Chapter 343: Intercepted

After cursing loudly, Li Luo sighed with a touch of melancholy; he truly hadn't expected this situation. Generally, after obtaining intelligence like the Golden Dragon Qi, shouldn't one guard it fiercely and keep it secret? How did the other Snow Wolf Kingdom team make it known to everyone?

Could there really be such a stupid person in this world?

Li Luo was truly at a loss to understand.

"What should we do in this situation? It seems there are too many teams coming," Lü Qing'er asked, her willow brows slightly furrowed.

"If it really comes to it, let's fight them!" Qin Qin Zhulu suggested, his eyes burning with heat.

Li Luo obviously did not adopt this fool's suggestion; their strength already held no advantage, and now they were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, so any direct confrontation would be extremely irrational.

"Let's go, hide for now; this situation is too complex, we can only avoid the storm for the time being," Li Luo finally decided.

Lü Qing'er obviously had no objection, while Qin Qin Zhulu was somewhat dissatisfied, but in a one-on-two situation, he could only choose to obey.

"Brother Zhao, something is wrong; it seems other teams are also heading in our direction."

While Li Luo and his group, occupying the high ground, discovered the commotion around this mountain range, in Zhao Zhao Ziyang's team, a member also spotted some clues while climbing to a high place.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhao Ziyang frowned, his figure darted to a high spot to stare at the distance for a while, his expression then becoming somewhat ugly, and he said coldly, "It seems it's the work of that little rat from the Snow Wolf Kingdom that escaped."

"This fellow is indeed a ruthless person, actually willing to spread such news."

But thinking about it, it was normal; after all, that intelligence had been intercepted by them, and the Snow Wolf Kingdom team had been crippled by them, basically having no ability to act, so in that case, it was better to throw this intelligence out to retaliate against them.

One had to admit, the opponent's act of throwing caution to the wind also made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Because there were many teams in this area, including some whose strength was not inferior to theirs, if they really rushed over, the contest for the Golden Dragon Qi pie would obviously add several points of difficulty.

"Continue forward; we have a lead on them in time; if we can rush into the mountain range first and capture the team holding the Golden Dragon Qi, we can take the opportunity to transfer them."

"But we must be fast; we cannot drag it out until other teams arrive."

"Jingzhi, release the Blood-Winged Flying Mosquitoes; they will help us find that small team hidden in these woods at the fastest speed."

Hearing Zhao Zhao Ziyang's words, one of his teammates immediately nodded, then took out a clay jar; he first bit his finger, dripping fresh blood into it, and after a moment like this, he smashed the clay jar on the ground.

Buzz buzz.

Then a black cloud rose from it, actually countless flying mosquitoes with bright red feathered wings; these mosquitoes rushed towards the woods ahead and vanished from sight in an instant.

"Go!"

Zhao Zhao Ziyang waved his hand, his figure darting out first; deep red phase power gushed from beneath his feet, and every time he landed, it would form a scorching mark on the ground.

The three of them, with their speed fully unleashed, darted into the woods.

And after some time since their team entered the woods, teams began to appear one after another; then these teams also each employed some means of tracking.

Thus, this mountain forest became exceptionally lively.

Somewhere in the woods, Li Luo and the other three moved at full speed.

During this time, they could vaguely feel fluctuations of phase power collisions constantly coming from within this mountain forest, appearing and disappearing.

Obviously, many teams had entered this area, and there had been some conflicts between them.

"Li Luo, at this speed, I'm afraid we will start running into people soon; from what Ji Sun said earlier, he also passed on our portraits, so once we run into people, there is a high probability they will recognize us," Lü Qing'er's voice came.

Li Luo nodded, so the time left for them was running out.

"Go to that high ground in the east," Li Luo said suddenly, his gaze flickering slightly.

"Isn't such a conspicuous place easier to be targeted?" Qin Qin Zhulu frowned and asked.

"That is exactly what we want; in this situation, the more teams targeting us, the more operational space we actually have," Li Luo said slowly.

Qin Qin Zhulu indicated he didn't understand, while Lü Qing'er was somewhat thoughtful.

If they were targeted by one top-tier strong team, that would actually be more dangerous, but if they were targeted by more and more teams, then those teams would form a kind of balance of power among themselves.

Simply put, in the current situation, rushing in blindly is not rational; one needs to use some brain.

Li Luo must have formed some plan of his own.

Out of trust in Li Luo, Lü Qing'er did not ask further, because she believed Li Luo would handle everything.

