The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 1718 - 1714: Rescue

The fox clan member who suddenly appeared ahead to attack Shen Luo and the others didn’t seem to have undergone deep transformation. His facial features were still discernible, and it was unmistakably Su Xiao.

However, compared to before, Su Xiao’s aura had surged wildly, shockingly reaching the peak of the Middle Stage of Taiyi, just a step away from the Late Stage.

"Su Xiao! It seems everything was indeed as Fire Daoist Friend said—these half-fox monsters are transformed Qingqiu Fox Clan members!" Shen Luo steadied his footing, his gaze sinking as he stared at Su Xiao ahead, feeling slightly worried about Mi Su.

Judging from the current situation, the Qingqiu Fox Clan members who had suddenly vanished likely all fell into a half-crazed state. Mi Su—who knows whether she has become like this too?

"Be cautious. Although this person has reverted to his ancestry, his spiritual wisdom hasn’t deteriorated much. He’s very different from the other fox clan members we fought earlier," Fire Spirit Child advised.

Shen Luo nodded solemnly, flipping his hand to summon the Profound Yellow Staff and preparing to lunge forward.

Suddenly, Su Xiao’s figure flickered and vanished, reappearing ghost-like before the weakest aura—Lu Huaming. A blood-clad fox claw extended toward his chest, aiming to rip his heart out.

"Brother Lu!" Shen Luo’s mind reeled as the lightning glow of the Cloud Chasing Lightning Boots on his feet erupted, propelling him forward with full strength to rescue.

Even completely healthy, Lu Huaming wouldn’t be Su Xiao’s match—let alone injured, while Su Xiao’s strength had skyrocketed.

Bai Xiaotian’s expression also shifted dramatically as he transformed into a streak of golden light, shooting toward Lu Huaming.

Despite Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian’s concerted efforts, they couldn’t match Su Xiao’s speed. Just halfway through their charge, Su Xiao’s fox claw had already touched Lu Huaming’s body.

At that moment, Lu Huaming’s expression was unnervingly calm. He stood with his head slightly lowered, seemingly uninterested in everything happening around him. Yet, the instant Su Xiao’s blood claw made contact, a bone-chilling sword light burst forth, slashing toward the blood claw.

As Fire Spirit Child had noted, Su Xiao hadn’t entirely lost his divine wisdom and retained the sharp judgment of a Taiyi Cultivator. Upon seeing this, he twisted the direction of his claw strike, the blood light intensifying further.

With a muffled "boom," an enormous blood claw manifested out of thin air, savagely grasping at the eerie sword light.

Before the claw even touched the sword light, five streak-like blood rays had already curled from its fingertips, leaving long black scars in the void.

However, with a faint "snap," the massive blood claw was sliced cleanly in half, and one of Su Xiao’s forelimbs was severed instantly, spraying blood everywhere. frёewebηovel.cѳm

A thunderous roar erupted; Shen Luo’s figure appeared out of thin air next to Lu Huaming, the golden glow of the Profound Yellow Staff in his hand surging wildly. Shadows of the staff rained down onto Su Xiao’s body.

With a deafening "rumble," Su Xiao was sent flying backward, his entire body shrouded in trembling blood light, though he appeared largely unscathed.

Shen Luo refrained from pursuing Su Xiao and instead turned to Lu Huaming.

At that moment, Lu Huaming raised his head, and his expression had changed. His eyes were crimson, his breathing ragged, his demeanor overflowing with rage.

An aura far surpassing his previous strength erupted from him, causing nearby Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi to churn chaotically. He had shockingly reached the peak of the True Immortal Realm. The wounds on his chest revealed blood lions that were rapidly healing.

Lu Huaming’s sword, Frost Cold Nine Realms, let out an unceasing dragon chant, surging straight toward the Nine Heavens. Brilliant icy light radiated from the blade, resembling the blazing sun in the sky, making it impossible to look directly at.

