Chapter 1798: Resurrection Seed

Seeing the smile on Li Luo's face and Nine Snakes' gloomy expression made the entire East Divine Continent erupt with cheers. The living creatures were filled with excitement as a true ray of hope had finally appeared.

All the experts could sense that Nine Snakes' frightful aura had started to recede after losing two tails. This meant that its Divine Fruit Authority had been damaged, which was truly surprising news.

The astonishing turn of events caused the Heavenly Emperors of the other divine continents to look over in surprise. No one had imagined that Li Luo would be the first to injure a Divine Fruit Grand Devil King despite only possessing four Authorities. More importantly, Li Luo seemed completely unharmed. It was unlike Wang Taixi and the rest, who had chosen to sacrifice themselves in order to seal their opponents. It was truly unbelievable.

Looking at the situation, as long as Li Luo continued to self-destruct and resurrect, all of Nine Snakes' lives would be consumed and its Divine Fruit would be shattered; it could even end up dying. A Divine Fruit Grand Devil King's fall was a feat that had not been seen for thousands of years in the divine continents. Could it be that Li Luo would be the first to attain this accomplishment?

For a time, joy filled the hearts of the divine continents' Heavenly Emperors. They could only sigh and praise him in their hearts.

"Wonderfully done, Heavenly Emperor Luo!"

The East Divine Continent had now become the focus of all the peak experts battling across the world. Their curious eyes were naturally sensed by Li Luo, but he ignored them. Instead, he continued to smirk casually as he looked at the despondent Nine Snakes.

"Only seven more lives..." he helpfully reminded it.

A vein bulged on Nine Snakes' forehead as exasperation appeared in its eyes. Li Luo's self-destructive attack and resurrection caused it to feel a deep sense of crisis. It roared in anger, "Die for me!"

It had no plans to engage Li Luo in idle banter anymore, so it directly activated its Divine Fruit Authority without reserve. The void collapsed, revealing a rift from which an ocean of decaying blood and flesh gushed out. Nine Snakes' true body then entered this rancid ocean, hiding itself.

On the other hand, Li Luo calmly started to reverse his Absolute Resonance Halo once more. Resonance Reversal! Twelve Resonances Emperor Wheel! Its annihilative power swept outwards with peerless force yet again. He turned into a Heavenly Dragon and roared, saddling the Twelve Resonances Emperor Wheel on his body as he rushed headfirst into the decaying blood water filled with flesh.

Boom!

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

A moment later, the destructive explosion enveloped the world, causing endless energy tempests to sweep across the East Divine Continent, creating all sorts of rarely seen heavenly phenomena. Everyone could sense that Li Luo and Nine Snakes' auras had once again vanished from the world.

Half an incense stick later, Nine Snakes' furious roar echoed out, and Li Luo similarly reappeared. The East Divine Continent was filled with fervent cheers at his revival. His opponent was now left with six tails.

"Li Luo, I've come to realize that your revival does not come without a cost. Every time you resurrect, your lifedeath resonance's grade drops!" Nine Snakes bellowed.

"Oh? You're smarter than you look. I have to reward you with yet another prize," responded Li Luo, grinning.

The Absolute Resonance Halo behind him immediately began to reverse before Nine Snakes' incensed gaze. Twelve Resonances Emperor Wheel! The Heavenly Dragon bore the wheel, streaked across the horizon, and crashed into Nine Snakes yet again.

Boom!

Immense power raged as the two parties perished yet again. An incense stick of time later, Nine Snakes reappeared in the sky and immediately dropped everything and started to flee. It was clearly intending to avoid fighting now.

Not far away, the void collapsed as Li Luo couldn't be bothered to turn into human form anymore. He directly resurrected in his Heavenly Dragon form, carrying the Twelve Resonances Emperor Wheel as he rushed into his opponent.

Boom!

It was like two grand suns colliding in the sky, engaging in mutual destruction before dimming into nothingness as a result.

Three sticks of incense worth of time later.

Bang!

Waves of destruction raged through the world once again.

In the short span of half a day, the Heavenly Emperors and living creatures had turned numb to the sight of Li Luo eliminating Nine Snakes again and again with self-destructive attacks. They never could have imagined that such a method was possible.

One side would self-detonate without a word. Then he would revive and repeat his actions. It was simple and direct.

This tactic was so unscrupulous that it left the Heavenly Emperors of the divine continents a little nervous. After all, if one looked at it from another perspective, this situation was truly desperate. At the same time, the veteran Heavenly Emperors all felt growing respect for the newly ascended Heavenly Emperor Luo. One's seniority was worthless in the face of absolute power.

If they were on the receiving end, they would have had most of their Authorities destroyed by Li Luo's constant self-explosions, making it difficult to maintain their power. Perhaps it was fortunate that Nine Snakes had nine lives to squander; otherwise, it would have been in deep trouble.

Looking at how things were progressing, the battle would be over soon, as Nine Snakes only had two lives left. On top of that, its Divine Fruit Authority had been eroded by Li Luo's repeated explosions. The runes on it and the radiance it emitted were much dimmer than before.

This caused the hearts of the Heavenly Emperors of the divine continents to beat with excited anticipation. Perhaps Li Luo would actually slay a Divine Fruit Grand Devil King.

Boom!

The explosion echoed across the East Divine Continent. Countless anxious eyes watched on as Li Luo, imbued with catastrophic power, shattered Nine Snakes' body yet again. It only had one life remaining at this point.

Nine Snakes' scarlet eyes were staring unblinkingly at Li Luo, whose body was falling apart due to the destructive power. Just as everyone thought that it was about to give up in desperation, Nine Snakes' gloomy laughter rang out, rousing a deep sense of unease in everyone's hearts.

"Li Luo, I've finally figured out your secret," Nine Snakes guffawed, its laughter piercing to the ear.

"There's no such thing as a resurrection without cause! It turns out, you prepared everything in advance. You separated parts of your flesh and blood to form resurrection seeds. If the seeds are destroyed prematurely before you completely resurrect, you will truly perish!"

It was at this moment that Li Luo's gaze flickered, as he was on the brink of being completely destroyed once again. None of the Divine Fruit Grand Devil Kings were idiots, so it wasn't all that surprising that it had uncovered his secret.

"Now, let's see where you've stored the resurrection seeds," said Nine Snakes, its voice like frigid ice, its inhumane serpentine eyes sweeping across the world.

Just before the destructive force consumed it, its eyes landed on a city—Xia City! Within House Luolan's Headquarters, within the underground palace.

"I've found it! It turns out you've hidden it there!" Nine Snakes let out an arrogant, sharp cry.

A moment later, its titanic body was engulfed by the destructive might and it crumbled into dust. Both Li Luo and Nine Snakes' aura had vanished once again.

The expressions of the spectating experts changed, as a ray of light connecting the Acheronian Sun to Nine Snakes was heading straight towards Xia City. This caused all of the East Divine Continent's experts to feel as though they had been struck by a bolt from the blue. Everyone abandoned the places they were guarding and rushed towards Xia City with all the speed they could muster.

At the same time, a resonant roar filled the East Divine Continent. "Protect!"

"We must guard it!"

"Defend Heavenly Emperor Luo's resurrection seed!"