Chapter 838: Li Luo's Bait

Li Luo looked somewhat awkwardly at the energy hand he had retracted from the storm; it was now tattered and broken, clearly having been eroded by more than half by the storm, and it was precisely because the energy hand had been torn apart just now that the second strand of Profound Yellow Dragon Qi had leaked away.

Sure enough, capturing Profound Yellow Dragon Qi in this gale storm was not a sure thing.

However, Li Luo was not discouraged by this; while the consumption of "Qi-Harmonizing" energy might be a problem for others, he still had the "Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf" as his trump card, so he did not worry about lacking the energy to hunt for Dragon Qi.

Moreover,

Li Luo had discovered something peculiar.

After his failed attempt to capture the second strand of Profound Yellow Dragon Qi just now, logically, that strand of Dragon Qi should have quickly hidden itself in the storm and vanished, yet Li Luo had clearly seen that the second strand of Profound Yellow Dragon Qi had hovered for a moment at the location where his energy hand had been before disappearing.

This left Li Luo somewhat puzzled; as far as he knew, this "Profound Yellow Dragon Qi" possessed a sliver of sentience and would hide immediately once startled, yet that strand of Dragon Qi had shown some hesitation, appearing as if it were actually searching for his position.

A thoughtful look flashed in Li Luo's eyes; was it because something he had here was attracting the "Profound Yellow Dragon Qi"?

He examined himself, wondering what it could be if such a thing truly existed.

The answer was not difficult, so a moment later, Li Luo extended his palm, and an ancient token appeared in his hand—it was the "Heavenly King Token."

For if there was anything on him that could influence the "Profound Yellow Dragon Qi," it had to be this token left behind by that Heavenly King Li ancestor.

It was said that the "Heavenly Dragon Token" contained a sliver of the essence blood of a true Heavenly Dragon, and these Dragon Qi here, in a sense, could also be considered products of a "Heavenly Dragon."

Therefore, it was only natural that the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi would have some reaction to the "Heavenly Dragon Token."

To verify his hypothesis, Li Luo took out the first strand of "Profound Yellow Dragon Qi" he had obtained earlier.

At this moment, the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi was sealed within a transparent jade bottle inscribed with spirit patterns; Li Luo brought it close to the "Heavenly King Token," and then, unsurprisingly, he saw the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi inside the bottle suddenly seem to be drawn by some attraction, beginning to swim violently.

"Sure enough..."

Li Luo smiled; the Heavenly King Token indeed held some attraction for the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi, and the second strand of Profound Yellow Dragon Qi that had slipped away earlier must have sensed the subtle fluctuations, which was why it had hovered and searched.

However, this behavior was extremely subtle, which meant the connection between them was not strong—at least, nowhere near as intense as the reaction of the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi in the bottle right now.

"Is it because of the isolation of the golden light barrier?"

Li Luo looked up, staring at the golden light barrier covering the Dragon-Coiling Pillar; it must be the existence of the light barrier that caused the attraction effect of the Heavenly King Token to be greatly diminished.

Li Luo rubbed his chin and pondered for a while; if he wanted to use the "Heavenly King Token" as bait, he would have to send this object outside the golden light barrier as well. If its effect was truly good, it might proactively attract the "Profound Yellow Dragon Qi," and in that case, he would no longer have to wait around relying on luck.

It was just that this kind of fishing-like baiting required time to wait, and that would necessitate a large consumption of energy to resist the erosion of the storm.

Li Luo glanced at the "Qi-Harmonizing" energy flowing over the surface of his body; this seemed a bit risky.

If the energy were to be exhausted before the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi was attracted, then all his previous efforts would be in vain.

It seemed he still had to borrow that trump card.

Li Luo extended his finger, rubbed the scarlet bracelet on his wrist, and sank his consciousness into it.

The scene before his eyes shifted, his vision dimmed, and the massive body of the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf appeared before him; the latter's scarlet pupils stared at Li Luo, though the ferocity within them had diminished significantly.

Because during the time Li Luo had been attending the banquet, the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf had also been secretly spying on the outside world, and then it had discovered with some trepidation the vast number of Marquis-level experts outside.

