Chapter 293: Sealing the Three-Tailed Giant Beast

With the abundant resonant power provided by the Princess, the seal in Li Luo's palm suddenly shone with brilliant light, its power surging violently.

The Three-Tailed Giant Beast, which had originally begun to retreat step by step, was directly pulled by a massive force; more and more light chains swept over, piercing into its wounds, tearing its flesh, and entangling the bones within its body.

Roar!

A shrill, furious roar rang out incessantly like thunder.

But it was completely useless.

Under the support of that seal and the resonant power provided by the Princess, the Three-Tailed Giant Beast's massive body was finally yanked into the air and hurled toward the direction where Li Luo stood.

Its massive body began to shrink rapidly, and after a mere dozen breaths, it turned into a streak of light and drilled into the seal in Li Luo's palm.

"Seal!"

Li Luo's expression was solemn; he let out a sharp shout and slammed his palm onto the ground.

Rays of light were seen spreading from his palm as the source, as if forming an array; at the same time, the ground cracked, and finally, soil slowly rose from within to form a mud-and-stone statue of the Three-Tailed Giant Beast.

Upon the statue, it seemed as if numerous chains were wrapped around it.

That Three-Tailed Giant Beast was, at this moment, completely sealed.

When the Three-Tailed Giant Beast was sealed, the ancient seal in Li Luo's palm also quietly dissipated, though at the very moment it vanished, Li Luo's expression flickered slightly.

A glance revealed that a dark red bracelet had inexplicably appeared on his wrist.

He was lost in thought, but he didn't show anything, lowering his sleeve to cover the bracelet.

*Huu.

Then he took a heavy breath and smiled, "Done."

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

The Princess's expression was somewhat 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, which even she could do nothing about, would be sealed by Li Luo so simply.

How could he possibly possess such power?

During this period, what exactly had happened here?

The Princess's inner emotions were churning, but her deep-seated composure eventually allowed her to quickly adjust her mindset; she first withdrew her hand without a trace, then asked in a calm voice, "What was that just now?"

"The seal left behind by the Dean."

Li Luo smiled, not hiding anything, and said, "The seal has a spirit, so after learning of my plan, it took the initiative to transfer to my hand. It's just that the seal's power was too depleted, so it could only take effect after this Three-Tailed Giant Beast was injured."

"The Dean's seal..."

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

However, she immediately thought of something, and her expression turned a bit unpleasant: "Doesn't that mean my coming here didn't really have much significance?"

She had spent these past few days traveling until she couldn't even maintain her hairstyle, only to find after all that arduous effort that she wasn't needed at all?

The Princess's beautiful face was somewhat uncertain; she stared at Li Luo with an urge to give him a beating.

Li Luo was stunned and gave a dry laugh, "I wouldn't say that; if the Princess hadn't provided the resonant power just now, it might not have been possible to seal this Three-Tailed Giant Beast."

Upon hearing this, the Princess's expression grew even uglier; who couldn't provide resonant power? This stronghold had Jiang Qing'e, Duze Honglian, and others; if they had joined forces to provide resonant power, the effect wouldn't have been much worse than hers.

Although it was worth celebrating that nothing had gone wrong at the stronghold, the Princess still felt an inexplicable sense of frustration.

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

Her words were neither happy nor angry, making it impossible to guess what she actually meant.

After speaking, she turned and headed toward the interior of the stronghold.

Li Luo looked at her graceful, elegant back and felt a bit helpless; women were truly difficult to please, and even someone as deep as the Princess could be a huge headache at times.

Was I wrong to seal the Three-Tailed Giant Beast?

You wouldn't necessarily have been able to beat it if you had gone up there.

Is there no reasoning with you?

Li Luo turned his head to look at the sealed statue in front of the stronghold, touched the dark red bracelet on his wrist through his sleeve, his eyes flickering slightly, and then he also turned and walked back into the stronghold.

At this moment, on the high walls of the stronghold, many people's gazes remained fixed on the sealed statue in a daze.

No one had expected that this spirit beast, which was even more terrifying than the Smiling Demon, would be suppressed by Li Luo so simply in the end... That's right, by Li Luo, not the Princess!

