Chapter 975: One Arrow to Annihilate the Demon

When Li Luo drew back the bowstring and transformed the "Gilded Sacred Fire Talisman" into a flaming arrow, he also began to understand why the "Lamp Bearer" had said that using this fire talisman would bring immense suffering upon himself.

Because the raging sacred fire spread directly from the bowstring, and in just a few breaths, it formed a massive ball of fire that engulfed Li Luo along with it.

That sacred fire flowing with Jin Guang showed Li Luo no mercy whatsoever; the flames seared his body, immediately bringing him intense agony.

Li Luo's face twisted grotesquely at this moment, and even the hand gripping the bowstring was trembling.

If not for his inherently resilient temperament, he would likely have been unable to resist throwing the great bow in his hands away.

Hiss.

Li Luo drew deep breaths of the now scorching air, as the golden sacred fire seeped into his body through every pore, bringing searing pain.

"Nine Scale Heavenly Dragon Battle Body!"

"Thunder Roar Body!"

Li Luo immediately and without hesitation deployed both of his techniques capable of enhancing physical resilience at this moment, using them to alleviate the searing pain brought by the golden sacred fire.

"Eh?"

However, as the golden flames continued to wreak havoc within his body, Li Luo suddenly made a somewhat shocked discovery: the Sha Gang he had condensed was actually beginning to show some growth at this moment.

Originally, his Sha Gang had already been cultivated to around seventy zhang, but now with the golden flames surging in and tempering it briefly, in just a short while, the Sha Gang had grown by about one zhang.

"So this is the benefit the Lamp Bearer mentioned earlier? This Gilded Sacred Fire can actually temper the Sha Gang within the body?" Li Luo's heart trembled slightly, and a surge of joy welled up within him.

With this, enduring this suffering was indeed worthwhile.

While Li Luo was thinking these thoughts, his gaze remained locked dead on the Corrosive Spirit True Demon in the distant sky. All the power within his body erupted completely at this moment, and the bowstring, amid creaking sounds, was drawn back like a full moon.

The golden flaming arrow flowing atop the bowstring was like a golden fire dragon, releasing an extremely terrifying fluctuation.

Li Luo's palms had already been burned to torn flesh at this moment, nearly ruined.

The increasingly surging golden flames madly drilled into Li Luo's body.

In this instant, the demonic mist pervading the world seemed to receive intense stimulation and began to contract.

Roar!

The Corrosive Spirit True Demon let out even more piercing shrieks. It clearly sensed a fatal crisis, and immediately could not care less about devouring Li Li Lingjing. From the fanged maw in the palm of its giant hand, it now spewed blood-light, and within the blood-light, one after another, grotesque human faces drilled out. These human faces continuously overlapped, like layers of human-skin paper.

Ultimately, an extremely twisted and bizarre giant pale human face appeared in the void. Blood continuously flowed from its orifices, like a shield of human skin, with endless coldness and negative emotions pervading it.

All gazes present converged upon Li Luo, who stood atop the great hall in the distance, drawing his bow to shoot, his entire body wrapped in golden flames.

Through the flames, their gazes could see Li Luo's completely charred skin, and they immediately understood that while Li Luo was unleashing this terrifying arrow, he himself was also suffering backlash.

Li Luo's eyes showed no ripple. He stared at the "Corrosive Spirit True Demon" in the distant sky, and his scorched-black fingers released the bowstring without the slightest hesitation.

The terrifying power was unleashed at this moment, and the flesh on Li Luo's two fingers instantly shattered, exposing ghastly white bone.

But with the release of the bowstring, the bound "Golden Flaming Arrow" blasted apart the void in an instant. Layers of cloud-bursts formed behind it, and the golden firelight was like a Golden Crow streaking across the sky. As the golden light poured down, it swiftly incinerated the pervading demonic mist, turning it into nothingness.

The Golden Flaming Arrow's speed was extremely fast. Even those present as powerful as Qin Ying and the others could only see a streak of golden light sweep across the sky.

When they came back to their senses again, the arrow, pervaded with raging golden flames and resembling a golden fire dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, had already fiercely shot into the human-skin face flowing with fresh blood.

Boom!

In that instant, golden flames swept forth, and the entire horizon seemed to be ignited.

The human-skin face let out a shrill scream and was directly incinerated at a terrifying speed. Then the Golden Flaming Arrow pierced through it, shooting toward the "Corrosive Spirit True Demon" located behind.

The Corrosive Spirit True Demon's shrieks rang out continuously. Its giant hand slapped out, transforming into countless shadows of black, seemingly trying to block the flaming arrow.

Bang!

But the arrow flowing with golden flames, with an unstoppable momentum, easily tore through all of the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's defenses, and ultimately, amid numerous shocked gazes, shot into the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's true body.

Boom boom!

In that instant, the golden flames erupted within the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's true body like a volcano. Golden flames swept out from the orifices all over its body, and its form began to rapidly melt at this moment.

