Chapter 992: Chapter One Thousand: Corrosive Resonance

A colossal black dragon erupted from the heavens with a deafening dragon's roar, a torrent of overwhelming might sweeping out from within its body; its dragon claws tore through the air, ripping even the void itself apart with jagged scars.

Anyone could tell that the "Black Dragon Dark Water Banner" Li Luo had unleashed this time was more than a single tier more powerful than before!

This was not only because of Li Luo's own advancement in rank, but because this "Black Dragon" seemed to have undergone a kind of metamorphosis, and the power flowing through it carried a special resonance.

As if the taste of corrosion.

At that moment, Jiang Jiang Wanyu's startled cry rang out, falling into everyone's ears and instantly causing many hearts to jolt.

Grand Completion!

No wonder this "Black Dragon" gave off the feeling of being almost like a living creature; that peculiar resonance was clearly something only a Marquis-tier art at the Grand Completion realm would possess.

As everyone knew, all Marquis-tier arts were divided into three realms: Minor Completion, Major Completion, and Grand Completion.

And the Grand Completion realm was the pinnacle tier of all Marquis-tier arts; any Marquis-tier art that reached this realm would give birth to a resonance power, and the resonance of this Black Dragon Dark Water Banner should be a corrosive property, which would undoubtedly greatly amplify the destructive force of this Marquis-tier art.

If this kind of Grand Completion realm appeared in the hands of a Marquis-tier expert who had immersed himself in a certain Marquis-tier art for many years, no one would find it strange, but when it appeared in the hands of Li Luo, who had just broken through to the Tian Zhu Jing, it was impossible not to feel a certain shock.

What astonishing phase-art talent must one possess to achieve such a feat?

Those who could make it here were all elites from various factions; even the loose cultivators counted as those with firm wills, yet the Marquis-tier arts they cultivated probably had only a handful who had even reached Major Completion, let alone the so-called Grand Completion.

Many gazes looked at Li Luo's figure in midair, and at this moment they recalled that Li Taixuan who had once astonished the entire Outer Shenzhou; in his youth, he had likewise left behind illustrious battle records, and it was heard that in his hands, there were more than one Marquis-tier art that had reached Grand Completion.

And now, Li Luo seemed to be carrying on his father's style.

Amid those many complicated gazes, the black dragon, wrapped in a massive shadow, lunged toward Zhao Divine General, whose expression had drastically changed; the dragon claws streaming with black water traced sharp black light, carrying the corrosive resonance, and slashed directly at the latter.

"Hundred Beasts Demonic God Physique!"

Zhao Divine General did not dare to be careless at this moment; the four Tian Pearls behind him erupted with dazzling radiance as the world's energy whistled in, and he directly activated his strongest technique.

Roar!

Instantly, beastly roars filled with towering murderous aura rang out; Zhao Divine General's body swelled, and in just a few breaths he transformed into a giant of roughly several dozen zhang, though every part of his body had become beastified.

This beastification was even more ferocious than before; from a distance, he looked as if clad in heavy armor made of a hundred beasts.

Zhao Divine General wielded the Heavy Mountain Spear in his hand, and his Lower Ninth-Rank Force Phase at this moment transformed into a phantom that appeared behind him, becoming a Ninth-Rank Spirit Envoy that amplified the might of his phase art.

"Hundred Beasts Spirit Armor!"

Accompanying Zhao Divine General's fierce shout, the beastified parts of his body rapidly took on the color of dark iron, radiating an extremely terrifying defensive force.

"Come on! So what if it's Grand Completion—it's still just a Spirit-Communication grade Marquis-tier art!"

Squeal!

The sharp dragon claws streaming with black water and stained with corrosive resonance tore through the air and slammed viciously into the Hundred Beasts Armor outside Zhao Divine General's body; immediately, astonishing energy ripples erupted, and at the same time a piercing screech rang out from the Hundred Beasts Armor.

The two forces clashed madly against each other at this moment.

However, during this clash, Zhao Divine General's expression grew rather grim, because he could see with his own eyes that the dragon claws were slowly tearing a vicious claw-mark into his Hundred Beasts Armor.

Even though this art was only Spirit-Communication grade, the Grand Completion realm had indeed granted it extremely astonishing might; aided by that corrosive resonance, it could actually tear through the defense of his Hundred Beasts Spirit Armor!

