Chapter 1580: Husband And Wife Jointly Challenge The False King

Worldly natural energy began to churn and the black clouds poured down gloomy, inky rain, attempting to submerge the entire world. As the Stygian Rain fell, Others began to emerge from the flooded areas. They were of all shapes and sizes, with grotesque and twisted bodies that would instill a deep sense of unease and fear into anyone's heart.

Facing the Other Tide's savage counterattack, the experts on the meandering defensive lines of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li showed changing expressions.

Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e stood in the sky as their Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds rushed into the air, bursting with boundless and dense resonant power. Their resonant power intertwined, swiftly forming a formation high in the sky.

A fist-sized crystal condensed in the middle of the formation, emitting a blinding, sacred glow. After which, the light was refracted countless times, swiftly strengthening the crystal.

The crystal expanded in size, quickly becoming as bright as the sun. Soon after, the Divine Great Crystalline Sun hung in the sky above and lit up the land with a holy, crystalline light, clashing against the Stygian Rain.

Everyone watched in trepidation when the two forces collided.

Even the Lineage Chiefs had solemn expressions as the course of the battle would be dictated by the result of this clash. Would the Divine Crystalline Radiance Demon Purifying Formation be able to purify the Stygian Rain?

If this could be done, the Edict of "Kings May Not Enter" would no longer apply as the Stygian Rain would no longer be present. At that point, the three Lineage Chiefs could take action and easily crush the Finger Winged False King. They would demonstrate why the False King was given such a title in the face of true power. Thus, everyone's eyes were glued to the scene as they watched the boundless crystalline light smash against the Stygian Rain. After an initial moment of contact, the rain was instantly purified and dissipated into a puff of sooty smoke!

The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's forces were incomparably excited, but that was short-lived. They realized that the smoke was fusing back into the Stygian Rain, and it struck back at the divine light.

This caused their hearts to sink.

They knew that before today, the Divine Crystalline Radiance Demon Purifying Formation was not only capable of causing the Stygian Rain to evaporate into vapor, but also tear apart the ominous clouds.

It was complete and utter destruction.

However, the effects were not as great as before.

This wasn't because the Divine Crystalline Radiance Demon Purifying Formation had weakened, but because the Stygian Rain's effects had been amplified.

"Everyone, prepare to battle!" Tantai Lan's sharp shout resounded through everyone's ears.

The rain had not been purified and thus, the upcoming battle would undoubtedly be bloody and brutal, leading to countless casualties.

Everyone across the winding defensive line prepared for battle.

The Five Guardian Armies were the same, having already formed groups of a hundred men, organized into formations. They couldn't wield the larger formations due to the effects of the Stygian Rain corroding one's mind. The Heavenly Dragon formation required everyone to have their hearts and minds gathered. When they tried it in the past, they found out that the more people in a formation, the greater the accumulation of negative thoughts and emotions, leading to a higher chance of a backlash. As a result, the Heavenly Dragon's Five Guardian Armies had to form smaller groups.

Li Foluo tightly gripped his spear, which was flowing with esoteric light, with a cold and serious expression. His severe gaze swept across the Others that were approaching like a tsunami.

"Dragon's Fang Guardians, move out!" he roared, his voice as lound as thunder.

"Dragon's Blood Guardians, move out!"

"Dragon's Scale Guardians, move out!"

At the same time, the other four Guardian Generals gave their commands and countless beams of light shot forward like a grand fireworks display.

Bang!

Two terrifying forces clashed against each other without reservation across the wide defensive line that stretched for tens of thousands of miles. Worldly natural energy raged all around them. Injuries and deaths began to pile up, and the tragic scene caused Li Tianji's expression to twitch.

He then raised his head, looking at the two most eye-catching individuals in the sky. Both of them were barrelling directly towards the Finger Winged False King. Whether the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li could hold the line against the overwhelming Other Tide was dependent on the two of them restraining the Finger Winged False King. If the duo failed, they would be left with no choice but to retreat helplessly and give up the territories that they had fought bitterly to take back.

However, if they did so, morale would undoubtedly plummet.

"Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e, everything is up to you." Li Tianji sighed lightly. The current situation left the Lineage Chiefs feeling powerless and aggrieved. They were the strongest combatants, but they had been rendered powerless by the Heavenly Emperor's Edict and unable to participate. Even Tantai Lan was no exception, as a Greater Transcendent Duke was comparable to an actual Dual Crowned King and thus was restricted.

[TL Note: Perhaps it would have been more accurate for the edict to say that Combatants With True King Power May Not Enter...]

Roar!

Before everyone's eyes, Li Luo rushed into the midst of the Stygian Rain, his body bursting with violet-gold light as a heaven-shaking draconic roar echoed throughout the land. He then transformed into a gigantic, violet-gold Heavenly Dragon. Upper Destiny-grade Duke Art: Dragon Blood Atavism Art!

Two years ago in the Celestial Mirror Pagoda, Li Luo's Heavenly Dragon form was just several tens of thousands of feet long. Now that he had reached the Sixth Transcendent Duke Stage, he was a hundred thousand feet long!

As the Heavenly Dragon soared into the sky, its majestic might swept across the air, scattering the loathsome rain.

The dragon unhinged its maw, and a tyrannical stream of dragonbreath blasted towards the Finger Winged False King. This attack was imbued with untold mysteries, creating crystals in the void. The worldly natural energy had been stained by his crystal resonant power and transformed into energy crystals, forming a hail of crystalline rain that collided against the inky water droplets.

