Chapter 1335: Snatching Treasures Amid Chaos

The chaotic slaughter erupted outside the Blood Lake.

Violent, ferocious phase force fluctuations swept through along with rumbling sounds, while also bringing inhuman shrieks and anguished wails.

The incident came too suddenly; many people failed to react before they were already wounded by companions who had suddenly erupted.

Severed limbs, fresh blood, everywhere.

Even the teams from the Qin and Zhao sides were no exception—among them, some were also polluted by the curse, bringing no small casualties.

Qin Zhenlin and Zhao Xiuyuan both had iron-green expressions, simultaneously and forcefully suppressing those infected.

Now they were overwhelmed, with no energy left to spare for the top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures within the Blood Lake.

And within the chaotic region, the only pure land was the position where Li Luo and the others were. They had formed a defensive line with the people from the Golden Dragon Treasure House, resisting the assaults of some infected.

However, because no anomalies had appeared within their ranks, their position was quite stable, and there were no casualties.

Lü Shuanglu and Zhang Cuicheng looked at the chaotic, tragic scene, their faces slightly pale, because this sight was almost identical to the incident they had previously experienced.

At this point, they completely believed Li Luo's words.

At the same time, they couldn't help reaching out to touch their own eyes, even taking out mirrors to examine their eyeballs.

"Stop looking. This 'Black-Eyed Ghost Curse' has become even more hidden since we detected it before. It will grow in secret, and when it erupts, the erosion will be even more intense," Li Luo said casually, noticing their actions.

Lü Shuanglu unwillingly turned to look at the middle-aged man behind her whose strength had reached Fifth Rank Marquis, and asked: "Uncle Wang, can you sense the source of pollution within your body?"

The middle-aged man called Uncle Wang shook his head with a bitter smile and said: "Not a trace."

"This 'Black-Eyed Ghost Curse' should have been set by a King-level existence. At the Marquis level, it's very difficult to sense it in advance," Li Luo said.

"King-level existence?! An Other King? In the Boundary River Treasure Domain, no Other King can be born!" Lü Shuanglu said with an ugly expression.

"It doesn't have to be an Other King. It could also be a King-level strong practitioner with other schemes," Li Luo said slowly.

"Besides Other Kings, what other King-level strong practitioner would dare do something like this? The Boundary River Domain is a gateway to Outer Shenzhou. If something goes wrong here, the entire Outer Shenzhou might be affected. Wait..."

At this point, Lü Shuanglu's voice paused, her pretty face immediately becoming solemn, and she uttered three words: "Return Society!"

As someone from Golden Dragon Mountain, Lü Shuanglu understood Return Society more deeply than Li Luo, so she was also clearer on this mysterious organization's style of operation.

Zhang Cuicheng also frowned tightly. If this 'Black-Eyed Ghost Curse' was Return Society's doing, then it meant they definitely had no small scheme in the Boundary River Domain this time. But currently, there were also King-level strong practitioners from the four great Li Li Tianwang veins stationed in the Boundary River Domain—would they still dare to act recklessly?

Lü Shuanglu was briefly silent, then said with a bitter smile: "What bad luck. I thought it was just an ordinary procurement mission, but ended up falling into big trouble."

In the past, whenever the Boundary River Treasure Domain opened, it was the headquarters of the Golden Dragon Treasure House on the Outer Shenzhou side that was responsible for procuring Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures. She had fought to come over this time, but who could have thought she'd stumble into such a dangerous situation? It had to be said, this was truly a bit unlucky.

At the same time, she glanced at Li Luo with a peculiar look. This 'Black-Eyed Ghost Curse' couldn't be sensed at all even by their Fifth Rank Marquis strong practitioner, yet Li Luo was able to detect it, and even purify it. This ability was truly somewhat hard to believe.

This kid really had some real skills. No wonder he could make Qing'er worry about him so much.

"Then what should we do now?" Lü Shuanglu asked, looking at the chaotic scene before her.

Unconsciously, Li Luo, who was clearly only at Da Tian Xiang Jing, seemed to have instead become the central figure of both teams.

Hearing this, Li Luo's gaze flickered, but he suddenly turned toward the four top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures in the center of the Blood Lake that looked like blood-crystal coral, and smiled: "Isn't this exactly the time for us to take the treasures?"

At this moment, Qin Zhenlin and Zhao Xiuyuan were so entangled they couldn't break free, and the true demon Other earlier in the Blood Lake had also been wounded by these two, so now when Li Luo and the others took the treasures, almost no one had the energy to stop them.

Jiang Jiang Qinge, Li Fuluo, and Li Tingyue spoke up: "We'll go take the treasures."

