Chapter 293: Sealing the Three-Tailed Giant Beast

With the abundant phase force provided by the Eldest Princess, the seal in Li Luo's palm suddenly blazed with light, its power surging.

The three-tailed giant beast, which had been retreating step by step, was directly yanked by a tremendous force; more and more chains of light swept in, piercing into its wounds, tearing flesh and blood, and coiling around the bones within its body.

Roar! Roar!

Piercing, furious roars rang out continuously like thunder.

But it was utterly useless.

Supported by that seal and the phase force supplied by the Eldest Princess, the three-tailed giant beast's massive body was finally yanked into the air and hurled toward where Li Luo stood.

Its enormous frame began to shrink rapidly; after only a dozen or so breaths, it transformed into a streak of flowing light that drilled into the seal in Li Luo's palm.

"Seal!"

Li Luo's expression turned solemn. With a fierce shout, he slammed his palm against the ground.

Light spread outward from Li Luo's palm as its source, as if forming an array, while the ground cracked at the same time. Finally, earth slowly rose from within, forming a mud-and-stone statue of the three-tailed giant beast.

Chains seemed to coil all over the statue.

The three-tailed giant beast was completely sealed at this moment.

As the three-tailed giant beast was sealed, the ancient seal in Li Luo's palm quietly dissipated as well. Yet at the instant it vanished, Li Luo's expression shifted slightly.

His gaze swept over, and he saw a dark-red bracelet had inexplicably appeared on his wrist.

He pondered for a moment but revealed nothing; his sleeve dropped down, concealing the bracelet.

Hoo.

Then he let out a heavy breath and laughed: "Done."

Turning his head, he saw a pair of phoenix eyes filled with astonishment staring at him.

The Eldest Princess's expression was a little dazed. Clearly, the scene that had just unfolded before her eyes made it impossible for her to maintain her usual composure.

She had not expected that this three-tailed giant beast—even she could do nothing against it—would be sealed by Li Luo so easily.

How could he possibly possess such power?

What exactly had happened here during this period?

The Eldest Princess's emotions churned like a stormy sea within her, but her deep reserve of composure ultimately allowed her to adjust her mindset quickly. First, she withdrew her hand without a flicker of expression, then asked in a calm voice: "What was that just now?"

"A seal left behind by the Dean."

Li Luo smiled and did not hide anything: "The seal has a spirit, so after learning of my plan, it actively transferred itself into my hands. However, the seal's power was consumed too much; it could only take effect after this three-tailed giant beast was wounded."

"The Dean's seal..."

The Eldest Princess finally understood. She did know that a seal left by the Dean existed outside the Forbidden Zone mountain range, but she had never imagined the seal could be used in such a way.

But then, as she thought of something, her face turned a little unpleasant: "Doesn't that mean whether I came or not actually doesn't matter much?"

She had rushed for days on end, so much so that she couldn't even keep her hairstyle intact, only to arrive after bitter hardship and find that she wasn't needed at all?

The Eldest Princess's beautiful face flickered between dark and light. She stared at Li Luo, feeling an impulse to give the latter a beating.

Li Luo was stunned, then laughed dryly: "You can't put it that way either. If the Eldest Princess hadn't supplied phase force just now, we might not have been able to seal this three-tailed giant beast."

Upon hearing this, the Eldest Princess's expression grew even uglier. Supplying phase force—anyone could do that. This outpost had Jiang Qing'e, Du Ze Duze Honglian, and others; if they joined forces to provide phase force, the effect wouldn't be much worse than hers.

Although the fact that nothing happened at the outpost was something worth celebrating, the Eldest Princess still felt an inexplicable gloom.

She took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling in waves, then gradually calmed her emotions and said: "Li Luo, you really are capable."

Her words carried neither pleasure nor anger, making it impossible for anyone to tell what she actually meant.

After speaking, she turned and headed into the outpost.

Li Luo gazed at her graceful, elegant back, feeling a bit helpless. Women really were hard to please. Even someone as deep and calculating as the Eldest Princess could sometimes be a tremendous headache.

Did I do wrong by sealing the three-tailed giant beast?

Even if you'd gone up, you might not have been able to beat it.

Does reason even count for anything anymore?

Li Luo turned his head to glance at the sealing statue in front of the outpost, then felt the dark-red bracelet on his wrist through his sleeve. His gaze flickered slightly, and he too turned and walked back into the outpost.

On the outpost's high walls at this moment, many gazes remained frozen, staring at that sealing statue.

No one had expected that this spirit beast, even more terrifying than the Smiling Face Demon, would be suppressed so easily by Li Luo... That's right—by Li Luo, not the Eldest Princess!

