Chapter 1591: The Youth of Old Has Become a Heavenly Dragon

The once noisy city wall had fallen utterly silent at this moment, as if even breathing had come to a standstill.

Everyone stared in shock at the enormous purple-gold dragon head beyond the city wall, their hearts churning like rivers and seas, with only two words echoing and thundering in their minds like rolling thunder.

Li Luo! Li Luo!

Is this Li Luo?!

The Eldest Princess's calm and dignified phoenix eyes were wide and round; faced with this incomprehensible scene, even the composure she took such pride in had lost its effect, leaving only utter shock and disbelief.

Cai Wei, Yan Yan Lingqing, Bai Bai Mengmeng and the others stared blankly and dazedly at the soul-stirring purple-gold dragon head beyond the city wall, unable to comprehend how this purple-gold divine dragon, radiating a terrifying pressure, could possibly be Li Luo.

Even Qin Zhenjiang, Du Ze Yan and these old-school titled marquis powerhouses of the Great Xia were undergoing violent changes of expression, for they had witnessed the earlier scene of the purple-gold giant dragon exhaling dragon breath and drowning countless Other-beings in a spectacular display.

Within that tide of Other-beings, who knew how many True Demon Other-beings there were—some whose strength was no less than their own—yet even so, under that single breath, they were indiscriminately transformed into dazzling crystal statues scattered across the ground.

What manner of strength was this?

Was this something that boy from back then could have accomplished?

In their memories, their impression of Li Luo remained stuck at that year's Prefecture Sacrifice, when Li Luo, amid the clashes of the Great Xia's various major powers, had struggled to survive in the cracks between them.

So no matter what, they found it impossible to connect that boy from the past with the heaven-and-earth-shattering purple-gold giant dragon before their eyes.

Du Ze Duze Honglian and Du Ze Duze Beixuan were also faces full of terror; the latter couldn't help but go pale and said, trembling, "Sister, this can't be real, can it?"

Du Ze Duze Honglian also felt it was impossible, but the denial that reached her lips was ultimately swallowed back hard. Over these years, her once cold and proud temperament had changed quite a bit; she vaguely recalled some obscure information obtained from the academy that Li Luo now seemed to indeed be quite extraordinary...

Perhaps, it really was him?

On the city wall at this moment, only Mentor Xi Chan, Sheng Que'er, Ning Meng, Yin Yue Zhiyu and the others had gazes flickering with uncertainty, for they had once seen Li Luo transform into the form of a Heavenly Dragon—only the Heavenly Dragon back then had been merely several thousand zhang, whereas the purple-gold giant dragon before them was ten times that!

And this strength, it didn't seem to match either, did it?!

Everyone on the city wall was emotionally stirred at this moment, yet no one dared to break the silence, for no one could determine just how likely Seeing Yu Lang's near-absurd guess actually was.

Fortunately, however, this dead, oppressive atmosphere did not last long. The mysterious, majestic purple-gold dragon head slowly turned its dragon pupils, its gaze sweeping over those familiar faces on the city wall, and a hint of a smile surfaced in its pupils.

Then, a human voice imbued with soul-stirring dragon might slowly emerged from the dragon mouth bristling with fangs and sharp teeth.

"Old friends of Great Xia, long time no see—I trust you've been well."

The resonant voice, carrying a dragon's cry, reverberated in everyone's ears, and like thunder it left them all rooted to the spot. Though the voice, wrapped in the dragon's cry, was fearsome, that familiar cadence stirred up memories in everyone.

From the depths of memory, the image of a youth with ash-gray hair, handsome features, and a tall, upright figure surged forth like a tide.

Li Luo!

The purple-gold giant dragon before them really was Li Luo!

Cai Wei's beautiful eyes instantly turned red; her delicate body trembled with excitement, and her slender hand covered her crimson lips.

"Captain, it's really the Captain! He's back!" Bai Bai Mengmeng also said excitedly.

The silence on the city wall was broken. The Eldest Princess, Qin Zhenjiang, Vice Principal Su Xin and everyone else couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath—the terrifying giant dragon before them really was Li Luo!

In just a few short years, he had actually grown to such a terrifying extent?

That earlier breath of dragon—if it had been aimed at the city wall, then aside from Pang Pang Qianyuan and Lan Lan Lingzi, everyone else would have met the same fate as those crystal statues below the wall.

Yet the most shocked of all was Seeing Yu Lang, who had been the first to guess Li Luo's identity. He gaped at the dragon head before him and stammered, "Holy crap, it's really you?!"

"Li Luo, how did you turn into a dragon?"

"Why would you give up being a perfectly good person to become a dragon!" Seeing Yu Lang wore an expression of heartbroken anguish, as if watching a close friend walk down an evil path—and the worst part was...

It was damn freaking cool!

He had imagined Li Luo's return ten thousand times, but he had never imagined that this guy would transform into such a majestic, mysterious giant dragon, tearing through the sky, unleashing a breath of dragon that drowned the Other-beings and turned them into crystal statues scattered across the ground.

