Chapter 383: Wang Hejiu's Choice

When Li Luo's team and Qin Zhulu's team began to assault the thirty-sixth-floor platform in a cooperative format, the entire situation finally began to turn around.

Li Luo and Qin Zhulu directly held off the four high-level Green Spirit Puppets of the second transformation of the Image-Forming Stage, while Xin Fu, Bai Meng, Lu Qinger, and Yin Yue relied on joint tactics to temporarily isolate and trap all the other Green Spirit Puppets.

The battle on Li Luo and Qin Zhulu's side lasted less than ten minutes before the two of them, with a crushing momentum, forcibly defeated all four high-level Green Spirit Puppets of the second transformation of the Image-Forming Stage.

With these four high-level Green Spirit Puppets resolved, the other problems became simple; Li Luo and Qin Zhulu continued to join forces to destroy the isolated Green Spirit Puppets wave by wave, and thus, this thirty-sixth-floor platform, which had previously made it difficult for the three of them to advance even an inch, was completely cleared.

When that massive surge of Green Spirit energy descended from the sky and poured into their bodies, everyone present could not help but cheer with joy.

Their cooperation this time could be considered to have changed the method of the upcoming special training.

In just a single day, Li Luo and Qin Zhulu's teams helped each other to conquer the first-clear of the thirty-sixth floor for both sides, and this did not stop there; they began to continue their assault toward the thirty-seventh floor.

Such speed naturally led other teams to follow suit.

Bai Doudou's team and Yi Lisha's team began to cooperate and also achieved progress.

What was surprising was that Wang Hejiu's team was still slowly climbing on their own, so they were quickly left behind by the other four teams, which made one wonder what exactly they were thinking...

However, everyone's confusion was cleared up the next day.

Because Wang Hejiu's team cleared four levels in one day!

Originally, Li Luo and Qin Zhulu's two teams had already begun to assault the thirty-eighth floor, while Wang Hejiu's team was only at the thirty-fourth floor, but in just one day, Wang Hejiu's team, as if they had taken some drug, directly cleared four levels in a row, catching up to the joint team of Li Luo and Qin Zhulu.

This kind of efficiency also directly left everyone shocked and staring.

How did Wang Hejiu and the others suddenly become so fierce? This was simply impossible!

So, with such a shocked mood, their gazes turned toward the platform where Wang Hejiu and the others were, and there they saw a team that did not belong to the First Star Academy... That was a Purple Glow team from the Second Star Academy led by Ye Qiuding!

Wang Hejiu and the others had actually chosen to cooperate with those Second Star Academy Purple Glow teams that were also deep within the Holy Wood Realm Cave!

"Damn it, shouldn't this bastard be considered a rule-breaker?!" Yu Lang was the first to curse out loud.

The others also had somewhat unpleasant expressions; after all, in this Holy Wood Realm Cave, the distribution of Green Spirit energy was based on each academy—for example, the entire First Star Academy was allocated ten points of Green Spirit energy per day. It was one thing for their five Purple Glow teams to compete with each other, as at least they were all eating from the First Star Academy's plate, but now that Wang Hejiu and the others had suddenly brought in Ye Qiuding and his group from the Second Star Academy, wouldn't that mean six teams were now carving up those ten points of Green Spirit energy?

This was simply handing over what belonged to the First Star Academy on a silver platter!

Li Luo's brows were also tightly furrowed; Wang Hejiu and the others' move was clearly a bit of a violation of the spirit of the rules.

He could guess Wang Hejiu's intentions: it was nothing more than using a stronger Second Star Academy Purple Glow team to clear more platforms, thereby plundering more Green Spirit energy. As for the Green Spirit energy that would be split away by Ye Qiuding's team, that was simply not in Wang Hejiu's consideration. Perhaps in his view, rather than letting the others benefit, it was better to let Ye Qiuding's team benefit.

After all, as fellow Purple Glow teams of the First Star Academy, there was still some competitive relationship between them, not to mention there were some personal grudges from before.

