Chapter 927: The Sixty-Third Floor

Evil Demon Cave, sixty-third floor.

This was an endless grassland, yet at this moment, the grassland seemed to have been churned up by a storm, with terrifying energy shockwaves constantly ravaging it, tearing the plains into a riddled mess.

The thunderous roar of energy colliding exploded like peals of thunder.

Zooming in, one could see thousands of figures standing in neat formation within the grassland, and at this moment, vigorous resonant power whistled out from their bodies; these resonant powers, after merging, were all poured into a young figure in mid-air.

A terrifying energy pressure whistled out in waves from Li Luo's body.

Li Luo's gaze was fixed ahead, where a monstrous evil aura was sweeping over; within the evil aura, countless evil demons were roaring, then charging straight toward this side.

"Coming again?"

Li Luo muttered to himself; they had already experienced no fewer than ten waves of such offensives. The difficulty of advancing on this sixty-third floor was extremely high, and every step they took required a bitter struggle.

"Third Division, Fourth Division, rest."

"The other three divisions, operate the Dragon Breath Evil-Refining Art at full power to maintain the 'Qi-Merging' and resist the impact."

Li Luo's voice reached the ears of the Azure Underworld Banner members below, and the flag-bearers of the Third and Fourth Divisions immediately sat cross-legged with eyes closed, beginning to rapidly recover their previous expenditure.

The others maintained the supply for the Qi-Merging.

However, because of this, lacking the power support of two divisions, the power of the "Qi-Merging" on Li Luo's side would also weaken somewhat, but fortunately, these evil demons were only astonishing in number and would not pose too great a threat.

Their only role was to consume the resonant power of the Azure Underworld Banner members, thereby delaying their progress toward the Evil Demon leader.

Li Luo’s expression was calm; he formed a seal with one hand, and monstrous energy whistled into motion. In an instant, thunderclouds gathered in the sky, and a torrential downpour poured down, turning into a continuous curtain of rain that blurred the vision between heaven and earth.

And within every drop of rain, electric light and thunder flowed, looking exceptionally strange.

Lesser Marquis Art, Thunder Rain Art.

Li Luo did not unleash overly powerful Marquis Arts or Nine-Turn Arts, because those techniques consumed a massive amount of resonant power, and with the current support of "Qi-Merging," every gesture Li Luo made carried the might of a Marquis, so these Lesser Marquis Arts, when unleashed at this time, still possessed an extremely astonishing power.

The thunder and rain whistled, and the surging torrent of evil demons immediately became chaotic. Although the thunder and rain were not particularly lethal, once struck, the evil demons' movements immediately became sluggish, and since the evil demons had simple intelligence and did not know how to respond, they rushed forward one after another, falling into a mess.

Seeing this, Li Luo pointed a finger, and a beam of energy fell. The earth shook, and a towering tree rose from the ground, its lush branches and leaves spreading out to cover the sky.

The branches quickly intertwined, and the next moment, they transformed into a verdant tree dragon about a thousand feet in size.

Li Luo looked at the fierce thousand-foot tree dragon, and a hint of envy appeared in his eyes. This was clearly just a Lesser Marquis Art, yet under the support of "Qi-Merging," its power simply exceeded his Water Dragon Fang Sword by who knows how many times.

This was the amplification brought by pure power.

A casual strike from a Marquis-realm expert was more terrifying than a Marquis Art unleashed by a General-rank expert with all their might.

"I wonder when I will be able to possess this kind of power myself?"

Such an expectation flashed through Li Luo's heart, and then he watched as the thousand-foot tree dragon swept out, colliding with the torrent of evil demons; the earth was instantly torn apart, and deep cracks spread across the grassland.

Countless evil demons were instantly obliterated, but then more poured out endlessly, colliding with the tree dragon, and the two forces constantly merged.

Seeing this, Li Luo waved his sleeve, and the thunder and rain across the sky whistled toward the tree dragon; the tree dragon's speed became slightly sluggish, but its color turned into a dark green.

The heavy rain gave it weight, while the thunder, aided by the water, flowed across the surface of the tree dragon.

Boom!

