Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

The Fourth Domain, the Realm of Wind and Thunder.

Outside the highest floating island, a ten-thousand-丈 (zhang) golden Dao platform had long stood towering in the firmament.

Upon the Dao platform was a golden throne.

The Dragon Marquis, clad in golden armor, sat upon the throne, a crimson-gold long spear standing to the right of the throne.

With arms crossed, the Dragon Marquis's eyes were slightly closed, his expression stern.

The instant Li Guanqi's aura appeared in the Fourth Domain, the Dragon Marquis abruptly opened his eyes!!!

At this moment, the Dragon Marquis was like a beast awakened, his tiger eyes fixed on Li Guanqi, who was flying towards him.

That gaze... was incomparably sharp, like a hunter locking onto its prey.

All of the Seven Generals had arrived to observe the ceremony.

However, this time Li Guanqi did not allow Ye Feng and the others to come.

This was not a life-or-death battle of confrontation, but merely a friendly exchange.

But just because Li Guanqi didn't say it, didn't mean others wouldn't come.

The moment Li Guanqi stepped onto the Dao platform, light surged.

Meng Wanshu and Ye Feng and the others all arrived!!

Not only to observe this rare and top-level battle, but also to cheer for their Big Brother.

A battle between two half-step Tribulation Realm great power cultivators was an invaluable experience for anyone to witness.

Ye Xuan came, Qin Xiao also came, and Meng Jiangchu was also there.

Xu Junlin and Qin Wushang stood side by side, standing beside Ye Feng and the others.

Qin Wushang looked at Li Guanqi's back and murmured.

"His strength is increasing at a terrifying rate."

Xu Junlin smiled wryly upon hearing this.

He had once been able to suppress Li Guanqi.

But now... he probably doesn't even have the qualification to wield a spear in front of Li Guanqi.

In such a short period of time, the gap between the two has become increasingly large.

From the moment Li Guanqi began challenging the Eight Generals, after the first battle where he defeated Chankongzi.

Li Guanqi's strength has been rapidly increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two seemed to make this world lose its color, all eyes focused on them, unable to move away.

Li Guanqi, who had changed into a brand new magic robe, looked as gentle and refined as a young master.

While the Dragon Marquis was as domineering and awe-inspiring as ever.

The two stood on the high platform, and the collision of their auras alone caused ripples to appear on the Dao platform's array barrier.

The moment the Dragon Marquis held the spear in one hand, his entire temperament changed completely!!

The man slowly rose from the golden throne conjured from Yuan Qi, and in the process, the man's aura continued to strengthen.

Originally, some beams of light could still fall sparsely onto the floating island through the gaps in the clouds.

But now... dark clouds covered the firmament, and the entire Fourth Domain's aura was being drawn by the two of them.

Thousands of lightning bolts descended from the sky, like a torrential rain.

The wind howled, and the cyan astral winds even visibly permeated the void.

Li Guanqi made a single-handed gesture, and the Red Lotus Sword, completely entwined with a blood-colored light, instantly flew into his hand.

Boom!!!

An invisible force bloomed, the petals at the hilt of the Red Lotus Sword bloomed, and the red light of the sword flowed like a scarlet meteor, shining brightly.

The Dragon Marquis stared at Li Guanqi with deep eyes, and murmured with emotion.

"I didn't expect that in just over ten years, you have grown to the point where I have to take you seriously."

Li Guanqi did not speak upon hearing this, but looked at the man in front of him with a complex expression.

It was this man who, with a single golden spear, had wiped out the entire Underworld River.

The King of the Underworld, an enemy that seemed impossible to resist at the time, had also had his soul destroyed by that spear.

At that time, the Dragon Marquis was still proud, his eyes never wavering in the slightest.

Destroying the Underworld River was like doing something insignificant.

It was that spear that left an indelible and profound impression in Li Guanqi's heart.

Li Guanqi looked at the Dragon Marquis, the man he had once admired so much.

"Huff..."

He didn't expect it would take him more than ten years to stand in front of this man.

But what Li Guanqi didn't know was that some people, when facing this man, could only look up to him for their entire lives.

