Chapter 1275: The Marvelous Li Hongyou

The three True Devil Others that had surrounded Li Hongyou had the strength of first-grade Dukes. However, it wouldn’t be easy for Li Hongyou to deal with them, as she only had the aid of two hundred Guardians.

She had a lower ninth-grade resonance, but her Crimson Heart Vermilion Fruit resonance was supportive in nature—it wasn't very effective in actual fights.

As such, she was at a loss when the three True Devil Others ambushed her. Nonetheless, having been one of the top students back in the Heavenly Star Hall of the Heavenly Origin Ancient College, keeping the situation under control wasn't a problem, despite not being skilled in offense.

She did not panic, as they were still in the area under the control of the Dragon's Fang Guardians. As long as she could drag things out, someone would come to her aid for sure.

In fact, her aid had come sooner than she had expected.

Bang!

As fast as a bolt of lightning, domineering blade energy shrouded with dual resonance power flew across the golden water and struck the exposed cranium of one of the True Devil Others. A crack appeared on its head immediately. However, what happened next was almost unnerving. A pale palm extended out of the brain and grasped at the two halves, pulling them together. With that, the gap that was cut open by the energy was forcefully sealed up.

Nonetheless, the offensive assault launched by the three True Devil Others had been affected. They looked up with their white eyes, and a figure wielding a blade zipped across the water towards them.

It was none other than Li Luo.

Li Luo looked at the Others calmly and hacked downwards. The void in front of him split open immediately, and a black dragon charged out. It rode atop a pitch-black stream of water, diving through the golden water, and directly clashed with one of the True Devil Others.

The Underworld River's Black Dragon Banner!

The black dragon let out a low roar. At the next moment, both the dragon and the black water dissipated after a single strike. The True Devil Other had disintegrated as well in the resulting explosion.

With just a single strike, Li Luo had finished off one of the first-grade Duke True Devil Others. It was clear his offensive might was in an entirely different realm when compared to Li Hongyou's.

Li Hongyou's face relaxed when she saw Li Luo coming to her aid. She moved back swiftly and formed hand seals with her slender, jade hands. At the next moment, a golden talisman surrounded by crimson light condensed in the air and was fused into Li Luo's body. The pulses of resonant power coming from Li Luo's body strengthened significantly.

Li Luo grinned. He then burst forward once again and swung his sharp sword across the golden water, leaving behind a trail of sparkling waves. This environment greatly bolstered his water resonance

The other two True Devil Others let out sharp cries and charged directly towards Li Luo.

Bang!

The battle concluded faster than they had expected. The two True Devil Others were not much of a threat to Li Luo, who had the aid of two hundred Guardians as well as Li Hongyou right now. In just a few minutes, the waves in the surrounding area calmed down. The two True Devil Others let out pitiful shrieks just before they were completely vanquished. Li Luo heaved a sigh of relief, still holding onto his Dragon Elephant Blade.

Li Hongyou leaned over and whispered to him, "Thank you, Li Luo."

Li Luo shook his head. He then asked in surprise, "Senior Hongyou, how did you encounter so many True Devil Others?"

Li Luo had been hunting for half a day, and none of the Golden Stone Spirit Clams that he had come across contained Others. It must have been exceptionally unfortunate for Li Hongyou to meet three of them like this.

"Maybe it's because I've also encountered quite a lot more clams," Li Hongyou explained.

This left Li Luo in surprise. "How many pearls have you collected?"

"Fifteen total. Three of them are high-grade, eight are middle-grade, and four are low-grade pearls."

Li Luo stared back at her in surprise. He had been working hard for over half the day, yet he had only collected six pearls. How had Li Hongyou collected almost three times as many as him? Her luck was a little too good to be true.

"It's actually not that hard to find Spirit Clams. I casually swam around this area twice, and wherever I passed by, the Spirit Clams came out on their own. However, it is troubling that quite a number of them contain Others."

Li Hongyou then paused for a moment before she continued, "I don't really feel like I'm looking for them. It's more like they're looking for me." In fact, it seemed like it was the Spirit Clams that were running at her! Naturally, this meant that she had met more Others as well.

Li Luo looked at her with a confused face.

“So the Spirit Clams are coming out on their own for her?”

He thought about it for a moment. "Could it be because of your Crimson Heart Vermilion Fruit resonance?"

Li Hongyou's resonance was based on an extremely rare and valuable fruit. When such a treasured fruit came into this world, many creatures would naturally crave for it. All of them would hope to get a bite. As such, the Spirit Clams might have detected the smell of the Crimson Heart Vermilion Fruit and mistook Li Hongyou as a natural treasure meant for consumption?

"I also think so." Li Hongyou nodded.

Li Luo had a strange look on his face. Was this actually possible? In that case, he just needed to stand guard around Li Hongyou, and all the Golden Stone Spirit Clams would come out on their own and gather before him? There wouldn't be any need to spend copious amounts of time and effort scrounging for them!

