Chapter 1164: Desperate Predicament

Thick, cold clouds shrouded the horizon, concealing everything within, as a white torrential downpour poured down, like a ghastly white curtain drawn across the heavens and earth.

The students stared in terror at the descending white rainstorm.

The rain pattered on, unusually viscous—not normal rainwater, but a kind of cold, waxy oil.

When the wax oil landed on the phase force defenses rising around the students' bodies, it immediately caused the phase force to begin dissolving. Though the wax oil was icy to the extreme, it behaved like lava, emitting a sizzling sound.

Soon, weaker students let out terrified cries, because as the white wax oil dissolved the phase force around their bodies, the wax oil immediately fell onto their skin.

Then, in horror, they discovered that they instantly lost control of their bodies.

The white wax oil slowly spread across their skin, like a layer of white membrane, as if to transform them into cold, waxen statues.

In barely a moment, many students in this area had nearly half their bodies covered by the cold white wax. Their faces were filled with terror, but no matter how they struggled and resisted, they could not stop the wax from spreading.

One after another, terrified screams rang out in succession.

Faced with the horror of watching themselves turn into wax figures, clearly no one could accept it calmly.

Top students like Feng Lingyuan could hold out within the white wax rain, but they could still feel the phase force within them being consumed at a terrifying rate. The white wax oil was far too domineering; if it continued, they would inevitably be the first to give out.

This made them feel a sense of helplessness rise unbidden in their hearts. This was the power of a marquis-ranked expert—every gesture stirred celestial phenomena. Under an attack of this scale, they had no chance of escape.

Ning Meng, Jiang Jiang Qinge, and Wu Changkong naturally noticed the condition of the many students, which made their gazens sink. With the White-Eyed True Demon's evolution once more, the situation had completely deteriorated.

Even if the three of them joined forces, they could no longer pose a threat to the White-Eyed True Demon.

Honestly, a battle of this level had already exceeded their limits.

Although all three were considered true peaks of Da Tian Xiang Jing, and each possessed means to overcome higher-ranked opponents, previously the three joining forces to withstand a White-Eyed True Demon equivalent to a first-grade marquis was already their limit. Now that the White-Eyed True Demon had evolved again, its strength had reached the top tier of a second-grade marquis—a level the three of them simply could not contend with no matter what.

Unless they truly used a Bo Ming Zhi Fa like Jiang Jiang Qinge's sacrificial burning of the Light Heart, disregarding all consequences.

However, just as they were still thinking of how to respond, the fully evolved White-Eyed True Demon struck first.

Its cold, white pupils locked onto Jiang Jiang Qinge, Ning Meng, and Wu Changkong. It extended a sharp finger, and the next instant, most of the white rainstorm pouring from the heavens converged toward the three of them.

Then, just outside the three, it condensed into three human-skin lanterns roughly a hundred zhang in size.

Seeing this, Jiang Jiang Qinge and the other two immediately erupted with surging phase force, launching attacks, attempting to shatter these human-skin lanterns formed from human wax.

But at that moment, countless white ghost fires sprouted within the lanterns, and within those fires, ferocious faces emerged, dissolving all three of their attacks.

At the same time, the human-skin lanterns acted like three seals, directly trapping the three.

After trapping them, the White-Eyed True Demon did not immediately strike at them. Its cold white pupils rotated, then suddenly turned toward a youth behind them holding a massive dragon bow.

It was Li Luo.

On this person's body, a marquis-ranked spirit beast was hidden—a power that could threaten it, so it had to be eliminated immediately.

And at this moment, Li Luo was also dealing with the "white rain" filling the sky. Behind him, nine dazzling celestial pearls operated at their peak. Although the white wax had not yet begun spreading on his body, the consumption of phase force was terrifyingly immense.

Then, Li Luo suddenly felt a gaze filled with malice and terror, and immediately his hair stood on end. He raised his head and met the White-Eyed True Demon's gaze.

As their eyes met, Li Luo's mind seemed to blur slightly, and countless rustling, eerie whispers echoed in his heart, nearly causing him to uncontrollably disperse the phase force protecting his body.

