.

Yet Li Guanqi’s follow-up sword light came right after him, and no one stepped in to block it.

Just as his strike was about to fall, a white-haired elder finally moved. But the flames atop the throne behind Meng Jiangchu flared violently, and terrifying pressure spread through the void.

“When you wanted to fight him ten against one, I didn’t say a word,” Meng Jiangchu said, his eyes icy. “He just suffered a slight injury. What’s there to get anxious about?”

The razor-sharp sword light severed the man’s arm. The elder could only sit there in agitation, fists clenched tight, yet he didn’t dare utter a single word.

Boom!!

Explosions rang out one after another. Li Guanqi’s divine consciousness spread throughout his sword prison domain, and the movements of everyone inside fell clearly within his perception.

A white-robed youth let out a cold snort. An incomparably powerful divine consciousness fluctuation erupted from him, quickly transforming into a sword that violently shredded Li Guanqi’s divine consciousness into pieces.

A muffled grunt escaped Li Guanqi’s throat. The backlash turned his face pale and made his sea of consciousness tremble. Blood surged up his throat, but he forced it back down.

A chill ran down his back as two attacks came crashing in one after another. He tapped the void with his feet and leaped upward. Two sword lights swept past him, one above and one below.

With a single guiding motion of his hand, lightning erupted within the sword prison. Myriad bolts descended like divine retribution, forcing everyone back hundreds of zhang. He formed seals with his right hand alone, and one terrifying spell after another detonated explosively.

Lightning roared throughout the entire sword prison domain. Ferocious bolts ravaged heaven and earth, striking everyone like heavenly tribulation lightning. Lightning spears lunged toward the crowd alongside massive lightning serpents. One lightning spear after another lunged toward the crowd along with massive lightning serpents.

The white-robed man let out a cold snort, a trace of mockery appearing on his handsome face.

“Such a petty trick! Hmph!”

He raised his hand, and the surrounding void fractured. Countless thick walls of earth rose from the void, tanking every last bolt of lightning.

Li Guanqi’s lips curled into a smile. The shattered lightning power converged back onto his body. Within a breath, it transformed into a suit of dark-purple lightning armor that wrapped itself around him.

Li Guanqi murmured softly, “Spell Ninety-Nine, Lightning Armor!”

Boom!

Terrifying sword intent at the Sword Heart Realm erupted. The skies above the domain churned, clouds twisting together, heavy black clouds blotting out the sun. The wind howled, torrential rain poured down, and amid flashes of lightning and thunder, the atmosphere turned grim and murderous.

Li Guanqi stood clad in lightning armor, the Red Lotus Sword in hand, flames surging across the armor’s surface. He pointed his sword at the remaining nine and grinned. “Come. Let’s have a little fun.”

His opponents shouted in fury.

“How arrogant!”

“Hmph, he’s truly ignorant.”

But Li Guanqi planned to show them what overwhelming strength truly meant. He gripped his sword in his left hand, a sign that he was going all out.

High above, Ye Feng’s expression turned grave. He trusted that Li Guanqi could defeat his opponents, but some of them were extremely powerful. He couldn’t help but worry.

Xiao Chen, meanwhile, had lost his earlier schadenfreude. Instead, he hoped Li Guanqi would win. After all, a man who had once bested him couldn’t possibly be defeated here.

Li Guanqi’s figure moved like lightning as he darted through the encirclement and unleashed a storm of razor-sharp sword strikes. Blood sprayed everywhere, and nearly every strike was lethal.

With no restraints left, Li Guanqi no longer cared about sparing lives, enraging his enemies. All types of techniques and treasures emerged one after another, yet they could only wound Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi, however, grew fiercer the longer the fight dragged on. The clashing sounds of metal rang out without end.

The spectators above grew increasingly alarmed. Someone exclaimed, “Such battle instinct! Just how many life-and-death battles has he been through?”

Li Guanqi swung his sword with reckless abandon, even as the incoming sword lights and flashes of steel nearly obscured his vision. He became one with his sword, moving almost entirely on instinct.

Wei An clung tightly to Li Guanqi’s figure, pursuing him relentlessly. His earlier contempt had vanished entirely. Li Guanqi was terrifyingly strong—so strong that Wei An knew he couldn’t defeat him alone.

Boom!

He unleashed seven sword strikes in rapid succession, his blade sweeping fiercely through the void.

Boom!

That fearsome sword force carved a mark dozens of zhang long across the martial arena.