Chapter 485: Who Is the Hunter?

"Such a scene of unity is truly moving."

When Li Luo and the others chose to collide with that flame tornado storm, Jing Jing Taixu merely smiled; he had no intention of staying here any longer, for the temperature in the heavens and earth was rapidly intensifying, and the membrane of Xu Tianling dew outside their bodies was also melting away.

"Retreat, follow my steps, do not take a wrong turn," Jing Jing Taixu said, then turned and walked away directly.

He walked step by step upon the water surface, his steps obviously possessing a certain rhythm; this was the method of exiting the formation that Lu Ming had given him beforehand.

Behind him, his teammates followed cautiously, daring not to take a single wrong step; within this illusion formation, once one took a wrong step, upon reappearing, they might well enter the range of the sea of fire where Li Luo and the others were located.

By then, it would be them who were crying.

As for the departure of Jing Jing Taixu and the others, Li Luo no longer had the strength to pay attention; although at this moment he wished nothing more than to slaughter Jing Jing Taixu, the most important thing now was to let the team survive under the ravages of this Dragon Blood Flame Storm.

Everyone unleashed their full strength, waves of Xiangli attacks continuously bombarding the flame storm, attempting to slow it down.

But the current flame storm was not so easily dispersed; although the storm was summoned by Jing Jing Taixu, by now, with the influx of Dragon Blood Flame, the storm had become uncontrollable even by Jing Jing Taixu himself.

However, Li Luo still did not give up, because he understood that once he gave up, there would truly be no turning point.

The illusion formation had already begun to show some disorder, caused by the ravages of the flame storm; as long as they continued to persist, they might well hold out until the illusion formation shattered automatically.

"Left three... back one..."

Within the illusion formation, Jing Jing Taixu led people walking and weaving; the scenery around changed constantly, making people dizzy, but as they walked step by step, those illusions were gradually fading, indicating they were gradually leaving the illusion formation.

A few minutes later, Jing Jing Taixu suddenly stopped his steps.

The step he had just raised was slowly lowered, his gaze flickering slightly.

According to the method of exiting the formation given by Lu Ming, this was now the final step.

One step to the left, and one exits the formation.

Previously, those exit routes were quite normal, with no errors at all; logically, Jing Jing Taixu should not have doubted, but... if he were Lu Ming, would he really give them the correct method of exiting the formation?

One must know that he, Jing Jing Taixu, might well be Lu Ming's greatest competitor.

Now that he had managed to enter the formation himself, and moreover had actively created such a good environment, would Lu Ming really be willing to give up such a good opportunity?

And if he were to design a trap, at which step would he place it?

Without a doubt, it would be the final step.

Because after those previous correct routes, normal people would unconsciously relax their guard, and at this moment, the final step might well deliver a big surprise.

Therefore, the previous smoothness had instead made Jing Jing Taixu hesitate somewhat before this final step.

For this final step, there are only two choices.

Left, or right?

And just during Jing Jing Taixu's brief hesitation, a cold voice came from all around: "Jing Jing Taixu, what are you hesitating about?"

Jing Jing Taixu looked up, gazing at the void before him, and smiled: "Lu Ming, is this final step truly to the left?"

"Oh? You suspect I gave you a false method of exiting the formation?" Lu Ming's cold voice rang out.

"Is it not?" Jing Jing Taixu said calmly.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you." Lu Ming sneered, and then the voice vanished.

Jing Jing Taixu's eyes flickered, and he spoke as if to himself: "Lu Ming, you are too hasty; if you had not spoken out voluntarily, I might still have hesitated, but your speaking out... do you so desperately want me to take this step as you wish?"

Lu Ming did not answer.

Seeing this, Jing Jing Taixu fell silent for a few seconds, then gave a dry laugh; he was not a person who was indecisive, and since he now harbored some suspicion toward Lu Ming, he certainly could not continue walking along the route she had planned.

So he hesitated not a bit, directly lifted his foot, and then stepped down toward the right.

"Boom!"

At the very instant that foot stepped down, Jing Jing Taixu immediately felt the scenery before his eyes change like lightning; this step of his seemed to have crossed a thousand meters, and then the next moment, a huge booming sound entered his ears.

