Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

A fierce and shrill scream suddenly echoed!!

Li Guanqi almost instinctively raised his hand.

But before he could act, Jiu Xiao on his wrist suddenly transformed into a ten-zhang giant dragon, its claw piercing through the leopard demon's head.

It pulled out the beast core, stuffed it into its mouth, and began to chew voraciously.

Li Guanqi frowned, looking around to find himself surrounded by vast, mist-shrouded mountains.

However, Li Guanqi glanced at the leopard demon's corpse and noticed it was emaciated, its body covered in hideous wounds.

Apart from the demon beast that attacked them, the entire forest was eerily silent.

Mountain mist permeated the air, and the ancient trees of the forest were withered and decaying, lacking the vibrant life one would expect.

Meng Wanshu's beautiful eyes flickered with a solemn expression, and she closed her eyes to concentrate, then softly spoke.

"Something is not quite right. This forest seems endless, and it also has the ability to suppress flight."

"Besides this great demon, I haven't detected any other signs of life."

Peng Luo's nose twitched slightly, and she frowned, saying, "Such a strong stench of decay. This realm is nearing the end of its lifespan."

Li Guanqi frowned, suddenly feeling that this realm was different from what he had imagined.

Originally, he thought there was only a Qilin soul fragment here.

But now, even if he wanted to ask Xuan Lin, it was impossible. The spatial realm here prevented any messages from being transmitted.

Li Guanqi's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's go, we'll go inside and take a look."

The group flew down, and Jiu Xiao climbed onto Li Guanqi's wrist.

Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu flew to the entrance of the forest, where there was a faint path.

At the entrance stood a huge stone碑, engraved with four large characters.

'Illusory Forest'

Li Guanqi frowned as he looked at these characters, unsure of their meaning.

Meng Wanshu also frowned, reaching out to sweep away the dust from the stone碑.

With the surge of Yuan energy, she quickly discovered a line of small characters below the stone碑.

"I advise those who come later to never, ever take a detour!"

This line of characters was vigorous and forceful, appearing to have been engraved by a strong person with a sword, reminding those who came after.

Li Guanqi took a deep breath, looked up at the misty forest, and said, "Let's go, go in."

Peng Luo said, "Do you really believe what this person said? Wouldn't it be better for us to just teleport through quickly?"

Li Guanqi smiled and said, "Believe it and don't believe it."

"So, we'll go inside and take a look first."

After speaking, Li Guanqi picked up Peng Luo and said softly, "You, sometimes don't always be so self-righteous with your 'I think'."

"Sometimes it's good to maintain this kind of independent thinking."

"But sometimes, don't always be so wary, guarding against everyone and everything."

"Like the reminder on that stone碑 just now, maybe it's a good thing?"

"We should consider whether to listen to other people's advice after we have our own judgment."

Peng Luo was held by Li Guanqi, the green leaves on his head drooping, his hands crossed in front of his chest, and he frowned in thought for a long time.

"It seems like what you said makes sense, I'll take another look..."

Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu couldn't help but smile, casually placing him on their shoulders and ignoring him.

Taking a deep breath, Li Guanqi gripped Red Lotus in his hand and stepped into the forest.

Meng Wanshu followed closely behind, walking into the forest side by side with Li Guanqi.

Boom!!!

Roar!!!

Roar roar!!! Awoo awoo!!!

The moment they stepped into the forest, Li Guanqi's ears were filled with all kinds of beast roars and howls!!!

The earth shook, and the surrounding trees fell one after another!!

Giant beasts of enormous size rushed towards the two of them!!

Several thick streams of fire breath enveloped the location of the two.

Swish!!

Li Guanqi was about to teleport, but found that the space here was like an iron wall, impossible to traverse.

He could rise from the ground but couldn't fly, so he could only rely on his physical strength and agility.

碧龙蛇 (Jade Dragon Snake), 冰霜熊 (Frost Bear), 蓝焰狮 (Blue Flame Lion), 赤角牛 (Red Horn Bull), 赤日天鹿 (Red Sun Celestial Deer), 魔夜豹 (Demon Night Leopard)...

Peng Luo widened his eyes, looking at the huge figures that kept appearing in front of him, naming them off one by one as if listing family treasures.

But the tone was mostly disbelief.

The reason was simple, these great demons were almost extinct in the outside world.

Even Peng Luo felt a little unbearable, Meng Wanshu had already taken action at this time.

With a wave of her long sword, her figure was as ethereal and agile as a fairy dancing, afterimages disappearing, each sword strike enough to drive the great demons mad.

The realms of these great demons were generally at the sixth or seventh rank, posing little threat to the two.

But there were still too many of them, so many that they couldn't see the end at a glance, rushing towards the two like a beast tide.

The earth shook violently, and the sound of iron hooves trampling was endless.

Suddenly!

Li Guanqi raised his hand and cut off the head of a great demon with a sword, Jiu Xiao suddenly opened his eyes!!

Golden dragon eyes flickered with ferocity, and then Jiu Xiao's figure circled around Li Guanqi, his huge body appearing, covering the sky and the sun!!

The huge dragon head slowly lowered, looking down at the endless great demons in the forest!!

Roar!!!

A low and majestic dragon roar suddenly resounded throughout the mountains!!!

The dragon's威圧(might) was vast, like the might of heaven, overwhelming the world.

For a time, all the great demons in the entire Illusory Forest knelt on the ground, unable to move!

The bloodline suppression from the ancient true dragon caused many sixth-rank great demons to roll their eyes and faint on the spot, with a puddle of urine under them.

Even those seventh-rank great demons knelt on the ground like subjects, not daring to raise their heads.

Among them, a Frost Giant Ape's scarlet eyes flashed with ferocity. The huge ape, over thirty zhang tall, stood up and roared, pounding its chest and glaring at Jiu Xiao.

A cold killing intent flashed in Jiu Xiao's eyes, and he opened his mouth and roared.

His figure swept out, and his huge dragon claw grabbed towards the giant ape!

But the giant ape's realm was already approaching the peak of the seventh rank. With a sway of its body, it grabbed the ancient tree next to it and swung, moving quickly.

But what greeted it was a thick dragon tail!!

The scales on the dragon tail flickered with a cold light, and Jiu Xiao's body surged with boundless thunder power.

The thick dragon might swept across, and the ancient trees within a hundred zhang radius were directly razed to the ground!!!

The bodies of several sixth-rank great demons exploded the moment they were hit by the dragon might!!!

Jiu Xiao turned his body, and the power of the dragon tail was brought to the extreme.

Bang!!!

Terrifying power erupted instantly, the giant ape's arms blocking in front of its body but suddenly exploded, the dragon tail swept across its chest.

Its chest collapsed, its fur stained with blood, and the giant ape's body was instantly sent into the air!!!

In an instant, the giant ape's eyes already looked much more hollow. Before the giant ape could react, Jiu Xiao's dragon claw grabbed the other's head and roared!!

Roar!!!!!!

Jiu Xiao's dragon eyes, with vertical pupils, flashed with cold light. Under the dragon's roar, no great demon dared to raise its head to meet his gaze.

The dragon claw exerted force, squeezing the giant ape's head, making cracking sounds, and opened its mouth to spit out a mouthful of dragon breath!!

Half of the giant ape's body was completely annihilated by the dragon breath.

Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu stood aside, watching this scene, and couldn't help but feel their hearts tremble.

Li Guanqi felt for the first time, firsthand, the kingly威圧(might) of Jiu Xiao as a true dragon among the great demons.