Chapter 966: Luring the Monsters

King of All Phases, Chapter 972: Luring the Monsters. Extremely violent phase power fluctuations erupted in front of the side hall.

The dozen or so eerie figures that had been hunting Zhu Dayu came lunging over, all expressionless. While most were rogue cultivators whose combat strength might not be particularly high, the two leading them had reached the Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage.

The others were not weak either, and by leveraging their numerical advantage, they were enough to pose a threat to Li Luo and his two companions.

Li Luo went straight up against one of the rogue cultivators at the Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage. It was only then that he truly felt how formidable his own phase power was; even though the opponent’s level was far ahead of his, the pressure exerted during their clash was actually somewhat inferior to that of Qin Yi.

In truth, this was the only normal comparison.

After all, a person like Qin Yi, who possessed a Lower Ninth-Grade Water Phase, also had the ability to defeat enemies of higher levels. Given her strength, if she were to fight rogue cultivators, let alone a Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage, she could likely hold her own against even a Four-Star Heavenly Pearl stage without much trouble.

This point could be seen from the situation of the fight between Qin Yi and the other Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage rogue cultivator not far away; her grasp of the situation was even better than Li Luo’s.

"Ah! Brother Li, hurry and save me!"

At this moment, Zhu Dayu’s screams came from another direction. Because the enemy was numerous, Li Luo and Qin Yi could only pin down the two strongest Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage rogue cultivators, leaving Zhu Dayu to stall the others.

Thus, he relied on his movement technique and speed to keep playing cat-and-mouse with those eerie rogue cultivators.

Yet, no matter how good his movement technique was or how fast he was, he inevitably got hit by attacks. Before long, his chubby body was covered in gruesome wounds. Fortunately, Zhu Dayu’s recovery ability was freakishly high; while fleeing in a sorry state, he pulled out various types of spirit beast jerky and stuffed them into his mouth frantically.

Consequently, the gruesome wounds on his body were repairing themselves at an astonishing speed.

However, although his injuries recovered quickly, there was no avoiding the suffering, so the entire plaza echoed with Zhu Dayu’s unpleasant wails.

Li Luo and Qin Yi were both somewhat annoyed, as these eerie things had all been lured to them by Zhu Dayu.

"Fairy Qin, this really isn't a solution. These people are very strange; there is an aura of the Otherkind on them. Could it be that they have been corrupted by the Otherkind?" Li Luo said loudly.

Qin Yi nodded slightly, her gaze fixed on the Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage rogue cultivator before her. The latter had not spoken a word until now, only fighting with head-down intensity, and those eyes appeared hollow, devoid of intelligence.

Most importantly, the opponent seemed not to know pain; sometimes when she struck them, they showed not a hint of agony.

So, although the opponent was merely a rogue cultivator with only a level advantage and somewhat weak combat strength, after fighting for a long while, Qin Yi had still failed to crush and defeat them.

Moreover, the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it became for Zhu Dayu. Once other eerie rogue cultivators swarmed over, she would likely have no choice but to retreat first.

"How could there be Otherkind corruption within the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven?" Qin Yi asked, her willow brows tightly knit.

Li Luo shook his head and said, "But the urgent matter is to deal with them first, otherwise, if we are dragged down here, it will be very difficult to obtain the 'Spirit Phase Golden Dew'."

Qin Yi understood this logic as well. Now that more and more people were flooding into the Golden Hall, the longer they were delayed here, the fewer their gains would be.

But it was clearly no easy task to shake off these rogue cultivators in a short time.

"I do have a method. If Fairy Qin trusts me, please help me stall the one on this side for a moment," Li Luo suddenly said.

Qin Yi’s eyes rippled, and she was silent for a few seconds before her jade hand lifted. A surge of Water Phase power swept out, seemingly transforming into a stream of water that directly bound the Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage rogue cultivator in front of Li Luo.

"Two Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage cultivators—I cannot stall them for too long. If Dragon Head Li Luo does not make a move for too long, I will have to leave first," Qin Yi said calmly.

Li Luo smiled, and his figure immediately turned and dashed toward the side hall.

Seeing this, Zhu Dayu hurriedly said, "Brother Li, you aren't planning to take the 'Spirit Phase Golden Dew' inside and then run away, are you?"

"That is not an impossibility," Li Luo replied playfully before pushing open the hall doors and rushing inside.

Qin Yi’s eyes flashed, as if she had realized something. "He wants to trigger the guardian spirits protecting the 'Spirit Phase Golden Dew' and use their power to deal with these people. Since both sides lack intelligence, it is just right for them to clash."

Zhu Dayu’s eyes lit up, and he praised, "Brother Li is truly clever."

Qin Yi said, "However, once the guardian spirits appear, they will prioritize attacking people within their range. So, this move by Dragon Head Li Luo is also somewhat risky. If those guardian spirits decide to focus fire on him first, then instead of bringing in reinforcements, he will have invited a tiger."

