Chapter 976: Rescue

King of All Phases, Chapter 982: Rescue. Woo!

A strange, ear-piercing laughter echoed above the main hall. The Spirit-Eroding True Demon extended its massive palm, its fangs and maw dripping with blood as it chewed incessantly, emitting a grating sound.

The next instant, the mouth in its palm opened, spitting out three bone-white beads. The beads were ghastly pale, appearing as if fashioned from human bone, and were stained with foul-smelling blood.

Upon the beads, a constantly rotating eyeball emerged, covered in hideous bloodshot veins, looking extremely terrifying.

Swish!

As soon as the three pale bone beads appeared, they transformed into streaks of light, shooting directly toward Li Lingjing, Qin Ying, and Zhu Zhu.

Watching the incoming bone beads, all three of them changed color, for they sensed an incredibly terrifying fluctuation emanating from them.

Qin Ying let out a sharp cry, and a crimson armor suddenly manifested on his body. Engraved upon the armor appeared to be a red tortoise light pattern, and on the tortoise shell, a purple vertical eye mark was visible.

This armor was called the "Red Tortoise Profound Armor," a Purple Eye-tier defensive treasure. Clearly, facing the Spirit-Eroding True Demon's terrifying attack, Qin Ying dared not hold back any longer and brought out his life-saving item.

Zhu Zhu quickly formed seals with her hands, and a jade-green light bead rose from her crown, emitting a circle of green light that shielded her within.

Li Lingjing did not possess any defensive Purple Eye-tier treasures, but the "Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff" in her hand could be used to attack in place of defense.

With a thought, the massive profound snake light shadow behind her transformed into a dark, ghostly radiance that whistled downward, pouring entirely into the "Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff."

Then, the "Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff" left her hand, soared into the air, and erupted with brilliant green light.

The next instant, the "Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff" vanished, transforming directly into a green python hundreds of feet long. The python let out a deafening hiss, its tail coiling to wrap Li Lingjing’s figure within it.

Even as these three struggled to defend themselves, the other experts at the Five-Star or Six-Star Heavenly Pearl stage were filled with terror, retreating frantically.

The three pale bone beads arrived, breaking through the air, and finally exploded with a roar.

A pale white light was released. In that instant, an endless, chilling wind blew, accompanied by countless shrill shrieks that made one’s head ache just from hearing them, causing endless negative emotions to surge within.

The pale energy whistled past, submerging everything in its path.

Li Lingjing, Qin Ying, and Zhu Zhu bore the brunt of the attack; their various defenses collapsed one after another, and finally, the three were sent flying in a sorry state, crashing heavily into the palace buildings below.

If the three strongest were in such a sorry state, the others were even more miserable. Some who were hit directly by the pale light, even those at the Five-Star Heavenly Pearl stage, had their flesh and blood dissolved in an instant, turning into skeletons that fell from the sky and shattered into countless crystalline fragments.

Those below, who were fighting against the many contaminated ones, saw this and were filled with horror, an undisguised look of fear emerging in their eyes.

Even someone as calm as Qin Yi frowned deeply at this moment.

"We're done for," Zhu Dayu said, his fat trembling as he wore a bitter expression.

He then rushed toward where Zhu Zhu had fallen. Before he could even dig her out, he saw a blood-covered hand reach out from beneath the ruins, and then a sturdy figure crawled out, trembling.

That figure was naturally Zhu Zhu, though she was now covered in blood and in a miserable state, with the flesh on her arms mostly dissolved, revealing ghastly white bone.

She slumped on the ground, gasping for air, blood dripping from the corners of her mouth.

However, at this moment, she was continuously pulling meat from her spatial sphere, stuffing it into her mouth and devouring it ravenously.

As she consumed large amounts of food, the flesh on her body began to squirm, and with the granulation of new flesh, it began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Dayu, things have gone south today. If the situation gets worse, find a way to save your own life," Zhu Zhu said indistinctly while devouring the food, glancing at the worried Zhu Dayu beside her.

