Chapter 363: Battle with Lin Suo Again

Golden Dragon Peak, the summit of the fourth peak.

Having broken through the Golden Eagle Bee Belt, the three of them—Li Luo included—fixed their cold gazes on Lin Suo ahead, and the atmosphere instantly grew taut as a drawn bow.

"I didn't expect you lot would actually dare to chase me here..."

Facing the three unfriendly stares, Lin Suo smiled faintly, but that smile gave off a chilling sensation.

"Lin Suo, what's the rush to snatch the Mountain-Worship Token? Why not come back to the Daxia Golden Dragon Treasure House with us for a bit of fun?" Li Luo issued an enthusiastic invitation.

Lin Suo smiled and shook his head: "Why would I do something that courts death? Do you think I'm as stupid as the three of you? Three mere Birth Seal Stage cultivators dare to come hunt me—if we were out in the outside world, you'd all be dead without a doubt today."

"That's not necessarily true. What if you're moved by our sincerity and willing to return to Daxia with us?" Li Luo said with a grin.

Lin Suo chuckled. He clenched his palm, and a blood-red iron mace flashed into view. "Li Luo, no matter how prettily you talk, there's no way you'll take the Golden Dragon Qi back from me today. And I'll also smoothly obtain the Mountain-Worship Token, then fly far, far away. By then, even if it's Yu Yu Hongxi, what can she do to me?"

"And you—you once promised Yu Yu Hongxi that you'd protect Lv Qing'er, yet in the end you let her end up in such a state. Tell me, when we get back this time, will she consider you nothing but a good-for-nothing who only knows how to talk big?"

"Your mother is the stray dog of a good-for-nothing who crawled out of god-knows-where!"

However, Qin Qin Zhulu was extremely impatient with this kind of trash talk. With a fierce roar, his phase force surged. Gripping a heavy black spear, wrapped in a murderous aura, streaks of spear-light tore through the air as he launched his attack directly at Lin Suo.

Lin Suo's eyes turned cold. Blood-red phase force whistled up, viscous like fresh blood, swirling around his body. Then he struck out with a palm. A bloody palm-print, wrapped in a stench, shrieked forth. When it collided with Qin Qin Zhulu's spear-light assault, it dissolved it entirely.

This was the gap between phase force grades.

Lin Suo himself was at the Transformation Phase stage, and between Transformation Phase and Birth Seal stage, there wasn't just a gap in the sheer volume of phase force—there was also a qualitative gap. Because the so-called Transformation Phase meant his phase affinity's compatibility with himself had risen a tier. Take Lin Suo's Blood Phase for example: it was no longer simple phase force, but possessed the true properties of fresh blood, becoming far more corrosive and able to seep into every crack.

And as one's own strength continued to rise, the phase affinity would also grow increasingly substantial. Take Qin Qin Zhulu's Gold-Devouring Demon Tiger Phase for example—if he could one day step into the General Worship Realm, his phase force would then be able to truly manifest a beast-form, and its might would become terrifyingly powerful.

Boom!

The bloody palm-print swept in. Qin Qin Zhulu let out a roar, his voice carrying a low tiger's howl. His eyes were crimson as he poured out everything he had. Phase force gathered at the spear-tip, and he met it head-on.

But while Qin Qin Zhulu was resisting, Lv Qing'er also chose this moment to lend her aid. She formed hand seals with both hands, and icy phase force rapidly condensed in her palms, finally forming a ball of ice. With a push from her palm, the ice ball, wrapped in bone-piercing cold, collided with Lin Suo's blood palm-print a step ahead of Qin Qin Zhulu.

Bang!

At the moment of impact, the ice ball shattered directly. As the cold air rose, it greatly dulled the phase force on that blood palm-print.

And at this moment, Qin Qin Zhulu's ferocious spear-light whistled in, precisely and viciously striking the blood palm.

Wild shockwaves ravaged outward. Qin Qin Zhulu bore the brunt, his body forced back step after step, the qi and blood within him churning. Fortunately, however, the Black Glorious Battle Armor erupted with a black halo at this moment, which finally withstood the phase force impact brought by the blood palm.

And when Qin Qin Zhulu and Lv Qing'er made their moves, Li Luo's figure likewise shot out from the right side at high speed. Twin sabers glinted coldly in his hands, then transformed into saber-light that slashed directly at Lin Suo.

Clang!

Lin Suo's blood-red iron mace came crashing down, as if fresh blood had splashed out, easily deflecting the twin sabers. He gave a cold laugh: "The gap between us is beyond anything you can imagine."

Then he immediately counterattacked. The iron mace, wrapped in tremendous force, transformed into streaks of blood-shadow that smashed toward Li Luo.

