The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 428

Chapter 428: Chapter 424: Stripping the Soul of Alien Fire Chapter 428: Chapter 424: Stripping the Soul of Alien Fire Unbeknownst to when, the roiling pond water had returned to calm, the surface once again incredibly clear. However, as Hu Yong looked down through the surface, for an unknown reason, he saw a long black shadow, moving underneath the water like a dragon or a snake.

It appeared as if it was clinging to the surface of the water, but upon closer examination, it seemed as though it was hidden in an abyss, rendered impenetrable.

At that moment, a large shadow suddenly ascended from the water beneath. Suddenly nearing the surface, it revealed its true form — a gigantic Purple Bearded Dragon Head.

Its eyes were tightly closed, its dragon whiskers smeared with blood, appearing frightful.

Seeing this, a glint of joy flashed in Hu Yong's eyes, but before he could speak, the dragon head's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing an eerie green that glowed with deathly stillness, and suddenly flickered.

In that instant of exchanged glances, the dragon's head sank into the darkness and disappeared.

Standing on the water's surface, Hu Yong found that the whites of his eyes had disappeared without a trace, and both his eyes seemed pitch-black like ink. His facial expression also became numb.

Although Shen Luo did not see any anomalies beneath the pool, just by looking at Hu Yong's state, he knew something was wrong.

He struggled to stand up, but with the slightest movement, heavy blows struck his shoulder, causing him to fall back. An acute pain shot through his shoulder, it felt like his bone had been broken.

A look of horror flashed in Shen Luo's eyes, looking towards Hu Yong near him, he couldn't understand how he had managed to reach his side in an instant.

However, what surprised him was that after striking him, Hu Yong did not attempt to kill him. Instead, he walked expressionlessly toward the pink lotus in the center of the pond.

Arriving near the flower, his eyes were focused intently on the lotus. Suddenly, the corners of his mouth widened, revealing a strange smile. He lifted his hand toward the stem of the flower.

In the sky above, at this sight, Lu Huaming's face instantly changed. He wanted to rush forward to stop Hu Yong but was blocked by the Ghost General, forcing him to retreat step by step. He was unable to get past.

“Brother Jia Cheng, quickly prevent him, you must…”

Before Lu Huaming could finish his sentence, Shen Luo had already thrown out a Thunderfall Talisman, smashing towards Hu Yong.

Just as a light flashed on the talisman paper and thunder and lightning were about to be released, a green light flashed in the center of the talisman paper. It broke through with an accurate hole, precisely ruining the crucial part of the rune.

The talisman paper immediately fizzled out, there was only a flash of white light, and all of its power scattered.

At the same time, Hu Yong's hand had already reached the stem of the flower. The seal was about to be broken!

However, the moment Hu Yong's palm touched the stem of the flower, an unexpected change occurred!

The petals of the pink Nine-Petal Lotus deepened in color, becoming the crimson shade that Shen Luo had seen in his vision before.

“Not good.”

Shen Luo silently cried, paying no attention to the intense pain, he crawled out of the pond using both his arms and legs.

But it was all too late, the Nine-Petal Crimson Fire Lotus's petals all opened simultaneously, and torrents of crimson flames instantly rolled out from it, forming a sea of flames, consuming both Hu Yong and Shen Luo.

However, the flames were very controlled, they burned only within the range of the pond, and did not leave beyond the shoreside.

The instant the flames engulfed him, Shen Luo thought he would be reduced to ashes. However, in reality, he did not feel any heat at all. Although the flames appeared intense, they had virtually no temperature.

Just as he was surprised, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his eyes as if the flames were trying to enter his eyes. But before they could, an object suddenly flew out from his sleeve, emitting a layer of hazy white light.

Upon closer inspection, Shen Luo discovered that the object in the white light was the stone box that held the jade pillow!

With a click, the lid of the box opened by itself. Strangely, a force of attraction came from within the box, pulling the two strands of flames that were trying to enter his eyes, drawing them into the stone box.

Immediately after, with a click, the stone box closed itself and fell downwards.

Shen Luo watched this scene unfold in front of him, somewhat startled at the moment, not understanding what had just happened, but he still caught the stone box with an uplifted hand.

But before he could figure it out, the flames engulfing the surroundings suddenly receded, all retracting back onto the lotus, everything else returned to its original state. It was as if the spreading of the sea of flames was merely an illusion.

However, Shen Luo looked at the stone box that flew out of his hands and knew that what he had just seen was absolutely not false.

“What exactly is going on?” He murmured to himself.

His gaze shifted forward and he saw not far in front of him, Hu Yong was kneeling in the pond, his hands maintaining an unusual position as if shielding his eyes, and he remained motionless.

“This is…” Shen Luo arched an eyebrow, feeling surprised.

He saw that Hu Yong's body did not emit any mana fluctuations, his body was slowly sinking into the water of the pond, and in no time half of his body had disappeared.

Shen Luo thought about something, his expression changed again. He immediately dashed forward, grabbed Hu Yong by the collar, and pulled him out of the water. He then jumped towards the shoreside.

Shen Luo casually threw the man in his hand, and the latter kept his original position, not changing even when he fell on the ground.

Shen Luo walked in front of him and saw that Hu Yong was already dead, his face muscles tense and his expression full of fright. His eye sockets were dark, his eyeballs gone, they had turned into two bloody holes.

“These flames… could they directly burn a person's soul?” Shen Luo turned his head sharply to look at the lotus in the pond, cold sweat covered his body, he was petrified.

He remembered that when he was in the sea of fire in the pond before, two strands of fire were attempting to enter his eyes, if it weren't for the flying stone box that absorbed them, he would probably suffer the same fate as Hu Yong.

“After all your careful planning, you ended up sacrificing yourself. Since you also have this Storage Ring, I won't be polite, I'll take it.” Shen Luo sighed, and took off a silver ring from Hu Yong's ring finger, and put it in his sleeve.

Then he searched Hu Yong's sleeves and chest, but was unable to find anything else, so he gave up.

Shen Luo stood up, sweeping his gaze around the area, wanting to see if the bodies of Lu He and the others were still there. If found, burying them would be better than leaving them exposed.

Regrettably, the previous battle was extremely fierce, their bodies have scattered who knows where, even if Shen Luo intended to do so, he couldn't.

“Boom”

At that moment, a loud rumble came from the sky, and a figure shot down from the sky, slamming heavily into the forest.

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