Chapter 1011: Chapter One Thousand and Nineteen: Bronze Gold-Claw Divine Eagles

Above the plains, with Tian Miao's death, the originally chaotic battlefield momentarily stalled, and the powerful combatants on both sides were shaken by it.

Although Tian Miao was said to be at half-step Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, in reality it was only because the phase force within his body was slightly weaker; given a bit more time to nurture his phase force, stepping into Xiao Tian Xiang Jing would have been all but certain.

Moreover, Tian Miao himself was a pride of Yanmodian, so his methods naturally could not be underestimated. With his combat power, even if he were to fight some Xiao Tian Xiang Jing strongmen among scattered cultivators, he would not necessarily be at a disadvantage.

Yet such a figure was cleanly and decisively slain by Li Luo under the gaze of all the surrounding forces.

This degree of decisiveness—even the true Xiao Tian Xiang Jing experts present like Zhao Yan and Mu Yao might not necessarily be able to achieve it.

After all, slaying and defeating truly carry different meanings.

However, amid everyone's shock, Li Luo, who had slain Tian Miao, appeared remarkably calm. In his view, killing Tian Miao, who was at half-step Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, was nothing worth boasting about. After all, he was now borrowing the power of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf; although this power was suppressed, it was still no weaker than a true Xiao Tian Xiang Jing.

So with the advantage in strength, and having unleashed the two Dragon Fang Swords—a top-tier killing move—if he still couldn't kill Tian Miao, Li Luo felt he might as well stop making a living in Outer Shenzhou.

By Li Luo's assessment, had it not been to guard against Tian Miao using his many life-preserving methods to escape with grievous injuries, he wouldn't have needed to deploy the two Dragon Fang Swords at all.

Therefore, after slaying Tian Miao with thunderous momentum, Li Luo's gaze swept across and landed directly on Zhao Yan, Mu Yao, and Qin Ying—the three strongest enemies.

Seeing Li Luo's gaze sweep over, even Xiao Tian Xiang Jing experts like Zhao Yan and Mu Yao subtly changed expression. They had also sensed how overwhelmingly domineering those two Dragon Fang Swords were when Li Luo slew Tian Miao. They admitted to themselves that if those two Dragon Fang Swords had been aimed at them, they too would likely face mortal peril.

Li Luo's gaze finally settled on Zhao Yan.

A flash of killing intent crossed his eyes. This Zhao Yan had been targeting them from the very start, repeatedly causing trouble. Moreover, Zhao Yan was the leader of the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage this time. If he were slain here, the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage would naturally suffer a grievous blow and lose its competitiveness for the "Origin Mysterious Heart Fruit."

Sensing Li Luo's gaze lock onto him, Zhao Yan's face changed drastically. Vast phase force erupted from within his body, transforming into layers of energy halos to shield himself.

Li Luo's expression was cold as he directly drew out the Sky Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow.

Although the "All-Phase Dragon Fang Sword Array" was extremely powerful, its sword qi was also exceedingly domineering, and each activation placed considerable strain on the meridians within his body, so he needed to rest briefly.

However, the "Sky Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow" was equally formidable in power; it was just that using this bow each time was a bit hard on the hands.

At the same time, Li Luo also drew out that "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow." This treasure was a Fifth Rank Wang Hou brand inscription; it had been used once before, so the inscription had somewhat faded, but it looked like it could still be used several more times.

"With the power of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf, plus the Sky Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow and a Wang Hou brand inscription reaching Fifth Rank, this power is probably even stronger than the two Dragon Fang Swords. This arrow—no matter what trump cards Zhao Yan has, should be able to send him off directly, right?"

Thinking this, Li Luo then showed a warm, brilliant smile toward Zhao Yan, who stood in the distance with a hint of pallor on his face.

At the same time, the "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow" was already nocked on the bowstring.

Boom!

Thunder roared, the runes on the Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow bloomed with light, arcs of lightning began to leap, and an extremely terrifying power surged forth like a tide.

Immediately, violent thunder roamed through the void where Li Luo stood.

Seeing this, Zhao Yan's expression changed drastically.

He wanted to break free of Li Luo's lock, but at that moment Li Li Lingjing arrived wielding the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff, jade-green poisonous light slashing down overhead, the phase force flowing upon it causing even the void to tremble.

Zhao Yan could only hastily circulate his phase force to resist.

