Chapter 1365: Two Unrivaled Second-Rank

Above Li Luo's head, two towering ten-pillar golden platforms stood tall, radiating dazzling brilliance, extremely eye-catching.

These two ten-pillar golden platforms reflected in everyone's pupils, and the towering waves they stirred up were even more turbulent than Jiang Jiang Qinge's earlier appearance.

Li Luo's breakthrough to Dao Feng Hou Jing was not all that surprising.

Even that he had forged one ten-pillar golden platform, the crowd could accept relatively calmly—after all, when he was at Da Tian Xiang Jing, his Tian Xiang Diagram had already reached the ten-thousand-zhang extreme realm.

But leaping straight from Da Tian Xiang Jing to a second-rank Marquis, forging two ten-pillar golden platforms—such a terrifying leap was truly beyond everyone's imagination.

Among those present were not a few prodigies of equally extreme talent, like Qin Beiming, Li Zhihuo, and the like—who among them was not a standout of their generation? In the future, each of them had the possibility of Ta Ru Shang Pin Marquis, and if fortune sufficed, even a slim chance of glimpsing the King Realm.

They too had harbored ambitions, attempting to forge that "ten-pillar golden platform" symbolizing the unrivaled, for it was the highest achievement of the Marquis Realm, and it possessed extraordinary combat power.

As long as one forged a single "ten-pillar golden platform," one's own combat power would undergo a leap-like enhancement—defeating enemies above one's rank would be effortless.

It could be said that the "ten-pillar golden platform," symbolizing the path of the unrivaled, was the most monstrous extreme realm on this road of phase force cultivation!

Whether it was the previous Three-Light Glazed Fiend Body, or the ten-thousand-zhang Tian Xiang Diagram, they were all nothing more than a single cornerstone laid to achieve the ten-pillar golden platform.

But although the ten-pillar golden platform was indeed monstrous, the difficulty of forging it was also beyond imagination. Prodigies like Qin Beiming had striven for it for years, yet had never managed to forge one.

Precisely because they knew the difficulty within, when they saw Li Luo forge two ten-pillar golden platforms in one go, they were so shocked and incredulous.

What kind of terrifying potential and fortune must this require?!

What on earth happened inside that black cauldron?!

"From nothing to something, forging two ten-pillar golden platforms in one go—is this guy a monster?!" Lv Shuanglu's pretty face was full of shock, her rosy little mouth hanging wide open, unable to close.

As a prodigy of Golden Dragon Mountain, Lv Shuanglu's eye was naturally extremely high, but such a thing as forging two ten-pillar golden platforms in one go upon breaking through to the Marquis Realm—even if one combed through all the ancient records of their Golden Dragon Mountain, one probably could not find more than a handful of cases!

Beside her, Zhang Cuicheng was also silent for several breaths, then said in a strained voice: "Worthy of being the person Young Lady Qing'er likes—such potential and talent, I cannot compare."

Lv Shuanglu glanced sideways. Don't be fooled by Zhang Cuicheng's somewhat wooden exterior—this guy was extremely proud within. Few people could catch his eye, let alone make him admit his own talent and potential were inferior to another's.

But then again, faced with the scene before them, no matter who it was, they could probably only shake their heads in dejection.

Not far away, Li Fuluo, Li Tingyue, and the many others of the Tianlong Guard were also immersed in shock.

After quite a while, Li Fuluo came back to his senses and said with a complicated expression: "Good lad, this kid Li Luo is about to soar straight to the heavens."

Li Fuluo's feelings were very complicated. Li Luo stepping into a second-rank Marquis in one bound, together with Jiang Jiang Qinge, did let them see a sliver of faint dawn within their desperate situation—this was good news.

But the bad news was that he, as the commander of the Dragon Fang Guard, felt his days in the position were numbered.

"Just count yourself lucky in secret. If we can survive this tribulation, this batch of your Dragon Fang Guard might just become the strongest batch in all history," Li Tingyue sighed.

Indeed, with two unrivaled prodigies who had each forged two ten-pillar golden platforms, the Dragon Fang Guard's strength would swell to an utterly terrifying degree, because even Li Zhihuo would find it hard to contend with any single one of them.

