Chapter 863: A Kick

The sudden techniques Zhao Zhao Jingyu unleashed instantly brought a massive shift to the situation.

The disappearance of "Harmonized Qi" and the dissipation of immense power not only caused extreme discomfort for Li Li Fengyi and the others, but also greatly affected the morale and spirit of the four banner troops.

And most important, Zhao Zhao Jingyu had used other means to bypass the interference of the strange formation, strengthening himself with the Black Tiger Puppet; although this only raised his strength to the Tian Zhu Jing realm, in the current situation, it was already enough to give him a distinct advantage.

However, compared to the drastic change in Li Li Fengyi's group's expressions, Li Luo remained quite calm, because the moment Zhao Zhao Jingyu activated the strange formation, severing the connection between them and their respective banner troops and thus destroying the "Harmonized Qi," he had immediately successfully established contact with the "Three-Tailed Sky Wolf" inside the bracelet.

This gave Li Luo a sense of reassurance; although the "Harmonized Qi" of the Green Mist Banner was interfered with, he could still harmonize his Qi with the "Three-Tailed Sky Wolf"!

This was merely switching the source of power from the Green Mist Banner to the Three-Tailed Sky Wolf.

So, looking at the current situation, Zhao Zhao Jingyu using a strange formation to interfere with "Harmonized Qi" might not necessarily be a bad thing for Li Luo.

"Li Luo, I will say it one last time: sever your own arm, and I will let you all leave." At this moment, Zhao Zhao Jingyu stared calmly at Li Luo and the others, smiling as he spoke.

Li Luo also revealed a gentle smile and said, "I didn't expect you to be a person of principle; since that is the case, leave behind the five Dragon Fangs, and you may go."

Zhao Zhao Jingyu's eyes turned completely cold; he said not another word of nonsense, and his own Phasing Power erupted without any reservation. Although that energy intensity was far inferior to the previous Harmonized Qi, the strength of the Tian Zhu Jing realm was enough to make Li Li Fengyi, Deng Deng Fengxian, and the others at this moment feel considerable pressure.

Zhao Zhao Jingyu stomped his foot, causing the ground to crack instantly, and then his figure shot out, his target directly locking onto Li Luo.

"Third Brother, I will block him for you!"

Seeing Zhao Zhao Jingyu charge straight at Li Luo, Li Li Jingtao's expression darkened slightly and he rushed out first; at this time, Zhao Zhao Jingyu possessed strength equivalent to the Tian Zhu Jing realm, while Li Luo had only recently advanced to the Fiery Body realm, so the gap between the two was huge; if they fought, Li Luo would surely suffer a great loss, so Li Li Jingtao intended to use his own powerful defensive means to block Zhao Zhao Jingyu first.

However, the moment Li Li Jingtao's figure rushed out, three figures burst forth from behind Zhao Zhao Jingyu; one of them launched a fierce offensive first, striking directly at Li Li Jingtao's face.

Li Li Jingtao's speed slowed, and he could only activate his Phasing Power to meet the attacker.

At the same time, the other two Division Commanders of the Heavenly King Zhao lineage also attacked Li Li Fengyi and Deng Deng Fengxian, obviously intending to hold them up and give Zhao Zhao Jingyu time to deal with Li Luo.

And in that brief moment, Zhao Zhao Jingyu's figure appeared unimpeded in front of Li Luo.

He held a bright red great blade, its edge slicing across the ground, leaving traces corroded by Fiery Qi.

"Li Luo, since I said I wanted one of your arms, then today, no one can stop me!" Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face was filled with ferocity, and surging Phasing Power erupted, as if forming a fearsome tiger phantom behind him.

Whoosh!

Zhao Zhao Jingyu slashed with his blade; the blade light was crimson, with Fiery Qi flowing over it, and the ferocity and sharpness of this slash were almost completely unrestrained.

The brilliance of his blade light was such that even someone with strength in the Extreme Fiery realm could not withstand it head-on.

"Little Brother, retreat quickly!" Li Li Fengyi urgently warned.

However, Li Luo did not retreat; gazing at the crimson blade light rapidly enlarging in his pupils, his handsome face remained as calm as a deep pool, without a ripple.

When the blade light approached, he leaned his body forward, his foot suddenly shattering the ground, and delivered a powerful kick.

"You seek death!"

Seeing Li Luo dare to kick directly at him, Zhao Zhao Jingyu immediately let out a cruel laugh, swirling his blade light, intending to first sever Li Luo's leg.

In an instant, the blade light touched Li Luo's foot.

However, at the very moment of contact, a terrifyingly immense energy erupted from that kick of Li Luo's, colliding head-on with the blade light.