Each of these Marquis-level experts made it feel a strong sense of threat, and besides the Marquis-level experts, it had also sensed several auras that were terrifying beyond description.

Each one was no weaker than Pang Qianyuan had been back then.

Which meant they were all King-level experts.

What a terrifying lineup.

At this moment, the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf finally understood what kind of powerful force the current Li Luo had come into, and it appeared that within this force, Li Luo also possessed an extremely high status.

What Li Luo had said before was entirely true.

Therefore, when facing Li Luo again, the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf consciously restrained its arrogance.

It felt that perhaps in the future, its path of evolution would truly have to rely on Li Luo.

Li Luo also sensed the subtly changed gaze of the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf and immediately felt a joy in his heart; the once unruly Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf also had a day where it felt fear.

"Little Three, I need your help with something next."

Li Luo did not stand on ceremony and said directly and boldly: "You should have mastered the 'Dragon Breath Refining Sha Art' I gave you before, right?"

After the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf had evolved and awakened previously, Li Luo had given it the Dragon Breath Refining Sha Art; this was an inspiration he had gained from the Qi-Harmonizing of the Azure Heaven Banner. The way he had previously borrowed the power of the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf was too simple and crude, and using it too much would even affect his own mind with the ferocity of the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf, so Li Luo had adopted another method.

That was to treat the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf as an "Azure Heaven Banner."

In this way, he could use the "Qi-Harmonizing" method to mobilize the power of the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf, which could also minimize the influence.

At the same time, this method was more ingenious, and outsiders would not easily detect the existence of the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf.

Of course, this method also required some special conditions; for instance, the prerequisite was that the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf also had to practice the "Dragon Breath Refining Sha Art" for Li Luo to be able to mobilize its power through "Qi-Harmonizing."

And normally, letting a spirit beast practice a Refining Sha Art seemed like a fantasy, and the "Dragon Breath Refining Sha Art" required the aura of a Heavenly Dragon as a catalyst to be mastered.

But the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf had ultimately mastered it.

Because it had obtained some essence blood containing the aura of a Heavenly Dragon from Li Luo back then.

With the help of this as a medium, the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf had mastered the Dragon Breath Refining Sha Art, although the actual effect was not great because it was not human after all.

But Li Luo's goal had been achieved.

Now, he could fully mobilize the power of the Three-Tail through the "Qi-Harmonizing" method.

In this way, not only would the effect be better, but it would also be more covert.

The Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf let out a low growl, the growl carrying a hint of a request.

"Oh? You also want a strand of Profound Yellow Dragon Qi?" Li Luo's brows lifted slightly; this guy was actually starting to set conditions—was it because the Profound Yellow Dragon Qi had some special effect on it?

Li Luo pondered for a few breaths and finally smiled: "I need four strands of Profound Yellow Dragon Qi; if the final quantity obtained exceeds four, I can give you one."

So be it; the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf was his trump card after all. If it could become stronger, it would be a good thing for him, and an emperor does not starve his soldiers; giving it some sweetness would make it work better in the future.

Hearing this, the Three-Tail Heavenly Wolf nodded its head hurriedly.

"Get ready." Li Luo said indifferently, and then his figure vanished into thin air.

And on the Golden Dragon Pillar, Li Luo's slightly narrowed eyes also suddenly opened at this moment; next, he could try it out.

He took a deep breath, mobilized all his energy to roar out, forming an energy hand, and then he tossed the Heavenly King Token in his hand, letting it fall into the depths of the energy hand.

The Heavenly King Token sank down bit by bit, embedding itself deep within the energy hand.

Having made these preparations, Li Luo did not hesitate; with a thought, the energy hand roared out, directly piercing through the golden light barrier and reaching into the violent dark-yellow storm outside.

The gale roared, stripping away the energy on the hand strand by strand.

And at this moment, the scarlet bracelet on Li Luo's wrist glowed faintly, and strands of vast and violent energy quietly surged out, finally pouring into the giant energy hand to maintain it.

Li Luo looked at the energy hand maintaining itself in the dark-yellow storm and also let out a deep breath.

Next, it would depend on whether these Profound Yellow Dragon Qi would take the bait.

If his probing truly had an effect, Li Luo felt that his harvest this time might be even more bountiful than he had imagined.

(End of chapter)