Seeing Yu Lang was feeling terrible—Li Luo's showing off this time was on too grand a scale; he felt he could never surpass this moment in his entire life.

He could even imagine that this stunning scene would be recorded in the history of Great Xia, and that countless people thereafter would sing its praises.

In the pupils of the Heavenly Dragon that Li Luo had become, a look of exasperation surfaced—get lost, the jealousy on your face, Seeing Yu Lang, is hideously off the charts.

Li Luo took in Seeing Yu Lang's current appearance. He could sense the changes in the latter—that once wild and unrestrained young face now bore some weathering, and the white hair at his temples revealed the hardships Seeing Yu Lang had endured over these years.

This friend had no illustrious background whatsoever; from beginning to end he had been just an ordinary young man of Great Xia—otherwise the Bai family would not have looked down on him. He was like an inconspicuous weed, and though he had weathered wind and snow, he had remained resilient all the same.

Li Luo actually quite admired this resilient character of Seeing Yu Lang's.

"Seeing Yu Lang, you're not dead—truly wonderful," Li Luo said softly.

Seeing Yu Lang froze for a moment. A glimmer of tears surfaced in his eyes, but he stubbornly hid them away, and said with a careless air, "Jinx, do you know what my position is now at the Sacred Phoenix Star Academy? How could I possibly die? It's you I was worried about—I used to worry you wouldn't be able to get by in the Inner Shenzhou where titled marquises are everywhere, and would get chased back."

He stepped forward two paces, reached out directly to touch the dragon scales on the dragon head, and laughed, "Good brother, thank you for coming back to save us."

A smile rose in Li Luo's dragon pupils.

"Li Luo, long time no see—I have only one request," Seeing Yu Lang sighed sentimentally.

"What?"

"Let me ride you!" A gleam of intense excitement shone in Seeing Yu Lang's eyes.

"Scram!"

The giant dragon before them immediately sneezed, releasing dragon might that blasted Seeing Yu Lang's hand—still stroking the dragon scales—away. Li Luo was practically laughing in fury—well done, Seeing Yu Lang, I treat you as a brother, and you want to ride me.

In this world, only Jiang Jiang Qinge-Zhong Jie can ride on top of me!

Seeing Yu Lang withdrew his hand, reluctant and unsatisfied—Li Luo really was stingy, what would it hurt to let him ride just once.

Li Luo's dragon pupils turned toward the others, swept a circle, and finally looked toward the middle-aged man in blue robes with white brows, and let out a thundering laugh: "Principal Pang, I'm not too late, am I?"

From the very moment the purple-gold giant dragon had appeared, Pang Pang Qianyuan's gaze had remained fixed upon it. Unlike the others' shock, he had been the first to detect a familiar fluctuation from this purple-gold giant dragon.

It was the Golden Jade Mystic Elephant Blade he had once given Li Luo.

Only this blade was no longer what it once was; clearly, having followed Li Luo all these years, this blade had also been through a great deal.

Yet even though he had guessed some of it, Pang Pang Qianyuan's expression remained somewhat complicated as he gazed at the purple-gold giant dragon. That green, callow youth from the dark cavern of the Sacred Phoenix Star Academy back then—in just a few short years, had truly come into his own.

"Late? No, not late. But if it's only you alone, I'd suggest you could help us evacuate some people," Pang Pang Qianyuan said with a smile.

The Heavenly Dragon before them was, for the other powerhouses of Great Xia, nothing short of utterly shocking, but this clearly could not shock Pang Pang Qianyuan, a king-realm powerhouse. In his perception, the Heavenly Dragon Li Luo had become was indeed very strong, but it had not yet reached the level of a king-realm powerhouse.

Therefore, Li Luo's arrival would likely still be unable to affect the current situation.

When Pang Pang Qianyuan's words fell, the many gazes on the city wall that had just risen with hope gradually dimmed.

In the distant heaven and earth where the Evil Thought Qi ran rampant, the four Evil Kings' indifferent gazes did not stir much because of Li Luo's appearance, nor did the countless transformed creatures outside Nanfeng City that had become crystal statues cause them the slightest ripple of emotion.

What Pang Pang Qianyuan had sensed, they naturally could as well.

Although the Heavenly Dragon before them possessed a phase force fluctuation even stronger than a top Marquis, it had not reached the King Realm.

Since that was the case, they would simply crush it.

As the four Evil Kings' thoughts turned, Evil Thought Qi once again howled and ravaged through heaven and earth. Twisted creatures could be seen pouring out across the mountains and plains like a tide, sweeping toward Nanfeng City.

And this time, the figures of the four Evil Kings also moved; they stepped on the void, closing in on Nanfeng City step by step.

On the city wall, the atmosphere that had just been stirred by Li Luo's appearance once again grew taut.

The Heavenly Dragon that Li Luo had transformed into also slowly turned its dragon head, gazing at the four Evil Kings on the distant horizon and the astonishing tide of transformed creatures. Within its purple-golden dragon pupils, a cold, sinister glint swirled.

