The Red Lotus Sword was three feet and one inch long, almost identical to the long sword with a tip in his spirit ruin!

The moment he grasped the sword, a sense of clarity spread throughout his entire body!

The long sword in the spirit ruin erupted with an extremely eerie red glow.

Li Guanqi’s heart skipped a beat as primordial energy surged madly into the Red Lotus Sword.

In his heart, he murmured, “Soul Release! Red Lotus!!!”

In an instant, the blade of the Red Lotus Sword turned an eerie red!!

The spine of the sword, however, turned a strange black.

The blood-red blade exuded a sinister aura.

Moreover, the Red Lotus Sword was extremely heavy, likely weighing thousands of pounds.

If not for Li Guanqi’s exceptionally strong physique, even swinging it would have been difficult.

At that moment, the round guard at the hilt transformed into a red lotus flower emitting a red glow.

The petals extended like tentacles, tightly wrapping around the blade.

Boom!!

Li Guanqi moved slightly, instantly turning into a phantom as he darted towards Zhao Beichen!

With purple lightning flashing, Li Guanqi’s entire demeanor changed abruptly!

An unstoppable, invincible sword aura burst forth!

The Red Lotus Sword’s primary ability was to kill!

No other additional abilities, just that.

Boom!!!

Clang!!!

Bang!!!

With just one swing, a faint mist of blood erupted from Li Guanqi’s entire left arm!!

Zhao Beichen, who had taken the full brunt of the strike, was sent flying dozens of meters away!!

His body flipped in the air, and Zhao Beichen barely managed to stabilize himself.

His entire arm was uncontrollably trembling.

Looking down, he saw that the web between his thumb and forefinger had split, and his thumb had bent into an extremely bizarre angle.

Seeing Li Guanqi’s bloodshot eyes, Zhao Beichen’s heart began to pound uncontrollably!!

“What kind of sword is that!!”

Clearly, it was just one person in front of him, but that one strike made him feel as if he had seen a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!!

In the moment he took Li Guanqi’s strike, he felt as if he had been trampled by thousands of soldiers and horses.

The cold killing intent invaded his mind as if it were tangible.

If he hadn’t used his strength to pull away, his consciousness might have fallen into that icy bloodlust.

Li Guanqi wasn’t feeling well either. He hadn’t expected the side effects of using the sword box at the half-step Golden Elixir realm to be so severe!

Just one strike with the Red Lotus Sword had consumed a terrifying amount of his primordial energy.

Moreover, his current physique couldn’t withstand the power of the Red Lotus Sword.

With just one swing, a mist of blood had erupted from his entire left arm!

When the two of them looked up again, they both chose to break through!!

Li Guanqi needed to break through because he couldn’t fully wield the Red Lotus Sword without doing so.

Zhao Beichen chose to break through out of fear of death!

He felt that if Li Guanqi could fully swing that sword, he wouldn’t last a hundred moves before dying!

Boom!!

Boom!!

In almost the blink of an eye, both of their auras reached their peaks!!

The falling snow around them slowed, and their auras surged!

At that moment, a storm vortex formed around them, spanning hundreds of meters.

Both of them took out all the spirit stones they had.

But Zhao Beichen’s face changed slightly; he hadn’t expected that when he was breaking through to the Golden Elixir and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he couldn’t compete with the other party.

He knew he had a Royal-Grade Spirit Root!!

“What level is his spirit root!! Could it be… Saint… Saint-Grade!!”

A flash of jealousy appeared in Zhao Beichen’s eyes as he frantically absorbed the spirit stones in his hand.

Gradually, both of them began to frantically absorb spiritual energy, sitting cross-legged in the sky.

Li Guanqi, with his Saint-Grade Spirit Root, broke through from the thirteenth level of Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment like never before.

During the breakthrough, he also opened up thirty-six meridians!

Competing in the speed of absorbing spiritual energy? He had never feared anyone!

The primordial energy within him roared as it gradually gathered towards the center of his platform.

Like a long river, the primordial energy slowly condensed in the center.

Without any hesitation, Li Guanqi murmured in his heart, “Shatter!”

Bang!!

The shadow of the platform in his pubic region suddenly shattered, and his aura began to surge wildly!

The long river of primordial energy within him began to compress!

Veins bulged on his forehead, one after another.

Hundreds of meters away, Zhao Beichen was not to be outdone, shattering the platform in his pubic region and beginning to frantically condense the primordial energy within him.

Meanwhile.

Lu Kangnian and his group, who were heading to Tianyu Mountain, suddenly received a message from Qin Xian!!

In an instant, an unparalleled terrifying pressure erupted from Lu Kangnian!!

Bang!

In his fury, he directly crushed the jade slip in his hand.

Shen Lan, who was beside him, frowned and sensed that something was wrong, softly asking.

“Sect Master, what’s wrong?”

Lu Kangnian’s face was gloomy as he said in a low voice, “Hmph! The Purple Sun Hall has gone too far; their disciples have severely injured Yu Sui’an, leaving her on the brink of death!!”

The other elders of the various peaks also frowned upon hearing this, and Xu Zhengjie spoke in a cold voice with a grim expression.

“It seems these guys are dissatisfied with us, the Great Xia Sword Sect, after the last arena battle! But even so, they shouldn’t have taken out their anger on that little girl, Yu Sui’an!!”

The others didn’t say much, as everyone in the sect knew that the two old men of Heavenly Thunder Peak treated Yu Sui’an like their own granddaughter.

With such an incident, who knew how Li Nanting would react.

Lu Kangnian clearly thought of this as well. He took out Li Nanting’s jade slip and was about to send a message.

Everyone saw the purple jade slip start to flash frantically.

Lu Kangnian’s face changed slightly, and he quickly infused a wisp of primordial energy.

Buzz!!

“Sect Master! Li Guanqi stormed the Purple Sun Hall’s residence at night, killing two Purple Sun Hall disciples in a fit of rage!”

“Li Guanqi and the remaining eight disciples of the Purple Sun Hall have entered the Floating Ghost Mountain Range together!”

“Sect Master… Only Zhao Beichen and Li Hua remain among the Purple Sun Hall disciples. It’s said that Li Hua is the son of Li Wenqi, the third elder of the Tianxiao Sect.”

“The elders of the Purple Sun Hall are currently on their way back. Sect Master… hurry!”

Lu Kangnian put down the jade slip and pondered for a long time. After a moment, he took out another jade slip and said calmly.

“All elders and disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect, heed my command!”

“Raise your swords at Tianyu Mountain!!”

The faces of the men behind him turned solemn upon hearing this!

‘Raise your swords at Tianyu Mountain!’

This was tantamount to announcing that the Great Xia Sword Sect was confronting the Purple Sun Hall head-on!

Lu Kangnian turned and said softly, “Prepare for anything, let’s go!”

Boom!!

Lu Kangnian tore through space, leading the group quickly towards Qin Xian and the others.

At this moment, Qin Xian also received the message. His face changed dramatically as he handed Yu Sui’an to Tu Kui, instructing him to continue finding Lu Kangnian.

He then tore through the void, rushing madly towards Tianyu Mountain!

“Li Guanqi, you fool!!”

“Hope those Purple Sun Hall guys haven’t returned yet, hurry!! Faster!!”