Chapter 1052: Dragon Elephant Blade

The blade in Li Luo's hand still retained its former straight-sword form, only now the blade was noticeably more slender, and golden light flowed along the hilt, as though adorned with dragon scales.

On the blade, there were also a few sharp golden specks, faintly emanating an extremely fierce aura.

Those seemed to be... fragments of dragon fangs.

These dragon-fang fragments were unusually fierce; affixed to the blade, they made the blade-light unleashed by a slash all the more overwhelming.

And most important of all, at the spot near the hilt, Li Luo saw three purple vertical marks, like eyes, constantly breathing in and out the energy of heaven and earth, tempering themselves.

A Three-Purple-Eye treasure!

After being recast, the Jin Yu Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade had undoubtedly been completely reborn, ascending to the Three-Purple-Eye grade.

Such a tremendous improvement was mainly because, although the "Wang Zhe Yin" within the original Jin Yu Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade had shattered, some of its residual aura had fused into the blade fragments; now, after recasting, it had completely raised the grade of the Jin Yu Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade's fragments, ultimately reaching such a level.

Li Luo felt the newly forged "Jin Yu Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade" with boundless delight; on it he could faintly sense the familiar flavor of before, but at the same time it had gained an even more domineering and ferocious aura.

The Jin Yu Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade had not been destroyed, but rather strengthened and reforged.

The blade trembled, emitting not only the ancient cry of an elephant, but also accompanied by the roar of a dragon.

The current Jin Yu Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade, compared to before, was undoubtedly more domineering and fierce; with this blade in hand, Li Luo would surely be as a tiger given wings.

"Since you've shed your shell and been reborn, let's give you a new name. From now on, you shall be called... the Dragon Elephant Blade." Li Luo murmured to himself.

The Dragon Elephant Blade in his hand hummed and trembled, as fierce and domineering blade-light surged forth unceasingly, revealing astonishing spirituality.

And the sudden arrival of a powerful treasure on Li Luo's side was also caught by the gazes of the various branches outside.

Dragon Blood Branch Head Li Li Tianji watched this scene, frowning as he said: "Branch Head Li Jingzhe, how can you interfere with the trial inside the Sha Mo Cave? Suddenly sending in a powerful treasure like this is somewhat against the rules."

His voice seemed to pierce through the void, echoing across the sky above Yashan.

At the same time, the branch heads of the other three branches also cast their gazes over, after all Li Li Jingzhe's move was indeed somewhat improper.

Li Li Jingzhe inside Shi Ting looked indifferent as he said: "This blade was originally Li Luo's possession; it merely shattered when he encountered a great enemy inside the Ling Xiang Cave Heaven. Considering his excellent performance in the Ling Xiang Cave Heaven this time, I agreed to help him recast it."

"So this item is not an outside force; I am merely returning Li Luo's property to him. It cannot be counted as using external power to break the rules."

"Besides, isn't this so that the Old Ancestor's lingering thought can enjoy itself more fully? If you have objections, then just take it out again."

Hearing these words, the other branch heads immediately fell silent, and even Li Li Tianji could only twitch the corners of his mouth.

Inside the seventy-second layer.

The handsome-youth-looking Old Ancestor Li Jun glanced at the Dragon Elephant Blade in Li Luo's hand and laughed: "Not a bad treasure, with great evolutionary potential."

Li Luo gripped the Dragon Elephant Blade tightly, his expression also turning solemn.

"Nine Revolving Art, Heavenly Dragon Dharma Aspect!"

Accompanied by Li Luo's furious roar, surging energy swept forth, directly transforming above him into a massive illusory Heavenly Dragon, radiating earth-shaking dragon might.

"Nine Revolving Art, Heavenly Dragon Thunder Breath!"

Li Luo unhesitatingly activated the second Nine Revolving Art; the illusory Heavenly Dragon formed by the Heavenly Dragon Dharma Aspect opened its fanged maw at this moment, and a thunderous dragon breath that pierced through the void directly tore apart the heavens.

However, this was still not the end. At this moment, Li Luo unleashed all of his offensive power; he mobilized the vast energy around his body and slashed down with a single blade in a sudden strike.

The next instant, the void shattered, and an incomparably massive black dragon roared forth. The black dragon's aura was earth-shaking; as its enormous body twisted, even the void was cracked by the shock.

The bone-chilling nether water pierced through the void, causing the air to freeze.

On the black dragon's sharp claws flowed an erosive divine resonance.

The Great Perfection realm Black Dragon Nether Water Banner that Li Luo executed with the aid of the combined energy of the "Qing Ming Banner"—its might had already far surpassed that when he borrowed the power of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf.

But this was hardly surprising, after all the combined energy of the Qing Ming Banner now was enough to rival the upper Third Rank Marquis Realm, whereas the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf was still only at the strength of a First Rank Marquis.

