Chapter 987: Three Seats

Facing Zhao Yan, who was shooting toward her while engulfed in monstrous killing intent, Li Lingjing’s fair cheeks remained without a ripple; she held her Green Snake Staff, and a massive Profound Snake Image manifested behind her, swallowing and spitting out the energy of heaven and earth.

"You are not a King-level powerhouse, so why should I die just because you say so?" Li Lingjing said indifferently.

Her words were calm, yet they were filled with a sense of mockery.

She then stepped through the air, meeting Zhao Yan head-on, and brought her highly toxic staff light crashing down upon him with full force.

Zhao Yan roared, and sharp golden sword light whistled out; in that short moment, he clashed with Li Lingjing for over a hundred rounds.

However, the more they fought, the more alarmed Zhao Yan became, for the offensive from Li Lingjing was ferociously beyond imagination; the power of every strike of her staff was as heavy as a mountain, and that poisonous light was extremely overbearing—a moment of carelessness would result in it invading his body and melting into his flesh and blood.

"It's that Green Snake Staff!" Zhao Yan’s gaze swept over the Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff in Li Lingjing’s hand, vaguely seeing the three purple vertical marks flickering upon it.

"It is actually a Three-Purple-Eye Treasure!"

Greed flashed in Zhao Yan’s eyes; when he had fought Li Lingjing before, he had not seen her possess such a divine weapon, so it was clear this item was something she had obtained within the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven—truly good luck.

"Li Lingjing’s current combat power is likely even stronger than Li Wuyuan’s." Zhao Yan’s eyes were gloomy; this was not the time to fight Li Lingjing, as they had not yet seized a Golden Lotus Seat, and if he were truly dragged here by her, the others of their House of Li Tianwang might not be able to successfully compete for the Golden Lotus Seat.

"Forget it, the Golden Lotus Seat is the priority. I am already at the peak of the Eight-Star level, and I am using this Golden Dew Terrace to attempt a breakthrough; if I can step into the Nine-Star level, that is best, but if I fail, I will have no more chances, and I will then use this to charge at the Small Heavenly Phase Realm—although my foundation will be weakened by doing so, there is no other way."

Zhao Yan’s thoughts turned like lightning; according to the rules of the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven, if one completes a breakthrough on the Golden Dew Terrace, the suppression effect of the Cave Heaven will weaken by one layer, so once he passed through the Golden Dew Terrace, he could fully unleash the strength of the Small Heavenly Phase Realm.

At that time, he could find another opportunity to see if he could kill Li Luo and Li Lingjing here.

Thinking this, Zhao Yan suddenly withdrew and retreated, no longer entangling himself with Li Lingjing.

Li Lingjing did not pursue upon seeing this; after all, this place was chaotic, and there were others eyeing them like tigers, so if she were truly entangled by Zhao Yan and someone took the opportunity to ambush Li Luo, that would be troublesome.

Zhao Yan retreated and appeared beside Zhao Shenjiang, who was currently clutching a severed arm with an extremely gloomy expression.

"Big Brother." Zhao Jingyu rushed over, and his expression became extremely ugly as he looked at Zhao Shenjiang’s severed arm; there was even a trace of fear in his eyes, for this result was beyond his expectations.

In his eyes, Zhao Shenjiang was already the strongest of their generation, possessing a Lower Ninth-Grade Force Resonance and the strength of a Two-Star Heavenly Pearl Realm; no matter how one looked at it, he was superior to Li Luo, yet the final result was that Li Luo had severed one of Zhao Shenjiang’s arms.

Was that bastard Li Luo a severed-arm maniac?

"The Duke-level Art that Li Luo displayed should be of a very high grade, at least a top-tier God-Derivation grade... You lost this time due to carelessness, so do not take it to heart." Zhao Yan comforted him.

"Fortunately, your severed arm was not destroyed; I have medicinal pills here, so you can reattach it, and it won't have too much of an impact."

Zhao Shenjiang gloomily took the medicinal pills handed over by Zhao Yan; it was clear that his heart was filled with unwilling rage. Losing to Li Luo in public this time undoubtedly allowed Li Luo to step on his head to gain fame, and from now on, everyone would say that this generation of the House of Li Tianwang had surpassed the House of Zhao Tianwang.

In this first confrontation with Li Luo, he had failed.

"Forget it, don't tangle with them, let's go seize the Lotus Seat first." Zhao Yan said, and he was the first to rush into the inner area of the Golden Dew Terrace, where the fighting was becoming increasingly intense.

And when the House of Zhao Tianwang side ceased their activities, Li Lingjing slowly returned to Li Luo’s side.

"Not bad, you actually defeated Zhao Shenjiang." Li Lingjing said with a smile.

Li Luo’s complexion was also slightly pale, as the previous battle had consumed quite a bit of his energy; he took out the Profound Wood Feather Fan and directed two beams of white light at himself, and the resonance power consumed within his body began to recover at an accelerated rate.

"Cousin Lingjing is even more ferocious; with this move of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys, those rogue cultivators will likely not dare to provoke us anymore." Li Luo gave a thumbs up.

Li Lingjing’s actions just now were truly ruthless; a young genius from the House of Zhao Tianwang had been beaten to death by her staff, a scene that made many people feel chilled.

Li Lingjing played with the Green Snake Staff in her hand with a smile; looking at her fair and pretty appearance, one could not tell she had been so fierce and murderous when she acted earlier.

While Li Luo chatted and laughed with her, he sent the Golden Lotus Seat under his feet into the defensive line formed by Li Jingtao and the others.

