The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}

174. Awakening

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Zhurong Fen was no more.

Near ten seconds passed before Luoyin finally drew a breath.

But he remained still.

It was almost as if he couldn't believe it was over, and he stood there calmly, his long silvery hair and light blue robes gently swaying in the wind.

"Is she really gone...?" He wondered aloud.

~"Xiaobai, is everything over?"~ Old man Bao's calm voice found him. ~"We've all seen your dragon light, and the rampaging demons seem to have lost their strength."~

~"Umh! It's easy to destroy them now, and even the oppressive demon aura in the air has dwindled!"~ Kai Zhen put in.

Yet Luoyin still didn't move a muscle.

He couldn't explain it, but something felt off, and the hairs at the back of his neck was rising with unease.

'Destroy the body!' He instantly thought.

Among the truly powerful, overlooking an easy defeat might spell trouble!

But when he directed a jet of his blue aura at Zhurong Fen's lifeless form, it was immediately repelled, revealing a clear crystal shield surrounding her.

The sight of the shield had Luoyin's brows diving into a sharp furrow.

'My crystal shield...?!' His eyes narrowed at the barrier, which resembled his and even faintly bore his aura.

'Not good!' He shielded himself and hastily leapt away as a wave of dense demonic aura sprang from Zhurong Fen's lifeless body.

There was a sudden pulse from the body which glowed a dull blue, and an endless flow of black wraiths emanated from it, rising into a massive dark whirlwind.

"Yin Xiaolong, I must thank you as well!" A deep evil voice echoed, reverberating across the entire city.

The whirlwind of dark smoke convulsed and folded in on itself, diving back down and into the shield, blocking the corpse from view.

And then they vanished completely, along with any sign of Zhurong Fen.

~"Lao Bao! Be alert!"~ Luoyin instantly warned as the ground quaked beneath his feet. ~"There's still something wrong!"~

The strong scent of flowers filled the air and all the trees began to phase away, to be replaced by ruins.

'A Floral illusion!' Luoyin realized.

The clearing from before had been an ultra powerful illusion- an illusion powerful enough to deceive even his Yuan Jing technique!

As he leapt away, Yu Shui Lake finally materialized before him.

Instead of the magnificent and beautiful jade blue scenic water which earned the city its name, the real Yu Shui lake was blood red, its surface partly covered by a dense white mist, giving it a chilling atmosphere.

Even the beautiful white lillies which had floated atop the fake jade-like lake, were all eerie and rotted, reddened to match this blood-like lake.

Right in front of the lake, a bright red formation suddenly flared to life, it's creeping jagged lines spreading out and crawling throughout the entire city.

"Xiaobai!" Old man Bao suddenly appeared beside him, bringing Kai Zhen with him.

"What is happening?!" Kai Zhen asked.

"I fear," Luoyin began, "...that the Demon King is somehow awakening!"

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