Chapter 1047: Creating a New Record

The next day, when Li Luo arrived at the Qingming Training Ground, he immediately saw the eight thousand banner troops standing in neat formation on the square, their flags snapping loudly in the wind, exuding the momentum of a formidable army.

"Greetings, Dragon Head!"

The moment Li Luo's figure appeared, the eight thousand banner troops suddenly cast hot and reverent gazes upon him, while their shouts rang through the entire training ground like thunder.

"What an impressive display."

Seeing this, Li Luo appeared on the platform with a smile, then he smiled at Zhao Zhao Yanzhi, Li Shi, Mu Bi, and the other banner heads standing at the very front, saying, "It's been a month; I almost thought you were going to give me a wake-up call."

Zhao Zhao Yanzhi let out a soft giggle, her eyes seductive as she stared at Li Luo, saying, "The Dragon Head is now the number one among the youth of the Outer Shenzhou; even geniuses like Qin Yi and General Zhao have faded into insignificance under your brilliance, so who would dare give you a wake-up call?"

The events within the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven had spread throughout the Outer Shenzhou over these past few days, and naturally, the eight thousand banner troops of the Qingming Banner had heard about them; regarding this result, they were naturally filled with excitement and agitation.

After all, Li Luo was their Great Banner Head, and they could be considered his direct subordinates; since Li Luo had achieved such glorious feats within the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven, they naturally felt honored, and during these days, when interacting with the banner troops of the other three flags of the Dragon Tooth Pulse, the envy in those guys' words was almost overflowing.

And thinking back, a year ago, the Qingming Banner was the kind of role that even dogs wouldn't bother with among the twenty flags of the Li Li Tianwang Lineage.

Li Shi, Mu Bi, and the other banner heads also wore expressions full of reverence; before Li Luo participated in the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven, he was merely the Dragon Head of their Li Li Tianwang Lineage, but with the conclusion of the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven, Li Luo had solidified his status as the number one among the youth of the Outer Shenzhou.

It was said that Li Luo had now reached the level of the Three-Star Tian Zhu Jing, which was far beyond them, and they still remembered that when Li Luo first arrived at the Qingming Banner a year ago, his Phase Power level was even somewhat inferior to theirs, but now... the gap in strength between the two sides was extremely vast.

On Li Luo, they finally understood what a true peerless genius was.

Moreover, this was when Li Luo had previously stayed in that barren Outer Shenzhou; if he had grown up in the Dragon Tooth Pulse, perhaps he would have already touched the Tian Xiang Jing by now?

Li Luo gazed at the eight thousand banner troops in the field, their eyes full of awe and reverence; he understood that his prestige within the Qingming Banner had now likely reached an extreme.

Perhaps it was already no less than when his father held the Qingming Banner back in the day.

Li Luo smiled, looked at everyone, and spoke in a gentle voice, "Everyone, I assume you haven't been lazy in your cultivation over this past month? Next, I will set a goal for everyone; I hope you can go all out."

"Just give the order, Boss!" Mu Bi shouted loudly.

Li Luo's smile became even more brilliant as he said, "I want to clear the seventy-second layer of the Evil Demon Cave within a month; please help me."

The noise in the field suddenly died down; everyone looked at Li Luo with stunned expressions. Clear the seventy-second layer of the Evil Demon Cave within a month? This task was simply too arduous.

They knew that the current progress of their Qingming Banner was still at the sixty-third layer; although it seemed that the distance to the seventy-second layer was merely nine layers, everyone was clear about the difficulty of the final few layers of the Evil Demon Cave.

And advancing the final nine layers in one month, the difficulty of this could not be described as anything other than high.

Silence persisted for a while before Zhao Zhao Yanzhi timidly said, "Boss, do you know which flag and which Great Banner Head cleared the seventy-second layer of the Evil Demon Cave the fastest in the history of the twenty flags?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "It seems... it was our Qingming Banner? And that Great Banner Head was my father, right?"

Zhao Zhao Yanzhi smiled bitterly and asked, "Then do you know how long it took for Grand Dean Li Taixuan to clear the seventy-second layer of the Evil Demon Cave back in the day?"

"I haven't really looked into that," Li Luo said somewhat carelessly.

"One year and seven months," Zhao Zhao Yanzhi answered seriously, obviously knowing this extremely well.

"And our current Qingming Banner has been established for one year and five months so far; if you want to clear the seventy-second layer within a month, then the final time will be one year and six months, and this record will surpass Grand Dean Li Taixuan."

"Can't we surpass my father?" Li Luo smiled.

