Chapter 382: Cooperation

Li Luo's team's climb in the "Saint Wood Realm Cave" stalled at the thirty-sixth floor.

This floor completely blocked the steps of Li Luo and the other two.

"It's too hard, how is it possible to fight through?!" Xin Fu's sigh echoed on the platform of the thirty-sixth floor.

Li Luo rubbed his brow, his gaze toward the front also carrying a hint of helplessness, because there, dozens of Green Spirit Phantoms stood in neat rows, their silence bringing immense pressure; at the very front, four high-level Green Spirit Phantoms clad in green wooden armor radiated energy fluctuations all at the second transformation of the Manifestation Phase.

Behind the four second-transformation Green Spirit Phantoms were three more at the first transformation of the Manifestation Phase.

Further back were as many as dozens of Green Spirit Phantoms with strength between the third and fifth marks of the Life-Imprint Phase.

Strictly speaking, this was practically a small guard unit that feared no death.

This lineup was even more difficult than the thirty-fifth floor, and before, to clear the thirty-fifth floor, Li Luo and the others had exhausted all their strength, barely passing in the end, so they knew that with their team's power, breaking through the thirty-sixth floor would be very hard.

This was already the limit of the team's strength.

After this period of cultivation, although Li Luo had not yet broken through to the Manifestation Phase, his own Phantasm Power had still increased considerably, so with his strength, dealing with two high-level Green Spirit Phantoms at the second transformation of the Manifestation Phase at once was not difficult, but if there were four... that would be quite troublesome.

And most crucially, even if he really held off the four strongest second-transformation Green Spirit Phantoms, Xin Fu and Bai Bai Mengmeng would hardly be able to tie down the other Green Spirit Phantoms.

Once Xin Fu and Bai Bai Mengmeng were defeated, Li Luo would then be plunged into the sea of Green Spirit Phantoms, and the outcome was obvious.

Li Luo felt somewhat troubled, then he raised his head and looked at some platforms on higher floors, where intense energy fluctuations were emanating, obviously indicating a battle was erupting, but those were not the Purple Radiance Team of their own One-Star Academy, but the Purple Radiance Team of the Two-Star Academy.

Obviously, the Purple Radiance Team of the Two-Star Academy had also been undergoing special training and cultivation inside the Saint Wood Realm Cave during this time, but previously the two sides had been quite far apart, so they had not noticed.

"With our strength, the difficulty of this thirty-sixth floor is too high; we probably won't get through. If it really doesn't work out, let's just go back and farm the thirty-fifth floor again," Xin Fu thought for a moment and finally said.

"The platforms we've cleared a second time have far weaker Green Spirit Energy," Li Luo sighed.

Now he still needed a large amount of Green Spirit Energy to help him break through; if he chose to repeat farming the lower platforms, who knew if he could reach his goal in these remaining less than ten days?

Xin Fu scratched his head; he also knew Li Luo had been troubled recently over failing to break through to the Manifestation Phase, after all, Qin Qin Zhulu had already broken through first, and Wang Wang Hejiu, Bai Bai Doudou, and others had entered the fifth mark and were chasing rapidly.

But with their strength, they truly had no way to clear this thirty-sixth floor.

And while the two were silent, Bai Bai Mengmeng suddenly spoke softly from the side: "Relying solely on our team's strength, we might not clear the thirty-sixth floor, but we can find other teams to cooperate with. Although this means the Green Spirit Energy will be split in the end, if our efficiency is high enough, I think it should be compensable."

Li Luo was stunned, then couldn't help but clap his hands; this point, though simple, he had not thought of before, and it was no wonder, because for those earlier platforms, finding help would definitely be a losing move, but since a single team could no longer advance, if they could find a powerful team to cooperate with, the efficiency would naturally be better.

This was a win-win situation.

"Bai Mengmeng is still the smart one," Li Luo said, giving Bai Bai Mengmeng a thumbs-up in praise.

Bai Bai Mengmeng smiled lightly: "This is actually just weak-minded thinking; Captain, you are too strong, so you always want to rely on your own power, which is why you didn't think in this direction."

Li Luo sighed; what a wonderful Miss, able to comfort people in such an original way.

"I'll go discuss it with Qin Qin Zhulu and the others; they've already reached the thirty-fifth floor, and speaking of which, they're about to catch up to our progress." Without further delay, Li Luo told the two, then turned and dashed toward a platform far to the right.

By the time Li Luo reached the platform where Qin Qin Zhulu and the others were, the violent Phantasm Power afterwaves were just dissipating, and the last Green Spirit Phantom had been pierced straight through by Qin Qin Zhulu's heavy spear, crashing to the ground in a pile of green smoke.

