Chapter 1296: This Is the Daddy Who Carries the Whole Field

A massive Heavenly Xiang Diagram slowly unfurled above Li Luo, its interior brimming with several different kinds of Xiang power, evolving into all manner of wondrous sights, appearing magnificent and grand.

But what shocked everyone the most was none other than the purple-gold giant dragon that emerged within the thunderclouds; that pure and ancient majesty allowed everyone to identify it at first glance.

Heavenly Long Xiang!

Sovereign of Dragon Xiangs!

At this moment, whether it was Li Fuluo or Li Zhihuo, both of them widened their eyes, their faces filled with shock.

They both possessed Dragon Xiangs themselves, so they could clearly sense the slight pressure that the purple-gold dragon shadow exerted on them; this pressure did not come from the level of power, but from the origin.

The Heavenly Dragon is the sovereign of all dragons!

Possessing the Heavenly Long Xiang naturally also produces a hierarchical suppression over other Dragon Xiangs.

Li Fuluo and Li Zhihuo's own levels and strength far surpassed Li Luo's, so this suppression was not very obvious to them, but look at those within the surrounding Five Guards who possessed Dragon Xiangs and whose strength was only at the Da Tian Xiang Realm—at this moment, their faces all showed a trace of pallor, clearly the intimidating force they received was even fiercer.

If this were a life-and-death battle, their combat power would probably have already suffered a thirty to forty percent loss.

In the Dragon Blood Guard, Li Li Qingfeng, Li Li Hongli and the others looked at this scene with extremely complicated expressions; they still remembered that two years ago, the Li Luo who had just arrived at the Dragon Fang Branch was merely what they considered a country bumpkin who had returned from the Outer Shenzhou, and everyone thought he had wasted over a dozen years in that remote corner, practically ruined by his upbringing.

But those who held such thoughts ultimately had their faces slapped raw.

And now, this so-called country bumpkin, this wasted man, had actually evolved the most noble Xiang affinity of the Li Li Tianwang bloodline—the Heavenly Long Xiang!

At this moment, they thought of Li Luo's father, Li Taixuan.

That fierce man who, back in the day, relied on his quasi-ninth-grade Heavenly Long Xiang to crush his peers' prodigies until they couldn't breathe; even Li Li Jiluo, who had the best chance of touching the King-level realm in the past century of their Dragon Blood Branch, had once lived under Li Taixuan's shadow.

From this, it could be seen that the reputation of the Heavenly Long Xiang as the "Sovereign of Dragon Xiangs" was absolutely worthy of its name.

"How is this possible..."

"How could he possibly possess the Heavenly Long Xiang? Didn't he used to have an ordinary Long Xiang?!" And while they were shocked, Li Hongque couldn't help but cry out, her expression shifting, somewhat unwilling to believe the scene before her eyes.

"He was in closed-door cultivation for two months before this, probably taking the opportunity to evolve. I've heard that if one possesses a Long Xiang, and one's own Heavenly Dragon bloodline is extremely pure and rich, then under the tempering of some Mi Fa, it is indeed possible to evolve into a Heavenly Long Xiang," Li Zhihuo said in a deep voice after taking a deep breath.

"However, since the founding of our Li Li Tianwang bloodline, the number of people who could postnatally evolve a Heavenly Long Xiang can be counted on one hand."

He gazed at Li Luo's figure from afar, his expression solemn. At this moment, the sense of threat Li Luo brought him even exceeded that of Jiang Qing; after all, although the latter had forged a Ten-Pillar Golden Platform and possessed three ninth-grade Light Xiangs, she ultimately did not possess a Heavenly Long Xiang.

And only those of them who possessed Dragon Xiangs understood more clearly the suppression the Heavenly Long Xiang exerted on them.

At this moment, Li Luo was still at a relatively low level, but once he broke through to the Marquis Realm, then this suppression from the Heavenly Long Xiang might truly affect even those at their level.

And in response to those countless shocked gazes, Li Luo's expression was quite calm. He felt the Xiang power within his body gradually recovering, then smiled at Li Fuluo and said: "This time, I should be able to hold on for a while longer."

Li Fuluo nodded with a complicated expression.

No wonder Li Luo dared to boldly take on the refining business for three Guards; it turned out that not only had he refined his Heavenly Xiang Diagram to nine thousand six hundred zhang, he had even evolved a Heavenly Long Xiang!