"Third Brother, should I come out and help you?" Li Jingtao said worriedly, as they had also seen the fierce battle between Li Luo and Zhao Shenjiang earlier.

Li Luo smiled: "It's fine, your more important task now is to hold these seats; if the manpower is scattered, it will inevitably attract covetous eyes."

He glanced into the defensive circle set up by everyone, where defensive treasures were suspended in the air, releasing layers of defense; with all these defenses deployed, even an Eight-Star Heavenly Pearl Realm powerhouse would likely be unable to pierce through them for a time.

Li Luo sent the Golden Lotus Seat into their defensive circle, and at this time, Li Fuling and Li Guan also rushed over; beneath their feet, two Jade Prayer Mats were blooming with profound light.

"Cousin Li Luo, well done. That Zhao Shenjiang is a leader of this generation of the House of Zhao Tianwang, and defeating him can be considered as boosting the prestige of our House of Li Tianwang." The gaze Li Fuling cast toward Li Luo also carried some surprise; previously, she had held some doubts about Li Luo, this newly appointed Dragon Head, as his strength at the Extreme Evil Realm was truly a bit of an eyesore, but today’s battle between Li Luo and Zhao Shenjiang had completely swept away those so-called doubts.

With the astonishing strength Zhao Shenjiang had displayed, it was likely that even if Li Qingfeng were here, he would have fallen into a disadvantage, yet Li Luo was able to sever one of his arms, which was enough to reveal his capability.

Li Luo modestly waved his hand and said: "I still have to rely on you and the others, Cousin Fuling, to compete for these high-level seats; I am just helping out."

Although he had defeated Zhao Shenjiang, there were truly many high-star Heavenly Pearl Realm powerhouses on the field right now, especially in the competition for the inner circle, where there was no lack of Five-Star, Six-Star, or even Seven-Star level Heavenly Pearl Realm experts. Facing such powerful enemies, even with a killer move like the "All-Resonance Dragon Tooth Sword Array," it would likely be difficult for the current Li Luo to pose a threat to them.

Unless he used the power of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf.

"To grab the Golden Lotus Seat, you still have to rely on Li Lingjing." Li Fuling cast a complex look at Li Lingjing, who was to the side; the latter was truly stunning the entire field today.

Li Lingjing pointed to the Golden Lotus Seat drifting within their defensive circle and said: "This one is for Cousin Li Luo."

Li Fuling said with annoyance: "Fine, fine, I know, no one is grabbing his."

This Golden Lotus Seat was seized by Li Lingjing, and it was also protected and brought back by relying on Li Luo’s fierce battle with Zhao Shenjiang, so no one could say anything about Li Lingjing designating it for Li Luo.

Hearing this, Li Lingjing did not wait for Li Luo to speak; she turned into a stream of light and rushed toward the inner circle again, looking as if she were going to grab a second Golden Lotus Seat.

Seeing this, Li Fuling and Li Guan quickly followed.

Li Luo sat cross-legged within the defensive circle to recover his resonance power, and after he was mostly recovered, he and Lu Qingmei went out together, rushing toward the area where the "Jade Prayer Mat" seats were located to compete for them.

On the Golden Dew Terrace, the chaos and slaughter continued incessantly.

In order to seize a seat, everyone’s eyes were red with killing intent, and people were constantly staining the golden platform with blood and losing their lives here.

And the most intense slaughter was undoubtedly still in the "Golden Lotus Seat" area of the inner circle, where every Golden Lotus Seat was causing extremely tragic fighting.

Among them, Li Lingjing’s figure was extremely conspicuous; she stepped on a Golden Lotus Seat, and the Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff in her hand rolled up monstrous poisonous light, forcing the crowd of people coveting the lotus seat beneath her feet to retreat in a sorry state, and those who were slightly careless and caught by the poisonous light had their flesh and blood melt away, revealing ghastly white bones.

Li Lingjing’s actions also revealed a heart-chilling ruthlessness; whoever dared to approach, no matter who they were, every move was a life-taking technique.

In this process, even Zong Sha of the Tianyuan Ancient Academy was directly struck in the face by a beam of poisonous light from Li Lingjing due to an accidental approach, which gave him a cold sweat.

Zong Sha was somewhat speechless about this; when they were on the same path as Li Luo earlier, this Li Lingjing would occasionally smile and respond, looking quite easy to get along with, but only now did he understand that all those appearances of that woman were faked... her current state was her true nature.

Zong Sha looked at the unlucky guy who had been beaten to death by Li Lingjing’s staff in the blink of an eye, his brains and blood mixing together and splashing all over the sky, and he immediately couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, muttering: "Forget it, a lunatic, can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke."

This Li Lingjing’s methods were too ruthless; even though there were many rogue cultivators on the scene who had spent years licking blood from the edge of a blade, they were all scared away by Li Lingjing’s murderous aura and dared not approach.

Zong Sha also hurriedly stayed away from this cold-blooded killing god who recognized no kin; he finally understood that if one wanted to get close to this woman at this time, one had to see if their own head was hard enough.

As time passed, the fighting on the Golden Dew Terrace finally gradually approached its end; the smell of blood permeated heaven and earth, and the golden altar below was full of corpses and blood.

All those who survived to the end were exuding killing intent, with murderous intent surging in their eyes.

And by this time, all those lotus seats, prayer mats, and stone seats had gradually been divided up.

Li Luo slowly loosened his fingers from the bowstring; his fingers were covered in blood and were still trembling constantly, as he had also shot and killed many powerful enemies in the previous fierce battle.

He turned his head and looked into the defensive circle guarded by his own people, where profound light was flowing, and the most eye-catching among them were the three Golden Lotus Seats.