Chapter 974: Rescue

Wang Xiang Zhi Z Wang, Chapter 982: Rescue. Whoo!

A bizarre, ear-piercing laughter echoed above Zhudian, as the giant palm of the Eroding Spirit True Demon stretched out, the fangs and sharp mouth in its palm dripping with fresh blood, constantly chewing and emitting a piercing sound.

The next instant, the great mouth in the palm opened wide, and it actually spat out three ghastly white beads. The beads were a deathly pale white, as if transformed from human bones, and were stained with foul-smelling fresh blood.

On top of the beads, a constantly rotating eyeball emerged, covered in hideous blood vessels, looking extremely terrifying.

Whiz!

The moment the three ghastly white bone beads appeared, they transformed into streams of light, shooting violently straight at Li Li Lingjing, Qin Ying, and Zhu Zhu.

Staring at the incoming bone beads, the three of them all changed expression drastically, because from those bone beads they sensed an extremely terrifying fluctuation.

Qin Ying let out a sharp whistle, and suddenly a crimson armor manifested on the surface of his body. On the armor, a crimson tortoise light pattern seemed to be inscribed, and on the crimson tortoise shell, a purple vertical eye mark could be seen.

This armor was called the "Crimson Tortoise Mystic Armor," a single purple-eye defensive treasure. Clearly, facing the Eroding Spirit True Demon's terrifying attack at this moment, Qin Ying no longer dared to hold anything back, and directly brought out his life-preserving item.

Zhu Zhu rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, and a jade-green light bead rose from the crown of her head, emitting a ring of jade-green light shield that enveloped and protected her within.

Li Li Lingjing, on the other hand, did not have any defensive purple-eye treasures, but the "Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff" in her hand could substitute defense with offense.

With a single thought from her, the giant mysterious snake light-shadow behind her transformed into a dark-glowing brilliance that whistled down, pouring entirely into the "Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff."

Then the "Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff" flew from her hand, soaring into the air, erupting with dazzling green light.

The next instant, the "Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff" vanished, directly transforming into a giant green python several hundred zhang long. The green python let out a deafening hissing roar, its snake tail coiling and wrapping Li Li Lingjing's figure within it.

Even these three were defending with all their might; the other Tian Zhu Jing experts whose strength was around five-star or six-star were even more terrified, retreating frantically.

The three ghastly white bone beads pierced through the air and finally exploded with a thunderous boom.

A ghastly white radiance spread out. At this instant, an endless chilling wind swept in, accompanied by countless shrill hissing roars, making one's head ache just from hearing them, as countless negative emotions surged up from within.

The ghastly white energy whistled past, and everything in its path was submerged.

Li Li Lingjing, Qin Ying, and Zhu Zhu bore the brunt of it. Their many defenses continuously collapsed, and finally the three of them were sent flying in a sorry state, crashing heavily into some of the buildings and halls below.

Even the three strongest were in such a sorry state; the others were even more miserable. Some of those directly hit by the ghastly white radiance, even though their strength had reached the five-star Tian Zhu Jing level, had their flesh and blood instantly dissolved, turning into a skeleton that fell from the sky, shattering into a ground full of crystalline fragments.

The people below who were fighting the many polluters saw this, and their faces were filled with terror, an undisguisable look of fear welling up in their eyes.

Even someone as calm as Qin Yi knit her willow brows tightly at this moment.

"We're done for," Zhu Zhu Dayu also said, his fat all over his body trembling, his face full of bitterness.

Then he hurried toward the place where Zhu Zhu had fallen. Before he could dig her out, he saw a hand covered in fresh blood stretch out from beneath the rubble, and then a burly figure staggeringly crawled out.

That figure was naturally Zhu Zhu, but at this moment she was covered in fresh blood, looking extremely miserable, and the flesh on both her arms had mostly been dissolved, exposing ghastly white bone.

She sat collapsed on the ground, panting continuously, fresh blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.

But at this moment she was constantly pulling meat food out of her spatial orb, frantically stuffing it into her mouth, wolfing it down.

And as she ate a large amount, the flesh on her body began to writhe, flesh buds wriggling, starting to repair at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Zhu Dayu, things have gotten really bad today. If the situation doesn't look right later, you figure out a way to save yourself," Zhu Zhu said indistinctly, glancing at Zhu Zhu Dayu beside her, whose face was full of worry, while wolfing down her food.

