Chapter 1318: Golden Peng Guard, Zhao Baisun

"Li Luo, there's no Dragon Fang Guard here to back you up now. You still dare to spout such wild words?!"

Li Luo's words had thoroughly enraged Zhao Zhuoyan. His eyes were filled with killing intent. Back during the contest for the Wangzhu, he had been defeated at Li Luo's hands, which had nearly cost him all his face within the Ten Thousand Beasts Guard. If another fight broke out this time, he swore in his heart that he would definitely cut Li Luo down and wash away this disgrace!

Zhao Qianjun off to the side narrowed his eyes slightly and said blandly, "It seems you aren't willing to share."

He sighed regretfully and said, "Since that's the case, then I can only take all the Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures from your corpses."

Li Fuluo's gaze turned cold as he said, "That's quite the bold talk you have there!"

Zhao Qianjun looked up at this medium-sized Ghost Rift that was beginning to dissipate. As the rift dispersed, the surrounding scenery also began to shift, changing from the city back to the environment they had been in before entering.

"With just our one squad, we really can't take you all down."

Zhao Qianjun said unhurriedly, "But I warned you earlier that I had already called for reinforcements. Although you also sent out a distress signal later, it seems our people arrived one step faster."

And the instant his words fell, from the distant mountain range, a group of surging phase force fluctuations suddenly shot up into the sky, followed by streaks of light tearing through the air, hovering in midair.

The one at the very front was a lean man with a head of white hair, sunken eyes, and a hawkish nose, giving him a vicious, fierce look. In particular, his hands appeared especially broad and sharp.

When Li Fuluo saw this man, his expression shifted slightly at once. "Commander of the Golden Peng Guard, Zhao Baisun!"

The squad that had rushed over was none other than the Golden Peng Guard from the Zhao Heavenly King's branch of the Ten Thousand Beasts Guard. The white-haired man was the commander of the Golden Peng Guard, Zhao Baisun, a practitioner at the Lower Fourth Rank Marquis Realm.

Behind Zhao Baisun, he had also brought a group of top experts from the Golden Peng Guard.

At this point, in terms of lineup and strength, the opposing side's two squads led by their commanders clearly overwhelmed them.

"Heh, Li Fuluo, it's been a while." The Golden Peng Guard commander Zhao Baisun led his squad and blocked Li Fuluo's retreat. A sinister smile surfaced on his face as he greeted Li Fuluo.

Zhao Qianjun crossed his arms over his chest at this moment and said leisurely, "Li Fuluo, I gave you a chance, but unfortunately you didn't seize it. If you want to back down now, one high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure probably won't be enough."

Li Fuluo's face darkened as he said, "Zhao Qianjun, if you want to devour us, your Divine Tiger Guard will have to pay a painful price. There are still plenty of medium-sized Ghost Rifts behind us. Are you sure you want to fight to the death with us here?"

"Li Fuluo, there's no need for threats like that. Our two branches have plenty of grievances between us. Since we have the advantage right now, how could we possibly let you leave so easily?" Zhao Qianjun shook his head and said.

He was also a ruthless and decisive sort. When Zhao Baisun and the others had arrived, he had already made up his mind to send the Dragon Fang Guard packing here ahead of time.

"And don't bother trying to stall for time, waiting for the Heavenly Dragon Five Guards' reinforcements to arrive."

Zhao Qianjun stepped forward, and four towering Marquis Platforms shot up into the sky. A terrifying phase force pressure swept out like an avalanche. At the same time, he also shot a look at the Golden Peng Guard commander Zhao Baisun.

Above Zhao Baisun's head, four Marquis Platforms likewise materialized in the air, though in terms of scale, they were several rings smaller than Zhao Qianjun's.

But even so, he was still a Fourth Rank Marquis-level powerhouse after all.

"Li Fuluo, although a two-on-one is somewhat unfair, if you want to blame anyone, you can only blame your Heavenly Dragon Five Guards' reinforcements for arriving too slowly." Zhao Baisun said with a smile.

Judging by his appearance, he clearly intended to join forces with Zhao Qianjun to take Li Fuluo out directly.

In this region, there were still many other squads that had also exited the Ghost Rift, secretly watching the conflict between these two great Heavenly King branches. They would have loved nothing more than for both sides to fight to the death, as that would give them a chance to pick up the scraps.

Earlier, Li Fuluo's team had obtained two high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures inside the Ghost Rift, which was extremely enviable.

