Chapter 1699: Dragon Abyss

The continuous, majestic dragon blood poured down between heaven and earth, falling into the blood sea below, and the energy of the entire world grew increasingly violent at this moment.

One after another, dragon clan powerhouses exuding powerful energy fluctuations moved about full of hope, constantly weaving through the sky-filling dragon blood and the blood sea, searching for the faint traces of ancestral blood that might be born.

Everyone was busy beyond measure.

Li Luo was equally busy. Relying on the advantage of his own Celestial Dragon bloodline, he could always sense the traces of ancestral blood one step ahead, then strike to obtain them.

So in the short span of a single incense stick's burning time, while some dragon clan king-realm powerhouses had not yet found even a single wisp of ancestral blood, he had already obtained four wisps.

But although he had obtained four wisps of ancestral blood, Li Luo was not satisfied, because in his perception, to evolve the "Dragon Blood Ancient Tracing Art" into a Unique Art, the required amount of ancestral blood was considerable, and the ancestral blood in this second layer of the blood sacrifice was still somewhat thin.

Li Luo's gaze pierced through the continuous blood rain between heaven and earth, locking onto a tall, voluptuous figure in the distance — that was Zhen Linshuang. Her silver-white long hair appeared especially striking amidst this sky-filling blood rain.

Zhen Linshuang and Ao Yan, the three-crown king powerhouses within the dragon clan, did not linger too long in this second layer of the blood sacrifice. While gathering ancestral blood along the way, they were mostly rushing toward the third layer.

Clearly, the third layer of the blood sacrifice was the true core.

Li Luo felt that if the "Dragon Blood Ancient Tracing Art" wanted to evolve into a Unique Art, he too had to enter the third layer of the blood sacrifice.

But as he gradually approached the third layer, Li Luo sensed that Zhen Linshuang and the others were also subtly locking onto him — a silent warning that he could not go any deeper.

Li Luo merely snorted coldly at this. His gaze flickered, and he sent a transmission to Li Li Tianji and Lin Miao: "The two of you, I wish to enter the third layer. Please lend me your strength. I am willing to pay two wisps of ancestral blood as compensation, and if I gain anything in the third layer, there will be other rewards afterward."

Ahead were not only Zhen Linshuang, a peak three-crown king, and Ao Yan, a three-crown king at the peak, but also two three-crown kings, Lu Song and Jin Zhang. Against such a lineup, Li Luo, relying on his own strength alone, would likely find it very difficult to break through their interception.

Upon hearing this, Li Li Tianji said casually: "Why speak such distant words between family? Go ahead, this old man will escort you with full strength."

Li Luo's family was now the face of the Li Li Tianwang lineage. Li Li Tianji, as the head of the mountain vein, was naturally willing to guard the Dao for them, to ensure the Li Li Tianwang lineage's lasting prosperity in the future.

When it came to matters of great right and wrong, this head of the mountain vein was nearly a perfect model.

Lin Miao deliberated for several breaths, then also smiled and said: "Since Alliance Leader Li Luo has spoken, I shall naturally assist."

The current Li Luo was a figure of great renown among the ten Outer Shenzhou. Whether in terms of his own potential or the background behind him, both were extremely terrifying. Having the chance to show goodwill to such a person, Lin Miao, as the Grand Hall Master of the Beast-Subduing Spirit Palace, naturally could not pass it up. As for whether it would offend the dragon clan, that didn't matter — after all, relations between the two sides were already not that great to begin with.

"Many thanks!"

Li Luo smiled, then flicked his finger, and two wisps of unabsorbed Mysterious-Yellow Ancestral Blood shot straight toward Li Li Tianji and Lin Miao.

Although both had said the compensation didn't matter, he could not truly let them help for nothing.

Seeing this, Li Li Tianji and Lin Miao did not decline further, and directly stored the ancestral blood.

Seeing this, Li Luo no longer lingered in the second layer of the blood sacrifice. His speed erupted suddenly, tearing through the sky-filling blood rain, and he shot straight toward the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Dragon Ruins.

In a brief moment, he caught up with the figures at the very front.

At the same time, Li Luo also saw that the distant blood sea seemed to have reached an end — there was actually a bottomless abyss. The blood sea stagnated here, and within the abyss, majestic and vast waves of ancestral blood surged upward.

That place was where the third layer of the blood sacrifice lay!

Li Luo's eyes blazed with fervor.

But at this moment, Zhen Linshuang also saw Li Luo following close behind. Her sharp, beautiful face immediately chilled. This Li Luo truly was not satisfied with the second layer — now he still wanted to enter the third layer to obtain the true ancestral blood.

"Give him an inch and he wants a mile!"

A cold snort escaped from Zhen Linshuang's nose. At the same time, she gave a look to the two three-crown kings, Lu Song and Jin Zhang, while she herself took a single step forward, appearing above the abyss at the end of the blood sea.

Lu Song and Jin Zhang erupted with deafening dragon roars. Their bodies twisted, transforming into colossal red dragons and golden dragons tens of thousands of zhang in size. Then, overwhelming crimson flames and golden light swept forth, slashing directly toward Li Luo.

But Li Luo paid no heed. His figure shot through the air, heading straight for the abyss.

At the same time, behind him, Li Li Tianji's figure emerged. Vast golden light surged as his aged body began to transform, and he too became a golden dragon body no smaller than Jin Zhang's.

