Chapter 0764: Harmony

Over the next few days, Li Luo stayed at the Green Nether drill grounds to focus on refining his Nine Revolutions Draconic Breath Fiend Art. More importantly, he wanted to build up his relationship with the banner members as this would be critical in allowing him to achieve harmony.

As for the Draconic Atavism Scripture, it was not difficult to cultivate, as it was just the catalyst. The crux lay in the silver seal of the Sub Leader.

It contained a secret art that could be used with the Draconic Atavism Scripture, which would enable one to mobilize the power of the banner.

This was somewhat similar to the commander's seal in the Xia Kingdom.

Without this, no Sub Leader would be able to mobilize the strength of his banner members, and he would remain solely as just one person.

This was not surprising at all. First and foremost, the Twenty Banners were the young reserve army for the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. Such an ability belonged to the entirety of the lineage, not just the Sub Leader or Banner Leader.

The Banner Leaders were like flowing water that changed as time passed, whilst the banner itself stood firmly like iron.

In fact, even the banner members were no different. Every few years, the crowd in the Twenty Banners would disperse naturally, as some of the elite ones might get into the Heavenly Dragon's Five Guardian Armies, whilst others might end up as officials in other Lineages or jurisdictions. Only the especially gifted ones would emerge as Dukes, becoming true elites in the world.

Moreover, if there was a particularly talented individual that could reach the King Stage, he might even start a new Lineage within the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. After all, the Ancestor once said that even if it was someone with a different surname, they would be qualified to do so as long as they had reached the King Stage.

When that time arrived, it would no longer be Heavenly Dragon's Five Lineages, but the Heavenly Dragon's Six Lineages.

It was a pity, but no external individuals had ever managed to pull it off.

At the Green Nether drill grounds, district of the fifth division...

This was a spacious square built on the hillside, uniquely filled with thousands of stone platforms, each carved with a dragon imprint.

These were known as the dragon stone platforms.

It was the cultivation area for the banner members.

And at this very moment, one figure was sitting on a dragon stone platform in the lotus position.

The fifteen hundred members of the fifth division had gathered here.

Zhao Yanzhi, Li Shi, and Mu Bi stood stoically at the front of the crowd as they all looked towards a silver dragon stone platform.

Li Luo was currently sitting on it calmly.

Everyone held solemn expressions as today would be the first time that Li Luo would attempt to achieve harmony. Only after successfully doing so would he be regarded as the indisputable Sub Leader of the fifth division.

Only then would he be able to command the might of the fifteen hundred members with his silver seal.

Despite the gazes of so many individuals, Li Luo did not display any signs of anxiety. He might have come from an outer divine continent, but the dangers and experiences he had gained along the way far exceeded what the people present had gone through.

"Everyone, let's get started."

Following Li Luo's command, the fifteen hundred banner members channeled their energy and cultivated their Draconic Breath Fiend Arts. Soon enough, they were basked in luminous light from the resonant power, and streams of draconic shadows started to fly out one after another.

Draconic cries reverberated throughout the crowd.

However, these cries sounded chaotic and disorganized, like a choir lacking a composer. They were all acting independently and were hardly impressive.

Seeing this, Li Luo took a deep breath and clapped his hands together. The silver seal of the Sub Leader materialized, and he used the Nine Revolutions Draconic Breath Fiend Art immediately.

At this moment, a dark golden light radiated from his body and a majestic dragon shadow emerged. The shadow then let out a deep roar.

Following its roar, the multiple dragons that were flying around in disorder trembled, as if they were frightened by the intimidating roar.

The Fiend Arts everyone cultivated had originated from the same lineage, with Li Luo's Nine Revolutions Fiend Arts being the highest level. As such, his dragonbreath was naturally the purest, and it overwhelmed all the other shadows present.

Even Zhao Yanzhi, Li Shi, and Mu Bi felt the domineering presence exuding from Li Luo's dark-golden dragonbreath.

This made them both envious and awe-struck. Was this the legendary Nine Revolutions Draconic Breath Fiend Art? Truly extraordinary.

Li Luo was clearly weaker than them in raw strength, but his dragonbreath was much purer than theirs. One could only imagine how efficient it would be to refine abstruse fiend lights using such a dragonbreath.

But Li Luo was not aware of the trio's envy. He was already focused on executing the next art, the Draconic Atavism Scripture.

With that, the dark-golden dragon shadow around Li Luo seemed to have been gradually filled with spirituality, and its eyes glowed brightly.

Slowly, the dragon shadow wandered out into the crowd and fused with the fifteen hundred dragon shadows in the field.

Dark-golden light flowed out like mercury and enshrouded them.

At this moment, some dragon shadows started to display signs of resistance and struggle. However, this was rapidly quelled when the majestic, dark-golden light enveloped it.

Most of the dragon shadows remained obedient, and they flew into and merged with the gold light one after another.

Seeing this, Zhao Yanzhi's charming body relaxed a little as Li Luo's attempt to achieve harmony had gone better than expected.

This was the most crucial step to becoming the Sub Leader.

Li Luo would only be considered a true Sub Leader after successfully harmonizing with his fifteen hundred banner members.

Thinking back, this was to be expected. Even though he had just come to Green Nether and his raw strength remained a little unconvincing, he had managed to acquire the Nine Revolutions Draconic Breath Fiend Art after all.

To put it bluntly, Li Luo, would be welcomed by any other banner thanks to the Nine Revolutions Draconic Breath Fiend Art.

No one in the fifth division could have imagined that they would get a Sub Leader capable of using the Nine Revolutions Draconic Breath Fiend Art.

After all, who else in the Dragon's Fang Lineage had managed to obtain it apart from Deng Fengxian of the Gold Light banner?

As more and more dragon shadows merged into the gold light, the dark-golden dragon shadow started to grow at an astonishing pace.

This went on for about ten minutes.

Li Luo stood there for a moment, dumbfounded. He stared at the banner members in front of him as the golden light seemed to have transformed into an ocean where a gigantic, golden dragon shadow was slowly swimming.

Its dragon scales glittered with dazzling, lifelike luster.

At the same time, pulses of extremely powerful energy fluctuations swept out in all four directions like sea waves, causing the air to explode with a deafening sound.

A strange emotion arose in Li Luo's heart.

Standing before the dragon shadow, he could tell that even though it was not as powerful as someone at the Duke Stage, it would not lose out to any individual at the Greater Heavenly Resonance Stage.

Most importantly, he could clearly feel that he was in control of this power.

"So, this is the state of harmony..."

Li Luo's heart was pounding in excitement. He was only at the Lesser Fiend Palace Tier currently, but with the might of the banner members under his command, it would be a cakewalk for him to eliminate any enemies above his level.

"I can't wait to find out just how strong this state will be when I fully mobilize the members of the Green Nether Banner," Li Luo thought to himself in anticipation.

While Li Luo was lost in his thoughts, Zhao Yanzhi, Mu Bi, and Li Shi could also feel the fusion of power and stood awe-struck for a moment before they saluted Li Luo.

"Congratulations, Sub Leader. You have succeeded in attaining harmony!"

The banner members at the back greeted Li Luo with respect and cheered.

"Congratulations, Sub Leader!!" Everyone cheered again.

Li Luo waved his hands with a gentle smile hung upon his face. Everything was proceeding as planned. Now that he had managed to rally the might of his banner members, he was ready for his next challenge: the Seventy-Two Layers of the Fiendish Devil Cave.