The next moment, a deep, dignified dragon roar reverberated mightily through heaven and earth.

"Where are the Heavenly Dragon Five Guards!"

Boom!

The instant that dragon roar echoed out, Pang Pang Qianyuan and Lan Lan Lingzi's expressions suddenly hardened, as if they had sensed something. Their gazes snapped upward toward the far end of the distant horizon.

The void there suddenly twisted violently, as vast, surging energies of heaven and earth gathered.

Boom!

The void, twisted to the extreme, suddenly shattered like a broken mirror. Then, in the next instant, countless gazes on the city wall of Nanfeng City watched in shock as a dragon ship as massive as a mountain range, like a primordial beast, slowly sailed out from the shattered space.

On the dragon ship, countless banners fluttered in the wind with a rustling sound. Embroidered upon them were lifelike dragon patterns, and a majestic dragon might rolled and raged.

Beneath the banners, countless figures with towering momentum and surging phase force gripped blades and swords, their gazes sharp and fierce.

"Here!"

"Here!"

"Here!"

Over ten thousand figures responded in unison with a deep reply that shook the heavens. The next instant, the Heavenly Dragon Five Guards drew their blades together; razor-sharp blade light erupted forth, piercing across the sky in a grand, sweeping manner, then howled down toward the tide of transformed creatures that covered the mountains and plains.

Boom boom boom!

The earth was torn apart, and peaks were leveled to the ground.

It was as if ten thousand cannons had roared; the blade light descended, precisely cutting down every last one of the countless transformed creatures.

The shocking scene left everyone on the city wall with a dazed look in their eyes.

Especially Qin Zhenjiang, the great general of Wang Ting, who had commanded armies for many years. Now his whole body trembled as he gazed at the ten thousand figures on the dragon ship; he could clearly sense that aura of clashing arms and armored cavalry, that spirit of slaughter.

This was an army of the utmost elite.

Strictly disciplined, their phase force as one!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Over ten thousand figures poured out from the dragon ship in overwhelming numbers, finally landing a hundred li outside Nanfeng City's wall, forming a wall that was difficult to destroy, easily cutting off the tide of transformed creatures.

But it was not over yet, because in the next instant, everyone saw figures erupting from the dragon ship one after another, radiating astonishing phase force fluctuations. Then, towering Marquis Platforms stood in the void, emanating majestic pressure.

Seventh-grade Marquis!

Eighth-grade Marquis!

Ninth-grade Marquis!

The Eldest Princess, Qin Zhenjiang, Du Tuo Ze Yan, Vice Principal Suxin, and the others all couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath at this moment—so many high-grade Marquis Realm experts!

Were all of these brought by Li Luo?!

The Marquis experts on this dragon ship, whether in number or quality, had already far surpassed the total of the entire Great Xia!

The shocked crowd thought this was the end.

But then they immediately saw two streams of light step out from the top of the dragon ship into the air. They appeared to be two women; one drew upon vast, surging energies of heaven and earth above her head, transforming them into a supreme, noble King's Crown, with Origin Qi flowing, filling the space between heaven and earth.

The other woman, meanwhile, bloomed with sacred, extreme light; the light condensed into six ten-pillar golden platforms.

This time, delight finally surged onto Pang Pang Qianyuan and Lan Lan Lingzi's faces.

"King Realm experts!"

"Peerless Sixth-grade!"

Those two female figures stepped through the air and appeared before the Heavenly Dragon that Li Luo had transformed into.

Meanwhile, Cai Wei and Yan Yan Lingqing on the city wall stared blankly at that graceful figure with six ten-pillar golden platforms above her head, like a goddess of light. Then their eyes suddenly reddened.

That figure they had missed for so many years had finally truly appeared before their eyes.

"Jiang Qinge!" the two women murmured excitedly.

Jiang Jiang Qinge also gazed at them with a smile, waving at them from afar.

The crowd on the city wall had already completely erupted because of the shocking scene before them. No one had expected that Li Luo had not only returned, but had also brought back a relief army of such enormous scale!

One King Realm expert, one Peerless Sixth-grade, numerous high-grade Marquises, and an army of ten thousand whose momentum was so fierce that even a veteran great general like Qin Zhenjiang trembled and was mesmerized!

What grandeur, what awe-inspiring power!

Even Vice Principal Suxin couldn't help but lose herself for a moment. She gazed at the figure that had transformed into a Heavenly Dragon—the youth who once still needed to rely on the prestige of Shengxuan Star Academy to intimidate certain covetous eyes and buy himself time to grow. Now, he had actually grown to such a stage?

And the Heavenly Dragon that Li Luo had transformed into opened its dragon maw; laughter imbued with a dragon's hum, full of pressure and composure, echoed across the entire sky above Nanfeng City.

"Principal Pang, rest assured. Since I, Li Luo, have returned, I shall naturally keep Nanfeng City safe."