It had to be said that at this moment Qin Qin Zhulu's momentum was extremely strong; Phantasm Power flowed over his body, vaguely forming the shadow of a dark-golden giant tiger behind him, releasing a terrifying aura of ferocity that created immense pressure on people.

Obviously, with his advancement into the Manifestation Phase, Qin Qin Zhulu's top-eight-grade Devouring Metal Demon Tiger Phantasm was also becoming increasingly dominant.

Li Luo's arrival was immediately noticed by Lu Qing'er, who smiled lightly and came forward, saying: "Were you blocked by the thirty-sixth floor?"

Li Luo looked at her in surprise: "You know that too?"

Lu Qing'er shrugged, saying: "Our floor numbers are extremely close, so of course we're clear on your pressure; we had to fight through this thirty-fifth floor several times before passing, so by my estimation, we shouldn't have the ability to clear the thirty-sixth floor alone either, so even if you hadn't come to find us, I was planning to go find you to discuss cooperation."

Li Luo nodded and recounted the lineup of Green Spirit Phantoms on the thirty-sixth floor.

"Four high-level Green Spirit Phantoms at the second transformation of the Manifestation Phase," Lu Qing'er clicked her tongue; this lineup was indeed much stronger than the thirty-fifth floor, and with a single team, it would be hard to break through.

"My meaning is that two teams cooperate, helping each other clear the floor, so both sides can gain considerable rewards," Li Luo said with a smile.

Lu Qing'er nodded, smiling beautifully: "Fine, I have no objection."

Then she glanced at Qin Qin Zhulu over there, who had closed his eyes and begun absorbing Green Spirit Energy, and said: "Don't worry; in this team, my word counts."

Li Luo smiled, then nodded with a grin.

Lu Qing'er's gaze shifted, she hesitated a moment, then said with some concern: "Also, are you okay over there? Don't let those rumors inside the academy affect you."

What she meant was naturally Li Luo's failure to break through to the Manifestation Phase over the past half month.

Li Luo smiled and reassured her: "Don't worry, I have a handle on it; just a Manifestation Phase won't stop me."

Seeing Li Luo's smile, Lu Qing'er also felt relieved and clenched her small fist.

"Go for it, Li Luo, you can definitely do it!"

The move by Li Luo's team and Qin Qin Zhulu's team to choose cooperation and assault the thirty-sixth-floor platform also caused shock among the other three Purple Radiance Teams; at this moment they also realized that as the advance behind became more difficult, they too should change some of their previous methods of advance.

After consideration, Bai Bai Doudou's team first went to find Wang Wang Hejiu's team, after all, in terms of strength, Wang Wang Hejiu's team was indeed the strongest choice besides Li Luo and Qin Qin Zhulu and the others.

However, what surprised people was that Wang Wang Hejiu's team rejected Bai Bai Doudou and the others' invitation to cooperate.

Bai Bai Doudou was also a proud soul; upon hearing the rejection, she immediately turned and left.

"Why reject Bai Bai Doudou?" Watching Bai Bai Doudou's departing figure, Du Zebeixuan looked at Wang Wang Hejiu with some confusion.

Wang Wang Hejiu smiled faintly and said: "Because Bai Bai Doudou and their team don't meet my requirements; even if we cooperated with them, we still couldn't catch up to Li Luo and Qin Qin Zhulu."

"Then does that mean you want to go find Yi Yi Lisha and the others? They're even less likely," Du Zebeixuan said, frowning.

Wang Wang Hejiu smiled: "Does that mean there are no other better choices here besides them?"

Du Zebeixuan said irritably: "Aren't you talking nonsense? There are only five Purple Radiance Teams from our One-Star Academy here..."

Speaking to this point, he suddenly paused, then thought of something, his disbelief-filled gaze turning toward the platforms higher up, then he said to Wang Wang Hejiu: "You... do you mean you want to go find those Purple Radiance Teams from the Two-Star Academy to cooperate?!"

"If you do this, people from the One-Star Academy will say we're betraying our own side!"

Wang Wang Hejiu sneered and said: "Some rumors, what does that amount to? As long as we find a Purple Radiance Team from the Two-Star Academy to cooperate with, we might even have a chance to break through to the fortieth floor; at that time, we will create history for the One-Star Academy; do you want to let Li Luo and the others take the biggest share of the Green Spirit Energy? I'm not willing to be his foil!"

Du Zebeixuan's expression shifted, and finally he fell silent.