Chapter 1012: Kill Zhao Yan

Countless streams of tremendous golden light swept across the horizon, and the terrifying energy flowing within them made countless people present feel their scalps go numb—an offensive of this magnitude, even someone at the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing level would not dare to take it head-on.

"Dodge, quick!" someone cried out in terror.

Immediately, the various squads no longer cared to keep fighting, and one after another they used Shi Zhan Shen Fa to retreat explosively, trying to evade the falling golden light.

The sudden turn of events also disrupted Li Luo's rhythm. He frowned. He had been on the verge of releasing his arrow—the perfect chance to heavily wound Zhao Yan—and now these "Bronze Golden-Clawed Divine Eagles" had to interfere.

He swept a glance. The tremendous golden light covered an extremely wide area, so even his position was affected by some of it. If he ignored it, it would bring him no small trouble.

Once this fierce killing move was unleashed, Li Luo's own phase force and the energy transmitted by the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf would surely be drained completely. After all, under the suppression of the Lingxiang Cave Heaven's rules, the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf was likewise subject to many restrictions.

In this situation, the golden-light offensive sweeping down from all directions posed a greatly increased threat to him.

But this Zhao Yan kept stirring up trouble, and had even allied with Qin Li Tianwang's line, Mu Yao, and the Yanmodian faction. If this man was not removed, he truly was a tremendous hidden danger.

Li Luo's gaze flickered slightly, and a ruthless glint surfaced in his eyes.

Just as Li Luo was making his decision, a streak of light suddenly shot up into the sky and landed not far behind him, accompanied by laughter: "Third Brother, go ahead and use your moves. These golden lights, I'll block them for you for a moment."

That figure was actually Li Li Jingtao.

Li Luo was startled. At this critical juncture, he had no time to hesitate. He nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Big Brother. Be careful yourself—if you can't hold it, dodge immediately!"

Li Li Jingtao laughed and said, "Don't worry. Attacking isn't my forte, but defending? I've got quite a bit of confidence in that."

He raised his head to look at the sheet of golden light whistling toward them, and let out a long cry. A massive light-shadowed figure resembling both a dragon and a tortoise materialized behind him as he circulated his phase force, his fingers forming seals.

"Eight Armor Art, Six Armor Vajra Shield!"

Vast phase force surged forth like a flood, directly condensing in front of Li Li Jingtao into an energy light shield roughly several dozen zhang across. On the shield, numerous patterns of varying hues spread out—six kinds in total, as if forged from six types of ancient armor hide, possessing extremely solid defense.

Li Luo glanced at the energy armor shield Li Li Jingtao had deployed. Although the latter was only at the two-star Tian Zhu Jing level, this defensive technique was truly a masterwork. By his estimate, even someone at the four-star Tian Zhu Jing level might not be able to break through it in a single strike.

"Big Brother is walking further and further down the path of the turtle shell."

A hint of a smile surfaced in Li Luo's eyes. Then he withdrew his gaze, his eyes turning fierce as they locked onto Zhao Yan in the distance. By now, the power of the "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow" on the bowstring had been fully activated. From afar, it looked like a bound, raging thunder dragon, and with the continuous influx of blood-red energy, the thunder dragon took on an even more heart-chilling ferocious aura.

On Li Luo's brow, the dragon-scale mark grew ever more resplendent, nine dragon scales shining brilliantly.

Feeling the thunder dragon on the bowstring that could no longer be restrained, Li Luo no longer hesitated. A chilling killing intent flashed through his eyes, and his fingers suddenly released.

Wild power erupted in full at this moment. Lei Ting roared, as if for an instant drowning out the shrill eagle cries that filled the sky.

A thunder dragon pierced across the horizon, its radiance so dazzling that even the vast golden light could not conceal it!

Gaze after gaze of shock turned toward it. Li Luo's killing intent toward Zhao Yan seemed even fiercer than they had imagined.

And Zhao Yan at this moment also sensed the thunder-dragon arrow Li Luo had unleashed with everything he had. The energy flowing on it even stirred a sliver of fear within him.

Zhao Yan's figure shot backward, his gaze hurriedly sweeping his surroundings as he sought helpers to defend alongside him. He had also seen it clearly: after Li Luo had slain Tian Miao earlier, Li Luo himself had reached his limit. After all, borrowing external force caused damage to oneself as well.

As long as he dodged this arrow from Li Luo, the Li Luo that followed would fall into weakness.

But... as he looked around, he found that there was simply no one who could come to his aid. The sky-filling golden light unleashed by the tens of thousands of "Bronze Golden-Clawed Divine Eagles" had forced the people on his side to retreat and defend.

"Damnable!"

"You really think I'm that Tian Miao, someone you can kill whenever you want?!"

