Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

After a sword strike, Li Guanqi stood panting heavily in mid-air.

Fighting against a powerhouse like Xuan Yue consumed several times more mental energy than usual.

The man in the deep pit and gully was thoughtful, sensing that Li Guanqi's power was somewhat strange.

"Such a vast Yuan Power... is it because of the power of the噬无圣炎 (Devouring Holy Flame)?"

Li Guanqi's eyes flickered, and terrifying sword lights instantly connected, forming a rain of swords falling towards the deep pit and gully!!

His figure flashed, turning into afterimages and disappearing from the spot.

A sharp glint flashed in Li Guanqi's eyes; he knew the opponent was definitely more than this.

Xuan Yue didn't expect Li Guanqi to still have energy to spare. He slammed his palms on the ground, instantly shifting his position by hundreds of feet.

His figure flickered as the rain of sword energy exploded beside him.

Some sword lights he couldn't dodge were directly shattered by his fists.

His eyes swept across the void, only to find that Li Guanqi had disappeared.

Xuan Yue smiled slightly, muttering softly.

"Good trick, completely concealing your aura."

That's right, Li Guanqi was currently hidden above the Dao Platform's void, another power of the Demon King Physique being dark concealment.

This ability was somewhat similar to Peng Luo's.

Just as Li Guanqi was looking for an opportunity, a chill suddenly rose from his back, shooting straight to the top of his head!

Li Guanqi didn't have time to think and instantly darted out of the void.

Behind him, a wide hand reached out from within.

The burly Xuan Yue walked out of the void with a calm expression.

"Your little tricks are useless in front of me."

Li Guanqi frowned, unable to figure out where he had exposed his tracks.

Logically, his ability was well-hidden; the opponent shouldn't have detected him so easily!

Before the man could speak, Li Guanqi suddenly reacted.

He turned to look at the surrounding void space, the faint earth-elemental laws...

Li Guanqi's eyes showed surprise as he murmured softly.

"Earth-elemental laws, merging with heaven and earth... no wonder you could sense my existence."

Upon hearing this, a look of astonishment flashed across Xuan Yue's face.

It was the first time he had seen someone decipher his methods so quickly.

Logically, his own power was also hidden quite well.

It was because of the Xuanwu power that almost no one who tried to assassinate him on the battlefield had a good ending.

Xuan Yue cracked his neck and said in a deep voice.

"Come on, the second battle!"

Li Guanqi grinned, fully activating the Divine Punishment Technique.

With the blessing of the Devouring Holy Flame, Li Guanqi's current speed of refining spiritual energy was terrifying.

He crushed dozens of purple-gold crystals to restore the Yuan Power in his body. At the same time,

the thunder bead that had been floating around his Yuan Spirit trembled slightly, and Yuan Power surged out like a river.

Li Guanqi took a deep breath and charged forward with his sword!!!

In an instant, the heavens and the earth shook, and the Dao Platform rumbled.

Both of their battles were full of grand and open momentum. Li Guanqi's attacks rarely managed to break through the opponent's defense.

Only when the tip of his sword stabbed, flicked, chopped, and slashed could he injure the opponent.

But Li Guanqi dared not easily take a punch from Xuan Yue...

Not just punches, but the man's collisions, close quarters combat, elbow strikes, knee kicks...

Li Guanqi couldn't easily withstand any of the attacks.

The opponent's strength and speed were all above his own.

Even after using some Xuanwu power, his fully released power was still suppressed everywhere...

Two hours later, Li Guanqi had almost no intact skin on his body.

He lay weakly on the ground, finally understanding what the man meant by 'resistant to beatings'.

Xuan Yue stood proudly not far from Li Guanqi, with only a dozen or so wounds on his body.

Moreover, these dozen or so wounds only broke through the opponent's skin.

Apart from the Falling Dao Sword he had unleashed with all his strength before, almost no sword moves or sword intents could injure the opponent.

The opponent's control over attack distance had reached a microscopic level.

Moreover, the opponent had shown almost none of his fist intent.

That's right... it was hidden...

Blood blurred his vision, and a bitter smile appeared on Li Guanqi's face.

He didn't expect that even if he went all out, facing the weakest of the Four Kings, the Xuan King, he was only a slightly stronger ant.

Now he could feel the tip of the iceberg of Xuan Yue's strength...

If this man went all out, using the Heavenly King Transformation to fully integrate the Xuanwu power,

plus all kinds of other methods...

it probably wouldn't take three punches to deal with him.

Maybe even three punches would be too many.

From beginning to end, the man was only using his purest physical strength, speed, and his combat instinct to entangle with him.

If it were a life-and-death battle, if the opponent used all his strength from the start, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to resist.

His various methods that he was so proud of now seemed... somewhat ridiculous.

In the face of absolute self-strength, any extra strength would seem so redundant.

That's right, Li Guanqi now attributed all the little tricks he was so proud of to redundant strength.

After fighting with Xuan Yue for so long, Li Guanqi also realized some of his shortcomings.

His power was too mixed...

Compared to Xuan Yue, he was a pure physical martial artist.

A pure martial artist who had tempered his physical body to the extreme.

And he had been pursuing the ultimate sword path, otherwise, he wouldn't have given the Yin Underworld Mysterious Fire and the Purple Firmament Thunder Flame to Ye Feng and Cao Yan.

But the Devouring Holy Flame was different.

It was directly combined with his Yuan Spirit, so it could be said that he now had both thunder and fire elemental roots...

But the Devouring Holy Flame was not his innate spiritual root after all, so the essence of his Yuan Power was still thunder.

The flame also didn't need to be distracted and controlled like the Purple Firmament Thunder Flame before.

Nor did he need to painstakingly mix the power of the flame into the thunder.

Now the power of Devouring could be controlled together with thunder, completely fused together.

Before, he needed to use all kinds of methods because he was facing the Eight Generals.

Different people had different fighting styles, and these little tricks were more conducive to his battle.

But now it seems...

when he needed to face a truly top powerhouse,

he probably needed to be a pure cultivator like Dragon Lord and Red Weaver.

Maximize his advantages!

Lying on the ground with his eyes closed, Li Guanqi constantly replayed the previous battle in his mind.

And his body was more than two inches shorter than before!

Tremendous changes were taking place in Li Guanqi's body, and his subjective consciousness also underwent some changes.

He began to deliberately forget the spells and spiritual incantations he had learned.

Xuan Yue, who was sitting cross-legged in the distance, felt the change in Li Guanqi's aura, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"This comprehension... is truly a monster."