But judging by the current situation, the Dragon Fang Guard had clearly fallen into a disadvantage. It was possible that in the end, those two high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures would fall into the hands of Zhao Qianjun and Zhao Baisun.

Li Fuluo slowly tightened his grip on his heavy halberd. Extremely scorching phase force fluctuations rose around his body. The current situation was indeed extremely unfavorable for them, because the opposing side's overall strength far surpassed theirs.

"I'll hold off Zhao Qianjun and Zhao Baisun. The rest of you, face your own opponents. If things go south, prioritize staying alive. You are all the hope of the Dragon Fang Guard—don't fall here." Li Fuluo looked at Jiang Qing'e, Li Luo, and Li Hongyou as he spoke.

"Commander, this habit of yours of giving last words at the drop of a hat isn't very good," Li Luo said with a smile upon hearing this.

Li Fuluo glared at him. Still cracking jokes at a time like this.

Jiang Qing'e said softly, "Zhao Baisun, Zhao Jiyun, and another Golden Peng Envoy from the Golden Peng Guard—those three, I'll handle. Commander, you only need to hold off Zhao Qianjun. As for Hongyou, please go help Li Luo. He needs to hold off quite a few people on his side."

On Li Luo's side, he needed to hold off Zhao Zhuoyan, Zhao Zhu, and two commanders of the Golden Peng Guard. That added up to four Marquis-level powerhouses, among whom Zhao Zhuoyan and the Grand Commander of the Golden Peng Guard were both Second Rank in strength.

This was many times stronger than the four Upper First Rank True Demons from earlier.

Upon hearing this, Li Luo hurriedly said, "Give me Zhao Jiyun as well. As for Zhao Zhuoyan and the others, they're nothing to worry about. I don't need Senior Hongyou's help here either. Let her go help the Commander instead. With her augmentation, the Commander should be able to completely suppress Zhao Qianjun."

Li Fuluo was left somewhat wind-blown by the two of them.

"You're a First Rank Marquis, and you want to deal with Fourth Rank Marquis powerhouses?" Li Fuluo couldn't help but say. Although Jiang Qing'e had forged Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms, judging from the strength she had revealed earlier, she seemed to be at most on par with an Upper Third Rank Marquis.

"My strength has improved somewhat recently."

A faint smile surfaced on Jiang Qing'e's exquisitely beautiful face. Her slender jade fingers tightened around her sword hilt. "Below Fourth Rank, I'm invincible. Above Fourth Rank, I trade one for one. Pushed to the limit, I should be able to trade for even more."

Li Fuluo was taken aback. That didn't sound like something Jiang Qing'e would say—it sounded more like Li Luo!

"You've reached Upper First Rank Marquis?" However, he then realized and asked.

Jiang Qing'e nodded slightly.

But Li Fuluo still found it hard to comprehend. "Just because you're an Upper First Rank Marquis, you can act this arrogant? By that logic, you've had the ability to trade one for one with me for a while now?"

Jiang Qing'e gave him a strange look and said, "When I first arrived at the Boundary River Region, Li Luo and I were ambushed, and the Commander came to our rescue. So why would I want to trade one for one with you?"

Li Fuluo was a bit speechless. So if I hadn't gone to rescue you back then, does that mean you were planning to trade one for one with me the moment you arrived at the Dragon Fang Guard, just to covet my position as commander?

However, Jiang Qing'e's hidden strength could indeed come in handy at this moment. At the very least, it could greatly ease the pressure on him.

"And what about you? How dare you say you want to add Zhao Jiyun on top of that? He's an Upper Third Rank Marquis powerhouse! You can't even handle Zhao Zhuoyan and the others, so what do you have to fight Zhao Jiyun with? And you still dare say you don't need Hongyou's augmentation?!" Li Fuluo turned his spearhead toward Li Luo and asked suspiciously.

"It seems the Commander has forgotten about that Marquis-level Greater Spirit Beast in my hands."

Li Luo revealed a harmless, brilliant smile. He lightly flicked the crimson bracelet on his wrist with his finger. The Six-Tailed Heavenly Wolf inside the bracelet let out a yawn, and then the surging, torrential ferocious energy poured into Li Luo's body like a flood.

Thus, Li Fuluo felt with a constriction of his pupils that, at this very moment, a wave of energy fluctuation no weaker than any Third Rank Marquis powerhouse burst forth from Li Luo's body like a storm.

Feeling that wave of energy, Li Fuluo went a little numb.

Only now did he realize that these two great generals under his command each seemed to be hiding even more than the last!