Chapter 562 - Battling Three Kings

Li Guanqi sneered. He summoned Peng Luo and Nine Heavens.

Nine Heavens was massive now, over thirty zhang long. Its dragon’s might spread across the space as it coiled in the sky, glaring at the heavenly kings with menacing, dark golden eyes.

Peng Luo sensed the situation wasn’t exactly optimistic, so he transformed into a mobile pill source. He reached out, conjuring more radishes, and tossed seven or eight to Li Guanqi’s group.

Hands on his hips, he pointed at the heavenly kings and cursed, “You shameless bastards! Who do you think you are, talking to my master that way? If you don’t have a mirror, just pee on the floor and look at your reflection! How dare you talk to my master like that!”

The three heavenly kings’ faces darkened visibly.

Ye Feng covered Peng Luo’s mouth. “Brother Luo, Brother Luo... Sometimes, it’s best if yo u’re not so protective of your master...”

Peng Luo realized Ye Feng was probably right. When he sensed the three kings’ powerful auras and saw Lu Xuan’s fierce glare, he grew scared and fled into the sword coffin.

His eyes lit up once inside. He spotted Sword Spirit leaning against the stone coffin’s wall and cried, “Sister Sword Spirit... There’s someone bullying Master...”

Peng Luo ran up to her, arms outstretched to leap into her embrace. Then Sword Spirit glanced at him and slapped him away.

Bam!

He slammed into the stone wall with a dull thud and slid down to the floor.

Sword Spirit looked at Peng Luo with her beautiful eyes. “Who the hell are you?”

Peng Luo patted the dust off his body and smiled. “It doesn’t matter who I am. Right now, I am me. I am Peng Luo.”

Sword Spirit smirked. “Do you know who I am?”

Peng Luo sat on the ground and chuckled timidly. “I won’t make any guesses. I’m not allowed to, nor do I dare.”

Sword Spirit smiled. She shook her head and said nothing.

Boom!

Outside, the fight began. The heavenly kings had sensed the might of Meng Wanshu’s magical items, but they were not afraid. Li Guanqi and the others had to die.

Boom!

Gripping the Yanluo Sword, Li Guanqi activated its Heaven-Opening tier. His sword intent erupted. He stepped forward and charged at Lu Xuan, Nine Heavens at his side.

Xiao Chen and Ye Feng exchanged a glance, nodded, and charged at the Eastern Heavenly King, Duan Ming.

Duan Ming snorted. He vanished and reappeared to swat his iron fan at Ye Feng. “You’re biting off more than you can chew!”

Ye Feng growled, “Really? Dungeon Abyss Technique, open!”

Violent energy erupted from Ye Feng, and half his face turned demonic.

Xiao Chen’s eyes widened in surprise. He hadn’t realized Ye Feng had been holding back, even with the situation being so intense. Even Meng Wanshu was surprised.

Xiao Chen muttered, “Damn, these two are so sneaky! Aren’t they worried they’ll never get to use all their skills if they keep saving them like this?”

Despite his words, he didn’t slow down. He swiped his spear at Duan Ming like a blade. After being knocked back, he pivoted and thrust forward. His spear attack forced Duan Ming back more than a hundred zhang.

Duan Ming narrowed his eyes and started to take them more seriously.

Only Nan Gongyi remained. She studied Meng Wanshu, thinking the girl looked familiar, but she couldn’t figure out who she was. But when she realized Meng Wanshu was looking at her with arrogance and contempt, she grew annoyed.

Meng Wanshu did not hold the heavenly kings in high regard. They were only concerned with “face.” If they truly cared and didn’t want Cao Zhennan to die, they wouldn’t have just stood by and watched Li Guanqi kill him without so much as lifting a finger.

She knew the three heavenly kings must have been informed of their arrival long before showing up. They deliberately chose to do nothing while Cao Yan was being tortured as well.

Meng Wanshu gripped the ice-blue sword tightly, radiating a shockingly powerful aura. Both women were at the late Illusory Refinement Realm.

