Chapter 339: Ji Sun's Complicated Feelings

Xu Ling was defeated; he had been so severely wounded by Li Luo that he lost consciousness.

So facing Li Luo's sigh, he had no way to respond, otherwise it would surely have caused another bout of qi and blood surging to his heart.

The reason he lost so cleanly wasn't that he himself was too weak, but that he had underestimated Li Luo, an opponent at the same Third Mark as him. He might have just entered society, still unaware that there are enormous differences between people.

Li Luo glanced at the severely wounded and unconscious Xu Ling. Within this Golden Dragon Arena, it was impossible to completely kill an opponent, because the Golden Dragon Secret Keys each person held would protect their bearer at the brink of death. This was in line with the Golden Dragon Treasure House's style — harmony breeds wealth, no unnecessary disputes and killings. After all, these people who came to lend a hand had some background and status; if they truly died in the Golden Dragon Arena, it would cause some business losses.

And just as Li Luo ended the battle at an astonishing speed, on the other side, the youth named Guo Xiang had just walked up in front of Lü Qing'er.

He flashed what he thought was a rather handsome smile at her and said gently, "Miss, if you can't take it, you can concede early. I'm quite good at being tender to the fair sex."

Lü Qing'er said coldly, "I think your teammate over there might be the first one who can't take it."

Guo Xiang frowned, only then suddenly noticing that Xu Ling's side had suddenly gone silent. His heart jolted, and he hurriedly turned his head, only to see Li Luo walking leisurely with twin blades in hand, stepping on the snowy ground with a smile.

Behind him was Xu Ling, lying in a pool of blood.

A dazed look surfaced on Guo Xiang's face, and for a moment he was somewhat bewildered. It had only been a few steps' worth of time — how could Xu Ling already be gone?!

Was it this kid in front of him who did it?

But isn't he also just at the third mark of the Birth Mark Stage?

Damn it, Xu Ling, couldn't you stand seeing Laozi having fun with a girl, so you deliberately acted against me?

And just as Guo Xiang was in a daze, a wave of biting cold suddenly swept in from the front. Lü Qing'er struck out with a palm, cold energy rolling forth, causing even the air to freeze.

That slender palm directly struck Guo Xiang's chest, but at that very instant, the latter's body suddenly exploded apart, transforming into a skyful of fluttering snowflakes.

"Snow aspect?"

Lü Qing'er's willow brows rose slightly. This Guo Xiang actually possessed the Snow Aspect — in this kind of icy, snowy terrain, it was indeed like adding wings to a tiger.

She stood in place, her gaze sweeping in all directions, only to find that Guo Xiang's figure had completely vanished; she couldn't even sense any phase force fluctuations. Relying on the ice and snow, Guo Xiang had directly hidden himself.

Li Luo also walked over at this point and said with a smile, "The Snow Aspect is rather rare."

Lü Qing'er snorted coldly and said, "Do you really think you can hide? Don't forget, within ice and snow, there is also ice."

The ice aspect power within her body surged forth at this moment, blooming with light at her slender fingertips, and then stirred up the ice and snow in all directions.

"Ice Crystal Bind!"

Countless dust-fine ice crystals could be seen spreading in all directions, penetrating every gap. A few breaths later, Li Luo's gaze shifted toward a certain direction on the right, where countless ice crystals had condensed together, gradually forming into a human figure.

It was none other than Guo Xiang.

At this moment, the latter's expression was somewhat ugly as he looked at the ice crystals covering his body. Phase force violently surged within him, rapidly melting away the ice crystals.

However, although he had broken free of the ice crystal's binding, his figure had already been exposed. Li Luo, smiling, suddenly rushed toward him at high speed with twin blades in hand.

"I really want to see if you're really this perverted!"

Seeing Li Luo coming to kill, Guo Xiang's expression shifted, and then he let out a furious roar. Phase force within him erupted without reservation as his palms danced, as if a skyful of snowflakes were gathering together.

"Tiger General Art, Great Snow Leopard!"

Snowflakes condensed, seemingly forming a snow leopard, carrying an aura of biting cold, and charged straight at Li Luo.

Li Luo's expression was calm, without any flourish. He simply slashed down with a blade, and water-light phase force formed a high-speed flowing water gleam along the blade's edge.

It was still the Water Gleam Art.

However, as Li Luo's Water Light Aspect evolved to Reach Seventh Rank, his Water Light phase force had also become more pure. Moreover, phase force that had reached Seventh Rank naturally gave birth to spirituality, which meant that Li Luo's current Water Light phase force was more than one level stronger than before.

Likewise, this Water Gleam Art had once again received an amplification.

Li Luo named it the Pervert-Level Water Gleam Art!

