Chapter 1711: Toxic Gas Corrodes the Body

Boom!

Above the dragon race, an energy storm like a hurricane raged in waves, and at the storm's source, several figures were locked in fierce combat.

To be precise, Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Underworld King were joining forces to suppress the three Celestial Dragons that Li Luo had manifested by activating "Light-Splitting Phantom Divine Shadow."

One peerless peak Eight-Pinth against two peak Three-Crown Kings!

Within the dragon race, countless experts watched this scene with shock in their eyes; such a top-tier clash was rare even in these past ten years of Tianhe.

However, in this confrontation, Li Luo was clearly at a disadvantage.

Even though he relied on "Light-Splitting Phantom Divine Shadow" to split into three, Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Underworld King were simply too overwhelmingly powerful. Working together, one dragon and one man, they forcibly neutralized every one of Li Luo's attacks.

Meanwhile, vast origin power came like a blade for flaying dragons, bombarding the three Celestial Dragon bodies without pause. Under attacks of this intensity, even Li Luo's current immensely tough flesh was torn open with savage blood gashes; as dragon scales shattered, dragon blood turned into a skyfulling mist of blood.

But Li Luo was also clever—the more fatal wounds were borne by the two phantoms, so his true body had not actually suffered serious injury.

At this moment, the Celestial Dragon bloodline within Li Luo was boiling to its absolute limit, and the searing pain coursing through his body made the battle intent blazing in his dragon pupils surge like a rising sun.

He could feel that his body was undergoing a tremendous metamorphosis.

As if something wondrous was about to be born from within his bloodline.

So Li Luo paid no heed at all to his battered dragon body, and fearlessly drove fierce and terrifying attacks to meet the killing strikes of Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Underworld King.

This sight, in the eyes of onlookers, appeared especially heroic and tragic.

But Ao Yan was the first to sense something was wrong, because he could faintly feel a presence that made even his bloodline tremble slightly, emanating from Li Luo's Celestial Dragon body.

And although Li Luo appeared covered in wounds, with even his dragon scales torn apart, the flesh beneath those scales was rapidly regenerating, while growing tougher, stronger, and more ancient.

"This presence... it's the Dragon Ancestral Body!"

Shock and fury surfaced in Ao Yan's dragon pupils; inwardly he raged: "That bitch Zhen Linshuang—how much Ancestral Blood did she actually give him?!"

"Dark Yin, kill him quickly! He's using our hands to endure the agony of being flayed, tempering his flesh to complete the Dragon Ancestral Body!" Ao Yan roared low at the Dark Yin Underworld King.

Upon hearing this, the Dark Yin Underworld King's expression shifted slightly as well. The so-called Dragon Ancestral Body—he had naturally heard of it too. It was the strongest flesh of the dragon race.

Once forged, the body could be called indestructible; even a peak Three-Crown King at the absolute limit would struggle to destroy it.

One could say that if Li Luo succeeded in forging the Dragon Ancestral Body, then the strength of his flesh would directly rival that of Zhen Linshuang, the person with the strongest flesh in this world.

At that point, even if he and Ao Yan joined forces, it would be very hard to suppress Li Luo as easily as now.

"Brave lad, quite the daring heart—daring to use us as your blade to flay your flesh and temper your body. Fine, then this seat shall grant your wish today!"

A sinister glint flowed through the Dark Yin Underworld King's black-and-white pupils. Then his body twisted violently, dark light erupted, and a mountain-like black demonic toad true body was revealed.

Croak!

The Sky-Swallowing Demonic Toad let out an earth-shaking croak. The next instant, from within that abyss-like giant mouth, streams of multicolored light howled forth. Within those streams flowed vast origin power, while at the same time an inexplicable fishy stench spread out.

"Li Luo, you want to temper your flesh, don't you? My 'Poison of Metamorphosis' is perfect for the job!"

The Dark Yin Underworld King's cold, sinister laugh rang out. The multicolored streams howled across the heavens, directly encircling all three Celestial Dragons until Li Luo resembled a heavenly river. The multicolored toxic gas eroded downward, and one Celestial Dragon phantom took the brunt—upon contact, more than half its body was corroded away.

Seeing this, Li Luo's true body did not dare to casually let his flesh come into contact with this bizarre poison, and was forced to retreat.

"I'll add some seasoning for you too!"

Seeing this, Ao Yan also let out a cold laugh. His dragon maw opened and he spewed forth vast, surging black toxic gas, within which lurked an extremely vicious, baleful aura.

This was Black Dragon Toxic Baleful Qi, originating from Ao Yan's Black Dragon bloodline—also an extremely domineering toxic gas.

The Dark Yin Underworld King and Ao Yan truly lived up to their reputation as the era's top experts. Upon realizing Li Luo was using their power to temper his flesh, they immediately produced a targeted counter.

Flesh fears toxic corrosion most. Li Luo wants to borrow their hands? Then let's see if he dares to merge these origin-powered deadly toxins into his blood and flesh.

Two terrifying streams of toxic gas encircled the void where Li Luo was, pressing in step by step.

