Chapter 654: Husband and Wife Double Strike

The Sacred Fire Phoenix soared through the sky, beating its wings, its gorgeous fiery tail sweeping straight toward Manager Pei Hao.

Wherever the Sacred Fire Phoenix passed, it was as if everything was being purified. The energy of heaven and earth surged in endlessly, and after being purified, it transformed into feather after feather that manifested on the Phoenix's body, making it even more majestic and overwhelming in presence.

That might was even more domineering than the "Black Dragon Dark Water Banner" Li Luo had previously displayed.

And faced with Jiang Jiang Qinge's astonishing offensive, a shade of gloom also surfaced on Manager Pei Hao's face, because this strike had already made him sense a real threat.

He truly hadn't expected that Jiang Jiang Qinge not only mastered a Marquis-grade secret art, but had also cultivated an offensive Marquis-grade art!

Clearly only at the Tian Zhu Jing, yet she held two Marquis-grade arts in her hands—such talent could only be described by the word "monstrous."

And the most troublesome thing was that right now, for all the power he possessed comparable to the "False Marquis Realm," he was unable to truly unleash a Marquis-grade art. So when facing Jiang Jiang Qinge's Marquis-grade art, he appeared somewhat constrained, after all the might of a Marquis-grade art was indeed far beyond what a Dragon General art could compare to.

"Her power is ultimately obtained through a secret art by sacrificing her Tian Pearl, so it won't last too long. As long as I keep dragging things out, she'll be beyond saving." Manager Pei Hao calmly thought, then pressed his palms together, his hand seals shifting.

The next instant, surging golden light swept out from within his body. Outside his body, the golden light swiftly transformed into a golden bell. The bell was ancient and unadorned, with mottled patterns inscribed upon it, revealing an extremely powerful defense.

This was the strongest defensive phase art Manager Pei Hao himself cultivated, called the Golden Bell Art, a high-grade Dragon General art.

Although it was only a high-grade Dragon General art, with Manager Pei Hao's current "False Marquis Realm" power as support, its might was still extremely terrifying.

Boom!

The Sacred Fire Phoenix came crashing in wrapped in surging purifying fire, colliding directly with that golden bell. Immediately a resonant bell-chime rang out, and ripples could be seen rapidly spreading across the bell's surface. The purifying fire burned ceaselessly, melting away the surging golden-xiang power flowing over it.

Wave after wave of astonishing energy shockwaves kept erupting.

The Sacred Fire Phoenix circled the golden bell, ceaselessly melting it away with purifying fire.

At this point, although the golden bell had already begun to show signs of melting, the speed was quite slow, because Manager Pei Hao was constantly filling it in with his own power. He was planning to rely on his "False Marquis Realm" strength to forcibly withstand Jiang Jiang Qinge's Marquis-grade art.

Within the headquarters, gaze after gaze of tension was fixed on this clash between the two sides.

Anyone could tell that Jiang Jiang Qinge's current attack was the strongest strike she could unleash. If even this one was withstood by Manager Pei Hao, then in this confrontation, Jiang Jiang Qinge was likely to fall into an absolute disadvantage.

Manager Pei Hao's expression also became especially solemn at this moment. Endless streams of golden-xiang power surged out from within him like a flood, pouring into the golden bell to resist the Sacred Fire Phoenix's purification.

But what allowed him to slightly relax was that although the golden bell was melting, it ultimately had not completely shattered.

"Jiang Jiang Qinge, you truly surprise me, but unfortunately, the strength of the False Marquis Realm is not something you can shake right now." He looked toward Jiang Jiang Qinge, laughed again as he spoke, attempting to use words to disturb her state of mind.

The moment Manager Pei Hao's voice fell, he seemed to sense something. His gaze suddenly whipped around, toward a corner of the plaza.

Then his expression instantly darkened.

Not only him, but Jiang Jiang Qinge, Yuan Qing, Cai Wei and the others also sensed something, and their gazes turned toward that direction.

Then they saw that Li Luo, who had originally been standing there, suddenly had an extremely violent phase power surging up from his body. The force was so strong that it directly caused Li Luo's flesh to begin tearing. Streak after streak of blood appeared on his skin, fresh blood flowing out, instantly transforming him into a blood-soaked figure, looking quite horrifying.

"He can still erupt with this kind of power?!" Manager Pei Hao's heart jolted, his gaze cold and sinister. Li Luo had clearly already been drained dry before, so how could he still have such a domineering force left?

