Chapter 1371: Chapter One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Nine: Desperate Situation

Boom!

The void collapsed violently, dark-red karmic fire surging down, melting the chaotic sword embryo wherever it passed, and the light-shadow of the sword-wielding goddess also began to be ground away bit by bit.

Hmph!

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge both let out a muffled groan at the same time, the qi and blood within their bodies churning violently, bloodstains surfacing at the corners of their lips, and at this moment they also felt an extremely domineering scorching aura arise within their bodies.

That was the power from the karmic fire.

The karmic fire within that giant tower traced back along the two's marquis techniques, invading into their bodies, attempting to burn them from the inside out.

This karmic fire was extremely domineering; ordinary phase force could not extinguish it at all, and one could only watch helplessly as the karmic fire ignited the body, ultimately reducing oneself to ashes.

Fortunately, however, both Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge had means to protect themselves.

Li Luo directly activated the Minor Formless Fire within his body, using fire against fire, borrowing that refining power to burn away all the karmic fire that had invaded his body.

Jiang Jiang Qinge, meanwhile, relied on her own extremely pure and condensed light phase force to forcibly purify it.

But they did not relax because of this, for the problem within their bodies was only a minor matter; the real big trouble was the nine-layered giant tower pressing down slowly.

The two stared at the giant tower that blotted out the heavens with solemn and wary eyes; Qin Qin Lian's advantage was simply too enormous, and even though they had already given it everything they had, they were still at a disadvantage.

There was no helping it; this game was simply too high-level.

If it were ordinary people, even two sixth-grade marquis-level experts, they would probably already be in despair by now.

Boom!

The giant tower pressed down, and one saw the dark-red karmic fire surging forth; wherever it passed, the void was directly melted into pitch-black emptiness.

Above the heads of Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, four ten-pillar golden platforms emitting vast, pure fluctuations stood like city walls, blocking the path of the karmic fire torrent.

Boom boom!

The two collided, and on the ten-pillar golden platforms, countless ancient and mysterious light patterns shone to their absolute brilliance at this moment, while thick Unparalleled Divine Smoke erupted, dissolving the burning of the dark-red karmic fire.

But this only delayed the spread of the karmic fire a little.

Even the Unparalleled Divine Smoke was slowly dissipating under the burning of the karmic fire.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge could only fully activate their own phase force, while using the ten-pillar golden platforms to hook into the energy of heaven and earth, doing their utmost to hold out longer under Qin Qin Lian's karmic fire.

However, while they were holding on, Qin Qin Lian's cold voice came through: "Li Luo, you two can hold on, but the people below won't be able to."

Li Luo's gaze swept across, and his heart sank slightly.

One saw that on the battlefield below, with the reverberation of that eerie bell chime, those whose strength was slightly weaker had their minds directly controlled, and then like walking corpses, they actually walked of their own accord toward the petals that bore fangs and bloody mouths.

And the fangs and bloody mouths waited for these people to come of their own accord, then the sharp teeth bit down, and the sound of flesh and blood rupturing rang out gratingly.

As more and more people delivered themselves, within that blood-red flower bud, that eerie black lotus also bloomed more and more, and the blood-red light pillar erupting from within also strengthened accordingly.

"Li Luo, that blood-red light pillar is destroying the 'Four Heavenly Kings Sealing Talisman' from within; that terrifying existence has already descended its power, and is now in a great battle with the Li Jingzhe branch leader."

"Once the 'Four Heavenly Kings Sealing Talisman' is destroyed, that black lotus will be able to release more summoning power, and that terrifying existence will be able to descend even greater power; at that time, even the Li Jingzhe branch leader won't be its match!" The black snake coiled around Li Luo's wrist flicked its tongue, transmitting Li Li Lingjing's somewhat solemn voice.

Upon hearing this, Li Luo's pupils immediately contracted; he had already sensed the terrifying fluctuation transmitted from the void outside the Boundary River Treasure Domain earlier, and one of them he was extremely familiar with—it was Li Li Jingzhe.

Obviously, strong as the old man's strength of a Pseudo Triple Crown King was, he was being held back at this moment.

"Grandpa..."

Li Luo's gaze shifted; with Li Li Jingzhe's strength, no matter what, if he wanted to leave, he would certainly have a way to preserve himself, but he had not done so, clearly unwilling to abandon these younger members of the family.

From getting along over this period of time, Li Luo knew very clearly that this seemingly cold and stern old man had a heart as soft as could be.

