Chapter 484: Perilous Situation

When Jing Jing Taixu's figure appeared in their line of sight, Bai Bai Doudou and the others finally understood the entire reason.

Clearly, they had been targeted.

Moreover, they had been targeted by the champion academy from the previous year.

Li Luo looked at Jing Jing Taixu and smiled, saying, "It seems Classmate Jing Jing Taixu cares very much about that one step's difference on the Cloud Ladder."

Jing Jing Taixu said seriously, "To be accurate, it was Classmate Li Luo's performance on the Cloud Ladder that made me feel a certain threat, so I prepared a trap for you so seriously. Because I felt that if I didn't do this, who knows what accident might occur during this academy-level competition."

"That is truly an honor."

Li Luo said casually, while his gaze swept over the illusion array surrounding them, saying, "Where is Lu Ming? Being able to have two top contenders for the championship team up to design this, I seem to have quite the prestige."

Jing Jing Taixu smiled and said, "That's not the case. She just helped set up an illusion array. As for us fighting here, she might be quite pleased to see it."

Li Luo narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Being happy while someone watches the tigers fight from the mountain? Jing Jing Taixu, you aren't that stupid, are you?"

"No choice. In my opinion, your level of danger is even higher than hers." Jing Jing Taixu shook his head.

"Ambushing in this place... it seems you want to wipe out our Saint Profound Star Academy team in one go, but aren't you afraid of ending up with everyone dying and the net breaking?" Li Luo said indifferently.

"Calculating against the unprepared, do you think I would give you a chance to fight to the death?"

Jing Jing Taixu pointed at the sea of fire where Li Luo and the others stood, then stepped forward with a smile on his face: "Classmate Li Luo, don't blame me for my ruthless methods; after all, we are all fighting for our respective academies."

He clenched his palm, and a huge green banana fan appeared in his hand. The banana fan shimmered with luster, and on its fan leaf, a wisp of golden light flowed, resembling a golden eye.

Clearly, this was a Golden Eye Treasure Artifact.

"Although I very much want to have a true duel with you on Dragon Bone Island, for the greater good of the academy, I can only use the terrain here to eliminate you first. But rest assured, I will carry your expectations and personally obtain the title of the Strongest Student of the One-Star Academy."

Jing Jing Taixu smiled lightly, and in the next instant, a mighty Phasing Power suddenly erupted from within his body.

The green light on the green banana fan in his hand intensified greatly, then he slammed it down fiercely towards the front.

Whoosh, whoosh.

With Jing Jing Taixu's downward fan strike, wild winds suddenly surged forth in the world between heaven and earth. A green hurricane formed out of thin air, then transformed into a hundred-zhang giant tornado, which roared rapidly towards Li Luo and the others' position.

And the most terrifying thing was that the tornado stirred up the Dragon Blood Fire permeating this area, causing flames to be sucked into the storm, thus turning the tornado into a firestorm.

The temperature in the world between heaven and earth instantly rose to an extremely terrifying degree.

The seawater beneath their feet seemed to start bubbling at this very moment.

And Li Luo and the others' expressions became exceptionally grim, because they discovered that under such conditions, the Xu Tianling Dew Water Film on their bodies was actually beginning to melt away at an extremely fast speed. Clearly, this was Jing Jing Taixu's purpose.

He did not intend to fight them directly in a bloody clash, but rather wanted to use the terrain within the Dragon Blood Fire Domain to eliminate them all.

At this moment, their best strategy was to leave this area, but the existence of the surrounding illusion array made it impossible for them to escape. If they rushed around blindly, perhaps the next moment they would rush straight into that fire tornado and be eliminated instantly.

But sitting and waiting for death was obviously also a dead end.

But facing that tornado storm stirring up the Dragon Blood Fire, how could they possibly resist it?

That already counted as a small-scale natural disaster.

"I'll do it!"

At this moment, Bai Bai Doudou stepped forward. Her short hair fluttered lightly, making her look valiant and heroic. At this time, her face was cold as she gazed at the rapidly roaring tornado storm. She understood that Jing Jing Taixu was using the power of the Wind Phasing to drive the tornado storm to slaughter them, and among their side, only she possessed the Wind Phasing. If she could change the direction of the tornado storm, she could avoid the outcome of total annihilation.