They had seen clearly just now that the Princess hadn't even made a move yet, and Li Luo had already suppressed the Three-Tailed Giant Beast.

Such an unbelievable thing made them wonder if they were currently in the Smiling Demon's illusion?

Was the reality that they had already been controlled by the Smiling Demon, and everything happening before them was a hallucination?

Someone slapped themselves, and the crisp sound made other students who wanted to do the same silently stop; they looked at the person's swollen cheek—alright, this was real.

Li Luo had really suppressed the Three-Tailed Giant Beast.

"The seal in Li Luo's hand earlier should have been 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 injured to seal it." Jiang Qing'e's calm voice rang out at this moment, resolving the others' doubts.

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

Qiu Bai said, "So you mean, this guy actually had the means to keep the Three-Tailed Giant Beast in check all along?"

"Then why did he make it look so heroic earlier?!"

A junior schoolmate defended Li Luo, "Junior Li Luo using that seal must have had a failure rate, so him stepping forward still took a lot of courage."

"..." Qiu Bai had nothing to say, because he realized Li Luo had already begun to develop some fanatical supporters; was being good-looking really that advantageous? Just blindly praising him?

However, compared to escaping a desperate situation, these were just minor matters; soon no one paid attention to this anymore, and cheers of surviving a disaster rang out within the stronghold.

Many students, in their excitement, simply collapsed to the ground; these past few days had left them almost exhausted, as even though the stronghold hadn't been breached, the mental pressure they had endured was quite immense.

Moreover, they were not entirely without casualties.

The Princess walked into the stronghold, comforted the many students who had nearly been crushed by the mental pressure, and told them that follow-up reinforcements were about to arrive, meaning the crisis at this stronghold was completely resolved.

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

"Thank you for your hard work, Princess," Jiang Qing'e also greeted the Princess and said.

"Don't even mention it; I traveled for so many days just to come and provide a bit of resonant power." The Princess smiled helplessly, then joked to Jiang Qing'e, "This one of yours is a bit too monstrous; he dares to seal a Heavenly General-tier spirit beast while only in the Resonant Master stage."

Jiang Qing'e shook her head and said, "Princess, please don't praise him; that wasn't his power, but the power of the Dean's seal."

"To be able to use such great courage in this desperate situation to lure this spirit beast, which is even more terrifying than a Great Disaster-class Otherkind, all the way from the Forbidden Zone mountain range to break the deadlock—such boldness and character..."

The Princess casually pinned up her long hair, then fell silent for a moment and said slowly, "The Luo Lan Mansion has a hidden dragon."

Beside her, Duze Honglian's eyes flickered; if it were in the past, she would have mocked this immediately even if the Princess had said it, but this time, she could only hold it back.

Because if it hadn't been for Li Luo's plan this time, the stronghold would surely have been breached by the Smiling Demon long ago, and everyone would have died here.

Li Luo's performance was something even she had to admit was truly impeccable.

Previously, she had felt that her own brother's talent was quite good and not inferior to Li Luo of the Luo Lan Mansion, but after this, she had to admit that Li Luo was indeed more outstanding than Duze Beixuan.

"And after this incident, Li Luo's reputation and popularity within the Astral Sage College should increase significantly; I'm afraid his position as the number one among the freshmen will be unshakable."

The Princess chuckled; Li Luo had the greatest merit this time, and one could imagine that afterward, many students in the college would look at him with new eyes; this was undoubtedly a form of public prestige.

And this kind of prestige is sometimes hard to achieve through strength alone.

Jiang Qing'e's gaze turned toward Li Luo's figure inside the stronghold; the latter was currently chatting and laughing with Xin Fu, Bai Mengmeng, and the others, surrounded by many students who were smiling and agreeing with him, among whom were not a few students from the Third Star Hall.

Jiang Qing'e smiled; as for this so-called prestige, Li Luo might not care too much about it. This guy was quite realistic; in his eyes, worrying about such prestige was not as important as worrying about whether he could earn one hundred thousand academic points from this trip to the Dark Cave.

However, this crisis had finally been resolved.

At this moment, even someone as resilient as Jiang Qing'e felt a gentle sense of relief in her heart.