"Heh, Zhao Yan is in for it now. This guy isn't really going to die here, is he? If so, the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage is going to lose face this time." In the distance, within the Zhu Li Tianwang lineage's formation, Zhu Zhu watched this scene and couldn't help but laugh.

Anyone could see Zhao Yan's predicament. Faced with the joint attack of Li Li Lingjing and Li Luo, Zhao Yan's Xiao Tian Xiang Jing strength seemed to offer him no advantage whatsoever.

"If the Li Li Tianwang lineage's younger generation hadn't produced this variable called Li Luo this time, the Li Li Tianwang lineage would probably have been suppressed by the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage for another generation..." At the Tianyuan Ancient Academy's side, Senior Zong Sha also sighed.

"This Li Luo is truly somewhat monstrous. Although his killing of Tian Miao earlier relied mainly on that external power, those two Dragon Fang Swords he unleashed are likely an extremely high-grade Marquis Art. That domineering sword qi—I feel... it's probably no weaker than the dual-dragon technique of the 'Three-Dragon Heavenly Banner Canon.'"

Hearing this, Jiang Jiang Wanyu's expression stirred slightly. The complete "Three-Dragon Heavenly Banner Canon" was a Destiny-grade Marquis Art. Although the dual-dragon technique still fell one tier short of perfect mastery, it was enough to dominate among Spirit-Projection-grade Marquis Arts. Senior Zong Sha's evaluation of Li Luo's two Dragon Fang Swords clearly showed considerable wariness of their power.

"In terms of academy rank, Li Luo should currently only be equivalent to a Two-Star student at our Tianyuan Ancient Academy. But this level of strength—even excluding that fierce external power—let alone among our Two-Star students, probably not many even in our Three-Star cohort could match him. Such talent truly deserves the word 'monstrous.'" Jiang Jiang Wanyu's pretty face showed some complexity; though originally proud and aloof by nature, having now witnessed Li Luo's methods, she had to admit his talent.

"If he were in our Academy, he'd probably qualify as a 'Celestial Star Seed' and be specially selected into the Celestial Star Academy ahead of time," Senior Zong Sha sighed.

"Celestial Star Seed..."

Jiang Jiang Wanyu's gaze shifted slightly. In the Ancient Academy, the Celestial Star Academy held supreme status. The hard requirement to enter the Celestial Star Academy was Tian Xiang Jing strength. That academy could be said to gather all the monstrous talents of the entire institution. According to past patterns, every few years, some Marquis-level powerhouses would emerge from the Celestial Star Academy. This output, in a sense, was even more formidable than the four great Li Tianwang lineages of Outer Shenzhou.

The so-called "Celestial Star Seed" referred to those who, although not having reached Tian Xiang Jing themselves, due to excessively monstrous talent, were specially admitted ahead of time. However, the difficulty was too great. Even Jiang Jiang Wanyu, who considered herself excellent, had never achieved this honor.

So when Jiang Jiang Wanyu heard Senior Zong Sha's words, she couldn't help but be moved.

While they were speaking, Li Luo was poised to strike. However, just as he was about to launch another killing blow, suddenly a peculiar humming sound seemed to ripple through the world.

This sudden turn of events startled everyone present. Their gazes turned toward the source of the strange sound and discovered it actually came from that enormous ancient tree whose canopy covered a dozen or so li...

The ancient tree seemed to sway at this moment, producing a rumbling crashing sound.

The next instant, what sounded like countless wings flapping arose, and everyone present was shocked to see beams of golden light shooting up from within the canopy of the ancient tree.

Within that golden light loomed giant eagles, each several zhang in size, their bodies bronze-colored with claws and fangs gleaming gold. These giant eagles numbered in the thousands upon tens of thousands, each emanating considerable energy fluctuations. Their feathers were hard as iron, and a faint stench of corpses wafted from them.

"This is... Bronze Gold-Claw Divine Eagles?! Why so many?!" The sudden appearance of this flood of giant eagles caused many to cry out in horror, recognizing the spirit beasts.

Once mature, these Bronze Gold-Claw Divine Eagles could rival Tian Zhu Jing experts. With such numbers gathered together, it was simply an irresistible natural disaster.

These divine eagles were clearly the ancient tree's guardian spirit beasts.

Li Luo also noticed this scene, and his expression couldn't help but change.

Because he saw that, with the appearance of those divine eagles, their pale gray eagle eyes had already turned toward the crowd here. The next moment, accompanied by shrill eagle cries filling the sky, countless beams of golden light descended from the heavens like a blanket.