Li Guanqi exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his eyes gradually became sharp.

"Junior Li Guanqi, humbly requests Senior Dragon Marquis to impart your teachings!!"

The Dragon Marquis looked at the young man in front of him with a complex expression.

At this moment, his heart was also filled with mixed feelings.

Back then, when he saw this little guy, he was also full of disdain.

Because in his opinion, Li Guanqi was just a young man that the Realm Master was paying attention to.

He would even feel a sense of displeasure because Su Xuan asked him to do such a small thing.

That kind of displeasure was the displeasure when looking at Li Guanqi.

But now...

The Dragon Marquis glanced at the firmament, and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

"I'm afraid that making a fuss and having me appear back then was for this moment today, right?"

Now that things had come to this, the Dragon Marquis finally understood some things.

The golden spear in his hand was slowly raised forward, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"I won't hold back."

Li Guanqi grinned.

"As it should be!"

As soon as the words fell, two deafening roars suddenly came!!

Boom boom!! Dong!!

Without any probing, without any reservations.

The two of them displayed terrifying strength enough to crush those who had just entered the Tribulation Realm!!!

Dang dang dang dang!!

Dang dang!!

Dang dang boom! Dang dang!!

Afterimages flickered above the Dao platform, sparks flew, and the sound of the long sword and long spear colliding was as dense as rain.

The sound of gold and iron clashing merged into one, and the aftershocks of the power splashing around the two of them were enough to kill early-stage Mahayana Realm cultivators.

Li Guanqi activated the fourth level of Divine Punishment, the Void Release Realm, from the very beginning!!

The powerful physical strength was originally enough to crush opponents in the same realm, but Li Guanqi was shocked to find that the Dragon Marquis's physical strength was also extremely powerful.

The physical body under the golden armor was not weaker than his own, and even slightly had the upper hand.

Li Guanqi held the sword in his left hand, and the speed of his sword strikes became faster and faster.

However, the Dragon Marquis had experienced hundreds of battles and had never been defeated, and his experience in fighting sword cultivators was extremely rich.

Relying on the advantage of the long spear, he frantically suppressed Li Guanqi's dodging space.

However, Li Guanqi became more and more courageous in battle, and the speed of the sword in his hand became faster and faster, so fast that even the Dragon Marquis could only see a blurred shadow.

The Dragon Marquis also felt some pressure, Li Guanqi's combat experience was too rich.

Even his combat intuition was not inferior to his own!

Suddenly!!

Li Guanqi changed the sword in his hand from stabbing to picking, forcing the Dragon Marquis to draw his spear back to defend, and instantly changed the picking to slicing!

The two consecutive changes of moves were almost only in an instant, so fast that the Dragon Marquis did not even react.

Tear!!!

The long sword slashed across the golden armor, leaving a deep gully on it, almost injuring the Dragon Marquis!

The golden spear rotated in his palm, flew three chi (feet) and was held by the man at the end of the spear!!

The Dragon Marquis's expression was stern, he held the spear handle with his right hand, and used the spear as a staff, slamming it down on Li Guanqi's head!!

This strike even tore the nothingness apart, and the powerful wind pressure squeezed Li Guanqi so that he could not move.

This strike, wrapped in the terrifying momentum of splitting mountains and breaking rivers, fell down with a bang!!

At the same time, the golden spear in the Dragon Marquis's hand was covered with inscriptions, flashing golden mysterious patterns.

"Apocalypse · Soaring Dragon!!!"

"Overlord Mountain-Breaking Spear!!!!!"

Boom!!!!!!!!!!

The brilliant golden light enveloped the firmament, and the Dao platform's array barrier rippled violently.

Li Guanqi held the sword in one hand, his eyes slightly condensed, he stomped on the void and his figure instantly retreated dozens of zhang (yards).

But he still could not escape the attack range of this strike, and almost instinctively completed the Dragon Transformation, holding the sword in one hand and violently slashing back with a sword!!!

"Red Lotus · Dark Moon Slash!!!"

Boom!!!!

A violent explosion sounded, sword energy raged, golden light shattered, and the storm engulfed the figures of the two.