Chapter 458: The Ace Team

After the others from Saint Mountain Academy departed, Li Luo leaped over to Qin Qin Zhulu, Wang Wang Hejiu, and the others; he looked at Qin Qin Zhulu and smiled, saying, "Is your injury okay?"

Qin Qin Zhulu shook his head and said, "Just a minor wound, nothing to worry about, but that fellow is truly quite strong."

Gazing in the direction Sun Sun Dasheng had left, his eyes were filled with longing and fiery battle intent; such a powerful enemy capable of bringing him a thoroughly satisfying fierce battle was what he craved, and if they were not currently in a competition, he would have even wanted to cling to Sun Sun Dasheng.

"If I were your father, I might hope that look of yours would be directed at the pretty female students inside the academy, rather than obsessively chasing after such an ugly man, because that will bring no good result," Li Luo said in a tone of admonition, having discerned Qin Qin Zhulu's thoughts from his gaze.

The girls nearby, including Lu Qing'er and Bai Bai Mengmeng, all giggled.

Qin Qin Zhulu's face turned green; he said in a bad mood, "Get lost, don't take advantage of me."

Lu Qing'er then gazed at Li Luo with a smile, "Captain Li Luo, what are our next moves?"

The others also looked at Li Luo; from their eyes, one could see a hint of excitement, which was due to the morale boost brought by Li Luo's brief clash with Sun Sun Dasheng earlier; although they all knew that this clash had only been a superficial exchange and neither side had truly played their trump cards, Li Luo's performance still left them amazed.

After all, that Sun Sun Dasheng was no ordinary person, and the three top contenders for the championship were not selected lightly.

And for Li Luo to clash with Sun Sun Dasheng without falling behind, this was enough to prove that their captain was already among the very top tier of the One-Star Academy this time.

Following him, perhaps Saint Xuanxing Academy could truly achieve a brilliant result.

Even Wang Wang Hejiu and Du Zebeixuan, who usually did not get along well with Li Luo, did not utter any words of dissent, clearly having fully accepted Li Luo's leadership position.

"Let's go find Bai Bai Doudou, Yu Lang, and the others first."

Meeting everyone's gaze, Li Luo did not hesitate and smiled directly.

Lu Qing'er then realized that among the people here, only Bai Bai Doudou, Yu Lang, and Qiu Luo's team were missing.

Li Luo took out the crystal compass and said, "Their team did not come to assemble but has been staying in a certain area; I asked Bai Mengmeng to keep an eye on them and found that their team sends out a signal every hour; the signal is not urgent, so it should not be an emergency call for help; I guess they might have discovered something."

"But regardless, since they cannot come, we will simply assemble and go find them directly."

Li Luo's fingers lightly tapped the crystal compass; he had noticed the situation with Bai Bai Doudou and Yu Lang's side when he arrived, but because Qin Qin Zhulu's side was more urgent, he had temporarily ignored that area, and now that Qin Qin Zhulu's team was safe, naturally they had to rush to Bai Bai Doudou and Yu Lang's location.

"Could it be that Yu Lang directly discovered a Spirit Gathering Altar? If so, he is truly Zheng Zheng Fuxing," Lu Qing said with some curiosity.

"Who knows."

Li Luo shrugged; that fellow Yu Lang was like a neurotic blade, often pulling off things that were hard to describe.

"Prepare to set off."

He waved his hand, then his figure leaped out first, and that direction was precisely where Bai Bai Doudou and Yu Lang were located.

In a certain mountain range, snow was white and covered the forests.

Inside a forest.

Three figures were sitting cross-legged resting; they were Bai Bai Doudou, Yu Lang, and Qiu Luo.

Yu Lang picked a wild fruit from the side, wiped it with snow, then ingratiatingly handed it to Bai Bai Doudou, "Captain, eat something."

Bai Bai Doudou took it with a bad mood, took a bite, and said, "You fellow, sometimes I really don't know if you are lucky or unlucky."

She was truly a bit of a headache; because shortly after they entered this area, Yu Lang had accidentally discovered a Spirit Gathering Altar, but just as he ran over excitedly to report it, someone happened to eavesdrop on this news, so they inevitably attracted the pursuit of several nearby teams.

The opponents wanted to learn the exact location of that Spirit Gathering Altar from Yu Lang; otherwise, with such a vast mountain range, finding that Spirit Gathering Altar within it would inevitably cost considerable time and effort.

"This really isn't my fault; who knew that damn thing was so sinister, able to manipulate snow snakes? Those things hid in the snow and moved around everywhere to form his eyes and ears, which just happened to hear me talking about the Spirit Gathering Altar," Yu Lang said very aggrievedly.

Qiu Luo frowned and said, "Couldn't you have spoken quietly? Why make such a fuss as if you wanted everyone to hear?"

"Forget it."

Bai Bai Doudou stopped Qiu Luo's accusation: "Regardless, Yu Lang found a Spirit Gathering Altar, which is actually a great merit for us, and what happened afterwards was too coincidental; after all, even I did not discover those hidden snow snakes."

"Now let's try to stall them; as long as we wait for Li Luo and the others to arrive, we won't fear them."

Seeing Bai Bai Doudou defend Yu Lang, Qiu Luo could only say no more, frowning and saying, "But it is strange; those fellows behind have already gathered several teams, and even tracked us down several times, yet they have never truly attacked."

"It feels like they are afraid of something."

Bai Bai Doudou also furrowed her beautiful brows; she actually had this feeling too; in the previous encirclement, the opponents could clearly have blocked them, but for some reason they were cautious and did not act.

However, this should only be temporary; as more and more teams gather from the opponents, they will eventually attack.

After all, hanging behind is not just one academy's team.

"Forget it, let's ignore them; let's try to stall for as much time as possible; looking at the crystal compass, Li Luo and the others are already on their way," Bai Bai Doudou said.

Hearing this, Yu Lang and Qiu Luo both nodded.

And while they were discussing here, in a forest not far from them, several teams had also gathered.

"Liu Xiao, what exactly do you mean? We have a numerical advantage; we should go up early and trap that Saint Xuanxing Academy team, then force them to reveal the location of the Spirit Gathering Altar." In several teams, a burly youth with a face full of impatience was now attacking the person in front of him.

"They are just one team; are we afraid of them? You keep saying to wait for reinforcements to arrive; why bother? If we wait any longer, perhaps their support will arrive."

The one being questioned was a thin-faced youth, namely the team leader named Liu Xiao.

"You don't understand."

Liu Xiao smiled faintly and said, "This team is not simple."

"What are you talking about?"

"If my guess is correct, this small team might be the Ace Team of Saint Xuanxing Academy," Liu Xiao said calmly.

The others immediately scoffed, "How do you know?"

"Inside that small team, there is someone named Yu Lang."

"So what?"

"Did you not gather intelligence? The name Yu Lang appears frequently in some intelligence reports."

"Can those intelligence reports be trusted?"

Liu Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Some intelligence indeed cannot be trusted, but some intelligence you have no choice but to believe."

"Others do not know Yu Lang's abilities, but unfortunately, our Red Sand Saint Academy knows him very well, because we have a senior named Zhao Zhao Jieyang who previously participated in the trials at the Golden Dragon Dojo, and in that, he just happened to encounter this Yu Lang."

"And before this competition, he solemnly reminded us to be careful of this person named Yu Lang."

"This person might be, besides Lu Ming from Tianhuo Saint Academy..."

"... the second person possessing dual aspects."

Hearing these words, the captains of the other two teams finally changed color.