Chapter 1719: Poison Erodes the Body

Hurricane-like energy storms raged in waves in the sky above the Dragons' Domain. At the eye of it were several figures engaged in fierce combat. More accurately, Ao Yan and the Enigmatic Overcast Underworld King were joining hands to suppress the three Heavenly Dragons created by Li Luo's Spectral Divine Illusion Clones. A single peak eighth-grade Transcendent Duke was fighting against two Triple Crowned Kings!

The experts of the Dragon Race looked on in awe. A battle between pinnacle experts was rarely seen, even during the Ten Years of Heavenly Fate. However, it was clear that Li Luo was at a disadvantage in this confrontation. Even though he had created two clones with his Transcendent Art, Ao Yan and the Enigmatic Overcast Underworld King were opponents that one couldn't underestimate. When the two joined hands, they were not only able to resist Li Luo's attacks, but also bombard him with attacks of their own.

Under the ferocious assault, Li Luo's tenacious body was being battered with bloody scars. As his scales shattered, a shower of blood rained down, eventually turning into a bloody mist. However, Li Luo was being smart about it—most of the major wounds were borne by his clones, allowing his real body to remain relatively fine.

His blood was boiling and his entire body was coursing with pain, though the pain only stimulated his fighting spirit further, causing his gaze to burn with glorious intensity. He could sense that his entire body was undergoing a metamorphosis, as though something was about to awaken from within his blood. For that reason, he completely ignored the injuries and continued to launch ferocious attacks without fear. To the spectators, this scene looked particularly heroic.

Ao Yan sensed that something wasn't right. This was because his bloodline was faintly quivering, as though in response to something that was awakening within Li Luo's body. Additionally, even though Li Luo was riddled with wounds, the flesh and blood beneath the shattered scales were regenerating swiftly, becoming even tougher and radiating an aura from antiquity.

"This aura... this is the Dragon Ancestor's Physique! That bitch Zhen Linshuang! Just how much Ancestral Blood did she give him?!"

Ao Yan thought, his gaze filled with fury.

"Enigmatic Overcast, slaughter him as quickly as possible. He's using us to temper his body through the pain, to give birth to the Dragon Ancestor's Physique!" Ao Yan roared.

The Enigmatic Overcast Underworld King's expression changed. Even he knew of the Dragon Ancestor's Physique, as it was the strongest physical body a dragon could possess. Once one attained it, their body would be literally indestructible; even Supreme Triple Crowned Kings would find it hard to injure them. This meant that Li Luo's physical body would be comparable to Zhen Linshuang's, the one who had the most powerful physical body in the world. At that point in time, even if he and Ao Yan were to join hands, it would be incredibly difficult to deal with him.

"It seems that the brat is quite courageous, daring to use us as a whetstone to temper his body. Well, I'll grant his wish today!" the Enigmatic Overcast Underworld King said, his black and white eyes turning sinister. He suddenly twisted his body, and a mysterious light burst out, revealing a black Demon Frog the size of a giant mountain.

The Heaven Devouring Demon Frog let out a heaven-shaking croak. After which, its bottomless pit of a mouth spewed out a colorful stream of energy that gave off source origin fluctuations and an inexplicably fishy stench.

"Li Luo, aren't you trying to temper your body? My Life Warping Poison can assist you with that!" he cackled gloomily. The colorful light streaked across the sky, surrounding the three Heavenly Dragons and attempting to submerge them. The poisonous aura made its way into their bodies, and the moment it entered, large parts were eroded away.

When Li Luo saw this, he didn't dare to casually come into contact with the poison, so he immediately started to retreat.

"Let me add some firepower!" Ao Yan sneered when he saw that. He opened his mouth and spewed out black poison, filled with a vicious toxic aura. This was the Black Dragon Poison that originated from his bloodline, an overbearing poison in its own right.

As expected of peak experts, the moment they discovered that Li Luo was using their attacks to benefit himself, they had changed tactics accordingly. One of the weaknesses of a body made of flesh was insidious poison. If Li Luo wanted to use this opportunity to temper himself, then he'd have to decide if he dared to absorb the source origin poison.