Li Luo, meanwhile, withdrew his body. As saber-light danced, he blocked every one of those blood-shadows, but with each collision, his figure trembled slightly.

Just as Lin Suo had said, the gap in phase force between the two sides could not be ignored.

Li Luo's retreating figure swept past several large trees. Emerald-green phase force surged in his palm, and he slapped it directly into the trees.

Whoosh!

Several large trees seemed to come alive at that moment. Tree-vines, like pythons, lashed out at the pursuing Lin Suo, but Lin Suo paid no heed to such harassment. As his blood phase force rose, every vine that struck was corroded away into nothing.

Swish!

At the same moment, his figure suddenly transformed into a streak of blood-light that shot forth, appearing directly in front of Li Luo. Then the blood-red iron mace came crashing down heavily.

Lin Suo grinned ferociously. The iron mace swept down, as if carving a bloody torrent through the air, its momentum ferocious.

Clang!

Li Luo met the attack with his twin sabers, but this time, overwhelming force poured down, and the twin sabers in his hands finally reached their limit, shattering with a crisp crack.

However, just as Lin Suo shattered Li Luo's twin sabers, his gaze also subtly hardened, because the ground beneath his feet had suddenly turned extremely soft, like a swamp, and his feet sank into it instantly.

Water-phase power manifested on the soles of Li Luo's feet. Stepping on the swamp, he slid back rapidly. His expression turned solemn. A stinging pain shot through his arms, but phase force circulated within his body, transforming into healing power that swiftly restored his injuries.

"Qing'er!"

But he had no time to mind these injuries, and instead shouted urgently.

Lv Qing'er flashed over. She pressed both hands to the ground, and icy phase force surged out, pouring directly into that swamp, rapidly freezing Lin Suo.

Lin Suo, who had just been about to struggle free, was instantly frozen solid by the swamp that had turned to ice.

Li Luo once again used wood-phase power to control the surrounding trees. Tree-vines, like pythons, wound their way over and bound Lin Suo's arms.

"Qin Qin Zhulu, get him!" he shouted sharply.

Boom, boom!

The ground seemed to tremble at this moment. A large tree on the right was violently snapped in half. Qin Qin Zhulu could be seen gripping his heavy black spear, phase force galloping beneath him, like a warrior riding a giant beast. He gathered all his strength at the spear-tip. The spear's roar was like thunder, viciously and mercilessly aimed straight at Lin Suo's head.

The coordination between the three of them could be called perfectly seamless.

And at this moment, Lin Suo, trapped in the icy swamp, also had his face twist. He hadn't expected Li Luo to have so many tricks up his sleeve.

"Get the hell away from me!"

Staring at the charging heavy spear that was rapidly enlarging in his pupils, Lin Suo let out a sharp shriek. Phase force, like fresh blood, flowed across the surface of his body. The icy swamp instantly melted. At the same time, his cheeks puffed out, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. The blood swelled wildly in the wind, transforming into streaks of blood whirlwinds right before him.

Hiss!

The charging heavy spear pierced through, but each time it passed through a blood whirlwind, its speed slowed by a fraction, as if growing heavier.

And by the time the sharp spear-tip was still half an inch from Lin Suo's face, it could advance no further.

No matter how hard Qin Qin Zhulu pushed, he couldn't budge it.

"Shit!"

Qin Qin Zhulu's eyes went crimson. He directly tossed aside the heavy spear, and his whole person shot out violently, like a savage giant beast, headbutting Lin Suo square in the face.

Bang!

The terrifying force sent Qin Qin Zhulu flying backward, skidding dozens of meters across the ground in a wretched state.

And Lin Suo was also sent reeling, his head spinning, his face broken. Blood and teeth fell from his mouth, looking rather miserable.

But compared to the pain in his face, the killing intent in Lin Suo's heart was almost gushing out as if it had taken solid form.

He never could have imagined that he, a dignified practitioner of the third Transformation of the Manifestation Phase, would be forced into such a sorry state by three mere Life Pattern Phase cultivators.

He let out a sharp, long howl, and a torrent of blood-red phase power erupted from his body.

Lin Suo's figure shot skyward, landing atop a great tree. Streams of crimson phase power formed halos around him, expanding outward without cease, his aura terrifying.

Clearly, Lin Suo had been thoroughly enraged, and no longer intended to hold anything back.

Li Luo watched Lin Suo unleash every last drop of his phase power, and his gaze too grew solemn. He brushed his palm across the spatial orb on his wrist, and a great white bow, shaped like a falcon spreading its wings, appeared in his hand.

It's already come to this...

Then let's see who can hold out the longest!