Chapter 1686: Light Pierces Through the Dark Night
The sky was blanketed by darkness, and the night as thick as ink; even the Dukes had their vision and senses hampered to a short range around them. The vast battlefield had turned chaotic, and the darkness had left those beneath the Duke Stage basically blind. This was the power of the Torch Dragon Underworld King's night resonance.
Kings could use source origin to sense what was going on around them, circumventing the effects. However, under the cover of night, the Torch Dragon Underworld King could sense anything and everything within the range of his influence. He could easily seize control of worldly natural energy wherever the night reigned. Thus, even though Kings could see, they couldn't compete against him in his realm of darkness.
Li Luo stood tall in the void, his expression turning serious as he looked at the Torch Dragon Underworld King's faraway figure. The three crowns that had formed behind him were the most profound and magnificent crowns he had ever seen, each one overflowing with the densest source origin energy he had come across thus far.
It had to be said that the Torch Dragon Underworld King was the strongest King that Li Luo had ever met. The former was once an eighth-grade Transcendent Duke, but he had deviated from the Path of Ascension and entered the peak of the Triple Crowned King Stage. In addition, he possessed the Absolute Resonance Seed. With three palaces and five resonances, his foundation was absolutely monstrous.
From another point of view, this man was living proof of how arduous and challenging it was to become a ninth-grade Transcendent. If even the Torch Dragon Underworld King had failed, then it was definitely a monumental task.
The Torch Dragon Underworld King was actually feeling quite bitter. If the Ten Years of Heavenly Fate were in effect when he was breaking through to the Ninth Transcendent Duke Stage, he could have made use of the Fortune of Heaven and Earth. In that case, he would likely have turned out like Tantai Lan, smoothly entering the ninth-grade.
The endless darkness which blanketed the heavens and the earth seemed to contain some sort of strange vitality. It continuously wore Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo down, forcing their Transcendent Heavenly Thrones to release mysterious light to resist its effects. However, the darkness continued to close in, gradually encroaching on them.
Suddenly, a thunderous roar echoed. The human-faced snake behind the Torch Dragon Underworld King had unhinged its abyss-like mouth, spewing out a blast of thunder energy. The thunder merged with the darkness, transforming into a bolt of black lightning that bombarded Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e.
As the black lightning struck repeatedly, the duo's towering Transcendent Heavenly Thrones rumbled, causing their protective light to gradually dim.
Li Luo focused, and the Ten Divines Absolute Resonance Halo behind him began to spin. The Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority between his brows brightened and supreme Authority condensed. The Heavenly Dragon that was coiled atop the Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority's canopy unhinged its maw and spewed out a torrent of dragonbreath.