Two terrifying poisonous auras surrounded the void around Li Luo, pressing closer and closer. He closely watched the source origin poisons approach him. His body was in a critical state, and if he missed this opportunity, he didn't know when he would be able to find another. Thus, there was practically no other option.

His eyes flashed with decisiveness and he stopped retreating. Bellowing to the sky, he unhinged his maw and directly devoured the two source origin poisons. The poisons then began to wreak havoc within him. Even the tenacious Heavenly Dragon flesh and blood were unable to mitigate its destructive effects.

Li Luo's eyes turned bloodshot as horrible pain wracked his entire body. His violet-gold scales began to swiftly turn dim and hideous poisonous sores erupted across his body as his flesh began to fester.

"You're seeking death!" When Ao Yan and the Enigmatic Overcast Underworld King saw this, they were first taken aback, then filled with joy. They never would have thought that Li Luo would act so arrogantly. He had not only decided to resist the poison, but even swallow it outright. Not even someone with a more robust physique would survive that.

As a result, the two of them didn't hesitate to summon up more source origin energy and turn it into poison, which they sent towards Li Luo yet again. They would definitely get rid of this impending disaster today.

Seeing his enemies send even greater amounts of poison at him, Li Luo could no longer afford to act negligently. He roused the Greater Void Resonance Flame, borrowing its purifying effects to purge the poison. At the same time, pure light resonant power surged through his body. The purification abilities of the light resonant power also helped suppress the poison. With these two powers, Li Luo was able to keep the rampaging poison in check.

It was a struggle to maintain the delicate balance within his body; it teetered between continuous regeneration and erosion. As the process continued, his flesh and blood transformed. This was an extremely torturous and dangerous stalemate. A single mistake would not just lead to failure—his life would also be spent. He wanted to borrow this hard-found opportunity to obtain his Dragon Ancestor's Physique, and the fastest way was to persevere and resist the poisons of the two peak Triple Crowned Kings.

Ao Yan and Enigmatic Overcast knew precisely what he was thinking. This was why they had used all of their strength to create even greater amounts of source origin poison to send towards Li Luo, planning to tip the scales in their favor and poison him to death.

The ferocious scene had suddenly turned much quieter. Even so, everyone could see that a deadly confrontation was occurring in the plumes of poison. As time passed, everyone noticed that the poisoned Heavenly Dragon's aura had stagnated.

A look of solemnity appeared in Li Luo's eyes. He could sense that the metamorphosis of his bloodline had reached a critical point, a bottleneck that prevented the final step. Although he possessed an incomparably pure Heavenly Dragon bloodline, he was not truly a dragon. This tiny shortcoming turned into a gigantic chasm that stopped him from taking that final step in this critical moment.

In a normal situation, Li Luo could've slowly taken his time. However, with Ao Yan and the Enigmatic Overcast Underworld King eyeing him like covetous tigers, he truly didn't have much time. He had to admit that these two were quite troublesome opponents. He focused and thought through every possibility he could imagine. If he truly couldn't forge the Dragon Ancestor's Physique today, then he would likely have to set it aside and look for another opportunity in the future. After all, he first had to survive this battle and live to fight another day.

With that, he no longer hesitated. However, just as Li Luo was planning to stop the process, he heard the loud howl of a wolf. When he looked towards the source of the sound, he saw an Eight-tailed Heavenly Wolf pouncing through the air. Atop it was an elegant and beautiful girl. Li Hongyou!

The Eight-tailed Heavenly Wolf was carrying her through the poisonous clouds. Even though its body had started to rot, it did not make a sound as it risked its life to rush towards Li Luo. At a certain point, it was unable to hold on any longer, but it grabbed Li Hongyou with its tails and flung her towards Li Luo. With the additional boost, she was able to reach him.

Li Luo stretched his claw out and caught her. Her face was currently pale and she looked completely spent. Before he could ask why, her bright red lips parted and a pill floated out of her mouth, emanating a grand medicinal fragrance that filled the world. As soon as the pill left her lips, she collapsed from weakness.

"What is this?" Li Luo's eyes narrowed as he looked at the pill.

Meanwhile, Ao Yan was dazed for a few moments when he saw it. His expression changed as he roared in anger, "The Nine Transformations Jade Dragon Pill?!"