Chapter 1024: The Final Four

When Li Luo broke free from the blood coffin, he also sensed three other energy fluctuations. His gaze immediately swept over, and at the first glance he saw Li Li Lingjing's figure.

As for Li Li Lingjing being able to break free from the seal, Li Luo was actually not surprised. After all, the former's situation was special; although she appeared to be at the Nine Star Tian Zhu Jing, even he could not fathom Li Li Lingjing's true strength.

So his gaze mainly turned toward the other two beams of light, and then a hint of surprise appeared on his expression.

Those two figures were actually Qin Yi and Lu Qing'er.

This was somewhat beyond Li Luo's expectations, because he had originally thought it would be Mu Yao, Li Li Wuyuan and these other Xiao Tian Xiang Jing cultivators, but unexpectedly they had failed to break through the blood coffin seal, and instead it was Qin Yi and Lu Qing'er, whose strength was clearly a notch weaker, who broke free.

Li Luo's gaze swept over Lu Qing'er, and then he discovered that the latter's long hair was gradually turning an icy blue, and a hard-to-describe extreme-cold energy was slowly being released from within her body.

She stood in the void, and the cold ice energy between heaven and earth surged over urgently, forming a suspended layer of ice beneath her feet. Moreover, if one looked carefully, one would notice that on her snow-white skin, mysterious ice patterns were faintly visible.

The most eye-catching thing was still the ice wings behind Lu Qing'er. Those wings were like condensed ice crystals, sparkling and translucent, and as they flapped, the extreme-cold qi circulated, with ice crystals like powder constantly drifting down.

At this moment, Lu Qing'er was like an ice and snow angel.

Li Luo's eyes revealed astonishment, because the power emanating from Lu Qing'er at this moment had already surpassed Mu Yao and the others. But perhaps because of the suppression of the rules of the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven, that power was also difficult to exceed the limit of the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing. Even so, relying on that extremely high-grade cold ice power, Lu Qing'er still broke through the blood coffin seal.

The same was true for Qin Yi. Her long dress fluttered, her bearing outstanding and peerless, and a pale-blue, bright and pure moon appeared behind her. Within that moon, it seemed to contain a boundless lake-marsh world, with massive waves surging and slamming against the firmament.

From Qin Yi's body, a powerful energy pressure emanated, but if one traced it carefully, one would discover that this energy pressure did not come from herself, but from the pale-blue, bright and pure moon behind her.

Li Luo looked at the two women erupting with formidable energy, and could not help but shake his head. It seemed he had still underestimated these heavenly pride with extraordinary backgrounds. He was able to borrow the external augmentation of the "Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf" to strengthen himself, and others similarly had comparable means.

"You two hid it well," Li Luo sighed.

Lu Qing'er glanced at him, her voice cold and piercing like cold snow, yet carrying a trace of familiar gentleness: "These are all last-resort life-preserving techniques. If it weren't for such a desperate situation, how could we easily use them."

Qin Yi also said softly: "But I'm afraid even so, it will be difficult to break the current crisis."

Although the four of them had each relied on their means to break open the blood coffin seal, the True Demon Aberration before them was still an existence difficult to contend with. The strength of the Marquis Realm was an abyss that no means could overcome.

Li Li Lingjing approached Li Luo. Her red lips moved slightly, and a faint voice was transmitted into the latter's ear: "This Corrosive Spirit True Demon is coming for me. If at the very end we truly cannot match it, I will hold it off, and you seize the chance to retreat. As long as you leave this area and rely on some of the strange arrays in the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven for protection, it may not be able to kill you."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo smiled and shook his head: "There's no need for that. I don't believe it can finish me off."

Seeing Li Luo being stubbornly obstinate, Li Li Lingjing became a little annoyed and said: "Be rational. Although you also have some trump cards, you are after all only at the Tian Zhu Jing now, and you no longer have the eight thousand soldiers of the Qing Ming Banner following you. Facing a True Demon Aberration, running away is the wisest choice!"

Li Luo sighed and still shook his head. If Li Li Lingjing truly fell into the hands of this Corrosive Spirit True Demon, the outcome would surely be being devoured. So how could he possibly sit by and watch her trade her life for his chance to escape.

Li Li Lingjing was about to speak further, but the Corrosive Spirit True Demon smilingly raised its hand, twisting seal patterns between its fingers.

Crack!

As its seal pattern was formed, the expressions of Li Luo and the others suddenly changed, because they saw that the coffin lids of those blood coffins floating above the blood sea were slowly sliding down at this moment.

But as the coffin lids slid off, the four did not feel joy; instead, a thick chill welled up in their hearts.

Because as the coffins opened, those who had originally been sealed within them also walked out slowly. But at this moment, blood-red light patterns appeared on their faces, and these light patterns seemed to pierce into flesh and blood, like worms, devouring their strength.

In every single person's eyes, the color had turned pure black; not a hint of white could be seen.

"Be careful, they've all been corroded and controlled!" Qin Yi's pretty face changed drastically as she said.

Li Luo's gaze sank slightly as he looked at those familiar figures. Even Li Li Fengyi, Li Li Jingtao, Li Li Fuling and the others had now fallen into a controlled state, with blood flowing all over their bodies.

