Chapter 973: The Heroes Battle the Demon

As Li Luo, Qin Yi, Zhu Dayu, and the others began their fierce battle against the endless stream of Corrupted, the battle in mid-air appeared even more intense and perilous.

Led by the three Eight-Star Heavenly Pearl Realm experts Li Lingjing, Qin Ying, and Zhu Zhu, everyone present pushed their own phase power to the limit, with each brilliant Heavenly Pearl shining like a star, swallowing and exhaling the energy of heaven and earth to bolster themselves.

From the foul-smelling Heihe, giant arms composed of pale limbs constantly emerged. In the palms of these giant arms, eerie fangs and sharp teeth dripped with black liquid, spraying out beams of black light that swept toward Li Lingjing and the others.

The power of these black beams was terrifying, forcing everyone into a wretched state, for the black beams seemed like living things, writhing and twisting like black worms.

In a brief clash earlier, a Five-Star Heavenly Pearl Realm expert had his phase power defense pierced by one of these black beams. The beam then landed on his body and instantly burrowed into his flesh. Within a mere few breaths, the man let out a shrill scream as countless black worms erupted from within his body, devouring his flesh and bones from the inside out.

Truly, not even a corpse remained.

Everyone was broken out in a cold sweat, so they hurriedly brought out various personal defensive treasures and defensive phase arts, not daring to let the black beams touch their bodies.

Li Lingjing stood suspended in the air with her eight Heavenly Pearls revealed behind her. She held the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff, and a cyan halo emerged from the staff, circling her body.

The halo carried a faint, fragrant scent; it looked pleasant, but it was actually quite terrifying, as it was a halo imbued with poison.

Any foreign object that approached Li Lingjing’s body was dissolved by this poisonous halo.

This was the protective power of the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff; this point alone was enough to reveal the extraordinary nature of the item.

Moreover, every time Li Lingjing channeled her phase power to swing the staff against the incoming black beams, cyan light flowed over the staff, and a giant cyan python coiled around it before descending heavily.

With a single strike of the staff, the void showed faint signs of shattering; the power of that strike was likely enough to blast a mountain peak into pieces.

Boom!

Li Lingjing swung the staff’s light, smashing a black beam that was attacking her. As the black beam shattered, eerie, invisible-to-the-naked-eye bugs attempted to erode human bodies, but the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff emitted poison at that moment, dissolving all these imperceptible bugs.

"Truly a handy treasure," the thought flashed through Li Lingjing's mind. Without the assistance of the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff, she would have had to rely on her own phase power to constantly guard against the invasion of these black worms, which would undoubtedly have distracted her.

At present, everyone was being forced into a wretched state by the attacks from the True Demon of Spirit Erosion, and only Li Lingjing was temporarily safe despite the danger.

However, Li Lingjing understood that this was only temporary.

Because while others might not perceive it, she could sense that within the pervasive black fog, a cold gaze was locked onto her.

That gaze made Li Lingjing feel as if needles were pricking her back.

"Everyone, stop holding back! We must shatter the Heihe as quickly as possible!" Qin Ying shouted at this moment, for as time passed, more and more eerie hands grew from the Heihe, and under such an onslaught, they were in constant danger.

The moment the words fell, Qin Ying struck first. A sharp golden light phase power soared into the sky, transforming into dozens of golden feathers above him; the feathers were like sword radiance, stinging to the eyes.

Marquis-level Art, Golden Feather Sword Technique!

Qin Ying roared, and the dozens of golden feathers were like giant golden swords piercing the heavens. As the giant swords slashed down, the golden light directly shattered several pale giant hands and struck straight toward the Heihe.

Zhu Zhu's attack followed closely. She held a giant hammer, and as she swung it, a mountain-like light shadow roared out, transforming into a crimson mountain. The mountain was incredibly heavy, and when it appeared, the void trembled because of it.

The crimson mountain bolstered Zhu Zhu's giant hammer. She let out a low growl, veins bulging on her thick arms, and then brought the hammer down.

Boom boom!

The sky was filled with ear-piercing sonic booms, and a terrifying gale roared out.

Marquis-level Art, Mountain-Moving Force!

Li Lingjing also provided assistance at this moment. A massive mysterious snake shadow appeared behind her, then transformed into black light that poured into the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff in her hand. A cyan python shot out, and at the same time, its body changed; the originally cyan snake scales revealed black light, and its size suddenly surged against the wind, resembling a dark green dragon.

The dark green python transformed into a rainbow light, directly and savagely smashing through several black beams before slamming into the Heihe.

She did not use a Marquis-level Art, but this attack, in terms of both energy intensity and momentum, surpassed that of both Qin Ying and Zhu Zhu.

Clearly, with this Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff in hand, Li Lingjing's combat power had soared; even when facing a Nine-Star Heavenly Pearl Realm enemy, she was not inferior.

The others suspended in the air also took this opportunity to unleash their strongest attacks. Suddenly, the energy in the sky shook, and various powerful Marquis-level Arts pierced the horizon, blasting toward the Black River.

Facing the combined force of the group, the many giant limbs emerging from the Heihe shattered one after another, and monstrous waves rose within the Heihe, constantly being dissolved.

In a short moment, the Heihe was shattered into several sections, struggling like a severed snake.

Outside the main hall, everyone who was fighting the Corrupted saw this and their morale was greatly boosted.