Chapter 1235: 13,500 Pieces
Chapter 1235: 13,500 Pieces
Bang!
The thousands of Guardians on the five golden lotus platforms fell deathly silent. Even their breaths were held for a moment. Only the thunderous ring from the overwhelming energy could be heard in the air.
Every single person, including the five Guardian Generals, was dumbfounded. They stared at the brilliant and perfect World's End River Meteor that dazzled like a flawless gemstone.
They had never seen a World's End River Meteor purified to this extent before.
Three hundred feet!
It was the first time such a size had ever been seen.
No World's End River Meteor below four hundred feet had ever been recorded. Yet Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo had pushed the record to three hundred feet right in front of their eyes.
This was a completely baffling sight for all of them.
How many Star Pearls would they get from such a highly purified World's End River Meteor? At least ten thousand, right?
When they thought about this, all the members of the Dragon's Fang Guardians began to feel a little dizzy. More than ten thousand Star Pearls from just one World's End River Meteor? This was a concept they didn't even dare to imagine before today.
However, an unbelievable record had been set right before their eyes.
"Dragon Fang Envoy Jiang is incredible! Grand Commander Li Luo is invincible!"
Overwhelming cheers exploded from the Dragon's Fang Guardians. Everyone was filled with ecstasy. No one had expected that the combined efforts of Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo would create such a result!
Luo Jiang, the Left Dragon Fang Envoy, wiped the sweat off his face and smiled awkwardly. "What kind of ridiculous couple is this?"
Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e were a truly magnificent duo. Maybe Luo Jiang would be able to just sit and watch during the next few Star Transformations.
Even if he insisted on taking action, there was a chance the Dragon's Fang Guardians would refuse to assist him...
Xia Yu's eyes also lit up as she watched the two of them. "Grand Commander Li Luo is truly the lucky star of the Dragon's Fang Lineage.. He brought the Green Nether Banner from last place to first in his time in the Twenty Banners. Now he's brought his unrivaled fiancee to the Dragon's Fang Guardians. I can see the good old days of the Dragon's Fang Guardians returning soon."
On her side, Second Grand Commander Li Shanlan and Third Grand Commander Li Meng nodded in agreement. After all, a three hundred feet World's End River Meteor was right in front of their eyes. If this wasn’t a sign of the good times to come, what else could it be?
"If it's not against the rules, I wouldn’t mind giving Grand Commander Li Luo the Left Dragon Fang Envoy position right now." Li Meng laughed out heartily.
"It's only a matter of time. My First Grand Commander position will be reserved for him." Xia Yu pursed her lips and smiled.
Luo Jiang replied with a chuckle, "Damn it, you traitors. Is all the hard work I put in over the years worth less than a three hundred feet World's End River Meteor?"
"Not just one. There will be many more to come," Xia Yu said.
Luo Jiang was at a loss for words. If Jiang Qing'e and Li Luo could repeat this feat, they would truly become the greatest assets of the Dragon's Fang Guardians.
"In that case, we might as well let Li Luo be the Guardian General," Luo Jiang said after thinking for a few moments. What was the point of aiming for his Dragon Fang Envoy position? If he was going to fall, might as well drag Li Foluo down with him. The others chuckled secretly. They knew that everything that had been said between them were jokes, as Li Luo was far too weak right now. Though Jiang Qing'e had a chance as she was much closer to the position of Guardian General.
While the Dragon's Fang Guardians were chatting happily, the other Guardian Armies looked over intently. Their eyes were fixed on the shrunken World's End River Meteor. It released a light so dazzling that they couldn't take their eyes off it.
Everyone drooled as they thought about it.
The Dragon's Blood Guardians were the quietest of them all. They had always been the center of attention, but they finally had a taste of being on the other side.
"Li Luo."
Li Qingfeng, who currently only had a hundred Dragon's Blood Guardians under him, looked at Li Luo with a complex expression. Back when Li Luo first joined the Green Nether Banner, he did not see the fellow from the outer divine continent as one of his rivals. Who would have expected that in just a little more than a year, this guy would completely surpass all of them? Li Luo was the first one amongst them to reach the Greater Heavenly Resonance Tier. He had also gained the position of Grand Commander. In terms of strength and achievements, he was far ahead of all his peers.
