Chapter 1375: The True Sacrifice

In the Boundary River Treasure Domain, within the Ghost Realm.

When Li Luo unleashed that most powerful strike and slew Qin Qin Lian, the vast, surging phase force within him was utterly drained in an instant.

An indescribable wave of weakness surged into his heart.

That previous strike had not only exhausted his strength, but also his spirit.

Coupled with the backlash from shattering the second Ten-Pillar Golden Platform, Li Luo's condition was undoubtedly at its absolute worst.

His body swayed unsteadily, then plunged straight down from the sky.

A graceful figure darted over swiftly, catching him in her arms—it was Jiang Jiang Qinge.

At this moment, Jiang Jiang Qinge's beautiful eyes gazed at Li Luo, whose flesh was riddled with wounds, filled with worry; such injuries were simply heartbreaking to look at.

Li Hongyu also hurried over at this moment, then bit her slender jade finger; blood suffused with the scent of medicinal herbs flowed down, and she stuffed her finger into Li Luo's mouth.

She possessed the Jade Dragon phase of a pharmacist, and her own blood carried medicinal properties capable of restoring flesh.

As that herb-scented blood flowed into his body, the grotesque wounds on Li Luo's body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, while within his drained body, a sliver of strength also emerged.

He struggled to open his eyelids, and then saw those two pretty faces brimming with worry.

"I'm... I'm fine." Li Luo rasped in reassurance, as a searing, violent pain shot through his throat.

Only then did he realize his mouth was stuffed with slender, fair fingers; the herb-scented blood, like nectar and ambrosia, caused Li Luo to instinctively take a greedy sip.

The stinging pain from her fingertip caused Li Hongyu's brow to knit slightly, but she quickly suppressed it.

But Li Luo also came to his senses at this moment, hastily loosening his mouth and awkwardly saying, "Senior Sister Hongyu, I'm sorry."

Li Hongyu curled her slender fingers and shook her head with a smile.

"Is Qin Qin Lian dead?" Li Luo hurriedly asked.

"She should be dead; her phase nature has already dissipated," Jiang Jiang Qinge said.

"No, Li Luo, Qin Qin Lian's corpse is acting strangely!" But from Li Luo's wrist, an unusually slender black snake slithered out, transmitting Li Li Lingjing's somewhat startled and doubtful voice.

"Quickly destroy her corpse!"

Jiang Jiang Qinge reacted extremely quickly; the heavy sword in her hand, wrapped in sacred, radiant phase force, shot out in an instant, slashing directly at Qin Qin Lian's corpse as it fell like a rag in the distance.

But when the sacred sword light landed on Qin Qin Lian's corpse, a dense black qi suddenly surged out, dissolving the sword light.

At the same time, Qin Qin Lian's corpse began to twist violently, as if the flesh and blood all over her body had been ground into a skyful of blood mud.

The thick stench of blood spread out, nauseating.

Whoosh!

The blood mouth on that blood-red petal suddenly sucked hard, and the skyful of blood mud transformed into a river of flesh and blood that whistled down, swallowed entirely by it.

This sudden unexpected turn caused everyone to turn pale with horror.

They had originally cheered at Qin Qin Lian's death, feeling that this death trap had finally been broken, but who could have imagined that in the blink of an eye, another unexpected turn would arise!

Qin Qin Lian's corpse directly turned into blood mud, devoured by the petal blood mouth.

"Quickly destroy that blood flower!"

Qin Beiming's body hair stood on end, and his voice cracked in a sharp, stern cry.

In the next instant, countless phase force attacks whistled out in terror, smashing viciously at the blood-red flower bud.

However, facing the desperate phase force attacks of the crowd, the petal blood mouth spat out a scarlet gale, within which seemed to be countless eerie figures wailing and howling.

The foul wind raged, directly extinguishing all of the crowd's attacks.

And what made everyone despair even more was that at this moment, from that blood-red flower bud, they sensed a fluctuation even more terrifying than Qin Qin Lian's earlier one appearing.

Clearly, after devouring Qin Qin Lian, this blood-red flower bud had undergone some kind of terrifying transformation.

Li Luo felt that energy fluctuation stronger than Qin Qin Lian's, and a bitter expression couldn't help but surface on his face; he hadn't expected that even after pouring out everything to slay Qin Qin Lian, the deadlock still couldn't be broken.

At this moment, a thick wave of exhaustion surged into his heart.

Li Luo collapsed directly into Jiang Jiang Qinge's arms.

Tired... let it all be destroyed.

He had already fought himself to utter exhaustion, truly out of options.

But Jiang Jiang Qinge did not want to give up just like that; she soothingly stroked Li Luo's face lightly, then handed him to Li Hongyu to hold, stood up directly with sword in hand, and the sacred light point between her brows ignited with holy flames.

She would protect Li Luo until the very last moment.

Oooh!

The piercing, eerie wails continuously echoed through this stretch of heaven and earth; the malevolent fluctuation erupting from within the blood-red flower bud was still madly surging.

And the giant petal blood mouth began to writhe; gradually, the blood mouth vanished, replaced by a gigantic face.

That face was all too familiar to everyone—it was precisely Qin Qin Lian, who had brought them endless fear earlier.

And now, her face had appeared on this blood-red petal, seeming... even more terrifying.

Qin Beiming, Li Zhihuo, and the others had expressions that had become somewhat numb; this layer upon layer of despairing blows had already caused them to lose their fighting spirit.

But the blood-red flower bud did not stop just because they were numb.

They saw the giant face of Qin Qin Lian on the petal open its pale white lips and spew out a skyful of viscous black fire, which spread like a prairie fire.

Wherever the black fire passed, all vitality was incinerated.

Figure after figure reflected the sweeping black fire in their pupils, and could only close their eyes and await death.

But among those many despairing figures, Jiang Jiang Qinge still stood with sword in hand; dazzling radiance bloomed from within her, like a lamp in the darkness.

However, beneath that sky-obscuring darkness, this lamp also appeared incomparably tiny.

The black fire spread, burning the heavens and destroying the earth.

Yet, just as the black fire was about to engulf everyone, the Ghost Realm covering the sky suddenly shattered violently at this moment, and a series of urgent sounds of breaking air rang out across the horizon.

Along with these breaking-air sounds came towering Marquis Platforms appearing in the sky.

Qin Beiming and the others suddenly raised their heads; those Marquis Platforms reflected in their despairing pupils, like a skyful of stars, bringing them the fire of hope.

Because, along with the descent of these Feng Hou Platforms, there were also Layer upon Layer of Feng Hou domains radiating different attributes.

Buzz buzz!

The Feng Hou domains descended and covered them, as if forming layer upon layer of barriers that shielded everyone in front of them. Under such power, the unstoppable black fire was finally blocked.

Li Luo, who was lying in Li Hongyou's embrace, also raised his head in astonishment, and then he saw one after another radiant figures exuding overwhelming fluctuations descending from the sky.

"Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, are you two alright?!"

A bald figure flashed over first, that fleshy, pockmarked face now brimming with anxiety.

It was actually Seeing Niu Niu Biaobiao!

Li Luo raised his head, and in midair he also saw the figures of Li Li Qingpeng and Li Li Jiluo.

The people who had rushed over at this moment were unmistakably the Top-Tier Within Feng Hou powerhouses from the various factions originally trapped deep within the Boundary River Treasure Domain!

Immediately, he nearly burst into tears.

Damn it, you Top-Tier Within Feng Hou powerhouses, showing up so late — are you here for the funeral banquet?!