Chapter 1334: Chaos Erupts

"Too many Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures being collected?"

Faced with Li Luo's words, Lü Shuanglu, Zhang Cuicheng, and the other experts from the Golden Dragon Treasure House all revealed absurd expressions. If Li Luo weren't from Li Li Tianwang's lineage, they would have thought he was some competitor trying to snatch up Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures.

Lü Shuanglu's willow brows furrowed tightly. Li Luo's words were indeed absurd to them, but her temperament was still quite sharp and delicate. As her thoughts turned, she said, "Li Luo, you mean... these Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures have a problem?"

Li Luo smiled and nodded. Lü Shuanglu being able to become the leader of the team, this sharpness of temperament was indeed far beyond Zhang Cuicheng by who knows how much.

But at his nod, the Golden Dragon Treasure House group found it even more absurd. Someone retorted, "The Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures inside the Boundary River Treasure Domain — our Golden Dragon Treasure House has been collecting them for over a hundred years. We've never heard of any problems with the Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures here."

Faced with their doubts, Li Luo said lightly, "Then in the past, when your people were collecting Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures, did this kind of incident ever occur?"

The Golden Dragon Treasure House people were immediately silenced.

Lü Shuanglu's pretty face shifted slightly. Although her contact with Li Luo hadn't been extensive, she understood that the latter wasn't someone who spoke carelessly. Moreover, this matter was so important — if Li Luo were talking nonsense, wouldn't that be trampling all over the goodwill Zhang Cuicheng had previously shown?

Therefore, rationally speaking, she already somewhat believed what Li Luo had said.

After all, this incident was too terrifying, and there wasn't the slightest omen. They had previously had many speculations, but none had ever considered that the problem would lie with the Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures produced in this Boundary River Treasure Domain.

"Those contaminated companions of yours — did their eyes lose all the whites and turn into black pupils?"

And then, Li Luo's casual remark completely and utterly caused the faces of everyone from the Golden Dragon Treasure House to turn pale.

Because the facts were exactly as Li Luo had said.

Those companions of theirs who had been contaminated and lost their minds had all shown the symptom of completely blackened eyes at the time.

"Now that I think about it, those few people who were contaminated and lost their minds were indeed the ones who had the most contact with Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures," Lü Shuanglu said slowly.

Then her face suddenly changed, and she said, "If these Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures really have a problem, then we... have actually all been exposed to them to varying degrees. Doesn't that mean..."

A chill also suddenly ran through the hearts of the others.

Li Luo glanced at them, nodded, and said, "Your guess is correct. You've all actually been contaminated too, it's just that it hasn't reached the stage where your minds are eroded yet."

"However... that's only a matter of time."

His words caused cold sweat to break out all over the bodies of everyone from the Golden Dragon Treasure House.

Lü Shuanglu forced a smile and said, "Li Luo, don't scare us. We're perfectly fine right now, and we haven't detected any signs of contamination within our bodies."

"This kind of contamination is called the 'Black Pupil Ghost Curse.' Those afflicted will have their pupils gradually expand until they finally drive out the whites of the eyes, with the pupils completely occupying the eye sockets. At that point, one's own mind will be completely eroded," Li Luo said.

Lü Shuanglu and Zhang Cuicheng exchanged a glance, and both their expressions became extremely solemn. At the same time, the latter asked, "How do you know so much information?"

"Previously, the companions from the Dragon Scale Guard were also afflicted with this curse. When I helped them purify and dispel the curse, I gleaned a bit of information from the curse mark," Li Luo said.

Lü Shuanglu keenly seized the key point and said in shock, "You're saying you can purify this poisonous curse?!"

This contamination was extremely bizarre. Previously, even the Fifth-Rank Marquis-tier experts in their team had been afflicted without the slightest awareness. Yet Li Luo, this Da Tian Xiang Jing cultivator, could actually purify the poisonous curse?

"To be precise, it requires Jiang Jiang Qinge and me working together to purify it, and the prerequisite is that the curse mark isn't too deep," Li Luo said seriously.

Lü Shuanglu and the others glanced at Jiang Jiang Qinge, who stood to one side without a word yet whose presence was so stunning it couldn't be ignored. The sacred, radiant phase force continuously welling up within the latter's body did give one a strange sense of trust.

"Our Dragon Scale Guard was also afflicted with this poisonous curse before. Thanks to Li Luo and Jiang Dragon Fang Emissary, we recovered," Li Tingyue also spoke up at this moment, vouching for Li Luo.

Lü Shuanglu's beautiful eyes immediately lit up. She looked at Li Luo hopefully and said, "Li Luo, can you help us dispel the curse? This favor — our Golden Dragon Treasure House will definitely remember it."

"Brother Cuicheng stepped forward to help before, and Miss Lü also assisted me. Now that I can help, naturally I will give it my all," Li Luo said with a smile.

Only then did Lü Shuanglu breathe a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat fortunate that she had previously left a good connection with Li Luo.