There were still many strange Others in the Blood Lake, including the true demon Other that looked like a beautiful face earlier, so the strongest people had to be sent to take the treasures.

Li Luo nodded, then smiled at Lü Shuanglu: "Please have your people block those polluted ones for us."

At this point, as the chaos expanded, polluted ones kept charging at their side, so they also needed the strength of the Golden Dragon Treasure House. After all, the other side had a Fifth Rank Marquis whose strength was no weaker than Zhao Xiuyuan, enough to hold the scene.

Lü Shuanglu naturally had no objections. Given the current situation, sticking with Li Luo seemed to offer more security.

So the next moment, the figures of Jiang Jiang Qinge and the other two shot directly toward the Blood Lake, vast and majestic phase force sweeping out, wiping away all the beautiful faces floating on the lake surface.

Especially Jiang Jiang Qinge—her brilliant, sacred light phase force swept across, and even the lake water seemed to become clear.

In a short moment, the three reached the center of the lake.

At this moment, a blood-red vortex suddenly spun up in the center of the lake. The giant human-face Other from before floated on the water surface, opened its mouth full of black fangs, and spewed pitch-black evil-thought qi at the three.

But its attack clearly posed no great threat to Jiang Jiang Qinge and the other two. The three struck simultaneously, and three phase force torrents directly tore the giant human face apart.

Then Jiang Jiang Qinge raised her jade hand, phase force transforming into a light Shou Yin, sweeping up all four top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures at the center of the lake.

With the treasures in hand, the three immediately retreated.

The commotion of the three at the center of the lake naturally did not escape the notice of Zhao Xiuyuan, Qin Zhenlin, and the others, who immediately burst out with stern shouts: "How dare you!"

They couldn't help but want to move to intercept, but the moment their phase force suppression here relaxed, polluted companions erupted, roaring as they charged over.

So the two could only withdraw their phase force and continue suppressing these polluted companions.

For a moment, they could only watch helplessly as Jiang Jiang Qinge and the other two took all four top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures from the lake and successfully returned to the team.

Both men's eyes were so angry they were nearly black.

No one had expected that the final benefits would all be harvested by the Li Li Tianwang vein.

After Jiang Jiang Qinge and the other two returned to the team, her light phase force wrapped the four top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures, suspending them before everyone.

Li Luo flicked a finger, and phase force sent one of the top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures flying toward Lü Shuanglu and the others, smiling: "A share for all who witnessed it. Please don't take offense."

"We get a share too?"

Lü Shuanglu was somewhat surprised. After all, it was the Li Li Tianwang vein that took the treasures, and their role hadn't been that great. If not for Li Luo warning them, their fate now wouldn't be much better than the other teams.

"You helped block so many polluted ones—that's naturally a contribution. How could we let you exert yourselves for nothing?" Li Luo said.

Lü Shuanglu looked at the others from the Golden Dragon Treasure House and found them all looking pleasantly surprised, clearly not expecting top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures to come so easily.

Judging by their looks, their favorability toward Li Luo was skyrocketing.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Lü Shuanglu finally nodded, but at the same time looked somewhat troubled at the top-tier Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures floating before her eyes. If this were before this incident, she would have certainly taken the item and examined it carefully. But now that she knew it was poisonous, she was a bit afraid to touch it.

"You can first seal it in a container with purification effects. After I help you purify it later, you should be able to touch it," Li Luo said with a smile upon seeing this, offering a reminder.

Lü Shuanglu quickly did as suggested, since they carried quite a few items with such effects on them.

Seeing this, Li Luo also smiled inwardly. This time, he had formed a good connection with Lü Shuanglu and Zhang Cuicheng. With this relationship, perhaps in the future he could make contact with Golden Dragon Mountain.

And when the time comes, perhaps he could even help Lv Qing'er.

If the other party could call in a favor to get Zhang Cuicheng to help him, then naturally he couldn't offer nothing in return.

"Eh?"

Just as Li Luo was turning these thoughts over in his mind, Jiang Jiang Qinge beside him suddenly gave a soft "eh," and Li Luo, who had been about to ask, also stirred.

Because he seemed to hear a hard-to-detect flute note, drifting faintly out of the void.

Then Li Luo saw that, as that strange flute note spread, the chaotic battlefield suddenly stalled. Those corrupted beings with pitch-black pupils and black liquid streaming from the corners of their eyes broke from the fight like mad, as if summoned by something, and bolted headlong into the depths of the blood mist.

At this sight, Li Luo's pupils couldn't help but contract.

Was this the hidden hand behind the scenes beginning to manipulate the situation?!