The truth was that the layout of the Golden Stone Valley was complex and winding. It was dark, filled with undercurrents, and full of crevices. Not only was it hard to navigate, he also had to be vigilant of any surprise attacks from rogue cultivators. This made the search for Golden Stone Spirit Clams a slow and tedious process. If Li Hongyou had such a special ability, it was as good as uncovering a treasure chest in here!

With that in his mind, Li Luo's eyes lit up as he looked at Li Hongyou.

“Senior Hongyou, you're truly marvelous!”

Li Hongyou sensed the passionate gaze coming from Li Luo. She asked almost angrily, "You're not thinking of using me as bait to lure out the Golden Stone Spirit Clams, right?"

"Ahem Senior Hongyou, it's not that you're going to serve as bait. Those are harsh words. You need to see it as us working together to get rich together! Since you're at the pinnacle of the Greater Heavenly Resonance Tier right now, you will need to prepare for your breakthrough into the Duke Stage. At the very least, you should prepare a top-grade Foundational Spirit Treasure for yourself, right?" Li Luo answered with a serious voice.

The more Spirit Pearls they could collect over here, the higher their contribution for this mission would be. In that case, they would be able to get a huge amount of dragon essence during the allocation of rewards and even have priority in choosing the items that they would like.

Li Hongyou rolled her eyes at him as she listened to his explanation. However, she did not turn him down.

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"What's your plan?" she asked.

"I will get all thousand members under my lead to gather over here. Then, Senior Hongyou, you can release the aura of your Crimson Heart Vermilion Fruit resonance to the limit. You don't need to worry about anything else, I'll take care of the harvesting," Li Luo replied in a hurry.

"Release the aura of the Crimson Heart Vermilion Fruit resonance completely? Are you sure you can keep me safe? I am afraid a lot of Others will appear, and some of them will be pretty strong too."

"Don't worry, we still have Sister Qing'e here. If we really can't handle it, I'll ask for help," Li Luo said with a smile.

"Okay, we'll do as you say, then." Li Hongyou nodded. She was not an indecisive person either.

After they had come to an agreement, Li Luo took out his Grand Commander plaque and summoned the thousand Guardians under his lead to gather here. They waited for a while as waves of people came from all directions.

He did a quick check, and it seemed like all thousand members had finally gathered.

Some of the team leaders stepped forward. They clasped their hands together and greeted Li Luo respectfully. "Grand Commander Li Luo, what's the matter? We've received your order to gather."

Clearly, they were a bit confused by the summon. Now was the best time to search for the Golden Stone Spirit Clams, and calling them here would delay their search efforts. Nonetheless, Li Luo had established his reputation in the Dragon's Fang Guardians, so they had moved as soon as they received the order.

"Everyone, if you trust me, please get into formation and support me. I believe the final harvest will not disappoint you all," Li Luo declared.

The other members took a look at each other. Then they quickly scanned their surroundings and realized there were not many traces of the Golden Stone Spirit Clams. However, since Li Luo had spoken, they would obey.

"We acknowledge your command!"

With that, the thousand Guardians got into formation. Resonant power surged up and flooded the area.

Then Li Luo grabbed onto his Grand Commander plaque, and the enormous energy in the area poured into his body.

An extremely terrifying amount of energy then surrounded his body. Li Luo could tell from the energy undulations that he had reached the threshold of an upper third-grade Duke.

This gave him more confidence in his plan. He turned towards Li Hongyou and told her, "Senior Hongyou, let's begin."

Li Hongyou nodded and sat down in the lotus position in the middle of the golden water. Then she bit her own finger, causing fresh blood to ooze out. She then activated her resonant power, and her fresh blood was invigorated and a fragrant scent was unleashed.

Li Luo could sense that the scent was spreading in every direction, into every nook and cranny.

He was a little nervous as he looked around the crevices and pits in the area. Whether they would reap a bountiful return would be all up to how enticing Li Hongyou's Crimson Heart Vermilion Fruit resonance was to the Golden Stone Spirit Clams.

At this moment, the other members of the Dragon's Fang Guardians were also looking around the surroundings with a hint of doubt in their minds. They knew what Li Luo was trying to do.

However, would this really work?

The Golden Stone Spirit Clams were well known for being cautious creatures. At the slightest hint of trouble, they would hide deeply in the golden boulders and refuse to come out again.

That said, their doubts were quickly addressed.

Suddenly, movement could be seen in the water.

Li Luo's gaze shifted over as quickly as lightning. His heart started beating quickly. Some Spirit Clams were slowly making their way out of a golden boulder not too far away.

Spirit Clam after Spirit Clam could be seen emerging from it. They were craving a taste of the golden water in the area, which had been mixed with Li Hongyou's blood.

On first look, there were more than ten Spirit Clams already! And more were coming out!

The eyes of the Dragon's Fang Guardians widened as well.

Had they discovered a nest of Golden Stone Spirit Clams?

However, their surprise quickly turned into joy. With so many Spirit Clams coming out of the boulder, how many Spirit Pearls were they going to harvest in one swoop?

As the saying goes, if you follow Grand Commander Li Luo, things will never be slow.