Chapter 994: Corrosive Resonance

The massive black dragon erupted with a deafening roar in the sky, a majestic power sweeping out from its body. Its dragon claws tore through the air, leaving behind shattered traces in the void itself.

Anyone could see that the "Black Dragon Dark Water Banner" Li Luo was wielding this time was far more powerful than any he had used before!

This was not just because Li Luo’s own level had increased, but because this "black dragon" seemed to have undergone a transformation; the power flowing upon it contained a special resonance.

It felt like the scent of corrosion.

At this moment, Jiang Wanyu’s cry of alarm rang out, falling into everyone’s ears and causing many hearts to tremble.

Great Perfection stage!

No wonder this "black dragon" looked almost like a living creature; that peculiar resonance was clearly something only a Marquis-level Art at the Great Perfection stage could possess.

As everyone knew, all Marquis-level Arts were divided into three stages: Initial Success, Great Success, and Great Perfection.

The Great Perfection stage was the pinnacle of all Marquis-level Arts. Any art that reached this level would derive a power of resonance, and the resonance of this Black Dragon Dark Water Banner was likely a corrosive property, which would undoubtedly greatly enhance the destructive power of this Marquis-level Art.

If this Great Perfection stage had appeared in the hands of a Marquis-level powerhouse who had immersed themselves in a certain Marquis-level Art for many years, no one would have found it strange. But appearing in the hands of Li Luo, who had just broken through to the Heavenly Pearl stage, it was inevitably shocking.

What kind of astonishing talent for Resonance Arts was required to achieve such a feat?

Everyone who could come here was an elite from their respective factions. Even those rogue cultivators were considered determined individuals, yet among the Marquis-level Arts they practiced, those who had reached the Great Success stage were few and far between, let alone the so-called Great Perfection stage.

Numerous gazes looked at Li Luo’s figure in mid-air. At this moment, they remembered Li Taixuan, who had once dazzled the entire Shenzhou. In his youth, he had also left behind brilliant battle records, and it was said that he possessed more than one Marquis-level Art that had reached the Great Perfection stage.

And now, Li Luo seemed to have inherited his father’s style.

Amidst those complex gazes, the black dragon, shrouded in a massive shadow, loomed over the face-changing General Zhao Shen. The dragon claws, dripping with black water, traced a sharp black light and, carrying the corrosive resonance, slashed directly at the latter.

"Hundred Beast Demon God Body!"

General Zhao Shen did not dare to be negligent. The four Heavenly Pearls behind him erupted with brilliant light, and the energy of heaven and earth roared toward him as he directly unleashed his strongest means.

Roar!

Suddenly, beast roars filled with monstrous baleful energy resounded. General Zhao Shen’s body expanded, and in just a few breaths, he transformed into a giant of several dozen yards, though every part of his body had undergone beast-like mutations.

This beast-like mutation was even more ferocious than before; from afar, it looked as if he were clad in heavy armor made of a hundred beasts.

General Zhao Shen held the Heavy Mountain Spear, and his Lower Ninth-Grade Force Resonance appeared behind him as a phantom, turning into a Ninth-Grade Spirit Envoy to amplify the power of his Resonance Art.

"Hundred Beast Spirit Armor!"

Following General Zhao Shen’s sharp shout, the beast-mutated parts of his body rapidly turned the color of dark iron, radiating an extremely terrifying defensive power.

"Come! So what if it’s the Great Perfection stage? It’s still just a Spirit-Connecting grade Marquis-level Art!"

Squeak!

The sharp dragon claws, dripping with black water and stained with corrosive resonance, tore through the air and slashed fiercely onto the Hundred Beast Armor outside General Zhao Shen’s body. An astonishing energy fluctuation erupted, and a piercing sound rang out from the Hundred Beast Armor.

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

However, during this collision, General Zhao Shen’s expression was quite gloomy, because he could watch with his own eyes as the dragon claws slowly tore a hideous claw mark into his Hundred Beast Armor.

