Chapter 292: The Eldest Princess Arrives

When the tall, graceful figure of the Princess appeared before the stronghold, the many students on the high wall behind first froze for a moment, then deafening cheers erupted.

Many of them wore wild joy on their faces, expressions of having narrowly escaped death.

No one had expected that at this final critical moment, reinforcements had finally arrived!

The Princess possessed the strength of the Heavenly Gang General rank, and with her here, even that brutally savage Three-Tailed Giant Beast probably wouldn't be able to crush her so easily.

Moreover, since the Princess had arrived first, it meant more reinforcements were rapidly approaching.

The stronghold's crisis could be said to be largely resolved at this point.

Amid the many cheers, the Princess also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the stronghold hadn't been breached yet—her all-out rush had, after all, made it in time.

The Princess turned her head, looked at Li Luo, and said: "Why are you here facing the Three-Tailed Giant Beast alone? Go back quickly, leave this place to me."

Li Luo stared dumbly at the Princess's breathtakingly beautiful face, on the verge of tears: "Princess, couldn't you have arrived just a little later?"

If only the Princess had arrived a bit later, he could have wrapped things up perfectly—then you'd be fine, I'd be fine, and it would be fine too.

Actually, the main thing was that Li Luo had been hunted by this Three-Tailed Giant Beast for several days. If he said there wasn't a bit of resentment in his heart, that would be impossible, and now he just happened to have a chance to vent it.

The Princess was stunned for a moment, then shot Li Luo an annoyed, reproachful glare and said irritably: "If I'd arrived a moment later, I'd be collecting your corpse?"

"You brat, you really don't know what's good for you."

"These past few days, I didn't even have time to rest, traveling day and night at full speed. In the end, I even abandoned the support troops and came alone at full speed—that's how I made it in time."

Li Luo looked the Princess over, only then noticing that her usually high-pinned phoenix hair bun had now come loose into dark silk cascading down her shoulders. This made her lose a few parts of her noble air and gain a touch of alluring charm.

Clearly, during these few days of rushing on the road, she no longer had the energy to tend to her own hairstyle.

"The Princess truly is a model for us all." Li Luo gave a thumbs-up and sighed in admiration.

Although he had already begun to take control of the situation here, she had rushed over from so far away to provide rescue, and that kindness still deserved acknowledgment.

"Are you alright?" The Princess sized up Li Luo and found that aside from looking a bit weary, he had no other major issues.

"The Princess was really worried about me." Li Luo said with a smile.

The Princess said frankly: "It was indeed because I was worried about you that I pushed myself so hard on the road. You know the reason too—the King finally has hope of treating his innate defect, how could I possibly let you die here in this dark cavern for nothing?"

Li Luo nodded. Of course he'd guessed it; otherwise, given her strength and status, there really was no need for her to push herself so hard on the road.

The Princess didn't beat around the bush either, but told him clearly that a large part of the reason she had rushed over so urgently was because of Li Luo.

Of course, it wasn't because of Li Luo as a person, but because he could treat the King's innate defect.

The Princess didn't dwell on this topic, but turned her phoenix eyes toward the Three-Tailed Giant Beast ahead, her pretty face growing much more solemn: "Didn't they say a Great Calamity-class Other appeared on your side? How did it become a peak Heavenly General-rank spirit beast?"

She was somewhat puzzled, because the spirit beast before her looked faintly familiar.

"That Great Calamity-class Other has already been dealt with," Li Luo said.

The Princess was startled again. A Great Calamity-class Other had been dealt with? Someone in this stronghold could accomplish that? Jiang Qing'e? That still didn't seem very likely.

The Ninth-Rank Light Phase was indeed overbearing, but it hadn't reached such a monstrous level.

After all, Jiang Qing'e was still only at the Earth Sha General rank.

Her thoughts flickered, then the Princess said thoughtfully: "It was dealt with by this spirit beast?"

"The Princess is truly clever." Li Luo said with a smile.

Even though she had guessed it earlier, the Princess still couldn't help feeling a bit stunned, and said: "How did this peak Heavenly General-rank spirit beast end up appearing here?"

And it just happened to help this stronghold out of its predicament—how could that be such a coincidence?

"I lured it over from the Forbidden Mountain Range," Li Luo said with a smile.

