Chapter 1268: The Jin Shi Spirit Clam King

On the Jin Shi rock walls flowing with golden light, Jin Shi Spirit Clams sprouted up like bamboo shoots after rain, actively emerging one after another. As they greedily absorbed the abyssal water tainted with Li Hongyou's fresh blood, their shells opened wider and wider.

Deep within the clam flesh, which seemed forged from Jin Shi, spiritual light flowed.

The scene before his eyes filled Li Luo with joy, and without hesitation he began harvesting.

He saw him wave his sleeve, and rolling energy transformed into strands of energy light-ropes, piercing through the abyssal water swift as lightning, stabbing into the depths of those Spirit Clams, wrapping around that wisp of spiritual light.

Then the energy light-ropes yanked back violently.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

In an instant, beams of bright light suddenly bloomed in the depths of the abyssal water. Almost in that same instant, over a dozen Spirit Pearls appeared, shooting toward Li Luo's position like birds returning to the woods.

Li Luo collected these Spirit Pearls at once, and with a cursory glance spotted several top-grade Spirit Pearls whose bright light exceeded ten zhang. His heart immediately stirred with excitement.

Hiss hiss hiss!

But the excitement didn't last long before it was broken by a sharp, piercing, eerie sound. Li Luo's gaze hardened as he saw thick, black, viscous liquid suddenly gushing out from within several Jin Shi Spirit Clams. Immediately after, snow-white, slick figures burrowed out from the clam flesh. These figures had twisted, grotesque forms, with multiple arms that were extremely long.

When these figures appeared, a terrifying miasma of evil intent immediately swept outward.

Hiss!

They shrieked, their forms twisting, tearing through the abyssal water at extreme speed, darting toward the Dragon Fang Guard members swift as lightning.

"Buzz!"

But at that very moment, the faint buzz of a bowstring vibrating rang out. Streaks of water-arrows condensed with tremendous energy trailed sonic booms, scattering the heavy abyssal water, and directly blasting these aberrations apart.

Li Luo held the Sky Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow, its string still trembling violently. At this moment he had a thousand-man guard augmenting him, his strength comparable to an Upper Third Rank Marquis. Although there were no shortage of True Demon grade among these aberrations, to him it was nothing more than an unimpeded slaughter.

When Li Hongyou saw these Jin Shi Spirit Clams surging forth, she also knew Li Luo had gambled correctly. Her own resonance combined with fresh blood indeed held an extremely strong attraction for these Jin Shi Spirit Clams.

So she took a deep breath, bit her tongue tip, and a mouthful of essence blood sprayed out. She pressed her palms together, enveloping this mouthful of essence blood, as her own phase force surged forth to catalyze the essence blood.

Immediately, the golden abyssal water near her was seen to be tinged with a faint reddish hue.

The area was suddenly filled with a strange, lingering fragrance.

Li Luo seized the time, continuously harvesting all the Spirit Clams emerging from the surrounding Jin Shi rock walls. Spirit Pearls poured into his pouch without cease; the harvest of this brief moment was more than ten times richer than his previous painstaking hour of searching.

During this period, it was inevitable that some Spirit Clams spawned aberrations, and even a Third Rank True Demon appeared. The emergence of an aberration of this level finally brought Li Luo some trouble, and also disrupted his rhythm of harvesting Spirit Pearls.

Li Luo had no choice but to stop harvesting and strike with full force before finally slaying it.

But the commotion of such a clash was too intense, and even drew some prying eyes.

Li Luo's brow furrowed slightly. Without hesitation, he activated a transmission talisman, then accelerated his pace of harvesting those Spirit Pearls.

One Spirit Pearl after another flickered with uncertain bright light, flashing continuously from the depths of this water abyss.

Another half a shichen passed like this, and suddenly some external phase force fluctuations appeared in this water abyss—other experts who had followed the ravines and cracks in the depths of the water abyss, drawn here by the bright light on this side.

And when they arrived and saw the Spirit Pearls being continuously collected by Li Luo, looks of disbelief immediately surfaced on their faces. Especially when they saw the Jin Shi rock wall, where the Jin Shi Spirit Clams seemed to be cut like leeks—one batch harvested, another batch sprouting—their breathing instantly became extremely Coarse and Heavy.

Jin Shi Spirit Clams were extremely cautious; any disturbance and they would hide deep within the Jin Shi rock, so capturing them was extremely difficult. Yet here before their eyes, Li Luo was harvesting them as easily as picking up stones by the road. Who could stand that?

So they only hesitated for an instant, then shot violently toward those Jin Shi Spirit Clams, clearly intending to seize them by force.

Seeing this, a cold aura immediately surfaced on Li Luo's face, and his shout spread through the golden abyssal water: "How dare you touch the belongings of our Li Li Tianwang lineage?"

A rogue cultivator expert retorted: "The Jin Shi Water Abyss is ownerless. Since when did these Jin Shi Spirit Clams become your Li Li Tianwang lineage's?"

Li Luo sneered, too lazy to waste words. The Sky Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow in his hand was drawn directly to a full string. The bowstring trembled, and a light-arrow like a water dragon, carrying a violent roar, shot violently toward the Marquis-level rogue cultivator expert who had spoken earlier.

