Chapter 1108

This is a gloomy stockade, but at this moment the baleful aura pervading the stockade is rapidly dissipating, and at the same time the space is shifting, gradually returning to its original appearance.

In the stockade, a small team is leisurely looking around.

At this moment, a tall and slender figure walks out from the depths of the stockade, her whole body radiating dazzling luminous phase power, those luminous powers flowing behind her faintly seeming to form luminous wings, making her look like a dazzling holy angel.

It is Jiang Qinge.

"Captain!"

Seeing this graceful figure, the team in the stockade immediately casts reverent gazes upon her.

A tall young man laughs: "Captain, you are truly too formidable—three great evil xiang, we didn't even get a look at them before you thunderously slew them."

Though he is laughing, his eyes still betray undisguised shock, for that previous scene was too shocking—no one expected that three great evil xiang with strength comparable to great phase realm would be directly slain by Jiang Qinge in such a short time.

Such efficiency—probably even Ning Meng, the chief, couldn't achieve it?

The young man's name is Li Yuanfeng, a student of the Lower Heavenly Star Institute of the Holy Light Ancient Academy, now possessing true imprint strength of the minor phase realm, and in this team he is second only to Jiang Qinge.

In his gaze toward Jiang Qinge, there is full of awe, yet beneath the awe lurks a hint of admiration—this is quite normal, after all Jiang Qinge is too dazzling in the Holy Light Ancient Academy, such talent, such appearance and demeanor, she captivates both men and women.

But Li Yuanfeng is a clever man; he knows Jiang Qinge is solely focused on cultivation, and if he were to reveal this admiration, Jiang Qinge, to avoid trouble, would more likely directly ask him to leave the team, so Li Yuanfeng merely keeps this admiration hidden in his heart, and in daily interactions with Jiang Qinge he strictly maintains the identity of a teammate.

"Of course, being able to follow the captain is simply a tremendous fortune and blessing." A comely woman says with a smiling gaze, her eyes upon Jiang Qinge full of admiration.

She is also a member of the team, named Yao Xing, a student of the Four-Star Institute, now possessing virtual imprint strength of the minor phase realm, and at the same time she is Jiang Qinge's die-hard fan, the kind that is wildly fervent and crazy.

Hearing the two's words, Jiang Qinge's expression shows no particular disturbance; her ability to slay three great evil xiang in one fell swoop is still due to her having, upon arriving here, sensed the lurking great evil xiang immediately through the perception of her double-nine-grade luminous phase, so she directly unleashed a "Holy Silver Flame Pill," striking first to seize the initiative.

And that "Holy Silver Flame Pill" is a derived god-level marquis technique she cultivates, whose full name is "Holy Silver Flame Pill Technique," using holy fire to forge pills; when used against enemies, it is unleashed and detonated, its power extremely terrifying—Jiang Qinge has cultivated it to this day and has only produced two "flame pills"; previously she unleashed one, directly inflicting heavy damage on three great evil xiang.

"Captain, we are now first on the merit list." Yao Xing says with a smile.

Jiang Qinge's heart stirs slightly; she activates the "Ancient Spirit Leaf" on the back of her hand to query the merit list, but she does not linger at her own top position, instead continuously scrolling down the light screen, as if searching for something.

After a few breaths, she lightly presses her lips together, obviously not having found what she sought.

"The captain must be looking for information on Li Luo." Yao Xing whispers to Li Yuanfeng.

Li Yuanfeng smiles faintly and replies in a low voice: "That is the captain's fiancé; of course she pays attention."

His heart is filled with complex emotions; as Jiang Qinge's teammates, they naturally understand her feelings toward Li Luo more clearly—a genuine longing and joy from the depths of her heart.

They sometimes find this inconceivable: for someone of Jiang Qinge's temperament to actually have a man hold such a position in her heart?

What exactly is Li Luo's charm? Is it merely because he is of the Li Tianwang lineage? That obviously cannot be—Wei Chonglou also possesses the Tianwang lineage, yet here in Jiang Qinge's presence, he cannot even earn a second glance.

While they whisper privately, Jiang Qinge has already closed the merit list; she indeed wanted to try to see if she could find Li Luo's information, but now the merit list displays only the captains of various teams, so Li Luo appearing at the top is obviously unlikely.