They had seen it clearly from the start: the Eldest Princess hadn't even made a move before Li Luo suppressed that three-tailed giant beast.

Such a fantastical thing made them unable to help wondering whether they were caught in the Smiling Face Demon's Huan Jing?

Could the truth be that they had already been controlled by the Smiling Face Demon, and everything happening before their eyes was an illusion?

Someone slapped themselves across the face. The crisp sound made the surrounding students who had also wanted to do the same silently stop. They glanced at that person's swollen cheek—alright, this was real.

Li Luo really had suppressed the three-tailed giant beast.

"The seal in Li Luo's hand earlier should be the one left by the Dean outside the Forbidden Zone mountain range... He used some method to transfer that seal, then took advantage of the three-tailed giant beast being wounded to seal it." Jiang Qing'e's calm voice rang out at this moment, dispelling the others' doubts.

"No wonder it looked familiar," Tian Tian said.

Senior Qiu Bai then said: "In other words, this guy actually had a means to counter the three-tailed giant beast all along?"

"Then why did he put on such a dramatic show earlier?!"

A junior schoolgirl defended Li Luo: "When Li Luo activated that seal, there must have been a chance of failure too, so him stepping forward still took a lot of courage."

"..." Senior Qiu Bai was left speechless, because he realized Li Luo had already begun to develop some fanatical followers. Was being good-looking really that much of an advantage? Blind worship just like that?

But compared to escaping a desperate situation, all this was trivial. Soon no one paid it any more attention, and cheers of having survived a disaster echoed throughout the outpost.

Many students, in their excitement and agitation, simply collapsed to the ground. These past few days had nearly exhausted them; after all, even though the outpost had not been breached, the mental pressure they had endured was also tremendously immense.

Moreover, they were not entirely without casualties.

The Eldest Princess walked into the outpost, soothed the many students who had nearly been crushed by the mental pressure, and told them that reinforcements would soon arrive. The crisis at this outpost could be considered completely resolved.

Then she walked toward Jiang Qing'e, Du Ze Duze Honglian, and the others.

"Thank you for your hard work, Eldest Princess," Jiang Qing'e said, stepping forward to meet her.

"Don't even mention it. I rushed for so many days just to come here and provide a little phase force." The Eldest Princess smiled helplessly, then teased Jiang Jiang Qinge: "Your family's one here is a bit too monstrous. At the Phase Master realm, he dared to seal a Heavenly General rank exotic beast."

Jiang Jiang Qinge shook her head and said: "Eldest Princess, please don't praise him. That wasn't his power, but the power of the Headmaster's seal."

"To be able, in such a desperate situation, to summon up tremendous courage to lure this exotic beast — which is even more terrifying than a Great Calamity Aberration — all the way from the Forbidden Zone Mountain Range to break the deadlock... such boldness and character..."

The Eldest Princess casually pinned up her long hair, then fell silent for a moment before slowly saying: "Lu Lan Mansion has a hidden dragon."

Beside her, Duze Duze Honglian's eyes flickered. In the past, even if the Eldest Princess had said something like that, she would have been the first to mock it, but this time, she could only hold her tongue.

Because this time, if not for Li Luo's plan, the outpost would surely have been breached by the Smiling Face Demon long ago, and everyone would have died here.

Li Luo's performance, even she could only admit was truly impeccable.

Previously, she had thought her own younger brother's talent was quite good, no less than Lu Lan Mansion's Li Luo, but after this incident, she had to admit that Li Luo was indeed somewhat more outstanding than Duze Duze Beixuan.

"And after this matter, Li Luo's reputation and popularity within Holy Mystic Star Academy should greatly increase. The number one among the new students is probably unshakable."

The Eldest Princess chuckled lightly. This time Li Luo's contribution was the greatest. One could imagine that afterward, many students in the academy would look at him with new eyes. This was undoubtedly a form of popular support.

And this kind of popular support, sometimes even relying solely on strength, was somewhat difficult to achieve.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's gaze turned toward Li Luo's figure inside the outpost. At this moment, the latter was chatting and laughing with Student Xin Fu, Bai Bai Mengmeng, and the others. Quite a few students surrounded them, smiling and chiming in agreement, among whom were not a few students from the Three Star House.

Jiang Jiang Qinge smiled. The so-called popular support, Li Luo probably wouldn't care too much about. This guy was quite pragmatic. In his eyes, caring about this kind of popular support was less useful than caring about whether this trip to the Dark Cave could earn ten thousand academy points.

However, this crisis had finally been resolved.

At this moment, even someone as resilient as Jiang Jiang Qinge quietly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.