That Marquis-level expert's face changed drastically. His own phase force erupted explosively, and two Marquis Platforms materialized out of thin air, transforming into barriers to block in front.

Boom!

At this moment, with the augmentation of a thousand-man guard's power, how ferocious was Li Luo's arrow? The water-dragon light-arrow struck the two Marquis Platforms, immediately erupting with a tremendous sound as surging energy poured forth.

Crack!

Those two Marquis Platforms immediately showed some cracks.

Puchi!

That rogue cultivator expert's eyes filled with horror. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and without a word, he immediately turned tail and fled.

But while Li Luo was clashing with this rogue cultivator expert, the others had reached the Jin Shi rock wall and were about to seize those Spirit Pearls.

Boom!

However, just at the moment they were about to act, brilliant light suddenly descended, as if a sacred domain had enveloped this entire stretch of water. The light seemed to carry an extremely scorching aura, directly purifying the surging phase force flowing through the bodies of those rogue cultivator experts who attempted to seize the Spirit Pearls.

Their physical bodies immediately began showing signs of melting.

These rogue cultivator experts were instantly horrified. They looked up and saw a graceful figure like a goddess of light break through the water, endless radiance pouring down with her as its source.

Above her head, a glazed Marquis Platform radiating a perfect aura bloomed like a great sun, emanating boundless light.

It was Jiang Jiang Qinge!

"Those who do not retreat within ten breaths, die!" Jiang Jiang Qinge's icy voice, carrying killing intent, spread through this stretch of water.

This time, those greedy rogue cultivator experts could finally only rein in their inner desires, because along with Jiang Jiang Qinge came a full three thousand Dragon Fang Guard members. At this moment, with three thousand-man guards augmenting her, even when facing a Lower Fifth Rank Marquis-level expert, Jiang Jiang Qinge could fight.

Thus, they could only retreat in unwillingness, their figures hiding deep within the dark cracks of the abyssal walls.

After driving back those rogue cultivator experts, Jiang Jiang Qinge's beautiful eyes swept over the abyssal walls below. When she saw those Jin Shi Spirit Clams continuously sprouting up like bamboo shoots after rain, she couldn't help but pause in a daze.

She looked toward the source of that strange fragrance, and then discovered Li Hongyou's figure.

Jiang Jiang Qinge pondered for a moment, then spoke to Li Luo: "You focus on collecting the Spirit Pearls; I'll guard you and clear the area."

Li Luo nodded. As more and more Spirit Pearls appeared here, the commotion would inevitably attract more covetous gazes. By then, not only would rogue cultivator experts appear, but other top forces might also intervene, including the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage.

After all, his method of harvesting really did seem to be somewhat breaking the balance.

So for now, he still had to seize the time and collect as many as possible.

Thus Li Luo gathered his focus, no longer paying attention to the surrounding prying eyes. Innumerable phase force poured forth, like tentacles, collecting Spirit Pearls at a startling speed.

Bright radiance flickered continuously.

More and more Pearl Hunters were drawn over, their eyes reflecting that radiance, stirring the greed in their hearts.

But the powerful pressure Jiang Jiang Qinge radiated made them dare not act rashly.

But as more and more pearl divers gathered at these waters, this place had imperceptibly become the liveliest spot in the entire several-thousand-li water abyss.

Under those covetous, greedy gazes, even Jiang Jiang Qinge began to feel some pressure.

And Li Luo knew that he was about ready to pull out.

So he cast a glance toward Li Hongyou, giving her a signal.

Li Hongyou nodded, then restrained her aura, preparing to end her role as bait.

Boom!

But the very instant Li Hongyou's aura was restrained, a tremor suddenly came from deep within the water abyss below. A golden tentacle shot out explosively, swift as a thunderbolt, wrapping toward Li Hongyou.

The attack came far too suddenly, and the energy condensed on that golden tentacle was enough to rival a fifth-grade Marquis!

So Li Hongyou could only watch helplessly as the golden tentacle rapidly enlarged in her pupils.

Whoosh!

But just as the golden tentacle was about to touch Li Hongyou, a radiant, multicolored light nail suddenly pierced through the water at extreme speed, colliding with the tentacle first.

A violent energy shockwave ravaged outward, and Li Hongyou was sent flying directly, her qi and blood churning, nearly spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Li Luo hurriedly reached out to catch Li Hongyou, then his face changed slightly as he gazed into the depths of the water abyss. He saw the abyss wall there gradually tearing open, and a golden spirit clam roughly several hundred zhang in size slowly drilled out from the deepest part of the rock.

And that golden tentacle had also drilled out from within the clam shell.

"What an enormous Jin Shi spirit clam!" Li Luo cried out in astonishment.

That's not right!

Li Luo suddenly shivered, the hair on his body seeming to stand on end at this moment, and his gaze fixed on the giant clam suddenly became extremely fervent and scalding.

This was no ordinary Jin Shi spirit clam!

This was the legendary, exceedingly rare Jin Shi Spirit Clam King!

Li Luo swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He knew that this time, quite by accident, he had hooked a big fish.