Chapter 456: Probing

Whoosh!

A series of figures darted out of the mountain forest and landed beside Lu Qinger and Yin Yue on the hillside.

"Classmate Qinger, are you all right?" Bai Meng asked first, looking at Lu Qinger.

Lu Qinger looked at the newcomers, and her previously tense mood suddenly relaxed, because besides Bai Meng and the others, the teams of Yi Lisha and Wang Hejiu had also arrived simultaneously; clearly, they had met on the way here.

Now, apart from the Bai Doudou team, the one-star academy of the Astral Sage College was essentially gathered here.

Their combat power had suddenly increased.

"I'm fine. We encountered a team from the Holy Mountain College, and that person should be Sun Dasheng," Lu Qinger said concisely.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Yi Lisha and Wang Hejiu could not help but change: "Sun Dasheng of the Holy Mountain College? One of the three favorites to win the championship?"

Their gazes turned toward the now-chaotic mountain forest, where they saw a burly figure holding a golden staff, his face radiating an arrogant and fierce aura; just looking at this person gave one a feeling of extreme danger and that he was not to be trifled with.

"So it was that Sun Dasheng; no wonder he could force Qin Zhulu into such a state," Yi Lisha said gravely.

Qin Zhulu's strength was second only to Li Luo in the one-star academy of the Astral Sage College, and this guy's fighting style was extremely fierce—once he started, he fought without regard for his own life, so his combat power was unquestionable. Yet, he was being suppressed by this Sun Dasheng to such an extent, which showed that these three favorites to win were truly not famous for nothing.

"Li Luo went alone—can he block Sun Dasheng? At a time like this, what is he trying to show off for?" Duze Beixuan frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.

Although they knew Li Luo's strength was extremely high, that Sun Dasheng's reputation was, after all, too formidable; if Li Luo went up and was also dealt with by Sun Dasheng, then their side's morale would suffer a major blow.

"The Captain is a very pragmatic person; he must have his own plans for doing this. Besides, haven't you seen that the Holy Mountain College's teams are also over there? We must keep an eye on them," Xin Fu said.

Hearing this, the others' gazes also turned to the hillside not far away, where there were also several teams from the Holy Mountain College, and the latter's gazes were also locked onto them.

The two sides immediately entered a standoff.

However, neither side acted rashly, instead waiting for the two figures in the forest to make the first move.

In the mountain forest.

Sun Dasheng's arrogant gaze swept over Li Luo's face, and then he asked Qin Zhulu behind him: "Is he the one you mentioned from the Astral Sage College who is stronger than you?"

Qin Zhulu rubbed his sore arm and nodded.

Sun Dasheng was clearly a bit surprised: "I really can't tell; looking like that, he can actually fight?"

Li Luo smiled and said: "Actually, those who are both ugly and can fight are the minority."

Sun Dasheng's eyes widened: "Are you saying I'm ugly?"

Li Luo waved his hand and said: "Not really, not really; I can only say you have a rather unique look."

Sun Dasheng carried his golden staff on his shoulder, looking down at Li Luo: "I can't be bothered to trade barbs with you. You want to take people away? You'll have to ask the staff in my hand if it agrees."

Li Luo laughed: "Not only do I want to take people away, but I also think that since you beat my companion like this, you have to apologize to him."

Sun Dasheng's eyes rounded; he stared at Li Luo with a strange expression and sneered: "Looking so pretty, turns out you're a fool."

"I, Laozi, have grown up this big and have never apologized to anyone."

"You want me to apologize? Fine, if you can take two strikes from me, I'll apologize," he grinned.

Upon hearing this, Li Luo gripped his palm, and a simple, unadorned straight blade appeared in his hand; the blade was the color of gold and jade—it was the Gold-Jade Profound Elephant Blade.

"Fine, then let's try those two strikes," he smiled slightly.

Then Li Luo turned his head and said to Qin Zhulu: "You go to the others first and recover."

