Chapter 1319: The Young Couple, Each Showing Their Glory

The trump cards that Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge suddenly revealed left Li Fuluo speechless, yet also stirred a surge of excitement within him—after all, in the current situation, he could hardly wish for anything more than the two of them bringing him even greater surprises.

With this, the originally disadvantageous situation was forcibly turned around in an instant.

"Good, then leave Zhao Qianjun to me. With Hong You's augmentation, taking him down won't be hard!" Li Fuluo's heavy halberd swept upward, and then the four towering Marquis Platforms atop his head erupted with a tremendous roar as the energy of heaven and earth was devoured in torrents, the terrifying pressure of that power sweeping across the world.

His figure shot skyward, the heavy halberd pointing at Zhao Qianjun from afar, his battle cry thundering: "Zhao Qianjun, come and fight!"

On the towering Marquis Platform, crimson molten lava flowed downward, releasing a terrifying temperature that even twisted and burned the void itself.

Zhao Qianjun had originally been startled and suspicious due to the tremendous phase force fluctuations erupting from Li Luo's direction, and now, seeing Li Fuluo actively invite battle, his gaze instantly turned icy cold as he said: "Do you think that just because Li Luo borrowed the power of a Marquis Spirit Beast, he can change anything?"

Judging from Li Luo's phase force fluctuations, the Marquis Spirit Beast he was hiding should be around a Third Rank Marquis, but this kind of power, Li Luo may not necessarily be able to fully unleash it—after all, the energy of a Spirit Beast is incomparably fierce and savage, so they only need to split off one Third Rank Marquis-level powerhouse, and that should be enough to hold him back.

The most important thing is still Li Fuluo's side.

As long as they crush him, the Dragon Fang Guard unit will inevitably collapse.

"Zhao Basun, we join forces—kill Li Fuluo first!"

"Zhao Jiyun, you lead men to intercept Li Luo!"

"Everyone else, hold back Jiang Jiang Qinge!"

Zhao Qianjun swiftly issued his commands. The next instant, one after another, tremendous and astonishing phase force fluctuations shot skyward, Marquis Platforms stood tall in the void, and as the Marquis divine smoke flowed between them, they blotted out the sky and sun—a truly magnificent sight.

And as the strongest among them, Zhao Qianjun and Zhao Basun directly transformed into streams of light and charged toward Li Fuluo.

But just at this moment, a sacred, radiant sword-light tore through the air and slashed toward Zhao Basun.

Zhao Basun's brow furrowed: "Jiang Jiang Qinge? You dare to make a move against me?"

A vicious, ruthless shade flashed across his grim face. The other party was indeed an unparalleled prodigy who had forged a Ten-Pillar Golden Platform, but in the end she was only a First Rank Marquis. She could indeed leap across ranks to possess the power to match a Third Rank Marquis, but he, Zhao Basun, was a Fourth Rank Marquis!

Above Zhao Basun's head, golden Marquis divine smoke swept down, transforming into a Golden Roc several hundred zhang in size. The Golden Roc spread its blade-like wings, tearing through the void, slashing toward the incoming radiant sword-light.

Buzz!

As the two collided, a piercing sonic boom rang out.

But Zhao Basun's expression changed drastically at this moment, because he discovered that as his Fourth Rank Marquis divine smoke eroded it, the radiant sword-light never dissipated; instead, an extremely sacred purifying force surged forth, causing the Golden Roc's blade-like wings to gradually become ethereal.

Zhao Basun clenched his palm, and a longsword resembling a golden plume appeared in his hand; sword-light swept out like ten thousand plumes sweeping across the horizon, and only then did he shatter that radiant sword-light.

One sword broke it, but Zhao Basun's expression grew extremely solemn, because he realized the gravity of the situation—that single sword-light from Jiang Jiang Qinge had actually forced him to take out his own Marquis treasure, the Golden Plume Sword.