Even if this art was only Spirit-Connecting grade, the Great Perfection stage truly endowed it with astonishing power. With the help of that corrosive resonance, it could actually tear through the defense of his Hundred Beast Spirit Armor!

Moreover, during this process, General Zhao Shen suddenly noticed an unusual power seeping out from the dragon claws. As soon as this power came into contact with his Resonance Power, it caused his Resonance Power to undergo a strange burning, and this burning continued to spread to more of his Resonance Power.

This turn of events immediately caused General Zhao Shen’s heart to skip a beat.

In the moment he was distracted, the razor-sharp dragon claws in front of him suddenly traced a ghostly light and smashed fiercely against the Hundred Beast Spirit Armor, clearly attempting to destroy this layer of defense and kill General Zhao Shen directly.

Feeling the chilling air that kept coming, General Zhao Shen’s eyes shifted, and finally, his figure suddenly turned into afterimages and retreated violently, his movement bringing with it a piercing sonic boom.

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

The black dragon raised its claws and slashed out several ghostly lights, pursuing him.

General Zhao Shen held the Heavy Mountain Spear and swung out a fierce and domineering spear rainbow, colliding with the ghostly lights. The two clashed, exploding with a low energy roar, but just as General Zhao Shen shattered the last ghostly light, a shrill scream suddenly came from behind him.

General Zhao Shen hurriedly looked back and saw that Zhao Jingyu, who was hiding in the back, had been caught by two ghostly lights. As luck would have it, the ghostly lights grazed his arms, instantly severing them.

Zhao Jingyu wailed in pain.

He hadn't expected that even hiding so far away, he would still be affected.

He suspected that Li Luo had done it on purpose; this bastard was just determined to go after his arms!

"Li Luo!" General Zhao Shen’s face was ferocious. He gripped the Heavy Mountain Spear tightly, staring at Li Luo with killing intent.

But this appearance of his no longer had much deterrent power. On the Hundred Beast Spirit Armor outside his body, there were several glaring, deep claw marks—marks so deep they looked as if they were about to tear him apart.

Although General Zhao Shen was furious in his heart, he did not counterattack again. Instead, he formed a seal with one hand, and between the flesh of his palm, a jade tablet flickered in and out of existence.

Li Luo’s Great Perfection stage "Black Dragon Dark Water Banner" was indeed powerful. Although it was only Spirit-Connecting grade, with the blessing of the Great Perfection stage, it was no less inferior to some Divine-Deriving grade Marquis-level Arts.

But even so, it was somewhat impossible for Li Luo to kill him with this art alone, so General Zhao Shen was more wary of Li Luo’s other Marquis-level Art, which resembled a dragon-tooth sword shadow.

That was Li Luo’s true killer move.

General Zhao Shen had originally wanted to force Li Luo to use the "Dragon Tooth Sword," and then he would use the "Jade Tablet," which had recovered its power, to defend against it. In this way, having lost the deterrent of the "Dragon Tooth Sword," he would be able to counterattack Li Luo without restraint.

But what General Zhao Shen did not expect was that the current Li Luo, even without using the "Dragon Tooth Sword," had still forced him into such a sorry state.

At this moment, General Zhao Shen had to admit that with this breakthrough, Li Luo’s Resonance Power level, which had originally been a disadvantage, had truly caught up.

The current Li Luo no longer had any obvious shortcomings.

While General Zhao Shen was furious, Li Luo glanced at the wailing Zhao Jingyu in the back with a smile and said with some sympathy, "Unlucky kid, why don't you just leave those arms off? Save yourself from getting them cut off again next time."

While Li Luo was speaking, Li Fuling, Li Guan, and other powerhouses of the Li Tianwang lineage in the back also quickly gathered around. Their majestic Resonance Power erupted, and their gazes were all fixed on the Zhao Tianwang lineage with hostility.

Clearly, they were ready for a fierce battle between the two sides.

The other factions immediately retreated to avoid being caught in the crossfire of these two Heavenly King-level factions.

Seeing this, the people from the Zhao Tianwang lineage also immediately erupted with rays of Resonance Power, their eyes filled with caution.

