Chapter 1683: Eastern Region Federation's Counterattack

Under Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e's lead, the Eastern Region Federation quickly launched a series of fervent attacks across the East Divine Continent in the following three months.

Li Luo, at the peak of the Eighth Transcendent Duke Stage, wasn't any weaker than a Triple Crowned Devil King. With Jiang Qing'e by his side, no Other Dominion with less than two Triple Crowned Devil Kings could even put up a fight, so the couple simply crushed the closest dominions.

The objective of the Eastern Region Federation had been achieved. No less than ten Other Dominions were cleansed in that three month period, and dozens of Other Kings were mercilessly destroyed, including three Dual Crowned Other Kings. For a time, the morale of the East Divine Continent was sky high.

Li Luo's title, the Ten Resonances King, had become the most dazzling name to the people. Furthermore, his name had been recorded in the Golden Dragon Bank's records and spread throughout the divine continents. Everyone knew how fortunate and rare it was for the outer divine continents to give birth to an unrivaled Transcendent expert, capable of leading them through this period of strife. Someone as powerful as Li Luo could save countless people from being enslaved and slaughtered.

However, the Shadow World didn't stand by idly. Firstly, the Other Dominions started to descend on the East Divine Continent at a higher frequency. The largest Other Dominions, the ones led by Triple Crowned Devil Kings, had been mainly focused on the inner divine continents. Those continents were home to the most powerful humans, so the Shadow World was unable to divert any of its Triple Crowned Devil Kings to the East Divine Continent at the start of the war.

Without the fighting power of a Triple Crowned Devil King, the amount of territory occupied by the Other Dominions on the East Divine Continent began to decrease as they sought to avoid the blade of the Eastern Region Federation. Li Luo knew that another Triple Crowned Devil King would descend upon them eventually, however. At that point in time, the Other Dominions would rally under the lead of that Devil King, and the federation would not be able to eliminate dominions with ease any longer. Thus, they had to take advantage of this opportunity to quickly vanquish and weaken the Other Dominions that were present now, in order to whittle away at the foundation the opponents had established.

Most importantly, taking down enemies resulted in great rewards! Finding Other Kings and Other Dominions was basically the same as finding treasures, as taking them down earned him more Fortune of Heaven and Earth. Thus, he slaughtered to his heart's content.

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East Divine Continent, a battlefield in the northwestern region

The Eastern Region Federation had once again launched an offensive. Countless resonant power undulations shot up like fireworks as Duke Bergfrieds materialized in the skies, resembling unshakeable mountains. They forcefully suppressed the stronger Others, who released dense clouds of corruption. The Kings of both sides were exchanging blows, setting off terrifying aftershocks that ripped the sky apart and shattered the mountains.

There were fifty Kings in the Eastern Region Federation, which was eighty percent of the Kings on the continent. The reason there were so many of them was due to the assistance of the Academic Federation and the Ten Years of Heavenly Fate, allowing many more to rise up.

King Stage experts were unruly and hard to restrain, as each one possessed incredible power. Unifying them required a leader with absolute might, so not even King Zhao Ming had managed to bring them together in the past. However, Li Luo had managed to convince them after he singlehandedly took on three Triple Crowned Devil Kings and came out on top. This was the main reason why the Eastern Region Federation came together.

Li Luo stood tall in the sky, watching every direction with his sharp eyes. He didn't interfere in the battles between Kings. After all, they also needed to kill Other Kings to earn the Fortune of Heaven and Earth for themselves and further aid their own growth. Only if they fell into dire straits would he lend a hand. Every single King was precious, and there were only so many; the fall of a single one was a loss they could not afford. The East Divine Continent couldn't compare with the inner divine continents after all.

Li Luo shifted his focus to the battle directly below him, where violent wind resonant power was running wild. Wherever the wind blew, Others were shredded to pieces. At this moment, three ninth-grade True Devils hopped out of a rift in the void, launching a fierce and brutal attack on the person who was wielding the wind. Li Luo's eyes turned serious, and he was about to lend a hand.

It was at that moment that the figure in the wind seemed to have sensed his intentions and shouted, "Don't butt in, Li Luo! Let me handle it!"

That familiar voice belonged to none other than Yu Lang. Nine resplendent Duke Bergfrieds floated above him, each surrounded by berserk gales. He held a sharp blade that glinted coldly, and his face was covered with frost and streaks of blood as he furiously stared at the three ninth-grade True Devils that had just arrived. There was no fear in his eyes, only a burning desire to do battle.

Yu Lang had reached the ninth-grade during Li Luo's seclusion, making him a Pinnacle Duke. He had progressed tremendously fast, and the reason for it was the same as Li Luo's breakthrough: the Divine Fruit wind resonance! When Li Luo was refining the Divine Fruit wind resonance, it left behind small fragments of the Authority of Wind. An average person would find it incredibly difficult to absorb said fragments, but Yu Lang had cultivated the Resonance Origin Transformation Art, so he was the only one that could.

Thus, while Li Luo was in seclusion, Yu Lang would pop over every half a year to absorb the straggling pieces of Authority. After five years, he had managed to reach the peak of the Ninth Duke Stage. He was now merely a step away from becoming a King.

Yu Lang didn't retreat when faced with the assault of the ninth-grade True Devils. He had even stopped Li Luo from lending him a hand, and he grinned brightly. Tempestuous winds gathered in the sky, condensing into dark azure wisps of wind that wrapped around the edge of his blade. Wind source origin flowed within his azure wind! Source origin was the power of Kings, and because he had absorbed fragments of the Divine Fruit wind resonance, he was able to wield that power at the DukeStage.

That said, Yu Lang took things to the extreme. He converted all of his resonant power into source origin energy, which he imbued into his blade, sacrificing all of his defenses. In that instant, it was as though a breeze blew by.

His figure flickered, appearing behind the three ninth-grade True Devils. Then he swung his blade, slashing through all three of them. A distant mountain was bisected as well, and the part that was sliced looked as smooth as glass. The three True Devils wailed in fear before breaking into pieces, their flesh and blood spilling across the ground.

Yu Lang was covered entirely in blood and he teetered slightly, almost falling to the ground. Hideous wounds opened up on his body, and his blood flowed wildly. He had slain three devils in one slash, but the price for that was a heavy injury.

As he forcefully steadied himself, he raised his head to look at Li Luo and flashed a confident smirk. "Don't you think that strike was cool?"

Li Luo grinned and nodded.

Yu Lang's world gradually turned black, and he collapsed headfirst. Fortunately, someone had hurriedly rushed over, supporting him from behind. It was Bai Doudou, who had been watching the whole time.

Li Luo waved his hand, causing boundless amounts of wind to swirl around the two of them. The wind carried them to the back of the battlefield. Seeing that they were safe, he turned towards a huge lake in the distance. The originally pristine and clear waters had been muddied by blood. As his cold gaze focused on the lake, he suddenly stretched his finger out, causing a mote of crystalline light to appear. The light then transformed into a blade that could rend the heavens, slicing through the lake and the mountains. A deep crevice was formed, its depth unknown.

Li Luo's strike continued to descend into the abyss unhindered, smashing through rocks and formations with ease. Eventually, a roar was heard when his attack approached the final formation. There were two pale figures in the center of that formation. They had never expected a formation created by a Heavenly Emperor to be discovered.

Li Luo's eyes surged with killing intent when he saw them. "It's been five years since I last met the two of you. I never would have expected that you would still be doing this."

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Those two were acquaintances of his—Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King.