Zhu Zhu Dayu gave a bitter laugh, then comforted her: "Sister Zhu, don't be so discouraged. Li Luo just went out to find that 'Lantern Bearer.' Maybe he can find a way to break the deadlock."

"Li Luo? That kid at the Extreme Sha realm?" Zhu Zhu glanced at him and said: "I think that kid is pretty shrewd. Maybe he has some way to shield against the demon fog and took the chance to escape on his own."

Zhu Zhu Dayu scratched his head and said: "Li Luo looks pretty loyal and righteous. He probably wouldn't just run off like that."

"Who knows." Zhu Zhu clearly wasn't going to place her hopes on an outsider. In the current situation, even they couldn't hold on. One Li Luo, even if he was the Dragon Head of this generation of Li Li Tianwang's lineage, didn't amount to much.

Bang!

Not far away, another figure crawled out of the rubble. It was Qin Ying. At this moment, the crimson armor on his body was mostly shattered, his face covered in blood and grime.

Qin Yi's graceful figure swept over, her slender jade hands rapidly forming seals.

"Ennobling Art, Spring Rain Art."

Qin Yi waved her jade hand, and it transformed into a continuous spring rain that fell on Qin Ying's body. This spring rain clearly possessed an extremely strong healing effect, rapidly restoring some of Qin Ying's injuries.

Qin Ying's deathly pale complexion improved slightly, but he still coughed violently, giving Qin Yi a bitter smile.

"Cousin Qin Yi, you may need to make some preparations," Qin Ying said in a low voice.

Qin Yi was silent. She naturally understood what preparations Qin Ying was referring to: he was telling her to start thinking about a retreat.

Qin Yi's beautiful eyes glanced toward the demon fog spreading in the distance—the direction Li Luo had left. It had been so long, yet no movement had come from there. She didn't know whether he could really draw out that "Lantern Bearer."

Or perhaps... he actually took the chance to run?

This thought flashed through Qin Yi's mind, and her gaze shifted to another patch of rubble, where a graceful figure holding a jade bamboo staff was walking out slowly.

It was that Li Li Lingjing.

Qin Yi swept a glance at Li Li Lingjing and found that the latter was actually the least injured of the three. Her flesh had not been dissolved; only her clothes were somewhat torn, revealing Bai Xi skin.

But from Li Li Lingjing's equally somewhat pale pretty face, one could still tell she had also suffered some injuries.

Qin Yi's gaze shifted. This Li Li Lingjing always gave her a somewhat mysterious and eerie feeling. Earlier, before Li Luo decided to go out and find that "Lantern Bearer," he had also had an extremely brief contact with Li Li Lingjing. Perhaps this was a hint given by the latter.

Then, could Li Li Lingjing have some means to keep Li Luo from being eroded by the demon fog?

While Qin Yi was thinking these things in her heart, Li Li Lingjing also sensed her somewhat scrutinizing gaze. However, Li Li Lingjing's expression did not change at all, still like a pool of dead water, without a ripple.

Li Li Lingjing raised her eyes to look at the "Eroding Spirit True Demon" ravaging in mid-air. After the successive great battles earlier, their side had suffered considerable losses, and the "Eroding Spirit True Demon's" momentum had also weakened somewhat. After all, it still had to constantly deal with the rule-suppression from the Spiritual Phase Cave Heaven.

"Cousin Li Luo should have already gotten out, right?" Li Li Lingjing murmured to herself.

Then her gaze swept over the many figures present, with no emotion flowing in her eyes.

"So many people. The Eroding Spirit True Demon will get a good meal. That Qin Yi is also an excellent ingredient. The Eroding Spirit True Demon probably won't let her go, which is actually a good thing. Cousin Li Luo has a grudge with her. If she could just die here directly, it would save some trouble."

"But this woman seems very clever. I don't know if she's prepared some means of escape. Her status is not low, so it's not impossible. Perhaps, when the chaos comes, I can seize the chance to directly assassinate her. She probably isn't guarding against me deeply right now."

"The Eroding Spirit True Demon should want to eat me in the end too, right? From what it said before, I'm variant No. 3 and it's No. 2. Then is there also a No. 1?"

"As expected, the Eroding Spirit True Demon is not a simple aberration, but a special artificial existence."

