Chapter 1336: Making a Move

The sudden turn of events caused the chaos by the Blood Lake to momentarily stall.

Numerous Corrupted Ones fled toward the depths of this Ghostly Domain, some even ignoring the fierce attacks whistling toward them, letting their bodies be torn apart by the resonant force, yet they seemed unable to feel any pain, fleeing toward the depths without looking back.

Thus, in just a short moment, the intense slaughter came to a halt.

All factions gathered their forces with unsightly expressions, and some of the unluckier ones were nearly wiped out entirely.

The stench of blood covering the ground was nauseating.

This turn of events caused all teams except Li Luo's to suffer heavy losses.

And as the various factions silently licked their wounds and reorganized, Li Luo frowned deeply as he gazed toward the depths of this Ghostly Domain. The Corrupted Ones fleeing toward the depths in unison earlier must have been summoned by something.

It was most likely that eerie flute sound.

But judging by the others' expressions, aside from Jiang Jiang Qinge, no one seemed to have noticed the flute sound.

"This Ghostly Domain is getting more and more bizarre," Li Luo said with a frown.

He was now certain that the mastermind behind the scenes definitely had some grand scheme within this Ghostly Domain.

"I think we should withdraw from here," Lü Shuanglu suggested.

"Young Lady, the retreat path from this Ghostly Domain has already vanished," the Fifth-Rank Marquis-tier expert from the Golden Dragon Treasury suddenly spoke up.

At these words, everyone was shocked, whipping their heads around, only to see the space behind them turn blood-red, like a massive wall of blood, cutting off the retreat path from this Ghostly Domain.

A commotion broke out by the Blood Lake. Some teams that had already considered retreating also discovered this situation, and were immediately terrified.

At this moment, they all understood that this Ghostly Domain seemed different from the previous ones.

But it was already too late to leave.

Someone attacked the blood wall in terror, but the latter didn't budge at all. Instead, it emanated an extremely dense aura of malice that swept toward the attacker like a tide.

The attacker retreated in fear, but was instantly swallowed by the aura of malice, his entire body dissolving into a puddle of blood in an instant.

The others' faces all changed, and they hurriedly retreated, not daring to approach the blood wall.

"It seems we can only move forward," Li Luo said with a slight frown upon seeing this.

The others nodded silently.

"Li Fuluo, Li Luo!"

Just as they were about to set off, a cold, harsh voice suddenly rang out. They saw Zhao Xiuyuan looking over with a dark expression, saying coldly, "Hand over the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures!"

Fury flickered in his eyes. Earlier, they had suffered heavy losses due to this sudden change, but the Li Li Tianwang lineage not only suffered no damage, but had also taken advantage of their inability to escape to smoothly take all the Top-Tier Within Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures from the Blood Lake.

This gave Zhao Xiuyuan a feeling of frustration, as if he had made wedding clothes for Li Luo and his group.

Qin Zhenlin also said coldly, "We were doing our best here to intercept and kill the Aberrations, yet you secretly took the treasures. Isn't that a bit underhanded?"

With the teams of the two great Li Tianwang lineages speaking up, some other teams couldn't help but cast unfriendly glances. After all, while they suffered heavy losses, Li Fuluo, Li Luo, and their group were not only unaffected but had also taken the Top-Tier Within Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures. This disparity was truly hard for them to accept.

"Hand over three Top-Tier Within Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures, and then you can leave!" Zhao Xiuyuan sneered upon seeing the rising indignation.

He intended to use the emotionally agitated others to pressure Li Luo's group.

If Li Luo's group refused, he could directly incite everyone to join forces and annihilate Li Luo and his people.

"Zhao Xiuyuan, save your foul breath. Taking treasures relies on one's own ability. If you hadn't acted rashly earlier and triggered the Aberrations in the Blood Lake, perhaps the others wouldn't have been corrupted!" Li Fuluo retorted with a dark expression.

"Taking treasures while we were held up by the Aberrations—what kind of ability is that?" Shen Yunge mocked with a smile.

"If you don't hand over the Top-Tier Within Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures you obtained earlier today, don't blame us for attacking en masse!" Zhao Xiuyuan stepped forward, and five Marquis Platforms rose into the sky amid spiritual light, waves of powerful energy pressure spreading outward.

Zhao Xiuyuan taking the lead in showing his stance immediately caused the other teams to stir restlessly.