Piercing wails rang out continuously.

A moment later, the Corrosive Spirit True Demon's massive body was burned clean by the golden flames.

Everyone stared blankly at this scene. The Corrosive Spirit True Demon, which had been running rampant and showing its ferocity earlier, had actually been eradicated just like that?

Li Luo's arrow was actually terrifying to such an extent!

As the Corrosive Spirit True Demon was incinerated, the pervading demonic mist also began to rapidly fade at this moment, and those Polluters, as if losing control, scurried about in all directions.

However, this chaotic scene, in the eyes of those present, represented the appearance of hope for survival.

Everyone was ecstatic; no one had expected that in such a desperate situation, such a turning point could still arrive.

And amid the crowd's cheers, Li Luo atop the great hall powerlessly let his arms hang down. At this moment, he was in an extremely sorry state, his entire body a charred-black mess—the backlash of the golden flames.

The inside of his body was also tossed into complete chaos, and for a time, even his phase force was difficult to mobilize.

Thus, as his body swayed unsteadily, he fell directly from atop the great hall.

However, just as he was about to hit the ground, a slender figure darted over swiftly, caught him, and landed steadily.

Li Luo looked at Li Li Lingjing's somewhat pale pretty face before him, smiled, and said: "Cousin Li Lingjing, are you alright?"

Li Li Lingjing's clothes were also covered in bloodstains at this moment, looking somewhat disheveled, but on her fair and pretty cheeks, a bright and beautiful smile appeared.

"I'm fine." She shook her head slightly.

"You shouldn't have come back to take this risk." Then she added.

Li Luo let out a powerless sigh and said: "Abandoning companions is not my style."

Li Li Lingjing fell silent for a moment, extended her slender jade-like hand, and wiped the charred blackness from Li Luo's face. Looking at his face, which even in its disheveled state still appeared handsome, she chuckled softly: "Alright then, thank you."

"Now you should rest for a bit." At this moment, Li Luo's condition seemed even more severe than hers.

Li Luo nodded, closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, circulating his phase force to treat the messy situation within his body.

And at this moment, not far away, Qin Yi and Qin Ying also approached. Their gazes fixed upon Li Luo, who was gravely wounded and powerless.

"Hehe, Fairy Qin, you're not planning to do something to Li Luo now, are you?" Suddenly, a plump figure flashed out, blocking the way ahead.

It was Zhu Zhu Dayu.

His gaze at Qin Yi carried some wariness, after all he also knew of the grievances between Qin Yi and Li Luo. At this moment both Li Luo and Li Li Lingjing were seriously injured, making it the perfect opportunity to strike.

The previous joint action was because of the existence of that powerful enemy, the Erosion Spirit True Demon. Now that the powerful enemy had been eliminated, all kinds of grievances naturally came out.

Qin Ying frowned as he looked at Zhu Zhu Dayu and said, "What business is it of yours?"

"Hey, Qin Ying, have your consciences been eaten by dogs? Li Luo at least saved us. If you make a move now, you'd be utterly inhuman." Zhu Zhu's figure appeared beside Zhu Zhu Dayu, coldly sneering.

Some of the other people present also nodded in agreement.

Qin Yi said softly, "The two of you have misunderstood. I only see that Li Luo's injuries are serious; perhaps I could help heal him and provide some relief."

Zhu Zhu Dayu said with a smile, "Miss Qin's kindness is appreciated. I suppose this rough fellow here was overthinking it, but to avoid trouble, let's just forget it."

"You!" Qin Ying glared furiously.

Qin Yi fell briefly silent, but did not get angry, because she knew Zhu Zhu Dayu was being wary of her. So she did not insist further, and simply turned and headed toward the distance.

The teams of other factions and the scattered cultivators also drew closer at this moment, cupping their fists in a salute to Li Luo and Li Li Lingjing, exchanging some polite and grateful words before departing one after another.

Judging by their panicked appearance, they had clearly been frightened and did not dare to linger here any longer.

Li Li Lingjing, on the other hand, thanked Zhu Zhu Dayu and Zhu Zhu, then her eyes flickered as she said, "Could I trouble the two of you to watch over Li Luo for me first?"

Zhu Zhu Dayu asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

Li Li Lingjing said with a smile, "While it's still chaotic, I'll go gather a bit more Spirit Phase Golden Dew."

Zhu Zhu Dayu scratched his head, then thumped his chest and agreed.

Li Li Lingjing thanked them once more, then her figure shot out swiftly. At the same time, her fair, pretty face also turned icy cold at this moment.

Because others might not have sensed it — they only thought the Erosion Spirit True Demon had been slain by Li Luo.

But she could sense that the Erosion Spirit True Demon had only been gravely wounded, and was now attempting to flee.

And Li Li Lingjing had no intention of letting it escape just like that.