Chapter 1559: That Look From Years Ago

"Li Luo?"

When Li Foluo's voice squeaked sharply, Li Zhihuo, Li Zhiqiu, and the rest raised their heads as well, looking at the person squatting before Li Foluo in disbelief.

His familiar face came into view.

Their heads began to buzz and disbelief flooded their hearts and minds. The one who had just saved them, carving apart two eight True Devils like cabbages, that esteemed expert... was Li Luo? How could this be?

How had Li Luo reached such a terrifying stage after merely two years?

Although, he was indeed capable of contesting sixth-grade Dukes two years ago, these True Devils were at the eighth-grade! Furthermore, Others were known to be incredibly tenacious and resilient. This meant that Li Luo's strength had to exceed the eighth-grade in order to decimate them completely with a single blow. Just what did that mean? Had he reached the ninth-grade?

Thinking about this caused everyone's eyes to tremble greatly. Ninth-grade Dukes were second only to the Lineage Chiefs in the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. How had he advanced so horrifyingly far in merely two years? After all, it was harder to progress with each breakthrough, and breaking into the ninth-grade was beyond difficult. This was a well-known bottleneck, and one was known as a Pinnacle Duke at that point. One more step would bring them into the ranks of the Kings, something that everyone dreamed about. Li Qingpeng and Li Jiluo were the only members of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's recent three generations who had reached this step. Yet it looked as though Li Luo had reached a comparable point as well?

From afar, the originally retreating Li Qingfeng and Li Hongli looked at each other and saw the terror in each other's eyes. Li Luo was weaker than them back when had just returned to the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li, yet just a few years later, they couldn't even see how far he had advanced!

Li Hongli was reminded of the time she had looked down on the country bumpkin. She felt her cheeks burning in shame and wished there was a crack in the ground that she could crawl into and hide forever! t turned out that there were geniuses that could shame others by simply existing!

"Grand Guardian General!" Luo Jiang and Xia Yu were the first to cheer upon coming to.

"Little Brother!" Li Fengyi's beautiful eyes widened.

"How did Third Brother get so strong? It looks like we are saved." Li Jingtao wiped away the blood smears on his face as he revealed a simple and happy smile.

The rest of the crowd were also moved and respectfully said, "Greetings, Grand Guardian General!"

Amongst the furor, Li Foluo finally composed himself and clasped his hands towards Li Luo. "Thank you, Grand Guardian General, for your timely assistance."

At the same time, his solemn and rough face revealed a hint of surprise and excitement. Li Luo reaching this stage was a cause for celebration. After all, he was part of the Dragon's Fang Guardians as well.

Moreover, the current situation required such peak experts to support them.

"Grand Guardian General, were you the one who killed the two True Devils?" Li Foluo couldn't help but ask.

Li Luo shook his head.

This left Li Foluo a little taken aback. Li Zhihuo and Li Zhiqiu, who were two steps behind him, heaved sighs of relief. It seemed as though there was more to this situation than they thought.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

But Li Luo's next sentence caused them to pause. "I only killed one."

Li Foluo then grinned yet again. Just as he was about to ask who had stepped into slaughter the other eighth-grade True Devil, a beam of light descended from the skies. An absolutely gorgeous and exquisite set of features entered everyone's eyes, attracting surprised glances. Her jade-like, slender hand reached out, causing the heavy sword that had split apart one of the True Devils to fly into her grasp.

"It's been a while, Guardian General Li Foluo," Jiang Qing'e said calmly.

"Dragon Fang Envoy Jiang?" Li Foluo was a little shocked. He had not expected the two of them to return together.

Meanwhile, Li Fengyi shouted in joy, bouncing over to hug her, "Qing'e!"

When Jiang Qing'e saw this, she paused momentarily before reaching out to receive her and hug her back. A smile formed on her lips as she lightly said, "Second Sister."

Hearing her words caused Li Fengyi to beam from ear to ear as she held Jiang Qing'e's hand, unwilling to let go.

On the other hand, Li Zhihuo and Li Zhiqiu were sizing up Jiang Qing'e with serious expressions. They could sense that the resonant power undulations coming from her were even stronger than Li Luo's!

Li Zhihuo couldn't help but blurt out, "Have the two of you reached the Ninth Duke Stage?"

Li Luo shook his head and answered honestly, "Ninth Duke Stage? Nope. I'm only at the sixth."

"Sixth-grade?" Everyone was taken aback. How could a sixth-grade Duke butcher two eighth-grade True Devils so easily? Was he joking?

Before their imaginations could run wide, Li Luo amended his words.

"Sixth-grade Transcendent."

The area instantly turned silent. The calm atmosphere then erupted with a buzz.

Sixth-grade Transcendent! That was even harder to reach than the Ninth Duke Stage! They were one step away from becoming true Transcendent Dukes!

Could it be that the Dragon's Fang Lineage was about to produce two more Transcendent Dukes after Tantai Lan?!

One lineage with three Transcendents?! That entire family was filled with abominations!

Li Zhihuo's throat turned dry as he rasped, "That's... truly worth congratulating."

All of them understood the value of a sixth-grade Transcendent. This was not something an ordinary ninth-grade Duke could compare with. The only ones who could reach this stage were super geniuses! Even Kings would have to treat them politely and regard them as individuals of the same level. After all, Transcendent Dukes were the only Dukes capable of defeating Kings! Everyone now understood that these two hidden dragons had unearthed their potential and were qualified to emerge from the depths and revel in the skies after being gone for two years.

Li Zhiqiu's gaze flickered and panic briefly flashed through his heart. In a sense, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e had a personal grudge against him. Li Zhihuo and the rest had merely competed against them in the Guardian Armies and had acted legitimately throughout. Li Zhiqiu, however, had personally sown the seeds of enmity.

When Li Rouyun went all the way to the Xia Kingdom to find Li Luo, Li Zhiqiu had brandished his power as a Duke of the Dragon's Blood Lineage and was unconcerned about these two juniors. In fact, it could be said that the way he had acted in front of them was inadequate.

Even so, that was just a minor thing. He had wished to use his power to force Li Luo to give up the Heavenly Emperor's Writ. As a result, Jiang Qing'e, who had already ignited her Heart of Light, was forced to endure the pressure emanating from Li Zhiqiu to protect Li Luo.

That oppressive gaze of his had caused the Heart of Light to burn even more quickly, infuriating Li Luo.

At that point in time, Li Zhiqiu had completely disregarded the furious and powerless Li Luo. In his eyes, Li Luo had languished within the outer divine continent for far too long and returning to the Dragon's Fang Lineage would be pointless. Alas, Li Zhiqiu wished he could go back in time to slap his past self senseless. It was truly the case that it was better to bully an old man than to bully the young who were poor. Two years ago, when Li Zhihuo and Li Luo were fighting for the position of Grand Guardian General, he had already felt regret in his heart. Now that both of them had reached the Sixth Transcendent Duke Stage, this feeling had exacerbated. There were some things that could not be changed, even with regret.

Li Zhiqiu inadvertently took two steps back.

However, at the next moment, his body stiffened and he raised his head, meeting a pair of cold, golden eyes that were fixated on him.

Li Luo looked at him with a smirk and calmly laughed, causing Li Zhiqiu's heart to feel a chill.

"Li Zhiqiu, do you remember that look you gave us all those years ago?"