Chapter 1684: Torch Dragon Underworld King

A formation had been broken deep in the crevice, revealing two familiar people who had spent the past five years hidden in the shadows: Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King.

Li Luo stood in the air, his eyes overflowing with icy murderous intent as he focused on them. He could sense that both of them had reached the Triple Crowned King Stage.

"You evildoers from the Origin Reversion Institute are still gathering life force!" he shouted.

Li Luo's senses had been spread across the entire area, so he could feel the life force gradually vanishing. Ordinary Kings would assume that this was normal, but he knew that the Origin Reversion Institute was capable of absorbing dissipating life force. They would condense that life force into Golden Life Fruits.

He had suspected that there was a formation capable of doing that concealed here. After investigating it carefully, he had pinpointed the location where the life force was being absorbed and took action.

"Li Luo!" Upon being revealed, Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King had gloomy expressions. As they raised their head to look at him, traces of fear and hesitation appeared in their eyes. Li Luo used to be nothing but an ant compared to them, especially when the Spirit Eye Underworld King had first met him in the Spiritual Resonance Cave. Li Luo hadn't even reached the Duke Stage then.

However, all of that had changed. Li Luo had slaughtered the Saturnine Hydra Devil King and heavily crippled the White Scorpion Devil King and the Divine Banner Devil King, all of which were Triple Crowned Devil Kings. This information had long spread across the divine continents.

Although Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King had made breakthroughs after the start of the war, they were at best equal to the White Scorpion Devil King and the Divine Banner Devil King. Regardless of how Li Luo had defeated those Devil Kings, the fact was that he had the means to harm and threaten them.

The puny insect who they didn't see as a threat now caused them to feel an oppressive sense of pressure. Furthermore, they had met in the territory of the Eastern Region Federation, so dozens of Kings would swarm over the moment Li Luo commanded it.

Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King had snuck into this area to produce more Life Fruits, and they were well aware of the dangers. They had hoped that the formations created by their Heavenly Emperors would allow them to stealthily accomplish their mission. Normally speaking, even peak Triple Crowned Kings would find it difficult to detect them, so who would have expected Li Luo to find them?

"Since I have a deep grudge against the two of you, we'll settle all our past affairs today," said Li Luo in a calm tone, though his voice was suffused with incredible killing intent.

When they met in the Spiritual Resonance Cave, the Spirit Eye Underworld King intended to kill him, and Li Lingjing's tragic life and transformation were due to him as the main instigator. Thus, this man had to die, at the very least as a form of revenge for her.

Li Luo's grudge with Qin Jiujie ran deep. Qin Jiujie was behind the entire catastrophe in the World's End River Region, and he was responsible for Li Jingzhe's downfall. Although Li Jingzhe ended up becoming a Heavenly Emperor, Li Luo would never forget that grudge.

He didn't have the strength to harm these two in their previous encounter, but things were different now. He had become the top dog of the East Divine Continent and was well known throughout the ten divine continents.

When Li Luo revealed his killing intent, a dazzling streak of rainbow light pierced through the void, appearing on the battlefield in an instant. A tall and slender figure appeared from within the light. It was Jiang Qing'e with the Holy Phoenix Parasol in hand. She had sensed Li Luo's desire to kill along with the appearance of two Triple Crowned Kings, causing her to shoot over as quickly as she could. She immediately focused on the two individuals emanating shocking undulations of power and recognized them immediately.

"Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King? Don't even try to run. The Origin Reversion Institute has started the Origin Reversion War, and it's time to pay the price," Jiang Qing'e icily declared. A sacred tree rune manifested between her brows, giving off undulations of Light Authority.

The countless Kings of the Eastern Region Federation had rushed over from all directions, sealing off the entire area. They all hated the Origin Reversion Institute to the bone, as it was the cancer that festered in the divine continents.

Li Luo's handsome face was as calm as a bottomless pool as unfathomable power surged up from the depths of his body, causing the surrounding space to shake. He had grown out of his immaturity and now shouldered a very heavy burden: the hopes and dreams of the billions of living creatures who occupied the East Divine Continent.

Eight resplendent Ten-Pillar Golden Duke Bergfrieds shot into the air above him, and ten different types of source origin energies flowed out of them, condensing into his Transcendent Heavenly Throne. At the same time, the Absolute Resonance Halo revealed itself, the five resonant palaces glittering brightly. As the halo slowly spun, worldly natural energy was devoured ravenously, flowing into it in torrents.