At death's door, a fierce, savage glint also rose in Zhao Yan's eyes. Since there was no retreat, he could only fight to the bitter end!

Li Luo's offensive this time was indeed terrifying, but did that mean he, Zhao Yan, was a soft persimmon you could pinch however you liked?

Zhao Yan took a deep breath, opened his mouth and spat out. A stream of dark-golden light slowly rose, and within that light there seemed to be a fragment of metal, upon which ancient and complex runes were inscribed.

"Wang Hou branded runes—you're not the only one who has them!"

Zhao Yan sneered. As the previous generation's strongest of Zhao Li Tianwang's line, how could he not possess a life-preserving trump card?

And this Wang Hou branded rune he had spat out was called the "Seven Treasure Golden Pagoda," reaching the sixth grade! One tier higher than the "Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow" Li Luo had obtained!

This was also Zhao Yan's greatest trump card. He had paid no small price to get his hands on it. However, "Wang Hou branded runes" were Consumables, and a sixth-grade one was astronomically expensive—even at the Outer Shenzhou headquarters of the Jinlong Treasure House, it was a rare item. So unless absolutely forced, Zhao Yan truly did not want to use it.

But now, facing Li Luo's killing move, Zhao Yan had no choice but to spare no expense.

As the raging thunder dragon pierced across the sky, the golden fragment Zhao Yan had spat out rapidly erupted with dazzling golden light. In the next instant, it transformed into a golden giant pagoda roughly several dozen zhang tall.

The giant pagoda had seven layers, each layer hung with wondrous gems that bloomed with tremendous golden light.

Hum!

As the golden pagoda took shape, the thunder-dragon arrow radiating overwhelming ferocious aura also tore through the air, and under the gaze of countless eyes, slammed viciously into the golden pagoda.

Boom!

An extremely terrifying energy shockwave erupted violently. The void trembled unceasingly at this moment, and thunder roared across this ancient plain.

Gaze after gaze stared fixedly at the point of collision.

Zhao Yan, sheltered within the golden pagoda's protection, also stared fixedly. At the spot where Lei Guang ran rampant, the Seven Treasure Golden Pagoda radiated seven-colored energy, ceaselessly dissolving the erosion of that violent energy.

Li Luo's attack this time was indeed extremely terrifying, so Zhao Yan did not know whether this sixth-grade "Wang Hou branded rune" could fully block it.

Under Zhao Yan's unblinking stare, the two terrifying energies wrestled for quite a while. Suddenly, a faint, crisp sound seemed to reach his ears.

Though the sound was faint, in Zhao Yan's ears it was like a thunderclap.

His eyelids twitched violently as he looked toward the direction the sound came from. There, on the light barrier formed by the "Seven Treasure Golden Pagoda," a fine crack had actually appeared.

Zhao Yan's breath instantly hitched.

And in that very instant, more and more cracks surfaced on the light barrier formed by the Seven Treasure Golden Pagoda, while violent Lei Guang began to seep through.

Boundless chill rose in Zhao Yan's heart.

That damned Li Luo—how could he pose such a tremendous threat? Thinking back to when they had first entered the Lingxiang Cave Heaven, Zhao Yan had not taken Li Luo seriously at all. Even though Li Luo had claimed the Dragon Head position of this generation, in Zhao Yan's view that was only because Li Li Tianwang's line was too worthless this generation. But how could he have ever imagined that this very Li Luo would not only defeat Zhao Zhao Shenjiang, but now also push him into such a desperate situation!

If he had known it would come to this, back then in that valley he should have ignored Li Li Wuyuan and instead concentrated his forces with thunderous momentum to wipe out Li Luo's Dragon Fang Pulse group first!

Unfortunately, regret was useless.

The wildly rampaging Lei Guang rapidly expanded in Zhao Yan's field of vision at this moment. In the next instant, the light shield formed by the Seven Treasure Golden Pagoda finally reached its limit. Accompanied by a wail, the golden pagoda shattered with a thunderous crash.

Zhao Yan's face showed horror. His figure transformed into streaks of afterimages as he retreated explosively, while simultaneously vast phase force whistled forth, transforming into offensive after offensive. Although Li Luo's strike had broken his "Seven Treasure Golden Pagoda," its own energy must surely have been depleted by more than half.

Zhao Yan's speed of retreat was extremely fast, but the thunder dragon formed by the Nether Thunder Talisman Arrow was even faster.

Boom!

High above the sky, thunder roared. Though much dimmed, the Thunder Dragon Arrow, its baleful aura undiminished in the slightest, pierced across the heavens, shattering every last afterimage in its path with irresistible force.

Finally, beneath countless trembling gazes, it caught up with Zhao Yan's body, blasting through the layers of force-attribute defenses around him, and at last thundered straight through his chest.