Chapter 1617: Shen Shen Jinxiao's Counterattack

When Shen Shen Jinxiao was horrified by the sudden upheaval within his body, the many gazes within this Great Xia City were even more shocked by Li Luo's safe and sound state.

Li Li Qingpeng, who had originally been rushing toward the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, suddenly halted his figure. He stared wide-eyed at Li Luo, who had revealed himself. Although the latter's resonant force was extremely withered at this moment and he should have suffered serious injuries, they were not fatal.

"Good lad, he actually blocked a King-tier strike with his own means?!"

Li Li Qingpeng's current form was rather peculiar. His originally plump body had visibly slimmed down by a large margin, which made him appear much more upright and dashing. At the same time, the resonant force fluctuations emanating from his body were also more vigorous than in that previous obese state.

However, now that Li Luo had temporarily escaped danger, his body began to exhibit a strange rebound, becoming a full circle plumper than at the start.

It was somewhat similar to the methods of that Zhu Li Tianwang lineage.

Li Li Qingpeng stopped his feet, panting heavily, and kept wiping the great sweat from his forehead.

And in the distant horizon, Li Li Qingying also secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "He borrowed the origin power contained within that Fox Charm King's 'Origin Core'? Truly reckless and audacious—doesn't he fear being eroded by the evil origin?"

Li Li Qingying could not help but exclaim in admiration. She had naturally witnessed Li Luo's method of borrowing the Myriad Resonant Wheel to harness the 'Origin Core.' Such a wondrous and mysterious method left even her, a King Realm powerhouse, somewhat in awe.

And this, presumably, was also thanks to the marvels of the Myriad Resonant Seed.

Fortunately, from the looks of it, Li Luo was not in serious trouble.

Since Li Luo's side was temporarily safe, she could not afford to be distracted either. After all, because she had been distracted looking after Li Luo earlier, the Corpse Shadow King had seized the opportunity to launch a continuous, mighty offensive here, forcing her into a disadvantageous position.

At this thought, the dragon-scale golden shuttle pinched between Li Li Qingying's fingertips suddenly pierced through the air, raising a vast and mighty dragon's roar. At an unimaginable speed, it pierced through layers of void, directly shattering the countless corpse shadows the Corpse Shadow King had conjured, while simultaneously launching an extremely fierce offensive against its true body.

In an instant, the offense and defense reversed.

"This kid is way too fierce."

Seeing Yu Lang was leading the Holy Mystic Star Academy Demon Hunting Squad in a strenuous effort to break through the alien defensive line. He stood atop a dilapidated rooftop, gazing toward the House Luolan Mansion headquarters and shouting excitedly.

"Quickly, put your backs into it, push toward the House Luolan Mansion headquarters! Help Li Luo clear out these small fry!"

He swept down from the rooftop, short blade in hand, charging out at the forefront. The blade's edge whipped up a fierce gale as he fearlessly engaged the two true demon aliens that had charged out from the end of the street ahead.

Behind him, the Holy Mystic Star Academy's contingent followed like a tide.

Vice Principal Suxin, Mentor Xi Chan, and a group of other Marquis-level powerhouses were also positioned at the very front of the battle line. They gazed toward the two figures confronting each other at the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, their expressions all somewhat complex.

"It's fortunate that our Holy Mystic Star Academy produced Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, otherwise in the end we would likely have truly been overthrown by Shen Shen Jinxiao." Vice Principal Suxin's voice was tinged with relief and hatred. When Shen Shen Jinxiao had first become a mentor at the academy, she had even cast an approving vote for him, yet who could have imagined that this person actually harbored such a malicious heart.

"I said long ago that he was no good person." Mentor Xi Chan's clear-lake-like eyes also held a trace of resentment. Back in her academy days, she had already had a grudge with Shen Shen Jinxiao.

Vice Principal Suxin felt a bit ashamed. Back when Xi Chan and Shen Shen Jinxiao had their conflict, she had even stepped in to mediate. Thinking about it now, that was truly foolish to the extreme.

Seeing this, Mentor Xi Chan quickly changed the subject: "However, if it weren't for the grudge with Shen Shen Jinxiao, I probably wouldn't have become Li Luo's mentor."

Back in the mentor-selection competition when Li Luo first entered the academy, it was precisely because of the grudge with Shen Shen Jinxiao that Xi Chan chose Li Luo and sheltered him.

So when all is said and done, every sip and every peck is divinely ordained.

Throughout Great Xia City, fierce skirmishes erupted unceasingly.

Within the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, Shen Shen Jinxiao's retreating figure came to a halt due to the sudden upheaval within himself. His face was like shattered porcelain, covered in cracks, and after his left eye crumbled into fragments and fell away, a cold snake pupil hidden beneath was revealed.

His lips moved, and Li Li Lingjing's voice emerged.

Clearly, she had not been completely devoured by Shen Shen Jinxiao.

"Li Li Lingjing!"

In Shen Shen Jinxiao's right eye, shock and fury churned. He had never imagined that Li Li Lingjing had actually survived his earlier devouring, and even retained some of her consciousness, hiding within his body.

