Chapter 578: The Demon-Like Red Armor General

"Good and evil merge as one, the true self descends."

As that deep, hoarse voice rang out from the Red Armor General, billowing demonic smoke surged upward, and his figure stood within it like a colossal demon towering in the sky, radiating an overwhelming, murderous blaze.

156n.

At the same time, a terrifying pressure swept out across the heavens and earth, causing even the void itself to tremble faintly.

"Da Tian Xiang Jing!"

The Eldest Princess, Lan Lan, and the others' expressions changed drastically, because the energy fluctuation erupting from the Red Armor General's body had clearly reached the level of Da Tian Xiang Jing, whereas when the Red Armor General had first appeared, his power should have only been at the peak of Xiao Tian Xiang Jing.

In that brief span of time, the Red Armor General had already advanced, and that overwhelmingly powerful energy fluctuation was several degrees stronger than an ordinary Da Tian Xiang Jing.

"Retreat!"

Lan Lan's eyes flickered, and after two breaths, he suddenly roared out.

Now that the Blood-Tail Other had been fused into the Red Armor General, it could be considered a form of death in another sense, and as for this Red Armor General, he was no longer something they could handle in their current state. After all, if facing a Xiao Tian Xiang Jing level enemy, they could still rely on their numbers to put up a fight, but Da Tian Xiang Jing was already the highest level beneath the Marquis Realm, and even if they were at full strength, their odds of winning would be slim.

Therefore, retreating now was the most rational choice.

When Lan Lan's shout rang out, almost everyone, including Li Luo's group within the city, immediately pulled out their Spirit Mirrors.

As he drew out his Spirit Mirror, Li Luo also glanced up at the Red Armor General, whose demonic flames blazed into the sky. At this moment, jet-black bone spikes pierced through the latter's shoulders, his body was several zhang tall, like a demonic frame, and his pair of crimson pupils were cold and cruel, filled with brutality and the intent to slaughter.

The Red Armor General at this moment felt exactly like another Other.

He couldn't quite understand why the Red Armor General, instead of being a proper human, had chosen to become such a wretched sight.

"Da Tian Xiang Jing, huh..."

Li Luo pressed his lips together, his gaze flicking to the glaringly crimson bracelet on his wrist. Such power was indeed astonishingly extreme. Although he wasn't without means to resist, if the power of the Three-Tail Sky Wolf could remain hidden, he would still try his best to avoid using it.

Since the Blood-Tail Other had now been eliminated, if they chose to retreat, it should count as completing the Mixed-Level Competition.

In that case, there was no need to show off; it truly wasn't necessary.

Thinking this, Li Luo crushed the Spirit Mirror in his hand without hesitation.

This heart-pounding Mixed-Level Competition—better end it quickly. Those higher-ups at the academies are really too heartless, actually sending youngsters like them to deal with such dangerous problems.

The Spirit Mirror shattered, and everyone, including Li Luo, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

This time, they were finally safe.

Li Luo's body also relaxed, and then after several breaths, he suddenly sensed something was wrong. He immediately looked around, only to see that he was still within the ruined Red Stone City.

The teleportation pillar had not appeared.

Beside him, Lu Ming, Jing Jing Taixu, and Sun Sun Dasheng were also full of terror.

"What's going on?! Why did crushing the Spirit Mirror have no reaction?!" Lu Ming cried out in shock.

Li Luo looked up and saw that the many figures in the sky had also stopped in confusion; Lan Lan, the Eldest Princess, and the others had not teleported away.

"You little brats from the various academies, where do you think you're going?"

At the same time, a chilling, mocking laugh slowly rang out in the sky.

Within the rolling demonic smoke, the Red Armor General's figure slowly walked out. At this point, he had abandoned his crimson armor, his body bare. His skin was a dark red color, cracked in patches, and the face on his chest—identical to the Blood-Tail Other's—slowly writhed. Black bone spikes protruded from his shoulders.

His hair had also turned blood-red, and was constantly dripping fresh blood, looking quite grotesque.

"Want to use what the academies gave you to teleport back? Why not take a closer look at what you crushed?" The Red Armor General laughed grimly.

