Chapter 477: A Show of Rivalry

Between the islands, the uproar boiled and surged straight toward the clouds.

Countless incredulous gazes fixed on Li Luo, who was sprinting up the Cloud Ladder; no one had expected that Li Luo, who had fallen to the very rear moments ago, would suddenly accelerate now and directly surpass Sun Sun Dasheng and Lu Ming.

What exactly is happening?

Everyone was utterly bewildered.

Even Qin Qin Zhulu and Bai Bai Doudou wore expressions of shock.

The three other academy teams from their side, who had come to assist, were also dumbfounded; in fact, they had held a somewhat pessimistic attitude toward Saint Profound Star Academy's ability to activate this cluster of Spirit Gathering Altars, because when Li Luo had previously activated a Spirit Gathering Altar, he had appeared slightly strained.

So regarding this cooperation, they had mostly adopted a trial-and-error mindset, but this sudden turn of events now caused their hearts to suddenly lift with excitement.

This Li Luo really does have some tricks up his sleeve?!

Amidst the boiling excitement of the crowd, Li Luo's expression remained remarkably calm; in truth, his previous move was not particularly extraordinary; simply put, it relied on the refraction of the "Water Light Demon Mirror" to rebound some of the surging energy torrent at that instant; the "Water Light Demon Mirror" is a special Phasing Art that grows stronger against strength and weaker against weakness, and after Li Luo reinforced and altered it with his Light Phasing Power, it was endowed with remarkable refraction effects.

What Li Luo had unleashed previously was not an ordinary "Water Light Demon Mirror" Phasing Art, but a large-scale "Water Light Demon Mirror Array" that he had further refined.

After some exquisite coordination, the rebound and refraction effects of the "Water Light Demon Mirror Array" were enhanced.

The energy torrent surging up the Cloud Ladder was extremely terrifying, but precisely because it was so terrifying, when the "Water Light Demon Mirror Array" operated its rebound force, it unleashed such dreadful power; it was this rebound force that directly tore a rift in the energy torrent, allowing Li Luo to sprint forward in its wake.

Li Luo's gaze fixed ahead, where the energy torrent that had been torn apart was gradually recovering, though its intensity was obviously far weaker than at the start; thus, he directly raised his Profound Elephant Blade, and a shimmering blade light roared forth, slicing the energy torrent to pieces; his steps did not halt, and with a leap upward, he once again cleared thirty steps.

His peripheral vision swept across the distance; this position...

was exactly level with Jing Jing Taixu.

The two were almost simultaneously standing on steps of the same tier.

Countless people widened their eyes.

Another wave of even more violent and surging energy torrent roared down from above.

Jing Jing Taixu did not look toward Li Luo's side, but he knew the other had already reached his level; apart from a slight stir in his expression at the very beginning, his demeanor had now become calm.

This Li Luo, although his Phasing Power is slightly weaker, his methods are indeed endless; he cannot be underestimated.

And although there is no direct competition on this Cloud Ladder, after all, reaching the summit does not prevent others from reaching it as well, yet after hesitating for a mere second, Jing Jing Taixu decided that no matter what, he must be the first to reach the summit and activate the cluster of Spirit Gathering Altars.

Although there are no substantial benefits, and if it were Lu Ming or Sun Sun Dasheng, it might even be possible for him to yield a step.

But this person is Li Luo.

Hmm, he is Jiang Jiang Qinge's fiancé... then for that reason alone, Jing Jing Taixu felt he could not fall behind Li Luo in any aspect, even in this meaningless climb up the Cloud Ladder.

Otherwise, how could he approach Jiang Jiang Qinge in the future?

As he thought thus, a faint smile appeared on Jing Jing Taixu's lips; sorry, Li Luo, but who could blame him when Senior Sister Jiang is so stunning?

Jing Jing Taixu raised his head, his gaze focusing on the roaring energy torrent approaching; his hands suddenly clapped together, and in the next instant, the Wind Phasing Power within his body erupted violently; wild winds howled, and green wind seemed to gather between his palms at an astonishing speed.

After a few breaths, Jing Jing Taixu slightly curved his palms, as if forming an opening; he placed them near his mouth and blew fiercely.

Wind Demon Cone!

Whoosh!

A deep green wind cone shot out violently, then swelled with the wind, transforming in the blink of an eye into a length of about ten feet.

The wind cone moved too fast, directly triggering a piercing sonic boom between heaven and earth; that intense vibration caused countless people to change color; they watched with their own eyes as that wind cone, containing extremely powerful force, collided with the energy torrent roaring down the Cloud Ladder.

Boom!

The wind cone exploded in that instant, as if countless compressed hurricanes swept outward; that force was extremely domineering, even tearing traces across the void.

And the energy torrent surging toward it was utterly disrupted by these hurricane turbulence, showing signs of scattering in all directions for a moment.

Jing Jing Taixu then used this opportunity to dash his figure upward, swiftly sweeping across layers of steps.

Such a domineering move indeed drew many exclamations of awe.

Boom! Boom!

And at that very same moment, a roaring explosion sound came again from the Cloud Ladder where Li Luo stood; when the crowd looked, they saw that the energy torrent had once again been torn open by an extremely terrifying force, and Li Luo was also charging straight upward, his speed not in the least slower than Jing Jing Taixu's.

Countless gazes fixed on the two figures rushing upward, and for a moment they vaguely understood; these two seemed to be showing off against each other.

However, Li Luo's performance truly left them extremely astonished; after all, the number of people on this Academy-Level Competition who could force even Jing Jing Taixu to start taking things seriously can truly be counted on one's fingers.

But the most speechless people were probably Sun Sun Dasheng and Lu Ming.

They gazed at the two figures far ahead, momentarily at a loss for words.

"So it relies on the rebound force of the Profound Water Mirror? Quite clever, but his Profound Water Mirror's rebound force seems a bit too strong."

Lu Ming stared at Li Luo's figure; with her previous attention, she had seen the Water Mirror Li Luo unleashed; this Phasing Art is not unique, but for some reason, Li Luo's Water Mirror's power was somewhat perverted.

Both Lu Ming and Sun Sun Dasheng understood that Li Luo had taken a shortcut; he did not rely on his own power to resolve the energy torrent, but instead used borrowed force to strike force; such an effect was not only the best, but also saved time and effort.

But this did not violate the rules.

One can only say Li Luo is very clever.

And in this current situation, Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu had become the leaders, while Lu Ming and Sun Sun Dasheng had fallen behind, but the two were not in a hurry; instead, they even slowed their pace, advancing slowly, because arriving early or late made no difference; there was no need to fight over such meaningless superiority.

On the contrary, they found it somewhat strange that Jing Jing Taixu had suddenly revealed some techniques just to pursue Li Luo, because they had dealt with Jing Jing Taixu a few times, and the latter was not such an impractical person.

So why was his reaction to Li Luo's outburst so intense?

As they wondered in their hearts, on those two Cloud Ladders, the figures of Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu were constantly dashing upward.

Wave after wave of energy torrents was broken through by them at the fastest speed.

Countless people widened their eyes.

These two, were they actually competing to see who could reach the summit first and activate the Spirit Gathering Altars?