1085: Chapter 1084 Sacrificing One's Life, Breaking Free One After Another

Immediately after, a scalp-numbing scene appeared.

Hundreds and thousands of powerful heroic spirits with formidable auras, the weakest being at the Early Stage of the Fourth-Tier, with no shortage of Late Stage or even Fourth-Tier Peak powerhouses among them.

As if receiving a unified command, they simultaneously soared from the ground and the low altitudes into the air!

Like an infuriated swarm of bees, they turned into streaks of golden light, fearlessly charging from all directions toward the core of the high-altitude battle—the position where Luo Xiu was located!

Their purpose was crystal clear—attrition!

They would use their lives and energy to impact, interfere with, and fill the gaps in the Five Kings' attacks, forcing Luo Xiu to divide more of his focus and power!

A Fourth-Tier Peak heroic spirit shaped like a Golden-Winged Great Peng, burning its Origin golden flames, was the first to crash toward the opening at Luo Xiu's back at speeds exceeding sound!

Luo Xiu struck back with a palm, his dark-gold palm print smashing it to pieces and turning it into crystals.

But immediately following that, three Fourth-Tier Late Stage Gargoyle heroic spirits spat out corrosive energy beams from three tricky angles!

Luo Xiu flicked his fingers repeatedly, and three streaks of Sword Qi pierced through and annihilated them.

However, even more Fourth-Tier elite heroic spirits rushed forward like moths to a flame, one after another in an endless stream!

Some self-detonated directly, kicking up small-scale energy storms; some released slowing or binding Minor Divine Abilities; others simply performed suicidal collisions with their sturdiest body parts!

Although these Fourth-Tier heroic spirits were basically fodder that could be killed in one hit before Luo Xiu, there were simply too many of them!

Moreover, they completely disregarded life and death, seeking only to interfere with Luo Xiu for even a single instant!

For a time, Luo Xiu not only had to deal with the continuous, perfectly coordinated long-range Divine Ability bombardments from the five Fifth-Tier Heroic Spirit King, but he also had to use his Divided Soul to handle the suicidal attacks of these Fourth-Tier elite heroic spirits swarming like locusts.

The pressure on him suddenly increased.

The dark-gold God-Demon Flame burned even more fiercely, and his protective light shield flickered unsteadily.

Although his movements remained precise, their frequency noticeably quickened, and his consumption was also increasing sharply.

Even though he could refine those crystals, doing so in large quantities required time, and time was exactly what he lacked right now.

High in the sky, the feast of destruction continued to play out.

Five-colored energy tides intertwined and collided with the dark-gold divine flames, as countless Fourth-Tier heroic spirits constantly bloomed and were annihilated across the battlefield like brilliant yet fleeting blood-colored fireworks.

The battle situation seemed to have fallen into a sort of stalemate.

Strong as Luo Xiu was, facing the tactic of the Five Kings' containment and the harassment of ten thousand spirits, he found it difficult to quickly break the deadlock and thoroughly secure victory for a moment.

The scales of victory seemed to waver imperceptibly due to this fearless tactic of attrition.

While Luo Xiu fought the Five Kings alone high above and resisted the suicidal harassment of Doctor Wan Qian's Fourth-Tier heroic spirits, the area below protected by Luo Xiu's might was also undergoing transformation and bloody combat.

The Heavenly Demon stood guard in front of the three giant cocoons like a steadfast rock.

Although most of the shockwaves from the high-altitude battle were blocked by Luo Xiu's might, the tide of Battlefield Heroic Spirits that surged again from all directions—appearing endless in number—still struck this small "isolated island" wave after wave like a black tide of death.

Among them, quite a few Fourth-Tier Battlefield Heroic Spirits still remained!

Dark-gold patterns flashed all over the Heavenly Demon's body, and every flap of his newborn wings kicked up astral winds that tore through the air.

He no longer simply defended but took the initiative to attack, his figure turning into a bolt of black lightning that darted through the low altitude. Wherever he passed, claw shadows were like knives and wing blades like scythes, tearing apart and extinguishing the pouncing heroic spirits one by one!

Luo Xiu's Origin essence blood and heart flesh flowed within him; his newborn demon body was incredibly tough, and his strength, speed, and recovery power far exceeded what they once were.

He had even reached the Fourth-Tier Peak during his advancement. At this moment, he had almost no rivals within the same tier; even when facing the siege of several Fourth-Tier heroic spirits, he could boldly slaughter his way through!

His fighting style was more violent and efficient than before.

He no longer pursued flashy Divine Abilities but concentrated his power into every pounce, bite, and claw strike—simple, direct, and lethal.

Countless heroic spirits turned to black ash under his claws, and the crystals they left behind were casually snatched up and directly refined by him to replenish his consumption.

But the number of heroic spirits was simply too great!

They could not be finished, could not be exterminated!

The Heavenly Demon seemed to have fallen into a quagmire; though peerlessly brave, he was gradually slowed down by this endless attrition, and new scars began to appear on his body. Blood dripped onto the scorched earth, making a "sizzling" burning sound.

He was like a tireless killing machine, with only one conviction in his heart—to protect his companions who were being reborn!

And this persistence finally met its reward.

The first to show signs of movement was that Red-and-white fire egg!

"Crack... Crack-crack..."

The crisp sound of shattering was still clearly audible amidst the earth-shaking slaughter and the high-altitude booming.

On the surface of the fire egg, the first crack appeared on that nearly transparent shell.

Immediately after, the cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb!

"Roar—!!!"

A roar more violent and domineering than ever before, yet carrying a pure, newborn-like rage, exploded from inside the fire egg!

"Boom—!!!"

Red-and-white flames, mixed with wisps of dark-gold patterns, soared into the sky from the shattered shell like a volcanic eruption!

From within the flames, a towering figure boldly stepped out!

Appearing in the flames was a terrifying giant beast dozens of zhang tall!

Its entire body was covered in thick fur and keratin that was an intertwined mix of dark red and red-white—looking like lava that had cooled and then ignited again. Between the hairs, dark-gold Divine Demon patterns flowed like magma veins.

Its body was as majestic as a mountain, with knotted muscles full of explosive power.

Its arms were unusually long, hanging past its knees, ending in massive fists burning with raging flames that looked as if they were forged from meteoric iron.

Its head was part ape and part gorilla, with protruding fangs and a pair of red-gold eyes burning with tyrannical fire.

Demon Flame Gorilla!

This was the new, more powerful physical body the Flame Demon had reshaped, using Luo Xiu's heart flesh and Origin essence blood as a Foundation and fusing his own explosive fire-element dao marks with a portion of the ancient battlefield's fire baleful energy!

It roared at the sky, the sound waves turning into a physical ring of fire that expanded, directly shattering and igniting dozens of heroic spirits around it!

Its aura erupted boisterously, impressively reaching the Fourth-Tier Peak!

Moreover, its Foundation was incredibly solid, faintly touching the threshold of the Fifth-Tier!

Almost at the same time the Flame Demon broke out of its cocoon, the viscous blood cocoon next to it also fluctuated violently!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The throbbing of the blood cocoon was like the beating of war drums, getting faster and louder!

"Pop!"

The surface of the blood cocoon did not shatter; instead, it contracted and condensed inward like a liquid!

The sky-filling blood light and dark-gold light converged, finally transforming into a humanoid figure.

It was no longer the illusory and blurred shadow of the Blood Demon from before.