With the addition of Ye Qiuding's team, Wang Hejiu and the others' strength could be said to have expanded exponentially. In this way, they would plunder the most Green Spirit energy, and if this continued... it might affect the breakthrough Li Luo had planned.

"They are going too far by doing this," Lu Qinger said, her face as cold as frost, feeling somewhat angry.

"Since they are so unprincipled, why don't you, Captain, go find Senior Sister Jiang to be an outside helper?" Xin Fu rubbed his chin and offered a suggestion.

Bai Meng reminded him: "The Third Star Academy did not enter the Holy Wood Realm Cave for special training, so we have no way to find Senior Sister Jiang to be an outside helper."

"Then what should we do now?" Xin Fu said helplessly.

Li Luo was silent for a few seconds and said: "Actually, strictly speaking, although they are going too far, it is not considered a violation of the rules. As for how this matter is ultimately judged, it is not up to us to say. Let's wait for now; the five Purple Glow mentors should be discussing it at this moment. Let's wait and see the final result before making plans."

The others nodded upon hearing this; indeed, this was all they could do for now.

And Li Luo was indeed correct; when the situation of Wang Hejiu and Ye Qiuding's team clearing four levels occurred, the Purple Glow mentors of the First Star Academy also fell into a dispute.

"Shen Jinxiao, are the students you taught really so unscrupulous? To obtain more Green Spirit energy, they can even do such a thing that harms others to benefit themselves? Or is it that this move of theirs was hinted at by you in secret?" Mentor Xi Chan took the initiative to attack, her words sharp and pointing directly at Shen Jinxiao.

Shen Jinxiao's expression was calm as he said faintly: "Mentor Xi Chan, did what they did violate the rules?"

"Shen Jinxiao, there is no need to use such words to prevaricate. The rules are only the bottom line of morality. As students of the First Star Academy, they should naturally safeguard the interests of the First Star Academy. Now, this behavior of yielding the interests of the First Star Academy to outsiders is enough to explain their character," Mentor Xi Chan said coldly.

"It seems that in Mentor Xi Chan's eyes, the students of the Second Star Academy are not people of my Holy Profound Star Academy?" Shen Jinxiao retorted.

"Sophistry." Mentor Xi Chan's willow-leaf brows rose slightly.

The two argued incessantly, and the other Purple Glow mentors also frowned tightly, because they all understood that this matter could not be clearly resolved. What Wang Hejiu and the others did was indeed excessive, but the rules of the Holy Wood Realm Cave did not prohibit such behavior, so they could say that Wang Hejiu and the others were unscrupulous in order to plunder Green Spirit energy, but they could not expel them for violating the rules.

Therefore, after a long argument, Mentor Cao Sheng said in a deep voice: "Let's report this matter to the Golden Hall of the academy first and leave it to Vice Dean Suxin to judge."

The other Purple Glow mentors nodded, and Mentor Xi Chan also gave a cold snort and said nothing more. She had known this result from the beginning, but the dissatisfaction in her heart still had to be vented toward Shen Jinxiao.

However, although the other Purple Glow mentors could not say anything after this matter was stirred up, it was clear that they were all somewhat dissatisfied with Shen Jinxiao. This kind of thing made things too embarrassing, and if it spread, it would inevitably make mentors of other academy levels laugh at them for the excessive infighting within the First Star Academy.

Li Luo, Qin Zhulu, and the others waited for half a day, but did not hear any voice from the mentors, and then they understood the result.

No sound was equivalent to tacit approval.

Wang Hejiu and the others seized the loophole in the rules, leaving the several Purple Glow mentors unable to deprive them of their right to cultivate in the Holy Wood Realm Cave. Of course, one didn't need to think to know that there must have been strong support from Shen Jinxiao in this.

"That bastard."

Li Luo cursed in his heart, then turned his gaze to Qin Zhulu and the others, saying: "Do you have the courage to compete with a Purple Glow team from the Second Star Academy?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhulu grinned, and the excitement and agitation in his eyes almost materialized as they surged out.

"I couldn't ask for more!"