Moreover, during this process, Zhao Divine General suddenly sensed an unusual force seeping out from those dragon claws; the moment this force made contact with his phase power, it caused his phase power to undergo a strange burning, and this burning kept spreading to more and more of his phase power.

This sudden change instantly caused Zhao Divine General's heart to jolt.

In the instant his attention wavered, the razor-sharp dragon claws before him suddenly traced a ghostly light and smashed viciously toward the Hundred Beasts Spirit Armor, clearly attempting to breach this layer of defense and slay Zhao Divine General on the spot.

Feeling the bone-chilling aura that kept approaching, Zhao Divine General's eyes flickered, and finally his figure suddenly transformed into streaks of afterimages that shot backward, his body tearing through the air with a piercing sonic boom.

He had clearly given up on this head-on clash.

The black dragon raised its claws and directly slashed out several streaks of ghostly light, pursuing him.

Zhao Divine General gripped the Heavy Mountain Spear and swung out fierce, domineering spear rainbows that collided with those several streaks of ghostly light; the two clashed and indeed produced low, rumbling energy booms, but just as Zhao Divine General shattered the last streak of ghostly light, a shrill scream suddenly rang out from behind him.

Zhao Divine General hurriedly turned his head and saw Zhao Zhao Jingyu, who had been hiding in the rear, suddenly caught by two streaks of ghostly light; as luck would have it, the ghostly light swept across his arms and severed both of them clean off in an instant.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu howled in agony.

He had not expected that even hiding so far away, he could still be caught in the crossfire.

He suspected Li Luo had done it on purpose; that bastard just had it in for his arms!

"Li Luo!" Zhao Divine General's face twisted ferociously, his hand tightly gripping the Heavy Mountain Spear, his eyes brimming with killing intent as he stared at Li Luo.

But his appearance no longer held much intimidation; on the Hundred Beasts Spirit Armor outside his body, there were several glaring, deep claw-marks, so deep they looked as if they would almost tear him apart.

And although Zhao Divine General was furious in his heart at this moment, he did not counterattack; instead, he formed a seal with one hand, and between the flesh and blood of his palm, a jade tablet flickered in and out of view.

Li Luo's Grand Completion realm "Black Dragon Dark Water Banner" was indeed tremendously powerful; although it was only Spirit-Communication grade, under the augmentation of Grand Completion, it was already no inferior to some Spirit-Forging grade Marquis-tier arts.

But even so, for Li Luo to slay him with this art alone was somewhat unlikely, so what Zhao Divine General was guarding against even more was that Marquis-tier art of Li Luo's that resembled a dragon's fang sword shadow.

That was Li Luo's true killing move.

Zhao Divine General had originally intended to force Li Luo to unleash the "Dragon Fang Sword," then use the "jade tablet" with its restored power to resist it; that way, with the threat of the "Dragon Fang Sword" gone, he could counterattack Li Luo without restraint.

But what Zhao Divine General had not expected was that the current Li Luo, even without unleashing the "Dragon Fang Sword," had still forced him into such a wretched state.

At this moment, Zhao Divine General had to admit that with this breakthrough, Li Luo's previously disadvantaged phase-power rank had truly caught up.

The current Li Luo no longer had any overly obvious weaknesses.

And while Zhao Divine General raged, Li Luo smiled and glanced at Zhao Zhao Jingyu, who was wailing in the rear, saying with a touch of sympathy: "Poor kid, how about you just don't reattach those arms? Saves the trouble of getting them chopped off again next time."

While Li Luo spoke, the powerful experts of Li Li Tianwang's faction in the rear—Li Li Fuling, Li Guan, and the others—rapidly closed in, their overwhelming phase power erupting as their gazes all fixed threateningly on the Zhao Li Tianwang faction's side.

Clearly, they were already prepared for the two sides to engage in a fierce slaughter.

And the teams from the other various factions immediately pulled back, lest they be caught up in the slaughter between these two Li Tianwang-level factions.

Seeing this, the people on the Zhao Li Tianwang faction's side also immediately erupted with streaks of phase-power light rainbows, their eyes wary.

Boom!

But just as the atmosphere reached its breaking point, a sudden rumbling sound came from the heavens behind the Golden Dew Platform; countless gazes shot over, and they were shocked to see that the cloud wall that had originally connected heaven and earth was slowly opening a crack at this moment.

