Chapter 964: Luring the Monsters

Wang Xiang Zhi Wang, Chapter 972: Luring the Monsters. Extremely violent phase force fluctuations erupted before the Piandian.

The dozen-plus bizarre figures that had come chasing Zhu Zhu Dayu now surged forward expressionlessly. Although most of them were loose cultivators whose combat power might not be that strong, the two leading the group had reached the strength of a three-star Tian Zhu Jing nonetheless.

The strength of the rest was not weak either, and with their numerical advantage, they were enough to pose a threat to Li Luo and the other two.

Li Luo directly engaged a loose cultivator whose strength had reached the three-star Tian Zhu Jing, and only now did he truly feel how tremendous his own phase force was. Even though the other's level far surpassed his, the pressure it gave him during their clash was actually somewhat less than what Qin Yi had given him.

In fact, this was what a proper comparison should be.

After all, someone like Qin Yi possessed a Lower Nine Grade Water Phase, and she herself had the ability to defeat enemies above her level. With her strength, if she were to fight loose cultivators, let alone a three-star Tian Zhu Jing, even a four-star Tian Zhu Jing might not gain much advantage against her.

This point could be seen from the situation not far away where Qin Yi was fighting another three-star Tian Zhu Jing loose cultivator; her grasp of the situation was even greater than Li Luo's side.

"Ah! Li Luo, come save me quickly!"

At this moment, another direction brought Zhu Zhu Dayu's miserable shriek. Because the enemy's numbers were great, while Li Luo and Qin Yi were pinning down the two strongest three-star Tian Zhu Jing loose cultivators, Zhu Zhu Dayu could only hold off the others.

So he relied on his movement technique's speed, continuously skirmishing with those bizarre loose cultivators.

But no matter how good his movement technique or how fast his speed, he inevitably got hit by attacks. So in no time at all, his fat body was covered in hideous wounds. Fortunately, Zhu Zhu Dayu's recovery ability was freakishly abnormal; while fleeing in a sorry state, he pulled out all sorts of spirit beast jerky and frantically stuffed it into his mouth.

So the hideous wounds on his body began healing at an astonishing speed once more.

However, although his injuries recovered quickly, the suffering was unavoidable, so the entire plaza echoed with Zhu Zhu Dayu's ugly wailing.

Both Li Luo and Qin Yi were somewhat annoyed, because all these bizarre things had been lured here by Zhu Zhu Dayu.

"Fairy Qin, going on like this really isn't a solution. These people are very strange; they carry an Other-kind aura on them. Could they have been contaminated by the Other-kind?" Li Luo called out loudly.

Qin Yi nodded slightly, her gaze fixed on the three-star Tian Zhu Jing loose cultivator before her. The latter had not spoken a single word until now, only silently fighting desperately, and his eyes also looked hollow, devoid of intelligence.

Most importantly, the other seemed to feel no pain; sometimes when she struck him, he did not show the slightest hint of agony.

So although the other was merely a loose cultivator with only a level advantage, his combat power was somewhat lacking. Yet after a prolonged struggle, Qin Yi had still been unable to crush him in one decisive blow.

Moreover, the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous Zhu Zhu Dayu's side became. Once other bizarre loose cultivators came swarming in, she would probably have no choice but to withdraw first.

"How could there be Other-kind contamination inside the Spiritual Phase Cave Heaven?" Qin Yi said, her willow brows tightly furrowed.

Li Luo shook his head and said, "But the immediate priority is to deal with them first, otherwise being held up here will make it very hard for us to obtain the 'Spiritual Phase Golden Dew'."

Qin Yi also understood this reasoning. More and more people were now pouring into the Golden Palace, and the longer they were held up here, the less they would harvest.

But shaking off these loose cultivators in a short time was clearly no easy matter.

"I do have a method. If Fairy Qin trusts me, help me hold off this one for now." Li Luo suddenly said.

Qin Yi's eyes flickered, she was silent for a few breaths, then raised her jade hand. A stream of Water Phase power swept out, seemingly transforming into a current that directly bound the three-star Tian Zhu Jing loose cultivator before Li Luo.

"Two three-star Tian Zhu Jing cultivators—I can't hold them off for too long. If Li Long Shou doesn't make a move soon, then I can only take my leave first." Qin Yi said calmly.

Li Luo smiled, then his figure immediately turned and darted toward that Zuopiandian.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhu Dayu hurriedly said, "Li Luo, you're not planning to take the 'Spiritual Phase Golden Dew' inside and then run off, are you?"

"It's not entirely impossible." Li Luo quipped back, then pushed open the hall door and rushed inside.

Qin Yi's eyes flashed, as if she had thought of something, and said, "He wants to trigger the guardian spirits that protect the 'Spiritual Phase Golden Dew', then borrow their power to deal with these people. Both sides lack intelligence, so clashing together works out perfectly."

Zhu Zhu Dayu's eyes lit up and he praised, "Li Luo really is clever."

Qin Yi said, "But once the guardian spirits appear, they will prioritize attacking people within range, so Li Long Shou's move is also somewhat risky. If those guardian spirits focus fire on him first, then not only will he fail to lure allies, he'll have invited fierce tigers instead."

Zhu Zhu Dayu let out an "Ah", then his heart began pounding. If they ended up being caught between these bizarre loose cultivators and the guardian spirits, then they truly could only flee for their lives.