Li Luo and the others suddenly lowered their heads to look at their hands, and their expressions turned ugly, because at some unknown point, a fragment of bone had appeared in their hands. What they had just crushed was not the Spirit Mirror at all, but this bone that had come from who knows where.

"Illusion technique!"

"Just now, in that instant, he cast an illusion technique on us!" Lu Ming's pretty face changed as she cried out.

Li Luo's heart jolted. Had the Red Armor General's strength really become this strong? In that brief instant, he had actually been able to use an illusion technique to affect all of them, making them think they had crushed their Spirit Mirrors while they were still trapped here.

"Now that this general has welcomed his true self, how could such a grand moment lack an audience? So you all just obediently stay."

A ferocious smile appeared on the Red Armor General's face, and then he opened his mouth. Dense blood light gushed out, directly dyeing this stretch of heaven and earth crimson, like a barrier that blocked out everything.

"Here, you won't find your real Spirit Mirrors, so don't even think about leaving."

The Red Armor General waved his hand, and blood light flashed. After that, everyone watched in shock as mirrors appeared in the void, identical to their Spirit Mirrors.

Everyone immediately opened their spatial spheres, trying to find their Spirit Mirrors.

But when they opened the spatial spheres, an even more horrifying scene appeared, because they discovered that everything inside the spatial spheres had turned into Spirit Mirrors.

"What a terrifying illusion technique, this is even more horrifying than the Blood-Tail Other from before." Lu Ming said with an ugly expression.

Jing Jing Taixu's face was full of terror. Facing a Da Tian Xiang Jing level powerhouse, they were simply like children being toyed with in the palm of his hand.

Li Luo's expression was similarly somewhat gloomy. The breath he had just relaxed was immediately drawn back in, and it made the situation feel even more hopeless.

The Red Armor General at this moment was undoubtedly stronger than the Blood-Tail Other from before.

The Red Armor General in this state was probably not a match even for the Eldest Princess, Lan Lan, and the others at their peak.

"We're not going to die here, are we?" Sun Sun Dasheng scratched his head and said.

"Shut your crow mouth!" Lu Ming glared at him, but it was obvious that her eyes were also filled with worry. The current situation was clearly starting to spiral out of control.

Li Luo, however, was in no mood to interject in their conversation. His expression became extraordinarily solemn, and one hand had quietly covered the crimson bracelet on his wrist. The bracelet had become somewhat unusually scalding at this moment, and faintly, Li Luo seemed to hear a howl filled with extreme brutality.

"You little brats from the academies, let's start with a nightmare first. In the nightmare, welcome your death."

In the sky, the Red Armor General laughed. The countless Spirit Mirrors suspended in the air suddenly shone down, and blood light penetrated through every crack, directly reflecting into everyone's pupils.

Instantly, the entire world fell silent.

In midair, the figures of Lan Lan, the Eldest Princess, Gong Gong Shenjun, and others froze. Their eyes surged with blood light at this moment, appearing terrifying and hollow, their consciousness seemingly completely suppressed.

Because now, they were already within a dream.

Their physical bodies were no longer under their control.

Within the city, where Li Luo's group of four was, no sound rang out either. Their eyes were blood-red and hollow, like puppets, standing quietly beneath the broken walls.

The Red Stone City, which had been in fierce battle moments ago, once again became like a dead zone.

The Red Armor General stood in midair, looking at this scene and couldn't help but laugh. The alluring face writhing on his chest also seemed to laugh along with him, making the scene appear extraordinarily grotesque.

"A bunch of brats who don't know heaven's height or earth's depth—now, in those dreams, you'll learn what despair and a life worse than death feel like."

In the instant the bloodlight struck Li Luo's pupils, he felt his surroundings begin to shift; his consciousness gradually blurred, as if a strange force was making him forget everything.

Roar!

Just as his mind continued to sink, a violently ferocious wolf howl suddenly erupted.

Li Luo's heart jolted; when he focused again, he found himself standing in darkness.

He lifted his head, his pupils contracting sharply.

There, a colossal ancient wolf, dozens of zhang in size, crouched, its ferocious eyes fixed on him with chilling malice; behind it, three enormous tails swayed slowly.

Gazing at the ancient wolf radiating overwhelming ferocity, Li Luo froze for a moment, then immediately forced a submissive smile.

"Big Brother Wolf, long time no see."