Chapter 1002: One Arrow Defeats Tian Xiang Jing

The instant the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf opened its beast pupils, outside, those close to Li Luo—Sister Jin, Li Li Fengyi and the others—all suddenly sensed a wave of ferociously baleful energy erupting from within Li Luo's body.

The intensity of that energy forced even Sister Jin to involuntarily retreat two steps, shock surfacing in her eyes at the same time.

She stared at Li Luo, only to see the latter slowly drawing back his bowstring, and as the string was pulled, crimson energy gathered, showing signs of condensing at the bowstring.

Boom, boom!

Wave after wave of energy storms kept erupting from within Li Luo's body, and the icy ground beneath his feet began cracking apart at this moment.

The crowd was also shaken into repeatedly retreating.

"How could he possibly erupt with such terrifying energy?" Sister Jin's eyes went wide, and she couldn't help crying out. This wave of energy bursting from Li Luo was already in no way inferior to a true Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, and the sheerly awe-inspiring baleful aura within it was even more heart-stirring.

"It must be a hidden trump card that Third Brother has been keeping," Li Li Jingtao said, his face full of astonishment.

Deng Deng Fengxian and Lu Lu Qingmei nearby both stared at Li Luo with shaken expressions. They had never seen Li Luo employ such a trump card before, not even during the Dragon Head Contest.

But then they guessed part of it—this kind of baleful energy was utterly incompatible with Li Luo himself, so it certainly wasn't something he had cultivated on his own. It must have been augmented through some external force. And since the Dragon Head Contest had its rules, with the branch leaders watching at all times, Li Luo naturally couldn't employ such a method there.

But now, out on external training where life and death hung in the balance, these methods could naturally be brought to bear.

Amid the crowd's shock, Li Luo's expression instead grew indifferent. He felt the baleful energy ceaselessly surging from within the crimson bracelet, yet as the baleful energy grew ever more intense, Li Luo also sensed a faint, oppressive heaviness emanating from this space.

Presumably, this should be the rule-suppression from the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven.

Although the "Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf" possessed the power of the Marquis Realm, due to this rule-suppression, that power did not dare erupt lightly.

However, it was more than enough to deal with the current situation.

Wild, torrents of crimson energy roared forth, but such massive energy also brought a burden to Li Luo's physical body. The flesh on his arms was being eroded, and faintly, bone could be seen showing through.

Li Luo paid this no heed. The dragon-shaped mark on his brow erupted with light, and a dragon's roar rang out.

"Nine-Scale Heavenly Dragon Battle Physique!"

"Thunder Roar Physique!"

Two secret arts that augmented physical strength were deployed simultaneously, reinforcing Li Luo's body to resist the erosion of the Three-Tailed energy upon his flesh.

In the past, when Li Luo mobilized the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's power, he had to constantly guard against this power eroding his own mind. Dean Pang had also warned him before that when employing the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's power, the baleful aura contained within would erode his mind, gradually turning him into a wolf slave controlled by the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf.

But this hidden danger had now been greatly reduced by Li Luo through a clever method, namely the "Nine-Turn Dragon Breath Baleful-Refining Art"... he had helped the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf cultivate this art, then used the method of mobilizing the "Green Underworld Banner" combined energy to control the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf's power.

This was essentially treating the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf as another "Green Underworld Banner" carried on his person.

One wolf can match eight thousand banner troops!

As Li Luo activated the arts that enhanced his physical body, forcibly enduring the crimson energy, his two fingers finally drew the bowstring fully back.

Energy gathered and transformed into a crimson streaming-light arrow. The arrow struggled wildly, like a beast trying to break free and run wild, wave after wave of terrifying energy pressure spreading outward.

And Mu Yao, locked onto by this arrow, saw his expression change drastically.

At this point he had no time to think about why Li Luo could erupt with such a terrifying arrow, because as the arrow locked on, his entire skin erupted with a piercing pain.

This arrow brought him a fatal crisis.

So almost at the same instant Li Luo drew the bowstring, Mu Yao's figure suddenly shot backward, retreating over a thousand zhang in just a few breaths.

At the same time he let out a low roar, his hand-seals shifting.

Boom, boom!

The earth trembled, and hundred-zhang earthen walls rose from the ground one after another, like city walls, guarding in front.

Mu Yao clearly intended to temporarily avoid the sharp edge. This energy of Li Luo's certainly did not belong to him, and such external power must have many limitations. As long as he dodged Li Luo's fatal strike, there would naturally be a chance to counterattack afterward.

Facing Mu Yao who was trying to retreat, a wisp of icy crimson light flowed through Li Luo's eyes. He glanced at the fingers gripping the bowstring—blood was streaming down them. The power contained within this crimson arrow was far more terrifying than the "Dark Thunder Talisman Arrow" he had used before.

"The name of this arrow is..."

"Heavenly Wolf Arrow."

As Li Luo's final word quietly fell, he resolutely released the bowstring. In that instant, it seemed as if an earsplitting wolf's howl exploded within this icy cavern.

The palm Li Luo used to hold the bowstring was blasted into a mangled mess of flesh and blood.

Boom!

A crimson streaming light pierced across the sky, faintly seeming to transform into a ferocious wolf brimming with overwhelming baleful aura, galloping through the void.

Wherever the crimson streaming light passed, those earthen walls rising from the ground nearly melted away in an instant.

In the span of a single breath, the ground was torn apart, and all defenses and obstructions were smashed to pieces like rotten wood.

The crimson streaming light rapidly expanded in Mu Yao's pupils. Every hair on his body stood on end. Knowing ordinary methods would be utterly useless, he immediately unleashed the Marquis Art he had long prepared.

Mu Yao formed a hand-seal with one hand, his figure rapidly sliding backward across the ground, while simultaneously slamming a palm onto the earth.

Boom!

As the earth trembled, seven deep-brown gates rose from the ground before him. Those gates were roughly a hundred zhang, tightly shut, with mysterious glowing patterns spreading across them.

Marquis Art, Thick Earth Nine Gates!

Although this was only a Spirit-Grade Marquis Art, Mu Yao had poured much heart and blood into it. The seven gates had long since reached the Great Completion Realm, and combined with his own Earth Phase, it counted as a defensive life-preserving art of extreme strength.

Unfortunately, it was utterly useless.

The seven brown-earth gates only blocked the crimson streaming light for a few breaths before violently exploding apart. The streaming light pierced through the void and arrived, shooting viciously toward Mu Yao, who had pushed his movement speed to the absolute limit.

In that instant, Mu Yao could only hear the sharp wind-breaking sound flooding into his ears.

Then from his eyes and nose, mud surged forth at this moment, completely covering his body.

Boom!

Under the gazes of countless shocked onlookers, the crimson arrow directly pierced through Mu Yao's body, then its glowing tail carried his body flying out, finally nailing him viciously into the distant mountain wall.

That stretch of mountain wall covered in frost all cracked and caved in at this moment.

The energy aftershocks kept spreading, shattering the thick ice layers within the cavern continuously.

And the previously somewhat chaotic icy cavern fell into dead silence at this moment. Gaze after gaze stared blankly toward that distant mountain wall.

There, Mu Yao's body was nailed firmly in place, like a tattered rag fluttering unsteadily in the biting cold wind.