Beyond the crack, pavilions and towers could be faintly seen, a wondrous palace standing atop the clouds.

On the Golden Dew Platform, everyone burst into an uproar, then gazed greedily toward the depths of the cloud wall; they all knew that behind the Golden Dew Platform lay the depths of the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven.

"Go!" Someone immediately roared, and streaks of figures shot into the sky, transforming into streams of light that rocketed toward the crack in the cloud wall.

The originally fierce-fighting Li Li Lingjing and Zhao Yan in the sky above also separated, each falling back to their own camp.

"Move! Into the Cloud Wall first!"

Zhao Yan's expression was extremely gloomy. He had also noticed the situation on Zhao Zhao Shenjiang's side earlier. Clearly, even though the latter had broken through to the Four-Star Tian Zhu Jing this time, in his clash with Li Luo, he had instead fallen into an increasingly disadvantageous position.

He didn't say much more at this moment, but uttered one sentence in a low voice, then was the first to shoot out explosively.

Right now, Li Li Lingjing and Li Luo's side had already gathered momentum. They could only first rendezvous with the other members of the Zhao Li Tianwang line, and then plan how to regain face later.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhao Shenjiang could only suppress the pent-up frustration in his heart, grab the still-screaming Zhao Zhao Jingyu, and follow the crowd of the Zhao Li Tianwang line as they tore through the air toward the Cloud Wall.

Li Luo also gazed at the distant Cloud Wall at this moment and said, "Let's follow them up too."

He too harbored immense curiosity about the depths of the Spiritual Resonance Grotto-Heaven.

No one objected to his words now, not even Li Li Fuling, because Li Luo's battle record all along the way had already proven his own qualifications.

And so, amid the all-pervading sound of breaking wind, they shot up into the sky.

When the numerous figures on the Golden Dew Platform where Li Luo and the others were located streamed into the depths of the Cloud Wall one after another, on the rather distant second Golden Dew Platform, it was likewise extraordinarily lively, with countless streaks of light sweeping across the long sky.

At one spot on the Golden Dew Platform, a girl with a slender, curvaceous figure and a thin veil over her face gazed into the depths of the Cloud Wall amid a crowd of attendants. The robes of their group all bore the insignia of the Golden Dragon Treasure House.

Although the girl's face was veiled, her faintly discernible features still appeared exceedingly beautiful. At the same time, an extremely pure aura of icy coldness emanated from her, causing the surrounding air to continuously condense into frost.

Her gaze swept the surroundings, finally pausing on the group from the Li Li Tianwang line that had set off in the distance. However, the person she had wanted to see was not there among them.

So she could only withdraw her gaze, looking toward the palace halls standing amid the clouds in the depths of the Cloud Wall — that was also the purpose of her coming to the Spiritual Resonance Grotto-Heaven this time.

The third Golden Dew Platform.

Compared to the clamor and liveliness of the other two Golden Dew Platforms, here, there was an eerie, deathly silence.

Glaring fresh blood, as if converging into streams, flowed down from the Golden Dew Platform. Twisted corpses lay scattered about haphazardly everywhere, with expressions of terror lingering on their faces.

It seemed an extremely terrifying slaughter had erupted here, and in the end, no one survived.

The scent of blood permeated heaven and earth.

Crack.

Suddenly, in the deathly silence, an eerie sound of chewing rang out.

Following the sound of chewing, one's gaze was cast over, and only then was it discovered that at the very highest point of the blood-red Golden Dew Platform, a human figure was actually seated.

It was a bald youth wearing a white monk's robe. The youth had rosy lips and white teeth, appearing exceedingly handsome, but at this moment, he held a severed arm in his hand, stuffing it into his mouth, slowly tearing at it.

On that smooth, bare head, glaring bloodstains writhed slowly like worms, faintly resembling a blood-red lotus flower.

Fresh blood splattered from the corners of his mouth, making him appear to exude an indescribably sinister and eerie aura.

Finally, the youth patted his stomach and said contentedly, "Finally full."

Only then did he lazily rise to his feet, rubbing his belly, his gaze looking toward the Cloud Wall that had opened behind the Golden Dew Platform. The smile at the corner of his mouth grew increasingly eerie, and at the same time, a muttering sound arose.

"Number Two got taken out already?"

"Heh heh, what useless trash. But that's fine too — now I have a reason to eat all of you."

(End of this chapter)