Chapter 1013: The Sound of Pounding Medicine

Ah!

Zhao Yan's shrill scream rang out as his figure was blasted backward by that tremendous force, fresh blood pouring from his chest.

Countless gazes shuddered in shock. Even Zhao Yan hadn't blocked Li Luo's arrow?!

Could it be that this Li Luo is going to slay two Xiao Tian Xiang Jing strongmen in succession?!

Gaze after gaze watched Zhao Yan flying backward like a kite with a broken string, but just when they thought the latter had perished, Zhao Yan suddenly swayed his figure and retreated frantically once more.

A gruesome blood hole had appeared on Zhao Yan's chest, but it hadn't truly blasted him to death.

"Save me!" Zhao Yan, hair disheveled, shouted sharply.

Not far away, the strongmen of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction saw this and were horrified. They no longer cared about the golden light whistling across the sky and hurriedly rushed to reinforce at full speed.

"Truly tough life."

Li Luo saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh with some regret. At this moment, the phase force within his body was completely depleted, and he could only rely on the energy dragon wings of his Nine-Scale Heavenly Dragon Battle Body to keep himself suspended in mid-air.

The scarlet bracelet also dimmed somewhat, and the scarlet energy surging from within it had come to a halt at this moment.

Successively unleashing killing moves against Tian Miao and Zhao Yan had clearly left the current Li Luo somewhat burnt out.

So even though he knew Zhao Yan was already at his last gasp, he had no ability to go in for the kill.

Especially now that the strongmen of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction had already begun to reinforce, and the countless "Bronze Golden-Claw Divine Eagles" rising from the ancient tree were also attacking indiscriminately...

Under Li Luo's regretful gaze, several strongmen of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction met the heavily wounded Zhao Yan. They looked at the blood hole on his chest in horror, hurriedly took out healing elixirs, and at the same time shielded him as he rapidly retreated.

Zhao Yan swallowed the elixir. At this moment his complexion was deathly pale, and the phase force within his body was also showing signs of disorder, clearly injured quite severely by Li Luo's arrow.

"Damn it! Damn it! That bastard Li Luo, once this matter is over, I will definitely find a chance to make him die without a burial place! I want him to know that no matter how supreme a prodigy, they can die young!" Zhao Yan roared in a low voice, his eyes filled with violent rage and venomous hatred.

Clearly, being severely wounded by Li Luo in public this time had driven Zhao Yan to the extreme of fury.

"Retreat quickly..."

Zhao Yan said through gritted teeth, but in the very next instant, as if sensing something, he hurriedly shouted sharply: "Careful!"

The instant his shout had just fallen, a figure shot out like a phantom from the void on his right side. Behind her, nine heavenly pearls blazed brilliantly, breathing in the energy of heaven and earth.

"Li Li Lingjing!" Zhao Yan's heart was greatly horrified.

Li Li Lingjing held the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff in her hand. There was not the slightest ripple on her fair and pretty face, and her dark, bright pupils gazed at Zhao Yan without any emotion. Her graceful figure moved like a phantom, like a snake's shadow, as piercing killing intent gushed forth.

The staff-shadow wrapped in poisonous light smashed directly toward Zhao Yan's head.

Her sneak attack came too unexpectedly, as if she had long anticipated Zhao Yan's severe injury. That staff-shadow completely ignored the strongmen shielding Zhao Yan, heading straight for him.

The complexions of the strongmen of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction shielding Zhao Yan's retreat changed drastically. At this moment Zhao Yan had no strength to dodge and couldn't evade at all, so they gritted their teeth and directly erupted their phase force. Phase force gushed from the weapons in their hands, and with vicious intent, they attacked toward Li Li Lingjing's vital points.

They were clever, wanting to use this to force Li Li Lingjing to give up blasting Zhao Yan to death and defend herself.

But... they all underestimated Li Li Lingjing's ruthlessness and killing intent.

Facing their attacks, Li Li Lingjing actually had no intention of dodging at all, but instead actively met them, allowing those fierce blades of light and sword-shadows to slash onto her delicate body. Immediately, fresh blood bloomed.

But the poisonous-light staff-shadow in her hand, at the very same instant, under Zhao Yan's gaze of horrified despair, smashed directly onto Zhao Yan's crown.

Bang!

In that instant, it sounded like a watermelon hitting the ground and shattering.

Zhao Yan's head exploded in that very instant, blood and brain matter splattering everywhere, splashing across the faces of several nearby strongmen of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction.

Their expressions went blank for several breaths at this moment.

They gazed at Li Li Lingjing's expressionless pretty face before them, truly unable to imagine that such a beautiful woman could be so ruthless and decisive.

She had directly traded injury for death!

After Li Li Lingjing blasted Zhao Yan to death, she paid no heed at all to the sword qi and blade light piercing her body, and her figure rapidly flashed back.