Meng Wanshu was very calm. Nan Gongyi looked at her coldly, about to speak, when Meng Wanshu raised her hand and scoffed. “You people talk too much nonsense.”

Boom!

The sky above them cracked for more than a hundred li. Seven Illusory Refinement Realm cultivators and one tier-six beast had thrown the entire Black Sect Territory into chaos.

Ding ding! Clang clang!

Lu Xuan’s expression was dark. He had the upper hand against Li Guanqi. He was a powerful Illusory Refinement Realm cultivator who had been cultivating for a long time, his aura very close to the tenth level of the Illusory Refinement Realm.

Li Guanqi activated the Dragon-Elephant Subduing Sutra. His physical strength climbed by several levels. The skin on his hand broke from his hard grip on the sword hilt. Soon, Li Guanqi tipped the scales back in his favor.

Nine Heavens and Li Guanqi unleashed a rain of attacks on Lu Xuan, one from the front and one from behind. Constant booms echoed across the void as their swords rang out with metallic clangs at every collision.

Nine Heavens dominated the exchange, intimidating Lu Xuan with its mighty physical strength.

Lu Xuan was covered in scratches. If not for the valuable armor he wore, he would have been severely injured. Still, he was very powerful. How could he be weak when he’d risen to become a heavenly king?

Boom!

The sword light faded. Nine Heavens’ dragon breath destroyed everything in its path. Lu Xuan released powerful sword attacks, forcing Li Guanqi to constantly defend.

Boom!

Li Guanqi used the momentum of the blow to retreat further. The Yanluo hologram behind him merged with him.

Lu Xuan frowned. His eyes widened, and he retreated quickly, releasing several blinding sword lights.

“Myriad Blades Sword Light!”

The powerful sword light split into tens of thousands of beams that shot toward Li Guanqi in a storm. Sword qi ravaged the surrounding space. Sword Courage Realm sword intent mixed with the myriad sword lights shot in Li Guanqi’s direction.

The moment the Yanluo hologram merged with Li Guanqi, black qi spread through his eyes. Lu Xuan’s mind was consumed by images of carnage, with mountains of corpses and oceans of blood.

Li Guanqi gripped his sword with his left hand, the muscles on his arm taut. “Heavenly Destruction Sutra, Immortal-Slaying Slash!”

Boom!

A shining sword light burst forth.

Cling cling clang clang!

The myriad blades fell on Li Guanqi’s sword light, letting out a rapid chorus of metallic clangs.

A red beam of light erupted from the sword coffin.

Li Guanqi retreated dozens of zhang back. He held his swords in a backhanded grip and stabbed them into his sheaths. Lu Xuan’s hair stood on end, a chill running up his spine to his scalp.

Li Guanqi grew solemn as he glared at Lu Xuan. He pulled both swords from their sheaths.

“Heaven-Opening Tier, Sword-Unsheathing Technique!”

Both swords cleared their sheaths, and two shocking sword lights pierced the sky. Lu Xuan and Li Guanqi passed each other mid-air. Both of Lu Xuan’s arms were severed. The sword lights he’d released shattered. Lu Xuan didn’t even have the chance to fight back.

Half an hour later, Li Guanqi emerged slowly, his entire body covered in countless cuts from the Myriad Blades Sword Light. He dragged a barely conscious Lu Xuan behind him.

The other two battles had ended as well. Ye Feng and Xiao Chen were both badly injured. Duan Ming’s hair was a disheveled mess, and his fan had been destroyed.

Meng Wanshu dragged Nan Gongyi by her hair and slowly walked out of the void. Her eyes met Li Guanqi’s, and they smiled at each other.

The three of them tossed the three heavenly kings onto the ground. They had spared them—perhaps it was fine to kill Cao Zhennan, but if they killed all the heavenly kings, the Black Sect territory lord would probably be furious.

Vital force surged through Li Guanqi’s body. Breathing heavily, he said, “Let’s go.”