"Captain, a mission has been released! It is a rescue mission, and it seems this time the intelligence has some error—these 'All-Ghost Skin Xiang' are stronger than we thought." At this moment Yao Xing strides over quickly and says solemnly.

"Upon entering the field we encountered three great evil xiang—this is clearly a trap aimed at teams like ours." Jiang Qinge says calmly.

Aside from a few exceptionally strong teams, most other small teams, if they were to encounter such a scene alone, would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

However, the upcoming rescue mission is actually good news for Jiang Qinge, because many teams will gather at these skull-marked locations, thus increasing her chances of encountering Li Luo somewhat.

"Captain, where should we go first?" Li Yuanfeng asks with a laugh.

Jiang Qinge's gaze shifts among those blood-red skulls, and then Yao Xing and Li Yuanfeng see her—usually decisive—actually showing a hint of decision difficulty at this moment.

As Jiang Qinge's die-hard fan, Yao Xing even grits her teeth secretly, feeling somewhat indignant: what qualifications does Li Luo have to make their goddess so anxious and hesitant?!

In the end, Jiang Qinge still quickly makes a decision, pointing to a crimson skull.

"Let's go here first."

In the dim, gray world, a chilling aura pervades; in the mountains and forests, grayish-white shadows occasionally drift by, like moving human skins, emitting mournful sounds.

Whoosh!

A breaking wind sound shatters the silence as a team of about ten people skims low overhead, then lands on a mountain peak—namely Feng Lingfei, Li Luo, Deng Changbai, and others.

They have been one day away from that previous "Thousand Skin Evil Heart Pillar" place; during this day they have been rushing full speed toward a skull-marked location on the map.

Along the way they naturally encountered some stray xiang, but all were low-level, insignificant xiang, naturally unable to impede the group's progress.

"Clear the area, rest a while." Having rushed all the way, Feng Lingfei's strength makes this irrelevant, but the others in the team feel some fatigue; seeing this, Feng Lingfei orders the team to rest.

Zong Sha, Jiang Wanyu, and others then skillfully disperse to clear the wandering xiang from this area.

Feng Lingfei, Deng Changbai, and Li Luo gather together, opening the map on their Ancient Spirit Leaves.

"According to our speed, we should reach this place in about two more days." Deng Changbai points to a skull-marked location and says.

His expression appears somewhat solemn: "Along this route, the 'xiang nests' we have encountered have only been small-scale, not even a single evil xiang has appeared."

Li Luo says: "This is truly worlds apart from the first 'xiang nest' we encountered."

"This only further shows that the first contact was a plot by the 'All-Ghost Skin Xiang'; I suspect those powerful xiang have probably gathered toward these places." Feng Lingfei points to those blood-red skull markers.

Li Luo and Deng Changbai's eyes both narrow.

If that is truly the case, then relying solely on their few people would clearly be insufficient to break through this place.

"There should also be other teams rushing here; by then we can join forces." Deng Changbai says.

Feng Lingfei nods, just about to speak, when suddenly her expression shifts, she turns her head to look toward the distant horizon on the right, only to see phase power undulations coming from there, followed immediately by streaks of light and shadow tearing through the air.

The light and shadow also detect Feng Lingfei's group, then descend to land.

The crowd looks over and sees that the leader of that team is a woman with crimson long hair and a cold, beautiful appearance.

Upon seeing this woman, Feng Lingfei and Deng Changbai are first startled, then both reveal some delight.

Because this person is precisely the tenth seat of the Upper Heavenly Star Institute of the Tian Yuan Ancient Academy, Li Hongyou.

She possesses the "Scarlet Heart Vermilion Fruit Phase," making her a dream collaboration partner for everyone.

"Hongyou, I actually ran into you here." Facing this delicacy, even the usually aloof Feng Lingfei shows a smile on her face, then actively steps forward to greet her.

But Li Hongyou does not show much courtesy merely because Feng Lingfei is the second seat of the Upper Institute; she merely nods indifferently to Feng Lingfei, then shifts her gaze, looking toward the Li Luo behind her.

Li Hongyou falls silent for a moment, then directly strides toward Li Luo.

Seeing this, Li Luo is also somewhat surprised.

Amid the doubtful gazes of the crowd, Li Hongyou comes before Li Luo, she sizes up his appearance, her red lips parting slightly.

"Li Luo, want to team up for a bit?"