Chapter 854: First Confrontation

Facing Zhao Zhao Jingyu's undisguised hostility and killing intent, Li Luo remained expressionless; he had not expected that the first true enemy he would meet after arriving in Outer Shenzhou would come because of a woman.

However, whether Zhao Zhao Jingyu's actions involved considerations by the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage behind him to seek an alliance with the Qin Li Tianwang lineage was something Li Luo could not consider.

If Zhao Zhao Jingyu wanted one of his arms as a gift to propose marriage, then Li Luo actually quite wanted one of the other's arms... the arm wearing the space sphere.

Those five dragon teeth were still on Li Luo's mind.

In the safe zone behind them, many gazes watched the standoff between these two groups with interest, after all, such a confrontation between prodigies from two Li Tianwang-level powers was not common in ordinary times.

Under the gaze of those many eyes, Zhao Zhao Jingyu held a crimson long blade and walked forward slowly; the "Tiger Division" behind him remained still, but waves of aura and Xiangli gradually rose, forming a massive pressure that spread out.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu did not intend to use "Heqi" just yet; instead, he stared down at Li Luo with a disdainful look and said, "I heard you, a country bumpkin, wasted over ten years in Outer Shenzhou, and your strength before was merely at the Great Sha Palace realm?"

"Indeed, that is a very pitiful thing, but unfortunately, I will not pity you for it, because this is the foolish choice of your parents."

Zhao Zhao Jingyu slowly raised the long blade in his hand, and his Xiangli erupted without reservation at this moment; only to see a sharpness reaching the extreme of Sha Gang spewing forth from the blade tip.

The length of that Sha Gang had already exceeded eighty zhang!

Clearly, Zhao Zhao Jingyu's strength had reached the peak of the Extreme Sha realm.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu took a step and slashed directly at Li Luo's position through the air; that eighty-zhang Sha Gang immediately revealed a terrifyingly powerful might, and as the blade fell, it seemed even the void was torn with faint traces.

The ground below even appeared with a blade mark about a hundred zhang long and half a meter deep.

This single strike made the eyelids of many explorers with Extreme Sha realm strength in the safe zone twitch urgently; eighty-zhang Sha Gang displayed Zhao Zhao Jingyu's extraordinary foundation.

"Boss, quickly use Heqi!" Li Shi shouted urgently; even he, who had advanced to the Golden Sha Body, felt a fatal crisis from Zhao Zhao Jingyu's strike; if this strike had been aimed at him, he would surely have died on the spot.

However, Li Luo merely waved his hand, and a look of eagerness rose in his eyes; after his breakthrough previously, his strength had improved greatly, directly cultivating the semi-finished Glazed Sha Body; now, this Zhao Zhao Jingyu was actually a very good whetstone.

Li Luo clenched his fist, and the Jin Yu Xuanxiang Blade appeared in his hand; he took a deep breath, and the three Xiang Palaces in his body trembled, with surging Xiangli rushing out like a torrent.

Two of those Xiangli forces twisted together like great pythons and rapidly fused.

Dual Xiang Power!

On Li Luo's blade body, a dual-colored halo appeared; then, with a calm expression, he slashed out, and a brilliantly rotating blade wheel formed out of thin air.

Buzz!

Inside the blade wheel, surging and pure Xiangli flowed at high speed, with faint Ling Marks dancing within, extremely mysterious.

The blade wheel broke through the air, and after a few breaths, it collided with that sharp and domineering Sha Gang blade light.

Boom!

Violent energy erupted in mid-air.

The two forces crazily eroded and destroyed each other.

After a moment, the brilliant blade wheel slowed its rotation and then shattered, but that Sha Gang blade light was also greatly weakened; finally, when the blade light fell, Li Luo simply let the blade light sweep over his body.

On Li Luo's body surface, dense Jin Guang surged forth, while at the same time, Glazed light patterns appeared and disappeared within his flesh and blood, displaying powerful defense that resisted all that blade light.

Inside the safe zone, some shocked voices sounded.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu's strike would have seriously injured even an ordinary Extreme Sha realm practitioner, yet it was actually blocked by Li Luo, who hadn't even condensed Sha Gang?

It seemed Li Luo was almost completely unharmed.

Li Shi, Zhao Zhao Yanzhi, Mu Bi, and others were also somewhat moved, because this time, Li Luo relied entirely on his own strength and did not borrow the power of Heqi.

They all knew clearly that a few months ago, Li Luo still had a gap that could not be ignored compared to the top Great Flag Leaders within the Twenty Flags, but how long had it been? Li Luo had seemingly already filled those gaps.

Such talent was truly stunning.

Unlike their shock, Li Luo shook his head slightly, feeling a bit dissatisfied, after all, in the clash with Zhao Zhao Jingyu, his side was still slightly at a disadvantage.

That Sha Gang was indeed worthy of being the signature power of the Extreme Sha realm, sharp and domineering to the extreme.

