Chapter 1626: Qing'e's Assistance

The bubbles continued to pop on the surface, and more and more black snake corpses floated up with them. Their numbers were shocking.

A crimson light surged in the depths of the blood lake after a while. The source of the light was blood-red crystal. Strands of black light gathered inside it, eventually transforming into an Abyssal Snake.

Li Luo could sense a familiar aura coming from it!

"That is Cousin Lingjing!" He was taken aback by what he saw. Shen Jinxiao's method had clearly reaped results. By melting down his Crown into blood source origin, he had managed to locate Li Lingjing!

Alas, the Abyssal Snake was now being sealed within this blood crystal. No matter how hard it tackled its prison, it was unable to escape.

The blood lake churned, and Shen Jinxiao's dispirited voice rang out from the depths. "Li Lingjing, you brought this upon yourself! If you had hidden yourself quietly, I might not have discovered you and might have been helpless to your machinations. Instead, you chose to emerge early and cause trouble, so you can't blame me for getting rid of you!"

The Abyssal Snake's eyes glinted with frigid light as its humongous body bashed against the crystal time and time again. Unfortunately, the crystal did not budge in the slightest. To make things worse, the blood source origin that lined the walls eroded her body, digging holes into her flesh.

Anyone could see that Li Lingjing's situation was dire.

Li Luo didn't hesitate to spring into action.

However, Jiang Qing'e stopped him. "You're injured. Let me help her instead. I'll enter the depths of the lake to rescue her."

"The blood lake is made out of Shen Jinxiao's source origin. If you enter, you will be affected by its corrosive powers," he warned.

"My light resonant power ensures that I'm unafraid of him." Jiang Qing'e gave Li Luo a radiant and confident smile.

He didn't stop her after seeing that. Jiang Qing'e was in much better condition than him, and her three ninth-grade light resonances would protect her from Shen Jinxiao’s corruption. However, just in case, he activated the Absolute Resonance Halo and the Greater Void Resonance Flame, condensing a dim flame rune on the back of her hand.

"The Greater Void Resonance Flame will allow you to block the corrosive effects of the blood source origin for a little while at least."

Jiang Qing'e nodded, then her Light Apex Resonance Crystal Core poured out a deluge of light source origin.

It flowed around her delicate body and transformed into primordial runes, shielding her snow-white skin.

She was radiating blinding sacred light, like a goddess who had descended to the mortal realm.

"I'm going now," she softly said to Li Luo before vaulting into the blood lake, cruising through it like a mermaid as she rushed into its depths. The blood seemed to explode with fury the instant she came into contact with it, and the sanguine aura surged towards her with a howl.

"Jiang Qing'e, you truly are looking to die! You dare to step into the bounds of my source origin? You should just hurry and scram. Focus on destroying the summoning platform. Otherwise, all of you will die when the Saturnine Hydra Devil King descends!"

Jiang Qing'e was unfazed by Shen Jinxiao’s words. Instead, a look of mockery emerged in her molten gold eyes.

Clearly, Shen Jinxiao was afraid.

His fear, however, only served to confirm that what she was doing was the right thing. If she could help Li Lingjing escape, then Shen Jinxiao would be left in a state that was neither alive nor dead.

After Shen Jinxiao saw that his threats were ineffective, he frantically roused the blood source origin around Jiang Qing'e, attempting to erode and harm her. After all, there weren’t many ways he could deal with his opponents now that he was in this form.

The Apex Resonance Crystal Core on Jiang Qing'e's forehead blazed with holy light yet again. Two magical runes appeared on it, causing the light to shine ever more brightly and resplendently.

These were the Archaic Runes that were formed by her two middle-grade ninth-grade light resonances.

The sacred light that flowed out was concentrated and filled with light source origin of the highest level.

At the same time, the Greater Void Resonance Flame symbol on the back of her hand began to burn, wrapping around her barrier of light and adding an extra layer of protection.

With so many layers of defenses, the blood source origin was unable to impede her in the slightest.

She soon reached the depths, appearing before the blood crystal.

Shen Jinxiao's infuriated roars continued to boom across the blood lake.

However, Jiang Qing'e completely ignored him. The Abyssal Snake within the crystal was staring at her. Parts of her were rotting away.

"I'll help you out." Jiang Qing'e clenched her fist, and the Holy Phoenix Parasol appeared in her grasp. Taking a deep breath, she formed a single hand seal. The Apex Resonance Crystal Core immediately dimmed and strands of a golden, crystal-like substance flowed out of it.

This was crystal marrow, the foundation of one's resonance. Using this resource was detrimental to her resonances. It wouldn’t result in a drop to their grades, but their evolution would be stalled temporarily.

She smeared her fingers with golden crystal marrow and then traced them along the edges of the Holy Phoenix Parasol, creating a series of runes.

Her face paled when she completed the task, her eyes filled with determination. She then swung the Holy Phoenix Parasol violently, drawing out the clarion cry of a phoenix.

Whoosh!

The Holy Phoenix Parasol streaked through the blood lake with a trail of light, ferociously crashing into the blood crystal.

A crisp, crunching sound rang out at the bottom of the lake. The impact set off waves that traveled all the way to the surface.

Li Luo had been watching everything closely. If Jiang Qing'e had failed to break through the crystal, he would use the source origin core yet again.

But then the sound of shattering could be heard.

Blood-red cracks ran across the whole crystal.

A moment later, a large piece of the crystal fell off, leaving behind a large crevice.

At the same time, Shen Jinxiao's venomous howl of hatred and fear rang out.

Jiang Qing'e approached the crack she had created and took a closer look at the black Abyssal Snake. Her body started to change, transforming partially into a human. The upper part of her body was covered in traces of rot and erosion, like blood rose petals that gave her an enchanting and unsettling beauty.

Jiang Qing'e stretched her hand out. Li Lingjing's gaze flickered momentarily before grabbing her hand. She then managed to escape the confines of the crystal with her help.

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Thank you," she whispered.

"There's no need to thank me. You've helped Li Luo countless times, so take this as returning one of those favors," Jiang Qing'e replied.

"Go. You don't need to do anything else." Li Lingjing loosened her grip.

Jiang Qing'e didn't hesitate to leave, emerging from the surface of the lake.

Splash!

The source origin energy that was protecting her was almost completely spent. If she had stayed down there any longer, she might not have been able to escape.

She then arrived next to Li Luo.

In the depths of the blood lake, a dense darkness spread across its depths like ink staining clear water. In just a few moments, the entire thing was pitch-black and too dark to see through.