Bai Bai Doudou acted with lightning speed and decisiveness. She did not wait for Li Luo's reply. As her voice fell, she already held her red-tasseled spear and darted out, with green Wind Phasing Power erupting around her body.

"Wind Rise!"

Accompanying Bai Bai Doudou's shout, the red-tasseled spear in her hand slashed out fiercely. In the next instant, another green tornado storm condensed and formed, but compared to Jing Jing Taixu's, this storm was more than a tier weaker in scale.

After all, Jing Jing Taixu not only had greater strength, but also possessed a Void Ninth-Rank Wind Phasing. More importantly, that green banana fan of his was clearly no ordinary object.

The tornado storm summoned by Bai Bai Doudou's Wind Phasing Power swept towards the front, also stirring up the Dragon Blood Fire, and finally collided with that even larger crimson fire tornado storm.

Boom, boom!

A massive sound resounded like thunder.

The two tornado storms tore at each other, causing streams of crimson flames to continuously splash out, falling like meteors filling the sky.

Thus, the raging of the Dragon Blood Fire in this sea area became even more intense.

Even Jing Jing Taixu and the others retreated some distance, not daring to get too close, fearing they would also fall into the encirclement of the sea of fire.

However, this storm tearing did not last long. Bai Bai Doudou's strength ultimately could not match Jing Jing Taixu's, so the storm formed by her Wind Phasing Power, after lasting for several minutes, was finally torn to shreds by that even larger storm.

Bai Bai Doudou let out a muffled groan and stepped back several paces, her face turning pale.

But her character was stubborn; gritting her teeth, she still wanted to go again.

But Li Luo stopped her, shaking his head towards her and saying, "Don't force it. Moreover, this will only make our situation worse."

He pointed at the Xu Tianling Dew Water Film outside their bodies. After Bai Bai Doudou attacked earlier, the temperature around them had become even more violent with the tearing of the two tornado storms, which also caused the melting speed of the Xu Tianling Dew Water Film on their bodies to accelerate again.

"Then what do we do? Are we just going to sit and wait for death?" Bai Bai Doudou said somewhat unwillingly.

Li Luo's face was as calm as water, with some killing intent in his eyes. This illusion array before them had no offensive capability, but its function was to trap people. Under normal circumstances, as long as enough time was given, breaking this illusion array would not be difficult. But now, that Dragon Blood Firestorm was roaring towards them, and the continuously rising temperature around them was rapidly melting the Xu Tianling Dew Water Film on their bodies, so time was, in fact, the most luxurious thing right now.

"We'll endure it." Li Luo said in a low voice.

"This firestorm's raging will also cause damage to the illusion array. As long as we can hold on for a bit longer, once the illusion array shatters, we can escape."

"I am the Team Captain; I'll go first!"

As his words fell, he stepped forward, with mighty Phasing Power rising up, preparing to make contact with that firestorm first.

But before he could even take that step, a burly figure stepped in front of him, standing before him.

That was Qin Qin Zhulu.

Qin Qin Zhulu met Li Luo's somewhat surprised gaze, grinned, and said, "Li Luo, what you need to do at this moment is stay at the very end as much as possible, because only you have the possibility to defeat Jing Jing Taixu and win that title of Strongest Student in the academy-level competition."

"So you must remember, you are not cannon fodder."

"If cannon fodder is truly needed, then it should be us."

"And you only need to carry our will and seize that title of Strongest."

Bai Bai Doudou also stepped forward and said lightly, "Anyway, we won't die."

Beside Yi Yi Lisha said with a smile, "Oh my, Li Luo, I didn't expect there would be a day when we have to protect you? Are you quite moved?"

Lu Qing'er let out a light laugh and stepped forward.

Finally, Wang Heji, his face expressionless, looked at Li Luo.

"Li Luo, do not disappoint us."

Li Luo stared blankly at the several figures standing before him, a warmth flowing through his heart; he smiled and shook his head, clenched his palm, and the Profound Image Blade appeared, then he forced his way up and stood beside Qin Qin Zhulu.

"Let us not fuss over who goes first; let us go together."

He smiled, his gaze piercing through the massive flame tornado storm ahead to look at Jing Jing Taixu there; in eyes that usually brimmed with mirth now lay a grim killing intent and chill.

Boom! Boom!

The flame storm roared toward them, and Li Luo and the others simultaneously unleashed their mighty Xiang Force, then threw themselves forward with all their might to meet it.