Chapter 1224: Plucking the Stars

"The time is about right."

As the five guards' tens of thousands gathered on the golden platform, the Dragon Blood Guard's Guard Commander Li Zhihuo suddenly spoke lightly, his voice ringing in everyone's ears.

"Four of you, prepare to offer up your tokens and activate the 'Golden Scale Cloud Dragon Array.'"

As Li Zhihuo's voice fell, Li Foluo, Li Tingyue, Li Jushen, and Li Boyuan, the four Guard Commanders, each stepped forward. A token radiating an aura of majesty appeared in their hands—precisely their respective Guard Commander Tokens.

Together with Li Zhihuo, the five Guard Commander Tokens at this moment shot out a beam of light. The beams converged in the sky, and within them, a mysterious dragon shadow seemed to flicker in and out of view. A pressure beyond description radiated outward, causing even the void to tremble violently.

The dragon-shadow beam directly contacted the golden scale light barrier above, and instantly the latter rippled with intense waves. Golden scales gleamed, as if ancient runes were spreading across the golden scale light barrier like tides, layer upon layer.

On the golden scale light barrier, a massive cloud dragon emerged. The giant dragon coiled at the center of the light barrier, then suddenly opened its dragon maw like an abyss.

Roar!

The dragon's cry shook heaven and earth, like thunder from the nine heavens.

As the dragon maw opened, it unleashed an utterly terrifying suction force. The void there was torn apart by this suction, transforming into a deep, pitch-black region.

The pitch-black void spread, as if forming a black hole.

Li Luo stared at this scene and suddenly felt a jolt of shock as he discovered that the vast Boundary River hanging in the heavens had rippled slightly at this moment.

As if disturbed by this suction force.

Then, mighty waters of the Boundary River were stirred by that suction force, breaking free of the river's bounds, piercing straight through the void, and crashing down with a thunderous roar.

That scene was as if the Tianhe had overturned.

A torrential downpour poured from the heavens, but as they fell, they rapidly converged together. Thus, gradually, massive gray-black water spheres roughly a thousand zhang in size formed, smashing down like meteors.

Within the gray-black water spheres, an extremely vast energy fluctuation radiated. That fluctuation—even a titled marquis-rank expert would not dare block it head-on.

The water spheres streaked across the void, like stars.

"All guards, onto the Star-Plucking Platforms!"

Accompanied by Li Zhihuo's long howl, the five Guard Commanders immediately took the lead and shot upward. Countless figures followed closely behind, landing on the five golden lotus platforms above the golden platform.

Each lotus platform was extremely massive, with lotus leaves spread wide, large enough to hold ten thousand people.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge also landed on a golden lotus platform along with the Dragon Fang Guard. At this moment, Li Foluo looked up at the Boundary River meteors falling toward the "Golden Scale Cloud Dragon Array," then shouted in a deep voice: "Dragon Fang Guard, form the array!"

All Dragon Fang Guard members responded in unison, their shouts like thunder. Everyone took out their respective "Heaven Dragon Jade," then poured their own phase force into it completely.

Boom boom!

Over ten thousand energy light rainbows rose simultaneously, then rapidly interwove above the Dragon Fang Guard, forming an incomparably massive light array.

The light array blotted out the sky. Within it, vast and mighty energy churned. That terrifying pressure moved even Jiang Jiang Qinge slightly.

This was her first time truly witnessing this kind of ten-thousand-person "combined Qi" power.

With the strength of ten thousand people gathered together, that energy fluctuation was enough to rival an eighth-grade titled marquis!

This kind of combined force was not something that could be achieved simply by gathering ten thousand people, because each person's phase force contained their own will. To blend these forces together was by no means a simple matter.

And the fact that these Li Tianwang lineage forces could achieve this step was because Li Tianwang-rank experts took action, deduced the array formations, expended tremendous effort, and only then could it ultimately be accomplished.

The vast and mighty Dragon Fang Array took shape, overwhelming in its ferocity. Sharp, cutting aura radiated outward, causing even the void to constantly shatter.

Li Foluo flew up, hovering above the Dragon Fang Array. Gripping the "Dragon Fang Token," he smoothly obtained control of the Dragon Fang Array.

Extremely terrifying power surged like a flood, at his command.

But Li Foluo was clearly long accustomed to this. He merely raised his head to look outside the "Golden Scale Cloud Dragon Array," where eleven "Boundary River meteors" were smashing toward the golden scale light barrier at high speed.

Boom boom!

