The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1142

Chapter 1142: Chapter 1139: Dispute Chapter 1142: Chapter 1139: Dispute “`

The Demonic Being, though prostrate on the ground, turned its head back in a sudden twist, its mouth wide open.

A blood-colored long tongue, like a blood spear, shot straight out and struck the Jiuli Devil Armor in an instant.

However, the moment it made contact, the blood-colored tongue seemingly became ethereal, piercing directly through the Devil Armor and Shen Luo's chest, emerging from his back.

Shen Luo suddenly felt his breath tighten, a powerful sense of paralysis spreading through his body.

In front of his chest, a layer of between reality and illusion of bloody Qi emanated from within his Devil Armor, instantly corrupting his clothes and the flesh and blood of his chest.

Shen Luo felt as if the power within his Dantian and Meridians had been frozen, immovable; and as his chest continued to corrode, revealing white bones, he felt no pain whatsoever.

At this moment, he could only watch helplessly as his body fell towards the Demonic Being below, powerless to do anything.

The gaping maw of the Demonic Being seemed to have already prepared for him his final resting place.

“No…”

Shen Luo clenched his teeth hard, refusing to accept his fate, still frantically calling out in his mind.

Just then, a slight reaction finally occurred within his body, bringing Shen Luo instant joy.

But that joy quickly turned into despair.

The response was not Mana, not Magical Treasures, but the Demonic Qi that had already been lying dormant.

The next moment, his eyes began to redden again, and black Demonic Qi started surging out of every pore.

It was the Demonic Qi carrying the aura of Chiyou.

Then, something unexpected happened.

The blood mist, which had been rampaging just a moment before, stopped spreading the instant it sensed the aura of Chiyou's Demonic Qi.

At that moment, if not for the Jiuli Devil Armor blocking in front, one could even see through the gaps in the exposed bone of the breastplate, the heart wrapped in a blood-colored membrane.

“What's going on? The paralysis is gone?”

Without time to ponder, Shen Luo seized control of his body the moment he recovered it, flipped over, and with a swing of the stick, catapulted the Demonic Being into mid-air.

At the same time, the Pure Yang Flying Sword shot from afar, heading straight for the mouth of the Demonic Being.

The Demonic Being quickly flicked its long tongue out toward the approaching Pure Yang Flying Sword.

Just as the tongue was about to touch the Flying Sword, a flash of crimson light appeared on the Sword body, and with a tremor, it suddenly split into two identical Red Flying Swords.

Both Flying Swords were indistinguishable in aura and appearance.

The Demonic Being could not tell which was real and which was false, and its tongue tip split like a snake's fork, winding toward both swords.

To avoid the long tongue, the two Flying Swords changed their trajectory, splitting to the left and right, soaring upwards diagonally.

The Demonic Being's tongue chased after both swords, reaching into the air.

Consequently, the charm patterns hidden below its tongue base were revealed.

“Now's the time!” Shen Luo, upon seeing this, had his gaze immediately sharpen.

A third Pure Yang Flying Sword shot out from hiding, flashed quickly, and aimed at the Demonic Being's mouth.

It was already too late for the Demonic Being to retract its tongue or close its maw.

The Scarlet Sword Light pierced in an instant, hitting the charm patterns beneath its tongue root.

Shen Luo, not caring that he had just exceeded his limit and used the Pure Yang Shadow-splitting Sword to create three sword shadows, shouted again:

“Pure Yang Burning Sword…”

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As the words were spoken, the Pure Yang Flying Sword that had pierced into the Demonic Being's mouth suddenly burst into flames, igniting with the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

A light “crack” sounded.

The charm patterns beneath the tongue of the Demonic Being shattered, and the extended Long Tongue seemed to lose its strength, going limp.

The other two Flying Swords then flew back in reverse, merging with the third Flying Sword.

As the three swords became one, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire in the Demonic Being's mouth exploded in size, engulfing the creature from the inside out, completely submerging it.

Shen Luo staggered back, finally collapsing to the ground.

The Demonic Qi within his body was still raging, and the blood-red color in his eyes spread once more, threatening to cover his entire field of vision. The Demonic Qi that filled his body also started to gather towards his chest.

It attempted to take advantage of the heavy injury to Shen Luo's chest, aiming to invade his heart directly.

Seeing this, Shen Luo steeled his heart, immediately raising his hand to make a move.

The Pure Yang Flying Sword, still ablaze with raging flames, was seized by his hand. He took off the Jiuli Devil Armor, which was not lightly damaged, grabbed the sword body, and pressed it onto his chest.

“Hiss…”

At the blurry area of flesh and blood on Shen Luo's chest, the flame on the sword body burned, and soon a wisp of white smoke rose up.

The Demonic Qi that had gathered around was also immediately dispersed by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

Shen Luo took a breath of relief, immediately sitting cross-legged, guiding the Red Lotus Karmic Fire throughout his body, and then once again urging the Slayer's Broken Sword in his Dantian to suppress the Demonic Qi within.

Inside the stone house of the Martial God Altar.

The people of the Divine Wood Clan looked extremely anxious, all watching the changes within the Circular Formation.

“How is it going?” Wu Man'er asked somewhat anxiously.

“The strong reaction of Demonic Qi that was there just now has disappeared. Could it be that Shen Luo has defeated the Unreal Demon?” Yun Zhongyue said hesitantly.

“It's not that likely. The reaction of Demonic Qi was so intense just now that even the Array was disturbed, indicating there were many Unreal Demons present. How could Shen Luo alone accomplish that?” Yun Zhongting expressed his disbelief.

“But now, the Demonic Qi has clearly receded, shouldn't we try to rescue Big Brother Shen first?” Hearing this, Wu Man'er hastily asked.

“Not yet, the Demonic Qi has indeed dissipated in large amounts, and the previously strong reactions have all disappeared, but after all, it hasn't been completely cleared. It's not safe to recklessly open it without being absolutely sure,” Yun Zhongting refused.

“Master…” Unable to bear it, Wu Man'er turned to her master for help.

“Man'er, the Great Elder is right, let's wait and see a little longer,” Wu Kuihu shook his head slowly.

Jiang Shentian, on the other hand, had been silent, but his eyes were intently fixed straight at the center of the formation when he suddenly exclaimed,

“Look, the Demonic Qi reaction is clearly different from before now.”

Everyone, hearing this, focused their gaze there.

At this moment, in the Green Light Area in the center of the Array, the visible black area had shrunk to just a small black dot.

“That's true, the Demonic Qi was diffuse at the beginning, large in area, but the color wasn't as dark,” Yun Zhongting said after observing for a moment, nodding.

“What does that imply?” Yun Zhongyue asked, puzzled.

“If I'm not mistaken, that black dot is the Demonic Qi within Brother Shen himself, rather than the Demonic Qi originally scattered in the first-level space,” Jiang Shentian stated his guess.

“Isn't it also possible that the Demonic Being concentrated the Demonic Qi into a single point?” Yun Zhongyue frowned.

“If such a refined point of Demonic Qi were formed, why hasn't it tried to destroy the Array?” Jiang Shentian countered.

While everyone was still arguing, Wu Man'er, who had been by their side, had already closed her eyes at some point and once again communicated with the Divine Tree.