Li Luo's dragon pupils fixed on the two surging streams of origin toxin pressing in. His flesh metamorphosis was at a critical juncture; if he lost this opportunity, he had no idea when the next one would come.

So at this moment, there was simply no path of retreat.

A flash of resolve crossed Li Luo's eyes. He stopped retreating, and instead erupted with a heaven-shaking dragon roar. Then he opened his dragon maw, and beneath countless horrified gazes, directly swallowed those two streams of origin toxin into his body.

The moment the deadly poison entered his body, a terrifying destructive force erupted. Even Celestial Dragon flesh began to be continuously dissolved.

An expression of extreme agony surfaced in Li Luo's pupils.

On his massive dragon body, the purple-gold dragon scales rapidly dimmed, savage toxic sores emerged one after another, and his flesh began to fester.

"Seeking death!"

Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Underworld King were both startled at the sight, then overjoyed. They hadn't expected Li Luo to be so overconfident—not only daring to withstand their origin toxin head-on, but even actively swallowing it into his body.

At this rate, no matter how strong the flesh, it couldn't hold out!

So the two of them unhesitatingly drove even more origin power, transforming it into deadly poison that surged toward Li Luo.

Today, they would absolutely have to eliminate this scourge!

Facing the two men's increased toxic output, Li Luo didn't dare be careless. He immediately activated the Great Wuxiang Fire to sweep through his body, using the refining power contained within this fire to refine away the toxicity.

At the same time, within his body, vast and pure light resonance power also surged forth.

The purifying power of light resonance could also suppress the toxicity at this moment.

And with the aid of these two forces' properties, Li Luo finally managed to barely bring the rampant toxic gas within his body under control, while also arduously maintaining a balance between his flesh and the toxic corrosion. Amid immense agony, he continued to drive the metamorphosis of his blood and flesh.

This was an extremely painful and perilous war of attrition. A single slip, and Li Luo would not only see all his efforts wasted, but might even pay the price of his life.

If he wanted to seize this rare opportunity and forge the "Dragon Ancestral Body," he had to endure under the toxic corrosion unleashed by Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Underworld King, two peak Three-Crown Kings.

And Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Underworld King likewise knew his plan, so at this moment they too poured out all their strength, channeling their origin power, attempting to drive the toxic corrosion into every corner of Li Luo's body to interrupt his metamorphosis and then poison him to death.

The originally ferocious clash between the two sides suddenly fell quiet at this moment.

But anyone knew exactly what a perilous standoff was unfolding within that region shrouded in terrifying toxic gas.

However, as time passed, everyone noticed that the metamorphosis aura of the Celestial Dragon within the shroud of toxic gas had begun to show a kind of stagnation.

A look of Solemnity surfaced in Li Luo's dragon pupils, because at this moment, he felt that the metamorphosis of his bloodline had reached a critical point. This critical point was like a bottleneck, blocking that final step of transformation.

Although he possessed an extremely pure and majestic Celestial Dragon bloodline, after all he was not a true member of the dragon race.

This one flaw, at this most critical moment, made that final step persistently difficult to take.

If it were an ordinary time, he could have quietly endured this step, but at this moment Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Nether King were watching covetously, manipulating the poisonous Qi to continuously erode, so Li Luo did not have more time.

Li Luo had to admit that Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Nether King had indeed brought him tremendous trouble.

Li Luo's gaze darkened, his thoughts racing. If this Dragon Ancestral Body truly could not be forged, then today he feared he could only temporarily set it aside and seek another opportunity in the future.

After all, no matter what, he still had to first survive the joint assault of Ao Yan and the Dark Yin Nether King.

With a single thought, Li Luo no longer hesitated.

However, just as Li Luo was about to terminate the metamorphosis of the Dragon Ancestral Body, suddenly from below came the sound of a clear, resonant wolf howl echoing through the air. His dragon pupils swept across, and he saw the Eight-Tailed Heavenly Wolf breaking through the sky, carrying on its back a graceful figure.

It was Li Hongyou, who had transformed into human form.

The Eight-Tailed Heavenly Wolf, carrying Li Hongyou, actually charged into the sky-filling poisonous Qi. Under the erosion of the poisonous Qi, the Eight-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's body rapidly rotted, but it did not make a single sound, only desperately charging toward Li Luo at the center of the poison circle.

In the end, it could no longer hold on, so it wrapped its wolf tail around Li Hongyou and gave her a fierce fling. The latter borrowed the force and shot into the center of the poison circle.

Li Luo raised his dragon claw and caught Li Hongyou, only then discovering that her pretty face was extremely pale, looking as though she had been greatly depleted.

But before Li Luo could question her in confusion, Li Hongyou parted her bright red lips, and the next moment, a jade pill slowly rose, its vast and mighty pill fragrance spreading throughout the heavens and earth.

The jade pill left her lips, and Li Hongyou's delicate body immediately went limp, weakened to the extreme.

"What is this?" Li Luo stared at that jade pill, his pupils slightly narrowing.

At the same time, Ao Yan on the outer perimeter also saw this scene. He was stunned for several breaths, then his expression instantly changed drastically, and a shocked, furious cry rang out.

"Nine-Turn Jade Dragon Pill?!"