Chapter 836: Xuanhuang Dragon Qi

Deep within the Dragon Pool stood the Golden Dragon Pillar.

Li Luo sat cross-legged atop the pillar, stretching his body to relieve the fatigue; the journey he had fought through earlier had hardly been easy, but fortunately, this hardship had ultimately been worth it.

The Golden Dragon Pillar beneath his feet was the best reward.

"It is said that occupying the Golden Dragon Pillar allows one to likely obtain two portions of 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi' within this Dragon Pool," Li Luo murmured to himself.

Two portions of 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi' could condense ten thousand Earthly Fiend Profound Lights.

This was already an astonishing effect, yet Li Luo still felt somewhat unsatisfied.

For his three Palace Chambers currently required a full thirty-five thousand Earthly Fiend Profound Lights to be completely filled, and after deducting the eleven thousand already cultivated, he still had a deficit of twenty-four thousand Earthly Fiend Profound Lights.

These twenty-plus thousand Earthly Fiend Profound Lights, if cultivated at his normal speed, would consume nearly a year of his time.

This duration was slightly too luxurious for Li Luo, so he could only pin his hopes on opportunities like 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi'.

Li Luo naturally hoped to seize this rare chance to obtain even more 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi'.

"If I can obtain three portions of Xuanhuang Dragon Qi, this time will be a huge profit," Li Luo harbored expectations in his heart.

Just as Li Luo thought thus, his expression suddenly shifted, his gaze turning toward the depths of the Dragon Pool; at that moment, an extremely massive energy fluctuation seemed to be surging from those depths.

Faintly, there was also mixed within it a wind howl resembling a dragon's cry.

Li Luo's spirit perked up; this was a sign that the Xuanhuang Dragon Qi was about to appear.

At the same time, on the other five Coiled Dragon Pillars, Li Li Qingfeng and others also cast burning gazes toward the depths; the overwhelming, surging energy fluctuations rippled around them as they prepared to strike at any moment.

Whoosh!

The group's wait did not last long; they saw that within the depths of the Dragon Pool, the clouds and mist were now completely torn apart, with dark-yellow gale winds sweeping out from the depths, covering the sky and earth.

These dark-yellow gale winds were extremely violent; wherever they passed, even the void was torn open with countless dark-black traces.

Li Luo glanced over, his heart secretly trembling; these dark-yellow gale winds possessed extremely powerful destructive force, and even though they now all held the power of 'Marquis-Sealing Experts', if they directly rushed into them, they would still be torn apart until riddled with holes.

Fortunately, the Coiled Dragon Pillars beneath their feet released an energy shield that protected everyone within.

The dark-yellow storm struck the energy shield, causing ripples of fluctuation to surge forth urgently.

Only then did Li Luo understand why occupying the Coiled Dragon Pillar was necessary to collect the Xuanhuang Dragon Qi; apparently, without the protection of the Coiled Dragon Pillar, they would not dare to stand here at all, let alone collect the Dragon Qi.

Li Luo's gaze tightly fixed on the howling dark-yellow storm; it was said that the Xuanhuang Dragon Qi would be carried out from the depths of the Dragon Pool by these gale winds, so one must remain vigilant at all times, because the Xuanhuang Dragon Qi existed within the storm for an extremely short time, and if missed, it would quickly vanish into thin air.

And since the Golden Dragon Pillar occupied the most advantageous position, the probability of encountering 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi' here was also the greatest.

Hoo.

Li Luo's chest rose and fell slightly; he glanced at the surging energy flowing outside his body, which was the Qi reinforcement from the Azure Sky Flag, but after the fierce battle with Qin Yi, this layer of energy reinforcement had already weakened significantly; he did not know if the remaining energy would be enough to obtain a sufficient quantity of Xuanhuang Dragon Qi.

Li Luo's thoughts churned, but his spirit was highly concentrated, his gaze locked dead-on at the dark-yellow storm howling upward around the Golden Dragon Pillar.

The wind sounds around were blocked out by Li Luo at this very moment.

Only his own heartbeat, like a drumbeat, echoed within his mind.

As if a moment of time had passed, the next instant, Li Luo's pupils suddenly constricted; the energy fluctuations around his body poured out without reservation, directly transforming into an energy palm roughly several dozen zhang in size.

The energy palm penetrated the Jin Guang shield from the inside out, reaching into the howling dark-yellow storm.

The gale winds were as sharp as blades; Li Luo's energy palm now rapidly showed signs of tearing, and the energy upon it was being consumed quickly.

Yet Li Luo remained unmoved, his gaze locked dead-on at a position roughly ten-plus zhang away from the Jin Guang shield; within that terrifying gale, a wisp of dark-golden qi flow, roughly a chi in length, drifted with the wind.

Looking closely at that wisp of dark-golden qi flow, it seemed to possess dragon horns and dragon claws, and when the light flowed, it appeared as if it were covered in dragon scales.

This was the Xuanhuang Dragon Qi that Li Luo longed for so intensely!

Li Luo controlled the energy palm to reach directly for this wisp of Xuanhuang Dragon Qi.

However, the difficulty was quite considerable, for this Xuanhuang Dragon Qi seemed to possess a certain simple intelligence; as the energy palm approached, it swam desperately, as if trying to escape.

This brought Li Luo considerable trouble, because the dark-yellow storm was constantly stripping and splitting the energy upon the energy palm, so Li Luo could not maintain it for too long.

If Li Luo failed to capture this wisp of 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi' before the energy palm's energy was exhausted, he would lose this opportunity, and his own energy would be wasted in vain.

Time ticked away second by second, and Li Luo's energy palm, several dozen zhang in size, continuously shrank; finally, when it shrank to only about ten zhang, Li Luo shifted his will, and the energy palm surged forward, finally catching up to that wisp of 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi', then grasping it in its hand.

The energy palm quickly retracted.

Finally, it drilled back into the Jin Guang shield; as Li Luo shifted his will, the energy palm dispersed, and a ball of energy carrying that wisp of 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi' landed before him.

Li Luo's gaze, extremely burning, fixed on this wisp of 'Dragon Qi' that he had thought of day and night; at this moment, he could feel the Xiang Li within his body vibrating, a feeling of extreme longing.

This was five thousand Earthly Fiend Profound Lights; if cultivated normally, Li Luo would need two or three months to condense them.

However, now was not the time to absorb; Li Luo took out a jade bottle, then placed this wisp of Dragon Qi inside.

After securing the jade bottle, Li Luo also let out a breath of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted; one 'Dragon Qi' in hand, this Dragon Pool session finally had some substantial gain.

But this was not enough.

Li Luo sensed the energy reinforcement flowing around his body; his brows furrowed slightly, for within this dark-yellow storm, his energy consumption was even faster than imagined.

With just one strike, one-third of the reinforced energy had been consumed.

If he struck two more times, the energy would likely be exhausted; at that time, even if 'Xuanhuang Dragon Qi' appeared again, he could only sigh helplessly from afar.

Li Luo took the opportunity to glance at the other Coiled Dragon Pillars in the distance; at this moment, the other five were still staring eagerly at the raging storm, appearing to have gained nothing; obviously, the positional advantage of the Golden Dragon Pillar was still very effective, no wonder everyone fought so fiercely for it.

Li Luo quickly withdrew his gaze; at this moment, every second counted, and he had no more time to pay attention to others.

He hoped that the remaining two strikes would both yield gains; only then could he obtain three portions of Dragon Qi.

Holding this expectation, Li Luo waited quietly for several more minutes.

Then he finally discovered the trace of the second Xuanhuang Dragon Qi.

Li Luo struck decisively.

Then, he missed.

(End of this chapter)