Chapter 1267: Chapter One Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-Five: Li Hongyou, Full of Wonderful Uses

The three True Demon aberrations besieging Li Hongyou should only be at the strength of a First Rank Marquis, but for Li Hongyou, who currently only had the power of two Hundred Guards bestowed upon her, this was already quite troublesome.

After all, although Li Hongyou possessed a Lower Nine Grade Compatibility, this "Red Heart Zhu Guo Phase" leaned more toward supportive functions and did not possess overly strong combat effects.

So facing the sudden attack of the three True Demons, Li Hongyou was caught off guard for a moment, but she was, after all, a seat student of the Tianxing Academy who had come from the Tianyuan Ancient Academy. Although she was not adept at offense, when she gave it her all, she managed to stabilize the situation for the time being.

She was not panicked, after all, this entire area was the territory of the Dragon Fang Guard. As long as she stalled for a bit, reinforcements would arrive.

And the reinforcements came faster than she had imagined.

Boom!

A fierce, domineering blade light circled around the dual-phase halo, shattering the golden waves, and slashed onto the round head of a True Demon aberration as swift as thunder. The latter's head instantly split open, but then a bizarre scene appeared—pale palms actually grew out from within the head, grabbing the broken scalp and forcibly stitching it back together.

But the offensive of the three True Demon aberrations was also affected. The pale eyes slowly roaming on the enormous face lifted, looking at the blade-wielding figure who had come treading across the water.

It was Li Luo.

His expression was calm. With a single slash, the void was directly torn apart. The next instant, a black dragon was seen riding upon chilling underworld water as it roared forth, weaving clearly through the golden abyss water, and ultimately swept one of the True Demon aberrations into its path.

Black Dragon Underworld Water Banner!

Accompanied by the black dragon's low, deep roar, the black dragon and the underworld water annihilated each other simultaneously, but at the same time, they took that tenacious True Demon aberration with them into oblivion.

With just a single move, he cleanly and decisively slew a First Rank True Demon aberration. This fierce killing power was indeed much stronger than Li Hongyou's.

Seeing Li Luo coming to reinforce her, Li Hongyou's expression eased. Then her figure flashed back, her slender jade hands rapidly forming seals. A talisman flowing with golden light within crimson swiftly condensed, then shot into Li Luo's body.

And then the energy fluctuations radiating from Li Luo's body instantly grew several times stronger.

Li Luo chuckled lightly. His figure shot out once more, ten thousand fierce blade lights swinging. Amidst the shimmering ripples, he stirred the golden abyss water. In this environment, his Water Phase power was undoubtedly also receiving some amplification effect.

The two remaining True Demon aberrations shrieked, sound waves rolling, lifting the waves, then colliding head-on with Li Luo.

Boom boom!

However, the battle ended faster than expected. Two First-Rank True Demons posed little threat to Li Luo, who was currently empowered by two Hundred Guards and Li Hongyou. Thus, within just a few short minutes, the surging waves gradually subsided, and the two True Demon aberrations, amid ear-piercing shrieks, gradually turned into nothingness and ultimately vanished completely.

Li Luo held the Dragon Elephant Blade and gently exhaled a long breath.

"Li Luo, thank you." Li Hongyou approached and said.

Li Luo shook his head, somewhat surprised: "Senior Sister Hongyou, how did you run into so many True Demon aberrations?"

Li Luo had searched for half a day earlier without encountering a single "Jin Shi Spirit Clam" that had spawned aberrations, yet three appeared the moment Li Hongyou showed up. That seemed a bit too unlucky.

Li Hongyou said: "Perhaps it's because I've encountered more Spirit Clams."

Li Luo was stunned for a moment and asked: "How many Spirit Pearls have you collected?"

"Fifteen. Three upper-grade, eight mid-grade, and four lower-grade."

Shock surfaced in Li Luo's eyes. He had toiled for half a day on his side and only found six, yet Li Hongyou had nearly three times that amount? That luck was absurdly good.

"These Spirit Clams aren't hard to find either. I just casually wandered around this area twice, and wherever I passed, Spirit Clams would actively pop up. The troublesome part is that quite a few aberrations spawn from these Spirit Clams."

Li Hongyou hesitated for a moment, then said: "I feel like it's not me looking for them, but them looking for me."

Along the way, it didn't feel like she was searching for Spirit Clams, but rather picking them up. Precisely because she picked up too many, she naturally encountered more aberrations.

Li Luo was full of astonishment. These Spirit Clams were actively seeking out Li Hongyou, which was why they proactively surged forth?

Then his heart stirred, and he said: "Could it be because of your 'Red Heart Zhu Guo Phase'?"

Li Hongyou's phase was a rare Heavenly Treasure Phase. In the heavens and earth, when such treasures are born, myriad living beings covet them and wish to consume them. Perhaps those Spirit Clams sensed the aura of the Red Heart Zhu Guo Phase, mistook Li Hongyou for a heavenly treasure, and thus proactively came, attempting to devour her?

"That's what I think too." Li Hongyou nodded.

A peculiar expression crossed Li Luo's face. Could it really work like that? If so, wouldn't he just need to stay by Li Hongyou's side, and those Jin Shi Spirit Clams would naturally gather on their own, without him having to rack his brains searching everywhere?

