Chapter 149: Dark Elf... Revealed! The Situation Suddenly Changes!

Listening to the teachers around him discuss.

Cheng Hongyi wanted to refute, but for a moment could not find a suitable reason.

He could only helplessly continue watching.

Jiang Li's name on the leaderboard...

He hoped the other party would, like a novel protagonist, suddenly pull off a earth-shattering reversal at this very moment, with points soaring to the clouds and the ranking shooting straight up.

Directly blasting the eyeballs of all doubters...

But unfortunately.

Even for Cheng Hongyi, Jiang Li's ranking and points had not changed at all.

"Sigh..."

He shook his head.

Cheng Hongyi withdrew his gaze.

He sighed in disappointment in his heart.

Forget it.

Although he was still unwilling to give up, since there had been no movement for such a long time, the situation was probably exactly as others had said... Jiang Li had either encountered a special circumstance, or he simply did not possess the ability to become a dark horse and stand out from the millions of examinees.

"Buzz!"

A beam of pure white light emerged.

Within this radiance formed by the power of purification, Jiang Li waited quietly...

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

Time passed quickly, and Jiang Li's expression grew increasingly grim...

"Nothing!"

The scene of the Dark Elf appearing instantly, as imagined.

Simply did not appear.

Jiang Li, unwilling to give up, checked the surroundings, quickly looking forward... left... right... behind...

The entire dark forest still showed no changes.

Neither did any Dark Elf appear on the spot, nor was any directional guidance seen.

"Failed..."

"Could it be that the power of purification is not the key?"

"Only by obtaining the Natural Crystal... can the Dark Elf quest be truly triggered?"

Jiang Li let out a long breath.

He looked into the distance.

A sense of despondency arose in his heart... but just then, his eyes suddenly sharpened!

"No... that's wrong!"

"Something is happening!"

Jiang Li concentrated his spirit.

His vision reached its limit.

He suddenly discovered... a wisp of black smoke faintly rising in the distance.

Although it was very blurry, faint and elusive, under his utmost scrutiny, he could barely make out a tiny trace.

"What is this?"

Doubt arose in Jiang Li's heart.

He struggled to open his eyes wide, wanting to see clearly.

At this moment, the Life Ancient Leaf in his hand trembled slightly.

It immediately lit up with even more brilliant green light, releasing the power of purification at maximum power.

At this moment.

Endless white light filled his surroundings.

Jiang Li himself seemed to have turned into a giant light bulb! Illuminating the dim forest.

And it was at this time.

Jiang Li's pupils contracted... finally discovering the truth of that faint black smoke!

Deep within the boundless, vast dark forest.

One after another pillars of light, formed by gathering black mist and black smoke, gradually emerged... but strangely, these pillars of light emitted a pitch-black radiance like ink, as if they were black holes, making one shudder with fear.

"So."

"The reason I didn't discover the pillars of light immediately just now was because the power of purification was not strong enough..."

At this moment, Jiang Li suddenly understood.

For anyone else, while collecting Natural Crystals, the power of purification would also grow stronger; when a certain number of Natural Crystals were collected and the power of purification reached a certain level, they would naturally discover the location of the Dark Elves!

"Judging by the power of purification currently released by the Life Ancient Leaf."

"Other teams would need to collect at least ten Natural Crystals to discover the existence of one pillar of light."

"And to discover all the pillars of light, they would probably need to collect over a hundred Natural Crystals..."

Jiang Li silently clicked his tongue in amazement.

He had previously seen the natural crystals obtained by other teams.

If the purifying power within a natural crystal is one.

Then, the purifying power released by this Ancient Leaf of Life now... is one hundred, or even more!

"Gulp..."

After realizing this.

Looking at the scene before him.

Jiang Li couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Don't tell me... the locations of these light pillars all represent Dark Elves?!

There must be... at least dozens, even hundreds of them.

"So many Dark Elves..."

"How can others fight them?"

"Given the strength of others, dealing with even one Dark Elf would likely be a struggle..."

"Hmm, it seems they don't need to?"

Thinking of this.

Jiang Li paused for a moment.

To sense the locations of so many Dark Elves, at least a hundred natural crystals would be required.

Yet for other teams, merely collecting ten natural crystals was already extremely difficult; even for the most top-tier teams, it would likely take most of a day... let alone a hundred natural crystals.

So.

The other examinee teams,