The Absolute Resonance Halo was capable of condensing incredible amounts of power now that Li Luo was at the peak of the Eighth Transcendent Duke Stage. It could seize all of the worldly natural energy around him far more efficiently than an average Triple Crowned King. The ability to endlessly absorb worldly natural energy granted him inexhaustible endurance in battle. As long as the opponent had no way to restrict him, Li Luo could fight for as long as they wished, until they were grinded down into complete depletion. This was the fearsome ability of the Absolute Resonance Halo.

Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King could sense this as well. After all, the moment the Absolute Resonance Halo appeared, they could feel that their crowns were at a disadvantage when it came to seizing the worldly natural energy around them!

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Li Luo didn't bother to engage in further pleasantries. The Absolute Resonance Halo rumbled and his resonances fused together, causing an Empyrean Tree rune to appear between his brows. The Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority!

This time, the Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority looked a little different. The trunk was covered in violet-gold dragon scales and a violet-gold Heavenly Dragon was coiled around the top of its canopy, releasing it a vast draconic might. It was his supreme ninth-grade Heavenly Dragon resonance.

Li Luo waved his hand, and copious amounts of violet-gold light spilled out from his robes, accompanied by the roar of a Heavenly Dragon. Nine titanic Heavenly Dragons that were over a million feet long soared into the sky, gathering together to form a violet-gold seal. The seal was surrounded by the nine dragons, each emanating a regal and supreme aura. Any creature that laid eyes on them would undoubtedly fall to their knees in worship.

This was a Transcendent Art, the Nine Dragons Paragon Emperor Seal! It had been created with a supreme ninth-grade Heavenly Dragon resonance, causing the Light of Authority to flow around it.

The void crumbled before the seal as it barrelled towards Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King, intending to crush them. As the seal descended, layers of the void were sealed, ensuring that there was no opportunity to escape.

When faced with Li Luo's attack, which combined the Light of Authority and a dimensional sealing component, Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King's expressions changed. They wouldn't just sit there and await their death. Three majestic crowns appeared over each of them, causing the world to rumble. Countless seals made of source origin materialized around them. They gathered and formed a torrent of power like a raging river, colliding with the dragon seal.

Boom!

When the two sides clashed, the aftershocks were felt as far as a hundred thousand miles away. The worldly natural energy was riled up, causing energy storms to erupt, mountains to deform, and rivers to change course!

Despite Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King's full efforts, the dragon seal continued to press down in an overbearing fashion. The Light of Authority was simply too domineering; not even the purest source origin from Triple Crowned Kings could compare.

Jiang Qing'e didn't plan to show any mercy to the Origin Reversion Institute's members either. Even though Li Luo had the upper hand, she didn't hesitate to launch her own attack. Boundless light condensed behind her, transforming into twelve wings of light. The tree-shaped rune on her forehead became much clearer as well.

With her four upper ninth-grade light resonances working in overdrive, she could forcibly summon her own Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority! Although there was a gap between hers and Li Luo's, it was still capable of harnessing the power of Authority, the Authority of Light!

Jiang Qing'e brandished her Holy Phoenix Parasol and launched a spear of light towards Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King, wrapped in the Authority of Light.

Qin Jiujie and the Spirit Eye Underworld King's expressions fell. These two youths were simply too monstrous. Both of them were capable of wielding Authority, the symbol of a Heavenly Emperor! They were effectively cheating! At this point, they changed their minds and planned to activate their secret arts to make a hasty retreat. However, their eyes suddenly froze as they sensed the void behind them shatter.

The space that Li Luo had sealed off had been forcibly ripped open. A gigantic and ancient wheel turned in the depths of the shattered void. A moment later, magnificent divine light swept out like a primal beast, smashing against Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e's attacks.

Bang!

Terrifying energy storms raged, and the duo's attacks were neutralized despite being imbued with Authority.

A faint laugh sounded out from the depths of the void before a figure slowly walked out. "Hehe... You truly are the overbearing Ten Resonances King."

Li Luo's eyes shrunk as he glared at the divine wheel in the void, his voice booming. "An Absolute Resonance Halo?"

That was when he recalled the information provided by the Academic Federation, and his eyes narrowed further. "Are you the leader of the Thirteen Underworld Kings, the Torch Dragon Underworld King?"