Chapter 1582: The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's Attack

As the torrential downpour continued, the inky rain formed a dusky curtain that enveloped the heavens and the earth. The gloomy and chilly aura permeated the air and caused negative emotions to continuously arise in people's hearts.

On the literal bright side, the radiant and eye-catching Divine Great Crystalline Sun was still floating high up in the air. It emitted endless amounts of crystalline divine light that purified every drop of Stygian Rain that entered its range, slowing down the speed of erosion. Sounds of brutal slaughter could be heard across the meandering front lines as True Devils were executed and Duke Bergfrieds were shattered, transforming into motes of energy. The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's experts were trying their best to hold on on, occasionally glancing at what was going on in the center of the battlefield. There, the Finger Winged False King was enraged after having been knocked down by Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e, its form having changed as a result.

It stood in the air, its white Finger Wings having turned black, giving off an ominous sensation. An extra pair of wings had sprouted as well.

Sticky liquid filled with corruption dripped off the tips of the wings. Wherever it fell, the ground was corrupted like a drop of ink falling onto a piece of paper, staining it irreversibly. Its eyes were now pitch-black, filled with immense hatred and the desire to murder the duo.

Upon sensing the corruption fluctuations their opponent was emitting, Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e's expressions turned solemn. Was this a False King's true strength? It far surpassed an upper ninth-grade Pinnacle Duke! However, as frightening as the Four Winged False King was, they couldn't allow it to remain on the battlefield and wantonly massacre their troops. This would only lead to the frontlines collapsing and immense losses to occur.

"Sister Qing'e, it's time to act!"

Li Luo, still in his Heavenly Dragon form, let out a booming roar as he pierced through the skies, swinging his gigantic claw that was imbued with radiant divine light.

With the Three Divine Dragons' Demon Smiting Light supplementing his body, every strike carried terrifying amounts of force. Even an upper ninth-grade Duke would be greatly suppressed by his attacks.

The mountain-sized claw was filled with tyrannical force as it swatted towards the Four Winged False King, shattering the void along the way. When faced with Li Luo's attack, the Four Winged False King stretched out its pale hand, then black fingers fell off the wings, transforming into an ebony whip.

The whip was a thousand feet long and the nails of the fingers had turned exceptionally thin and sharp, like countless black poisonous needles that were inserted into the length of the ship.

The whip cracked fiercely, filled with fearsome power as it ripped a rift through the skies before colliding brutally with the mountain-like claw.

When the two forces met, the divine light that was wrapped around Li Luo's claw was broken through and his violet-gold scales were ripped apart, causing his blood to splash outwards. Dense amounts of corruption flooded into the open wound, attempting to erode his body.

However, in the blink of an eye, a magnificent divine flame appeared, immediately purifying the corruption. This was the effect of the Greater Void Resonance Flame.

Although the corruption had been dealt with, Li Luo still felt piercing pain that reached all the way to the bone. The Four Winged False King was truly a terrifying opponent; even his indomitable Heavenly Dragon body was unable to resist its attacks.

A savage glint flickered through Li Luo's eyes. He had no intention to retreat, so he launched another barrage of attacks. He swept out with his tail, his claws, and even unleashed a torrent of dragonbreath, all imbued with divine light. The attacks poured out like a tide, intending to overwhelm the Four Winged False King.

The Four Winged False King revealed a mocking expression and once again flicked its whip, shredding the void. The whip was like a poisonous python, containing an insidious venom as it met the attacks head-first. Just as the two sides were about to collide once again, an extremely sacred flame descended from above, enveloping Li Luo's attacks with another bolstering layer yet again.

Bang!

The two sides fiercely collided a second time.

This round, the whip's corruptive effects had greatly lessened thanks to the purificative effects of the holy flames and the divine light. As a result, the whip's attacks were now the ones being torn apart by Li Luo's onslaught.

Jiang Qing'e's hands were clasped together, and the Apex Resonance Crystal Core which resembled the eye of a god had appeared between her eyebrows, flowing with sacred light. An entire world bathed in light seemed to be contained within the Crystal Core, in which a temple was vaguely visible.

While she imbued Li Luo's attacks with the holy flames, she had also split her attention off to form an attack of her own. A wisp of spiritual light rose above her, transforming into a divine halo that floated behind her.

Radiant Divineflame Heavenly Ring!

Whoosh!

An instant later, from within the divine halo, ten Seven Treasures Glazed Sword of Lights shot out like divine dragons wrapped in heavenly light. They complemented Li Luo's stream of attacks as they cleaved towards the Four Winged False King. The Four Winged False King screeched into the skies upon witnessing the combined attacks, brandishing the whip in its hand. The clouds above it stormed whilst it fought off the duo.

The fight had reached an incredible level of intensity in just a few short moments. Frightening energy fluctuations formed tempests that buffeted the area, causing the skies to crack and the ground to rupture.

Everyone witnessing the scene couldn't help but gasp. Even Li Jiluo and Li Qingpeng and the rest of the Pinnacle Dukes felt their eyelids twitching. This sort of battle was something even they would have a hard time participating in.

They bitterly smiled and asked themselves,

Is this battle even at the ninth-grade, the same grade as me?

It was fortunate that they had Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e, two nonsensically strong sixth-grade Transcendents on their side. Otherwise, they would've had to face the Four Winged False King, and they would definitely pay a bloody price. What had happened to the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin served as a lesson for them.

