Chapter 1338: Blood Red Lake
Li Luo and the others made their way towards the Other Dominion, their eyes filled with anticipation and fear towards the rippling void. Behind the void lay a dense veil of corruption where the whispers penetrated from, inciting the deepest, darkest emotions of the group.
In the surroundings, countless figures hurriedly rushed over, directly entering without pause.
The starlight emitted by the Foundational Spirit Treasures had aroused their greed and perhaps they weren't concerned with the dangers. However in order to advance their cultivation, they were willing to trek through mountains made of blades and seas of flames.
On the path of cultivation, if one chose not to fight, they could only retreat in defeat.
"If the situation turns for the worst, we will immediately retreat. A top-grade Foundational Spirit Treasure is precious but it's not worth our lives." Li Luo looked at the rest, his gaze lingered upon Jiang Qing'e as he reminded them.
When faced with his reminder and warning, Jiang Qing'e helplessly glared at him.
The rest nodded their heads.
Then they activated their resonant power and wrapped it around themselves as protection before entering carefully. Once they came into contact with the barrier, their figures vanished.
Upon entering the Other Dominion, the scene before them changed. When things stabilized, they noticed that things were completely different from the outside.
First and foremost was an eyecatching blood red mist which blanketed the sky. A heavy stench of acrid blood emanated from it.
The group had resonant power protecting their bodies which caused the mist which touched them to dissipate. When they looked ahead, they saw numerous figures who were radiating majestic amounts of resonant power.
These figures were divided into both large and small groups. They should have come from the other powers and the rogue cultivators.
When Li Luo's squad arrived, their eyes turned towards these newcomers.
As Li Luo's eyes swept across the other group, he noticed a familiar figure amongst them. She had a waist as slender as a willow branch, a delicate and gorgeous face as well as bright eyes that reminded one of light blue gemstones which flowed with water. It was the Fairy of Water, Qin Yi.
Beside her were the people from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin, specifically, the squad led by the Guardian General Qin Zhenlin of the Nine Tribulations Guardians.
Other than that, the Imperial Beast Hall's Shen Yunge was also beside her as he continuously smiled and chatted with her. From the looks of things, it was as if he didn't care an ounce about the blood mist that wafted around them.
When Li Luo saw Qin Yi's figure, the latter similarly did too as their gazes crossed.
Li Luo graciously smiled back. Although Qin Lian was a lunatic, he did not possess much enmity towards Qin Yi. Although he remained guarded towards her, it wasn't to the point where they had to tear apart all pretenses of civility.
Meanwhile Qin Yi's beautiful expression barely fluctuated, only gently nodding. She similarly held complicated feelings towards Li Luo. If not for the previous generation's enmity, the two could have even been ordinary friends.
At the same time, she greatly respected Li Luo. When she first met him at Dragon Blood Mountain, he was seen as some bumpkin who had just made his first foray out of the desolate outer divine continent. No one would have ever imagined that this supposed serf would completely surpass all of the geniuses who were born in the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent and were endowed with plentiful resources in just a short two year span. He, bluntly said, was the strongest in his generation.
Qin Yi had a lower ninth-grade Water resonance and her talent allowed her to look down upon her peers. Thus she always had a sense of superiority in her heart. Yet this pride was shattered by Li Luo's achievements. She undoubtedly had a much broader heart when compared to Qin Lian and thus did not become jealous because of this. On the contrary, she had always been filled with wonder and admiration towards him. If not for that enmity, she believed she would have been very willing to become friends. It was a pity...
Qin Yi narrowed her eyes slightly when she noticed the outstanding girl beside him. Subtle waves stirred in her lake like eyes that no one else noticed. "Li Foluo, Li Tingyue, these two have actually decided to team up." Guardian General Qin Zhenlin's focus was placed upon the other two Guardian Generals. Furthermore both were upper fourth-grade Dukes.
That said he only frowned and wasn't particularly afraid of them. Their side still had Shen Yunge as a fourth-grade Duke. Combined with the fact he had a spirit beast partner, his battle strength was greater than even his.
That said their appearance meant that the upcoming battles would become even more intense.
With this in mind, Qin Zhenlin then turned towards the front. It turned out that the many squads had gathered in front of a blood red lake.
This blood red lake rippled with sparkling waves and the surface split apart occasionally. One could see numerous beautiful female faces emerging from the lake as they looked coquettishly at the group standing around.
This would in a normal situation be a breathtaking sight to behold.
It was a pity that these beautiful women were just faces that floated in the water, preventing others from appreciating it further.
A woman's faint laughter could be heard and this sound seemed to contain a certain exquisite charm that would beguile someone, causing one to wish to enter the lake and bath with these beauties.
However anyone who was capable of standing there were not blind fools. Instead they guarded their hearts and minds even more tightly, not daring to be tempted.
They all knew that if they were to fall into the depths of this blood red lake, they would suffer from a terrifying end.
At the same time, numerous gazes were directed towards the middle of the lake. They could see that there were four blood red corals. The bodies of which resembled crystals made out of blood and they pulsed with mysterious energy.
All four seemed to be high-grade Foundational Spirit Treasures!
This was also one of the reasons why everyone had gathered here.
At the same time, Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e and the rest had also discovered the four corals in the middle of the lake. They looked at it with astonishment. They had only just entered and already four high-grade Foundational Spirit Treasures could be found.
This was indeed a tempting sight.
In the past, it was only with the aid of Li Hongyou's treasure sniffing abilities that they were able to obtain three high-grade Foundational Spirit Treasures. However, despite only being at the outer perimeter of the Other Dominion, they had already seen four of such treasures. Wouldn't this drive people insane?
If it hadn't been the strange sight of those female beauties floating in the clear lake, the entire area might already have erupted into a brawl and the waters muddied.
Li Luo and Li Foluo glanced at each other. Since there were high-grade treasures, they would naturally have to fight for one too.
That said, just before they were about to advance, Li Foluo, Li Tingyue and Jiang Qing'e's gaze turned deep. Li Foluo took a step forward and stood beside Li Luo, clenching his fist as majestic resonant power rolled off him. He then punched heavily towards the blood mist on his right.
The mist was ripped apart as a tyrannical beam of light shot outwards to clash against Li Foluo's fist manifestation.
Weng!
Berserk resonant power undulations rippled in every direction.
What surprised everyone was that the upper fourth-grade Li Foluo had been at a disadvantage as he was forced a few steps backwards whilst a trail of blood leaked out of his mouth.
Li Tingyue stretched her hand out and stabilized Li Foluo, also being forced back several steps as her gaze turned gloomy.
Li Foluo's expression had also turned serious as he wiped away the trickle of blood coming out of his mouth. He icily stared into the depths of the now scattered blood mist as his voice rang out.
"Zhao Xiuyuan, the strongest Guardian General of this generation's Ten Thousand Beast Armies, is only capable of ambushing others from the dark?"