Chapter 991: Chapter Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine: Perfection

Above the Golden Dew Platform, Li Luo stood atop a golden lotus, and behind him, three resplendent Tian Zhu circulated strange light, dazzling like stars.

At this moment, he was undoubtedly the most eye-catching figure on the field.

Many gazes turned blank with astonishment. It wasn't that they had never seen Tian Zhu Jing before, but breaking through directly to a three-star Tian Zhu Jing was indeed exceptionally rare.

Li Luo's expression, however, was quite calm. He felt the majestic Xiangli flowing within his body, and a hint of satisfaction surfaced in his eyes.

This breakthrough had also met his expectations.

Others found this three-star Tian Zhu Jing somewhat shocking, but he considered it only natural. After all, this breakthrough not only had the baptism of the Golden Dew Platform, but also the medicinal power of the "Nine Orifices Refining Gang Pill." Of course, the most important factor was that Li Luo's own foundation was already formidable.

At every step of this Earth Sha General rank, he had almost pushed to the absolute limit.

Speaking of foundation, among his peers, Li Luo felt he would not be inferior to anyone. So for this breakthrough, if he hadn't worried that a surge too rapid would affect his own foundation, even stepping into a four-star Tian Zhu Jing would have been an easy feat.

Moreover, this time it wasn't only his Xiangli that had completed a breakthrough.

Li Luo sensed within his body, three Xiang Palaces blooming with radiance like blazing suns.

Lower eighth-grade Water Light Xiang, lower eighth-grade Wood Earth Xiang, upper seventh-grade Dragon Lei Xiang.

Within the Xiang Palaces, vast and majestic Xiangli flowed, that Xiangli incomparably more formidable than before the breakthrough.

And also... that mysterious golden wheel deep within his body.

Li Luo's perception swept over it. The mysterious golden wheel still existed, not an illusion. Although he didn't know where this thing had come from, it had brought him one benefit, namely the so-called "Merging Fire into Xiang."

At the center of the mysterious golden wheel, the Small Formless Fire burned fiercely. This ball of flame was different from before; previously, Li Luo had needed to operate the Small Formless Divine Forging Art to summon this ball of flame.

But now, this ball of flame seemed to have been born because of this mysterious golden wheel, perched at the center of the wheel, swaying gently.

Every time Li Luo circulated his Xiangli, this Small Formless Fire would send out countless flame light points, merging into the Xiangli, and his Xiangli would thereby become somewhat more scorching.

This was equivalent to adding a burning-Xiangli special effect to Li Luo's Xiangli.

In future battles, when their Xiangli eroded against each other, this burning-Xiangli special effect would give opponents quite a headache. At the very least, the rate at which the opponent's Xiangli was consumed would be greatly increased.

Li Luo remembered that Jiang Qing'e's Light Xiangli contained a kind of purifying power. When clashing with her, one always had to guard against one's own Xiangli being purified and dissolved, making her extremely tricky to deal with.

Li Luo had tried to activate the mysterious and incomplete golden wheel within his body, but it had no effect, so he could only set this matter aside for now and study it properly later.

"There's still a large wisp of golden smoke left."

However, Li Luo also found some remaining golden smoke from the refinement within his body. This golden smoke was extremely effective for enhancing one's Xiangxing, but after Li Luo completed the baptism, it seemed his Xiangxing had developed a kind of resistance to it, and further refinement would yield very little effect.

So he raised his gaze, sweeping it toward Li Li Jingtao and Li Li Fengyi's side. After a slight deliberation, he flicked a finger, and a wisp of golden smoke burst forth from his fingertip, whistling toward Li Li Fengyi.

Among the group, Li Li Jingtao and Deng Deng Fengxian both had upper eighth-grade Xiangxing, making enhancement extremely difficult because they would face the ninth-grade barrier. Li Li Fengyi, however, only had lower eighth-grade, so this remaining wisp of golden smoke from Li Luo might be able to help her complete the evolution that the previous baptism had failed to achieve.

"Second Sister, catch." At the same time, he reminded her with a smile.

Li Li Fengyi looked at the whistling golden smoke, stunned for a moment, then heard Li Luo's voice. Immediately, her eyes brightened, and with a sniff of her pretty nose, she drew in the rolling golden smoke entirely into her body.

As the golden smoke entered her body, Li Li Fengyi immediately felt her Xiangxing stirring restlessly at this moment. Previously during the baptism, although she had failed to complete the evolution, she had reached the limit of evolution. Now, aided by Li Luo's final wisp of golden smoke, her Xiangxing finally broke through that barrier.

Behind Li Li Fengyi, crimson light flowed, and faintly a coiling dragon shadow could be seen perched there.

Upper eighth-grade, Crimson Long Xiang.

Li Luo smiled and said, "The last bit left was only enough for Second Sister, who was just one kick away. Fortunately, I could lend her a hand."

These words were directed at Li Li Jingtao.