Qin Zhulu nodded. He had also heard the condition Li Luo proposed; clearly, this was intentional on Li Luo's part, because with Sun Dasheng's arrogant personality, how could he possibly agree to apologize?

Li Luo wanted to have a real fight with Sun Dasheng.

Was it because he wanted to test the true strength of one of the three championship favorites?

"Be careful, this monkey is not easy to deal with," he warned, then grabbed his heavy spear and leaped away.

With Qin Zhulu's departure, Sun Dasheng's expression suddenly began to turn cold and stern. He gripped his golden staff tightly, and gray-white resonant power erupted from his body like wolf smoke; within the smoke, a giant ape shadow seemed to flicker in and out, radiating a monstrous, fierce aura.

Although Sun Dasheng was not impressed by Li Luo's appearance, once he entered a combat state, he had no intention of holding back at all.

"Third Transformation of the Resonance Transformation Stage... Upper Eighth-Grade Stone Ape Resonance."

Feeling Sun Dasheng's violent resonant power, a trace of gravity appeared in Li Luo's eyes. Indeed, one could not underestimate the geniuses of other colleges; the pressure brought by this Sun Dasheng was indeed more formidable than that of Lu Cang, whom he had met during the ticket matches.

That was fine; this was exactly his goal.

He needed to test the true strength of these so-called three championship favorites.

After all, Jiang Qing had already given him a mission, and the biggest obstacle should be that Jing Taixu. This guy's previous actions had also angered him, so if they eventually met, it would inevitably be a battle fought with all his might.

Before that, if he could have a brief exchange with this Sun Dasheng, he could use it to guess Jing Taixu's bottom line.

Li Luo gripped the Gold-Jade Profound Elephant Blade tightly. The Third Transformation of the Resonance Transformation Stage was indeed one level higher than his, but that did not mean the opponent's resonant power was stronger than his. After all, he possessed dual resonances, and they were a primary and auxiliary pair; the resonant power amplification brought by the resonance evolution within his resonance palace, when stacked, was enough to make up for the gap in resonant power brought by this one level.

His face was calm, and the two resonance palaces within his body vibrated at this moment, with two streams of vigorous resonant power flowing out slowly.

On the hillside, the people from the Holy Mountain College looked at the violent resonant power surging again and could not help but shake their heads.

"Is that person the chief captain of the Astral Sage College? He has quite a temper, actually daring to go head-to-head with the boss," a student from the Holy Mountain College said with a playful laugh.

"After all, their people were just taught a lesson by the boss; he has to make a move to save some face, otherwise it would be too damaging to morale," another student analyzed.

"He must not have been beaten enough. Doesn't he know that if he gets beaten up too, his face will look even worse?"

"Normal. After all, they were all prominent figures in their respective colleges; how could they easily swallow this insult?"

"......"

The student referred to as Captain Lu did not participate in the group's discussion; his gaze was fixed on Wang Hejiu's side, and he said: "Be prepared. If the boss deals with that person later and the Astral Sage College's team makes any unusual moves, then act immediately."

The others nodded upon hearing this, secretly staying on guard.

While they were talking, in the mountain forest, the gray-white resonant power suddenly moved violently. Sun Dasheng let out a long howl, his figure already shooting out, his golden staff dancing and whipping up wind and clouds.

"Three Strikes of the Ape King, Mountain-Moving Strike!"

Sun Dasheng made his move without any intention of testing the waters.

He used his full strength from the start, and Qin Zhulu had previously been defeated by this very strike!

The golden staff whistled, the sonic boom was ear-piercing; under this strike, it felt as if he were carrying a mountain.

Not far away, Yi Lisha, Wang Hejiu, and the others all had changes in their expressions. As soon as Sun Dasheng made his move, he revealed extremely tyrannical strength; no wonder even Qin Zhulu was not his match. Could Li Luo really withstand such a violent attack?

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