Chapter 1687: Forcing Out Lin Miao

Li Luo's strike was like the force of thunder—swift and fierce.

Even when Chi Li was stripped of his king's crown and fell to the peak ninth-rank marquis, the leaders of all factions in the square, including the Zhu Ze Palace Master, were slow to react.

After the deathly silence lasted several breaths, everyone's faces showed undisguised shock and horror.

The gazes directed at Li Luo were filled with shock and terror.

That was a king's crown!

Although in this decade of heavenly fortune, the emergence of king-realm experts has been nearly a hundred times faster than before, their value has not diminished much—for example, in this Eastern Sea Realm, the combined king-realm experts of all clans and sects would not exceed the number on two hands.

One could say that every king-realm expert, even if only a one-crown king, is an absolute top-tier expert of their region; walking out daily, they are surely met with awe and respect.

Yet now, they witnessed in the blink of an eye that Chi Li, this one-crown king, was casually stripped of his king's crown by Li Luo and knocked back to ninth-rank marquis.

In Li Luo's eyes, the so-called king-realm experts seemed as fragile as helpless children.

What terrifying, domineering suppressing power is this?

At this moment, everyone present personally experienced that this handsome youth before them, with his calm expression, harbored what immense waves and deterrence.

The branch family members were also shaken—whether it was Chi Song, the family head, or Chi Fu and Chi Mu beside him, they had long suffered under Chi Li's oppression and developed psychological trauma, yet now Chi Li was casually suppressed and sealed by the youth brought back by Chi Chan.

Such power made them tremble.

Yet at the same time, a thread of excited hope stirred in their eyes—perhaps... their branch family's fate had truly encountered a turning point!

"Abin, it seems letting Chan'er escape this demon's den back then was perhaps the correct choice." Chi Song looked at Chi Fu and sighed softly.

Chi Fu scratched his head; back then, he did it only out of pity for his daughter, not wanting her to fall into Chi Li's clutches—he never imagined Chi Chan would have such a fate.

Chi Mu beside him hesitated, then said softly: "I don't know what relationship this Lord Li Luo has with Chan'er..."

"Didn't he say it himself? Chan'er is his mentor, and once showed him kindness." Chi Fu said.

Chi Mu muttered: "How could Chan'er teach such a monstrous student? Outsiders wouldn't believe this either. After today's events, who would dare approach Chan'er in the future? What will become of her?"

Chi Song glared at her and said: "Women's views!"

From the perspective of the branch family's future, he actually wished everyone believed Chi Chan and Li Luo had a special relationship—only then would other forces, including the Beast Spirit Palace, fear them, and if Chi Chan ever married someone else, they could no longer rely on Li Luo's prestige.

Chi Mu bit her lip and could only stay silent; as a woman, she naturally couldn't think too much—she only wanted her daughter to have a good home.

Ah!

Ah!

Their conversation was finally interrupted by Chi Li's frenzied, painful groan.

Many gazes turned—seeing Chi Li now frantically circulating his internal phase power, trying to restore his one-crown king strength, he could feel his king's crown was not shattered but sealed by Li Luo through some profound method.

Yet even as he frantically stirred his phase power, it had no effect whatsoever.

The originally vast and majestic king-realm phase power now lay like a dead pool, unable to ripple, let alone be awakened.

On the main seat, the deathly-faced Chi Wenwu watched Chi Li's phase power fluctuations drastically weaken, his expression dazed—he never imagined Li Luo would solve the problem so crudely and directly.

Chi Li is a one-crown king, right? Chi Chan, this ninth-rank peak marquis, can't compete with him, right?

Li Luo currently lacks the ability to turn Chi Chan into a one-crown king, but he can turn Chi Li into a ninth-rank peak marquis.

Thus, Chi Chan's competitiveness would rise, wouldn't it?

Chi Wenwu's mouth twitched slightly, then his gaze toward Li Luo also showed reverence—how shrewd he was, how could he not see Li Luo was making a show of force?

The strength and background Li Luo possesses are so overwhelming that he can already ignore any rules of the Chi family—no, not just the Chi family, even the rules of the Beast Spirit Alliance cannot touch Li Luo.

However, Chi Wenwu did not grow angry at Li Luo's domineering sealing of Chi Li; instead, deep in his heart, a sense of satisfaction arose—Chi Li, this wolf-hearted dog-lunged thing, whom he had raised with his own hands, ended up joining the Beast Spirit Palace to scheme against him. Before, he could only swallow this resentment for the family's future, but now Chi Chan suddenly returned, bringing such a powerful background—undoubtedly, he now had a second option.

