"Ah!"
A bone-chilling scream echoed through the surroundings, its terror spreading further into the distance.
Even cultivators who had not witnessed the scene firsthand could distinctly feel the panic, despair, and the imminent fear of death conveyed in that scream!
"What's going on?"
"That direction, isn't that where those Tribulation Transcending stage seniors occupied?"
Following that, the eyes of the surrounding cultivators who heard the scream widened.
In the previously silent void, a cloud of blood mist exploded. Within that mist, the unwillingness and despair of a Tribulation Transcending stage expert spread overwhelmingly.
"Someone... someone at the Tribulation Transcending stage has fallen?"
All cultivators below the Tribulation Transcending stage who witnessed this were struck with terror.
This twisted space, capable of producing Dao Fallen fragments, had existed for quite some time. Skirmishes were inevitable, and casualties were numerous.
But the true demise of a cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage! This was the very first time!
Meanwhile, at Li Qi's location.
The scene was also enveloped in silence.
The eyes of the cultivators, whose lowest cultivation level was the Tribulation Transcending stage, held a mixture of astonishment, apprehension, and a hint of subtle fear.
Their gazes were uniformly fixed in one direction.
There, Li Qi stood quietly, a faint scent of blood lingering around him.
Before him, a dense blood mist still swirled.
Yet, Li Qi himself remained composed.
Just now, it was truly just now, the time from when Li Qi made his move against the middle-aged man in the blue robe, to breaking through the defenses of the other two cultivators, and finally to successfully killing one of them, had taken less than thirty seconds.
His speed was so immense that it even terrified two cultivators at the eighth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage.
Of course, such rapid speed was not Li Qi's normal caliber.
Before the battle even began, Li Qi understood that with his current strength, if he were to truly face those three cultivators at the fifth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage, it would likely take a considerable amount of time.
Therefore, to end the fight quickly, Li Qi pondered for a moment and decided to activate his innate talent.
However, compared to fully activating his talents in the past.
This time, Li Qi had only activated his talent for a hundredfold speed increase.
After all, for those who were only at the fifth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage, Li Qi felt that activating a hundredfold speed was already showing them considerable respect.
As expected, under the hundredfold speed, those three cultivators at the fifth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage were completely unable to resist him.
Although Li Qi's attack intensity remained around the fifth or sixth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage, with such speed, these cultivators, whose combat power was at a similar level to his, had no power to defend themselves.
Before they could even react, Li Qi's attacks had arrived.
They could only passively endure the blows like stationary targets.
And the intensity of these blows was from an opponent of the same level.
Normally, blows from an opponent of the same level would be difficult to withstand even after a few hits, let alone Li Qi's one-sided assault at such speed, which left them no time to defend.
With a slight wave of his hand, several spatial rings were retrieved from the blood mist by Li Qi.
As powerful cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending stage, they were unlikely to carry only one spatial ring.
But unfortunately, all of it now fell into Li Qi's possession.
Li Qi couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle, not even bothering to examine the contents of the spatial rings.
With a casual flick, the spatial rings in his hand disappeared.
Following that, Li Qi's gaze shifted to the other two directions.
There, two figures with extremely weakened auras looked at Li Qi with terrified eyes.
Even though their cultivation was not weak, everything they had just experienced made them feel the fear of facing gods and demons, a feeling of complete powerlessness.
"Your... Your Excellency."
The middle-aged cultivator in the blue robe, who had been the first to be blasted away, looked at Li Qi with a terrified expression.
Fortunately, he had been sent flying far away earlier, and Li Qi seemed disinclined to travel a great distance to kill him first, so Li Qi had targeted the other two.
The other surviving cultivator at the fifth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage was in a similar state, trembling all over.
The fear of death enveloped him.
His strength was not much different from the other Tribulation Transcending fifth heaven cultivator whom Li Qi had already killed. It was just that Li Qi's choice of target had been the unlucky one.
If he had been chosen then, the one who would have fallen now would likely have been him.
"Your Excellency... We were blind before! This time, all the remaining Meteorite Fragments, we are willing to hand over to you entirely, not asking for a single bit!"
Under Li Qi's gaze, their faces turned pale, all arrogance gone.
But Li Qi's expression remained unchanged. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he let out a soft chuckle.
"I actually prefer your previous arrogant demeanor. Is it because you are unwilling to yield that you believe you can stop me?"
His cold voice resonated in their ears, and their faces grew even paler.
"I said, I not only want all the remaining Meteorite fragments in this area, but I also want the Dao Fallen fragments you obtained earlier."
"Once I kill you, all of that will be mine anyway!"
This last sentence remained unspoken, but Li Qi's implication was clear.
The moment Li Qi finished speaking, his figure flickered once more.
In an instant, the two surviving cultivators' faces changed drastically.
Already severely injured, they felt the approach of death even more keenly.
The next moment!
"Bang!"
The face of the middle-aged cultivator in the blue robe, who had been the first to attack Li Qi, froze instantly.
His body exploded.
Another Tribulation Transcending fifth heaven cultivator had fallen!
With this, out of the three cultivators at the fifth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage, only one remained.
But before the last one could even react.
Following that, before the eyes of the many cultivators present.
Another explosion rent the air.
Three clouds of blood mist scattered in the void. In less than a minute, all three cultivators at the fifth heaven of the Tribulation Transcending stage had perished!