Chapter 1614: A Grueling Battle

The destructive sound wave swept across the heavens and earth, and wherever it passed, the sea of blood dissolved at a startling speed, even the energy between heaven and earth scattered along with it, ground down into the most primitive energy particles.

The Burial King Song left no gap to enter, no way to evade; once it took form in this heaven and earth, everything was shrouded within its destructive range.

And that Shen Shen Jinxiao bore the brunt of it.

His expression grew extraordinarily solemn at this moment. In his perception, he was already within the destructive sound wave, and the terrifyingly sharp sword qi seeped in through every crack, eroding inward, dismantling layer upon layer of the vast energy defenses he had constructed around his body.

"The Fox Charm King died to this killing move? What an overbearing Peerless Art—this Li Luo really is a calamity!"

Shen Shen Jinxiao's gaze darkened. Li Luo's sword formation killing move had already made him sense a threat. Although Li Luo currently lacked the augmentation of the Sky Dragon Formation, so this killing move's power was inferior to when it slew the Fox Charm King, likewise, although Shen Shen Jinxiao could now be considered to have Enter the King Realm, he naturally still could not compare to the Fox Charm King, that veteran Evil King.

A Peerless Art, the absolute pinnacle killing move of this world—even some King Realm experts might not possess one, yet this Li Luo not only had one, and judging from such might, it was no ordinary Peerless Art.

Shen Shen Jinxiao gripped the pitch-black demonic banner tightly in both hands, suddenly threw his head back and let out a long howl. The vast, surging phase force within his body surged entirely, pouring into this "King Bone Blood Demon Banner." The next instant, a vast river of blood surged forth from the demonic banner, and within the blood river, a colossal shadow emerged—a blood-red demonic shadow roughly several tens of thousands of zhang in size, as if cast from blood jade, with blood-red flames rising all over its body.

"Blood Demon Dharma Aspect!"

The blood-red demonic shadow radiated the origin fluctuations of a King Realm expert, enveloping Shen Shen Jinxiao within it, seemingly forming the most powerful defense.

The Burial King Song ran rampant and swept forth, constantly scouring that blood-red demonic shadow. Under the erosion of this destructive sound imbued with infinite sharpness, the blood-red flames on the demonic shadow's body were continuously weakened, and even on the blood-jade bones inscribed with countless bizarre runes, countless fine, dense sword marks began to appear.

However, the blood-jade demonic shadow did not collapse for this reason. Clearly, with Shen Shen Jinxiao's own King Realm power combined with the augmentation of the "King Bone Blood Demon Banner" in his hands, its might could not be underestimated either.

Two terrifying forces formed a standoff at this moment, causing this sea-of-blood space to tremble violently. Space shattered, faintly revealing the scenery of the House Luolan Mansion headquarters beyond it.

Within the sacred aspect crystal core between Li Luo's brows, the ancient, melodious chant of the Sky Dragon continuously rang out. He pushed his own phase force to the absolute limit, augmenting the killing move.

At a moment like this, there was no retreat to speak of—only fighting to the death until a victor emerged.

And while both sides poured out their killing moves in a standoff, Jiang Jiang Qinge did not sit idle either. At her smooth brow, the sacred Light Sacred Aspect crystal core erupted with countless rays of light. She gripped the Sacred Phoenix Umbrella tightly, her lotus steps moving lightly, using the umbrella as a sword. At the same time, using her own light phase force as a guide, she evolved sword postures one after another, like a goddess dancing with a blade.

With the appearance of each sword posture, the light between heaven and earth would blaze brilliantly, and thick light origin would surge forth along with it.

In the end, at the instant Jiang Jiang Qinge came to a halt, the countless goddess-dancing-with-sword silhouettes suddenly came alive, all merging into a sacred light wheel that abruptly surged forth behind her.

The light wheel swelled with the wind, and finally a colossal goddess figure condensed and emerged from within it. Behind the goddess were six enormous wings of light. At this moment, that goddess, whose features could not be seen clearly, was slowly swinging her sword.

The Light Sacred Aspect crystal core between Jiang Jiang Qinge's brows was like a blazing sun at this moment, thick origin power surging forth.

The Sacred Phoenix Umbrella in her hand also suddenly slashed out.

Twelve-Wing Sacred Spirit Sword Dance Art!

Six-Wing Blazing Feather Sword!

The blazing-feather sword light, seemingly burning with sacred flames, suddenly whistled forth at this moment, then, carrying the utmost sacred origin power, poured down toward that blood-jade demonic shadow.

Boom, boom!

The sacred holy flames, wrapped in sword light, continuously purified the blood flames covering the blood-jade demonic shadow, then dissolved the blood-jade bones that resembled those of a true King Realm expert.

And as Jiang Jiang Qinge also pushed her Peerless Art to the limit and joined in, Shen Shen Jinxiao immediately felt immense pressure. The three Extreme Evil Seeds between his palms and at his brow were pushed to their absolute limit, even to the point of black blood seeping out from them.

Three terrifying forces ran rampant, tearing the sea-of-blood space full of holes, which also caused the scene here to begin falling into the eyes of others within Daxia City.

