Chapter 353: Lin Suo Fleeing

When the black jade gourd was knocked flying, anger surged in Lin Suo's eyes, and he immediately turned to charge toward Lu Qing'er.

Roar!

But a tiger roar suddenly erupted; golden tiger patterns flashed across Qin Qin Zhulu's body, and his form suddenly swelled. As his Xiang Li rose, a dark-golden tiger shadow seemed to form on his surface.

A ferocious, malevolent aura exploded outward.

Qin Qin Zhulu charged straight ahead, his heavy spear whistling out; at the same time, the tiger shadow extended its sharp, malevolent claws. The two combined and lanced directly at Lin Suo, tearing the air and producing a piercing sound.

"Get lost!"

Blocked by Lin Suo, killing intent surfaced in his eyes. He swept his hand backward, and crimson Xiang Li whistled out, forming a crimson palm print that struck.

"Blood Hand Print!"

Boom!

The crimson hand print collided with Qin Qin Zhulu's spear tip. Qin Qin Zhulu's expression changed instantly; this counterattack was fiercer than before, and the strength of his spiritual power and that Xiang Li had increased greatly.

This intensity had already reached the Third Transformation of the Xiang Hua Segment!

This was the strongest person they had encountered since entering the Golden Dragon Dojo!

This Lin Suo had actually hidden to this extent?!

Bang!

Under this nearly crushing force, Qin Qin Zhulu was struck heavily; the heavy spear in his hand was compressed into a heart-stopping arc. Then the crimson Xiang Li surged forward, and the golden tiger patterns on his body were as if wiped away entirely by an invisible giant hand, instantly dissolving.

Pfft!

A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from Qin Qin Zhulu's mouth; his figure stumbled backward, leaving a deep footprint with every step.

Lin Suo sneered coldly, his figure moved, and he was about to pursue Qin Qin Zhulu and eliminate him directly.

Whoosh!

But just as his figure began to move, several streaks of light of extreme speed suddenly shot out from the woods, aiming with cunning and ruthlessness directly at his vital points.

Lin Suo's brows furrowed slightly; he swept his iron mace horizontally, and as Xiang Li surged, he shattered all those streak-of-light arrows. At the same time, anger surged in his eyes. This Li Luo was truly annoying; the power on those streak-of-light arrows was not very strong, but their speed was extremely fast, making them impossible to guard against.

He thought for two seconds and ultimately decided to ignore Li Luo's harassment, choosing instead to deal with Qin Qin Zhulu first. Without Qin Qin Zhulu's frontal interference, Li Luo would be nothing more than an agile little rat, not worth mentioning.

Thinking thus, Lin Suo no longer paid attention to the streak-of-light arrows that continued to shoot rapidly toward him.

But in the instant he turned, his peripheral vision caught another wave of streak-of-light arrows sweeping in. Suddenly, a chill rose in his heart; among those streak-of-light arrows, one seemed to emit a emerald-green luster.

Something was wrong.

In a flash of lightning and spark, crimson Xiang Li suddenly surged from Lin Suo's body. He curled two fingers and suddenly pointed: "Tiger General Art, Blood Bone Finger!"

As that finger pointed, a crimson Xiang Li beam, highly condensed and compressed by Xiang Li, shot out from his fingertip and collided directly with those several streak-of-light arrows. In the instant of impact, the other streak-of-light arrows were instantly dissolved; only that one green-wood arrow erupted with astonishing power at this moment.

On the green-wood arrow, strange patterns seemed to be outlined; at the arrowhead, two types of Xiang Li rotated continuously, releasing astonishing penetrating force.

While the other streak-of-light arrows dissolved one by one, only this green-wood arrow actually pierced through the crimson beam and rapidly advanced toward Lin Suo.

This scene made Lin Suo's expression shift slightly; he clearly did not expect that Li Luo, with his mere third-mark strength of the Sheng Wen Segment, could unleash such a sharp attack.

This is the power of dual Xiang? Indeed, it is domineering to the extreme.

I truly underestimated this kid.

However, even with dual Xiang power, it is impossible to truly ignore such a huge gap between them.

Lin Suo's eyes turned cold; the flesh on his fingertips seemed to crack at this moment. In the next instant, a segment of finger bone suddenly shot out, wrapped in crimson Xiang Li, blasting outward and exploding the air. In a flash, it collided with the green-wood arrow that was continuously advancing after piercing through the crimson Xiang Li.

Bang!

In the instant of impact, Xiang Li shockwaves swept outward, and the surrounding ground was torn apart into countless holes.