The Princess's pupils suddenly contracted. So that was why she'd felt this spirit beast looked a bit familiar—it was the great spirit beast from the Forbidden Mountain Range in the area of Stronghold Thirteen!

And Li Luo had lured it out of the Forbidden Mountain Range?

Her phoenix eyes swept over the ground outside the stronghold. From the traces here, it was clear an extremely astonishing battle had broken out, which presumably had been caused by this spirit beast and the Great Calamity-class Other.

"You deliberately lured this spirit beast to the stronghold, wanting to use its power to deal with the Great Calamity-class Other, didn't you?" the Princess said slowly.

Her gaze at Li Luo was slightly complicated, because she knew very well just how bold and dangerous this plan was.

But then again, she had to admit, this was the only way to change the situation.

At the very least, the battle between this spirit beast and the Great Calamity-class Other had bought the most precious stretch of time. Otherwise, by the time she arrived now, what she might have seen was a ruin littered with corpses.

"Li Luo, you really are amazing," the Princess said slowly.

"If all this is true, then you are the greatest hero."

Li Luo said with a smile: "Don't praise me, Princess. I only did this to save myself."

The Princess smiled slightly and said: "But the trouble you've left behind here is no smaller than the Great Calamity-class Other."

Her phoenix eyes turned to the Three-Tailed Giant Beast, which had stopped in its tracks because of her arrival, and her gaze also grew solemn: "This spirit beast's strength is probably even greater than that Great Calamity-class Other. Fortunately, it's now also suffering no light injuries, but if it comes to one-on-one, I can't do anything about it either. I can only hold it off and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive. By then, it shouldn't be a problem."

Although the Princess was at the Heavenly Gang General rank, in terms of level, she was still a bit lower than this Three-Tailed Giant Beast. After all, the latter was considered the peak among Heavenly General-rank, and had even begun attempting to touch upon the path of Marquis.

Still, although it was very hard to defeat, holding it off shouldn't be too much of a problem.

"You retreat back to the high wall first." The Princess tightened her grip on the Bai Yu Scepter, preparing to step forward and meet the enemy.

Seeing this, Li Luo immediately felt a bit of a headache and said: "Princess, although I'm very grateful you came all this way to support us, actually... leaving this place to me will be enough."

The Princess stopped in her tracks, looking at Li Luo with some shock. She even felt like reaching out to feel his forehead to see if he'd been beaten silly.

A great spirit beast that even she couldn't handle, and Li Luo said to leave it to him?

"Li Luo, are you joking with me? This isn't the time for jokes," the Princess said with a mix of anger and amusement.

Li Luo didn't waste any more words, but took a deep breath, then raised his palm, aiming it at the Three-Tailed Giant Beast not far away.

The ancient seal in his palm blazed with light at this moment.

Whoosh!

In that instant, tens of thousands of chains of light suddenly shot out from the seal in Li Luo's palm, then pierced through the void and, swift as lightning, wrapped around the massive body of the Three-Tailed Giant Beast.

Roar!

The sudden chains of light made the Three-Tailed Giant Beast's heart tremble, and it began to struggle violently at the same time.

However, this time, the power of the seal seemed to grow even more solid. Those chains of light, like snakes, drilled directly into the wounds on the Three-Tailed Giant Beast's body, tearing through flesh and blood, wrapping around its bones.

Roar!

The Three-Tailed Giant Beast let out a shrill, miserable shriek.

At the same time, it also sensed something was wrong and began to struggle desperately. Blazing flames erupted from within its body, making it look like a flame giant beast at this moment.

Even the ground was scorched until it cracked and split open.

Under such desperate struggling, its massive body actually began to slowly retreat.

Li Luo saw this scene and was slightly shocked. He had underestimated this Three-Tailed Giant Beast — he hadn't expected it to still possess such tenacious ferocity under these circumstances.

The seal in his palm was, after all, still somewhat lacking in power.

And his own strength was too weak; there was no way to provide too much phase force for this seal.

Li Luo furrowed his brow slightly, then turned his head and saw the Princess. So he extended his other palm and, very naturally under the Princess's stunned gaze, grasped her small hand.

"Lend me some phase force." He revealed a brilliant smile.

Then the Princess felt the phase force within her body begin to surge out like a tide through the connection point of their palms.