This showed that Jiang Jiang Qinge's power far exceeded their previous estimates.

Zhao Basun's gaze shot toward the mid-air ahead, only to see amidst the boundless radiance, Jiang Jiang Qinge's breathtakingly beautiful figure standing tall in the void. At this moment, the pure-to-the-extreme light phase force erupted from within her, so refined that it even condensed into sacred light, guarding her within it, so that no impurity could touch her person.

Moreover, as Jiang Jiang Qinge slowly raised the heavy sword in her hand, sacred light-patterns could be seen spreading across her snow-white skin. These light-patterns emanated a pure, primordial aura, and finally converged at Jiang Jiang Qinge's smooth brow, forming a sacred point of light.

On that point of light, perhaps because the light phase force was too pure, it even condensed into sacred light-flames. The holy flames slowly circulated, giving one an ineffable sense of inviolable sacredness.

But as this sacred point of light appeared, the light phase force erupting from Jiang Jiang Qinge's body also underwent a startling surge.

Under this level of light phase force, even Zhao Basun felt an intense threat.

His gaze fixed intently on the sacred, ancient patterns surfacing on Jiang Jiang Qinge's fair skin, and a storm of shock surged in his heart as he couldn't help but cry out: "Ancient Tracing Phase Patterns?! A Mid-Ninth Rank Light Phase!"

Although everyone now knew the intelligence that Jiang Jiang Qinge possessed three Ninth Rank Light Phases, they did not know that among Jiang Jiang Qinge's Ninth Ranks, two of them were Mid-Ninth Rank!

And this was also the first time Jiang Jiang Qinge had revealed the "Ancient Tracing Phase Patterns" in the Boundary River Domain!

At this moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge was like a Goddess of Light, radiating sacredness. In the boundless radiance behind her, three Light Spirit Envoys breathed in the energy of heaven and earth, converting it all into light phase force that surged into her body.

Above her head, a Ten-Pillar Golden Platform resembling glazed glass also emanated a heavy, oppressive pressure.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's golden gaze coldly fixed on Zhao Basun, while at the same time her sword-light swept out, intercepting the Golden Roc Envoy of the Golden Roc Guard not far away and pulling him into her own sphere of control.

That Golden Roc Envoy, locked on and intercepted by Jiang Jiang Qinge, had an utterly solemn expression, because he too had witnessed the scene of his own Guard Commander being intercepted moments ago. From the looks of it, Jiang Jiang Qinge intended to take them both on single-handedly.

A mere First Rank Marquis, yet intending to intercept one Lower Fourth Rank and one Upper Third Rank Marquis-level powerhouse—under normal circumstances, people would only think the former was seeking death. But now, neither Zhao Basun nor this Golden Roc Envoy dared think that way.

"Zhao Qianjun, the situation has changed—I have to take care of this Jiang Jiang Qinge first!" Zhao Basun shouted.

"Damn it!"

Such an unexpected turn of events clearly disrupted Zhao Qianjun's plan. He glanced at Jiang Jiang Qinge's direction with both annoyance and suspicion. He had clearly already overestimated the latter's ability, but in the end he found that his estimate was still not quite enough.

"What an unparalleled prodigy. Since you want to show off, then I'll let you show off to your heart's content! Zhao Jiyun, you go help them too—focus our strength and take out Jiang Jiang Qinge first!" Zhao Qianjun shouted viciously.

With this, one Lower Fourth Rank Marquis and two Upper Third Rank Marquis—surely a lineup like this could finish off Jiang Jiang Qinge, right?

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiyun immediately shot forth like a bolt.

But the moment he moved, tremendous phase force came roaring toward him, blocking his path like a flood. Zhao Jiyun's gaze turned icy as he looked over and saw Li Luo appearing ahead.

Li Luo grinned at him and said: "Zhao Jiyun, you'd better stay put."

"But one of you alone probably isn't enough, so all of you—come at me."