Especially Li Li Qingpeng, Li Li Jiluo, and the others who had been keeping a close eye on this place. With the sea-of-blood space shattering, their gazes could already pass through the broken space and see the terrifying standoff of the three within.

At the same time, they also sensed the terrifying pressure radiating from Shen Shen Jinxiao's body.

"What? A King Realm expert?!" Horror flashed across their eyes. They had never imagined that Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge would actually be fighting a mysterious King Realm expert within the House Luolan Mansion headquarters!

They had clearly not sensed any other King Realm expert appearing earlier—so where had this person sprung from?

Then worry surfaced in their eyes. After all, Li Luo currently could not activate the augmentation of the Sky Dragon Formation, so could he and Jiang Jiang Qinge still contend against a King Realm expert?

Even if both of them were Peerless Upper Sixth Grade, it would probably be hard to achieve that, right?

Under the distant gazes of those many eyes, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge's expressions were equally extremely solemn. The sacred aspect crystal cores between their brows had already been pushed to their absolute limit, even faintly emitting rumbling, trembling sounds.

They could feel the phase force within their bodies being consumed at a rapid rate. Even though they possessed extremely deep foundations, compared to a true King Realm expert, there was still a gap that could not be ignored.

But just then, they suddenly noticed that the blood flames on the blood-jade demonic shadow were beginning to dim and scatter at a startling speed, and the blood-jade bones upon it, as if reaching their limit, with a roar, exploded and collapsed.

Joy flashed across Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes. The blood-jade demonic shadow was indeed powerful, but under the sharpness of the two's Peerless Arts, it had ultimately fallen somewhat behind.

The next instant, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge unhesitatingly drove the aftershocks of their respective Peerless Arts, launching a killing strike toward Shen Shen Jinxiao within the blood-jade demonic shadow.

The great power of the Peerless Arts poured down, directly blasting Shen Shen Jinxiao's figure backward again and again, the flesh and blood on his body seemingly shattering.

Shen Shen Jinxiao seemed to be forced into a disadvantage in an instant.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge were attempting to press the advantage and pursue, but a sudden premonition of danger rose sharply in their hearts. Li Luo stepped ahead half a pace to shield Jiang Jiang Qinge, and the space before him suddenly shattered. A bizarre palm seal wreathed in blood-red flames tore through the air, with scarlet flames flowing over it, radiating a sinister, extremely evil fluctuation.

Boom!

The blood-red palm seal, with an unavoidable momentum, slammed directly into Li Luo's body. On the surface of his body, the purple-gold Sky Dragon Armor instantly manifested countless golden talismans, layer upon layer surging forth, seemingly forming ten thousand layers of defense.

But even with the Sky Dragon Armor protecting his body, Li Luo was still blasted flying by this ferociously powerful palm, a mouthful of fresh blood spraying from his lips, the qi and blood within his body violently churning.

"Li Luo!"

Jiang Jiang Qinge's figure flashed to appear behind Li Luo, her palms bracing his back, the sacred light phase force erupting like a tide, helping him continuously dissolve the extremely evil force that had invaded his body.

Li Luo's figure gradually steadied. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked down at the deep palm mark that had appeared on the Sky Dragon Armor; cracks had even appeared at the edges of the palm mark, nearly shattering the Sky Dragon Armor.

He could not help but feel a bit of relief—thankfully he had the Sky Dragon Armor protecting his body, otherwise, even though his physical body was tough, if he had taken this ambush strike from Shen Shen Jinxiao head-on, he would probably have been severely wounded.

Indeed, no King Realm expert could be looked down upon. Even this half-baked King Realm that was Shen Shen Jinxiao still possessed power sufficient to crush any Peerless Sixth Grade.

This battle could be considered the most difficult one Li Luo had faced in a long time.

Li Luo raised his head and looked into the distance, only to see Shen Shen Jinxiao hovering in the air there. What was unexpected was that his physical body was now terribly withered and broken, like a skeleton, yet the dangerous aura emanating from him was even more intense than before.

"Li Luo, Jiang Jiang Qinge, I knew long ago that you two would not be easy to deal with, but I never expected it would be this troublesome."

Shen Shen Jinxiao's sinister voice echoed through heaven and earth. As his words fell, his already withered, dried-up body actually continued to shrink, as if all the flesh and blood on him were disappearing.

But the pupils of Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge suddenly contracted sharply at this moment.

Because they saw that above Shen Shen Jinxiao's head, vast blood-red qi rose and condensed, gradually forming a somewhat incomplete blood-red crown.

When this blood-red crown appeared, that terrifying pressure instantly filled every corner of heaven and earth.

"However, I must also thank you two for bringing me such extreme pressure, for it has allowed me to condense this King's Crown ahead of time!"

"So, what a pity..."

At this moment, Shen Shen Jinxiao looked like a vengeful ghost. His ghastly pupils, brimming with boundless resentment, let out a chilling laugh toward Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge. At the same time, the laughter spread out through the shattered sea-of-blood space, echoing through Daxia City, also causing the expressions of many experts to change drastically.

"If there are no other means, then today... you two peerless geniuses of the heavens shall die by my hand!"