"Xu Xu Tianling, stop him!" Manager Pei Hao's shout rang out.

From the chilling gaze Li Luo cast over, Manager Pei Hao knew Li Luo was trying to join hands with Jiang Jiang Qinge at this moment to shatter his golden bell defense. But right now he was already pinned down by Jiang Jiang Qinge and couldn't split his attention, so he could only rely on others to briefly block.

That Xu Xu Tianling, upon hearing this, immediately shot out explosively.

Yuan Qing tried to intercept, but Elder Mo Chen suddenly attacked and entangled him.

Xu Xu Tianling's figure closed in on Li Luo within a few breaths. Icy phase power surged up, directly forming a spear of ice inscribed with patterns in his hand, then he thrust it toward Li Luo's chest as fast as lightning.

Li Luo's handsome face was covered in fresh blood. A crimson light flickered in his eyes. The power he possessed at this moment was provided by the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf after it drew ten drops of his essence blood. He knew this was also the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's limit—it had squeezed out its own power to the absolute extreme.

And this power couldn't be extracted even using the Tian Ji Zhou; it could only be squeezed out by relying on the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's voluntary contribution.

Li Luo glanced at the crimson bracelet on his wrist. The radiance on the bracelet had already dimmed. In his perception, the aura of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf within it had also withered to the extreme at this point. Clearly, to contribute this power, it had paid no small price.

However, he had likewise paid the price of ten drops of essence blood.

These ten drops of essence blood were no ordinary blood, but essence blood containing the power of his bloodline. With those ten drops of essence blood paid out, Li Luo now felt a hollowed-out weakness, and to recover this loss, he would probably need to nourish himself well afterward.

But that was all for later. Right now, the most important thing was still to deal with Manager Pei Hao.

Toward Xu Xu Tianling, who came thrusting with an ice spear in hand, Li Luo paid him no attention at all. With a grip of his hand, the Jin Yu Mysterious Elephant Blade flashed into being.

Then he slashed down directly with one blade.

The void before him split with a faint crack at this moment. A streak of domineering blade-light swept past, colliding with the ice spear in Xu Xu Tianling's hand.

Bang!

At the instant of impact, Xu Xu Tianling watched in horror as the ice spear in his hand instantly exploded. An extremely surging and astonishing force poured in like a flood, directly tearing open his protective phase power, and the blade-light hacked viciously into his chest.

Ah!

A shrill scream rang out. Xu Xu Tianling was sent flying by Li Luo's single slash, his chest dripping with fresh blood, flesh peeled open, his beating organs almost visible.

"Worthy of the power exchanged for ten drops of essence blood—far better than the effect of the Tian Ji Zhou before." Li Luo watched Xu Xu Tianling get cut into serious injury by his single slash, and a flash of surprise also crossed his eyes. Clearly, although the Tian Ji Zhou could forcibly strip the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's power, forced action ultimately still couldn't compare to the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's voluntary contribution.

Only like this could the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf be completely drained dry.

After repelling Xu Xu Tianling, Li Luo had no time to cut the grass and dig out the roots, because his gaze turned toward Manager Pei Hao.

The latter was currently maintaining the golden bell, resisting the Sacred Fire Phoenix's melting, and the gaze he cast over also carried a hint of shocked fury.

Clearly, the commotion on Li Luo's side had disrupted Manager Pei Hao's plan.

A cold smile surfaced at the corner of Li Luo's mouth. Although intense pain was coming from all over his body, it could not dilute the elation in his heart.

Li Luo extended his palm, his fingertips forming seals. The next instant, as the power from the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf within his body rapidly weakened, a Black Dragon Banner once again slowly materialized in his hand.

"If one Marquis-grade art can't kill you, then let's have another!"

"You bastard, today I'll let you taste the might of my House Luolan Mansion husband-and-wife team."

Li Luo smiled ferociously. The Black Dragon Banner in his hand slashed down violently. The void before him split with a crack at this moment, and accompanied by the sound of seawater sweeping in, black seawater howled out from the crack. And appearing along with the black water was that enormous shadow of a black dragon.

Roar!

The dragon's cry rang out. The black dragon, wrapped in surging dark water, charged straight up, then under the gaze of countless eyes, slammed into the towering golden bell outside Manager Pei Hao's body!