Chapter 1297: Falling Demon Tide

Whooo!

A piercing alarm wailed across the heavens and earth. On the Falling Star Platform, the five guards' commanders all stared with solemn faces at the black meteors plummeting from the sky; the miasma of malice radiating from them was so thick it made the heart tremble.

Clearly, within these meteors that had suddenly dropped from the Boundary River lurked powerful Other Beings whose strength and numbers were both astonishing.

Li Zhihuo, Li Fuluo, Li Tingyue and the others shot up into the air, while those in the five guards with strength to spare immediately formed battle arrays, channeling vast energy into the commanders' bodies. Although the Tianlong Ridge was covered by the "Golden-Scale Cloud Dragon Array," they still had to prepare for the intrusion of Other Beings.

Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e also returned to the Dragon Fang Guard's side. He watched the black meteors shrieking down from the horizon with startled, suspicious eyes. Because the Falling Star Platform was situated at a great height, he could see extremely far, and there too countless black meteors were falling—a sight that looked especially spectacular.

"What's going on?" Li Luo asked Luo Jiang, the Left Dragon Fang Commander beside him.

Luo Jiang's face was solemn as he said, "This is the Falling Demon Tide."

"The Falling Demon Tide?"

Luo Jiang nodded and said, "Before the Black Rain Ghost Calamity arrives, the Boundary River will no longer be as calm as before. It begins to surge and grow violent, and when it churns, some Other Beings get swept up by the river's waters and turn into meteors falling from the sky."

"In a sense, it's a bit like the Boundary River meteors we refine, but the miasma of malice inside these things is far more terrifying. After all, the Boundary River meteors are river water we actively draw with the 'Golden-Scale Cloud Dragon Array,' with only a little miasma mixed in. These black meteors, however, count as a kind of 'prison break.'"

"Generally, this situation is called the 'Falling Demon Tide.' When these black meteors fall into the Boundary River Domain, they cause Other Beings to run rampant. Combined with the 'Ghost Fog' that appeared earlier, it will undoubtedly make the situation in the Boundary River Domain even more chaotic and dangerous."

"For some time to come, our Tianlong Five Guards' main mission will probably be to sweep these fallen Other Beings clean. If they erode some of our hunting grounds, the losses will be huge."

Li Luo gazed at the countless black meteors plummeting like a scene of heavenly catastrophe, and a chill inevitably rose in his heart. He knew full well that once these meteors landed, they would surely create a spectacle like a Hundred Demons' Night Parade, and the powerful Other Beings that had rarely appeared before would keep surging forth.

Fortunately, the Boundary River Domain was rather special—those who came here were almost all cultivators of considerable achievement, not weak. If such a scene were to fall upon the Outer Shenzhou of Tianyuan, then within a million miles, living things would truly be reduced to ashes.

That would be a living, breathing Other-Calamity.

When Li Luo had participated in the Holy Grail War of the "Eastern Domain Shenzhou" at the Sacred Mystic Star Academy, he had seen the Black Wind Empire ravaged by an Other-Calamity. It was a horrifying disaster: countless living beings were penned and raised by grotesque Other Beings like pigs and sheep. In such circumstances, even death became a luxury, because what the Other Beings needed were the living beings' negative emotions, so they would make the creatures experience fear, despair, and madness at every moment.

And finally, when those negative emotions peaked, they would devour them alive.

Those blood-soaked memories in his mind—even now, just thinking of them made his heart shudder.

To countless living beings, Other-Calamities were the most terrifying disaster of all.

Li Luo thought of Daxia, the land where he had been born and raised. It too was now facing the spread of Other-Calamities. The once peaceful, tranquil atmosphere had been torn apart; who knew how many people now lived day after day in fear and despair.

And those familiar faces within the Sacred Mystic Star Academy were surely fighting against grotesque Other Beings at every moment, trying to stop the miasma of malice from eroding further inch by inch.

To ordinary people on that land, they might well be the last saviors.

"This is merely the prelude to the 'Black Rain Ghost Calamity.' When the true 'Black Rain Ghost Calamity' arrives, the entire Boundary River Domain will become the Other Beings' world. They will descend from the Boundary River along with the torrential downpour, turning the whole domain into one enormous 'Ghost Domain.'"

"At that time, only cities like our Tianlong City, protected by top-tier strange arrays, will be able to escape the catastrophe. They will also serve as a barrier guarding Outer Shenzhou, preventing these Other Beings from using the Boundary River Domain as a passage to flood into Outer Shenzhou and form an even more terrifying Other-Calamity." A lingering fear and relief surfaced on Luo Jiang's face.

