Chapter 1104: Something's Not Right

A massive, grotesque blood-red face drilled out from within the "Evil Heart Pillar." The savage "Evil" character on that face writhed, as if it had transformed into an extremely venomous expression, staring at the four figures who had previously launched attacks at the pillar.

A heaven-rising tide of malevolent aura practically gushed forth like substance, bringing a sense of terror to everyone present.

"A Class-B mission—how could a Great Evil Specter possibly appear?!" Senior Zong Sha cried out in horror.

Within the "Evil Specter Horde," besides ordinary "Evil Specters," there also existed a kind called "Great Evil Specter." This Great Evil Specter had an extremely fearsome reputation, being a top-tier anomaly among the Great Calamity class.

Only the strength of Da Tian Xiang Jing could contend against it.

But generally speaking, Great Evil Specters also occupied a rather low proportion within the "Evil Specter Horde." According to the intelligence the academy had previously estimated, Great Evil Specters appeared more often in "Class-A" missions, while they rarely appeared in Class-B missions. So when Senior Zong Sha and the others saw a "Great Evil Specter" actually appear before their eyes, they felt shock.

"Retreat!"

Li Luo's expression tightened slightly, and he said decisively.

A Great Evil Specter was a top-tier Great Calamity class anomaly, and now that Feng Lingyuan and the captain of another squad had fallen behind, these people of theirs might not be able to withstand it.

However, just as his voice fell, the Great Evil Specter struck even faster. It was seen leaping out from within the pillar, its body over ten meters tall, clearly several times burlier than the Evil Specters seen before. At the same time, a nauseating stench of rot continuously emanated from its body.

The Great Evil Specter's sharp claws tore two pieces of blood-red skin from its chest, and then the blood-red skin rapidly rose, swelling against the wind.

In just a few breaths, it transformed into blood-red membranes several zhang in size, upon which savage, twisted faces writhed.

The next instant, these two blood-red membranes directly transformed into crimson light, sweeping down to envelop Li Luo and the other squad who were rapidly retreating.

Senior Zong Sha, Lu Lu Jinci, and the others all dared not be careless. Their own phase force erupted completely, simultaneously transforming into fierce offensive strikes, slashing at the blood-red membranes sweeping down.

Bang!

But when the two collided, the blood-red membrane only emitted a low, muffled sound. The seemingly fragile membrane did not shatter, and at the same time, the grotesque faces swimming on the membrane now spread out countless black threads. The black threads, like meridians, covered the inside of the membrane, making it not only sinister but also possessing a difficult-to-destroy toughness.

Senior Zong Sha, Lu Lu Jinci, and the others all changed expression somewhat, especially Senior Zong Sha. A golden seal had already manifested above his head, but even so, he had failed to slash through this membrane.

"What terrifying methods this Great Evil Specter has!" Lu Lu Jinci's eyelids twitched rapidly. The Great Evil Specter before them had merely struck casually, yet it had forced them into such a sorry state. The gap between the two sides was far too obvious.

And at this moment, the blood-red membrane permeated with rolling malevolent aura had already reached above their heads, clearly about to descend and cover them like a blood net.

Clang!

Behind Li Luo, dazzling Heavenly Pearls emerged one after another. At the same time, within the Water Light Phase Palace, those golden water droplets containing "Origin Qi" all shattered, merging into the phase force.

Thus, the number of Heavenly Pearls behind Li Luo instantly surged to eight, and the majestic phase force swept across like a storm.

"Nine Scale Heavenly Dragon Battle Body, Nine Dragon Power!"

The dragon-shaped imprint on Li Luo's brow became bright, and within his body, the faint sound of dragon roars echoed. Violent power surged through his flesh and blood like a flood.

"Thunder Roar Body, Fivefold Thunder Sound!" Thunder roared within his body, transforming into Lei Guang that roamed across the surface of Li Luo's skin.

The five fingers gripping the Dragon Elephant Blade also suddenly tightened, and the next instant, he directly slashed out with one blade.

"Dragon Elephant Blade, Dragon Elephant Divine Might!"

A golden dragon and a blue elephant, amidst dragon roars and elephant cries, directly shot out violently from the Dragon Elephant Blade. The blade light was chilling, intertwining with each other, forming an extremely fierce and domineering Dragon Elephant Blade Wheel.

The blade wheel hummed and trembled, even slicing faint traces into the void.

The Dragon Elephant Blade Wheel pierced through the void and collided with the descending "blood-red membrane." Immediately, the two forces eroded each other madly, erupting with a piercing shriek.