A False King far surpassed any upper ninth-grade Duke. Only Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e, with the Absolute Resonance Seed and the Genesis Seed respectively, and their sixth-grade Transcendent strength, were capable of fighting on relatively even terms.

Li Qingpeng and the rest sighed and suppressed all stray thoughts. Sets of nine towering Duke Bergfrieds rushed into the air, holding back the ninth-grade True Devils that were approaching from within the Other Tide. Brutal battles unfolded in every corner of the battlefield.

Half a day passed almost too quickly. In the plateau behind the frontlines, Tantai Lan, Li Tianji, and Li Qingying were all closely watching a series of spatial mirrors that were projecting scenes from across the battlefield. "This battle has been much more intense than any we have had before," Li Tianji said with a sigh.

Tantai Lan's attention was focused on the depths of the battlefield, where Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e were facing off against the Four Winged False King. During this half a day, the two sides were engaged in a relentless and terrible battle that would instill fear in anyone watching. The Four Winged False King's already astonishing power was clearly being bolstered by the Stygian Rain. If its opponents were merely ordinary sixth-grade Transcendents, they might have barely been able to protect themselves. However, it just had to encounter Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e, two exceptionally demonic geniuses.

The Four Winged False King had launched killing blow after killing blow, but the duo with their impeccable cooperation always worked together to resolve them. Li Luo would take advantage of the powerful defenses of his draconic form to weather heavy blows, while Jiang Qing'e would take the opportunity to whittle away at the Four Winged False King, chopping off as many fingers as possible each time.

"Such a battle can be said to be at the absolute peak beneath the King Stage." Li Qingying sighed emotionally. This confrontation was already worthy of them as Kings.

"The Finger Wings of the Four Winged False King have been continuously absorbing the Stygian Rain throughout this fight. It looks like it's stalling, preparing for a true deathblow," Li Tianji suddenly said as his gaze flickered with mysterious light, vaguely sensing the dangerous fluctuations that were gathered around the body of the creature.

Tantai Lan, on the other hand, didn't seem to be worried as she indifferently commented, "Little Luo and Qing'e aren't slouches either."

As she stared at the violet-gold dragon that was emitting an incredible aura, she could also sense mighty but subtle fluctuations emerging from his body. Even Jiang Qing'e was discreetly preparing something of her own as she maintained the offensive. The fierce fighting was all about testing each other's bottom lines, probing for flaws, and finally looking for the gap to unleash a blow to end things.

In such a confrontation, revealing just the slightest weakness would trigger a world-ending counterattack.

Thus, the strength of their trump cards would decide who would ultimately achieve victory.

"Oh?" Tantai Lan suddenly let out a cry as her thoughts were interrupted. At the same time, her gaze turned towards another mirror, where countless pillars of resonant power shot up into the skies and Duke Bergfrieds manifested in large numbers.

"Are those the armies of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin? What are they trying to do? Are they trying to ambush us?" Li Qingying's expression was distorted with fury.

"Lineage Chief Qingying, that doesn't seem to be the case." Li Tianji was originally greatly shocked by this sudden development, but he noticed that the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's soldiers were actually flanking the Other Tide, forcing the Others' offensive to suddenly stagnate.As a result, the pressure that was bearing down upon the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li was visibly relieved.

"This..." Li Qingying was taken aback by these developments. She would never have imagined that the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin would choose to attack the Other Tide at this critical moment and give them some breathing room.

Based on the personalities of those old things that ran the place, wouldn't they have been more content sitting back and watching the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li be consumed instead?

Meanwhile, Tantai Lan had a suspicious look on her face. "Did something happen to the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin? Did Qin Zhongyuan and Qin Qu suddenly die of old age?"

Li Tianji's expression twitched uncontrollably. The two mentioned by Tantai Lan were in the same generation as he was... so didn't it seem as though she was inadvertently cursing him as well? Furthermore, her words were harsh and it was clear that her disdain towards the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin was more than just mere disgust. That said, all of this was a good thing for the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. Relieving some of the pressure from the Other Tide had significantly reduced their casualties.

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

This could be seen from the fact that the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's frontlines were now able to advance swiftly, causing the Other Tide to retreat.

Even the Four Winged False King sensed this change as all of the movements within the range of the Stygian Rain could be instantly sensed by it.

Killing intent erupted from its pitch-black eyes.

It stared at the colossal violet-gold dragon and the female that was radiating sacred light resonant power as it viciously stretched out its claws, tearing a hole in its chest. Saturnine blood flowed out of the injury, emitting a dusky, black glow. Within this dusky light was a jet-black blood wheel covered with innumerable sharp fangs. The surface of the wheel was engraved with ominous and sinister runic patterns. All of Li Luo's and Jiang Qing'e's attacks were swallowed up by the light coming from the wheel.

The Stygian Rain around them seemed to have been attracted by something, all of it being absorbed into the blood wheel.

In just a few short moments, the blood wheel became ten thousand feet wide and resembled a full moon that heralded the coming of death itself.

People all across the battlefield looked up at the disturbing sight with horrified eyes. The roar of the Four Winged False King resounded throughout the battlefield, filled with murderous intent.

"The source of the accursed rain, the Cursed Rain Blood Wheel!"