Chi Wenwu was satisfied with Li Luo's strength and background, but dissatisfied only that Chi Chan was not his woman—otherwise, with this close relationship, the Chi family's standing in the Eastern Sea Realm would be more secure.

Then, even the Beast Spirit Palace would not dare act so recklessly.

After all, though the Beast Spirit Palace is strong, at its core it has only one Heavenly King behind it, while Li Luo has three Heavenly Kings behind him, plus a peerless ninth-rank expert.

Moreover, Li Luo's own potential is terrifying—he possesses ten unprecedented phase affinities, and may yet enter the Heavenly King realm—what a formidable thigh!

If not for Chi Chan's past ties with him, such a background would be impossible for the Chi family to find, even with lanterns.

And Chi Wenwu's rapidly shifting gaze also fell into the eyes of the Zhu Ze Palace Master, whose heart sank—if Chi Wenwu loosened his tongue, Li Luo could justifiably take control of the Chi family.

"Lord Li Luo, the Chi family ultimately belongs to our Beast Spirit Alliance—your such violent interference in their internal affairs is somewhat excessive bullying." Zhu Ze Palace Master said in a deep voice.

Li Luo looked at Zhu Ze, his expression calm: "You've already notified the Beast Spirit Palace, haven't you?"

Zhu Ze's expression stiffened—from the moment Li Luo appeared, he had already sent the message via secret method to the Beast Spirit Palace; clearly, he thought his action was hidden, but it had long been discovered by Li Luo.

And Li Luo did not stop him—clearly, he did it on purpose.

Zhu Ze's expression gradually turned solemn—what is Li Luo trying to do? Could his ultimate goal be aimed at our Beast Spirit Palace?

"Speaking of which, my Li Tianwang lineage and your Beast Spirit Palace do have some grudges—years ago, your great palace master Lin Miao even went to the Qin Tianwang lineage..."

Li Luo's calm voice echoed in the square, causing the expressions of all faction leaders to gradually turn fearful.

This Ten-Phase King... could his true target actually be the Beast Spirit Palace?!

Under Li Luo's gaze, calm as a deep pool, Zhu Ze Palace Master, this double-crown king, felt a terrifying pressure like a tide enveloping him, sealing off all four directions.

Zhu Ze Palace Master's face changed drastically; his internal phase power exploded, two layers of king's crowns appeared above his head, swallowing and exhaling vast primordial power.

Li Luo extended his palm, lightly waved—only to see the void suddenly rupture, a massive purple-gold dragon claw emerging, its scales inscribed with millions of primordial runes, the dragon claw descending directly onto the two layers of Zhu Ze Palace Master's king's crowns above his head.

Boom!

The void violently trembled, the ruptured spatial cracks continuously spreading.

Zhu Ze's qi and blood violently surged, traces of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, the two layers of majestic, vast king's crowns above his head surged with primordial tides, desperately resisting the slowly descending purple-gold dragon claw.

At the moment of true contact, Zhu Ze finally felt how immeasurably deep Li Luo's strength was—though the opponent merely raised a hand casually, he was already driven into utter disarray.

This scene delivered immense shock to all faction forces present.

After all, unlike Chi Li, who had just entered the one-crown king realm, Zhu Ze is not only a double-crown king but also the palace master of the Beast Spirit Palace—his methods and foundation surpass ordinary double-crown kings, yet now, with Li Luo's strike, Zhu Ze Palace Master instantly fell into desperation.

If this continues, he will likely follow in Chi Li's footsteps.

"Palace Master! Save me!"

Zhu Ze also understood this, and without further hesitation, he immediately shouted loudly.

His shout reverberated through the void, carrying across ten thousand li, so that all within could hear it.

At the very moment Zhu Ze's shout rang out, this expanse of heaven was suddenly torn open by a colossal fissure tens of thousands of zhang wide, and in the next instant, a black dragon claw surging with terrifying poisonous gas tore through the void, flowing with vast and majestic primordial power as it lunged toward Li Luo's violet-gold dragon claw.

At the same time, a deep, thunderous sound like rolling thunder rose up.

"Li Luo, leader of the alliance, you have overstepped your bounds—this is Xuanling Shenzhou, not Dongyu Shenzhou."

As this voice rang out, the faces of all the faction leaders present instantly showed deep reverence, and even Chi Wenwu, who was on the brink of death, turned solemn.

For the owner of this voice was none other than the Hall Master of the Grand Hall of the Beast Spirit Palace, and also the current leader of the Beast Spirit Alliance.

Lin Miao!