The "Boundary River meteors" ultimately collided with the golden scale light barrier. In that instant, it seemed the entire world was trembling, and the roar of the explosion spread throughout Tianlong Ridge.

In Tianlong City, many gazes looked up at the sky, but because of the "Golden Scale Cloud Dragon Array's" concealment, they could not see the scene within. However, the titled marquis-rank experts in the city could all sense that extremely terrifying collision.

But most people were not surprised, because this kind of commotion occurred every month.

Boom!

Eleven massive Boundary River meteors slammed into the golden scale light barrier like mountains. Then the cloud dragon coiled atop the golden scale light barrier exhaled vast dragon breath. The dragon breath fell upon these Boundary River meteors, instantly purifying and burning away the vast majority of the terrifying malevolent Qi churning within them.

Then the volume of those Boundary River meteors rapidly shrank, while the energy fluctuation radiating from within also became gentler.

Ultimately, the eleven Boundary River meteors slowly pierced through the golden scale light barrier.

Boom boom!

After piercing through the golden scale light barrier, these Boundary River meteors rapidly smashed toward the five golden lotus platforms.

"Time to pluck the stars!" Within the Dragon Fang Guard, Grand Commander Xia Yu, seeing this scene, looked at Li Luo and smiled: "This step depends on each Guard Commander's ability. Only those with strong methods can pluck more Boundary River meteors."

Li Luo's gaze sharpened, and as he looked, he saw Li Foluo, Li Zhihuo, and the other five Guard Commanders all erupting with earth-shaking long howls. They operated each guard's tremendous power, and behind them, towering titled marquis platforms stood in the air, breathing in the world's energy.

Li Luo noticed that among the five Guard Commanders, Li Foluo, Li Jushen, Li Tingyue, and Li Boyuan were all at the fourth-grade titled marquis realm. Only Li Zhihuo alone had reached the fifth-grade titled marquis.

But this did not matter, because when the five Guard Commanders controlled each guard's grand array, their energy fluctuation had already skyrocketed wildly, and in an instant, it rivaled an eighth-grade titled marquis.

Vast energy light rainbows pierced through the void, transforming into giant dragon-scale palms, each grabbing at the falling Boundary River meteors.

Rumble rumble!

The collision of the two could truly be called earth-shattering.

The entire void was wailing, and the energy storm stirred up shattered the void. If not for the concealment of the "Golden Scale Cloud Dragon Array," even Tianlong City below would likely have been affected.

Li Foluo grabbed two Boundary River meteors in one breath. His face was flushed red, and the phase force around his body was fiery red like molten lava, radiating terrifying high temperature.

It could be seen that even relying on the power of the Dragon Fang Array, grabbing two Boundary River meteors in one breath still appeared somewhat strenuous for him.

And the other three Guard Commanders were the same.

Only Li Zhihuo.

He alone grabbed three Boundary River meteors.

From the direction of the Dragon Blood Guard, deafening cheers rang out because of this. After all, the more Boundary River meteors grabbed, the more "Star Pearls" ultimately purified.

But the other four guards were already accustomed to this. After all, Li Zhihuo's strength was indeed the strongest among the five Guard Commanders. His ability to grab three Boundary River meteors at once was his capability.

Li Foluo merely glanced from afar, then withdrew his gaze. With a flick of his sleeve, two massive lava dragons shot out, coiling around the two Boundary River meteors, then slowly lowering them toward the golden lotus platform where the Dragon Fang Guard was.

Li Fuluo exhaled heavily, then sat cross-legged in the air. Capturing two Boundary River meteors had cost him a considerable amount, and he needed to recover as quickly as possible before waiting for the next batch of Boundary River meteors to fall.

As for the second step, the "Star Transformation" purification process, it would be handed over to the two Dragon Fang Envoys.

At the same time, the final number of Star Pearls obtained would also depend on the abilities of the respective Left and Right Envoys, though generally there would not be much difference.

"Luo Jiang, Jiang Jiang Qinge, the two of you will each command the power of five thousand guards, purify the 'Boundary River Meteors,' and obtain the Star Pearls."

As Li Fuluo's deep voice rang out, two Boundary River meteors, each the size of a small hill, fell toward where Luo Jiang and Jiang Jiang Qinge were.

And Jiang Jiang Qinge, at this moment, raised her exquisitely beautiful face, her eyes faintly glinting as she stared at the Boundary River meteor falling toward her side.

"Purify?"

This seemed to be something she was rather skilled at.