Chapter 767: Confrontation

"How is the battlefield for the Flag Division competition chosen?"

After the matchups for each Flag Division were announced, Li Luo also rallied the morale of the Fifth Division, and while making preparations to enter, he asked Zhao Zhao Yanzhi.

"If one side's progress is below the thirty-fifth layer, then the battlefield will be arranged on the side with the lower progress."

"For example, our Qingming Flag is currently pushing through the thirty-first layer, so the battlefield will be chosen on the thirty-first layer's side, not the higher Dark Blood Flag's side." "Once the progress exceeds the thirty-fifth layer, the battlefield will directly become a direct confrontation between both sides, and no more Evil Demons will appear, to avoid interfering with both sides. After all, the further you go, the stronger the Evil Demons, and that would have an enormous

impact." Zhao Zhao Yanzhi answered patiently and carefully.

Li Luo nodded. In other words, their battlefield would be within the thirty-first layer.

"Prepare to enter."

After saying this to the many Fifth Division flag members behind him, he stopped hesitating and stepped into the energy vortex first, his figure quickly vanishing.

Seeing Li Luo set off, Zhao Zhao Yanzhi, Li Shi, and Mu Bi exchanged glances, all gritted their teeth, and followed.

After all, it's just losing one match; it's not like they haven't lost before.

After that, the rest of the Fifth Division flag members also followed in like a tide.

After the last Fifth Division flag member disappeared, the other four divisions of the Qingming Flag finally withdrew their gazes. Their eyes all carried regret and sympathy.

The Dark Blood Flag's Third Division, a top-ten ranked Flag Division—even if the Qingming Flag's First Division gathered all its members, it would be hard to contend against them. The Fifth Division encountering them this time, the odds are probably not in their favor.

Only Zhong Ling slowly stood up at this moment, a hint of comfortable smile deep in his eyes, waved his hand, and led the First Division off.

When the flag leader named Li Tong led the Dark Blood Flag's Third Division into the space of the thirty-first layer, his gaze surveyed the mountains before him, shrouded in mist, with many wandering Evil Demon figures visible among the dense forests.

Li Tong's build was burly, his face appearing exceptionally fierce and vicious, with a violent aura occasionally surfacing in his eyes.

"Pah."

He spat a thick glob of phlegm onto the ground and cursed: "What bad luck. I thought we'd get a worthy opponent to play with, but instead we ran into this bunch of trash from the Qingming Flag."

"Flag Leader, should we go straight after them?" one of his subordinates asked.

Li Tong shook his head and said: "I have no interest in playing hide-and-seek with them. We'll push straight toward the Evil Demon leader's location and take it out."

"If we go deal with the Evil Demon leader, won't that just benefit them? What if they're hiding in the shadows waiting to be the fisherman?"

Li Tong scoffed and said: "Them? They want to be fishermen?"

He shook his head and said: "These are the boss's orders. He told us to win thoroughly. Do you know who the flag leader of that division across from us is?"

Without waiting for others to answer, he said with great interest: "It's the son of Li Taixuan, the Grand Hall Master of the Qingming Court. His name is Li Luo. It's said he always lived in the Outer Shenzhou before and only returned to the Dragon Fang Branch a few days ago."

"Li Taixuan's son, Li Luo? I've heard some rumors. They say he passed the Nine-Turn Dragon Breath trial a few days ago?"

"His talent isn't bad, but it's a pity he wasted so many years in the Outer Shenzhou."

The many Dark Blood Flag members whispered among themselves. The legend Li Taixuan created wasn't actually that long ago, so the current Twenty Flags still had an impression of it. Li Tong said: "This Li Luo is only at the Small Evil Palace realm right now. Such strength, if he were in our Dark Blood Flag, probably wouldn't even qualify as an elite. The fact that he became the flag leader of the Qingming Flag's Fifth Division is most likely because of his special identity.

"Back when Li Taixuan was around, his Qingming Flag gave all four flags of our Dragon Blood Branch psychological trauma. We wouldn't dare touch Li Taixuan, but now that his son has returned, we can take out a bit of our frustration on his son.

"So this time, our Dark Blood Flag's Third Division not only has to crush the Qingming Flag's Fifth Division, but also has to eat up the thirty-first layer rewards that originally belonged to them. Best to eat what's originally theirs right in front of them."

"If we can pull this off, our Dark Blood Flag's Third Division will be famous among the four flags of the Dragon Blood Branch from now on."

The other flag members, upon hearing this, also began clamoring, their morale surging.

Li Tong saw this, grinned, said no more, identified the direction, waved his big hand, and took the lead. Fifteen hundred flag members surged forward like a tide.

Wherever they passed, numerous Evil Demons were crushed.

Li Tong's unbridled advance naturally caused quite a commotion, which also alerted the Qingming Flag's Fifth Division, who had entered the thirty-first layer at the same time.

