Chapter 1266: The Water Tide Erupts

Boom boom boom!

From the bottomless depths of the Jin Shi Water Abyss came the thunderous roar of water slamming against rock. The several-thousand-li-long abyss seemed to tremble without cease, and the energy ripples between heaven and earth grew turbulent at this moment.

On both sides of the abyss, one figure after another emerged. Their eyes were filled with longing and greed as they gazed at the abyss. The "Jin Shi Spirit Clam Pearls" produced by this hunting ground were considered rare treasures in the Boundary River Domain, and most importantly, this place did not belong to any of the major top powers' hunting grounds, so coming here to compete meant they wouldn't be driven away.

On a mountain peak, Li Li Jinpan, Niu Niu Biaobiao, and Li Li Rouyun appeared leading a group, followed by Jiang Jiang Qinge, Li Luo, Xia Yu, Li Hongyou, and many other young people. At the same time, five thousand Dragon Fang Guard members stood ready for action, radiating an overwhelming sharpness that drew sidelong glances.

Li Luo's gaze fixed on the depths of the abyss. He saw boundless golden light surging there, and after a moment, rolling currents of water actually emerged from within the golden light. The currents were extremely swift, and the abyss water displayed a pale golden hue, as if molten gold had formed it—exquisitely beautiful.

More and more golden abyss water surged up from deep underground, eventually filling most of this bottomless abyss.

The rock walls on both sides of the Jin Shi Water Abyss were all that hard golden rock. Under the long tempering of this special golden abyss water, its hardness grew with each passing day, and now it could even withstand attacks from Marquis-level experts. This could be considered a marvel within the Boundary River Domain.

Moreover, Li Luo also noticed that as more and more golden abyss water surged forth, from those submerged golden rock walls, faint ripples seemed to emanate, as if something was trying to burrow out from deep within the rock.

As time passed, the ripples grew increasingly distinct, until at a certain moment, someone suddenly let out a greedy cry of astonishment.

There on the golden rock wall, a golden great clam roughly a zhang in size actually burrowed out from the rock. Then its shell parted slightly, and it began to draw in the golden abyss water.

That golden great clam was almost fused as one with the golden rock—if one didn't observe carefully, they would truly overlook it entirely.

And as the clam shell opened wider and wider while drawing in the abyss water, the clam flesh within was revealed, but this clam flesh also displayed the color of Jin Shi, as if carved from stone. At the same time, deep within the clam flesh, a wisp of spiritual light seemed to flow, emanating an air of profound mystery.

Li Luo saw those golden great clams appearing in the abyss, and his heart immediately skipped a beat. His eyes also grew fervent—clearly this thing was the objective of his trip, the Jin Shi Spirit Clam, and that spiritual light deep within the clam flesh was the so-called Jin Shi Spirit Clam Pearl!

At this moment, on both sides of the several-thousand-li abyss, countless watchful gazes could no longer restrain themselves. The next instant, mighty phase force erupted from within many figures, and then streams of light shot straight into the sky.

Plop plop plop!

The continuous sound of entering water rang out. Figure after figure darted through the Jin Shi Water Abyss like swimming fish, searching for and snatching Jin Shi Spirit Clams—extremely lively.

"You all should get moving too. Form groups of two hundred-man guards, and maintain distance according to the previous assignments, ensuring you can form arrays to meet the enemy at the first moment." Li Li Rouyun turned her head and said to Jiang Jiang Qinge, Li Luo, Xia Yu, and the others.

Li Li Jinpan also said, "The three of us will hold the water surface, sealing off this section. At the same time, if powerful True Devils appear, we will immediately come to provide support."

Jiang Jiang Qinge, Li Luo, and Xia Yu all nodded in acknowledgment.

The next instant, the three figures took the lead in shooting forth, and behind them, five thousand figures rumbled like thunder, transforming into a sky full of light, following closely and plunging into the abyss.

Plop!

The moment Li Luo's body entered the water, he immediately felt a powerful pressure surging from all directions. This golden abyss water contained the energy of heaven and earth, and was extraordinarily heavy.

If someone below Tian Xiang Jing fell into this golden abyss water, they would likely be like sinking into a swamp, finding it difficult to swim.

However, this pressure did not last long, and then Li Luo sensed a surge of energy roughly equivalent to a First Rank Marquis Realm flooding into his body, and the pressure from the abyss water instantly vanished completely.

Li Luo turned his head and saw that at the position behind him, two hundred figures had formed an array, and then transmitted that force to him.

That was the power from two hundred-man guards.