This was an aspect art he was very fond of. Although its rank wasn't high, precisely because of that it had extremely strong deceptive properties. Earlier, that Xu Ling had been precisely because he looked down on Li Luo's Water Gleam Art, and the result was he was cut down in a single slash.

Probably until the very end, this guy was still baffled — why could an ordinary Water Gleam Art possess such terrifying power?

No one could have imagined that the fusion of the Water Aspect and Light Aspect force could erupt with such simple and unstoppable power.

The blade swept down, water gleam flowing along the blade's edge, directly colliding with the charging snow leopard. The next instant, the snow leopard shattered apart, transforming into a skyful of snowflakes.

Li Luo slashed toward Guo Xiang behind.

However, just before the blade could fall, the latter directly dropped to his knees and covered his head, loudly saying, "Big brother, I believe you, don't chop me!"

Hum!

The blade stopped at a place still an inch or so away from him. Li Luo also looked at the other party with some surprise — this kid was quite a talent, practically performing "a wise man doesn't fight when he's at a disadvantage" to the extreme.

Li Luo smiled, tilted the blade, and heavily slapped it against the other's forehead, directly knocking him unconscious.

"You're really too amazing. An ordinary Third Mark can't even take a single move from you." Lü Qing'er watched Li Luo cleanly and decisively finish off a Third Mark opponent, and couldn't help but feel a bit amazed.

"Just two small fries."

Li Luo didn't really feel much about this. The phase force of Xu Ling and Guo Xiang was unstable; clearly, they had only recently advanced to the Third Mark, and their own abilities weren't strong either. Their Affinity Rank was barely Seventh Rank, whereas he now possessed a Seventh Rank Water Light Aspect and a Fifth Rank Wood Earth Aspect. Even without using the power of dual aspects, his combat strength was enough to crush such opponents.

"Let's go help Qin Qin Zhulu over there. The pressure on his side shouldn't be small."

Li Luo said something, then his figure turned, and he rushed toward the not-too-distant ice and snow forest. Over there, violent phase force kept erupting, clearly the battle was extremely intense.

Lü Qing'er also closely followed.

A moment later, when the two arrived at this battlefield, they happened to see two figures in the field clashing with extremely intense postures. Wave after wave of phase force kept sweeping out, constantly sweeping down the nearby large trees.

And at this moment, Qin Qin Zhulu's eyes were blood-red. The golden tiger stripes on his body seemed to devour the energy of heaven and earth. His body had swelled several times in size. The heavy spear in his hand, wrapped in dark red phase force, attacked the opposing Ji Sun with an extremely heavy posture, fast as a rushing thunderbolt.

Every strike brought piercing sounds that split the air, and the wind and snow were shredded.

However, facing his offensive, that Ji Sun appeared somewhat composed. His speed was extremely fast; he constantly dodged, leaving faint afterimages that evaded the vast majority of Qin Qin Zhulu's attacks. And each time the willow-leaf blade in his hand was swung, it moved silently, accompanied by a flowing wind sweeping past, finally leaving a bloodstain on Qin Qin Zhulu's body.

Regarding these wounds, Qin Qin Zhulu simply ignored them, continuously counterattacking with a fearless offensive. Precisely because of Qin Qin Zhulu's life-risking fighting style, Ji Sun was often somewhat constrained, unable to defeat Qin Qin Zhulu at the fastest speed.

However, according to this situation, as time went on, Qin Qin Zhulu would most likely be defeated.

After all, Ji Sun was genuinely at the first transformation of the Transformation Phase Stage. In terms of phase force intensity, he was much stronger than Qin Qin Zhulu.

However, the situation ends here.

Because both Qin Qin Zhulu and Ji Sun in the field had sensed Li Luo and Lü Qing'er's arrival. Qin Qin Zhulu had long expected this, but Ji Sun couldn't conceal his shock.

His figure rapidly retreated, his gaze sharply fixed on Li Luo as he slowly said, "This friend really knows how to hide."

He had originally assumed that the strongest member of this team in front of him was that burly fellow who possessed the appearance of an Upper Eight-Grade Devouring Gold Tiger Demon, but from the looks of it now, he had clearly misjudged.

This kid who looked so presentable was actually the most sinister one of the bunch.

"The style of the Great Xia Golden Dragon Treasure House — I've seen it for myself now." Ji Sun said with a cold laugh.

Yet Li Luo paid no heed to his useless words, and instead smiled, saying: "There is something I'd like to ask you."

Ji Sun glanced at him coldly.

Li Luo didn't mind his attitude, and thoughtfully pointed at Lv Qing'er.

"Do you know why she's been able to easily pick up all sorts of rare spiritual plants along the way?"