"Brother Lu, what’s happening?" Shen Luo called out in astonishment, staring at the drastically transformed Lu Huaming.

He suddenly remembered an incident many years ago in Chang’an—after drinking, Lu Huaming underwent a similar transformation, his strength soaring inexplicably.

"Leave Su Xiao to me and Bai Daoist Friend; Brother Shen, you go rescue Seven Kills and Master Yan!" Lu Huaming told Shen Luo sharply, then fused himself with the sword, transforming into a beam of icy light hundreds of feet long that surged toward Su Xiao with overwhelming fury.

Bai Xiaotian seemed entirely unsurprised by Lu Huaming’s transformation and nodded toward Shen Luo before following closely behind.

Chanting swiftly, Bai Xiaotian pointed repeatedly, and Lu Huaming was suddenly enveloped in a layer of golden armor—the Vajra Body Protection from Hua Sheng Temple.

Shen Luo glanced at the two, suppressing his questions for now, and quickly redirected his focus.

"Fire Daoist Friend, activate all the restrictions inside the Free and Easy Mirror. Conceal everything within—especially the Demonslaying Divine Sword and Blood Claw Stab!" He shot toward the city while transmitting his voice to Fire Spirit Child.

"You intend to use the Free and Easy Mirror to save those people? That’s risky—not to mention the Demonslaying Divine Sword, the Blood Claw Stab is connected to the Demonic Ancestor Chi You. No one can know about this!" Fire Spirit Child’s expression shifted slightly as he warned.

"I understand, but there’s no other way now. Quickly take action!" Shen Luo replied as thunderous lightning erupted from his feet, and his entire figure vanished with a deafening crack.

In the northwest corner of Qingqiu City, Master Yan was surrounded by dozens of Qingqiu Fox Clan members, including two True Immortal Fox Clan members. Although these were not as powerful as the two Late True Immortal Stage fox clan members that had previously surrounded Shen Luo and his companions, they were still at the Middle Stage of the True Immortal Realm.

A torrent of magical treasures, spells, and close-range attacks rained down like waves, overwhelming Master Yan from all directions.

At the moment, Master Yan was hiding inside an Azure Tiger Armor. The armor stood three meters tall, covered with densely engraved azure spirit patterns that emitted green whirlwinds, suggesting it was a high-level armor.

Surrounding the Azure Tiger Armor were over a dozen Earth Yellow Turtle Armors, circling rapidly around Master Yan and forming a thick yellow light curtain.

The defensive capability of these turtle armors was immense. Even under the tidal wave of attacks, the yellow light curtain barely held its ground, temporarily showing no signs of collapse.

However, Master Yan could do little beyond self-protection. Multiple attempts to break through had failed.

More and more fox clan members converged, pushing Master Yan into despair. He was on the verge of gritting his teeth and unleashing his secret treasure to forcefully break out.

Above him, thunder suddenly roared—purple lightning streaked across, and Shen Luo’s figure appeared out of thin air.

"Human... monk, kill..." The surrounding fox clan members immediately noticed Shen Luo, roaring furiously as they charged at him.

Without sparing them a glance, Shen Luo murmured incantations and swept his sleeve, releasing intense blue light from his palm.

A domain of extreme cold rapidly expanded, engulfing the surrounding hundred-foot space in an instant, forming a blue light field where countless blue runes danced like a shimmering realm.

Everything within the field froze instantly, turning all fox clan members—including the two True Immortal foxes—into blue ice sculptures.

The light field, named Indigo Cold Realm, was an unparalleled divine technique that could only be performed when Indigo Blue Sea cultivation reached the Fifth Layer. Shen Luo had merely scratched its surface and had far from mastered it. Yet the fox clan members here—the strongest only at the Middle Stage True Immortal Realm—stood no chance against it.

However, the fox clan members’ bodies contained a blood-red power that even this level of cold could not freeze entirely.