Chapter 1009: Ice and Water

When the strongest fighters on both sides had already begun to clash, the others immediately erupted with pillars of resonant light, drawing upon the energy of heaven and earth, and a great free-for-all erupted at once.

Li Li Fuling, Li Guan, and other high-star Tian Zhu Jing led the charge, meeting Zhao, Qin, Yanmodian, and many other powerful experts.

Li Li Qingfeng, meanwhile, led the youngest generation to intercept Qin Yi, Zhao Zhao Shenjiang, Zhao Zhao Jingyu, and others.

"Fairy Qin, I never imagined the day would come when we would meet on the battlefield." Li Li Qingfeng gazed at Qin Yi, whose immortal skirt fluttered and whose bearing and beauty were matchless, and spoke with a touch of emotion.

"This is not my wish, but such is the tide of events, and I cannot resist it." Qin Yi said softly.

"Li Li Qingfeng, you truly are a disappointment. I had always thought you were the strongest of Li Li Tianwang's lineage in this generation, but I never expected you to be so useless — a country bumpkin who returned from the Outer Shenzhou less than a year ago has been able to easily take your place."

"If I were you, I'd let him die here, so he doesn't steal your thunder." Zhao Zhao Shenjiang gripped his heavy spear and spoke to Li Li Qingfeng with ill intent.

Yet faced with Zhao Zhao Shenjiang's words of sowing discord, Li Li Qingfeng merely shook his head slightly and said with a faint smile, "It seems you suffered a great loss at Li Luo's hands, otherwise you wouldn't look more anxious than I do."

Zhao Zhao Shenjiang's eyes turned cold. "Hmph, he cut off one of my arms before. Later I'll cut off all four of your limbs. If you want to blame someone, blame Li Luo!"

As those words brimming with killing intent fell, four resplendent Tian Zhu suddenly manifested behind Zhao Zhao Shenjiang. Spinning at high speed, they continuously inhaled and exhaled the energy of heaven and earth, causing his momentum to surge higher and higher.

"Then I shall learn from you." Li Li Qingfeng spoke coldly. Behind him, three resplendent Tian Zhu appeared first, but immediately after, a fourth, somewhat illusory Tian Zhu gradually condensed into being.

"Your fourth Tian Zhu is so flimsy, and you still want to fight me?" Zhao Zhao Shenjiang sneered disdainfully at the sight.

"Holding you off is enough!" Li Li Qingfeng gripped his long sword, his expression cold.

"You hold me off, but then who will fight Fairy Qin? Does Li Li Tianwang's lineage still have anyone capable?" Zhao Zhao Shenjiang said with a smile.

Li Li Qingfeng fell briefly silent. Although Qin Yi appeared gentle as water, when it came to actual danger, she was perhaps even more fearsome than Zhao Zhao Shenjiang. Even he would face grim odds against her, let alone the others...

"Then allow me to have a try against this Fairy Qin." At that moment, a voice like a clear spring flowing down from a Bingshan rose from behind.

Li Li Qingfeng started, turned his head, and saw Lü Qing'er stepping through the air toward them. Cold qi flowed beneath her feet, freezing the air itself into ice. She stood in the void atop the ice, like a goddess of ice and snow.

Lü Qing'er's Binghu-like eyes gazed at the incomparably beautiful Qin Yi. She naturally knew the latter's intelligence, and thus also knew of some of the entanglements between Qin Yi and Li Luo.

"This Young Lady Qing, are you from Golden Dragon Mountain?" Qin Yi stared at Lü Qing'er at this moment and asked, somewhat surprised.

She clearly also knew something of Lü Qing'er's identity.

Lü Qing'er smiled and nodded.

"Young Lady Qing is as pure as a snow lotus, truly a woman of the highest caliber. May I ask what your relationship with Li Luo is? Golden Dragon Mountain has always been neutral and rarely involves itself in the struggles between various powers." Qin Yi asked, as if mildly curious.

"An old acquaintance, that's all." Lü Qing'er said calmly.

"It doesn't quite feel that simple..." Qin Yi said with a smile.

Lü Qing'er glanced at her and said, "Fairy Qin, the grudges of the older generation — for the younger ones to meddle too much is not necessarily a good thing. Li Luo may cherish the fairer sex, but not everyone is the same."

