Chapter 862: Interference by a Strange Array

Li Jingtang's strike greatly exceeded Zhao Zhao Jingyu's expectations, for among the four before him, he had paid no attention whatsoever to Li Jingtang; indeed, in his view, even the threat brought by Li Luo, who had returned from Outer Shenzhou, was stronger than that of Li Jingtang.

After all, Li Jingtang's reputation as a mediocre loafer in recent years had become far too deeply ingrained.

"Even my Da Hu Mo Yin has been blocked."

Zhao Zhao Jingyu's expression shifted uneasily, his eyes still holding a trace of surprise and doubt; his previous assault had spared no effort, and under such an attack, even Deng Deng Fengxian, the renowned Great Banner Leader, would likely have had to temporarily avoid its sharp edge, yet now Li Jingtang had blocked it all.

"I did not expect the Longya Pulse, famous for its offensive might, to produce such a freak specializing in defensive capabilities," Zhao Zhao Jingyu said gloomily.

"There are many more things you have not expected!" Li Li Fengyi sneered, saying, "Take your people and get lost; we have no time to play with you here."

The ferocity on Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face flashed briefly as he said, "If you have Li Luo cut off his own arm and hand it to me, I will naturally leave."

Li Li Fengyi's willow brows shot upward, her beautiful face filled with chilling cold: "I'll cut off your ancestors' dog heads!"

She clenched her jade hand, and vast energy swept out like a storm, transforming into a torrent of energy that smashed directly toward Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face.

"Hmph!"

Zhao Zhao Jingyu snorted coldly, opened his mouth, and spat out a cone of energy that shattered Li Li Fengyi's attack.

He stared expressionlessly at Li Luo and the other three, saying, "You have indeed surprised me a bit, but do you truly think I have made no preparations at all?"

Hearing this, Li Luo's eyes narrowed slightly, while vast energy flowed like a torrent, and vigilance rose in his gaze.

Although Li Luo often used the term "stick" to describe Zhao Zhao Jingyu, he had not truly underestimated him; after all, regardless, the opponent was the second most prominent figure of Zhao Li Tianwang's generation, and since this person dared to lead equivalent forces to intercept and kill him, insisting on taking one of his arms, the opponent must have prepared some methods that could not be ignored.

And just as Zhao Zhao Jingyu's words fell, a palm-sized array flag appeared in his hand; upon the array flag, light flowed, gradually forming strange runes.

A strange sense of oppression emanated from within it.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu flicked his palm, and the array flag shot out violently, plunging into the ground not far away.

Whoosh!

A pillar of light shot skyward; at the same time, Li Luo and the others discovered that in the distance beyond this area, pillars of light were also rising, as if covering the position they occupied.

"It is a strange array; retreat!"

Li Luo said in a deep voice, and his figure immediately retreated violently; although he still did not know what effect Zhao Zhao Jingyu's strange array truly had, it was certainly extremely disadvantageous to them; the opponent had arrived at the Red Flame Mountain Range before them, obviously preparing for this.

Li Li Fengyi and the other three also wasted no words, their figures transforming into streaks of light as they retreated urgently.

But Zhao Zhao Jingyu's strange array had obviously been arranged long ago; now only the main flag was being activated, so the speed at which the strange array spread was even faster than Li Luo and the others had imagined.

They saw a faint light curtain sweep across the sky like flowing water; in just a dozen or so breaths, everything within a hundred li was enveloped within it.

And when this flowing light curtain appeared, Li Luo and the others finally perceived the effect of this strange array.

For at this moment, the "He Qi" power bolstering their bodies was actually beginning to dissipate at an extremely rapid speed.

Li Luo and the other three all suddenly changed color.

"My connection with the Red Cloud Banner is weakening!" Li Li Fengyi exclaimed in alarm.

"This strange array is isolating our connections with each banner, thereby preventing us from wielding the power of He Qi," Deng Deng Fengxian said in a deep voice.

The four of them all looked somewhat grim; having grown accustomed to that vast and mighty power surrounding them, now feeling it dissipate was truly very uncomfortable.

