The entire Dixu Realm, whether cultivators or mortals, trembled under this oppressive pressure.
If the target of this punch had not been the celestial beings high in the heavens.
Perhaps if the punch's angle had been slightly lower, this terrifying pressure might have caused the bodies of nearby cultivators to explode.
Even so, the mortals on the ground and the cultivators gazing from the sky felt as if they could barely breathe.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on the heavens.
That was where Li Qi's fist had passed, and where the world-destroying celestial being had been previously.
But at this moment, that area had completely fallen into darkness.
The dense aura of destruction relentlessly continued to ravage everything in that space, including the so-called celestial being covered within.
And then, Feng Dengxian and the other eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators, who had been captured by the celestial being, felt a loosening around them.
The terrifying pressure from the celestial being that had suppressed their movements suddenly disappeared.
[Hint: Host's energy is severely overdrawn. Passive talent 'Unyielding' has been triggered. Host has gained 83.29 times additional recovery.]
Li Qi's face was a little sunken, appearing listless, but he looked much better than after his first use of the 'Farmer's Three Punches' had triggered the ultimate reward.
"Only gained over eighty times recovery? Does that mean, in my current state, I still have over ten percent of my energy not overdrawn?"
However, Li Qi quickly came to his senses.
Times had changed. He was now a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, not someone who had just entered the Core Formation stage.
With this thought, Li Qi silently recited.
"Talent 'Extreme Rejuvenation', activate."
In an instant, Li Qi's over eighty times additional recovery, boosted by his talent, soared to over eight thousand times.
While it couldn't achieve complete recovery to peak condition in a short time, it rapidly alleviated Li Qi's overdrawn consumption.
And at this moment.
Li Qi seemed to sense something and looked up at the heavens again.
He saw that the fluctuations caused by his punch were gradually disappearing.
And at the center of the area he had just struck.
A broken figure was swaying precariously, its aura extremely weak.
It was the figure of a celestial being.
But at this moment, the brilliant light and ethereal aura that the celestial being had previously emitted had completely vanished.
Even the celestial being's face was no longer a blur.
Li Qi and countless others looked on.
Their pupils couldn't help but constrict.
The true face of this "celestial being" far surpassed their imagination.
A hunched body, dry and decaying skin like dead tree bark, limbs almost completely shriveled, and wrinkled epidermis.
It looked like an old man on the verge of death.
At the same time, because of Li Qi's punch.
The celestial being's body was spewing thick, fresh blood, covering it and making the celestial being's current appearance even more terrifying.
And now, the blood-soaked celestial being looked at Li Qi with an expression of utter horror.
Li Qi's recent punch had directly stripped away ninety-nine percent of his cultivation. If he hadn't expended a vast amount of lifespan and vital blood, he might not have survived.
Damn it! How could there be such a powerful cultivator in the Dixu Realm?
With this thought, the celestial being's dry, chicken-claw-like palm tore at its side, and a void spatial rift flickered into existence.
A sinister voice echoed.
"Hmph, once I recover my injuries, I will surely slaughter all your powerhouses! I will devour your vital blood to extend my life!"
After saying this, the celestial being prepared to leap in.
Li Qi's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
Going back to recuperate?
I'm not afraid of you running, only of you fighting desperately.
When you've recovered and returned.
I'll gain another thousand or eight hundred attribute points and boost my strength.
At that time, it will be questionable whether you can survive my Farmer's Three Punches.
I refuse to believe that your injuries are so severe that you need to recuperate, and your recovery speed will be faster than my strength increase.
Meanwhile, Feng Dengxian and the other Nascent Soul cultivators felt their hearts sink.
Feng Dengxian and the others had some understanding of Li Qi's punch.
Using it once required a great price.
If this terrifying celestial being recovered and returned at full strength, with precautions taken, it might not be possible to injure it so severely again.
With this thought, Feng Dengxian's resolute voice rang out.
"Fellow Daoists, if we don't seize this opportunity when that celestial being is heavily injured, we may never have another chance."
"For the Dixu Realm, we must keep this celestial being here forever, even if it costs us our lives."
At this moment, Feng Dengxian, Qi Youhuan, and the other Nascent Soul experts unleashed their peak strength to the best of their ability.
They condensed all the spiritual energy within their bodies into a terrifying attack.
Their figures transformed into streams of light, like shooting stars, charging directly at the heavily injured celestial being.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The terrifying attacks of Feng Dengxian and the others exploded around the celestial being.
This time, it was not unscathed.
The heavily injured celestial being was blasted away, unable to enter the spatial rift it had opened.
The price was that Feng Dengxian and the others were spitting blood, turning into bloody figures, and sustaining serious injuries.
As for Li Qi, he felt a sudden premonition when he heard Feng Dengxian's determined words.
Although Feng Dengxian and the others' idea of seizing the opportunity to eliminate the threat was not wrong, it was because they didn't know Li Qi's trump card.
"Don't pursue a cornered enemy! Let him go..."
Li Qi wanted to shout, but before the words could leave his mouth, his eyes lit up again.
Because the celestial being's injured state seemed to be even more severe than he had imagined.
Even Feng Dengxian and the others could now injure the celestial being.
Although he was somewhat overdrawn.
But with the attribute points he had accumulated over the past few centuries.
Li Qi's inherent strength far surpassed that of experts of the same level.
His current power was no weaker than that of Feng Dengxian and the others.
"You bastards... die!"
Injured on top of injuries, the celestial being went completely mad. Weakly raising its palm, it prepared to obliterate Feng Dengxian and the others.
And at this moment, its pupils contracted, revealing a look of terror.
It was Li Qi, who had also transformed into a stream of light, heading towards him.
"Farmer's Three Punches, First Punch."
"Boom!"
This time, a strike that originally couldn't even break the celestial being's defense.
It directly sent the celestial being flying, spewing blood that splattered across the land.
The third punch couldn't be delivered for now; it might drain him completely.
However, by choosing to pause and take a breather, and continuously using the second punch with ten times its usual power, he could still manage the consumption.
With this thought, Li Qi's aura intensified.
"Farmer's Three Punches! Second Punch, die for me!"