Zhu Dayu gave a bitter smile and comforted her, "Sister Zhu, don't be so discouraged. Li Luo went out to find that 'Lamp-Bearer' just now; perhaps he can find a way to break this deadlock."

"Li Luo? That kid at the Extreme Evil stage?" Zhu Zhu glanced at him and said, "I think that kid is quite shrewd; maybe he found a way to shield himself from the magic mist and took the opportunity to run away."

Zhu Dayu scratched his head and said, "Li Luo seems quite righteous; he shouldn't just run away like that."

"Who knows." Zhu Zhu clearly did not pin her hopes on an outsider. In the current situation, even they couldn't hold on; a Li Luo, even if he was the Dragon Head of the Li Tianwang lineage for this generation, didn't amount to much.

Bang!

Not far away, another figure crawled out of the ruins—it was Qin Ying. His crimson armor was mostly shattered, and his face was covered in blood.

Qin Yi’s graceful figure flashed over, her slender jade hands quickly forming seals.

"Marquis-level Art, Spring Rain Formula."

Qin Yi waved her jade hands, and it transformed into a continuous spring rain that fell upon Qin Ying’s body. These spring rains clearly possessed powerful healing effects, quickly restoring some of Qin Ying’s injuries.

Qin Ying’s pale complexion looked slightly better, but he was still coughing violently, offering a bitter smile to Qin Yi.

"Cousin Qin Yi, you might 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—it was telling her to start thinking about an escape route.

Qin Yi’s beautiful eyes looked toward the distant, mist-filled magic fog—the direction Li Luo had left in. So much time had passed, and there was no movement; she didn't know if he could truly draw out that "Lamp-Bearer."

Or perhaps... he had actually taken the chance to run away?

This thought flashed through Qin Yi’s mind, and her gaze turned to another ruin, where a graceful figure was walking out slowly, holding a green bamboo staff.

It was Li Lingjing.

Qin Yi glanced at Li Lingjing and found that she was the least injured of the three. Her flesh had not been dissolved; only her clothes were somewhat tattered, revealing her fair skin.

However, from Li Lingjing’s equally pale, pretty face, one could tell that she had also been injured.

Qin Yi’s gaze shifted. This Li Lingjing always gave her a somewhat mysterious and eerie feeling. Before Li Luo decided to go out to find the "Lamp-Bearer," he had had a very brief contact with Li Lingjing; perhaps this was a signal given by the latter.

Could it be that Li Lingjing had some means to protect Li Luo from the erosion of the magic mist?

While Qin Yi was thinking these things, Li Lingjing noticed her scrutinizing gaze, but Li Lingjing’s expression did not change at all, remaining as still as a stagnant pool.

Li Lingjing raised her eyes to look at the "Spirit-Eroding True Demon" rampaging in mid-air. After the previous series of battles, their side had suffered significant damage, and the "Spirit-Eroding True Demon's" momentum had also weakened; after all, it still had to constantly deal with the rule suppression from the Spirit Phase Grotto-Heaven.

"Cousin Li Luo should have run out by now, right?" Li Lingjing whispered to herself in her heart.

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

"With so many people, the Spirit-Eroding True Demon can have a full meal. That Qin Yi is also an excellent ingredient; I imagine the Spirit-Eroding True Demon won't let her go. That's a good thing. Cousin Li Luo has a grudge against her; if she can die here directly, it will save some trouble."

"However, this woman seems very smart. I don't know if she has prepared any escape methods. Her status is not low; it's not impossible. Perhaps I can find an opportunity in the chaos later to kill her directly; she shouldn't have much defense against me right now."

"The Spirit-Eroding True Demon probably wants to eat me in the end too. Based on what it said before, I am 'Number Three' and it is 'Number Two,' so could there be a 'Number One'?"

"Sure enough, the Spirit-Eroding True Demon is not a simple Otherkind, but a special man-made existence."