Zhu Dayu let out an 'ah', his heart drumming. If they were caught in a pincer attack by these eerie rogue cultivators and the guardian spirits, they would truly only be able to flee for their lives.

While they were talking, Li Luo had already rushed into the side hall first. His gaze swept over, and he saw the stone vessel located in the center of the hall. The stone vessel was quite large, and golden light flowed within it; one could see drops of Spirit Phase Golden Dew jumping about like sentient spirits.

Li Luo did not hesitate and quickly approached. As he neared, the stone vessel suddenly erupted with beams of golden light, which manifested into the figures of guardian spirits all around. They were all wearing the robes of the Faceless Sacred Sect disciples.

As soon as these guardian spirits appeared, they locked onto Li Luo, and violent energy fluctuations spread out like a storm.

Light shadows attacked Li Luo like lightning.

Li Luo quickly raised his hand, and the 'Small Faceless Fire' appeared in his palm. The next moment, the charging guardian spirits suddenly stalled, the violent fluctuations dissipated, and they bowed to Li Luo simultaneously.

Seeing this, Li Luo hid the 'Small Faceless Fire' with satisfaction, reached out to take the entire stone vessel, and turned to leave.

As the stone vessel moved, those 'guardian spirits' followed him step by step.

Outside the side hall, Qin Yi was holding off two Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage rogue cultivators single-handedly, while her gaze kept sweeping toward the hall. The energy fluctuation that had erupted in that instant should have been Li Luo triggering the 'guardian spirits'. She just didn't know how he would avoid the 'guardian spirits' focus fire? Or would it end up causing a mess, leading to them being caught in a pincer attack by the guardian spirits?

Qin Yi’s eyes flickered, keeping her guard up in her heart. As soon as she discovered that Li Luo’s attempt to lure the monsters had failed, she would withdraw without hesitation.

And just as Qin Yi was thinking this, Li Luo’s figure rushed out from the hall. He charged directly toward Qin Yi’s side, with a crowd of menacing guardian spirits following closely behind him.

Seeing this, Qin Yi immediately drifted backward, watching the guardian spirits with caution.

However, what surprised her was that although those guardian spirits were chasing Li Luo, they did not seem to unleash any attacks. Thus, as Li Luo lured them, the two Three-Star Heavenly Pearl stage rogue cultivators directly entered the attack range of the guardian spirits.

Boom!

The next moment, these 'guardian spirits' resembling Faceless Sacred Sect disciples launched a violent and fierce assault on the two rogue cultivators. Although the two tried their best to defend, they were submerged by the onslaught in just a short moment.

"Brother Li, come to my side quickly!" Seeing this, Zhu Dayu was overjoyed and hurriedly said.

Li Luo smiled and threw the 'stone vessel' in his hand over.

But Zhu Dayu’s expression changed drastically, and he dodged the stone vessel as if avoiding a snake or scorpion, because along with the stone vessel came that large wave of 'Faceless Sacred Sect disciple' energy phantoms.

Zhu Dayu used his movement technique to dodge in a panic.

But those eerie rogue cultivators did not dodge, so when the energy phantoms transformed from the 'Faceless Sacred Sect disciples' surged over, the two groups clashed in a bloody battle.

Beams of energy exploded frantically.

Li Luo, Qin Yi, and Zhu Dayu took the opportunity to retreat quickly, avoiding being caught in the crossfire.

"Brother Li is truly amazing to be able to successfully lure out these 'guardian spirits' without getting himself folded in," Zhu Dayu praised.

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

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

Li Luo said righteously, "You were being hunted, I saved you—does that not count as a favor? Are all the people of your Zhu Heavenly King lineage so unreasonable?"

Zhu Dayu muttered a few words.

Li Luo’s gaze was fixed on the battle in the arena, frowning as he said, "These rogue cultivators lack intelligence, like puppets, and their bodies emit a cold and eerie aura. I remember they weren't like this before."

Qin Yi, who was on the side, also nodded and said, "I recognize one of them. Before entering the Golden Hall, he even spoke to me. Now that they have become like this, it must be because they encountered some mishap within the Golden Hall."

Li Luo pondered, "It seems there is still a great danger existing within this Golden Hall."

To be able to transform so many rogue cultivators into this state—such means were definitely not something an ordinary person could achieve.

Boom boom!

And just as Li Luo was waiting for the eerie rogue cultivators and the 'Faceless Sacred Sect disciples' to decide a winner, a massive energy impact suddenly erupted from a location far away in the Golden Hall.

This collision of energy was too astonishing; it felt as if the entire Golden Hall was trembling.

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

Qin Yi lifted her beautiful face and looked in that direction, exclaiming, "This energy fluctuation is at least a clash of Eight-Star Heavenly Pearl stage experts!"

Li Luo’s expression changed abruptly at this moment, because he was extremely familiar with that soaring energy aura.

That was Li Lingjing!

Had she encountered some mishap over there?!