Chapter 0652: Heavenly Sword Formation
As soon as Shen Jinxiao crushed a quarter of the heart into black paste, Pei Hao’s body violently shuddered during his battle with Li Luo. He immediately retreated and howled in agony, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
He clutched at his heart and his eyes turned a little hazy.
He could clearly feel that a portion of his heart had been lost.
This was an eternal loss, one that would leave behind permanent damage. Perhaps even his very foundation had been harmed.
However, Pei Hao knew that his backer had lost patience with him. This was his way of inciting a swift end to the current stalemate.
Thus, Pei Hao was completely helpless. Even with his astronomical rise to the Greater Heavenly Resonance Stage with the a.s.sistance of his backer, it was not enough to defeat Li Luo. His opponent had kept tricks up his sleeve that were no worse than his.
In truth, this discovery brought Pei Hao a lot of frustration and anger. One had to remember that during their encounter a year ago in the old manor, Li Luo was merely a worthless young lord with a blank palace. He was a mere figurehead with no real power or influence. Pei Hao had completely disregarded him in his view.
Without Jiang Qing’e’s protection, Pei Hao would long have gotten the crippled young lord murdered.
Who would have expected that Li Luo would be reborn anew in the short span of a year, possessing power and methods that equalled his own!
If only he knew that this would happen. He would have steeled his heart sooner and completely cut off the cancer at its roots.
Otherwise, he would never have to pay such a horrific price.
Pei Hao venomously glared at Li Luo, a vein throbbing on his forehead, showing how his inner emotions were in complete turmoil.
However, even though he had lost a quarter of his heart, Pei Hao could unmistakably feel terrifying amounts of power pouring into him.
Although this power could not touch that of someone at the Duke Stage, he would be able to suppress anyone at the Greater Heavenly Resonance Stage.
This was definitely more than enough to turn Li Luo into a corpse
Thinking of this caused the killing intent within his heart to rise.
“Li Luo! Since I’ve had to pay such a grievous price, I’ll take your life as compensation!” Pei Hao raged internally.
Just as his eyes filled up with even more poisonous intent, Li Luo keenly sensed the dangerous situation he was in. He frowned as he observed Pei Hao closely, clenching the Onyx-Elephant Blade even more tightly.
Both parties had made ample preparations for the fight today. In order to ensure victory, Li Luo also had to formulate a plan to deal with Pei Hao’s backer.
Jiang Qing’e continued to monitor Pei Hao with rapt attention from outside the square. Her beautiful body was ramrod straight and her slender, jade-like fingers were lightly clenched into a fist, a thin layer of light resonant energy flowing around her.
She had detected Pei Hao’s sudden rise in strength once again.
Before the nervous gazes of the audience, Pei Hao cackled, revealing his rows of pearly-white teeth. In the next instant, countless strands of golden light rose into the sky from behind him. The sheer sight of these strands of light was piercing to the eye, revealing an incomparably sharp air to them.
Those like Yuan Qing in the Lesser Heavenly Resonance Stage were a little sh.e.l.l shocked when they saw the strands of flowing golden light, and their expressions turned grim.
Their instincts told them that the golden light was unfathomably dangerous. Even a single strand of it could penetrate through their defenses, much less when it was gathered in such large numbers. Was this what overbearing strength looked like?
This let them understand that Pei Hao was clearly preparing his final killing move, to end the battle of the Housemeet.
Could the young lord even resist such an alarming attack?
Xu Tianling also quietly observed this sight, a slight smile hanging on his face. Even he could not block Pei Hao’s current attack. The battle was going to come to an end soon enough.
Pei Hao slowly began to float upwards. It was as though his legs were wreathed in countless strands of flowing, gold light, forming a golden cloud that covered the sky over House Luolan.
When his imposing demeanor and sword energy had risen to a peak, he clutched his sword and began to execute the art, his expression turning cold in the process.
With a voice dripping with killing intent, he indifferently said, “Young Lord, it’s time for you to have a taste of my strongest resonance art. High-grade dragon-general resonance art, Heavenly Sword Formation!”
Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, the nearby worldly natural energy churned vigorously. The golden clouds that had formed behind him seemed to be torn apart at this very moment, and before the shocked eyes of the audience, a golden sword manifestation that was several hundred meters long surfaced, directly pointed towards Li Luo.
Continuous sword chants could be heard throughout the sky upon the sword’s emergence.
It was as though the air itself had been transformed by the sword energy. Anyone who breathed could feel a piercing pain within their lungs.
Yet these were just collateral effects of the art itself. It was difficult to imagine how Li Luo himself was feeling, considering that he was bearing the brunt of the pressure exuded by it.
Li Luo had raised his head at this point, directly gazing at the golden sword manifestation. Pei Hao’s soaring resonant power coupled with the high-grade dragon-general resonance art created quite the terrifying prospect he had to face off against.
The vast majority of Greater Heavenly Resonance Stage cultivators would undoubtedly end up being slaughtered by this single move.
‘ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ No(v) e lBin ᴏɴʟʏ.’,
Li Luo’s expression became more and more solemn, but his eyes held no trace of fear. He had never looked down upon Pei Hao, but if this was the final killing move to end the Housemeet battle, then this would be the first time.
He had made countless plans and preparations for today. If compared to Pei Hao, it would only be more, not less.
In the sky above, the ma.s.sive, golden sword manifestation cleaved downwards. Even before it impacted, the ground was torn asunder, the cracks smooth as a mirror due to the sheer sharpness of the sword’s aura.
Outside the square, everyone began to channel defensive barriers to prevent the cataclysmic a.s.sault from completely devastating House Luolan’s headquarters.
Yuan Qing, Cai Wei, and the rest held expressions of deep concern for Li Luo.
They did not know how Li Luo was going to react against Pei Hao’s daunting methods.
“Miss Jiang, it looks like we can’t hold on any longer. You have to take action,” Yuan Qing couldn’t help but say in worry.
Pei Hao’s strike might be exceptionally intimidating, but Yuan Qing had a strange faith and belief in Jiang Qing’e. Perhaps it was because she had shattered all expectations of her repeatedly, bringing about pleasant surprises.
Jiang Qing’e, on the other hand, continued to watch as the gigantic, golden sword manifestation slowly descended, merely shaking her head.
“Let’s wait a while more.” Her golden eyes were focused on the lanky and tall individual. Li Luo held no trace of fear, and she had been witness to his exponential development over this past year. He had prepared himself no less than her.
Thus, she believed in him.
Although Pei Hao had utilized indeterminate means to bolster his strength, he was incomparable to Li Luo.
Listening to Jiang Qing’e’s words, Yuan Qing sighed deeply in his heart and continued to watch the proceedings.
In the square, Li Luo finally began to take action. He formed a hand seal with all of his fingers. At this point, all of the berserk energy within him surged out like a tide and his own complexion turned alabaster at a frightening speed.
“What terrifying consumption…” Feeling the ocean of resonant power within himself run dry, the thought struck Li Luo. This was an extraordinary resonance art for a reason.
Additionally, all of the worldly natural energy seemed to be driven by some sort of mystical force when this particular resonance art was used, and a ma.s.sive energy vortex was created with his body as the core.
In just a blink, Li Luo heavily sucked in a deep breath, and his entire complexion was devoid of any redness.
At this point, he separated his hands, and his fingers on each hand were outstretched. Everyone saw that an illusory black dragon banner had appeared between them.
The moment it appeared, a mysterious pressure descended upon the entire square, spreading from him as the source.