Chapter 975: Activating the Lamp-Bearer

King of All Phases Chapter 981: Activating the Lamp-Bearer. Li Luo’s gaze was fixed intently on the "Lamp-Bearer" ahead. The latter maintained a slow pace, moving forward through the dilapidated corridor. The illusory figure seemed not to truly exist, and in its hand, an ancient bronze lamp swayed slightly; the flame within had long since extinguished, as if having endured the passage of ages.

Li Luo took a deep breath. Without too much hesitation, he forcibly endured the warning signals of stinging pain from his physical body, then cautiously approached.

Very quickly, he was standing beside the "Lamp-Bearer."

Viewing it up close now, Li Luo discovered that the "Lamp-Bearer’s" face was somewhat blurred, though judging by the physique, it appeared to be a tall, upright man.

Li Luo gritted his teeth and reached out his palm, attempting to touch the "Lamp-Bearer."

But as expected, his palm passed right through the "Lamp-Bearer," and the latter showed no movement at all, still maintaining the posture of walking slowly, showing no reaction to Li Luo’s intrusion.

Li Luo withdrew his palm; it seemed that ordinary methods truly could not activate this "Lamp-Bearer."

His gaze turned toward the mottled, ancient bronze lamp in the "Lamp-Bearer’s" hand.

"The lamp is out... the lamp is out..." A vague, murmuring sound faintly emerged from the Lamp-Bearer’s mouth. The voice seemed to travel from ancient times, giving one a sense of vicissitudes.

"Brother Lamp-Bearer, don't be anxious. This little brother will light it for you; I only hope you can give me some kind of reaction."

Li Luo pressed his hands together in a prayer-like gesture, then extended his palm, circulating the "Small Formless Divine Forging Art." A cluster of transparent "Small Formless Fire" immediately appeared in his palm.

And at the very moment Li Luo condensed the "Small Formless Fire," he felt—perhaps it was an illusion—that the illusory figure of the Lamp-Bearer before him seemed to ripple.

"Is there a chance?!"

Li Luo’s spirits lifted. He flicked his finger, and the Small Formless Fire drifted out, landing precisely toward the ancient bronze lamp.

He watched the trajectory of the falling flame, his eyes wide open, not daring to blink even once.

Under Li Luo’s near-breathless gaze, the Small Formless Fire drifted into the ancient bronze lamp. Then, a scene that made Li Luo’s heart race wildly occurred: the flame did not pass through it, but instead hovered steadily within the ancient bronze lamp. The next instant, the wick inside went *pop* and was actually lit!

A faint flame rose slowly from within the ancient bronze lamp.

When the ancient bronze lamp was lit, the Lamp-Bearer’s aimless footsteps finally came to a halt at this moment.

Li Luo looked at the Lamp-Bearer with immense excitement. In the latter’s hollow eyes, a subtle ripple seemed to emerge at this moment, though that ripple still appeared extremely muddled.

But it was ultimately much better than the previous state of being like a phantom.

Li Luo could even feel the Lamp-Bearer’s muddled gaze slowly turning toward him with extreme sluggishness.

"...Who... are... you..."

"...Cultivated... Small... Formless Fire... yet failed to fuse fire into phase..."

"...Stu... stupid... dull."

Li Luo was stunned, piecing these intermittent words together in his mind.

Who are you? Cultivated Small Formless Fire, yet failed to fuse fire into phase, stupid and dull?

Li Luo’s face darkened. This senior, back in the Formless Sacred Sect, must have had the personality of a strict teacher, right? This remnant spirit, as broken as it could possibly be, was actually scolding him for being dull in its very first sentence?

However, what on earth was "fusing fire into phase"? No one had ever taught him that!

Li Luo felt aggrieved, but the current matter was urgent, so he said cautiously, "Senior, an Other has invaded my Formless Sacred Sect. I ask that you step forward to destroy the demon!"

And just as Li Luo’s words fell, he discovered that the "Lamp-Bearer’s" illusory figure began to ripple violently, and at the same time, a flash of fury and resentment seemed to appear in those muddled eyes.