Li Luo's heart chilled—just imagining that scene was terrifying enough.

While the two were speaking, dozens of the black meteors falling from the high sky suddenly shifted direction and came barreling straight toward the Falling Star Platform. Rolling miasma of malice ran rampant, and even the heavens turned dim.

"Sure enough, they're coming right for us."

"It seems the Other Beings hidden in those meteors sensed that there are a lot of auras gathered here and want to make a move on us." Luo Jiang saw this but was not surprised as he spoke.

However, he did not panic, because above the Falling Star Platform existed the "Golden-Scale Cloud Dragon Array." This strange array had been built by Li Li Tianwang's lineage at the cost of immense time and resources, and was powerful enough to withstand the assault of a King-level expert.

Li Luo looked up and saw that as the first batch of black meteors drew near, countless golden scales suddenly appeared in the sky. At the same time, clouds surged, and faintly, what seemed to be a dragon shadow tens of thousands of zhang tall took shape.

The dragon shadow opened its massive maw, and in the next instant, a colossal dragon-breath pillar of light roared out like a divine column piercing the heavens. The falling black meteors were almost instantly vaporized into nothingness.

Where the light pillar passed, even the void was melted into inky-black scars that took a long time to heal.

Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e both watched with moved expressions. The energy fluctuations radiating from that dragon-breath pillar of light made them smell death—if it were them instead, they feared that even throwing out every last trump card would not be enough to resist.

The "Golden-Scale Cloud Dragon Array" truly lived up to its name as the most solid barrier of Tianlong Ridge.

Yet although the strange array's might was terrifying, the black meteors hiding Other Beings within felt no fear. On the contrary, the powerful energy fluctuations here instead drew even more black meteors to shift direction and come crashing toward this spot.

The sight of meteors filling the sky really did have the flavor of an apocalyptic catastrophe.

But this time, the black meteors crashing in did not actually collide with the "Golden-Scale Cloud Dragon Array," because an invisible, majestic power suddenly emerged from the world around them.

The moment that power appeared, it was as if even this stretch of heaven and earth had been placed under its control.

Tens of thousands of gazes from the Tianlong Five Guards looked beyond the "Golden-Scale Cloud Dragon Array" and saw, high in the sky there, an aged figure standing at some unknown moment.

That transcendent, world-surmounting majestic aura radiated from within him.

At the sight of that aged figure, everyone immediately showed reverence on their faces and bowed respectfully: "We pay our respects to the Li Jingzhe Branch Head."

In this Tianlong City, who else but Li Li Jingzhe, who was stationed here, could possess such a commanding presence.

Li Li Jingzhe casually waved his hand. With an expressionless face, he gazed at the countless black meteors plummeting toward Tianlong City and slowly extended his palm.

Instantly, the many black meteors falling with terrifying miasma of malice seemed to be seized by an invisible giant hand out of thin air, and just like that, they were forcibly suspended in the sky.

No matter how the miasma of malice within them gushed and raged, it could not break free of the shackles.

Then Li Li Jingzhe seemed to purse his lips and blow out a breath. A wondrous azure wind swept through the world, and the black meteors it touched crumbled apart one after another, turning into nothingness.

Those black meteors, which would have been something even a top-grade titled marquis expert would avoid, were casually annihilated by Li Li Jingzhe with a wave of his hand.

After dissolving all those black meteors, Li Li Jingzhe cast a deep, profound gaze toward other distant directions. With his strength, he could naturally see that at this moment, within the Boundary River Domain, many meteors were falling to the earth, and twisted Other Beings radiating overwhelming miasma of malice were crawling out of them, beginning to run rampant everywhere.

"The scale of this Falling Demon Tide is larger than any before."

Li Li Jingzhe raised his head and gazed at the mysterious, vast Boundary River. On the other side of that pitch-black river, who knew how many terrifying Other Beings lurked—not a few among them were existences even he would be wary of.

His brow furrowed slightly. If the Falling Demon Tide was this massive, did it not mean that this "Black Rain Ghost Calamity" might also be even more severe than anticipated?

The appearance of the "Falling Demon Tide" also indicated that the opening of the Boundary River Treasure Domain was drawing closer and closer.

And after the Boundary River Treasure Domain, the most terrifying calamity of the Boundary River Domain—the "Black Rain Ghost Calamity"—would truly descend.

In the wind and rain, Li Li Jingzhe stood for a long while. A contemplative look flashed through his eyes. Relying on the perception of a King-level expert, he faintly sensed that this "Black Rain Ghost Calamity" seemed to carry a whiff of something unusual.

As if a storm were about to break.