"But being eaten doesn't really matter. I've already prepared for this. After all... when it comes to being eaten, I do have quite a bit of experience."

Li Li Lingjing's slender five fingers tightly gripped the Jade Bamboo Green Snake Staff. The corner of her lips lifted slightly, and that hint of a smile on her fair and pretty cheeks seemed to carry a rather eerie aura.

And at this moment, the Eroding Spirit True Demon in mid-air slowly swept its gaze downward, locking onto the people present. It let out a piercing shriek, the shriek like a baby's wail.

Under this eerie sound, everyone's face turned deathly pale. The top combat forces had all been gravely wounded, so it was clear that the Corrosive Spirit True Demon was about to begin its wanton slaughter.

Some, gripped by terror, tried to flee frantically, no longer caring about the demonic fog, and charged straight into it.

But before they had run a few steps, the demonic fog surged forth and directly corroded their protective phase force. Their footsteps gradually grew stiff, their pupils began to turn pitch-black, and within their eyeballs, eerie worms seemed to be wriggling.

Then, in the next instant, their bodies twisted directly, they crawled onto the ground, and slowly crawled back.

This scene made people even more desperate.

In mid-air, the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's eerie gaze swept slowly, and finally suddenly locked onto Li Li Lingjing's body—after all, she was its primary target.

The Corrosive Spirit True Demon extended its massive arm, and from the eerie fangs-and-sharp-mouth in its palm, a blood-red bone spike suddenly shot out. The bone spike was ferocious, covered in dense, sharp spikes.

Whoosh!

The blood-red bone spike was extremely fast, piercing through the void in a flash.

Li Li Lingjing didn't even have a chance to dodge. In the next instant, under countless horrified gazes, her body was directly pierced through by the bone spike, which was several dozen zhang long.

Ding!

The bone spike stabbed into the ground.

Yet even with such a grievous wound, Li Li Lingjing's fair and pretty face still showed no trace of pain; she merely stared coldly at the Corrosive Spirit True Demon.

Hiss, hiss.

The Corrosive Spirit True Demon let out a piercing laugh. It raised the blood-red bone spike, lifting Li Li Lingjing's slender body high, then the sharp mouth in its palm pulsed, rapidly retracting the bone spike.

And Li Li Lingjing was also sucked over, rapidly approaching the giant mouth in the palm.

The giant mouth chewed frantically, dripping with foul-smelling blood, seemingly desperate for the feast that was about to arrive.

Seeing this scene, the crowd also gave rise to a despairing sorrow.

However, just as the blood-red bone spike was only a dozen or so zhang away from the fangs-and-sharp-mouth, the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's body suddenly stiffened, because at this moment, it sensed a fatal crisis suddenly surging forth.

"You bastard, put Cousin Li Lingjing down!"

At that very same moment, a sharp shout, like thunder, rang out across the heavens and earth.

Hearing this familiar shout, Li Li Lingjing—whose face had remained impassive even with her body pierced—suddenly changed expression. She hurriedly turned her head, looked toward the not-far distance, and then saw a tall, young figure standing atop a great hall.

Who else could that be but Li Luo?!

Li Li Lingjing stared at Li Luo, who had suddenly appeared, and was instantly both angry and anxious. Didn't she tell this guy to escape the demonic fog? Why did he run back again!

However, amid her anxious anger, complex emotions welled up from deep within her heart.

Li Luo—was he unwilling to abandon her to suffer here, and had come back to protect her?

"Cousin Li Lingjing, don't worry, I've come to save you!"

Li Luo let out a long howl, then abruptly drew the "Heavenly Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow" in his hand to the full. At the same time, he flicked his fingertip, and a gilded fire talisman leapt out, landing on the bowstring.

In the next instant, golden flames blazed fiercely, forming a gilded flame arrow on the bowstring.

The moment the gilded flame arrow took shape, everyone present felt a terrifying wave erupt across the heavens and earth.

The intensity of that wave was such that even Qin Ying, Zhu Zhu, and the others' faces changed drastically.

They stared at Li Luo's figure in disbelief, truly unable to believe that he, a mere Extreme Sha realm cultivator, could unleash such a terrifying arrow.

And Qin Yi's delicate body also trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes gazing at Li Luo.

This guy—he actually succeeded?