Li Luo's five fingers clenched tightly; Li Li Jingzhe wanted to protect these younger members, so how could he be willing to watch this old man fall before them.

Having come to the Dragon Fang branch for over two years, Li Li Jingzhe had given him too much familial affection and care.

"We can't let Qin Qin Lian nurture that summoning black lotus any longer!"

Li Luo glanced past layer upon layer of void, toward the hollow of the Boundary River, where that eerie giant eye, like a demon of destruction, gazed down upon the Boundary River Domain with endless madness and killing intent.

That eerie giant eye was, after all, a terrifying existence comparable to a Heavenly King.

Once it was truly allowed to descend too much power, even Li Li Jingzhe would likely fall into a perilous situation.

Li Luo's gaze shifted, finally turning into a flash of resolve.

"Sister Qing'e, can you help me buy some time?" Li Luo looked toward Jiang Jiang Qinge and asked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiang Qinge immediately asked warily: "What do you want to do?"

Li Luo was silent for a breath, then said frankly: "Of course it's to use the last trump card; if even this doesn't work, then we might really have to play a pair of doomed mandarin ducks."

Jiang Jiang Qinge lightly bit her teeth and said: "I can do it too! Let me go first!"

What she referred to was, naturally, completely sacrificing the Light Heart, which would cause her strength to surge in a short period; at that time, she might not be unable to contend with Qin Qin Lian.

Li Luo shook his head seriously and said: "Sister Qing'e, you've already sacrificed the Light Heart once; if you do it again, no one knows what the consequences will be."

"It's already a sure-death situation; who cares about consequences?" Jiang Jiang Qinge said, slightly annoyed.

Li Luo smiled and said: "If my desperate gamble doesn't work, then it's your turn; at that time I definitely won't stop you."

Seeing that Jiang Jiang Qinge still wanted to argue, he directly reached out and grasped that slender, soft hand, then leaned forward and pressed a kiss on her red lips, chuckling softly: "Sister Qing'e, be obedient."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's golden, bright eyes stared at Li Luo; she could see the firmness in his eyes—clearly, he had already made up his mind.

She was ultimately not the sort to be coy; after a brief silence, she suddenly stepped forward, and as Li Luo retreated, she took the initiative and kissed his lips.

A soft voice came: "Today, either we live together, or we die together."

As the words fell, her jade hands formed a seal, lightly patting the position of her heart, and immediately that Light Heart erupted with dazzling brilliance.

Surging, sacred light phase force roared out like a tide, and those two glazed-like ten-pillar golden platforms also became increasingly dazzling.

Jiang Jiang Qinge had stimulated the Light Heart to a deeper level, trading it for greater power.

The two glazed-like ten-pillar golden platforms radiated sacred brilliance, like a holy sea, rising into the air to resist the erosion of the raging karmic fire.

On Jiang Jiang Qinge's fair cheeks, sweat flowed down along that perfect contour; clearly, bearing the erosion of the karmic fire alone brought her tremendous pressure.

Seeing this, Li Luo did not dare delay either.

He immediately withdrew his own two ten-pillar golden platforms; the two marquis platforms hovered above his head, blooming with ten thousand fathoms of brilliant light.

Li Luo's gaze turned toward the second ten-pillar golden platform.

This ten-pillar golden platform, just as Jiang Jiang Qinge had said earlier, had been hastily forged by Li Luo. Though it ultimately achieved ten pillars, it had flaws and defects.

Such flaws might not matter for now, but if Li Luo sought to become a true Unparalleled Marquis in the future, this flaw might leave behind no small hidden danger.

Jiang Jiang Qinge didn't quite understand why Li Luo had to seize this step.

But this step, Li Luo had also explained to her.

He had his own plans for it.

And now, the moment had come to reveal this step.

Li Luo's gaze was calm. The Dragon Elephant Blade in his hand slowly rose, then suddenly slashed down viciously at that second ten-pillar golden platform.

The blade-light didn't carry all that much power, yet it seemed to ignite a fuse. The ten-pillar golden platform before them suddenly revealed countless cracks.

Crack! Crack!

Immediately after, a continuous sound of shattering quietly arose.

Jiang Jiang Qinge snapped her head back. She stared at the scene of Li Luo swinging his blade to shatter the ten-pillar golden platform, and even with her composure, a great wave surged in her heart.

At the same time, she understood what Li Luo wanted to do.

He was going to...

Slash the golden platform, break the death lock!