Chapter 462: Medium-Sized Spirit Gathering Altar

The battle ended faster than expected.

The five opposing teams did not belong to the same academy and were at odds with one another; they could maintain their formation while they had the upper hand, but once the situation shifted, they immediately scattered like loose sand, fleeing in all directions.

Thus, in just over ten minutes.

All five teams had completely routed.

A portion of them were eliminated on the spot.

It is worth mentioning that in this Academy Tournament, there are two ways to be eliminated: first, by falling into a state of severe injury where one is unable to fight, at which point the spirit gourd they carry will automatically trigger a burst of energy to whisk the injured person away, exiting them from the tournament grounds.

The second way is for the spirit gourd they carry to be shattered; once the spirit gourd is broken, it signifies the loss of eligibility to continue in the competition.

Therefore, in this Academy Tournament, the spirit gourd is not only the sole tool for collecting Heaven Spirit Dew, but also the proof of participation.

In the forest, following the successful resolution by Li Luo and his group, Qin Zhulu, Bai Doudou, Wang Hejiu, and the others also swept over from not far away.

Upon arriving, Bai Doudou first looked at Yu Lang and said, "Are you alright?"

This guy had just been chased by ten of the opponents, and the sight of it had startled even her; that Yu Lang was still standing here safe and sound was actually a bit unbelievable to her.

Yu Lang said with emotion, "Team leader, you are so kind to care about me so much."

Bai Doudou retorted irritably, "What on earth did you do? Why were they targeting you so intensely?"

Yu Lang was also speechless and said, "They seemed to be treating me as a dual-resonance user."

"You?"

Bai Doudou was taken aback, then her gaze swept over to Li Luo, who was standing to the side with a pained expression; out of some intuition, she felt that this matter might have something to do with him.

"Sister, are you alright?"

While she was thinking this, Bai Mengmeng walked up, hugged Bai Doudou's arm, and asked with concern.

Bai Doudou smiled and shook her head, embracing her sister as they began to talk in low voices.

Li Luo's expression was calm, but he felt that when Bai Mengmeng was talking to Bai Doudou, her peripheral vision seemed to glance at him, her eyes holding a look that was neither quite a smile nor quite a laugh.

Li Luo's heart immediately tightened; were the sixth senses of these girls all this sharp?

Just as he thought of this, he felt Lu Qinger also approach him; the young girl's clear and moving face wore a smile as she said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "This matter, you were the one who caused trouble in the Golden Dragon Dojo, right?"

Li Luo's face stiffened slightly; she could guess this too? Was it because that guy just now was from the Red Sand Saint Academy?

These girls were too smart, much harder to fool than Yu Lang.

But fortunately, Lu Qinger just smiled and didn't ask further, changing the subject as she asked Yu Lang, "Hurry and take us to see that Spirit Gathering Altar."

Suddenly, the gazes of everyone present turned to Yu Lang in unison, their eyes filled with intense curiosity and anticipation; after all, they had been in the grounds for so long and hadn't seen a single Spirit Gathering Altar yet.

"Let's go."

Becoming the center of attention, Yu Lang immediately perked up; he smoothed his hair and waved his hand.

And so, the group set off quickly through the forest, following Yu Lang as he wove through the mountain range; even at full speed, it still took them about half an hour to reach the place Yu Lang had mentioned.

It was a mountain fissure covered in green vines.

The fissure was just wide enough for one person to pass through, and with the cover of the green vines, it was truly impossible for anyone to notice.

"When I passed by here earlier, I felt something strange, so I explored and sensed carefully, and finally discovered that hidden behind this mountain fissure was actually a Spirit Gathering Altar!" Yu Lang said with great excitement.

Li Luo walked up and glanced at the front of the mountain fissure; there was a lingering scent of urine in the soil there, along with some broken green vines—it was the breaking of these vines that had revealed the mountain fissure behind them.

"Your strength is quite impressive." Li Luo didn't know what to say; the process of Yu Lang discovering the Spirit Gathering Altar was clearly not the "bold and careful" work he claimed, but rather that this guy had inadvertently taken a leak here and happened to break these vines.

"You're too kind, you're too kind." Yu Lang gave a dry laugh.

