Chapter 384: The Final Special Training

Wang Hejiu's invitation to the Ye Qiuding squad from the Second Star Academy to act as outside help undoubtedly incited the collective fury of the Purple Glow squads in the First Star Academy. After all, while everyone had been competing previously, it was at least considered internal competition. Now, by suddenly bringing in a team from the Second Star Academy, wasn't this just inviting a wolf into the house?

The amount of Green Spirit Energy each day was limited; if the Ye Qiuding squad swallowed a portion, wouldn't that mean a loss for the other Purple Glow squads?

Yet, anger was anger, but since even the few Purple Glow instructors did not call a halt to Wang Hejiu and his group's actions, it was clearly tacitly approved. After all, these rules were indeed not explicitly forbidden, though perhaps even the instructors had not expected that someone would truly be willing to be denounced by numerous First Star Academy students just to have their own way.

Anger was of no use, so the other four Purple Glow squads began to exert their full strength to charge toward higher-level platforms. At the very least, if they could clear one more level, the Green Spirit Energy carved away by the Ye Qiuding squad would be one fraction less.

Among them, it was clear that the squads of Li Luo and Qin Zhulu were the most efficient.

As the two strongest squads in the First Star Academy, with this powerful alliance, they had cleared the thirty-eighth level after a day of effort and began their sprint toward the thirty-ninth level.

The difficulty of the thirty-ninth level was much higher than the thirty-eighth. Li Luo and Qin Zhulu could clearly feel the surging pressure, but they did not have the slightest intention of retreating. Instead, they fought forward, the two of them shouldering over seventy percent of the pressure, leading their two squads to unfold a fierce battle on this thirty-ninth level.

They had to race against time, for they had already seen that Wang Hejiu and Ye Qiuding had also charged to the thirty-ninth level.

And there was only tomorrow, the final day, left until the special training ended.

Wang Hejiu and his group's goal was very clear: they wanted to seize this final time to become the first First Star Academy squad to charge to the fortieth-level platform, because that mouthful of Green Spirit Energy would clearly be unimaginably rich.

Wang Hejiu's ambition was great; he wanted to use this to see if he could sprint toward the Phase Transformation stage.

If he truly succeeded, he would be the second person in the First Star Academy after Qin Zhulu to break through to the Phase Transformation stage. At that time, Li Luo would also be trampled under his feet once again.

"Captain Ye, Li Luo and his group have already started working on the thirty-ninth level over there." As Li Luo and his group charged at the thirty-ninth level platform, Wang Hejiu and his group had also arrived at the same level platform, and then he shifted his gaze toward the platform far to the right, which was exactly where Li Luo and his group were located.

Ye Qiuding also glanced over from afar and said with a calm expression, "Rest assured, although Li Luo and Qin Zhulu have some ability, it is not so easy to pass the fortieth level. Even Zhu Xuan's squad back then only passed it after entering the Second Star Academy."

Wang Hejiu smiled slightly and said, "Still, one must be a bit cautious. That Li Luo is truly a bit monstrous; he has been a prominent figure in the academy recently, especially after that incident in the Dark Cave..."

Hearing these words from Wang Hejiu, a trace of gloom immediately flashed across Ye Qiuding's eyes. The matter of the Dark Cave had achieved Li Luo, but it had made him, Ye Qiuding, a joke.

And all of this was caused by Li Luo snatching his position. After all, if not for Li Luo, Jiang Qing'e would have likely continued to choose him to cooperate with, and the ending naturally would not have been like that.

This displacement of anger was somewhat far-fetched, but in reality, it was Ye Qiuding's inner jealousy and apprehension at work. Because as Li Luo gradually began to show his talent in the Astral Sage College, everyone realized that this previously unassuming Young Master of the House of Luolan indeed had his own extraordinary qualities.

In the past, everyone felt sorry for Jiang Qing'e; after all, compared to her brilliance, Li Luo, this Young Master of the House of Luolan, was far too dim. The two of them were simply a classic example of a bright pearl cast into the dark. Those young geniuses who admired the pearl that was Jiang Qing'e beat their chests and stamped their feet in anger, wondering what virtue or ability Li Luo had—he was merely relying on the convenience of his status and his parents' kindness to Jiang Qing'e to gain the advantage of proximity, which was truly frustrating.

