Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Zen Kongzi's gaze toward Li Guanqi had already changed.

He was now utterly certain that Li Guanqi had the ability to threaten him!!!

Even... to kill him!

Zen Kongzi wore a bitter smile, and the flames around him suddenly intensified!!

Composing himself, he seriously adopted a boxing stance!

When Li Guanqi saw this, he was immediately shocked!!

Because this starting stance...

...was too similar to the starting stance of the boxing technique his grandfather had taught him!

Li Guanqi's expression turned solemn, and the two launched another charge!!!

This time, their speed was faster! Their attacks were more ferocious!!!

Their exchanges could be described as moves aimed to kill.

Every punch and every sword strike was intended to eliminate the enemy!

The slightest carelessness would result in severe injuries.

Wen Guyan couldn't help but sigh as he watched.

"To push Little Zen to this extent, this kid is improving too fast."

Even Zhuque Bie Ruxue's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Indeed, his progress is too great."

"His entire fighting style seems to have changed, his offensive rhythm is incredible."

"He wastes almost no opportunity to suppress his opponent!!"

Terrifying sword light flashed, the sword's edge flickering incessantly.

Zen Kongzi's figure flickered, coordinating with a profound movement technique to close in step by step!

But various thunderous seals constantly appeared around Li Guanqi.

Even thunder walls, prisons, thunder snakes, and thunder whips were used to hinder him.

Occasionally, Li Guanqi would even unleash several extremely powerful punches.

Instantly, the stage trembled incessantly, and the light screen rippled.

In the sky, half was crimson, half was purple.

Amidst the churning thunderclouds, thunder swords and spears continuously blasted toward Zen Kongzi.

Faced with the biting, terrifying sword light, Zen Kongzi could shatter the sword's edge with a single punch!!

But Li Guanqi's control of distance was too strong, giving him almost no chance for close-quarters combat!!

Gradually, the two each gained the upper hand at times, and were suppressed by the other at others.

The intensity of the battle even made all the onlookers hold their breath!!

Blood splattered, and both of them had many wounds.

But none of these wounds were fatal.

Suddenly!!

The instant Li Guanqi swung his sword, Zen Kongzi struck the sword hilt with a punch!!

The enormous force almost caused the Red Lotus Sword to fly out of his hand.

The hilt slid, and Li Guanqi gripped the sword tightly, his palm chafed with bloody marks.

Zen Kongzi's fist surged with power, and he punched down at Li Guanqi's shoulder!!!

But at some point, Li Guanqi's right hand transformed into a thunderous scabbard!!!

"Sword Draw Style · Thunder Fury!!"

Li Guanqi's brow furrowed, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

Rumble!!!

A thunder god's phantom, hundreds of feet in size, appeared in mid-air.

The terrifying thunder sword light flashed by at an imperceptible speed!!

The violent thunderous power was entirely contained within the longsword.

The suppressed power erupted at this moment.

When Zen Kongzi felt this power, his pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints, trembling madly.

Unable to land the subsequent punch, he suddenly retreated three feet.

The flames on his hands surged, and countless flame patterns seemed to wrap around his hands.

The power of the flames wrapped around his palms seemed to enlarge them to three feet in size.

He shouted loudly.

"Great Flame · Harmony Profound!"

Boom!!!!

The sword's edge, ten feet in size, was firmly clamped between two flaming palms!!!

The force of the palms closing together was like two mountains colliding.

No matter how Li Guanqi urged this power, he couldn't shake the other's clasped hands!!!

The two were locked in a stalemate, and the void around them gradually began to crack with fine fissures.

A few beads of cold sweat dripped from Zen Kongzi's forehead.

He felt that Li Guanqi's power was like a caged prehistoric beast.

His arm muscles bulged, his blood vessels twisted, and he trembled slightly.

The flames flickered violently, as if they would collapse at any moment.

Boom!!!!

The two figures shot out in opposite directions in mid-air, but both stopped and charged out again!!!

Li Guanqi grabbed at the void with his right hand, forcibly stopping his body, tearing a long crack in the void.