Under this level of counterattack, the green-wood arrow finally could not endure and shattered; the white finger bone, carrying the remaining force, shot like a stark-white light directly into the dense forest where Li Luo was.

Within the dense forest, a water mirror shimmering with luster appeared.

At the same time, the great trees there seemed to possess life; vines extended, forming tree walls. Layer upon layer of defense and dissolution finally exhausted the stark-white light.

Using the peripheral light, one could see in the dim dense forest that Li Luo stood there with a solemn face; before him, a segment of white finger bone slowly fell, nearly touching his body.

"Third Transformation of the Xiang Hua Segment..."

Li Luo stared solemnly at the finger bone, then looked toward Lin Suo outside the dense forest. With such strength, he must be the strongest person in this area; even Zhao Zhao Jieyang and Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan were a step behind.

But how could such a powerful peer appear within the Great Xia Kingdom?

Lin Suo's Xiang nature was only around the seventh grade; on what basis did he reach the Third Transformation of the Xiang Hua Segment at this age?

After all, in terms of cultivation resources and Xiang nature talent, Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan could not be weaker than him.

And this Lin Suo was merely from the Golden Dragon Treasure House branch in Jintian Commandery of the Great Xia; how could he be so powerful? Although the Golden Dragon Treasure House had deep foundations, as a person from a branch, he clearly had no qualification to receive full support; after all, the Young Lady of the Great Xia Golden Dragon Treasure House was Lu Qing'er.

With many doubts in his heart, Li Luo finally suppressed them and merely watched Lin Suo with a wary gaze.

At this moment, Lin Suo did not continue to attack, because he had already seen those figures rushing back; Zhao Zhao Jieyang, Gu Ying, Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan, and others had arrived.

Under this situation, it was already unlikely for him to continue extracting the Golden Dragon Qi from Lu Qing'er's body.

Pity; previously only half was extracted, and the mission was not fully completed.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

While he lamented, figures broke through the air one after another and landed on this desolate clearing.

"What happened?" Zhao Zhao Jieyang asked angrily first, while his sharp gaze swept over everyone present, finally stopping on Lu Qing'er, who lay asleep in the tent.

Li Luo stepped forward, his eyes somewhat cold as he stared at Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan and Ning Zhao, and said: "Lin Suo extracted half of the Golden Dragon Qi from Qing'er's body. Did you order this? Have you considered the consequences?"

Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan and Ning Zhao's faces were extremely grim; they roared: "You lie! We all need to return; would we be so stupid as to do something so extreme?"

"Then how do you explain this Lin Suo?" Li Luo said in a deep voice.

He actually also felt that Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan and Ning Zhao were not so stupid, because once such an extreme act was committed, Yu Yu Hongxi would absolutely not let them off; and Yu Yu Hongxi's wrath, whether from Ning Zhao's father who was the Vice President or from Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan's position as the Governor of the Extreme Flame Mansion, they could not bear.

Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan's angry gaze turned toward Lin Suo and he said: "Lin Suo, what exactly do you mean? I only asked you to keep an eye on them; I did not ask you to extract Qing'er's Golden Dragon Qi!"

Facing Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan's questioning, Lin Suo smiled faintly and said: "Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan, you and I were never on the same path."

"Enough; more words are useless. For now, I take my leave."

He shook his head, extended his palm, and the black jade gourd fell back into his hand.

"Want to leave? Did you ask us?!" Zhao Zhao Jieyang said harshly.

Lin Suo glanced at him, instead stepped forward, and crimson blood-red power surged out, a faint sense of oppression spreading.

Sensing this pressure, Zhao Zhao Jieyang, Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan, and the others all changed color, staring at Lin Suo in disbelief: "Third Transformation of the Manifestation Stage?!"

"I have no intention of fighting you. Although you are numerous, if I wish to leave, you cannot stop me."

"Moreover, now that the Golden Dragon Qi has been destroyed, the Golden Treasure Basin's effect can hardly return. Do you truly wish to oppose me for a Golden Dragon Qi that has no effect?" Lin Suo said with a faint smile.

Zhao Zhao Jieyang, Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan, and the others were momentarily stunned, their expressions shifting.

"If you truly wish to play, I will wait for you on Golden Dragon Peak."

As his words fell, his slightly cold gaze glanced at Li Luo, and then his figure, right before everyone's eyes, directly transformed into a streak of blood light and fled away at an astonishing speed, vanishing.

Li Luo watched his vanishing figure, his eyes dark, with a chilling killing intent rising within them; finally, he gradually suppressed the killing intent.

Now is not the time to act.

However, the opponent cannot escape this place; they will inevitably meet again later. At that time, with all preparations made, let it be a true life-or-death struggle.