"Two hundred-man guards can match a First Rank Marquis." Li Luo sighed inwardly. The actual strength of these two hundred Dragon Fang Guard members was at most Tian Xiang Jing, but relying on this Mi Fa array, they could gather the power of a First Rank Marquis—this was indeed far stronger than the Twenty Banners.

According to Li Luo's estimate, if it were the Qing Ming Banner, probably two thousand people would need to combine their Qi to achieve this effect.

With the augmentation of this power, Li Luo was completely unconstrained within this abyss.

His gaze swept across, and there were four other groups of hundred-man guards distributed within a thousand zhang around him. This was an entire thousand-guard unit under his command. Once an emergency arose, he could gather the power of the thousand guards into himself, and that would be equivalent to the power of a Third Rank Marquis.

Such augmentation methods were truly too useful.

Li Luo sighed in his heart, then without dawdling, his figure moved and he darted toward those rock walls with complex terrain in the abyss, beginning to search for the figures of Jin Shi Spirit Clams.

At this moment, as the abyss water surged forth, it was precisely the time when Jin Shi Spirit Clams emerged, so Li Luo didn't spend much time before finding one. The latter was currently opening its clam shell, thirstily drawing in the golden abyss water.

Li Luo gripped the Dragon Elephant Blade, and a flash of blade light slashed out, precisely cutting into the depths of the clam flesh. The next instant, a wisp of spiritual light immediately flew out from the clam flesh, and he swiftly grabbed it in his hand.

Li Luo looked curiously at his palm, and saw a golden spirit pearl roughly the size of a baby's fist appear in his hand. The radiance it emitted was about several zhang—quite eye-catching.

"Four zhang of bright light, only a mid-grade spirit pearl."

During this period, Li Luo had already come to understand the grades of these "Jin Shi Spirit Clam Pearls." They were distinguished by the bright light they emitted: one to three zhang was lower grade, three to ten zhang was mid-grade, and exceeding ten zhang was upper grade.

Li Luo felt a bit of regret, casually stowing this mid-grade "Jin Shi Spirit Clam Pearl." As for the Jin Shi Spirit Clam from which the pearl had been taken, it was startled and directly merged into the Jin Shi rock, refusing to appear again.

Li Luo paid it no heed and continued his relentless search.

The abyss was extremely lively at this moment, with figures swimming everywhere. There were even scattered cultivators fighting fiercely over spirit pearls. Before the water tide erupted, fighting was prohibited near the abyss, but now that the water tide had arrived, under those turbulent energy ripples, naturally there were no such reservations anymore.

Moreover, as more and more spirit clams appeared, there were finally unlucky people who extracted hidden aberrations from among them. These aberrations varied in strength, and each time one appeared, it would cause a commotion.

Beneath the surging flow of golden abyss water, people continuously perished within it, but no one retreated because of it—this was merely the most common scene in the Boundary River Domain.

Unknowingly, an hour had passed.

During this period, Li Luo had captured another five Jin Shi Spirit Clam Pearls, and heaven rewarded the diligent—at last, among these five, one finally appeared with bright light reaching fifteen zhang, an upper grade.

However, although an "upper grade spirit pearl" was in hand, this did not mean the item belonged to him outright. If he wanted to obtain enough upper grade spirit pearls, he would still need to exchange them afterward based on the contributions made during this mission.

After all, strictly speaking, this was not something Li Luo had obtained entirely on his own outside, but rather something he had relied on other Dragon Fang Guard members to obtain.

Li Luo carefully stowed this upper grade spirit pearl. Just as he was about to continue his actions, he suddenly sensed extremely intense energy ripples coming from not far away. His gaze immediately swept over, and his expression hardened.

"Senior Sister Hongyou?"

At the array formation of two hundred-man guards not far away, it was precisely Li Hongyou's figure. But what astonished Li Luo was that at this moment, three True Devil aberrations had actually appeared before her. These True Devils had a humanoid appearance, but not a single hair on their entire bodies, and their heads were completely bald.

Viewed from afar, it was as if three people had three enlarged "spirit pearls" sitting atop their necks.

Moreover, those pearl-like heads were still eerily rotating, and even the facial features on their faces became bizarrely distorted.

At this moment, these three True Devil aberrations were besieging Li Hongyou.

Li Luo was very surprised. On his side, not a single True Devil had been encountered in an entire hour, so why had three directly appeared on Li Hongyou's side?

But while surprised, his hands were not slow. He directly transformed his figure into a swimming fish and cut through the abyss.

"Senior Sister Hongyou, I'm here to help you!"

With a long howl that stirred the water tide, a fierce blade light also whistled in, slashing straight down at those True Devil aberrations.