That was his Golden Dragon Aspect!

Two colossal golden dragons collided above the blood sea, fighting ferociously, causing the blood sea to raise towering waves.

Lin Miao, meanwhile, activated his own Poison Dragon Aspect, transforming into a grayish-black giant dragon. He spewed toxic smoke, and his dragon claws dripped with venom, extinguishing the fires that filled the sky, and slashed toward the red dragon.

The clash of four three-crown kings could truly be described as world-destroying.

But during their clash, Li Luo seized the chance to charge toward the abyss at the end of the blood sea. Once he entered the third layer, he could put distance between himself and Zhen Linshuang. Presumably, by then, she would not abandon the precious opportunity to obtain ancestral blood just to drive him away.

However, just as he reached the end of the blood sea, he suddenly sensed a surge of crisis. His gaze looked forward and saw Zhen Linshuang standing at the end of the blood sea, above the abyss, her eyes staring at him sharply.

This mother of a violent dragon had actually not rushed into the third layer, but was blocking him right at this entrance.

Li Luo couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Li Luo, for the sake of Grandmother Zhen Fu, I'll ask you one more time — will you retreat or not?" Zhen Linshuang said coldly.

"Clan Leader Zhen, what I seek is not much. Why must you be so overbearing? Must you block me?" Li Luo said in a low voice.

Zhen Linshuang pressed her flame-like red lips together. If it had been Li Li Tianji or Lin Miao wanting to enter the third layer, she actually wouldn't have cared. But Li Luo was different — his Celestial Dragon bloodline was exceptionally pure and mighty, and this would pose a true threat to her.

"Stubborn and unrepentant, then don't blame this king!"

Cold light flowed in Zhen Linshuang's beautiful eyes. She spoke no more nonsense, but directly extended her slender hand, her fingers slowly curling one by one, forming a fist seal that exuded an aura of primal wildness. The moment the fist seal took shape, the surrounding void immediately began to show signs of collapse, as if it had become a black hole.

"If you want to enter the third layer, then take this punch of mine!"

Zhen Linshuang's bone-chilling voice rang out, and simultaneously she threw a punch.

Boom!

Heaven and earth seemed to emit a tremendous roar at this moment. Countless dragon chants were suppressed, and a domineering fist light filled with world-destroying aura descended from the sky, directly sealing off all the space around Li Luo.

Li Luo's expression became extremely solemn at this moment. There was no doubt about Zhen Linshuang's strength — she was a true peak powerhouse. If one were to speak purely of the terror of her physical body, under the current special circumstances where the Li Tianwang do not appear, she was probably the undisputed number one.

Li Luo took a deep breath. Behind him, in the void, the Ten Thousand Aspects Wheel emerged and rotated. Between his brows, the "Rank Divine Aspect Tree" transformed from his super ninth-grade Celestial Dragon Aspect manifested. At the same time, his body suddenly swelled, and as purple-golden light erupted, he transformed into a colossal purple-golden Celestial Dragon.

The thick and ancient might of the Celestial Dragon erupted wantonly.

"Unique Art, Split-Light Phantom God Shadow!"

Li Luo roared low in his heart. The purple-golden Celestial Dragon directly split into three. The next moment, the three purple-golden Celestial Dragons spewed forth vast dragon breath, meeting that destructive fist light.

Boom!

At the moment of impact, heaven and earth seemed to crack along with it, and the sea surface was continuously pressed flat.

And in this direct clash, Li Luo finally felt deeply just how domineering and terrifying the strength of this violent dragon mother was. The purple-golden dragon breath was rapidly crushed by the fist light, and the destructive intent contained within that fist light was somewhat difficult for even the rank power contained in his dragon breath to resist.

Rumble!

The fist light finally poured down. The bodies of two purple-golden Celestial Dragons were directly crushed, transforming into sky-filling golden light. Only the last purple-golden Celestial Dragon still struggled to hold on.

"Li Luo, don't bring trouble upon yourself. If you retreat now, I can still spare your life." Zhen Linshuang crossed her arms over her chest, which only made her already tall and voluptuous figure look even more oppressively mountainous, her silver-white hair fluttering as she gazed down at the last dragon silhouette.

However, her words received no response whatsoever.

Zhen Linshuang snorted coldly, no longer hesitating. Her fist-light suddenly grew heavy, and accompanied by a thunderous roar, it directly suppressed that last dragon silhouette into the sea of blood.

The sea of blood was squeezed out into a massive hollow.

But just at this moment, Zhen Linshuang saw that the suppressed dragon silhouette suddenly also transformed into a skyful of purple-golden light points.

Zhen Linshuang was stunned for a moment, then her willow-leaf eyebrows shot upward: "An illusion?!"

She whipped her head around, only to see a phantom-like figure that even she would have difficulty detecting without careful sensing. At some unknown point, it had passed through the sea of blood, and instead, arriving one step ahead of her, had fallen into the Dragon Abyss, then drilled straight in without looking back.

It was precisely Li Luo!

He certainly knew that in a direct fight, he would not be Zhen Linshuang's match at this moment, so from the very beginning it had only been to confuse the opponent, then relying on his own "Phantom" ability, to deceive everyone and sneak into the third layer.

Having been played, Zhen Linshuang was so furious that smoke seemed to pour from her seven orifices; her enraged voice caused the heavens themselves to tremble violently.

"Li Luo! You wait for this Queen!"