This kid, clearly still only at the Da Tian Xiang Jing, had already begun to make even Guard Commanders like them feel a trace of wariness toward him.

Fortunately, Li Luo was one of their Dragon Fang Guard.

Beside him, Jiang Jiang Qinge looked at this scene, and a faint smile also appeared in her golden pupils. All along, everyone had felt she was too dazzling, but they didn't know that in fact, Li Luo's talent and potential were no less than hers.

"Everyone, follow me to earn Dragon Essence." Li Luo smiled at the Dragon Fang Guard members behind him, who were equally dumbfounded.

The many Dragon Fang Guard members exchanged glances, then all responded respectfully in unison. Facing Li Luo, who now displayed the Heavenly Long Xiang, they unconsciously developed a sense of awe toward him.

Then Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge took the lead and shot out, heading straight for the Dragon Scale Guard's side.

Behind them, eight thousand Dragon Fang Guard members followed.

The remaining two thousand members waited here; later, if anyone exhausted themselves, they would step forward to replace them.

"Commander Li Luo, Dragon Fang Envoy Jiang, our Dragon Scale Guard has been waiting eagerly." Li Tingyue gave a shallow smile, her beautiful eyes sweeping over Li Luo, filled with curiosity—after all, the Heavenly Long Xiang was truly rare.

"Commander Tingyue, let's begin."

Li Luo, however, did not waste words, after all, the Dragon Bone Guard and Dragon Horn Guard were still waiting behind.

Li Tingyue naturally couldn't have wished for more, as maintaining all those "Boundary River Meteors" from falling was also an enormous drain.

"Then I'll trouble the two of you," Li Tingyue said politely.

The next moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge struck first, the vast and mighty Light Xiang power filling the heavens and earth, directly enveloping a Boundary River Meteor.

Li Luo also activated the golden wheel within his body, and the Small Formless Fire surged out, assisting Jiang Jiang Qinge in refining the evil qi contained within those Boundary River Meteors.

Behind them, seven thousand Dragon Fang Guard members provided them with formation power.

Li Hongyou mobilized a thousand guards, activating the "Red Heart Zhu Guo Xiang" to empower them.

This refining process had long been familiar, so no mishaps occurred in between.

Therefore, two hours later.

All the "Boundary River Meteors" of the Dragon Scale Guard were completely refined, and one hundred and sixty thousand Star Pearls scattered like stars, causing the Dragon Scale Guard members to go wild with joy.

Li Tingyue hurriedly activated her Xiang power to sweep up the sky-filling Star Pearls. A bright smile appeared on her pure and pretty face, and she said softly to Li Luo: "Commander Li Luo, please continue to look after our Dragon Scale Guard next month. In the future, if there's anything you need, the Dragon Scale Guard will definitely give its full support."

Li Luo had smoothly completed the Star Pearl refining; this alone showed that the value he displayed was incalculable.

So Li Tingyue did not hesitate to choose to show goodwill.

As for whether this would displease Li Zhihuo—laughable, Li Zhihuo was only the Guard Commander of the Dragon Blood Guard. Although his strength was indeed the strongest, in the face of the value Li Luo displayed, how much was his displeasure worth in Dragon Essence?

Facing Li Tingyue's goodwill, Li Luo naturally accepted with a smile.

Afterwards, Li Luo replaced some of the exhausted members among the eight thousand Dragon Fang Guard members, and hurried to the Dragon Bone Guard's side without stopping.

Then another two hours passed.

Under the many fiery, excited gazes of the Dragon Bone Guard, one hundred and sixty thousand Star Pearls were once again smoothly refined.

After finishing the refining on the Dragon Bone Guard's side, the condition of Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge had clearly declined significantly. This kind of refining consumed too much, and the formation power of the Dragon Fang Guard suffered even more severe losses; the eight thousand reserves couldn't even maintain their full numbers, with many people resting with all their might.

But fortunately, the Dragon Horn Guard only needed to refine one hundred and twenty thousand Star Pearls, which was undoubtedly much easier.

So ultimately, after persisting for the final two hours, the refining on the Dragon Horn Guard's side was also smoothly completed.

When the one hundred and twenty thousand Star Pearls fell, the Dragon Horn Guard erupted in cheers.