The ink-jade-like tree dragon's momentum soared, erupting with an even more terrifying offensive, constantly sweeping away the torrent of evil demons.

This clearing speed made Zhao Yanzhi and the others within the Azure Underworld Banner unable to help but exclaim. Li Luo's combined use of this Lesser Marquis Art was simply too satisfying for mowing down enemies, and most importantly, it was even more energy-efficient.

At this rate of efficiency, this wave of evil demons shouldn't last much longer.

And they had already survived more than ten waves of offensives; calculating the time, they should be meeting the Evil Demon leader of this sixty-third floor soon, right?

Boom!

At this moment, the ink-jade tree dragon was already clearing the last part of the evil demon torrent, and just then, an unexpected change occurred. A seemingly ordinary evil demon opened its fanged mouth and spat.

Swish!

A streak of ghostly light pierced through the void at an unimaginable speed; in just a single breath, it appeared in front of Li Luo and then stabbed straight toward the center of his brow.

Within that ghostly light, there seemed to be a sharp black thorn, and a piercing shriek emanated from within it, making one's mind feel dizzy.

"Heavenly Evil Soul Thorn?! Boss, watch out, that's the Evil Demon leader!" This turn of events caused Li Shi and the others in the Azure Underworld Banner to change color, and they shouted hurriedly.

But before their shouts had even faded, the ghostly black thorn had already pierced Li Luo's brow.

And at this very instant, a dragon-shaped mark appeared at the center of Li Luo's brow; within the mark, nine dragon scales bloomed with brilliant light, and it seemed as if a dragon's roar erupted.

As the dragon-shaped mark erupted, Li Luo's body suddenly expanded by a circle, and dragon scales actually grew on the surface of his skin; even on his palms, his fingertips turned into sharp dragon claws, with a cold, sharp light flowing over them.

At this moment, Li Luo looked as if he had transformed into a half-dragon man covered in dragon scales!

Ding!

A crisp sound came from the center of Li Luo's brow. The black thorn wreathed in ghostly light collided with the dragon-shaped mark, yet it failed to penetrate; instead, it was blocked, and then the black thorn shattered, dissipating into ghostly light.

But Li Luo's head was also left buzzing, and he retreated dozens of steps before he could stabilize his figure, still somewhat shaken.

Then, with a cold expression, he stared into the distance. After launching this attack, the ordinary-looking evil demon's body swelled in the wind, directly transforming into a size of several hundred feet.

It had multiple heads and arms, a fierce face, and black energy spewed from between its fangs; a terrifying aura rose between heaven and earth like a storm.

It was indeed the Evil Demon leader of this sixty-third floor.

This beast was actually so cunning, hiding within an ordinary evil demon's body, and then wanting to take advantage of Li Luo's lack of preparation to defeat him in one blow.

If that "Heavenly Evil Soul Thorn" had truly been stabbed into his brain, Li Luo would certainly have been severely injured by now, and this push would have been a complete failure.

But fortunately, Li Luo had cultivated the "Nine-Scale Heavenly Dragon Battle Body," and at the critical moment, his physical body sensed the crisis and uncontrollably activated the battle body to protect him, which was how he blocked the soul thorn outside his body.

"Boss!"

Many shouts came from the Azure Underworld Banner members below.

"It's nothing."

Li Luo waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "All divisions, end your rest and exert your full strength to drive the 'Qi-Merging'."

"The Evil Demon leader has appeared. Everyone, whether our Azure Underworld Banner can reach the top of the Evil Demon Cave depends on this."

"Yes!"

Eight thousand flag-bearers roared in unison, their morale high and their eyes burning. Reaching the top of the Evil Demon Cave—how many years had it been since the Azure Underworld Banner achieved this? Calculating the time, it seemed to be right after Li Taixuan...

And back then, under the leadership of Li Taixuan, the Azure Underworld Banner reached a peak level. Decades later, Li Luo would once again lead the Azure Underworld Banner to restore its former glory.

Feeling the massive energy pouring in from below, Li Luo locked his gaze on the monstrously imposing Evil Demon leader and muttered to himself.

"Whether my 'Wood Dragon Fang Sword' can be successfully cultivated depends on you."