Chapter 382: Cooperation

The ascent of Li Luo's team in the "Holy Wood World Cave" had stalled at the thirty-sixth level.

This level had completely blocked the path of Li Luo and his two teammates.

"It's too hard, how could we possibly beat this?!" Xin Fu's lamentation rang out on the platform of the thirty-sixth level.

Li Luo rubbed his brow, his gaze toward the front filled with helplessness, for there, dozens of Green Spirit Puppets stood in neat rows, their silence exerting immense pressure; at the very front were four high-level Green Spirit Puppets clad in green wooden armor, the energy fluctuations they emitted all at the second transformation of the Phase-Forming Stage.

Behind the four second-transformation Green Spirit Puppets were three more at the first transformation of the Phase-Forming Stage.

Further back were dozens of Green Spirit Puppets with strength between the third and fifth patterns of the Pattern-Birth Stage.

Strictly speaking, this could simply be considered a small, fearless guard unit.

This lineup was even more difficult than the thirty-fifth level, and Li Luo and his team had exhausted all their strength just to clear the thirty-fifth level, barely scraping through, so they knew that with their team's power, it would be very difficult to break through this thirty-sixth level.

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

After this period of cultivation, although Li Luo had yet to break through to the Phase-Forming Stage, his own phase power had still increased quite a bit, so with his strength, dealing with two high-level Green Spirit Puppets of the second transformation of the Phase-Forming Stage at once was not difficult, but if it were four... that would be a bit troublesome.

And the most critical point was that even if he really held off the four strongest second-transformation Green Spirit Puppets, it was unlikely that Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng could hold off the other Green Spirit Puppets.

Once Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng were defeated, Li Luo would also be plunged into the sea of Green Spirit Puppets, and the result would be self-evident.

Li Luo felt somewhat distressed, then he looked up at the platforms on higher levels, where intense energy fluctuations were emanating, clearly indicating battles were breaking out; however, those were not the Purple Glow teams of their First Star Academy, but the Purple Glow teams of the Second Star Academy.

Clearly, the Second Star Academy's Purple Glow teams were also undergoing special training in the Holy Wood World Cave during this time, but because the two sides had been quite far apart previously, they hadn't noticed.

"With our strength, the difficulty of this thirty-sixth level is too high; it's highly probable we can't pass it. If it really doesn't work, let's just go back and farm the thirty-fifth level," Xin Fu thought for a moment and finally said.

"The Green Spirit energy on a platform farmed for a second time is reduced by too much," Li Luo sighed.

He still needed a large amount of Green Spirit energy to help him break through; if he chose to repeatedly farm the lower platforms, he really didn't know if he could reach his goal in the remaining less than ten days.

Xin Fu scratched his head; he also knew that Li Luo had been distressed recently about failing to break through to the Phase-Forming Stage, especially since Qin Zhulu had already broken through first, and Wang Hejiu, Bai Doudou, and others had also stepped into the fifth pattern and were chasing them rapidly.

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

While the two were silent, Bai Mengmeng suddenly said in a low voice: "Perhaps we cannot clear the thirty-sixth level with just our team's strength, but we could find other teams to cooperate with. Although this means a portion of the Green Spirit energy will be divided up in the end, if our efficiency is high enough, I think it should be possible to make up for it."

Li Luo was stunned, then couldn't help but clap his hands; although this point was simple, he hadn't thought of it before, which really couldn't be blamed on him—after all, if it were the previous platforms, finding helpers would definitely be a losing move, but since the individual 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.

"Mengmeng is indeed smart," Li Luo gave Bai Mengmeng a thumbs-up and praised her.

Bai Mengmeng chuckled: "This is actually just a weak person's mindset. 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 good girl, to be able to comfort someone in such an ingenious way.

"I'll go find Qin Zhulu and the others to discuss it. They have already reached the thirty-fifth level; come to think of it, they are about to catch up to our progress." Immediately, Li Luo did not delay, and after telling the two, he turned and dashed toward a platform far to the right.

