Chapter 977: An Arrow to Extinguish the Demon

As Li Luo pulled back the bowstring and transformed the "Gilded Holy Fire Talisman" into a flaming arrow, he also began to understand why the "Lamp-Bearer" had previously said that using this fire talisman would cause him to suffer immense pain.

For the raging holy fire spread directly from the bowstring, and within a few short breaths, it formed a massive fireball that engulfed Li Luo as well.

The holy fire, swirling with golden light, showed Li Luo no mercy; the flames scorched his body, instantly bringing him intense agony.

Li Luo’s face twisted at this moment, and the palm gripping the bowstring trembled.

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

Hiss.

Li Luo took a deep breath of the air that had turned scorching hot, as the golden holy fire drilled into his body through every pore, bringing searing pain.

"Nine-Scale Heavenly Dragon Battle Body!"

"Thunderclap Body!"

Li Luo, without hesitation, unleashed both of his methods for amplifying physical strength at this moment, using them to alleviate the burning pain brought by the golden holy fire.

"Eh?"

However, as the golden flames continued to ravage his body, Li Luo was suddenly shocked to discover that the resonant energy he had condensed had actually begun to show some growth.

Originally, his resonant energy had been cultivated to about seventy feet, but now that the golden flames had surged in and calcined it slightly, in just a short moment, the resonant energy had grown by about a foot.

"Is this the benefit the Lamp-Bearer mentioned earlier? This Gilded Holy Fire can actually calcine the resonant energy within the body?" Li Luo felt a slight shock internally, which was quickly replaced by a sense of joy.

In that case, enduring this pain was worth it.

While Li Luo was thinking these things, his gaze remained locked firmly on the Spirit-Eroding True Demon in the mid-air in the distance; all the power within his body erupted at this moment, and the bowstring, amidst creaking sounds, was pulled back like a full moon.

The golden flame arrow flowing on the bowstring was like a golden fire dragon, releasing extremely terrifying fluctuations.

Li Luo’s palms were already scorched to the point of being torn and mangled, nearly ruined.

The increasingly surging golden flames crazily drilled into Li Luo’s body.

In this instant, the demonic mist permeating the heavens and earth seemed to have been fiercely stimulated, and it began to contract.

Roar!

The Spirit-Eroding True Demon let out an ear-piercing shriek; it clearly sensed a fatal crisis and immediately disregarded devouring Li Lingjing. From the fanged mouth in the center of its giant palm, it spewed out blood-colored light, and from within that blood-colored light, one after another, hideous human faces crawled out. These human faces continuously overlapped, like layers of human-skin paper.

Finally, a huge, pale human face that appeared extremely twisted and strange appeared in the void, with fresh blood constantly flowing from its orifices, resembling a shield made of human skin, permeated with endless coldness and negative emotions.

All eyes present were gathered on Li Luo, who stood atop the great hall in the distance, drawing his bow and shooting, his entire body wrapped in golden flames.

Their gazes pierced through the flames, and they could see Li Luo’s skin, which was scorched all over; they immediately understood that while Li Luo was unleashing this terrifying arrow, he was also suffering from the backlash.

Li Luo’s eyes were ripple-less as he stared at the "Spirit-Eroding True Demon" in the mid-air in the distance, and his charred fingers released the bowstring without hesitation.

Terrifying power was released at this moment, and the flesh on Li Luo’s two fingers instantly shattered, revealing gleaming white bone.

But as the bowstring was released, the restrained "golden flame arrow" blasted through the void in that instant, layers of cloud explosions formed behind it, and the golden firelight streaked across the sky like a Golden Crow. As the golden light poured down, it rapidly incinerated the pervasive demonic mist, turning it into nothingness.

The golden flame arrow was extremely fast; even those as strong as Qin Ying and the others present could only see a streak of golden light flash across the sky.

By the time they regained their senses, the arrow, which was filled with raging golden flames and resembled a baring-fanged, claw-wielding golden fire dragon, had already slammed fiercely into the blood-dripping human-skin face.

Whoosh!

In that instant, the golden flames swept out, and the entire sky seemed to have been ignited.

The human-skin face let out a shrill, miserable scream and was incinerated to nothing at an astonishing speed, after which the golden flame arrow pierced through it and shot toward the "Spirit-Eroding True Demon" located behind.

The Spirit-Eroding True Demon’s shrieks rang out incessantly, and its giant palm swiped out, turning into countless black shadows, seemingly attempting to intercept the flame arrow.

Bang!

But the arrow flowing with golden flames tore through all the Spirit-Eroding True Demon’s defenses with an unstoppable force, and finally, amidst many shocked gazes, it shot into the main body of the Spirit-Eroding True Demon.

