Chapter 569: Improved Phaseforce Art

"Demonic Ape Extreme Intent!"

The instant the last phantom was torn apart by Senior Ao Bai's halberd light, Sun Sun Dasheng was the first to unleash the ultimate killing move he had been brewing for a long time. His body instantly swelled at this moment, a dark luster spreading across his skin, looking as if it were black metal.

The fresh blood within his body began to boil at this moment. The blood and phaseforce condensed together in a special manner, and then began to form curse patterns on the surface of his skin, each one emanating a wild, primal aura.

The curse patterns were a dark red color, radiating an endless aura of ferocity and malevolence.

Moreover, a ghostly black luster gathered and extended behind him, actually forming a pitch-black light tail, like the tail of an ape.

Sun Sun Dasheng's eyes turned entirely crimson at this moment, with a heart-palpitating surge of berserk intent rising within them.

The way he looked now, he was the spitting image of an ancient ferocious ape.

Even Li Luo, who was standing off to the side, couldn't help but change color slightly at the aura of ferocity emanating from his body.

Although Sun Sun Dasheng was only at the third transformation of the Transformation Phase stage, a level weaker than him, even Li Luo felt a genuine sense of heart-palpitating dread facing Sun Sun Dasheng in this state.

"How did you beat him in the academy-level match?" Li Luo looked at Jing Jing Taixu and asked in surprise.

Based on his sensing, Sun Sun Dasheng's power at this moment was probably even a notch stronger than his own, so how could a Sun Sun Dasheng with this kind of power have lost to Jing Jing Taixu in the academy-level match?

Upon hearing this, Jing Jing Taixu said lightly: "His Marquis-rank Art is incomplete. Once he activates this art, his own consciousness will be drowned by the malevolent aura. Right now, he's just like a mindless ferocious ape. As long as you avoid his sharp edge, after ten seconds he will naturally emerge from this state, and then fall into weakness on his own."

Li Luo was speechless, saying: "I thought you crushed him head-on."

The corner of Jing Jing Taixu's mouth twitched, and he said: "When there's an easier way, why would I choose the stupidest one?"

Boom!

While the two were talking, Sun Sun Dasheng's crimson pupils locked directly onto Senior Ao Bai ahead. Then he took a single step forward, and the ground beneath his feet instantly collapsed, the stone slabs being crushed to pieces under his foot.

Malevolent wind howled, and his figure charged toward Senior Ao Bai like a wild bull. He didn't use any phaseforce arts, simply gripping his iron staff and smashing it heavily toward Senior Ao Bai's chest.

A piercing sound of breaking wind exploded.

Under this single staff strike, the entire street began to crack apart.

A trench about a zhang wide directly split the street in two.

The might of Sun Sun Dasheng's staff strike moved Li Luo to the point of changing expression, because he felt that even if it were him, choosing to take it head-on, he might be injured by this staff strike of Sun Sun Dasheng's.

Marquis-rank Arts truly lived up to their name. Even though Sun Sun Dasheng's Marquis-rank Art was still incomplete, its might still far surpassed any Dragon General Art.

Boom!

However, while Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu might choose to avoid the sharp edge when facing this staff strike of Sun Sun Dasheng's, Senior Ao Bai, who was being controlled by the strange moth at this moment, did not possess such rationality. He didn't retreat even half a step. The trident in his hand, wrapped in vigorous and violent phaseforce, silver light slicing across the sky like a giant dragon's tail sweep, and in the next instant it collided head-on with Sun Sun Dasheng's heaven-shaking staff strike.

It was like meteorites colliding.

Extremely violent phaseforce shockwaves,

originating from the two of them, suddenly swept outward.

Cracks, like a spiderweb, rapidly spread toward the surroundings.

Clang!

But the clash between the two lasted only a few breaths. Sun Sun Dasheng's burly, iron-tower-like body was sent flying backward violently, and at the same time his body began to rapidly shrink. The originally violent and astonishing phaseforce fluctuations began to weaken at a terrifying speed.

That was the time limit of "Demonic Ape Extreme Intent" expiring.

Sun Sun Dasheng's body flew backward in a sorry state for several dozen meters, crashing into a broken wall, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Leave it to you guys!" He used the last of his strength to roar.

Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu had no time to pay attention to Sun Sun Dasheng's injuries, because their gazes were fixed dead on Senior Ao Bai ahead. Sun Sun Dasheng's earlier staff strike was not without accomplishment—that staff shadow had pierced through Senior Ao Bai's halberd light and then landed on his chest.

So Senior Ao Bai was also sent staggering back over a dozen meters, and on his chest, the silver dragon scales had been shattered for the most part.

And most importantly, the strange moth within Senior Ao Bai's pupils seemed to have been stunned somewhat by that force at this moment, and for a time the flapping of its wings slowed down.

"Low-grade Dragon General Art, Sky-Shining Wind Demon Spear!"

Jing Jing Taixu didn't waste any words. The green banana leaf fan in his hand fanned, and an energy heavy spear rapidly condensed. Then, accompanied by a gale sweeping through, it brought a piercing whistling sound of breaking air. Taking advantage of the strange moth still being in a stunned state, it bombarded toward Senior Ao Bai's chest position as fast as rolling thunder.