This Corrosive Spirit True Demon clearly possessed overwhelming power, yet it deliberately did not act personally, but instead controlled these four people's former companions to fight them. This was obviously done on purpose.

It was attempting to slowly torment the four to despair with the mentality of a cat toying with mice.

A surge of anger also rose in Li Luo's heart. These aberrations were truly twisted products, gathering countless dark emotions of the human race, their methods ruthless and cruel.

Boom!

And at this moment, as those former companions walked out of the blood coffins, their figures all shot up into the sky, violently streaking toward Li Luo and the others.

Blood-red corruption energy surged up from their bodies. Under the corrosion and control of this Corrosive Spirit True Demon, everyone's strength was clearly much greater than at their normal moments before.

"There are too many of them. I'll separate and isolate them."

Lu Qing'er looked at those figures streaking over and was the first to speak. Among these people were not a few familiar faces. If it truly came to a fight, their side would instead be somewhat constrained, so temporarily trapping them was actually the best option.

Lu Qing'er took off her ice silkworm silk gloves, revealing flawless jade hands. The ice wings behind her slowly flapped, and a bone-chilling cold qi spread out.

Crack crack crack!

In the void, it seemed as if frost was condensing. The next instant, a cold and ethereal voice rang out: "Marquis Art, White Lotus Ice Seal Art!"

The instant her voice fell, those figures streaking over suddenly stiffened. The cold ice energy between heaven and earth directly gathered rapidly beneath their feet. In just a few breaths' time, white ice lotuses bloomed from beneath their feet, and an extremely terrifying cold qi whistled out. In an instant, everyone was sealed within the white ice lotuses.

However, although the ice lotus seal trapped Li Li Fengyi, Li Li Jingtao, Deng Deng Fengxian and these originally slightly weaker people, those with formidable strength like Mu Yao, Li Li Wuyuan, Senior Zong Sha, under the augmentation of the blood-red energy, forcibly melted the ice lotuses, and then charged forward with shrieking roars.

Li Li Lingjing's pretty face turned icy. She gripped the Green Bamboo Azure Snake Staff in her hand, and the nine Tian Zhu behind her erupted with dazzling light at this moment, inhaling and exhaling the energy of heaven and earth. At the same time, the massive shadow of the Mysterious Serpent also emerged.

She shot out rapidly, directly meeting Mu Yao and Senior Zong Sha, one against two.

Qin Ying's figure cut across the sky, the spear in his hand transforming into countless blood-red spear gleams, bombarding toward Li Luo.

"Brother Qin Ying."

Qin Yi's soft sigh rang out. The "Hao Han Zhong" in her hand hummed and trembled at this moment, and one could see deep-blue heavy water whistling out, directly transforming into a massive water dragon, intercepting Qin Ying and several powerful cultivators of the Qin Li Tianwang lineage.

Lu Qing'er then freed her hands. Her jade hand clenched toward Jin-Zhong Jie and the others, and instantly the void there condensed with frost, as countless sharp ice spikes suddenly shot out, forcing Jin-Zhong Jie and the others to dodge one after another.

Clearly, each was responsible for intercepting their own batch of people. Although their side was at a numerical disadvantage, fortunately each relied on these final trump cards, and they did not fall into a disadvantage.

And Li Luo at this moment was also flapping his energy dragon wings, looking at some figures ahead. They were a group of powerful cultivators of the Li Li Tianwang lineage led by Li Li Wuyuan, among whom were also familiar faces like Li Li Fuling and Li Guan.

However, at this moment, their faces were covered with twisted and ferocious colors, their eyes filled with killing intent.

Li Luo gripped the Mysterious Elephant Blade with one hand, his expression calm as he met Li Li Wuyuan and the others head-on. From the scarlet bracelet on his wrist, the fierce and savage energy of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf surged out like a flood.

A fierce chaotic battle erupted above the blood sea.

And in the distance, the Corrosive Spirit True Demon sat cross-legged on the blood lotus. Watching this wonderful mutual slaughter, its expression seemed to become even more compassionate and sorrowful.

"How impressive. Truly four top heavenly pride. Such delicious food is rarely encountered in so many years."

In the chaotic battle, Li Luo and the others erupted with formidable energy, constantly repelling the puppets controlled by it. But every time this happened, the Corrosive Spirit True Demon would manipulate the blood sea to replenish strength for those controlled puppets.

So this caused Li Luo and the others to fall into an endless war of attrition.

If things continued like this, no matter what means they had, they would eventually be worn down bit by bit to death.

"Keep it up. The final victor will receive a reward... being swallowed into my belly bite by bite," the Corrosive Spirit True Demon said with a gentle smile.

It watched the gradually changing expressions of the four, and its smile grew even more delighted.

However, that emotion, when it persisted to a certain moment, suddenly felt a vague sense of something being off—a kind of instinctual premonition.

It seemed there was something it had overlooked.

Eroding Spirit True Demon's smile faded slightly. Its gaze swept back and forth across the four of them, and after several breaths, its gaze suddenly locked onto Li Luo!

It's him!

Something's off about this kid!