Zhao Zhao Yanzhi said with a frowning face, "It's not that we can't surpass him, but that it's impossible..."

Although Li Luo had now risen to fame, compared to Li Taixuan's reputation, there was obviously still some gap; since Li Taixuan, the Li Li Tianwang Lineage had also produced many top-tier geniuses, and they had also attempted to launch an assault on Li Taixuan's status, but without exception, they all failed in the end.

Over time, this further cemented Li Taixuan's reputation.

The eight thousand banner troops present were the same; in their hearts, Li Taixuan was a legend difficult to surpass.

Even though Li Luo was Li Taixuan's son and had also established an extremely great reputation this past year, making people convinced, they still held great doubts about Li Luo wanting to clear the seventy-second layer of the Evil Demon Cave within a month.

Li Luo did not get angry at everyone's doubts; he knew this was not their fault; if there was anyone to blame, it was only that his father had built up too much prestige over these years, after all, even those Marquis-level experts were full of fear towards the name Li Taixuan, let alone these juniors who had almost grown up listening to Li Taixuan's legends?

Li Luo thought for a moment, feeling that saying some dry words of encouragement to them would be a waste of breath, so he waved his sleeve, and ten "Mysterious Spirit Cores" appeared before his eyes.

"Do you know what this thing is?" Li Luo asked.

Everyone shook their heads in confusion.

"This is called a Mysterious Spirit Core; what geniuses like Qin Yi and General Zhao fought tooth and nail to seize within the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven was this very object." At the same time, Li Luo also informed everyone of the effects of these "Mysterious Spirit Cores."

Then, he saw the eyes of the eight thousand banner troops before him gradually become bright and dazzling, like countless bright lamps.

Even the banner heads like Zhao Zhao Yanzhi and Mu Bi couldn't help but lick their lips, their eyes fixed motionlessly on those "Mysterious Spirit Cores."

"Clear the seventy-second layer within a month, and these things will be awarded to the person with the greatest contribution," Li Luo said calmly.

"Now, do you have confidence?"

After a few breaths of silence, the eight thousand banner troops let out a roar filled with soaring battle intent that echoed through the Qingming Training Ground; everyone's faces were flushed with excitement, and flames of striving burned in their eyes.

"Clear the seventy-second layer!"

"Create a new record!"

"So what if it's Li Taixuan?! Take him down, and we will be the record!"

"..."

In the crowd, when everyone heard that hoarse roar, they all cast shocked glances at that person; damn, brother, do you have the surname Hu?!

Li Luo was quite satisfied with the battle intent that everyone had been stirred up with; after all, the Evil Demon Cave couldn't rely on him alone; "Combined Qi" was the most important power, and the battle intent of the Qingming Banner troops would directly affect the effect of "Combined Qi."

Therefore, spending some "Mysterious Spirit Cores" to stir up the battle intent of the Qingming Banner was a very profitable deal.

Under heavy rewards, there will always be brave men!

Now that the people's hearts could be used, they only needed to wait for the brave advance.

And Li Luo's grand gesture of incentive quickly began to yield results; when the Evil Demon Cave opened again three days later, the Qingming Banner troops, like eight thousand wolves starving to the extreme, charged into the Evil Demon Cave with howls, amidst the surprised gazes of the banner troops of the other three flags of the Dragon Tooth Pulse.

This advance could be described as sweeping away withered grass.

The Qingming Banner went full throttle, directly rushing the Qingming Banner from the sixty-third layer to the sixty-sixth layer in one breath!

This progress left the other nineteen flags of the Li Li Tianwang Lineage dumbfounded; did the Qingming Banner suddenly take some medicine? Why was it so fierce?

However, Li Luo did not feel strange about this explosive progress; after all, when he last assaulted the Evil Demon Cave, he was only at the Extreme Evil Realm strength, but now, he was already at the Three-Star Tian Zhu Jing!

Under such a huge improvement, the obstacles that could previously hinder him were now a smooth plain.

The Qingming Banner's leapfrog breakthrough also caused shock among the other flags in the following time, and at the same time, Li Luo's bold words about clearing the Evil Demon Cave within a month also spread.

This statement not only caused a huge uproar among the twenty flags, but even some Dean-level experts from various pulses cast surprised glances.

Breaking through the seventy-two layers of the Fiery Demon Cave within a month... Is this Li Luo trying to shatter the record left by his father, Li Taixuan?

This kid... truly has no small ambition!

And when he gets ruthless, he doesn't even spare his own father!

In an instant, before the aftereffects caused by the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven had fully faded, the countless gazes turned once again toward the Azure Mist Peak, landing on Li Luo.