Standing beside him, Li Hongli let out a sigh. "I think what happened in the Twenty Banners is going to repeat in the Five Guardian Armies."
Li Qingfeng watched in silence. His eyes were on the beautiful girl holding hands with Li Luo high in the sky. She was exceptional, like a reincarnated goddess. She was an entire league above Qin Yi. Furthermore, she had a Ten-Pillar Duke Bergfried.
Similar to Li Luo, he had heard that this fiancee had come from the outer divine continent.
This left Li Qingfeng in a daze. Just which was the true inner divine continent?
One could still argue that Li Luo had triple resonant palaces and six resonances because he originated from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li. But what about Jiang Qing'e? Where did she come from?
With these two here, the Heavenly Dragon’s Five Guardian Armies rankings were in for a complete changeover.
Li Qingfeng and Li Hongli were filled with mixed emotions. Li Hongque, on the other hand, had an expression as dark as the bottom of a wok. Yuan Tianzhao smiled bitterly on the side. "There is nothing I can do about that."
If it were just five hundred feet, he could have used his secret art to do better. However, a three hundred feet World's End River Meteor was out of his reach; he wouldn’t be able to replicate that achievement even if he was willing to sacrifice his life.
Perhaps it would be possible if he sacrificed a Duke Bergfried?
But Yuan Tianzhao was not crazy.
No matter how much he wanted to get in the good books of Li Hongque, he would not use a method that would sacrifice his own cultivation. After all, Li Hongque would be the first one to abandon him in such a scenario.
"Just what in the world did Li Luo do? Jiang Qing'e was already close to her limit. Based on my estimate, she was going to stop at around five hundred feet or so," Yuan Tianzhao commented curiously.
Li Hongque did not have the answer either. Everyone thought that Li Luo, a Greater Heavenly Resonance Tier cultivator, would not be able to do anything even with the help of two thousand Guardians. After all, not even Luo Jiang could do anything in such a situation. What could a Grand Commander do about it?
Yet he was not only able to help out, he had managed to work with Jiang Qing'e and purified the meteor to the extreme. This was an unbelievable feat.
Li Hongque took a deep breath. She did not say anything as she turned around and went back to the Dragon's Blood Guardians.
Inside, she was fuming with anger. However, she understood that no matter what she did now, she would not be able to steal the limelight away from Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e on the Falling Star Terrace.
She could only hope to do so during the Ceremony of Ascent.
As the Five Guardian Armies were lost in a bevy of complex emotions like envy and shock, Li Luo let out a sigh. He looked at the perfect three hundred feet meteor right in front of him and revealed a smile of satisfaction.
His use of the Acquired Resonance Flame had achieved unbelievable results.
Although the Acquired Resonance Flame was not particularly good at purification, it was skilled in refinement.
After all, it was the essential ingredient for refining his acquired resonances. It had the ability to completely eradicate the impurities in an ingredient. If even a tiny trace of impurity was left, the refinement would be a failure. As such, Li Luo had the idea of fusing it with Jiang Qing'e's light resonant power to see if it could refine the World's End River Meteor to a perfect state.
In the end, he succeeded.
This was a spectacular result that was only possible because the two of them had worked together.
"How's that?" Li Luo said with a smirk.
Jiang Qing'e nodded slightly, then a smile appeared on her flawless and beautiful face. "Impressive."
"Let's see how many Star Pearls we can get out of it," Li Luo said with a laugh.
It was time for the real harvest.
Jiang Qing'e lifted her jade fingers, and a ray of light resonant power shot into the World's End River Meteor. The interior of the meteor vibrated and then a huge energy wave pulsed out. Then countless cracks started spreading through the surface of the World's End River Meteor.
When the World's End River Meteor was riddled with cracks, it exploded.
A sky full of bright stars fell down on them.
Each star contained a shiny pearl that was around the size of an infant's fist. They emitted an exquisite glow that could only be described as beautiful.
Jiang Qing'e lifted up her palm, and her light resonant power gathered up all the bright stars in front of them.
Luo Jiang couldn't resist asking, "Dragon Fang Envoy Jiang, how many Star Pearls did we get?"
Jiang Qing'e checked it with her senses for a moment before she turned over to face the crowd full of anticipation. Her red lips moved a little, and cheers of wild excitement echoed in the air.
"13,500 pieces."