Tens of thousands of gazes all focused at this moment on Li Luo, whose face was slightly pale and whose body's Xiang power was nearly exhausted, in mid-air. Jiang Jiang Qinge beside him was, after all, at the Marquis Realm, with a more profound foundation, so she looked to be in slightly better condition than Li Luo at this moment.

But none of this mattered; what mattered was that Li Luo had, as promised, completed the task of helping the three Guards with their refining.

What does this prove?

It proves that Li Luo truly has the ability to help them obtain star beads far exceeding their past harvests every time on the Falling Star Platform.

With these star beads, their cultivation speed will all receive an enormous boost.

In the face of a boost in strength, what do dragon essences count for? Isn't the ultimate goal of earning dragon essences to exchange them for cultivation resources and improve themselves?

And now, they only need to pool together thirty thousand dragon essences to enhance their own strength in the most cost-effective way. After tasting this sweetness, who could easily give it up in the future?

As the saying goes, going from frugality to extravagance is easy, but going from extravagance back to frugance is hard.

After experiencing the boost brought by one hundred and sixty thousand star beads, would they still be willing to go back to how things were before?

So, what are Li Luo and Jiang Qing, who brought them this ultimate experience?

In the private jokes of the Five Heavenly Dragon Guards, this kind of fierce figure who can carry the whole field is uniformly called "Big Daddy"!

"Commander Li Luo is mighty!"

"Dragon Fang Envoy Jiang is mighty!"

Suddenly, excited shouts rang out. The next moment, apart from the members of the Dragon Blood Guard, the other four guards all erupted in thunderous cheers. At this moment, Li Luo and Jiang Qing's prestige among these four guards undoubtedly reached its peak.

It could be said that although the two were not Guard Lords, this prestige was already no less than that of any Guard Lord.

The Dragon Blood Guard's side was dead silent. Many members wore unpleasant expressions, because at this moment they felt a sense of isolation. Yet they also understood that Li Zhihuo and Li Hongque had made the relationship between the two sides so strained that Li Luo naturally could not come help their Dragon Blood Guard refine star beads.

The star bead refining they once took pride in had now been greatly closed in on by the other three guards, and their former sense of superiority had vanished without a trace.

Some Dragon Blood Guard members did not dare to openly express their dissatisfaction with Guard Lord Li Zhihuo, so those gazes full of resentment were directed straight at Li Hongque.

Li Hongque naturally sensitively detected these gazes, and her heart instantly filled with coldness and fury. The prestige she had painstakingly built up over many years in the Dragon Blood Guard had been utterly wiped out by Li Luo's doing, and from now on, every month when Li Luo helped the other three guards refine star beads, she would have to endure such a baptism of resentment.

This was simply a long-term torment.

Li Hongque was so angry that her whole body trembled.

However, Li Luo had no interest in paying attention to Li Hongque's emotions at this moment. After helping the three guards complete the refining, he was exhausted to the extreme, and at this moment only wanted to return to the Dragon Fang Guard's side to carry out the star bead distribution and cultivation.

With the help of this batch of star beads, his nine thousand six hundred zhang Heavenly Phase Diagram might be able to advance another step.

"Eh?"

And just as Li Luo was about to turn around, Jiang Qing beside him suddenly let out a surprised "eh."

Li Luo was startled: "Sister Qing, what's wrong?"

Jiang Qing, however, raised her pretty face, her gaze piercing through the massive protective strange array covering the entire Heavenly Dragon Ridge, and shooting straight toward the vast and terrifying Boundary River in the heavens.

Li Luo's gaze followed, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw that the vast Boundary River seemed to have become much more turbulent and restless at this moment. A kind of indescribable rumbling sound echoed throughout the entire world. From within the Boundary River, countless black streams of light actually splashed out, transforming into a sky full of meteor showers, falling toward the Boundary River Domain.

Some of them were even heading straight for their Heavenly Dragon Ridge.

And Li Luo instantly felt an icy chill rise over his entire body, because among those black meteors streaking across the heavens, he seemed to sense an extremely terrifying and dense aura of malice.

Those black meteors were all transformed from extremely powerful aberrations!

The sudden crisis also caused the five Guard Lords present to change color simultaneously. The next instant, a shrill alarm shrieked out explosively, spreading throughout the entire Heavenly Dragon Ridge.