When Li Luo arrived at the platform where Qin Zhulu and the others were, he happened to see the violent residual phase power dissipating, and the last Green Spirit Puppet was directly pierced by Qin Zhulu's heavy spear, falling into a pile of green smoke.

It had to be said that Qin Zhulu's momentum was extremely high at this moment; on the surface of his body, phase power flowed, faintly forming the phantom of a dark golden giant tiger behind him, and an astonishing, fierce aura was released, causing great pressure on others.

Clearly, with his advancement to the Phase-Forming Stage, Qin Zhulu's upper eighth-grade Gold-Devouring Demon Tiger phase was also becoming increasingly powerful.

Li Luo's arrival was noticed by Lu Qinger immediately, and she greeted him with a faint smile: "Are you blocked by the thirty-sixth level?"

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

Lu Qinger spread her hands and said: "Our levels are extremely close, so of course I understand your pressure. We fought this thirty-fifth level several times before passing it, so according to my estimation, we shouldn't have the ability to clear the thirty-sixth level alone either, so even if you hadn't come to find us, I was planning to find you to discuss cooperation."

Li Luo nodded and described the lineup of Green Spirit Puppets on the thirty-sixth level.

"Four high-level Green Spirit Puppets at the second transformation of the Phase-Forming Stage." Lu Qinger clicked her tongue; this lineup was indeed much stronger than the thirty-fifth level, and it would be very difficult to break through with just their single team.

"My idea is for two teams to cooperate and help each other clear the level, so that both sides can gain a significant harvest," Li Luo smiled.

Lu Qinger nodded and smiled beautifully: "Sure, I have no objections."

Then she glanced at Qin Zhulu, who had begun to close his eyes to absorb the Green Spirit energy, and said: "Don't worry, in this team, my word is what counts."

Li Luo smiled, then nodded with a grin.

Lu Qinger's eyes flickered, and she hesitated, saying with some concern: "Also, are you okay? Don't be affected by the talk within the academy."

What she was referring to was naturally the fact that Li Luo had failed to break through to the Phase-Forming Stage over the past half month.

Li Luo smiled and reassured her: "Don't worry, I have it all under control. A mere Phase-Forming Stage won't stop me."

Looking at Li Luo's smile, Lu Qinger 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 Zhulu's team to cooperate in attacking the thirty-sixth level platform also caused a stir among the other three Purple Glow teams; at this moment, they also reacted, realizing that as the subsequent advancement became difficult, they should also change some of their previous methods of advancement.

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

However, what was surprising was that the Wang Hejiu team rejected Bai Doudou's invitation to cooperate.

Bai Doudou was also a proud person, and upon hearing the refusal, she turned around and left directly.

"Why did you refuse Bai Doudou?" Watching Bai Doudou's departing figure, Duze Beixuan looked at Wang Hejiu with some confusion.

Wang Hejiu smiled faintly and said: "Because the Bai Doudou team does not meet my requirements. Even if we cooperate with them, it is impossible to catch up to Li Luo and Qin Zhulu."

"Then are you going to find Yi Lisha and the others? That's even more impossible," Duze Beixuan frowned.

Wang Hejiu smiled: "Are there no other better choices here besides them?"

Duze Beixuan said irritably: "Aren't you talking nonsense? There are only five Purple Glow teams from our First Star Academy here..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, then thought of something, cast an incredulous look toward the higher platforms, and said to Wang Hejiu: "You... are you going to find the Purple Glow teams of the Second Star Academy to cooperate with?!"

"If you do this, the people of the First Star Academy will say we are colluding with outsiders!"

Wang Hejiu sneered and said: "What do a few rumors matter? As long as we find a Purple Glow team from the Second Star Academy to cooperate with, it might even be possible to break through to the fortieth level. By then, we will create history for the First Star Academy. Do you want to let Li Luo and the others eat the biggest share of the Green Spirit energy? I am not willing to be his foil!"

Duze Beixuan's expression changed, and he finally fell silent.