Zen Kongzi dragged his feet for a hundred feet, took a deep breath, and relaxed his fists slightly as he circulated his inner energy.

"Great Six Harmony Raging Flame Fist!!"

Boom!!!

Zen Kongzi finally chose to use his trump card.

Zen Kongzi left afterimages in mid-air, and his heavy fist force even stopped the churning clouds in the sky.

A strong wind brushed his face, Li Guanqi's breath stagnated, and a powerful sense of oppression swept over him!!

In Li Guanqi's eyes, a flaming giant fist, tens of feet in size, was coming straight at him!!!

Li Guanqi closed his eyes, holding his sword with his left hand and crouching low.

"Sword No Restraint!!"

Boom!!!

This sword was not taught by the sword spirit.

It was a move he created by combining his state of mind and completely breaking the shackles of his gaze on worldly people.

Unleash the sword without restraint!!!

Boom!!!

The huge fist gang was instantly shattered, and the exploding flames and sword energy raged across the field!!

Then the second punch followed!

This punch was even more powerful than the previous one.

Li Guanqi struck again!!

"Blood Asura!!"

Boom!!

In an instant, the entire cloud layer was dyed blood red.

Li Guanqi's sword carried a decisive and murderous intent, and the power erupted in cooperation with the power of the Sword Ruins was even stronger!!

The void was torn apart, and the sword light with blood shot out instantly!!

Zen Kongzi's pupils shrank slightly, and he punched again!!

The sword's edge and fist's shadow shattered, and the dissipated power caused blood to appear on the bodies of both of them.

But both of them refused to give in!!

They even took three steps forward again in unison!!

Zen Kongzi squeezed out his last strength and swung the last three punches in succession!!

The powerful force even broke Zen Kongzi's arm, and his fist was bloody and blurred, revealing pale bones.

"Ahhhh!!!!"

"Six Harmony!!"

The terrifying fist gang shattered the void, and the surrounding space was burned by the hot flames.

A fist gang of hundreds of feet in size descended from the sky as the void twisted!!

Li Guanqi exhaled a turbid breath.

His momentum instantly climbed to the peak!!!

His thoughts were clear, and man and sword became one.

He raised the Red Lotus high, and a ray of thunder spurted out from the longsword!!

Li Guanqi frantically squeezed out all his strength.

His eyes stared at the fist gang, and his robe was burned away by the flames that had not yet arrived.

Just as the fist gang was only ten feet away from Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi roared angrily.

"Red Lotus · World Extinction!!!"

Boom!!!!!!

With one sword strike, the world paled, and everyone's eyes were focused on this sword.

The sword light collided with the fist gang, and a deafening roar rang out.

The sky was filled with flames and thunder mixed together, raging in all directions!!!

Everyone clenched their fists, staring at the stage covered in smoke and dust.

Wen Guyan slowly stood up, murmuring with admiration.

"Little Zen has lost."

The faces of Long Hou and his party were equally solemn, but they had not yet been able to perceive anything from the chaotic power.

After the chaotic power dissipated, two figures stood proudly in the center of the field.

Zen Kongzi's hands were bloody, his right arm was broken, and there was a hideous sword mark on his chest that almost ran through his shoulder to his abdomen!

The flesh was turned out, the wound was charred, and even thunder was raging.

Zen Kongzi's eyes were a little lonely, but he still proudly raised his chin slightly.

"You won."

Li Guanqi's chest collapsed, his ribs were broken, and his long hair was stained with blood and stuck to his face.

Li Guanqi gasped violently, standing proudly.

He looked at Zen Kongzi and slowly clasped his fists in salute!!

There was no mockery in his eyes, only respect.

Li Guanqi bowed and said in a deep voice.

"Junior Li Guanqi, thank you for your guidance!"

Zen Kongzi smiled, said nothing more, turned around and slowly flew down the stage...

Until the end, he only said 'You won' instead of... I lost.

Because he knew that his strength would never stop improving.

He didn't want to say that he had lost at any time.

Because... he wanted to win! He wanted to keep winning!!

This failure was more uncomfortable than losing to Xiang Huaizhi or Nangong Xuandu.

Because this time, he really went all out.