"Looks like we're being looked down on." Li Luo gazed into the mist-shrouded distance and smiled. Generally speaking, when two Flag Divisions enter this kind of environment, they should still conceal themselves. After all, the shadows always have a slight advantage over the open. But that Dark Blood Flag's Third Division had

no such intention at all. Over a thousand streams of Xiang Power rising up clearly showed they were deliberately exposing their position.

This indicated they had strong confidence in themselves.

"Their direction seems to be heading toward where the Evil Demon leader is," Li Shi said.

"Are they planning to take out the Evil Demon leader first, then deal with us?" Mu Bi also frowned.

"Dragon Blood Branch people are always this arrogant." A look of anger appeared on Zhao Zhao Yanzhi's charming face. The other side's move was truly outrageously domineering to the extreme, almost treating them as nothing.

Li Luo didn't really mind, and instead laughed: "Isn't this great? Someone helping us deal with the Evil Demon leader, we just sit and wait to reap the rewards. Where can you find such a good thing?"

The others forced smiles. That's what they said, but the other side's move clearly intended to take both the Evil Demon leader and the Qingming Flag's Fifth Division. If they wanted to snatch the meat, they'd have to see if they could actually pull it off.

After all, the Dark Blood Flag's strength truly couldn't be underestimated.

Li Luo also knew the concerns in their hearts. After all, the Qingming Flag had been weak for many years and had long lost the spirit of dominating the Twenty Flags from back then. But this couldn't be rushed; it still had to be done step by step.

And what is so-called spirit and confidence, if not something accumulated through defeating strong enemies time and time again?

Li Luo waved his hand and said: "Advance steadily, don't rush for speed. Since there are good people helping us draw fire, let's let them be good people to the very end."

So next, the Fifth Division also began to advance forward. However, compared to the Dark Blood Flag's unbridledness, they were much more restrained, trying not to expose their position as they pushed forward step by step.

The following time was rather uneventful, without too much danger.

Two hours quietly passed.

Until the Fifth Division began approaching the area where the Evil Demon leader was, an extremely violent energy fluctuation suddenly erupted from deep within the mountain range, and the entire mountain seemed to be trembling slightly.

Li Luo waved his hand, signaling the troops to stop.

"They're engaging the Evil Demon leader," Zhao Zhao Yanzhi said. Li Luo nodded. The Evil Demon leader of this thirty-first layer was no weaker than the Da Tian Xiang Jing. Even if their Fifth Division took action, they'd have to fight it bitterly. Although the Dark Blood Flag's Third Division wasn't weak, wanting to take it out would still

"They're engaging the Sha Demon leader," Zhao Zhao Yanzhi said. Li Luo nodded. The Sha Demon leader on this thirty-first floor was no weaker than Da Tian Xiang Jing, so even their Fifth Division would have to fight bitterly against it. Though the Dark Blood Banner's Third Division was no weak force, if they wanted to take down their opponent, it would also be

"Flag Leader, should we seize this opportunity and move up?" Li Shi asked.

Li Luo shook his head and said: "The other side should be prepared. If we go up now, we might get dragged into the battle. If something unexpected happens then, we might end up facing the Dark Blood Flag and the Evil Demon leader alone."

Li Luo shook his head and said, "The other side should be prepared. If we go up now, we might get pulled into the battle, and if something unexpected happens, we might end up facing the Dark Blood Banner and the Sha Demon leader on our own."

Li Luo pondered slightly and gave the order.

The great battle should erupt any moment now.

Hearing Li Luo's voice, the Fifth Division flag members immediately formed hand seals, circulating the Dragon Breath Evil Refining Art. Immediately, streams of Xiang Power quietly rose up among the dense forest.

Hearing Li Luo's voice, the banner-bearers of the Fifth Division immediately formed hand seals and activated the Dragon Breath Refining Sha Art, and in an instant strands of phase force quietly rose up within the dense forest.

Li Luo also circulated the "Guiyi Art," ready to enter the Qi Merge state at any moment.

Boom boom!

Deep in the distant mountains and forests, violent surges of energy erupted continuously, the sound of thunder shaking for a hundred li.

The battle there seemed even more intense than imagined.

And this commotion lasted for a full dozen or so minutes.

When Li Luo and the others saw a thick surge of Earth Sha energy shoot skyward, they understood that the Sha Demon leader had been slain by the Dark Blood Banner.

Boom!

And at that very moment, a surge of energy like a flying arrow pierced across the sky, directly tearing open the dense forest ahead, then violently shooting toward the direction of the Fifth Unit.

Li Luo's gaze tightened slightly. With a shift of his mind, he instantly entered the "Qi Merge" state, simultaneously urging forth a massive surge of energy, sending a flood of energy rushing straight up to meet it.

Rumble!

The shockwave of energy ravaged outward, uprooting nearby great trees, sending sand and stones flying.

And accompanying that energy arrow came an arrogant laugh like thunder, ringing out through the mountains and forest.

"Haha, I've waited for you half a day, and you still don't dare to enter the field." "Your Qingming Banner really is, as people say, nothing but a banner of freeloaders! The face that Li Taixuan earned back then has truly been thrown away by all of you!"