Chapter 183: First Place in Points

At sunset, on the high platform outside the grounds, the five Purple-tier mentors were also slightly quiet.

Their gazes looked out over the vast mountain forest, as if they had taken in every brilliant battle within it.

It was just that each person's expression was slightly different.

Shen Jinxiao gazed into the distance, his expression neither happy nor angry; he had already seen the defeat of Wang He's team, and at the hands of Li Luo and his two companions, no less...

Mentor Xi Chan clearly would not let this heart-gladdening opportunity slip by. She picked up the water cup in front of her, raised it toward Shen Jinxiao, and said, "It seems I must thank Mentor Shen Jinxiao in advance for his investment."

Shen Jinxiao held the wine cup before him. Even though the fine wine had lost its flavor, he still drained it in one gulp and said, "Losing to the power of dual resonance, it is not an injustice."

He did not reveal any anger; after all, he was a Marquis-realm expert, and he could still manage to accept a bet gracefully. Of course, the most important thing was, in this kind of situation, what else could he do if he didn't admit it? Could he charge in and beat Li Luo up, then go back on his word and take back the "Twelve-Section Brocade"? If he did that, his reputation would be completely lost.

"This Li Luo is quite interesting. His dual resonance power is actually not stable. Normally, it wouldn't necessarily be able to contend with the final combined resonance art of Wang He and his two companions... but that move of his, 'Planting Trees to Form Soldiers,' was truly unexpected," Mentor Cao Sheng also commented at this time.

Mentor Mi Er nodded in agreement and said, "He used the power of his water resonance as a source to augment the power of his wood resonance, growing it into a wood-resonance tree at the fastest speed. The resonance art 'Planting Trees to Form Soldiers' itself does not possess overly powerful offensive capabilities, and its own characteristics can be considered mediocre. However, if it is used to stabilize the power of the wood and water resonances, it has an unexpected effect. The two powers condensed at the heart of the tree, ultimately forming a rather stable dual resonance power."

"However, this resonance art can only be used by those who possess both water and wood resonances, because without the infiltration of water resonance power, by the time this wood-resonance tree grew, the opportunity would have long since passed."

"Finally, once the wood-resonance tree took shape, Li Luo turned the wood heart into an arrow and propelled it with his own resonance power. Only this attack... could break the resonance art of Wang He and his two companions."

"Although it was a narrow victory in the end, being able to achieve this step is quite extraordinary."

The other Purple-tier mentors nodded one after another, their faces showing appreciation. In the eyes of these Marquis-realm experts, Li Luo's dual resonance power might be very immature, but one had to remember, Li Luo was still just a small Resonance Master realm...

"This Li Luo's individual strength can probably be counted as the second among the freshmen. I wonder who is actually stronger between him and Qin Zhulu? Just now, the joint efforts of Yi Lisha and Qian Ye were almost crushed by Qin Zhulu. The ferocity this guy shows during battle is something most people really can't block," Mentor Chu Zi said.

Mentor Xi Chan said, "Li Luo's wood-heart arrow is powerful, but it might not necessarily pose a fatal threat to Qin Zhulu. As long as the latter blocks this arrow, Li Luo will have no other means to use."

"The limitations of this one-trick pony of his are still quite significant."

These words were not modesty, but the truth. Li Luo's arrow was indeed formidable, but it was just enough to deal with Wang He and his two companions. If used against Qin Zhulu, once the latter resisted it head-on, Li Luo would lose all opportunities for a counterattack.

After all, Qin Zhulu's second-pattern resonance power level and his own Upper Eighth-Grade resonance were not to be trifled with.

While the few Purple-tier mentors were speaking, freshmen began to emerge one after another at the entrance of the grounds, and the clamor gradually gathered.

Among the crowd, teams that had obtained satisfactory points were all smiles, while some who were dissatisfied were full of regret and gloom. However, overall, everyone's interest was still extremely high; perhaps because they had rarely been exposed to this kind of small-team combat, they felt it was extremely novel.

About ten minutes later, almost all the teams had gathered here.

One gaze after another began to turn toward the high platform, because by this time, it was time to announce the final results and rankings achieved by all teams in this ranking battle.

Amidst the attention of all, Mentor Xi Chan stood up. Her figure still appeared slender and graceful in the gradually dimming sky, and the black veil covering her face added a touch of mystery to her.

"The first freshman ranking battle ends here."

Mentor Xi Chan raised her hand, and a powerful resonance power swept out from her sleeves, directly forming a light screen in mid-air, on which hundreds of teams were marked with their respective points and rankings.