And Ye Qiuding was the type of person who was the most unwilling to accept this.

He had originally boasted that he surpassed Li Luo in every aspect, and that the latter only had a better background than him. He had originally thought he could compete with Li Luo, but in the end, he discovered it was nothing more than a joke.

"Prepare to move. Since you invited us here, the result will naturally satisfy you," Ye Qiuding took a deep breath, suppressing the surging jealousy in his heart, and then said indifferently to Wang Hejiu.

Wang Hejiu smiled and nodded. How could he not feel the resentment Ye Qiuding held toward Li Luo? But this was exactly what he needed; only when both sides had a common goal could they exert their full effort. Actually, he had originally wanted to find Zhu Xuan, but Zhu Xuan was currently busy charging toward higher platforms and really had no time to come and help them here, so he could only settle for the next best thing and find Ye Qiuding. Fortunately, although Ye Qiuding's strength was slightly inferior to Zhu Xuan's, his resentment toward Li Luo seemed no weaker than Zhu Xuan's.

Afterward, the two squads made preparations, and bursts of resonant power suddenly erupted as they charged directly into the thirty-ninth level platform, breaking out into a fierce battle with the numerous Green Spirit Puppets within.

After a day of fierce fighting.

As expected, the Li Luo squad, the Qin Zhulu squad, and Wang Hejiu's side had all successively broken through the thirty-ninth level.

The Green Spirit Energy remaining from this day was directly carved up clean.

However, everyone knew that the thirty-ninth level was just the prelude; the real finale was the fortieth level tomorrow.

Whichever side, Li Luo or Wang Hejiu, cleared the fortieth level first would obtain that final, abundant mouthful of Green Spirit Energy.

The Bai Doudou squad and the Yi Lisha squad directly chose to give up continuing the charge, because they already had no chance to catch up to Li Luo and Wang Hejiu, so they simply didn't need to do any more useless work and instead began to act as live spectators, waiting for the excitement of tomorrow.

And the final day of special training arrived as promised.

When Li Luo and his group arrived before the Resonant Power Tree again, they were stunned to find that many First Star Academy students had gathered here.

"Li Luo, Qin Zhulu, go for it! Beat that traitor Wang Hejiu to death!"

"Wang Hejiu, you turncoat, to think you'd actually find people from the Second Star Academy to be your helpers!"

"Traitor of the First Academy!"

"......"

The shouts erupting from those First Star Academy students made the corners of Li Luo's mouth twitch, and then he swept his gaze toward Wang Hejiu and the others behind him, seeing that both he and Duze Beixuan were livid.

Seeing Li Luo's gaze, Wang Hejiu walked up quickly and sneered, "Li Luo, this is your doing, right?"

Li Luo shook his head and said, "This actually has nothing to do with me, but no matter who did it, I have to give them a like."

Wang Hejiu said indifferently, "As for so-called reputation, I don't care about it at all. As long as we are the first to break through the fortieth level today, that counts as creating history. And who knows, I might even be able to take advantage of the momentum to break through to the Phase Transformation stage today. At that time, what does it matter if I'm splashed with a little dirty water?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. What if you get scolded and still don't get any benefits?"

Wang Hejiu sneered and flicked his sleeves as he left.

Li Luo looked at his back, rubbed his chin, and then beckoned to Yu Lang behind him, who came over with a grin.

"Was it you? This style is too familiar," Li Luo smiled.

Yu Lang waved his hand and said modestly, "Since he dared to do it, I just helped him publicize it. Although this kid might not care, it's good to be able to disgust him a little."

Li Luo smiled and gave a thumbs up, a sign of approval.

Amidst the cheers and crowds along the way, Li Luo and his group entered the Sacred Wood Realm Cave once again.

No referees, no shouting.

The two squads stepped directly onto the fortieth-level platform to welcome this final special training.