While they were speaking, Li Luo had already rushed into the Piandian first. His gaze swept once, and he saw the stone lamp located in the center of the hall. The stone lamp was fairly large, and within it golden light flowed; one could see drops of Spiritual Phase Golden Dew leaping about within like sentient sprites.

Li Luo did not hesitate, quickly approaching. As he drew near, streams of golden light immediately gushed out from within the stone lamp, and the golden light directly manifested the figures of guardian spirits all around. They all wore the robes of disciples of the Faceless Holy Sect.

The moment these guardian spirits appeared, they locked onto Li Luo directly, and violent energy fluctuations spread out like a storm.

Streaks of light shot toward Li Luo like lightning to attack.

Li Luo swiftly raised his hand, and "Minor Faceless Fire" appeared in his palm. Then in the next instant, the charging guardian spirits abruptly halted, their violent fluctuations dissipated, and they even bowed to Li Luo.

Seeing this, Li Luo contentedly hid the "Minor Faceless Fire", and at the same time directly reached out and took the entire stone lamp, then turned and left.

And as the stone lamp moved, those "guardian spirits" followed along step for step.

Outside the Piandian, Qin Yi was holding off two three-star Tian Zhu Jing loose cultivators by herself, while her gaze kept sweeping toward the hall. That burst of energy fluctuations from earlier should have been Li Luo triggering the "guardian spirits", but she didn't know how he would evade the "guardian spirits'" focus fire. Or would he instead cause chaos and end up getting them sandwiched by the guardian spirits?

Qin Yi's eyes flickered, and she remained vigilant in her heart. As long as she saw that Li Luo had failed to lure the monsters on his side, she would withdraw without hesitation.

Just as Qin Yi was thinking this in her heart, Li Luo's figure burst out from the hall. He charged straight toward Qin Yi's side, and behind him a host of fierce-looking guardian spirits followed closely.

Seeing this, Qin Yi immediately retreated lightly, while watching those guardian spirits warily.

However, what surprised her somewhat was that although those guardian spirits were chasing after Li Luo, they did not seem to launch any attacks. So as Li Luo led them on, the two three-star Tian Zhu Jing loose cultivators directly entered the guardian spirits' attack range.

Boom!

The next instant, these "guardian spirits" in the form of Faceless Holy Sect disciples directly launched fierce, vicious attacks against the two loose cultivators. Although the two defended with all their might, in just a short moment they were overwhelmed by the onslaught.

"Li Luo, come to my side quickly!" Zhu Zhu Dayu rejoiced upon seeing this and hurriedly said.

Li Luo grinned and directly tossed the "stone lamp" in his hand over.

But Zhu Zhu Dayu's face changed drastically, and he dodged the stone lamp as if avoiding snakes and scorpions, because following the stone lamp came that large wave of energy phantoms of "Faceless Holy Sect disciples".

Zhu Zhu Dayu employed Shi Zhan Shen Fa and fled in panic.

But those bizarre loose cultivators did not dodge, so when the energy phantoms formed by those "Faceless Holy Sect disciples" surged in, the two groups directly began slaughtering each other.

Streaks of energy erupted wildly.

And Li Luo, Qin Yi, and Zhu Zhu Dayu took the opportunity to quickly retreat, lest they be caught in the crossfire.

"Li Luo is really amazing, to be able to smoothly lure out these 'guardian spirits' without getting caught himself." Zhu Zhu Dayu sighed in admiration.

Li Luo glanced at him and said, "Remember, you owe me a favor."

Zhu Zhu Dayu stiffened and said, "Does this count as a favor?"

Li Luo said righteously, "You were being hunted, I saved you, and that doesn't count as a favor? Are all you people of the Zhu Li Tianwang lineage this unreasonable?"

Zhu Zhu Dayu grumbled twice.

Li Luo's gaze fixed on the slaughter in the field, and he frowned as he said, "These loose cultivators lack intelligence, like puppets, and their bodies emanate a cold, eerie aura. I remember they weren't like this before."

Qin Yi, who was at the side, also nodded and said: "I recognize one of them. Before entering the Golden Palace, he even spoke with me, yet now he's become like this. That must mean he encountered some kind of incident inside the Golden Palace."

Li Luo pondered and said: "It seems there is still great danger within this Golden Palace."

To be able to transform so many scattered cultivators into this state—such means are absolutely not something an ordinary person could accomplish.

Boom! Boom!

And just as Li Luo was waiting for the bizarre scattered cultivators and the "Faceless Saint Sect disciples" in the field to determine a victor, suddenly from a direction in the far reaches of the Golden Palace, an extremely massive burst of energy erupted with a thunderous roar.

This clash of energy was so astonishing that the entire Golden Palace seemed to be trembling.

Even Li Luo and the others, separated by such a great distance, were disturbed by the aftershock.

Qin Yi raised her exquisitely beautiful face, looked toward that direction, and cried out in shock: "This energy fluctuation—at the very least it's a clash between eight-star Tian Zhu Jing cultivators!"

Yet Li Luo's expression changed drastically at this moment, because that pillar of energy soaring into the sky carried an aura he was extremely familiar with.

That is—Li Li Lingjing!

What happened on her end?!