And Li Li Jingtao just grinned foolishly and waved his hand, indicating it didn't matter, because he was well aware that his own Xiangxing was already high enough, and completing its evolution wasn't something a single Golden Dew Platform baptism could accomplish.

Meanwhile, Li Li Fuling and the others nearby had looks of envy in their eyes, but they also understood the relationship between Li Luo and Li Li Fengyi—there were differences in closeness. So although they envied her, they harbored no resentment.

After giving Li Li Fengyi a small opportunity, Li Luo came to Li Li Lingjing's side. He looked at the gloomy-faced members of Zhao Li Tianwang's faction ahead and said with a beaming smile, "You all look like you're not too happy."

Yet within those smiling eyes, a cold intent surfaced. Although he had been in the midst of his breakthrough earlier, he had also sensed Zhao Yan and the others attempting to sabotage his opportunity. If Li Li Lingjing hadn't broken through to nine-star Tian Zhu to guard him, today he really would have had his good fortune ruined by these fellows.

Zhao Yan stared coldly at Li Luo and said flatly, "You are indeed exceptionally talented, but be careful—those too clever often die young."

"Whether I die young or not, I don't know, but I think the prodigies of your Zhao Li Tianwang faction might have to leave something behind today." Li Luo smiled faintly, a chilling killing intent surfacing in his eyes. The people of Zhao Li Tianwang's faction had repeatedly targeted them, employing all manner of killing moves endlessly. Now that he had finally completed his breakthrough and stepped into the three-star Tian Zhu Jing, with his strength greatly increased, it naturally stirred the killing intent in his heart.

He couldn't possibly let Zhao Li Tianwang's faction people strut around showing off their might forever; eventually, their edge had to be blunted.

"Cousin Li Lingjing, can you hold this guy back?" Li Luo asked.

The halo formed by nine resplendent light beads behind Li Li Lingjing immediately began to operate, and a startling fluctuation of Xiangli radiated from her body.

"Leave it to me." She didn't say much more, directly taking a step forward. Her slender figure transformed into a rainbow of light, shooting straight toward Zhao Yan. Simultaneously, the Green Snake Staff in her hand swept through the air, rolling up a skyful of poisonous light, and smashed down at Zhao Yan without ceremony.

"Hmph, you really think I'm afraid of your nine-star Tian Zhu!" Zhao Yan saw this and immediately said coldly.

The golden-armored giant crocodile perched above in the sky transformed into a stream of golden light that descended, landing on Zhao Yan's body and actually turning into a ferociously-shaped golden battle armor. On its chest was engraved the giant fanged maw of a golden crocodile.

With the appearance of this Golden Crocodile Battle Armor, the fluctuation of Xiangli erupting from Zhao Yan's body became increasingly terrifying, and every move he made seemed capable of stirring the energies of heaven and earth.

He dove down, directly meeting Li Li Lingjing, and instantly a heaven-shaking energy eruption burst forth above the Golden Dew Platform.

And on Li Luo's side, at the very first moment of their clash, he charged straight toward Zhao Zhao Shenjiang.

Zhao Zhao Shenjiang stared at Li Luo with a ferocious expression, his heavy spear gripped tightly. Behind him, four resplendent Tian Zhu circulated, drawing in and exhaling the energies of heaven and earth.

"Li Luo, don't think you're the only one whose strength has greatly advanced this time!"

However, facing his fierce shout, Li Luo acted as if he hadn't heard. The archaic straight blade in his hand slashed down through the air, and the next moment, the void shattered as dragon roars and the sound of water rang out.

Zhao Zhao Shenjiang saw this move and immediately sneered, "Li Luo, do you really think breaking through to three-star Tian Zhu Jing is such a big deal? A single Spirit-Grade Marquis Art, and you think you can handle me?! You're far too overconfident!"

Boom!

The void shattered, and the next instant, a massive pitch-black dragon shadow burst forth from the air, followed by a River of the Dead, exuding overwhelming cold intent.

However, this time, when the Black Dragon appeared, it didn't charge directly at Zhao Zhao Shenjiang. Instead, it opened its dragon maw and took a fierce inhale, immediately causing the surging waters of the River of the Dead to surge back, swallowed whole by the Black Dragon in one gulp.

After swallowing this River of the Dead, the Black Dragon let out a deafening roar. On its dragon body, the originally pitch-black dragon scales actually blossomed with resplendent profound light, and the profound light seemed to condense into a kind of special rune, inscribed upon the dragon scales.

Moreover, the Black Dragon's form not only became more massive, but its dragon fangs and claws also exuded an indescribable bone-chilling cold and sharpness.

Its claws and fangs sliced through the void, directly tearing out faint pitch-black trails.

At this moment, the Black Dragon's might suddenly skyrocketed!

Not far away, when Jiang Jiang Wanyu saw this scene, her beautiful eyes immediately widened, and she couldn't help exclaiming in shock.

"This is..."

"Dragon and water merge!"

"This is the perfected state of the Black Dragon Nether Water Banner!!"