Chapter 1366

Li Luo sensed the fourth dantian, utterly empty within his body, his expression tinged with melancholy—indeed...

I'm still so uniquely different!

As for this outcome, Li Luo was not disappointed; on the contrary, he was no longer the ignorant boy he had once been when facing an empty dantian.

So he knew that an empty dantian was not a burden—on the contrary, it was a great opportunity most could never attain.

He had reached this point precisely because of these three dantians and six phases, which had contributed immensely.

As for this fourth empty dantian, as long as he found a way to forge a perfect postnatal phase and insert it, he could naturally complete it.

However, forging the fourth empty dantian seemed to require the so-called "Great Formless Divine Forging Art."

This art still needed careful thought on how to obtain it.

As Li Luo's thoughts turned inward, Jiang Jiang Qinge sensed something and asked in surprise: "Could it be... the fourth phase is still empty?"

Li Luo nodded.

"This..."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's jade-like face also showed slight unease, unsure how to comment, and finally said: "Still, for you, this might actually be a good thing."

For others, facing an empty dantian would mean helplessness—but Li Luo had extraordinary experience with this, so Jiang Jiang Qinge felt little worry.

If Li Luo could resolve the problems of the previous three empty dantians, he could certainly resolve this fourth one.

"But your forging of the second Ten-Pillar Golden Platform was too hasty—you shouldn't have rushed it," Jiang Jiang Qinge said, her tone shifting as she suddenly looked toward the two Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms hovering above Li Luo's head, her lovely face growing solemn.

To others, Li Luo's forging of a second Ten-Pillar Golden Platform seemed monstrously prodigious, but Jiang Jiang Qinge, having entangled with him inside the black cauldron, knew his true condition best.

This second Ten-Pillar Golden Platform was forcibly constructed by Li Luo using a high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure as its base, leveraging his immense potential and talent, plus a mysterious state he entered at the time.

For an ordinary prodigy, such a Ten-Pillar Golden Platform would be considered perfect—but in her eyes, this second one bore slight flaws.

These flaws showed no issue now, but they would inevitably become hidden dangers, making Li Luo's peerless path even more arduous.

Hearing this, Li Luo's expression remained calm as he smiled: "Sister Qing, don't worry—I have my own plan."

Jiang Jiang Qinge gave him a skeptical glance, but since Li Luo had said so, she naturally did not press further.

"Li Luo, congratulations on entering the Marquis rank."

At that moment, a faint voice came from Li Luo's wrist—Li Li Lingjing's transformed black serpent still lay coiled there, its serpent eyes slowly opening with a languid tone.

"Sister Li Lingjing, are you alright?" Li Luo asked.

The black serpent shook its head slightly: "What just happened? I seemed to fall into some strange state and lost all awareness."

Li Luo replied awkwardly: "Nothing, nothing at all."

Losing awareness was best.

That incredibly sensual scene inside the black cauldron could stay buried deep in his heart.

Jiang Jiang Qinge gave the black serpent a skeptical glance.

"Hahaha!"

As they exchanged brief words, a wild, twisted laugh echoed from nearby—Qin Qin Lian had finally snapped out of the shock of learning that Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge hadn't just survived the black cauldron, but had both achieved massive breakthroughs.

"What a stubborn thing!"

"Even this couldn't burn you to death!"

"Two peerless prodigies—Dan Tai Lan truly has incredible fortune! All the good things in this world seem to belong to her alone!"

Qin Qin Lian's face, ghastly as a demon's, twisted into a grotesque grin—she never imagined that her entire scheme, instead of making Li Luo suffer the most agonizing death, had actually helped him step into the Marquis rank.

Thus, her inner negative emotions surged like a tide, wildly eroding her soul.

Her mad laughter brimmed with endless malice, darkening the heavens above; black, malevolent qi seemed to swell into an ocean, flowing across the land.

Seeing her grow even more deranged and twisted, everyone present felt their hearts sink.

Qin Qin Lian had already been insane—now, after this brutal shock from Li Luo, everyone feared she might abandon her body entirely and mutate into something monstrous.

Qin Qin Lian's venomous laughter continued for a long while before gradually fading, until it vanished completely.

Her disheveled head slowly lifted, revealing blood-red fissures across her cheeks, from which thick, liquid-like malevolent qi oozed.

At this moment, she truly looked like a demon wearing a human skin.

"Very well," Qin Qin Lian whispered softly. "After much thought, only crushing you with my own hands will ease my resentment."

"What does it matter that you've reached Second Rank Peerless Marquis? You'll just die again."

As her cold, twisted voice fell, eight Marquis Platforms atop Qin Qin Lian erupted with terrifying energy pressure, sweeping across the entire arena.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge's expressions turned solemn.

At this moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge was a Peerless Upper Second Rank Marquis, while Li Luo was a Peerless Lower Second Rank Marquis.

Ancient texts say: Peerless ranks leap three tiers.

Thus, in normal Marquis rankings, Jiang Jiang Qinge equated to an Upper Fifth Rank Marquis, and Li Luo to a Lower Fifth Rank Marquis—though if they unleashed powerful techniques like the Si Si Tianming Marquis Art, their combat power would increase further; such conversions had no fixed formula.

Even so, with one equivalent to an Upper Fifth Rank Marquis and the other to a Lower Fifth Rank Marquis,

their combined strength still paled before Qin Qin Lian's Eighth Rank Marquis power.

Their recent breakthroughs, though astonishing, merely shifted the odds of this battle from zero to thirty percent.

But regardless, it was a positive change—at least Qin Qin Lian could no longer casually trap them in the cauldron and toy with their lives as before.

"Sister Qing, ready?" Li Luo gripped his Dragon-Elephant Blade and smiled.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's face was calm; she gave a slight nod.

"Then next, the two of us..."

Li Luo paused, glancing at the black serpent coiled around his wrist, and smiled: "Let the three of us see if we can break through this death trap?"

Aowu!

As Li Luo finished speaking, a wolf's howl suddenly erupted from the crimson bracelet on his wrist—it was... the Six-Tailed Heavenly Wolf.

"Oh? Brother Wolf, have you been awake all along?" Li Luo asked with a smile.

Hearing Li Luo's words, the Six-Tailed Heavenly Wolf had just been about to answer when a sudden chill rose in its heart, and it hurriedly said, "No, I just woke up too."

Only then did Li Luo nod.

The Six-Tailed Heavenly Wolf secretly let out a sigh of relief. There was no helping it — it understood that from now on, the days when it could speak loudly to Li Luo were gone forever. In terms of strength, the current Li Luo had completely left it in the dust.

When Li Luo was at the Da Tian Xiang Jing, its power could still grant him a tremendous boost, but now that Li Luo had stepped into the Unparalleled Second Grade in a single bound, the disparity in strength between them instantly reversed, so the assistance it could provide Li Luo would, from this point on, become negligible.

To avoid being tossed aside after use, the Six-Tailed Heavenly Wolf needed to show some presence.

Li Luo, however, said nothing more. He gripped the Dragon Elephant Blade tightly with his fingers, and the next instant, two flawless Unparalleled Ten-Pillar Golden Platforms above his head erupted with a deafening roar.

Vast and surging phase force, with an unprecedented fury, galloped and flowed within Li Luo's body.

Li Luo slowly raised the blade in his hand, his sharp gaze thrown toward Qin Qin Lian, while a voice laced with killing intent exploded across the heavens like sudden thunder.

"Qin Qin Lian."

"Back then my parents couldn't be bothered with you. Today..."

"I will cut you down!"

"To settle the karmic debt!"