Chapter 161: The Squad's First Battle

The training ground.

Two squads of six people in total stood in the middle of the field, precisely the two teams led by Li Luo and Bai Bai Doudou respectively.

Meanwhile, the two mentors, Xi Chan and Mi Er, sat outside the field to observe the battle.

"Mentor Xi Chan, how far has Li Luo cultivated his dual-phase power now?" Mentor Mi Er poured tea for Mentor Xi Chan, then asked with a smile.

"He hasn't grasped it yet." Mentor Xi Chan shook her head.

"That's normal. Dual-phase power is far too advanced. After all, Li Luo is still only at the Phase Master realm. To grasp it initially, how could it possibly be that easy?"

Mentor Mi Er smiled, then said, "But if that's the case, then for this training match, I'm afraid the odds of victory are greater on my side. On yours, no one can stop Bai Bai Doudou."

His words were not false. The current Bai Bai Doudou was already at the first pattern of the Birth Pattern stage. Her phase power was far stronger than Li Luo's and Student Xin Fu's. And she herself was a Wind Phase. Once she launched an offensive, it would be like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves—unstoppable.

Qiu Luo was at the Upper Heavy Flower Seed realm, while Seeing Yu Lang was slightly weaker, having just reached the Lower Heavy White Seed realm.

Looking at Li Luo's three-person team, the one with the strongest surface phase power was actually Student Xin Fu. Like Qiu Luo, he was at the Upper Heavy Flower Seed realm. Li Luo was at the Lower Heavy Flower Seed realm, and Bai Bai Mengmeng was at the Upper Heavy White Seed realm.

Judging from overall strength, Bai Bai Doudou's team had the greater advantage.

Mentor Xi Chan held her teacup, lifted one corner of her veil, used her sleeve to cover herself as she drank a cup of tea, then said with a faint smile, "I also very much want to see just how domineering your three-wind system over there truly is."

That's right. Mentor Mi Er's team—Bai Bai Doudou, Qiu Luo, and Yu Lang—were all Wind Phases, hence also called the Three-Wind System. Their mobility was extremely strong, and when fighting others, they could often end the battle cleanly and decisively.

While the two mentors were talking, the six people in the field had also finished their respective warm-ups.

"Li Luo, you all had better protect my little sister well." Bai Bai Doudou held a long spear, her short hair even with her ears, brimming with heroic spirit.

"Then you just don't hit her." Li Luo said.

Bai Bai Doudou shook her head and smiled, saying, "That won't do. Since this is a match, there's no sisterly affection."

Bai Bai Mengmeng could only laugh and cry at the same time, so she stuck out her tongue and made a face at Bai Bai Doudou.

Yu Lang muttered, "So cute!"

The moment his words fell, Bai Bai Doudou's gaze swept over coldly, and the long spear in her hand even took on a posture of pointing over, scaring Yu Lang into a shiver. He hurriedly made his expression turn solemn.

At this moment, the voices of the two mentors outside the field announcing the start of the match came over.

Boom!

In that instant, the six people almost simultaneously erupted their own phase power abruptly.

Li Luo held twin blades, stepped forward, Bai Bai Mengmeng floated backward, and between her palms phase power drifted like starlight. Meanwhile, Student Xin Fu's figure vanished on the spot, as if he had turned invisible.

After this period of training, the three had already developed an initial tacit understanding. Just as Mentor Xi Chan had said before, Li Luo was the main offensive core, Student Xin Fu hid and waited for an opportunity to strike, and Bai Bai Mengmeng stayed at the rear to assist while observing the entire field.

Unlike Li Luo's side, which had clear divisions of labor, the instant the battle erupted, the three people opposite were seen shooting out directly. Amidst the howling wind, they were like three arrows, plunging forward with extreme swiftness.

"Attack Li Luo directly, take him out!"

Bai Bai Doudou shouted. They had no fancy tactics whatsoever. Since the other side used Li Luo as the front-line core, they would simply concentrate their force and take him down first.

Without Li Luo, the other two were almost as good as defeated.

And their system was most adept at blitzkrieg. Once the opponent couldn't withstand wave after wave of offensive, their defense would be torn apart directly, and they would lose rapidly.

Whoosh!

The wind howled, and three attacks of varying intensity swept directly toward Li Luo.

However, just at this moment, starlight seemed to erupt behind Li Luo, with numerous fluorescent lights spraying out, filling the field of vision.

"Careful, that's Bai Mengmeng's phase art—it can induce hallucinations!"

The moment her voice fell, Yu Lang and Qiu Luo were astonished to see that the figure of Li Luo ahead had actually become blurry, as if two identical shadows had appeared on his left and right sides.

The three Li Luo figures spun and suddenly charged forward.

Bai Bai Doudou's gaze was piercing. Cyan phase power howled as she charged in the vanguard. The long spear in her hand churned, and three wind blades shot out, tracing tricky arcs, directly hitting the three Li Luo figures.

However, when the wind blades struck, they passed straight through.

"All three are fakes!" Qiu Luo's expression changed as he shouted.

Bai Bai Doudou also discovered this turn of events at the first instant. Without the slightest hesitation, the long spear in her hand suddenly left her hand, like a streak of cyan light, stabbing violently toward Yu Lang's back like lightning.

Clang!

It was seen that there, twin blades slashed out, but just as they were about to reach Yu Lang, they were blocked by the cyan light of the long spear that arrived in time.

Li Luo, whose body shimmered with water-light, flashed into view.

His sudden strike was still blocked by Bai Bai Doudou. Clearly, the other side had long guessed that if Li Luo wanted to find a breakthrough point, among the three of them, Yu Lang, the weakest, was obviously the best target.

Yu Lang was drenched in cold sweat down his back and let out a strange cry: "You tricky Li Luo, you really do pick on the soft persimmons. I'll fight you to the death!"

He raised his blade and roared, but the next moment his figure shot backward, and at the same time he shouted, "Surround him!"

Li Luo smiled when he saw this. This guy was really slippery—he still wanted to take him out first. But clearly Yu Lang also knew his thoughts, so he fled without hesitation.

At this moment he couldn't pursue either, because Bai Bai Doudou and Qiu Luo had already shot over from left and right. Both held long spears, their spear winds fierce and vicious, carrying specks of cold light, sweeping over to envelop him.

The other side seemed to have also guessed that he would strike at Yu Lang first, so they used that as bait instead, forcing him to reveal himself, and then joined forces to encircle and suppress him.

This kind of exchange in a flash had already made Li Luo unable to help sighing. This kind of battle was indeed completely different from what he had experienced before.

A team fight had its own flavor.

Amidst his sighs, Bai Bai Doudou and Qiu Luo's attacks had already arrived.

Li Luo raised his hand, his expression solemn, and the phase art he had long prepared erupted abruptly.

"Tiger General Art..."

"Green Jade Entwining Hand."

Between his palms, green light surged, actually transforming into green wood that swept out, like a green python, directly wrapping toward Bai Bai Doudou and Qiu Luo.

However, what was slightly unexpected was that on this green wood, quite a few flowers had actually bloomed, adding a touch of vibrant vitality to the greenery.

As if it were a tree that had absorbed sunlight and grown sturdier.

The green wood swept over like a green python. Bai Bai Doudou and Qiu Luo struck without hesitation, their fierce attacks chopping down forcefully.

And the instant the two made contact, the expressions of both changed slightly.

This Green Wood seemed to have something faintly strange about it.