And while her thoughts were turning, Li Luo's brows suddenly furrowed; he flicked a finger, and a strand of phase power shot out, transforming into a water droplet; the water droplet swept over a leaf, piercing it through.

Li Luo stopped his steps and walked to that leaf; he saw that inside the water droplet formed by phase power, there was a flying ant with bright red wings.

"Our tracks have already been discovered by someone."

Li Luo looked at that red-winged flying ant, his brows furrowing; the teams entering the Golden Dragon Dojo were indeed full of experts, and even the tracking tools were so peculiar.

"Speed up."

He waved his hand, then turned and accelerated, leading Lü Qing'er and Qin Qin Zhulu rushing towards the high ground in the east.

The three of them moved at full speed; about one incense stick later, a deep ravine about ten-plus meters wide appeared ahead, and on the opposite side of the ravine was the high ground they had seen before.

Phase power surged from the three of their bodies, and then their figures swept over the top of the deep ravine.

However, just at that instant, a scorching and violent phase power suddenly erupted from the woods on the side; a crimson figure was seen shooting forth like a flame, and he let out a cold sneer, "I've been waiting for you for a while!"

Then he punched out; in that instant, it seemed as if underground fire was gushing forth; a crimson fist shadow like molten lava broke through the air directly, carrying an extremely domineering momentum, and descended upon where the three of them were.

This sudden attack also startled Li Luo and the other two.

From this molten lava fist shadow, they could already perceive that the opponent's strength far surpassed Ji Sun, whom they had fought before.

Roar!

Qin Qin Zhulu roared first, golden tiger patterns appearing on his body, fierce and evil qi surging; the heavy spear in his hand, carrying all his strength, whistled out and collided with that molten lava fist shadow.

Boom!

At the moment of collision, the violent phase power surging on Qin Qin Zhulu's spear tip was shattered like withered wood by a sweeping force; the spear tip turned crimson, and high heat spread over, causing Qin Qin Zhulu's palms to start emitting white smoke.

Moreover, that astonishing force even knocked his figure flying backward, and he landed clumsily on the opposite side of the deep ravine.

With this, Li Luo and Lü Qing'er were exposed under that molten lava fist whose residual power had not diminished.

Li Luo's eyes flickered; he slapped his palm against Lü Qing'er's slender waist, force gushing forth, and amidst her soft cry, he sent her to the opposite side of the deep ravine first.

At this moment, the molten lava fist shadow was already rushing towards them; the scorching wind caused a burning sensation on the skin.

Li Luo's expression did not panic; he took a deep breath, water-light phase power circulated, and then quickly formed a water mirror before him, flowing with light.

"Mysterious Mirror Art!"

The mirror's surface was smooth and bright, and the reflection of the lava fist shadow appeared within it. The very next instant, an identical lava fist shadow actually emerged from within the mirror as well, then punched out.

Boom!

Violent phase force spread outward, waves of heat rolling.

The mirror surface shattered at this moment. Though the true lava fist shadow had been weakened considerably, it still viciously slammed its way through.

Li Luo's expression remained unchanged, but his gaze grew much more Solemn. From this initial clash, he could already feel the ferocity of the person attacking; such strength was more than a notch above that of Ji Sun from before.

The opponent was at least at the Second Transformation of the Transformation Phase stage.

That was several whole tiers above him.

In a direct head-on clash, he was nearly crushed.

Yet Li Luo's expression showed no trace of fear. Though the opponent was strong, a single strike with no follow-up support hoping to break him was not that easy either.

Li Luo's figure shot backward through the air, twin blades flashing into his hands.

Water-light flowed, and the twin blades became an unbroken stream of blade-light, like two swimming fish, shaving away layer after layer of the lava phase force from the fist shadow in the span of an instant.

The deeply spirited blade art gave one a sense of pleasing to the eye.

By the time Li Luo's figure landed on the opposite side of the deep ravine, his twin blades had already turned crimson, smoke rising from them, and that lava fist shadow had actually been completely dissolved by him in this manner.

But the price paid for this was that faint cracks had begun to appear on the twin blades in his hands under the high temperature.

*Clap clap! *

Applause rang out from the opposite side. From the shadows of the forest, three figures slowly walked out, the one at the front being none other than Zhao Zhao Ziyang.

At this moment, he was watching Li Luo with great interest.

"Interesting. The strength of the Third Pattern of the Pattern Engraving stage, and you actually took my punch?"