Facing this situation, Li Fuluo, Li Tingyue, Lü Shuanglu, and the others were also somewhat angry, but they understood that these teams from various factions were venting their inner imbalance. Under Zhao Xiuyuan's deliberate guidance, this resentment became increasingly apparent.

At this moment, if they truly faced a direct confrontation, they would inevitably fall into the disadvantage of being besieged.

This was exactly the scene Zhao Xiuyuan wanted to see.

But were they really going to hand over the Top-Tier Within Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures? That would be too frustrating.

And just as Li Fuluo, Li Tingyue, and the others were frowning, Li Luo chuckled and said, "Everyone, do you know why so many Corrupted Ones appeared among the teams?"

At these words, the other teams, who had been rising in indignation, were momentarily stunned, because this point indeed struck at the doubt in their hearts.

Zhao Xiuyuan was also taken aback. This kid Li Luo was really cunning; one sentence had deflated the targeted atmosphere that had just been brewing. However, he didn't speak up for the moment, because he also wanted to know... why had those people been corrupted?

Facing the many bewildered and questioning gazes, Li Luo said calmly, "Because the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures that flew out from the Blood Lake all contain a kind of curse. This curse, I imagine, cannot be detected even by a Top-Tier Marquis."

"In fact, it's not just the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures here that hide curses; all the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures within the entire Boundary River Treasure Domain should be the same."

"Think about it. Weren't the people who were corrupted earlier the ones in your teams who had the most contact with Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures?"

At this point, Li Luo felt it was time to reveal this secret. Otherwise, as more and more people got corrupted, it would become a tremendous threat to them as well.

Boom!

The scene erupted in an uproar. Everyone's face was full of disbelief. The source of their corruption was actually the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures in the Boundary River Treasure Domain?

This was something they had never considered before!

"Li Luo, don't talk nonsense! The Boundary River Treasure Domain has opened so many times, and never has it been heard that the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures here contain curses!" Zhao Xiuyuan coldly shouted.

Li Luo couldn't be bothered to waste words with him. He flicked his finger, took out several unpurified Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures, and threw them directly at Zhao Xiuyuan.

"Then try touching them with your body."

Zhao Xiuyuan's expression changed instantly as he saw several Low-Grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures flying toward him. He hastily retreated while sweeping his sleeves, unleashing a surging resonant force to intercept all the incoming treasures.

At the same time, he cursed inwardly, *You talk if you want to talk, why the hell did you suddenly throw Foundation Establishment Spiritual Treasures at me? *

Who would dare to catch them?

What if there really was a curse?

The people from the Li Li Tianwang lineage saw Zhao Xiuyuan's flustered retreating figure and couldn't help but laugh. This Zhao Xiuyuan had a hard mouth, but his body was quite honest.

Zhao Xiuyuan stopped his figure, his face alternating between green and pale.

"Since you say even Top-Tier Marquis experts cannot detect this curse, how do you know about it?" Qin Zhenlin asked at this moment.

Li Luo pointed at Jiang Jiang Qinge and smiled, "Because we have a Dragon Fang Envoy who possesses three streams of Nine-Grade Light Phase. Her Light Heart's sensitivity to such malice objects should be even stronger than a Top-Tier Marquis."

His own mysterious golden wheel could not be explained, and he had no intention of exposing his secret; instead, Jiang Jiang Qinge's three ninth-rank Light Manifestations were known to all, and were themselves highly convincing.

Indeed, after Li Luo's explanation, many present began to believe him to some degree.

Zhao Xiuyuan, seeing this, immediately said: "This has little to do with you stealing the high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasure while we were unprepared!"

He realized everyone's attention had been pulled far off course by Li Luo, so he hurried to bring it back.

But before anyone could nod, Li Luo's calm voice came again, squeezing every heart tightly.

"Although you were not contaminated in this incident, you have all already been poisoned by that curse—only the poison is still shallow, currently waiting to mature; once it matures, you will meet the same fate as those earlier companions."

Everyone present was chilled to the bone, waves of dizziness crashing through their minds, filled with shock and terror.

Even Zhao Xiuyuan and Qin Zhenlin's expressions turned extremely grim.

Compared to this, the four high-grade Foundation Establishment spiritual treasures were no longer worth caring about.

At this moment, everyone was on the verge of emotional collapse from inner terror.

But just as some of them teetered on the brink of collapse, Li Luo's haunting voice came again, pulling them back from the cliff's edge.

"But the good news is..."

"I can purify this curse."