"Good, good, Gu Mengping was almost gone."
Li Qi couldn't help but let out a deep sigh of relief.
He had almost not made it in time.
Fortunately, he had that 'Madness' talent.
His speed attribute points had increased a hundredfold within 600 seconds, barely allowing him to catch up.
Without this talent, Li Qi might not have even been able to collect Gu Mengping's corpse when he arrived.
Under such an attack, Gu Mengping's bones would not have remained.
"Li, Daoist Li... you!"
Gu Mengping, in despair, was stunned to realize he hadn't died from the attack. He then saw Li Qi's figure appear before him from nowhere.
At that moment, Gu Mengping understood that Li Qi had saved him.
Li Qi waved his hand, took out a decent healing pill from his embrace, and stuffed it into Gu Mengping.
"Stop babbling, take a pill to heal your injuries first."
"Yes. Thank you, Daoist Li."
Gu Mengping took the pill and, without hesitation, swallowed it.
At this moment, the three cultivators at the second level of the Hedao realm also noticed Li Qi.
Their gazes fixed on Li Qi with gravity.
They could sense the same second-level Hedao realm aura emanating from Li Qi as from themselves.
Suddenly, the three seemed to recall something. One of them spoke.
"You are the other Hedao stage cultivator from the Lesser Yuan District!"
Upon hearing this, Li Qi's expression remained unchanged, and he looked at the three calmly.
"It's me, what, you want to kill me?"
Indeed, after hearing Li Qi's admission.
The eyes of the three second-level Hedao cultivators began to flicker.
That's right, they really did want to kill Li Qi as well.
One of the second-level Hedao cultivators revealed a cruel smile.
"Haha, our luck is quite good. We originally intended to eliminate Gu Mengping, causing the Lesser Yuan District to lose one Hedao stage cultivator. Now, the other Hedao stage cultivator from the Lesser Yuan District has also appeared."
"This time, if we eliminate both of these Hedao stage cultivators, the Lesser Yuan District will once again return to having only one Hedao stage cultivator. Xu Tianzong will surely be infuriated!"
The three exchanged glances, and a strong killing intent flowed from their eyes once more.
Their powerful second-level Hedao auras surged out again, pressing down on Li Qi.
Li Qi's expression remained unchanged in the face of this oppressive aura, as if he didn't care at all.
Beside Li Qi, Gu Mengping's face slightly shifted.
"Daoist Li, be careful. They are three Hedao stage cultivators at your level. Do not confront them directly. If necessary, you can take me and escape."
To Gu Mengping's words, Li Qi suddenly smiled.
"Escape? Do I need to escape? Three second-level Hedao cultivators, mere pawns. You don't need to be so flustered."
His calm voice rang out, showing no regard for the three of them.
The three second-level Hedao cultivators heard this, and a cold glint flashed in their eyes.
"Arrogant. Unfortunately, the two of you will die at the hands of us mere pawns later."
The next moment.
Without any hesitation, the second-level Hedao cultivator who spoke condensed his aura to its peak and flashed towards Li Qi with a轰然 attack.
Even cultivators of the same level would not dare to underestimate such a terrifying offensive.
But Li Qi didn't even lift his eyelids.
With a casual grab.
Under the astonished gaze of the attacking second-level Hedao cultivator, he easily shattered the incoming attack.
An ominous premonition arose in the second-level Hedao cultivator's heart, and his mental alarm bells blared to their extreme.
He wanted to pull back and retreat.
But it was too late.
Li Qi's fist drifted towards him as if weightless.
This punch appeared to have no power, but wherever its wind passed, the surrounding space involuntarily trembled slightly.
The speed of this punch also seemed slow.
But the next moment.
The second-level Hedao cultivator's pupils contracted sharply, and his scalp instantly went numb.
He saw that Li Qi's seemingly gentle and slow punch was already about to hit his chest.
Without hesitation.
The second-level Hedao cultivator's spiritual energy erupted, condensing in front of his chest to form a thick spiritual energy defense barrier.
And the next moment.
Li Qi's punch arrived, making contact with the thick spiritual energy barrier.
There was no violent explosion.
Nor was there any terrifying commotion.
The surrounding space seemed to fall silent for a few breaths.
Then, a soft "crack" sound was heard.
What had broken?
Eyes shifted towards the source of the sound.
The eyes of the two second-level Hedao cultivators who had not yet acted widened.
They saw that under Li Qi's punch, cracks were appearing all over the spiritual energy defense barrier formed on the chest of the targeted second-level Hedao cultivator.
The targeted second-level Hedao cultivator seemed to react at this moment, lowering his head slightly to look at his chest.
His gaze instantly turned to terror.
The next moment.
There was a calm followed by a storm.
"Boom!"
An incredibly terrifying explosion rang out.
The second-level Hedao cultivator's body was directly blasted away.
"Bang!"
Another violent explosion sounded.
More than half of his body instantly exploded, turning into a mist of blood.
Fortunately, as a Hedao stage cultivator, his vitality was extremely tenacious. If it were someone else, this blow would have meant instant death.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Lang!"
Exclamations from the other two second-level Hedao cultivators sounded.
But before the cultivator named Mo Lang could respond,
Li Qi's figure approached Mo Lang with terrifying speed.
"Here's another punch for you."
"Bang!"
As Li Qi's punch landed.
The Hedao stage cultivator Mo Lang, with only half his body remaining, died completely without even a chance to react.
An eerie silence fell upon the scene.