"Li Luo!"

At the same time, Jing Jing Taixu let out a fierce shout, urging Li Luo to also immediately launch an offensive to coordinate with his own attack from front to back, because with his attack alone, it was impossible to break through that layer of "True Dragon Scale Armor."

Li Luo took a deep breath, and the phaseforce within his body circulated without any reservation at this moment. His palm tightly gripped the Mysterious Elephant Blade, and on the blade there seemed to be mysterious light flickering in and out. In the next instant, a rippling blade light condensed into form.

Seeing this, Jing Jing Taixu's brow furrowed, and he couldn't help but say with some disappointment: "Thousand Flow Water Blade Art? You really haven't mastered a Dragon General Art!"

Earlier, Li Luo had been so confident that Jing Jing Taixu thought he had been hiding a Dragon General Art, but looking at the situation now, what Li Luo was executing was still that "Thousand Flow Water Blade Art" he had seen many times.

The might of this phaseforce art was certainly not bad, but in the end it was only a Tiger General Art.

Although Li Luo's own strength was outstanding, and with the augmentation of his dual phaseforce power and physical body strength, even this Tiger General Art could erupt with extremely astonishing might, the opponent they faced right now was not someone of the same rank, but the strongest title holder among the two-star academies in this Holy Grail War.

As for Jing Jing Taixu's disappointment, Li Luo acted as if he hadn't heard. He stared at the blade light rapidly condensing on the blade edge, the blade light rippling like a thread of water drawn across the sea surface by the tide.

The Thousand Flow Water Blade Art was a high-grade Tiger General Art.

It could also be considered the phaseforce art that Li Luo had currently cultivated to the most proficient level, and the might of his "Thousand Flow Water Blade Art," due to the fusion of light phaseforce, made the flow speed of the water phaseforce within it faster, thereby strengthening its cutting power.

And as Li Luo's comprehension of the "Thousand Flow Water Blade Art" deepened, he had always been attempting to continue modifying this phaseforce art.

If others knew that a mere little phaseforce master realm actually harbored the ambition of modifying a phaseforce art, they probably wouldn't be able to

help but snicker. But Li Luo didn't care. His talent in phaseforce arts had even been praised by Jiang Qing'e. Back then, when he first entered South Wind Academy and everyone's phase palaces were still unopened, it was precisely by virtue of his phaseforce art talent that he became the most dazzling person in the academy.

"The Thousand Flow Water Blade Art forms its cutting power through the flow of water phaseforce. The faster the internal flow speed, the stronger the power..."

"However, the straight-line blade light form is not the ultimate of flow."

"Changing the blade light form is extremely difficult, but in this art I have fused light phaseforce. Light phaseforce is formless and ever-changing, so I can completely use the light phaseforce to form countless channels within it, changing the blade light form."

Li Luo's gaze flickered wildly at this moment, and at the same time countless ideas he had previously deduced surged up in his heart.

Finally, his gaze hardened, and he no longer hesitated.

The light phaseforce within his body flowed out entirely at this moment, pouring into the blade light gradually condensing on the blade body. At the same time, with a thought, this light phaseforce began to form countless Kong Dong-like channels within the blade light.

This step, he had already gone through many trials, so it could be considered smooth.

Next, was changing the blade light form.

Li Luo extended his five fingers and suddenly clenched them tight.

One could only see that the straight-line-like water-flow blade light had actually begun to slowly bend at this moment, the arc of the bend growing ever larger, until finally its head and tail were forcibly connected together.

The straight-line water-flow blade light, at this moment, twisted into a... circular blade wheel!

At the instant of connection, the light passage within it also directly linked together, forming a perfect circulation. Immediately, the flow of water-attribute power within it began to become endless and self-renewing. In that instant, the blade wheel before one's eyes suddenly erupted with a humming sound.

Blade lights circled all around, spinning madly, and the cutting force they formed actually scraped even the void, leaving faint traces.

Jing Jing Taixu, who had been watching this transformation with his own eyes at the side, was instantly filled with horror.

Because he could clearly feel that the power of Li Luo's blade wheel had suddenly skyrocketed.

This... is this still the Thousand-Flow Water Blade Art?!

In the humming of the spinning blade light, he seemed to faintly hear an indistinct dragon's cry?!

"I indeed have not yet cultivated the Dragon General Art."

Li Luo met Jing Jing Taixu's horrified gaze and smiled faintly.

"But my improved Tiger General Art seems no weaker than the true Dragon General Art, does it?"

Jing Jing Taixu's heart trembled, his eyes full of disbelief. That fellow Li Luo had actually begun to improve and create his own resonance arts? Is this something a Resonance Master realm cultivator does?

However, Li Luo had no time to spare for his shock. His hand gripped the Profound Elephant Blade tightly, the blade wheel spinning at high speed at the blade's tip. The next instant, Li Luo stepped out and brought the Profound Elephant Blade slashing down violently.

Hum!

The void trembled.

The blade wheel tore through the air, and the ground beneath was instantly sliced and torn open with a bottomlessly deep, smooth trace.

The blade wheel reflected in Li Luo's pupils, and he wore a slight smile.

"Senior Ao Bai, try out my new resonance art. I've named it..."

"Thousand-Flow Water Blade Wheel."