The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1167 – 1167 1164 The Nine

Chapter 1167: Chapter 1164: The Nine-Headed Insect Appears Chapter 1167: Chapter 1164: The Nine-Headed Insect Appears Shen Luo only now noticed the existence of a curved, cold light and his expression drastically changed. His arm whirled hurriedly, sweeping the Profound Yellow Staff behind him, dragging out a blurred afterimage.

With a “clang” of a resounding crash!

The Profound Yellow Staff narrowly blocked the cold light that was about to strike him, but a sharp and strange force came from within the light, invading his body directly through the staff.

It felt as though all of Shen Luo's viscera had turned over. He “wah” vomited a mouthful of fresh blood and his entire body was sent flying. He stabilized his body only after the light circle transformed by the Bloodthirsty Flag collided with the Blood Cloud around him.

Only now did the source of the cold light reveal itself: it was an odd weapon resembling both a crescent-shaped knife and a flying sword, with its edge flickering with a strange cold brilliance, elongating and contracting unpredictably as if it could suck away people's souls.

A noticeable nick had been cut into the Profound Yellow Staff. Had he not previously infused it with a good amount of Spirit Solar Iron, that strike just now might have cleaved it in two.

A cut was slashed into the Bloodthirsty Flag, its surrounding blood-colored light rings rapidly dissipating. The flag shrank into a small banner several feet in size, its surface blood light dusky and emitting bursts of mournful wails, evidently sustaining heavy damage.

The delay allowed the surging Blood Cloud ahead to fill up the torn passageway once more.

Shen Luo's expression darkened, frantically thinking of countermeasures, but most of his mind was still on the Crescent Moon Treasure.

This treasure was far too dangerous. If they weren't careful, both of them could inexplicably lose their lives under that magical weapon.

But at that moment, the Crescent Moon Treasure suddenly retracted back into the Blood Cloud and its aura vanished without a trace.

Shen Luo paused, not daring to relax in the slightest, spreading his Divine Sense to its limit to probe the surroundings.

The surrounding Blood Clouds were treacherous, and his Divine Sense, upon entering them, was like a person stuck in a quagmire, making it difficult to maneuver. Despite exerting all his strength, he could only extend it twenty or thirty feet.

The Blood Cloud suddenly let out a “rumble” of thunderous sound, shooting out giant blood-colored tendrils that rolled towards the two of them.

Shen Luo was slightly startled and was about to defend when Wu Man'er, who was beside him, let out a cry and took action first. She summoned two green flying claw magic weapons, which shot out green claws several feet long, shredding the blood-colored tendrils with several swipes and resolving the assault.

Shen Luo saw this and nodded slightly. He took out a Healing Pill and swallowed it, channeling his energy to refine it and cure the injury he had previously sustained.

Suddenly, Wu Man'er let out a cry of alarm. Shen Luo quickly looked over, only to see the green light on the flying claws had dimmed considerably, appearing to wobble and malfunction.

“Be careful, these blood-colored tendrils have the effect of tainting magical treasures!” The green light in Shen Luo's eyes flashed as he called out a warning.

Wu Man'er was startled and quickly retracted the two claw treasures to investigate. Sure enough, strands of blood light emerged within, eroding the prohibitions inside the claws.

Just as she was about to find a way to expel them, the Blood Cloud around them “puffed” with noise again, shooting out dozens of thick blood-colored tendrils, which twinkled with a sticky blood light and rolled towards the two from all directions.

Wu Man'er had no choice but to perform a hand gesture, suddenly her body was blindingly green, and she projected dozens of green beams from her sleeves.

The moment these green beams appeared, they expanded upon encountering the wind and turned into numerous bamboo leaf-shaped green flying swords–eighty-one in total–forming a majestic Sword Array. It unleashed countless sharp Sword Qi, slashing at those blood-colored tendrils.

With relentless “hiss” sounds, the tendrils were sliced into a ragged mess by the Sword Qi.

However, these blood-colored tendrils were akin to a liquid. The cut segments wriggled slightly, reattaching immediately, and were impossible to completely destroy. Instead, they kept invading the Sword Array.