Beside them, Li Hongque was also watching this scene with an ever-changing expression. Her feelings were even more complicated—both joyful because of this sliver of hope within the desperate situation, and bitter because the Dragon Blood Guard's status would no longer be secure from now on. More importantly, the more powerful Li Luo became, the higher Li Hongyou's status would rise, and by then, even she would probably have to avoid him on sight.

For the always proud and arrogant Young Lady Li Hongque, this was truly a painful thing.

But what could she do?

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge were too monstrous. Not to mention the younger-generation prodigies of Li Li Tianwang's lineage, probably no young prodigy in all of Outer Shenzhou could contend with them.

At this moment, Li Hongque recalled her younger sister Li Li Hongli's earlier admonition to her. The latter had urged her not to make things difficult for Li Luo, because this person was too demonic. At the time, Li Hongque had been dismissive—after all, Li Luo, who had just entered the Dragon Fang Guard, was only at Da Tian Xiang Jing. For him to break through to the Marquis Realm, it would take at least two or three years. During that time, what threat could Li Luo possibly pose?

And now, Li Hongque understood.

It turned out there really were people who could be demonic to such an extent.

The shocked voices and gazes lingered long without fading.

And Li Luo, standing in midair, had no time to pay attention to these gazes, because he himself was equally immersed in the unprecedentedly majestic phase force surging within his body.

His heart was also very stirred and excited.

Because only he knew how long he had been looking forward to this day.

And only he knew how much he had paid for this day.

From the moment that first empty phase was filled, his lifespan had entered a countdown of only five years.

Five years to Marquis.

For anyone else, they would probably have long since despaired.

But Li Luo had never once entertained the thought of giving up, even though at the very beginning, he only possessed A Fourth-Rank Technique water-light phase.

He started from Nanfeng Academy, came to the Ducheng of Daxia, came to the Sacred Mystic Star Academy, and ultimately, came to the distant Outer Shenzhou.

Along the way, he also went through trial after trial of tempering and life and death.

In the end, four years of refinement, at this moment, completely condensed into a single piece.

The foundation of the unrivaled.

Li Luo gripped the Dragon Elephant Blade. His heart surged with turbulent emotion, but his mind, at this moment, appeared exceptionally calm.

He turned his head, his gaze falling on Jiang Jiang Qinge, and he revealed a brilliant smile, saying: "Sister Jiang Qinge, I did it."

Within Jiang Jiang Qinge's golden eyes, bright radiance also flowed, and at the same time her gaze held a tender warmth. At this moment, how could her heart not be filled with excitement and joy.

That joy even surpassed the moment she herself had broken through to the Marquis and forged her ten-pillar golden platform.

In the end, the thick joy in her heart gathered into a single simple sentence.

"Li Luo, congratulations."

Li Luo had broken through to the Marquis, and the five-year lifespan pact hanging over their heads was finally lifted. At this moment, Li Luo would no longer be bound by anything.

And Jiang Jiang Qinge could finally set down the great stone that had always hung in her heart.

Li Luo said with a beaming smile: "Actually, I really owe it all to Sister Jiang Qinge."

A faint blush rose on Jiang Jiang Qinge's exquisitely beautiful and holy cheeks, making her appear all the more stunning and radiant, because she knew what this fellow meant between his words.

"Right, you broke through to the Marquis—did you give birth to... a fourth phase?" Jiang Jiang Qinge thought of something and suddenly asked curiously.

Before breaking through to the Marquis Realm, Li Luo already possessed three phase palaces and six phase natures—this was an extremely special situation.

After all, even Jiang Jiang Qinge only gave birth to her third phase after breaking through to the Marquis.

And now that Li Luo had broken through to the Marquis, under normal circumstances a fourth phase would also be born.

Four phase palaces.

Just thinking of this light is enough to feel shocking, so even with Jiang Jiang Qinge's temperament, she couldn't help but feel curiosity arise.

Hearing this, a trace of helplessness appeared on Li Luo's face.

Breaking through to Marquis must give birth to a Phantasm Palace; this was naturally no exception for him.

Li Luo sensed his body, and then his mind arrived at the location of that fourth Phantasm Palace.

This fourth Phantasm Palace was bright and solid, appearing more magnificent than the previous three.

But...

Inside the Phantasm Palace, it was empty.

This fourth Phantasm Palace.

As expected.

Still an Empty Phantasm.