"No need to be too alarmed; this isolation affects both sides equally; the He Qi bolstering Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others is also dissipating," Li Luo reminded.

Hearing this, Li Li Fengyi and the other three also looked toward Zhao Zhao Jingyu and his group, and indeed saw that the vast energy surrounding the opponent was also showing signs of dissipating.

Obviously, this strange array was specifically targeting "He Qi," so Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others were naturally unable to avoid it.

Li Li Fengyi and the other three secretly breathed a sigh of relief; since both sides were targeted, it was fine; at worst, they would all return to the same starting line; what they feared most was that their side would be blocked from using "He Qi" while Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others could still wield it, for then the power levels of both sides would be completely separated, making it impossible to play.

Seeing that they could not exit the area covered by the strange array, Li Luo stopped; he forcibly endured the discomfort of the "He Qi" power being stripped away, his gaze flickering slightly.

According to this speed of dissipation, perhaps very soon the He Qi power would be completely gone; at that time, they would all restore their true inherent strength.

It seemed that from now on, they would have to rely on their own strength.

Fortunately, he had now cultivated the half-finished Glazed Fiend Body, greatly advancing his strength; even facing enemies like Zhao Zhao Jingyu at the Extreme Fiend Realm, he would no longer be too far behind.

Li Luo glanced toward the distant location where the four banners' followers were stationed; now, with He Qi blocked, they were also in great turmoil; without the protection and bolstering of unified momentum, they had been returned to their original forms, becoming scattered Earth Fiend Generals.

In ordinary times, returning to their original forms would not matter, but now this was deep within the Dark Domain; although the Evil Intent Qi had become much thinner, it still made people feel extremely uneasy.

The banner leaders of the four banners struggled to suppress the unrest and calm the people.

Compared to the turmoil on their side with the four banners, the members of the four departments of Zhao Li Tianwang's faction far across the way were much calmer, obviously having expected this beforehand.

At this moment, Zhao Zhao Jingyu's loud laughter rang out as he said, "How is it? Is it very uncomfortable without He Qi? I did this just to prevent you from becoming addicted to such external power."

Li Li Fengyi said coldly, "Don't you also have no way to wield He Qi?"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Zhao Jingyu's mouth as he said, "Do you truly think I went to such great lengths to conjure up a strange array just to simply block the He Qi of both sides?"

Hearing this, Li Luo and the other three's faces shifted slightly; what did Zhao Zhao Jingyu's words mean?

The effect of this strange array was to isolate the connections between everyone; Zhao Zhao Jingyu and the others were obviously also within this interference; did he have other means?

"My He Qi with the Tiger Department is indeed being interfered with and cannot be performed."

Facing the surprised and doubtful gazes of Li Luo and the other three, Zhao Zhao Jingyu spoke slowly, then tossed his palm; dozens of black lights flew out from his sleeve and landed behind him.

Li Luo and the other three looked and discovered that these were dozens of black puppets resembling tigers; these puppets were entirely dark, with runes faintly appearing, absorbing the energy of heaven and earth.

"However, I can find another path, using other methods to enhance strength, and this method happens to avoid the interference effect of this strange array."

As Zhao Zhao Jingyu's laughter fell, dozens of beams of light emerged from the bodies of the black tiger puppets; the beams shot out, piercing into Zhao Zhao Jingyu's body; then, Li Li Fengyi perceived with a grim face that the phase power fluctuations emanating from within Zhao Zhao Jingyu's body actually began to rise at an astonishing speed.

In just a few breaths, the energy fluctuations within Zhao Zhao Jingyu's body rose from the Extreme Fiend Realm to the Tian Zhu Jing!

Seeing this, Li Li Fengyi, Deng Deng Fengxian, and Li Jingtang all felt their hearts sink; although the effect of this external bolstering by Zhao Zhao Jingyu was far inferior to "He Qi," in this situation, such bolstering was enough to bring them immense threat.

Obviously, this was the method Zhao Zhao Jingyu had prepared.

Both sides decline, and then he alone rises.

One down, one up, and the gap is suddenly widened.

(End of this chapter)