How could this be possible!

One must understand that at the moment he fused the three evil seeds and Enter the King Realm, he had scrutinized every part of himself, completely erasing the traces of the two. Like that Jin Jia person, who had long been thoroughly crushed and ceased to exist. Yet why could this Li Li Lingjing evade his detection and perception?!

This woman was even more bizarre than he had imagined.

"Li Li Lingjing, you are ultimately a person of my Return-to-One Society. If you obstruct me at this moment and cause the mission to capture Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge to fail, you will surely face severe punishment!"

"Why don't we cooperate? As long as we capture these two, the Sovereigns will surely grant any wish of yours!"

Shen Shen Jinxiao first issued threats, then offered inducements. After all, in his view, Li Li Lingjing's nature was utterly ruthless and vicious. As for that so-called cousin relationship with Li Luo, it was simply laughable. Like that newly joined Return-to-One Society member Qin Jiujie, who was once the helmsman of the Qin Li Tianwang lineage, yet he sold them out without the slightest hesitation. In light of such a comparison, you tell me about a cousin relationship being iron-clad and unshakable?

"While you speak such words, you are also continuously probing for the location of my traces. This really doesn't lend you any credibility." The snake pupil in Shen Shen Jinxiao's left eye swirled with a cold, sinister luster, while a mocking voice emerged simultaneously.

Shen Shen Jinxiao's face darkened. While luring Li Li Lingjing into speaking, he had intensified his internal search, yet he still could not locate her hiding place.

"Li Li Lingjing, do you truly think I have no way to deal with you?!"

Killing intent exploded in Shen Shen Jinxiao's eyes. At this moment, his hatred for Li Li Lingjing within his body even surpassed that for Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge. After all, she was the greatest hidden danger within him now. With the slightest misstep, his own consciousness would be eroded by her, and he might be supplanted—replaced by her.

"Good, good, good. Originally this was a method kept in reserve to deal with Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, but now I'll leave it for you!"

Shen Shen Jinxiao's hands suddenly came together, forming a bizarre hand seal. The next moment, the somewhat incomplete blood-red crown atop his head actually began to melt at a terrifying speed.

It then transformed into viscous fresh blood that poured down like a rainstorm, enveloping the entire House Luolan Mansion headquarters within it.

In just a few breaths, the fresh blood gathered into a blood lake within the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, submerging building after building.

A thick stench of blood surged skyward.

As the blood lake appeared, Shen Shen Jinxiao's physical body also began to melt at a terrifying speed at this moment, ultimately transforming into blood water that merged into that viscous blood lake.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge hurriedly swept to the highest point of House Luolan Mansion to avoid the blood lake.

"Cousin Li Lingjing is indeed still alive!" Li Luo said with some pleasant surprise. The upheaval that had appeared on Shen Shen Jinxiao's body had also fallen into his eyes.

For him, this was undoubtedly the best possible news.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's pretty face was Solemn as she gazed at the blood lake that had submerged the House Luolan Mansion headquarters, saying: "Shen Shen Jinxiao melted the King's Crown, transforming it into the purest blood origin, then attempted to use this power to expel the Li Li Lingjing hidden within his body, and subsequently grind her away."

Li Luo stared at the surging viscous blood water. He could perceive that countless bizarre traces of origin flowed within this blood water, surging like blood spirits.

This blood lake had already become an origin purgatory. Let alone a peak Nine-Pillar Marquis, even a quasi-King Realm powerhouse would likely be unable to endure within it for long before being melted into a puddle of blood.

However, in doing so, Shen Shen Jinxiao had also paid the price of dissolving his King's Crown. To complete this step again in the future, he would need to expend much arduous cultivation and time.

But now, Shen Shen Jinxiao had transformed into blood water and become entangled with Li Li Lingjing, and was indeed unable to attend to this side anymore.

They could directly leap past this place and head deeper into Great Xia City to destroy the summoning platform.

"We cannot let Cousin Li Lingjing face a Shen Shen Jinxiao in this state alone. We have to help her!" But Li Luo did not choose to turn and leave. Instead, he said in a deep voice to Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Li Li Lingjing had helped him too much. Now she had even used herself as bait to force out Shen Shen Jinxiao's final trump card. If he were to simply leave like this, Li Li Lingjing might not be able to hold on.

After all, the current Shen Shen Jinxiao still ultimately possessed the power of the King Realm.

Regarding Li Luo's decision, Jiang Jiang Qinge did not say much, merely nodding in agreement.

Gulu gulu gulu!

Just then, in the blood lake that had submerged many buildings of the Luo Lan Manor, countless blood bubbles suddenly rose up. The bubbles burst, and within them, black snake corpses slowly emerged.

Seeing this, Li Luo's expression changed slightly at once.

For upon these black snake corpses, he could detect a trace of familiar aura.

Clearly, Shen Shen Jinxiao was now frantically using the Blood Origin to locate and erase the hidden traces of Li Li Lingjing.

In this extremely bloody struggle, Shen Shen Jinxiao was clearly in an absolutely dominant position.