"However, now is not the time. I'm afraid trouble is about to break out here."

"The contamination curse on those Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures is heavier than on the ones we've encountered before. We absolutely must not touch them directly." Li Luo's gaze turned toward the outside of the blood lake. By now, the place was already in complete chaos. As numerous Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures kept shooting out from the blood lake, more and more people snatched them into their hands, their expressions becoming extremely excited and frenzied.

But Li Luo could sense that the ominous feeling brought by these Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures before him was several times denser than the ones they had encountered before.

However, were they supposed to step forward and stop everyone from seizing the treasures at this point? Not only would no one believe them, but Qin Zhenlin and Zhao Xiuyuan would probably seize the opportunity to directly incite other experts to attack them.

After all, blocking someone's path to wealth was like killing their parents. To Marquis-tier experts, these Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures were far more tempting than any wealth.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge exchanged a glance, both seeing the solemnity in each other's eyes, and then abandoned the idea of issuing this warning.

Better to preserve themselves first.

For a period of time afterward, Li Luo's group and the Golden Dragon Treasure House team gathered together, not daring to intercept any of the Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures that shot out, maintaining their vigilance.

Yet their abnormal behavior also drew the attention of Zhao Xiuyuan, Qin Zhenlin, and others. They found it extremely strange — after all, this was a golden opportunity to scoop up Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures, so why were Li Luo's group completely unmoved?

"Lord Guard, something out of the ordinary must be demonic. These Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures came too easily. Beware of a trap!" Qin Yi said with a solemn pretty face, speaking up to warn at this moment.

Qin Zhenlin nodded in agreement. His gaze flickered, and he said decisively, "Don't bother with these Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures. We'll just seize the top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures in the lake, and then withdraw from this place immediately!"

As his voice fell, his figure shot out first. Four towering Marquis Platforms erupted with overwhelmingly powerful phase force, blasting apart the numerous Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures and the beautiful-face aberrations alike.

At the same time, he stretched out a great hand, which transformed into a hundred-zhang giant hand, reaching toward the blood-crystal-like coral in the center of the lake.

As Qin Zhenlin made his move against the top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures, Zhao Xiuyuan took the same action. The two tacitly divided the work, each claiming two top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures.

However, just as the two were about to succeed, a vortex suddenly swirled up in the blood lake. Countless beautiful faces gathered together, forming a beautiful woman's face about a hundred zhang in size.

That face appeared extremely pale, radiating a delicate, frail aura.

But as that eerie giant woman's face parted its lips, it let out a piercing wailing sound. The sound was like a female demon's howl, spreading out in waves, even violently distorting the void.

Qin Zhenlin and Zhao Xiuyuan's giant energy hands descended, viciously smashing apart the giant woman's face.

But the sound wave had already spread out.

On the banks of the blood lake, the various experts who had been scrambling for the numerous Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures suddenly had their faces twist at this moment.

Upon closer observation, one would discover that the pupils in their eyes were rapidly expanding in circles at this moment.

The whites of their eyes were rapidly being overtaken.

Ah!

Someone let out a pained shriek. Pitch-black liquid flowed down from the corners of their eyes, and a dense miasma of malice surged out from within their bodies like a tide.

The sudden incident immediately caused the chaotic atmosphere to stall. The various experts, whose eyes had been red from scrambling for Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures, were all greatly shocked.

But before they could react, some companions beside them suddenly erupted at this moment, pouncing on them like wild beasts to kill.

In an instant, screams rose and fell one after another.

The smell of blood rapidly spread along the banks of the blood lake.

Qin Zhenlin and Zhao Xiuyuan both changed drastically in expression, because within their teams, something had also gone wrong—some team members had suddenly lost control, their pupils turning pitch-black, countless streams of malicious aura pouring from their pores, as if they had become bizarre aberrations at that moment, launching indiscriminate attacks on the companions beside them.

In just a brief moment, considerable casualties had appeared.

How could they spare any thought for the Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure in the lake now? They hurriedly turned around to suppress those companions who had suddenly mutated.

The sudden eruption of the abnormality also fell into the eyes of Lü Shuanglu, Zhang Cuicheng, and the rest of the Golden Dragon Bank contingent; fine beads of cold sweat seeped from their foreheads.

Their hearts were filled with lingering dread.

If Li Luo hadn't warned them earlier, then right now they too would have been plunged into such a completely unheralded chaotic slaughter, paying an extremely grievous price for it.

And while feeling that dread, the gratitude in their gazes toward Li Luo was also thick and heavy.

Zhang Cuicheng's expression turned Solemn—he hadn't even finished repaying the favor owed to Lü Qing'er, so how, the moment he turned around, did he end up owing Li Luo one as well? "(Brothers, tonight at 6:30 I'll be doing a book signing livestream on Douyin. If you want a personally signed copy, you can come to the livestream room and try your luck.)"