Li Luo curled his lip in disdain, then squeezed into the mountain fissure first, walking along the narrow path; after about a hundred steps, he walked out of the fissure, and the scene before him made his eyes suddenly light up.

Behind the fissure was a valley; the valley was lush and green, and in the center of the valley was a water pool about ten-plus zhang wide. The water was extremely clear, with faint mist rising from it, and white exotic flowers grew within the pool, emitting a strange fragrance.

The faint mist rising from the pool gathered along these exotic flowers, finally condensing into moisture on the petals.

When this energy moisture gathered together, Heaven Spirit Dew would be born.

"Wow!"

At this time, Bai Mengmeng, Lu Qinger, and the others also squeezed in; looking at the scene before them, they exclaimed in surprise.

"So beautiful."

"Such dense heaven and earth energy."

Bai Doudou counted the exotic flowers in the pool and said in surprise, "There are twenty-three Heaven Spirit Dew carriers in total; this Spirit Gathering Altar should reach the medium-sized level."

The so-called Heaven Spirit Dew carriers refer to these exotic flowers, because only through their transformation can Heaven Spirit Dew be condensed, so they are also called Heaven Spirit Dew carriers. Right now, there are twenty-three carriers here, which means the final formed Heaven Spirit Dew will reach twenty-three drops.

Spirit Gathering Altars are also graded, simply divided into small, medium, and large levels; the higher the level of the Spirit Gathering Altar, the more Heaven Spirit Dew it will naturally produce.

A yield of twenty-three drops of Heaven Spirit Dew has already entered the medium-sized grade.

Qin Zhulu, Wang Hejiu, Yi Lisha, and the others also showed joy; they had known the difficulty of finding Heaven Spirit Dew along the way. Their entire team had worked hard for most of the day and only found three drops, and now, in this Spirit Gathering Altar, they could harvest twenty-three drops, showing just how rich it was.

"Not bad, not bad."

Li Luo was also full of praise, giving Yu Lang a thumbs up: "You've made a great contribution this time."

A medium-sized Spirit Gathering Altar is definitely considered hard to find.

Yu Lang waved his hand modestly: "Protecting the academy's honor is a duty we are duty-bound to perform."

Li Luo's face was full of smiles, and it was clear he was truly happy. He looked up; above this valley, faint energy mist condensed, as if forming a thin film invisible to the naked eye, which made it difficult for anyone to discover the anomaly even if they looked down at the valley from a high vantage point.

No wonder it was so hard to find.

"But there is still one problem."

Lu Qinger suddenly frowned slightly and said, "A Spirit Gathering Altar must be injected with energy by someone to be activated, which then accelerates the birth of Heaven Spirit Dew. This process will last for an entire night, so even if we activate it now, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to harvest the Heaven Spirit Dew."

"And once the Spirit Gathering Altar is activated, it will emit strange light, at which point this location will be exposed."

Lu Qinger stared at Li Luo and said, "Although I don't know how many academy teams will be attracted, regardless, it will inevitably be a great battle."

The others' expressions also gradually became solemn.

"Isn't this the mechanism of the Academy Tournament... using the Spirit Gathering Altar as bait to attract teams from various academies to engage in battle."

Li Luo's expression was calm, clearly having been prepared for this result. He looked at everyone and smiled: "Finding Heaven Spirit Dew is too difficult. If we want to send more people to Dragon Bone Island, we can only rely on the Spirit Gathering Altar. Now that we have finally found one, there is no reason to give it up. Besides, I don't intend to cooperate with other academies and share it with them."

"I want to swallow these twenty-three drops of Heaven Spirit Dew all by ourselves."

In his calm voice, there was a hint of dominance.

"I agree!" Qin Zhulu laughed out loud; he completely agreed with them, the Astral Sage College, monopolizing this place. As for sharing with others? Let them taste whether his fists are hard enough first!

"You are the general team leader, you make the call." Bai Doudou also nodded.

Yi Lisha smiled and nodded.

Wang Hejiu was expressionless; although he didn't speak, he clearly acquiesced.

Seeing that everyone had reached a consensus, Li Luo's smile became even brighter, and he clapped his hands.

"Since that's the case... then everyone get ready and start preparing to welcome the first Spirit Gathering Altar defense battle."

"I hope this battle will show off the prestige of our Astral Sage College!"