Some of the unluckier True Devils were struck by the scraps of dragonbreath, instantly sealing them into crystal statues.

When the Finger Winged False King saw this, it stretched out a single gigantic wing, flowing with white light that formed runic patterns on its surface. It was now an impenetrable shield!

Boom!

The crystalline dragonbreath heavily crashed onto the shield, but it did not end up being sealed in crystal like the other True Devils. Instead, the pale fingers that made up the wings cracked open, revealing a mouth filled with sharp fangs. The mouth actually consumed the dragonbreath!

The Finger Wings then slashed out in response, creating a beam of stark white energy that shattered the residual dragonbreath. The Other then launched a heavy strike at the Heavenly Dragon's head.

As white light fell, a gigantic rift was ripped open in its wake.

Even Li Luo could feel a bone-chilling and inhuman aura coming from this attack.

At this moment, divine light resonant power spilled out from above the dragon's head, and an elegant and sacred sword of light manifested, embedded with gorgeous, precious jewels. The sword of light cleaved upwards, slamming into the descending white light. Berserk energy undulations dispersed in every direction before both attacks dissipated into nothingness.

The first counterattack had been resolved cleanly, and even the Finger Winged False King had a look of surprise on its feminine face. During this period of time, it had wantonly slaughtered all of the Pinnacle Dukes from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin that it came upon. Even the upper ninth-grade Dukes could not escape its grasp. This was the first time since it had been created that someone had managed to resist it.

The Finger Winged False King was momentarily fazed by this unexpected turn of events, but Li Luo had no reason to politely wait until it refocused on the battle.

Whoosh!

He swung his titanic tail, slamming down towards the creature with cataclysmic force, shattering the void with his movements.

At the same time, three separate draconic roars could be heard as three gigantic figures soared out of the void, combining into a mottled and ancient banner.

Three Dragons' Heavenly Banner Canon!

Triple Dragon Demon Crushing Divine Light!

Boundless amounts of divine light came out of the banner, wrapping around the descending tail. Now that Li Luo had reached the realm of Grand Perfection for the Three Dragons' Heavenly Banner Canon, using the light to supplement his Heavenly Dragon form allowed him to reach untold levels of strength.

Boom!

The tail smashed into the body of the Finger Winged False King like a meteor, smashing the void apart with a thunderous boom. Many of the fingers making up the wings were crushed into pieces of gore as black blood oozed out.

The Finger Winged False King crashed with a resounding

bang

. The nearby mountains were razed to the ground by the shockwave and energy storms raged, annihilating countless Others in the vicinity. The land shuddered under the force of a dragon's supreme might.

The disturbance did not go unnoticed by the experts from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. The atmosphere stagnated for several breaths before exhilarated cheers sounded out across the battlefield.

The colossal Heavenly Dragon remained coiled in the skies, emanating a domineering draconic aura. On his head stood Jiang Qing'e with her sword drawn, giving off a heroic aura with her alert eyes complementing her beautiful features. At the center of her brow was the Apex Resonance Crystal Core, continuously converting worldly natural energy into light energy which she absorbed, supplying her with an endless amount of power. The dragon and the woman were working together, demonstrating indomitable power.

The morale of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li soared when they saw the duo, allowing them to beat back the lumbering hordes of Others.

Everyone had heard of the Finger Winged False King's cruel and merciless accomplishments in battle. Upper ninth-grade Dukes had been crippled in head-to-head fights and lower ninth-grades had been torn apart like cannon fodder. The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's frontlines had been single-handedly crushed by this creature. With that in mind, no one had ever expected that the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's first confrontation with this devilish and savage creature would lead to Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e repelling its frenzied assault and delivering a devastating blow when the opponent was unprepared!

This might have been the first time the Finger Winged False King had suffered a loss!

"Lineage Chief Li Luo is almighty!"

"Dragon Fang Envoy Jiang is invincible!"

While cries of joy and elation erupted throughout the battlefield, Li Tianji and Li Qingying heaved sighs of relief. They had been worried that the Finger Winged False King would be too much for the duo to handle, as they had a deep understanding of the power False Kings possessed. They far surpassed any normal ninth-grade Duke.

If the Finger Winged False King was allowed to rampage across the battlefield, their frontlines would very quickly be reduced to the same state as those of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin, obliterated and sent into retreat.

The bright side was that the Absolute Resonance Seed Li Luo and the Genesis Seed Jiang Qing'e similarly possessed otherworldly power of their own.

From this day on, the Heavenly Emperor powers of the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent might be filled with envy towards the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li and their unparalleled pair of Transcendent geniuses.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"It looks like there is hope yet," Li Tianji commented.

That said, his expression did not relax in the slightest as his gaze penetrated through the rain, observing the humongous crevice that had been created by Li Luo's blow. The Kings could clearly sense that even though the Finger Winged False King had been struck with a vicious blow, it was not heavily injured. On the contrary, based on the corruption undulations it was emanating, it was even strengthening rapidly!

The true battle was about to start.

Regardless, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e's reputation would once again resound throughout the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent. Being able to exchange blows with a King would always be the gold standard of combat ability anywhere in the world. Even though a False King was only a King in name, no one would dare to underestimate them.

Tantai Lan, on the other hand, had a look of appreciation in her eyes. The two brats from House Luolan were revealing their luster, stepping into the ranks of the titans of this world. Little Luo and Qing'e... Their Path of Ascension would truly begin from this battle with a False King!