"If you truly scheme against him, be careful not to bring trouble upon yourself later."

Qin Yi laughed lightly. "Oh? Is Young Lady Qing going to step forward for him?"

"If it were me, that would be fine." Lü Qing'er said indifferently. "I'm just afraid that when the one who truly intends to step forward arrives, she won't speak to you as politely as I do."

Qin Yi smiled. "Sounds like another woman? This Li Luo really is a romantic sort."

"However, Qin Yi is not as gentle as Young Lady Qing imagines. If someone truly steps forward for him in the future, I will naturally accept the challenge. But as for me here, a mother's orders are hard to disobey, so I'm afraid Young Lady Qing's counsel will be in vain."

As her final word fell, Qin Yi tapped with a jade finger, and tremendous resonant power gushed forth, seeming to transform into rolling water. The water snaked and moved, actually forming a colossal water dragon, its momentum shocking the heavens.

Lü Qing'er saw this and said no more. She slipped off the ice-silk gloves covering her hands, revealing flawless, slender jade fingers, and her ten fingers suddenly formed a seal.

Extreme cold resonant power poured forth, and beneath Lü Qing'er's feet, an ice lotus slowly bloomed. As the cold qi spread, the air condensed into frost.

"This kind of icy cold qi..."

Qin Yi felt that extremely pure, biting cold qi, and her eyes rippled. This Lü Qing'er seemed to harbor an extremely peculiar power within her, and that cold qi was certainly not something an ordinary ice aspect could condense.

She dared to come block her, so she truly had some tricks.

With that thought, Qin Yi no longer hesitated. The massive water dragon let out a roar and, carrying the rushing sound of water, surged toward Lü Qing'er in a killing attack.

And while Li Li Qingfeng, Lü Qing'er, and others all stepped forward to meet the enemy, in the sky far above, Li Luo went straight to meet that Yanmodian prodigy, Tian Miao.

Tian Miao watched Li Luo charge straight toward him, his brow slightly furrowed, because at this moment Li Luo's body was suffused with a fierce, blood-red energy. That murderous, ferocious appearance looked even more savage than Li Li Wuyuan and the others.

"From what Mu Yao said, this Li Luo borrowed external power and his strength rivals Xiao Tian Xiang Jing. He nearly killed Mu Yao before. I'm only at half-step Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, not even as good as Mu Yao..."

Tian Miao's eyes shifted as he muttered, "I can't meet him head-on. I need to avoid his sharp edge and stall until his external power fades."

Once Li Luo's external power receded, he himself would be nothing more than a three-star Tian Zhu Jing. At that point, Tian Miao was confident he could easily suppress him.

Tian Miao took a deep breath, and crimson resonant power within him surged skyward. The entire horizon seemed to ignite at that moment; even the air grew searingly hot, and a single breath made one's throat burn.

He stood in the void, with what seemed like an endless sea of fire behind him — a magnificent sight.

He had no intention of wasting words with Li Luo. With a shift of his seal, massive fireballs materialized out of thin air, then smashed toward Li Luo like meteors.

Li Luo stretched out his palm, and water-aspect power gathered. Then, as the blood-red energy poured into it, the azure water-aspect power transformed into surging blood-red water.

Whoosh!

The blood-red water roared forth, becoming a towering blood wave. With one sweep, it swallowed all those massive fireballs whole.

"Water aspect..."

Tian Miao's brow furrowed. This Li Luo also possessed the water aspect, which countered him somewhat.

Seeing that his probing had achieved nothing, Tian Miao moved and instead retreated several hundred zhang, no longer planning to clash head-on with Li Luo.

Li Luo watched the retreating Tian Miao and understood his plan to avoid his sharp edge, but Li Luo clearly had no intention of letting the other have his way.

In this battle, there was no need for any probing. Only thunderous methods could display might and shake the situation at the same time.

"A move to kill in one strike..."

"It's not that I don't have one."

Li Luo's eyes lowered slightly, a flash of fierce killing intent passing through them, and then he formed a seal.

Hum!

As this seal formed, it seemed as if a faint, indistinct sound of sword-chime quietly rose between heaven and earth. The moment that sword-chime sounded, even the void seemed to tremble.

That was... the Water Dragon Fang Sword!