A brilliant red screen of light surged from the ground, serving as a towering barrier that sealed off the space, leaving only Li Guanqi and the black-robed man within.0

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes. He tossed his armor forward and leaped up. The armor snapped into place around him in mid-air, encasing his body in full. The Emerald Wolf Sword gleamed with a purple glow in his hand, letting out faint cries. But the black-robed man made no move—he merely looked on with amusement.0

The ground in front of Li Guanqi surged upward, transforming into a metal wall a hundred zhang high. He rammed straight into it, but it didn’t budge; it sent all his momentum rebounding...0