The black dragon tore through the void, roaring as it arrived, its claws wreathed in black water, swiping toward Li Jun.

At this moment, Li Luo instantly unleashed several killing moves. Such a display of might caused quite a few Marquis-level powerhouses among the five branches to subtly change color; an attack of this intensity could already threaten them.

"Two Nine Revolving Arts, coordinated so harmoniously, and also a Great Perfection realm Marquis Art?"

Li Jun looked at the offensive force piercing through the void, smiled faintly in mild praise, and then the Coiled Dragon Golden Staff in his hand suddenly smashed out, transforming into two staff-shadows that seemed hundreds of zhang tall.

The moment the staff-shadows appeared, even the void shattered along with them.

The massive lake below seemed to be sliced apart by that force seeping down, forcibly carved into numerous smaller lakes.

The staff-shadows descended, colliding with the thunderous dragon breath and the black dragon.

In that instant, it was as though thunder exploded; the thunderclap even spread out of the Sha Mo Cave, faintly audible in the outside world.

But Li Luo had no mind to pay attention to any of this, because he was shocked to see that, as the two staff-shadows descended, the offensive force he had unleashed with all his might was instantly annihilated.

One staff shattered the dharma aspect, one staff shattered the black dragon.

The staff-shadows swept through the void, destroying everything.

Li Luo's figure shot back rapidly, the Dragon Elephant Blade in his hand slashing out countless blade-lights, continuously cutting down the terrifying force that seeped through.

His expression grew increasingly solemn, for this Old Ancestor was truly terrifying; a single Coiled Dragon Golden Staff in his hand seemed capable of crushing and shattering all matter.

Hoo—

Li Luo took a deep breath. The three Xiang Palaces within his body hummed and trembled, and vigorous phase force surged like a raging tide. At the same time, above the phase-force lake floating within the Water-Light Xiang Palace, dozens of "golden water droplets" all shattered.

Wisps of origin aura fused entirely with his own phase force.

Boom!

At the instant of fusion, the phase-force fluctuations erupting from within Li Luo's body immediately climbed step by step. Even behind him, after the four resplendent Tian Zhu, not only was the fifth Tian Zhu catalyzed into shape, but even the sixth Tian Zhu had taken embryonic form!

Five-Star Tian Zhu Jing!

This scene, falling into the eyes of many of the younger generation outside, directly caused everyone to reveal looks of horror.

"How could he possibly have advanced into the Five-Star Tian Zhu Jing?!" Li Li Hongli's pretty face was filled with shock.

Li Li Qingfeng beside her also had a shifting expression. One should know that he himself, after a month of bitter cultivation, had only just reached the Four-Star Tian Zhu Jing.

Originally he had thought this could close some of the distance between himself and Li Luo, but looking at it now, it seemed he had been a little too naive.

"It should be a kind of Mi Fa augmentation, allowing him to temporarily ascend to the Five-Star Tian Zhu Jing," Li Li Qingfeng said in a low voice.

Li Li Hongli and the others were all rendered speechless; this Li Luo's methods were truly too numerous.

And at this moment, as Li Luo burned his "Origin Qi" to amplify his resonant force, the power of the "United Qi" being drawn forth was also increasing at a startling magnitude.

At this point, this power of "United Qi" had likely already reached the limit of the upper Fourth-Grade Marquis Realm.

This could be seen from the solemn expressions on the faces of the Marquis-level experts from the various branches, especially those at the Fourth-Grade Marquis Realm level, whose eyelids twitched slightly. This "United Qi" was indeed wondrous—clearly just several thousand low-realm practitioners, yet after fusion they could erupt with such terrifying might.

This was the heritage only a Heavenly King-level faction could possess.

Old Ancestor Li Jun held his Coiled Dragon Golden Staff and stood in midair. He gazed at the astonishing energy waves emanating from Li Luo, then nodded with a smile and commented: "Not bad, not bad. No wonder you dared to challenge the Seventy-Two Layers so far in advance. You little rascal, you've got a touch of the old ancestor's style from my younger days."

"But don't bother with ordinary tricks—bring out something with real substance."

Li Luo's expression was calm. He formed a seal with one hand, and the Heavenly Pearls behind him spun wildly, churning the world's energy.

And as his Qi Yin Fa shifted, suddenly a sword qi sharp to the extreme filled the world. The next instant, an ancient, mysterious, enormous sword array slowly condensed into being in the void above Li Luo's head.

The void, the lakes and marshes—in that instant were carved by endless sword qi into countless dark-black scars.

Old Ancestor Li Jun gazed at that mysterious, enormous sword array, slightly stunned, then a smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth.

"This is..."

"The Many Aspects Dragon Fang Sword Array?"