Chapter 367: Distributing the Spoils

The battle ended, leaving chaos everywhere.

Li Luo sat beneath a tree while Lu Qing'er took out bandages to carefully wrap the wounds on his palm; although the former possessed healing power, his hand had been eroded by energy so severely before that recovery would likely take several days.

Qin Qin Zhulu sat on the ground nearby, lacking even the strength to move; covered in blood, he looked extremely miserable, for in the fierce battle before, acting as a meat shield, he had hardy resisted most of Lin Suo's attacks, paying an extremely heavy price for it.

At this moment, he was utterly exhausted, his body covered in injuries.

Only because Qin Qin Zhulu's fighting will was extremely tenacious, combined with the Black Obsidian Battle Armor's formidable defense, was he not crushed by Lin Suo long ago; after all, the gap between the Third Pattern of the Life Pattern Stage and the Third Transformation of the Manifestation Stage was simply too vast.

Yet, while severely injured, Qin Qin Zhulu had to watch the man and woman before him, and for a moment, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

It was not envy, but a clear feeling of how obstructive his very existence was.

Qin Qin Zhulu's body slowly fell backward, his chest heaving, not even willing to move a finger.

This great battle had obviously exhausted all three; although they held a numerical advantage, that advantage was far from enough to make up for the power gap between them and Lin Suo, so the three of them were now silently recovering some strength.

After nearly one stick of incense burned, Li Luo finally exhaled a breath, then walked over to Qin Qin Zhulu and placed his hand on the latter's shoulder.

Qin Qin Zhulu glanced at him and said with some mockery, "With this little Phasing Power of yours, you still want to heal me?"

"You paid such a huge price, I have to squeeze out a couple of drops for you; get into position and catch it properly!" Li Luo laughed, then circulated the little Phasing Power remaining in his body to form healing power, which surged into Qin Qin Zhulu's body.

Qin Qin Zhulu pouted, but the warm current brought by that healing power made him groan in comfort.

However, the comfort lasted only about ten seconds before the warm current vanished.

Qin Qin Zhulu looked at Li Luo discontentedly and complained, "That's it?"

Li Luo said irritably, "I already told you, only a few drops are left."

He stood up, ignoring the muttering Qin Qin Zhulu, and walked step by step toward Lin Suo, who was embedded in the mountain rock; seeing this, Qin Qin Zhulu gritted his teeth, stood up, grabbed the Heavy Spear, and followed.

Li Luo arrived beside Lin Suo; at this moment, the latter's chest was somewhat sunken, his upper garments completely torn, revealing a gruesome blood hole in his chest, through which one could even see the organs beating inside.

Lin Suo's breath was faint, obviously having been truly critically injured to the point of near death.

But thanks to the protection of the Golden Dragon Secret Key, he still retained a sliver of life.

While his consciousness was blurred, he also sensed Li Luo standing nearby; his lowered eyes struggled to look up, the venom in those eyes impossible to conceal.

It seemed this capsizing in a gutter had driven Lin Suo absolutely mad with rage.

He never expected that his dignified Third Transformation of the Manifestation Stage strength would be reduced to this state by Li Luo, a mere Third Pattern of the Life Pattern Stage!

Regarding Lin Suo's venomous gaze, Li Luo did not care; instead, he friendly patted his shoulder and said, "Brother Lin, since we came together, we must return together; how nice and neat would that be? After we return, if there's a chance, I'll treat you to a meal."

Qin Qin Zhulu nearby couldn't help but glance at Li Luo; this guy was truly a black-hearted maggot; once Lin Suo returned to Great Xia, Yu Yu Hongxi would likely make him wish for life but find no way to live, wish for death but find no way to die; with that, there's still a chance for a meal? He probably wouldn't even get a chance to eat a farewell meal.

This guy Li Luo truly kills the body and slays the heart.

Pfft.

Sure enough, Lin Suo, whose consciousness was already blurred, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood directly from his anger at those words and immediately fainted dead away.

"Can't even take this?" Li Luo, seeing this, felt somewhat dissatisfied; this guy was so arrogant before, yet now that Li Luo wasn't even taking his life, just sending him back to Great Xia's Golden Dragon Treasure Hall, he looked like his heart was attacked by rage; his mindset was truly no good.