This stalemate lasted for several breaths, and then cracks appeared on the "blood-red membrane," rapidly expanding. Accompanied by a faint ripping sound, the "blood-red membrane" was actually sliced apart by the blade wheel.

The savage faces swimming on the blood-red membrane immediately let out miserable screams, and then the membrane began to emit black smoke, actually directly turning to ash and drifting down.

Seeing this, Senior Zong Sha, Lu Lu Jinci, and the others couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths. Earlier, the three of them had struck and failed to deal with this thing, yet Li Luo had split it open with a single blade.

"Is my Void Seal rank fake or something?" Senior Zong Sha muttered.

But he also understood that Li Luo's combat power could not be measured by common sense. At the previous academy-level assessment, three top Void Seal ranks working together had been swept away by Li Luo, let alone him?

However, having such an abnormal teammate along really did give one a strong sense of security.

"Ah!"

And just as they breathed a sigh of relief on their side, a scream suddenly came from not far away. Li Luo and the others hurriedly looked and saw that the four members of the other squad who had rushed over had failed to break the "blood-red membrane." The membrane immediately descended and wrapped them up.

The blood-red membrane kept tightening, digging into the flesh and blood of the four, constantly flowing out fresh blood, which was greedily devoured by the savage faces swimming on the blood-red membrane.

Seeing this, Li Luo was about to raise his blade to provide support.

"Filthy thing, release my people!"

However, before Li Luo could strike, a thunderous angry shout came from another direction. The next instant, a blade light resembling heavenly thunder cut across the sky, carrying violent Lei Guang, directly slashing fiercely onto the blood-red membrane covering the four.

The thunder contained in this blade light was extremely domineering. Amidst the roar, it forcibly blasted the blood-red membrane into a charred black patch, and the savage faces upon it also shattered along with it.

Four figures rolled out in a sorry state, their body surfaces covered in bite-wound blood marks.

At the same time, a figure descended from the sky, landing in front of the four. Vast, majestic phase force surged skyward, faintly transforming into a grand Thunder Diagram Record in the horizon.

And seeing this person, Senior Zong Sha said in surprise: "So it's Senior Deng Changbai, the sixtieth seat of the Upper Academy."

Li Luo looked at the newcomer. It was a youth with disheveled hair, burly in build, holding an exaggerated great long blade, upon which Lei Guang continuously flowed, looking quite domineering.

He vaguely remembered the intelligence he had seen before. This Deng Changbai possessed an Upper Eight Grade Lei Xiang, so he had the title of Thunder Blade.

Although his fame was not as great as Feng Lingyuan's, he was also a well-known figure in the Tianyuan Ancient Academy.

After this Deng Changbai appeared, his gaze merely swept over Li Luo and the others, then cast toward the position behind them. There, on the street, a slender figure wearing a black upper garment and black trousers walked over with light, unhurried steps.

It was precisely Feng Lingyuan.

"Deng Changbai, since when have you dared to steal the spotlight from me?" Feng Lingyuan walked to Li Luo's side, glanced at Deng Changbai holding the great long blade, and asked casually.

Deng Changbai's brow furrowed slightly. The look in his eyes as he gazed at Feng Lingyuan clearly carried wariness, but then he withdrew his gaze, turning his attention toward the "Great Evil Specter" ahead, and said: "Feng Lingyuan, I don't believe you haven't noticed that something's not right here. A Great Evil Specter shouldn't have appeared here. The intelligence given by the academy seems to have some error."

Feng Lingyuan exhaled, her gaze somewhat darkly fixed on that ghastly white Evil Heart Pillar, and said in a somber tone: "Your perception is still as slow as ever. Do you think there's only one Great Evil Specter here?"

Deng Changbai's expression changed drastically: "What do you mean?!"

Li Luo and the others also paled somewhat.

Feng Lingyuan's face was expressionless, because just as her voice fell, that Evil Heart Pillar once again emitted a strange sound. Immediately after, pungent fresh blood gurgled out from within, and then a claw covered in sharp bone spurs stretched out from within.

Fresh blood flowed, and two more massive "Great Evil Specters" slowly drilled out from within.

On their faceless visages, the savagely twisted "Evil" character emitted a heaven-rising tide of malevolent aura, causing even the void to distort at this moment.

Seeing this scene, everyone present felt a chill surge from the soles of their feet straight to the top of their heads.

Three "Great Evil Ogres"?

This is a Class-B mission?!!