The Dragon-Elephant Blade in Li Luo's hand slowly rose, its edge directly locking onto Zhao Zhuoyan, Zhao Zhu, and the two other Golden Roc Guard's Grand Commander and Second Commander behind them.

On his side, he was going to fight five alone!

Among them, one Upper Third Rank Marquis, two peak Lower Second Rank Marquis, plus two Upper First Rank Marquis.

Zhao Jiyun laughed in fury and shouted: "Jiang Jiang Qinge being so arrogant is one thing—she has three Ninth Rank Light Phases and a Ten-Pillar Golden Platform. But you, a mere Da Tian Xiang Jing, borrowing the external power of a Spirit Beast, dare to take on the five of us alone?"

"Do you really take us for chickens and clay dogs?!"

Li Luo's expression remained calm, but his gaze grew sharp and aggressive.

"At least right now, in my eyes..."

"You really are nothing but chickens and clay dogs!"

The instant his voice fell, Li Luo gripped the Dragon-Elephant Blade and took a step forward.

Dragon-Seed True Pill, Dragon Transformation!

Roar!

A deafening dragon's roar erupted from within Li Luo's body. His form rapidly began to change—dragon scales surfaced across his skin, while both palms and feet underwent dragonification.

His ash-white hair surged outward, cascading down his back like a waterfall, madly whipping in the wind.

In just a few breaths, Li Luo's body swelled into a half-dragon form roughly several zhang tall.

A dragon's might radiated outward, causing Zhao Jiyun and the others' expressions to shift slightly.

But after transforming into the half-dragon form, Li Luo did not stop there, because at this instant he activated another trump card brought by the prior successful evolution of his Heavenly Dragon Physique.

Heavenly Dragon True Body!

Li Luo had always wanted to know what kind of enhancement to his physical body would result when, after transforming into a dragon using his Dragon-Seed True Pill, he then activated this so-called Heavenly Dragon True Body—the two layered together.

And now, clearly, was the moment to verify the answer.

Roar!

A pure, ancient dragon's roar reverberated through every part of Li Luo's body, and then Li Luo's half-dragon form, already several zhang tall, began swelling once more. The dragon scales covering his skin started to be tinted with a purple-gold hue, and the scales continuously thickened, ultimately forming a suit of purple-gold dragon-scale armor!

Beyond the covering of the purple-gold dragon-scale armor, the power coursing through Li Luo's flesh and blood also surged at a startling rate. The rushing blood seemed like a great dragon tearing through, causing his body to emit a high temperature that steamed the air, forming a faint haze.

Li Luo's sharp dragon claws slowly tightened around the hilt of his blade.

The Dragon-Elephant Blade in his hands, tinted by the Heavenly Dragon bloodline, also underwent some changes. Purple-gold dragon scales covered the blade, and fine scales emerged densely from the edge, causing the originally sharp blade to become serrated.

The curve was filled with a scent of blood.

Hoo.

A ball of scorching breath exhaled from Li Luo's mouth, burning away all the haze around him.

He was fully exposed to the gazes of Zhao Jiyun, Zhao Zhuoyan, and the others.

Then their pupils abruptly contracted.

At this moment, Li Luo stood tall and sturdy as an iron tower, clad in purple-gold dragon-scale armor; even his pupils had turned into purple-gold dragon eyes. As his gaze swept across, an extremely ancient dragon's might radiated outward, causing the bodies of everyone present to suddenly grow heavy, and even the circulation of their resonant power within was affected to no small degree.

Fearsome, mysterious, ancient.

That was the first impression this form of Li Luo left on Zhao Jiyun and the others.

At the same time, following close behind came a hard-to-describe aura of deadly peril.

Boom!

And it was at this moment that Li Luo struck without hesitation.

Like a Heavenly Dragon coming from the primordial past, wanting to swallow the heavens and devour the earth, revealing its majesty to this world!