But fortunately, his will was quite firm, and he immediately reacted, hurriedly biting his tongue tip to break free from the spiritual influence.

Seeing this, the White-Eyed True Demon extended a finger, and the "white rain" from the heavens gathered, forming a white arrow. The arrow circulated with a cold aura, locking onto Li Luo from afar.

When that arrow locked onto him, Li Luo was horrified to discover that he had no chance to dodge at all—the surrounding space seemed to freeze together at that moment.

The strike of a marquis-ranked expert was truly terrifying.

Li Luo glanced sideways at the crimson bracelet on his wrist. It seemed he still had to use the Five-Tailed Heavenly Wolf.

However, just as Li Luo was preparing for a desperate fight, the White-Eyed True Demon's body suddenly stiffened for an instant, and the condensed white wax arrow actually showed signs of dissolving.

A cold snarl emerged from the White-Eyed True Demon's throat. On its chest, the fourth calm face seemed to open its eyes at that moment.

It was Li Li Lingjing's face.

She seemed to be resisting the White-Eyed True Demon's lethal strike against Li Luo.

"Cousin Li Lingjing." Li Luo also carefully observed this, and immediately sighed, his heart aching and furious at once.

He hadn't expected that, even though she herself had fallen into such a situation, she still tried to help him.

"I must kill this White-Eyed True Demon and rescue Cousin Li Lingjing!" Li Luo no longer hesitated, beginning to channel his mind into the crimson bracelet, attempting to awaken the Five-Tailed Heavenly Wolf.

But the call vanished like a stone sinking into the sea.

Li Luo did not panic. The Five-Tailed Heavenly Wolf was in deep slumber evolving, and awakening it would take some time.

But at that moment, the White-Eyed True Demon erupted in a violent roar. Within its white pupils, a pressure seemed to surge. Under the suppression of that pressure, Li Li Lingjing's face on its chest sank back into slumber, her eyes slowly closing.

Clearly, the White-Eyed True Demon had regained control of the body.

A ferocious, terrifying expression appeared on its face, and its gaze, brimming with killing intent, locked onto Li Luo once more.

But its previous action had been noticed by Jiang Jiang Qinge, who was trapped within the human-skin lantern.

On Jiang Jiang Qinge's delicate frame, resplendent light phase force flowed like holy water. Her golden eyes brimmed with piercing killing intent and fury. The White-Eyed True Demon had actually set its sights on Li Luo—with his strength, he would likely find it very hard to evade its lethal strike.

But to kill Li Luo right in front of her...

Even for Jiang Jiang Qinge, who was normally composed and calm, boundless killing intent now flowed within her heart, because this too was her reverse scale.

Back then, Shen Shen Jinxiao's strength was even greater than the current White-Eyed True Demon, yet Jiang Jiang Qinge fearlessly fought him in fierce battle. Now, how dare this White-Eyed True Demon!

Jiang Jiang Qinge's heartbeat seemed to intensify dramatically at that moment. Her gaze was icy, but she did not resort to the final measure of sacrificially burning the Light Heart.

She clenched her jade hand, and a crystal pearl appeared in her palm.

Within the crystal pearl, a mystical nine-patterned holy lotus slowly bloomed, radiating boundless spiritual energy.

It was the "Nine-Patterned Holy Heart Lotus" Li Luo had given her. The seal upon it had quietly and intelligently vanished when Li Luo presented it.

With this treasure, Jiang Jiang Qinge could fully repair the aftereffects from her previous sacrificial burning of the Light Heart, and also thoroughly promote her foundation to perfection.

Of course, Jiang Jiang Qinge did not intend to use it to break through to the marquis rank, because breaking through to the marquis rank required much preparation; hastily condensing a "Marquis Platform" at this time would not be a good thing.

However, she could attempt to charge toward the ultimate realm representing Da Tian Xiang Jing.

The Ten-Thousand-Zhang Celestial Phase Diagram!

At this thought, Jiang Jiang Qinge unhesitatingly swallowed the "Nine-Patterned Holy Heart Lotus." The next instant, rolling heat currents erupted violently within her body.