Furthermore, the blood light from the tendrils continually infiltrated the Green Wood Flying Swords, causing their Sword Light to fade rapidly.

“I'll handle this!” Shen Luo, no longer attentive to guarding against the Crescent Moon Treasure, swung the Profound Yellow Staff, executing Splashy Chaotic Stick.

Staff shadows struck out in all directions, forming a dense forest of staves as if creating a world of sticks, wrapping around all the incoming tendrils.

“Break!” Shen Luo's Profound Yellow Staff swept through the air, twisting the myriad staff shadows violently.

With a loud bang, all the blood-colored tendrils exploded into pieces, scattering into clumps of blood clouds.

However, the Profound Yellow Staff was also tainted by the blood light, a cold, sinister force penetrating into the staff, causing the golden radiance to quickly fade.

Shen Luo's eyebrows twitched. This cold, sinister force was none other than Demonic Qi.

He might not have a good way to deal with other forces, but Demonic Qi couldn't trouble him.

A flash of purple light, and the Ghost Pearl appeared in his hand. Patterns of purple faces surfaced on the pearl, which fiercely sucked at the Profound Yellow Staff.

The Demonic Qi that had invaded the staff was swiftly absorbed by the Ghost Pearl, and the brilliant golden light bloomed once more.

A hint of joy flashed in Shen Luo's eyes. The Ghost Pearl was indeed adept at absorbing Demonic Qi.

Wu Man'er was also thrilled to see this scene and was about to say something when Shen Luo had already stimulated the Ghost Pearl, sucking at Wu Man'er's Green Flying Claw and Green Wood Flying Sword as well.

The Demonic Qi inside the claw and sword swiftly flowed out, and in the blink of an eye, they regained their agility and brightness.

“Impressive skills to dissolve the Demonic Qi in my Blood Cloud Array, but you've injured my beloved wife, and for that, you are unforgivable. Today, you will all die here,” said a cold voice. Before the two could rejoice, a tall figure emerged from the blood cloud.

This person stood eight feet tall, wore a rotten silver helmet, and was dressed in armor, with a splendid silver radiance shimmering all over his body. He wielded the Crescent Moon Treasure, which emitted a fierce cold light, looking quite imposing. It was the Nine-Headed Insect seen earlier in Dreamland.

The Nine-Headed Insect was holding someone in his arms, the enchanting beautiful woman from before.

The beautiful woman nestled in the Nine-Headed Insect's arms had completely reversed her previous ferocity, displaying a demeanor that was all soft and submissive.

Shen Luo's pupils constricted, without a moment's hesitation, he took out a Talisman exuding a strong aura of thunder and lightning from his sleeve. It was the Earth-Attracting Thunder Talisman, into which he channeled his mana.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thick and grand lightning bolts appeared, forming a forest of thunder and lightning spanning twenty or thirty feet. They easily tore through the surrounding blood clouds and struck at the Nine-Headed Insect and the woman.

Wu Man'er was stunned by the might of the Earth-Attracting Thunder Talisman and stood frozen in place.

“Let's go!” Shen Luo didn't pause to gawk. He grabbed Wu Man'er and, wielding the Profound Yellow Staff, cleaved a path ahead, fleeing forward.

“Don't even think about escaping!” The Nine-Headed Insect roared in anger, about to try stopping them, but countless bolts of thunder and lightning were already bearing down on him.

He was taken aback but didn't panic. His palm flashed with blood light, and a dark red spiked gauntlet appeared. He punched out.

A massive, mountain-sized blood-colored fist shadow with sword-like spikes emerged in the void ahead, blocking all the thunderstorm.

The scorching white lightning bolts struck the fist shadow, but only caused the surface blood light to tremble without leaving any sign of breaking.

The Nine-Headed Insect muttered under his breath, drew a half-circle in the air with his right hand, and punched again.

The blood-colored fist shadow in front suddenly swelled in size, its blood light intensifying. An immense force surged out, seemingly flattening the surrounding void, which emitted a creaking noise.

The thunderstorm struggled for a few moments and was then completely crushed and dissipated.