There was a commotion below the stage, and everyone looked up to find their own teams.

Li Luo, Bai Mengmeng, and Xin Fu stood together, also looking up, but they immediately discovered that the rankings on this light screen only stopped at sixth place; the top five had not yet appeared.

Moreover, not a single Purple-tier team was on the light screen. Clearly, the top five spots had been monopolized by the five Purple-tier teams.

"I didn't expect Wang He and the others to be able to hold onto the top five. Their foundation is indeed quite deep..." Li Luo laughed.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng glanced at him; how deep their foundation is, don't you know already...

"Do you think we can rank first?" Li Luo asked.

Although he had reaped a big harvest from Wang He's team, he had already heard just now that Qin Zhulu's team had also defeated Yi Lisha's team, so Qin Zhulu's team would also be a strong contender for first place.

To be honest, the points they had in hand now already made Li Luo very satisfied. As for who took first place, he really didn't have much interest, but... he was interested in the "Twelve-Section Brocade" that was the extra reward for first place!

That was a relatively important part of his subsequent cultivation.

After all, under the immense pressure of having less than five years of life, he had to precisely calculate a goal he had to reach every year, so he could not discard anything that could accelerate his cultivation.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng could only shake their heads at this. Facing that fierce guy Qin Zhulu, there was probably no one among the freshmen who didn't harbor some apprehension.

It was thanks to Li Luo's outburst this time that he defeated Wang He's team; otherwise, this first place would have safely belonged to Qin Zhulu's team, and others would probably find it very difficult to compete.

After Mentor Xi Chan displayed the light screen, she began to announce the top five teams.

Ye Qiuding's team, 2, 00 points, ranked fifth.

Jin Men's team, 2, 00 points, ranked fourth.

Feng Qi's team, 3, 00 points, ranked third.

Once the rankings of these three teams came out, it immediately caused a stir and heated discussion, because judging from the points, the five Purple-tier teams should have been biting at each other's heels, and Ye Qiuding's team and Jin Men's team had clearly been harvested once.

That is to say, the Justice team and the Qingyue team had each defeated a Purple-tier team.

People were not too surprised that the Qingyue team, with Qin Zhulu sitting in command, could have such a record, after all, Qin Zhulu's fierce reputation was too great. But that Li Luo's team could also defeat a Purple-tier team made people a bit surprised.

After all, from the surface strength, among the five teams, it was actually Li Luo's team that was slightly weaker. If it weren't for the fact that Li Luo had previously defeated Duze Beixuan, proving his own strength, many people would probably have felt that some Gold-tier teams might even be stronger than Li Luo's team.

One gaze after another looked at Mentor Xi Chan with curiosity and reverence, waiting for her to announce the most important ranking next.

Under those gazes, Mentor Xi Chan's eyes swept over the direction where Li Luo and the others were with a hint of a smile, and then she said, "Second place, Qingyue team, 5, 00 points."

Without waiting for everyone to recover, she continued, "First place, Justice team, 5, 00 points."

Whoa!

As soon as these words were spoken, it directly triggered an uproar. All the students looked at Li Luo's direction, dumbfounded. No one expected that the Justice team would actually surpass the Qingyue team...

Although it was only by one hundred points, this was the difference between first and second.

Facing those shocking gazes, after being stunned for a moment, Bai Mengmeng couldn't help but cheer out loud. Even Xin Fu, under his hood, had a smile on his pale face.

This first place was slightly unexpected.

Li Luo was also stunned for a few seconds, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, a feeling of relief washing over him.

Although there was a bit of luck involved, no matter what, he had finally achieved this first place...

Not far away, Qin Zhulu's gaze also remained on Li Luo, a scorching heat rising in his eyes, and he couldn't help but say, "This Li Luo... so appetizing."

Beside him, Lu Qinger and Yin Yue's bodies both shook violently.

Lu Qinger's pretty face even turned murderous, her eyes unfriendly.

Sensing their gazes, Qin Zhulu was stunned for a moment and hurriedly explained, "I mean, his dual resonance is so special, I really want to have a fight with him."

Hearing this, Lu Qinger breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and expressionlessly withdrew her gaze from Qin Zhulu.

I'm already exhausted dealing with that big goose here, and you still want to bring me something weird?

The big goose's momentum is too strong, and I need to avoid its edge for now. But if I want to hammer you, this silly deer who doesn't know the way, there are still many ways. For example, find someone to paint a "Hundred Beauties Portrait" with you as the protagonist and scatter it all over the Shengxuanxing Academy...

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