One must know that the terrain within this Jin Shi Water Abyss was extremely complex, with countless undercurrents and ravines, while also having to guard against the covert attacks of other loose cultivators. This would undoubtedly severely affect the efficiency of searching for Jin Shi Spirit Clams. If Li Hongyou truly had this special effect, it would be no different from a treasure-gathering basin!

Thus, Li Luo's gaze toward Li Hongyou instantly became extremely fervent.

Senior Sister Hongyou, you truly are full of wonderful uses!

Li Hongyou noticed Li Luo's scalding, fervent gaze and immediately said in an annoyed tone: "You're not thinking of using me as bait to lure out those Jin Shi Spirit Clams, are you?"

"Senior Sister Hongyou, what bait or not bait, that sounds ugly. This is called getting rich together! You're already at the peak of the Da Tian Xiang Jing now, and you need to start preparing to charge into the Marquis Realm. At the very least, you should prepare a top-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure for yourself in advance, right?" Li Luo said with utmost seriousness.

The more Spirit Pearls they collected, the higher their contribution points would be. When the time came, not only would they receive a large amount of Dragon Essence compensation, they could also priority exchange for what they needed.

Li Hongyou rolled her eyes at him, but she did not refuse. She asked: "So what do you plan to do?"

"I'll immediately summon my entire Thousand Guard under my command, then Senior Sister Hongyou, you push your 'Red Heart Zhu Guo Phase' to its absolute limit. You don't need to worry about anything else; leave the harvesting to me." Li Luo hurriedly said.

"Push the 'Red Heart Zhu Guo Phase' to its absolute limit? Are you sure you can protect me? When the time comes, quite a few powerful aberrations will likely appear." Li Hongyou expressed her doubt about this.

"Isn't Sister Jiang Jiang Qinge still here? If we really can't hold, I'll call for help at any time." Li Luo said with a smile.

"Fine, as you say." Li Hongyou was not an indecisive person either, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Li Luo took out his Commander Token, and used it to summon the Thousand Guard under his command. After waiting for half a moment, he saw large numbers of figures swiftly darting over from various parts of the water abyss.

A rough count showed they made up exactly a thousand-person guard unit.

"Commander Li Luo, we don't know what urgent matter you've summoned us for?" Those Hundred Guards stepped forward and cupped their fists in salute to Li Luo.

They were somewhat puzzled. This was the best moment to search for Jin Shi Spirit Clams, and Li Luo suddenly summoning them was indeed a waste of time. But Li Luo currently held extremely high prestige within the Dragon Fang Guard, so even though they had some doubts, they all obeyed the order and came at the first notice.

"Everyone, if you trust me, please form a formation here next and empower me. I believe the final harvest will not disappoint you." Li Luo did not stand on ceremony and said directly.

The Hundred Guards present exchanged glances, their gazes also sweeping over this stretch of water abyss without finding many traces of Jin Shi Spirit Clams. But since Li Luo had said so, they naturally had to give him face.

"Understood!"

The next moment, the thousand members of the Dragon Fang Guard immediately formed a formation. As phase power flowed, it rapidly converged, and a vast, surging energy fluctuation spread throughout the water abyss.

Li Luo stood at the center of the grand formation, holding the Commander Token, channeling that extremely powerful energy entirely into himself.

Boom!

Extremely powerful energy swirled around him. Li Luo felt that surging energy fluctuation. Empowered by a Thousand Guard, the power he currently controlled was likely no inferior to that of an Upper Third Rank Marquis Realm expert.

The powerful strength also gave Li Luo confidence. He immediately turned his gaze to Li Hongyou and said: "Senior Sister Hongyou, let's begin."

Li Hongyou nodded slightly, then sat down cross-legged in the golden abyss water. At the same time, she directly bit her finger, and fresh blood immediately flowed out. As she activated her phase power, she stimulated the fresh blood.

Instantly, Li Luo sensed a rich, exotic fragrance beginning to spread from the depths of this stretch of water abyss.

He looked around with a hint of tension at the deep cracks and gullies in the walls of the abyss. Whether they could make a big haul this time would depend on how attractive Li Hongyou's Red Heart Vermilion Fruit was to those Golden Stone Spirit Mussels.

At this moment, the Dragon Fang Guard members who had formed the array were also looking around in confusion. By now they had figured it out — Li Luo seemed to be using Li Hongyou to lure those Golden Stone Spirit Mussels.

But would this really work?

Those Golden Stone Spirit Mussels were notoriously cautious; at the slightest disturbance, they would burrow deep into the golden rock and refuse to come out again.

Their doubts did not last long.

A sudden disturbance rippled through this stretch of the water abyss.

Li Luo's gaze shot like lightning toward a nearby golden rock wall, and then his heart began to pound as he saw that several Spirit Mussels were slowly emerging from within it.

On the rock wall, one Spirit Mussel after another poked out its head, thirstily absorbing the golden abyss water stained with Li Hongyou's fresh blood.

At a glance, there were no fewer than a dozen or more! And still more Spirit Mussels kept popping out.

The Dragon Fang Guard members all stared wide-eyed at this moment.

Did they just poke the Golden Stone Spirit Mussels' nest?!

But after the shock, wild joy surged up in their hearts. With so many Golden Stone Spirit Mussels coming out on their own, how many Spirit Pearls could they harvest?!

Sure enough, following Commander Li Luo, they'd never have to worry about going hungry! "Tomorrow morning at ten on Douyin Live, keep the likes coming for double chapters — if you're free, bring a fascia gun and join the fun."