Li Luo reached out and directly snatched the Spatial Sphere from Lin Suo's wrist.

After a search, he found the black jade gourd containing half of the Golden Dragon Qi stolen from Lu Qing'er.

"Qing'er, here." Li Luo tossed the black jade gourd to Lu Qing'er.

Lu Qing'er hurriedly caught it, and the instant the black jade gourd entered her hand, a mysterious golden light suddenly erupted within it; wisps of golden qi rose up and then flowed into her body through her breath.

This change lasted only a dozen or so breaths before everything fell silent.

The black jade gourd returned to calm.

Lu Qing'er sensed herself and said, "There's no special change..."

Li Luo laughed, "This Golden Dragon Qi is inherently mysterious and profound; how could us mere Phasing Realm cultivators feel its true profundity?"

Lu Qing'er nodded.

Li Luo then rummaged through the Spatial Sphere again and found the Octagonal Golden Shield; now, this Golden Shield had an arrow mark piercing through it, its energy dim, obviously damaged in the previous great battle.

However, since it was a Top-Grade White-Eye Treasure, spending some cost to repair it would still make it an excellent defensive item.

Li Luo thought for a moment and handed the Octagonal Golden Shield to Qin Qin Zhulu, saying, "This thing is yours."

Having defeated Lin Suo, all three of them had merit; Li Luo did not want to swallow all the spoils alone; Lu Qing'er had retrieved the Golden Dragon Qi, so she could be excluded, but Qin Qin Zhulu, as the meat shield who resisted Lin Suo's strongest pressure, was qualified to receive spoils.

Qin Qin Zhulu glanced at the Octagonal Golden Shield but did not take it, saying, "You contributed the most; you take the Golden Shield. Moreover, you might need this kind of defensive treasure more than I do; I already have the Black Obsidian Battle Armor, so I don't need it much."

Li Luo scratched his head and said, "I was planning to take this Spatial Sphere."

Regarding Lin Suo's Spatial Sphere, he originally intended to take it back to give to Jiang Jiang Qinge, which is why he didn't choose the Octagonal Golden Shield.

"It's all yours; make up for it with one million Sky-Weight Gold later." Qin Qin Zhulu waved his hand and said very freely.

Li Luo said movedly, "Little Deer, you are truly good; I owe you; I still held back a few drops when healing you just now; let me give them to you now?"

"Get lost."

Qin Qin Zhulu's face turned black, turned around, and walked away.

Li Luo smiled; he knew this was Qin Qin Zhulu's kindness, but he didn't make a fuss either; after all, he did indeed need the Octagonal Golden Shield, and as for the Spatial Sphere, its price was also around over a million, so Qin Qin Zhulu asking him to make up one million was quite reasonable.

Li Luo, satisfied, stored the Spatial Sphere in his sleeve, then said to Lu Qing'er, "Next, you should go take the most important thing."

His gaze turned toward the mountain peak, where a beam of golden light shot into the sky; within that golden light, a golden invitation card could be seen floating quietly.

The Golden Dragon Paying-Respect-to-the-Mountain Invitation.

Lu Qing'er also gazed with her pretty eyes at the golden invitation card within the golden light, leaped upward, walked into the golden light without any obstruction, and then grasped that golden Paying-Respect-to-the-Mountain Invitation in her hand.

She played with the invitation card; a lifelike golden dragon coiled upon it, its golden scales shining brilliantly; that golden dragon seemed like a living creature, occasionally emitting a low dragon roar that was faint and indistinct.

Lu Qing'er's eyes held some curiosity and joy; although she did not come for the Paying-Respect-to-the-Mountain Invitation, since Yu Yu Hongxi had strongly requested it, now that she had obtained this item, her mother would surely look at Li Luo differently, right?

Thinking of the surprise on Yu Yu Hongxi's face after they returned, Lu Qing'er couldn't help but feel a little bit of pride and arrogance in her heart.

Let you underestimate Li Luo; did you get a bitter lesson this time?