Chapter 474 - Swordfighting with Black-Armored Guards

Attacked by eighteen Divine Transformation Realm cultivators at once, Li Guanqi faced a truly terrifying onslaught. Sword lights filled the sky as a terrifying spatial force spread in all directions, halting Li Guanqi’s sword domain a hundred zhang short of Cang Lu.

Li Guanqi could only watch as Cang Lu teleported away. The man had taken a long, cold look at him before vanishing. He recognized Ye Feng’s face, but he’d seen through the disguise. Li Guanqi’s aura was unmistakable, especially his fierce sword intent and powerful lightning. They exposed his true identity.

Boom!

Li Guanqi snatched up the sword coffin and swung it horizontally. His physical strength and roaring vital force blocked every incoming attack, carving a ring-shaped cut through space where the coffin passed. Explosions erupted around him. He sensed more guards approaching and slammed his foot against the sword coffin. The shockwave forced the guards back more than a hundred zhang.

The cultivators below watched in fright. Not just because Li Guanqi was powerful, but because he dared attack the black-armored guards in Heavenly Cloud City.

Many cultivators scaled the rooftops to spectate, crossing their arms. A youth in sect robes looked up with a smirk. “This guy doesn’t know what he’s getting into, causing trouble in Heavenly Cloud City.”

Another youth next to him smiled. “He’s probably not from around here. He doesn’t know the rules.”

A crowd had gathered to witness the spectacle. When Li Guanqi unleashed his aura, several people found themselves in embarrassing situations, though no one dared voice their discomfort because he was clearly much stronger than them.

The leading guard stepped forward with an icy glare. He didn’t point his knife at Li Guanqi; he knew Li Guanqi wasn’t someone he could defeat alone. Even the man Li Guanqi had been pursuing was formidable.

The guard’s keen senses told him that the coffin-like box was a sword box. He’d never seen one so large, and the youth hadn’t even opened it yet.

“Please come with us!”

Li Guanqi squinted. He was furious. If they hadn’t interfered, Cang Lu wouldn’t have escaped.

“And if I say no?”

The man’s eyes flashed coldly beneath his black armor. “Then don’t blame us for what happens next! All guards—kill him!”

A fierce aura radiated outward. The whole southern district fell silent. Dark clouds gathered overhead, and a drizzle began to fall. Many onlookers cried out, “That guy isn’t thinking of fighting, is he?”

Li Guanqi couldn’t let the black-armored guards capture him. Who knew what he’d have to endure? He had finally found Cang Lu, and time was of the essence.

Buzz!

The crowd watched anxiously as the sword coffin opened and a blood-red sword shot out. Terrifying killing intent flooded the air.

The guard swung his hand. “Kill!”

Their duty was to protect Heavenly Cloud City. Anyone who challenged their authority had to die.

Boom!

With the Red Lotus Sword in hand, Li Guanqi teleported and appeared before the man. He swung downward.

Boom!

The guard raised his arm to block but was too slow. An unstoppable force traveled from the blade to his body, sparks flying as the sword struck his shoulder and shattered his collarbone. He was flung toward the ground, unable to halt his fall.

Boom!

The man plummeted to the ground. Every building within a dozen zhang collapsed. He was the only peak Divine Transformation Realm cultivator among all the squads, yet he couldn’t withstand a single move. In one exchange, he was already losing.

Li Guanqi tore into the remaining guards like a hungry wolf, Red Lotus Sword in hand. Sword light erupted from the blade, and the guards dropped from the sky one by one, tumbling like dumplings into soup.

He swept through the air like an unstoppable force. No one could withstand a single blow. He held an absolute advantage.

Even facing more than a dozen guards, he wove through the sky full of sword lights with fluid grace. The crowd watched in astonishment, not daring to breathe. They’d never imagined someone in the Divine Transformation Realm could singlehandedly fight eighteen cultivators of the same realm.

Most remarkably, it seemed effortless. He didn’t kill anyone, merely breaking limbs and sealing their dantians to incapacitate them.

“

Ssss!

Such terrifying strength! Who’s that guy?”

“Since when did the Central Prefecture have such a crazy monster? Why haven’t I heard of him?”

“Even horse shit looks shiny.[1] The black-armored guards of Heavenly Cloud City will never let him live.”

“

Heh.

This guy won’t get to flaunt around for long.”

A terrifying sword light flashed past. Li Guanqi grabbed a guard and hurled him out of the sky. He turned and saw more guards rushing in from all directions.

Li Guanqi frowned. Just as he prepared to flee, three powerful auras in triangular formation shot toward him.

Li Guanqi’s chest tightened.

Oh no... Three Illusory Refinement Realm cultivators! And the really powerful kind!

Li Guanqi did not hesitate. He reached out to make a tear in space and flee.

But he couldn’t create a spatial tear. The three had released spatial force to seal the area.

His mind raced. If he called Nine Heavens out, the dragon could shatter the spatial seal and help him escape. But that would expose Nine Heavens to the world, and countless people would pursue him afterward.

Peng Luo appeared on his shoulder. “Hurry, punch me!”

Li Guanqi understood and slapped him hard.

The large radish, thick as a water bucket, flew out like a spinning top. He shot away so fast he was nearly a blur.

The crowd below was stunned. “What was that? Something flew out.”

1. An idiom meaning that things may not be as good as they seem. ☜