Boom!

However, just at the moment when the atmosphere was tense, a roaring sound suddenly came from the heaven and earth behind the Golden Dew Terrace. Numerous gazes were cast over, and they were shocked to see that the cloud wall that had originally connected heaven and earth was actually slowly opening a gap at this moment.

Behind the gap, pavilions and towers were vaguely visible, and a miraculous palace stood in the clouds.

On the Golden Dew Terrace, everyone erupted in an uproar, and then they looked at the depths of the cloud wall with greed. They all knew that behind the Golden Dew Terrace was the true depth of the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven.

"Go!" someone shouted immediately. Figures shot into the sky, turning into streams of light and bolting toward the gap in the cloud wall.

Li Lingjing and Zhao Yan, who had been fighting in the sky, also separated and returned to their respective camps.

"Go! Get into the cloud wall first!"

Zhao Yan’s expression was extremely gloomy. He had also noticed the situation with General Zhao Shen earlier. Clearly, even though the latter had broken through to the Four-Star Heavenly Pearl stage this time, he was becoming increasingly disadvantaged in his confrontation with Li Luo.

He didn't say much more at this moment, but said in a deep voice before being the first to shoot out.

Right now, Li Lingjing and Li Luo had already gained momentum; they could only first regroup with the others of the Zhao Tianwang lineage and then plan how to get back at them later.

Hearing this, General Zhao Shen could only suppress the frustration in his heart, grab the still-screaming Zhao Jingyu, and follow the others of the Zhao Tianwang lineage as they tore through the air toward the cloud wall.

Li Luo also looked at the cloud wall in the distance at this time and said, "Let's follow them too."

He was equally curious about the depths of the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven.

Regarding his words, even Li Fuling did not object now, because Li Luo’s battle record along the way had already proven his qualifications.

So, amidst the sound of wind breaking everywhere, they shot into the sky.

When the numerous figures on the Golden Dew Terrace where Li Luo and the others were located swarmed into the depths of the cloud wall, the second Golden Dew Terrace, which was quite far away, was also bustling with activity, with many light shadows streaking across the long sky.

At one spot on the Golden Dew Terrace, a girl with an exquisite figure and a thin veil covering her face gazed into the depths of the cloud wall, surrounded by a crowd. On the robes of their group, all bore the emblem of the Long Baoxing.

Although the girl had a veil covering her face, her faint silhouette still appeared extremely beautiful, and at the same time, an extremely pure icy cold energy permeated from her, causing the air to constantly condense into frost.

Her eyes scanned the surroundings and finally stopped on the people of the Li Tianwang lineage who were setting off in the distance, but she did not see the person she wanted to see there.

So she could only withdraw her gaze and look at the palace standing in the clouds deep within the cloud wall; that was also the purpose of her coming to the Spirit Resonance Cave Heaven this time.

The third Golden Dew Terrace.

Compared to the noise and bustle of the other two Golden Dew Terraces, this place was in a state of eerie dead silence.

Blinding fresh blood seemed to have gathered into streams, flowing down from the Golden Dew Terrace, and twisted corpses lay scattered everywhere, fear still lingering on their faces.

Here, a terrifying slaughter seemed to have broken out, and in the end, no one survived.

The smell of blood permeated the heaven and earth.

Crack.

Suddenly, in the dead silence, an eerie chewing sound emerged.

Following the chewing sound, one would discover that at the highest point of the blood-red Golden Dew Terrace, a figure was sitting.

It was a bald youth wearing white monk robes. The youth had red lips and white teeth and appeared extremely handsome, but at this moment, he was holding a short arm, stuffing it into his mouth, and slowly tearing at it.

On his smooth head, glaring bloodstains were slowly wriggling like worms, and faintly, they seemed to resemble a blood-red lotus flower.

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

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

Only then did he lazily stand up, rubbing his stomach, his gaze fixed on the opened cloud wall behind the Golden Dew Terrace, his smile becoming increasingly eerie, while a murmur sounded.

"Number Two got taken out?"

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

(End of chapter)