And those several strongmen of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction stared blankly at the headless corpse beside them, their entire bodies trembling.

Zhao Yan... had actually died just like that right under their noses?!

At the same time, many of the strongmen watching this scene also fell into a daze and horror. Zhao Yan... the most outstanding pillar of the previous generation of the Zhao Li Tianwang faction, had actually died just like this?!

Zhu Zhu of the Zhu Li Tianwang faction, Senior Zong Sha of the Tianyuan Ancient Academy, and others all drew a sharp breath of cold air at this moment. They gazed at Li Li Lingjing's figure, their eyes filled with wariness.

In this Spirit Phase Cave Heaven, Li Luo and Li Li Lingjing were probably the two biggest dark horses.

"Hiss!"

Li Luo was also drawing in cold air with a face full of shock at this moment. Li Li Lingjing's sudden attack had been unexpected even to him, and her decisiveness and ruthlessness in trading injury for death made one's heart tremble just watching.

However, after a moment of shock, Li Luo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Only because Li Li Lingjing's finishing blow was too perfect.

Now that Zhao Yan was dead, the Zhao Li Tianwang faction would no longer be a threat in the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven. The "Origin Mysterious Heart Fruit" could be considered to have no share for them.

As for whether slaying Zhao Yan would invite retaliation from the Zhao Li Tianwang faction, Li Luo didn't care about this. After all, the Li and Zhao factions had long been at each other's throats like fire and water. Friction had been constant over the years, and each side had its own prodigies dying at the other's hands by various means, so one more Zhao Yan didn't matter.

Boom!

And just as Li Luo breathed a great sigh of relief because of Zhao Yan's death, a violent rumbling of energy suddenly came from behind. He hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw that countless fierce golden lights had swept over, only to be blocked by Li Li Jingtao's energy shield.

However, facing such dense golden light, even though Li Li Jingtao was skilled in defense, ripples were now constantly appearing on that mottled armor-like light shield, with faint signs of shattering.

Li Li Jingtao gritted his teeth and held on with all his might, blood appearing on both palms, but he didn't dare dodge, because behind him was Li Luo, whose phase force was completely exhausted.

"Third brother, run quickly, I can't hold on!" But as the golden light fell from the sky, Li Li Jingtao could no longer block it at all. Accompanied by a thunderous roar that shook the air, the "Six-Arm Vajra Shield" suddenly exploded.

Streaks of golden light whistled down, blasting directly toward Li Luo behind.

Li Luo was startled, and urged his energy dragon wings to dodge quickly.

But just at this moment, a graceful figure darted forward. The Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff in her hand swung, sweeping up streaks of poisonous light that collided with the sky-filling golden light. Immediately, the rumbling of energy shook the air deafeningly.

Li Luo gazed at Li Li Lingjing who had appeared before him. At this moment, fresh blood was still flowing on her delicate body, and streaks of bloodstains appeared on her jade-like form, heartbreaking to see.

He hurriedly took out the "Mysterious Wood Feather Fan" and fanned out a restoring white light with all his might, letting it fall onto Li Li Lingjing's body to heal her wounds.

Li Li Lingjing turned her head to glance at him and teased: "Congratulations on getting the MVP of the whole event."

A single strike slaying the half-step Xiao Tian Xiang Jing Tian Miao, and then another strike severely wounding Zhao Yan. In a certain sense, Li Luo could indeed be considered the most dazzling guy on the field.

Hearing this, Li Luo gave a helpless smile. If Zhao Yan hadn't pressed him so relentlessly, why would he have needed to reveal every last one of his trump cards? In truth, it was that bastard courting his own death.

However, at this moment, the most troublesome ones were no longer the faction of Zhao Li Tianwang and the others, but rather these massive "Bronze Golden-Clawed Divine Eagles." With them guarding the ancient tree, there was no way they could get close, let alone obtain the "Origin Mysterious Heart Fruit."

Li Luo stared with a headache at the enormous flock of eagles gathered above the ancient tree. At this moment, these intruders like them had actually become the numerically inferior side.

Just as Li Luo was staring at the massive guardian eagle flock at a loss, suddenly his ear twitched, as if he had faintly heard some sound coming over.

Thump! Thump!

That sound, as if something was being pounded.

And as this strange sound rang out, Li Luo also noticed that the eagle flock circling above the ancient tree had suddenly gone quiet.

Li Luo narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his head to look at the area behind the ancient tree, and then his gaze suddenly sharpened.

Because at this moment, on that stretch of plain that had originally been empty, a "thatched hut" had appeared at some unknown time. In the small courtyard of the thatched hut, there was actually a white ape holding a stone pestle, pounding medicine there.

And the thumping sounds were caused by the stone pestle coming down.

Every faction noticed this sudden change, and immediately cast startled gazes over.

The entire world fell silent, with only the low, heavy sound of the stone pestle pounding medicine reverberating endlessly.