Boom boom!

In that instant, the golden flames erupted within the main body of the Spirit-Eroding True Demon like a volcano, golden flames swept out from its orifices, and its body began to melt rapidly at this moment.

Miserable, shrill wails rang out continuously.

A moment later, the massive body of the Spirit-Eroding True Demon was incinerated clean by the golden flames.

Everyone stared blankly at this scene; the Spirit-Eroding True Demon that had been wreaking havoc just a moment ago had actually been purged just like that?

Li Luo’s arrow was actually this terrifying!

Following the incineration of the Spirit-Eroding True Demon, the pervasive demonic mist also began to fade rapidly at this moment, and those contaminated ones scurried about as if they had lost control.

However, this chaotic scene, in the eyes of those present, represented the emergence of a chance for survival.

Everyone was ecstatic; no one had expected that in this desperate situation, they could actually encounter such a turning point.

And amidst the cheers of the crowd, Li Luo, atop the great hall, weakly lowered his arms; he was in a wretched state, his entire body charred black, the result of the backlash from the golden flames.

Inside his body, things were also in a mess, and for a time, even his resonant power was difficult to mobilize.

Thus, his body swayed, and he fell directly from the great hall.

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

Li Luo looked at the somewhat pale, pretty face of Li Lingjing before him and smiled, saying, "Cousin Lingjing, are you alright?"

Li Lingjing’s clothes were also covered in blood at this moment, and she looked somewhat disheveled, but a bright smile appeared on her fair, pretty cheeks.

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

"You shouldn't have come back to take the risk," she then said.

Li Luo sighed weakly and said, "Abandoning a companion is not my style."

Li Lingjing was slightly silent; she reached out her slender jade hand and wiped the char from Li Luo’s face. Looking at the face of the latter, which still appeared handsome despite being in such a wretched state, she chuckled softly, "Alright, then thank you."

"You should rest for a while now." Li Luo’s condition at this moment seemed even more serious than hers.

Li Luo nodded, closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, and circulated his resonant power to treat the chaotic situation within his body.

And at this moment, not far away, Qin Yi and Qin Ying also approached, their gazes fixed on Li Luo, who was so heavily injured that he was powerless.

"Heh, Fairy Qin, you aren't planning on doing anything to Li Luo right now, are you?" Suddenly, a chubby figure flashed out and blocked the way in front.

It was Zhu Dayu.

His gaze, as he stared at Qin Yi, was somewhat guarded; after all, he knew of the grudges between Qin Yi and Li Luo. At this moment, both Li Luo and Li Lingjing were heavily injured, making it a perfect opportunity to strike.

Previously, the various parties had joined forces because of the existence of the Spirit-Eroding True Demon as a powerful enemy; now that the powerful enemy had been removed, various grudges naturally surfaced.

Qin Ying frowned at Zhu Dayu and said, "What does that have to do with you?"

"Hey, Qin Ying, have your consciences been eaten by dogs? Li Luo saved us, after all. If you make a move now, you’re simply not acting like humans." Zhu Zhu’s figure appeared beside Zhu Dayu and sneered.

Some of the others present also nodded in agreement.

Qin Yi said softly, "You two have misunderstood. I only saw that Li Luo’s injuries are not light, and perhaps I could treat his wounds to provide some relief."

Zhu Dayu chuckled and said, "Fairy Qin’s good intentions are appreciated, and it’s just me, a crude person, overthinking things. However, to avoid trouble, let’s just forget it."

"You!" Qin Ying glared.

Qin Yi was slightly silent; she was not angry, as she knew Zhu Dayu was guarding against her, so she did not insist further and turned around to head toward the distance.

The teams from other forces and the rogue cultivators also approached at this moment, cupped their hands in a salute to Li Luo and Li Lingjing, and after saying some polite and grateful words, they left one after another.

Looking at their panicked appearance, it was clear they had been frightened and dared not stay here any longer.

Li Lingjing thanked Zhu Dayu and Zhu Zhu, then her eyes flickered, and she said, "Could I trouble you two to look after Li Luo for me first?"

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

Li Lingjing smiled and said, "I’m going to take advantage of the current chaos to scavenge some more Spirit Resonance Gold Dew."

Zhu Dayu scratched his head and patted his chest, agreeing to it.

Li Lingjing thanked them again, and then her figure darted out, while her fair, pretty face also turned cold at this moment.

Because while others might not have sensed it, thinking the Spirit-Eroding True Demon had been wiped out by Li Luo,

she could sense that the Spirit-Eroding True Demon had only been heavily injured and was currently planning to escape.

And Li Lingjing did not intend to let it leave just like that.