However, fortunately, he now truly possessed the qualification to face these top Extreme Sha realm opponents head-on.

The effect of this breakthrough across realms was still extremely obvious.

While Li Luo sighed in his heart, Zhao Zhao Jingyu's expression turned gloomy, because this result was also not what he wanted.

According to his expectations, this strike should have left Li Luo in a wretched state, and then he would have used Heqi to block it.

But now, Li Luo had directly withstood it with his own strength.

"So you have advanced to the Golden Sha Body realm."

Zhao Zhao Jingyu spoke gloomily; the bright Jin Guang within Li Luo's flesh and blood was obviously the mark of the Golden Sha Body, so the current Li Luo was not the Great Sha Palace realm from previous intelligence, but had broken through across realms to the Golden Sha Body realm.

This should be the opportunity Li Luo gained in the Zhu Xuan Huang Dragon Qi Pool.

Therefore, Zhao Zhao Jingyu knew that Li Luo's previous disadvantage had been gradually made up.

However, he did not intend to stop here.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu's eyes flowed with fierce light; he raised his palm, and immediately, a tiger roar resounded from the "Tiger Division" behind, with surging and powerful energy pressure pouring out like a torrent.

The true battle was only just beginning now.

Seeing this, Li Luo also remained calm, preparing to activate Heqi.

However, just as both sides were at sword's point, about to start a great battle, suddenly countless strange whispers echoed through the heavens and earth, and dense evil intent qi, like dark clouds, rolled in from the edge of the sky.

Everyone within this range felt a sense of irritability rise in their hearts at this moment.

"The 'Yi Chao' has erupted!"

Inside the safe zone, sharp alarm sounds rang out urgently.

Li Luo and Zhao Zhao Jingyu also stopped fighting due to this change; they directed their gazes toward the rolling evil intent black fog in the distance; they could perceive that within that black fog, countless strange Yi creatures seemed to be surging.

However, they were not panicked; this so-called "Yi Chao" was not rare within the Dark Domain, and most of them were low-level Yi creatures.

"Qingming Flag, listen to orders, prepare to resist!" Li Luo's low voice sounded beside the ears of the Qingming Flag members.

Eight thousand flag members immediately activated their Xiangli; the auras of eight thousand people merged into one, with a majestic momentum that completely isolated and blocked the erosion and pollution from the evil intent qi.

Under this unified and majestic momentum, they were like a Marquis-level powerhouse and naturally feared not the influence of this so-called Yi Chao.

Li Luo also stepped back several paces, merging himself into the aura of the eight thousand flag members, because relying on his own power alone, it was impossible to resist those countless Yi creatures.

Even if these Yi creatures were merely at the Erosion level, that would still be enough to drown him.

Hiss! Hiss!

When Li Luo was ready, the alien tide surged forth, and he saw countless twisted things emerging from the viscous, chilling black mist.

They resembled huge crimson eyeballs, their interiors bristling with grotesque blood vessels, while numerous pale human hands of varying numbers drilled out from within the eyeballs, acting like limbs to propel them forward.

Within the crimson eyeballs, viscous black light flickered in and out.

A single such eyeball aberration was fine, but when so many appeared, the sight of them densely piled up like a mountain made one's scalp prickle with unease.

Li Luo activated "Harmonized Qi," and immediately a vast surge of energy roared forth, forming a wall of energy that stood erect before him.

Boom! Boom!

Countless eyeball aberrations crashed directly into it, and the moment they touched the energy wall, they were blasted away by the fierce energy flowing across its surface.

Pools of blurred flesh and black liquid kept appearing.

Yet the eyeball aberrations continued to charge fearlessly, and from their single eyes shot countless dark, foul-smelling beams of light that struck the energy wall, causing ripples to spread across it.

Li Luo watched this scene with a blank expression; although these eyeball aberrations were unsettling, under the state of "Harmonized Qi," they posed no real threat.

As he thought this, Li Luo suddenly frowned slightly, for in that instant, he seemed to sense a very subtle feeling of being watched.

This feeling of being watched...

Li Luo extended his hand; a beam of energy shot rapidly from the energy wall ahead, piercing through dozens of eyeball aberrations, then wrapped around one of them before he suddenly retracted it.

Just as this eyeball aberration was about to touch the energy wall, a hole tore open within it, and thus it was dragged by Li Luo to right before him.

The eyeball aberration's scarlet eye stared fixedly at Li Luo, the blood vessels within wriggling like earthworms, making one shudder with dread.

Li Luo frowned as he gazed at this eyeball aberration; the earlier feeling of being watched seemed to have come from this creature... but now that he had grabbed it, that sensation was gone.

Within the eyeball, the size of a human head, Li Luo's face was reflected.

Li Luo casually squeezed; under the pressure of energy, he crushed this eyeball aberration, then summoned a surge of energy to purify its remains.

A look of contemplation appeared on his face as he raised his head to gaze at the surrounding, oppressive alien tide.

That feeling of being watched just now... was it an illusion?