"But it doesn't matter if I get eaten. I've already prepared for that. After all... I have quite a bit of experience in being eaten."

Li Lingjing gripped the Green Bamboo Green Snake Staff tightly with her slender fingers. She curled her lips slightly, and that smile on her fair, pretty face appeared somewhat sinister.

At this moment, the Spirit-Eroding True Demon in mid-air slowly swept its gaze down, locking onto the people present. It let out a piercing shriek, the sound like a crying infant.

Under this strange sound, everyone turned pale. Now that the top combatants were all severely injured, it was clear that the Spirit-Eroding True Demon was about to begin its wanton slaughter.

Some, in their fear, tried to flee frantically, ignoring the existence of the magic mist, and turned to rush into it.

But they didn't get far before the magic mist swirled over, directly eroding their protective phase power. Their footsteps gradually became stiff, their pupils turned pitch-black, and it seemed as if strange insects were squirming within their eyeballs.

Thus, in the next moment, they twisted their bodies, crawled onto the ground, and slowly crawled back.

This scene made people feel even more desperate.

In mid-air, the Spirit-Eroding True Demon’s strange gaze slowly swept around, finally locking onto Li Lingjing; after all, she was its primary target.

The Spirit-Eroding True Demon extended its giant arm, and from the strange fangs and maw in its palm, a blood-red bone thorn suddenly shot out—a hideous thorn covered in sharp spikes.

Swish!

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

Li Lingjing didn't even have a chance to dodge. The next instant, amidst the many horrified gazes, her body was pierced through by the tens-of-feet-long bone thorn.

Clang!

The bone thorn pierced into the ground.

Yet, even though Li Lingjing was severely injured, no look of pain appeared on her fair, pretty face; she only stared coldly at the Spirit-Eroding True Demon.

Hiss, hiss.

The Spirit-Eroding True Demon let out a grating laugh. It lifted the blood-red bone thorn, raising Li Lingjing’s thin body high, and then the maw in its palm spat and inhaled, quickly retracting the bone thorn.

Li Lingjing was also sucked toward it, rapidly approaching the giant mouth in its palm.

The giant mouth chewed frantically, dripping with foul-smelling blood, seemingly extremely eager for the incoming delicacy.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt a desperate sorrow.

However, just as the blood-red bone thorn was only a dozen feet away from the fangs and maw, the Spirit-Eroding True Demon’s body suddenly stiffened, for at this moment, it sensed a fatal crisis suddenly emerge.

"You dog, let go of Cousin Lingjing!"

At this very same time, a sharp shout resounded through the world like a thunderclap.

Hearing this familiar shout, Li Lingjing, who had remained indifferent even when her body was pierced, suddenly changed color. She hurriedly turned her head to look not far away, and then she saw a tall, young figure standing on top of a palace hall.

Who else could it be but Li Luo?!

Li Lingjing looked at the suddenly appearing Li Luo, feeling both angry and anxious. Didn't she tell this guy to escape the magic mist? Why did he run back!

However, beyond her anger, complex emotions surged deep in her heart.

Was Li Luo unwilling to abandon her to suffer here, and had he returned to protect her?

"Cousin Lingjing, don't worry, I'm here to save you!"

Li Luo let out a long roar, then suddenly pulled his "Heavenly Dragon Sun-Chasing Bow" to its full draw. At the same time, he flicked his fingertip, and a gilded fire talisman leaped out, landing on the bowstring.

The next instant, golden flames burned fiercely, forming a gilded flame arrow on the bowstring.

The moment the gilded flame arrow took shape, everyone present felt a terrifying fluctuation erupt between heaven and earth.

That fluctuation was so strong that even Qin Ying, Zhu Zhu, and the others suddenly changed color.

They stared at Li Luo’s figure in disbelief, unable to believe that he, a mere Extreme Evil stage cultivator, could unleash such a terrifying arrow.

And Qin Yi’s graceful body trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Li Luo.

This guy... did he actually succeed?