Chapter 405: Transformation

The battle between Jiang Qing and Zhao Huiyin could be considered to have brought the atmosphere of this ticket tournament to a climax; the stands were buzzing with excitement, and countless cheers and applause rang out incessantly.

"The first three matches of this ticket tournament are our academy's strong period, so this result is not unexpected. However, the real difficulty doesn't lie here, but rather in the next few matches." In the stands, Li Luo was commenting on the upcoming situation, while the surrounding First Star Academy students all appeared to be listening intently.

"Excluding the match for our First Star Academy, there are three more matches remaining, featuring Duze Honglian, Zhu Xuan, and Ye Qiuding respectively. The battles of these three are crucial; as long as they can achieve a record of one win and one draw, then these tickets will undoubtedly be ours."

Lu Qinger also sat over, sitting together with Bai Meng. As the two faces of the First Star Academy, the two girls—one elegant and icy, the other pure and cute—now had their pretty faces close together, causing many male students from the First Star Academy to gaze at them, itching with desire.

"In that case, wouldn't it mean there's no turn for you to compete?" Lu Qinger said. If the Astral Sage College could really secure one win and one draw in the next three matches, the result would basically be determined, and Li Luo's match would become irrelevant.

Li Luo waved his hand and smiled: "Whether it's my turn or not isn't important, as long as the tickets are in hand. After all, this isn't the main event; the real big battle is in the Holy Grail War."

Lu Qinger nodded and smiled sweetly: "I actually think it would be a pity if that were the case. Your strength is beyond doubt, and you should let outsiders see that the Astral Sage College doesn't just have an invincible person in the Third Star Academy; our First Star Academy also has someone no less capable than Senior Sister Jiang."

The surrounding First Star Academy students had slightly strange expressions. Although Li Luo's record was indeed quite good, compared to the invincible posture of Jiang Qing, he was clearly still a cut below. Lu Qinger's words were a bit of an overstatement.

But Li Luo and Jiang Qing's relationship was extremely special, which left them not even knowing where to begin with a rebuttal, so they could only laugh dryly and agree.

As for the perfunctory cooperation of others, Lu Qinger didn't care, because only she knew that she wasn't overestimating Li Luo, but rather believed it from the bottom of her heart.

Jiang Qing was indeed very outstanding, but Li Luo was not necessarily inferior to her.

Especially after experiencing the Golden Dragon Dojo, Lu Qinger was even more able to see Li Luo's capabilities.

Li Luo smiled and didn't continue to say anything more on this, instead casting his gaze toward the battlefield among the mountains, because at this moment, Duze Honglian had also entered the arena.

As the person in the Third Star Academy second only to Jiang Qing, Duze Honglian could actually be considered excellent, but because Jiang Qing was simply too dazzling and brilliant, her light was completely obscured.

Come to think of it, being in the same grade as Jiang Qing was a bit of bad luck for Duze Honglian.

Duze Honglian, who had entered the battlefield, also attracted many gazes. Today, she was dressed in a black tight-fitting outfit, holding a red-scaled long sword. Her figure was slightly tall, and her curvaceous figure was quite visually striking. Coupled with her cold and glamorous appearance, she could be considered a golden flower anywhere.

Yan Tai, the representative from the Third Star Academy of the Blue Abyss Sage College, also entered the arena. He carried a crimson long staff and had a smiling expression on his face.

When the two sides met, there was no extra small talk; they directly erupted with resonant power.

What was interesting was that both Duze Honglian and Yan Tai were of the Fire resonance. Now that their resonant power was activated, fiery red resonant power immediately filled the entire arena, emitting high temperatures that caused the air to gradually become distorted.

Accompanied by the sound of bells and drums, firelight suddenly soared into the sky among the mountains.

The battle between the two sides was more intense than imagined.

Because the strength of Duze Honglian and Yan Tai was the closest among these few battles, both were at the Golden Fiend Body realm, and neither their strength nor the grade of their resonance was much different. Therefore, as they fought now, they almost exhausted all their trump cards, attacking with all their might and showing no mercy.

In just a short moment, both sides had already sustained injuries.

But neither Duze Honglian nor Yan Tai showed any intention of retreating; instead, they erupted with tenacious fighting spirit and fought with all their might.

The raging fire spread across the battlefield.

And as time passed, the expressions of many people in the stands gradually became solemn, because the injuries on the bodies of the two in the battlefield began to accumulate and worsen. Even though both had reached the level of the Golden Fiend Body, their bodies were still torn by streaks of blood.

That tragic state was more intense than any previous battle.

Fighting to this extent was already a test of willpower.

On the tiered stands, the students of the Astral Sage College had already begun to shout and cheer for Duze Honglian.

Li Luo was also moved by the tragedy of the battle. Duze Honglian's performance this time really surprised him a bit; he hadn't noticed before that her fighting spirit was actually so tenacious.

"It seems Senior Sister Jiang gave her a lot of pressure." Lu Qinger on the side hit the nail on the head.

Li Luo nodded thoughtfully. Duze Honglian was also a very competitive person. Previously, Jiang Qing had won so beautifully, which could be described as receiving cheers from the whole audience, and if she lost this match, it would be unacceptable to her.

She didn't want to lose too much to Jiang Qing.

So even if she couldn't win a match for the Astral Sage College, she didn't want to bring about a loss.

"Yan Tai's strength is extremely close to hers, and it's too difficult to determine a winner. If they continue to fight like this, there will only be one result: a draw where both sides are injured," Li Luo said slowly.

"This Senior Sister Duze Honglian is also very strong," Bai Meng sighed and said.

Li Luo nodded. Although he had been at odds with Duze Honglian in the past, the other party's performance at this moment was worth every member of the Astral Sage College cheering for her.

At the same time, on the side of the Blue Abyss Sage College.

Zhao Huiyin, Zhongnan, and others were also watching the tragic duel in the battlefield.

"That Duze Honglian is even harder to deal with than imagined."

Zhao Huiyin sighed with some regret: "It's a pity; I originally thought Yan Tai could have a slight advantage."

Zhongnan said in a steady voice: "Although Duze Honglian's fame is not as great as Jiang Qing's, that is because Jiang Qing's light is too dazzling. Her own strength and foundation cannot be underestimated."

Zhao Huiyin nodded and said: "However, the current situation has not deviated from the initial expectations. We still have a chance."

Immediately, she turned her head to look at Lu Cang behind her, reached out and patted his shoulder, saying: "We have done our best to pave the way. As for the final result, it depends on you."

Lu Cang smiled slightly and said: "Senior Sister Zhao, don't worry."

"If my match really can be dragged into a decisive battle, I won't let you down."

Time passed continuously, and the fierce battle in the battlefield became increasingly tragic.

Later on, many people couldn't bear to close their eyes.

But the battle finally came to an end.

The moment Duze Honglian's sword pierced Yan Tai's abdomen and the latter's red staff smashed fiercely into her back, both sides spat out blood and flew backward, falling to the ground, unable to climb up again.

The result was as expected.

A draw where both sides were injured.

Someone entered the arena and carried both of them out.

On the tiered stands, thunderous applause rang out.

This draw was worthy of respect from both sides.

Next, the competition continued.

However, if the students of the Astral Sage College still felt that they had the victory in the bag before, the next two matches caused the atmosphere of the entire venue to instantly drop to freezing point.

Because...

The two representatives of the Second Star Academy, Zhu Xuan and Ye Qiuding, had both failed.