Crack!

In less than a single breath, a sound of shattering seemed to ring out.

The ferocity on Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face froze for an instant, and his pupils suddenly dilated, because he discovered that the blade light of his, which was sufficient to cleave and kill someone in the Extreme Fiery realm, was being destroyed by Li Luo's kick as if it were withering wood.

The blade light shattered, and Li Luo's foot, wrapped in surging energy, carrying a deafening sonic boom, directly stamped onto Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face.

Boom!

A low, muffled sound rang out; Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face seemed to collapse at that very moment, his features twisted, and then his figure was sent flying backward at a speed faster than his approach, landing on the ground and rolling clumsily for several hundred meters before finally slowly coming to a stop.

The atmosphere of fierce battle in the arena suddenly froze.

Whether it was Li Li Fengyi, Li Li Jingtao, and Deng Deng Fengxian, or the other three Division Commanders of the Heavenly King Zhao lineage, their minds seemed to stall at that moment.

The Phasing Power flowing around their bodies all slowed down a bit.

Their gazes, somewhat dazed and incredulous, stared at Zhao Zhao Jingyu, who had been kicked by Li Luo into an unknown state of life or death.

What is this situation?!

That Zhao Zhao Jingyu had clearly used an external puppet to boost his strength to the Tian Zhu Jing realm just before, so how could he have been kicked into this state by Li Luo?!

What happened?!

The eerie atmosphere stagnated for a moment, and those three Division Commanders of the Heavenly King Zhao lineage quickly withdrew and retreated, rapidly reaching Zhao Zhao Jingyu's side and helping him up.

At this moment, Zhao Zhao Jingyu's face was covered in blood and flesh, almost completely disfigured; after being helped up, he first spat out two mouthfuls of blood, and only then did his chaotic eyes gradually regain a bit of clarity.

"No, impossible!" His voice became hoarse, and the intense pain on his face made his whole body tremble, but more than that, there was rage and humiliation in his heart.

He could not accept that after receiving the aid of the puppet's external power, he was still kicked like this by Li Luo.

Moreover, the power on Li Luo's kick just now was absolutely extraordinary!

That was not something a person of Li Luo's Fiery Body realm could possess!

"Your, your Harmonized Qi was not completely blocked!" Zhao Zhao Jingyu shouted fiercely.

Only this possibility could explain why Li Luo was able to unleash such power; obviously, Li Luo had used some method to be immune to some of the strange formation's interference.

The others also turned their surprised gazes toward Li Luo.

Li Luo smiled, withdrew his foot, and said, "That kick felt good."

Blood surged in Zhao Zhao Jingyu's brain, but this time, facing Li Luo's mockery, he merely endured it while trembling all over, his eyes shifting uncertainly.

The shock Li Luo's kick brought him was too great.

Originally, he intended to use the interference of the strange formation to widen the gap in power levels between the two sides, but who knew this would instead help Li Luo.

Now that Li Luo's "Harmonized Qi" seems not to have been completely blocked, does this not mean they are being crushed in return?

The situation suddenly became unfavorable for Zhao Zhao Jingyu and his group again.

And just as Zhao Zhao Jingyu found himself in a dilemma, suddenly a piercing scream of agony rang out from the direction of the four divisions of the Heavenly King Zhao lineage members in the rear.

This sudden change even startled Li Luo and his group.

Then, as their gazes turned that way, their pupils instantly contracted sharply.

Only then did they see that among the four divisions of the Zhao Li Tianwang lineage, suddenly over a hundred bodies were yanked into midair by some inexplicable force; cracks began to surface on their skin as their faces twisted in agonizing struggle.

And as they struggled, a horrifying event occurred: their skin gradually peeled away from their bodies, and moments later, over a hundred pale, bloodstained human skins hung glaringly suspended in midair.

Those hundred members of the four divisions then plummeted down, drenched in blood, rolling across the ground and letting out shrill screams.

"Hehe."

A strange laugh rang out.

They saw a ghastly white figure appear atop a great tree at some unknown moment; and as that pale figure emerged, the hundred floating human skins flew toward it, layer upon layer, covering its body.

Only then did everyone realize that the figure was entirely pale, devoid of any hair; its appearance was identical to an ordinary human, except that its entire pale form was composed of stacked layers of human skin.

A chill rose within everyone's hearts.

This was a True Demon of a different kind.

And Li Luo, Li Li Fengyi, and the other two felt their hearts sink.

For this human-skin True Demon was none other than one of the two True Demons they had previously planned to surround and exterminate, but which had suddenly vanished!

It had actually followed them into the Crimson Flame Mountain Range?!

(End of this chapter)