Violent crimson color filled his eyes.

Jing Jing Taixu's expression changed instantly.

Because he saw ahead of him, the flame tornado storm roaring toward him.

That tornado storm was very familiar...

One second later, Jing Jing Taixu recognized it; was this not the one he had just created?

Jing Jing Taixu turned his head sharply, and then saw behind him Li Luo and the others staring at his sudden appearance with shocked faces.

Beside him, the air constantly rippled, and figures appeared one after another; these were the other students of the Shengming Wang Academy.

As soon as they appeared, they also noticed the flame tornado storm right at their doorstep, and instantly everyone's faces turned deathly pale.

"Lu Ming!"

Jing Jing Taixu gritted his teeth, his face finally turning iron-green; he never expected that on this step, he had chosen wrong!

The method of exiting the formation Lu Ming gave him was actually correct!

That cunning woman!

"Heh, Jing Jing Taixu, you really are a 'clever person,' but clever people always like to be overly clever; given the correct one, you refused it, insisting on being overly clever to guess; with such a result, you cannot blame me, it is self-inflicted." In the air around, Lu Ming's cold voice rang out, filled with heavy mockery.

Jing Jing Taixu's voice suppressed anger: "You were just acting on purpose?!"

Obviously, the slight urgency Lu Ming had shown earlier was deliberate; the purpose was to make Jing Jing Taixu harbor doubts.

This woman, perhaps from the moment he approached her, had been designing this.

He wanted to wipe out Li Luo, and Lu Ming, how could she not want to eliminate both him and Li Luo together?

However, Jing Jing Taixu quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, because he knew this was useless, and moreover, regarding Lu Ming's design, he had not done absolutely nothing to prepare.

It was just...

Jing Jing Taixu turned his head, looked at Li Luo, and said: "Li Luo, I have a way to break her illusion formation; temporary cooperation, how about it?"

Li Luo stared at Jing Jing Taixu with a somewhat strange expression and said lightly: "Jing Jing Taixu, I ask you... are you idle all day long?"

Jing Jing Taixu's mouth twitched; of course he knew how foolish he looked right now, but there was no way; Lu Ming's scheme had caused him to fall into the desperate situation she had designed.

"You break it first."

Li Luo said nothing more in the end, for he too needed to leave the illusion formation, otherwise their Heavenly Spirit Dew membrane would be violently dissolved.

As for that dog Jing Jing Taixu, we will settle the score properly after breaking free.

Seeing this, Jing Jing Taixu secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he actually knew Li Luo would not strike in anger at this moment, for that was not the act of a wise person. No matter how furious he felt in his heart, he had to wait until they left this place to speak.

So Jing Jing Taixu waved his hand lightly.

His teammates immediately nodded, both hands rapidly forming seals. Mutual power condensed between their palms, then transformed into spheres of mutual power light. The spheres emitted rings of halo, as if drawing something forth.

Boom—boom!

Suddenly, a roaring sound arose. Li Luo and the others saw that beams of mutual power, from who knew where, shot forth and fell into those mutual power light spheres like birds diving into a forest.

As the beams of mutual power whistled, colliding with one another and striking from both inside and outside, they swiftly tore open cracks in this illusion formation.

"Jing Jing Taixu, it seems you do not trust me very much either."

Within the illusion formation, Lu Ming's cold voice rang out.

"Likewise." Jing Jing Taixu's eyes grew somewhat gloomy. Although they had torn open the illusion formation, Li Luo and the others had likewise avoided a situation of total destruction, so his plan this time had been completely ruined.

"Hmph."

Lu Ming's cold snort rang out: "Jing Jing Taixu, since you sought me out, how could I let you return empty-handed?"

Boom!

As her voice fell, the air within the illusion formation suddenly twisted. In the next instant, as if thunder had exploded, a huge sphere of thunder light was seen tearing through the air and whistling down. But the thunder light sphere was not heading toward Jing Jing Taixu and Li Luo's group; instead, under Jing Jing Taixu's suddenly changed expression, it plunged into that flame dragon tornado storm.

"Retreat quickly! She is going to detonate the storm!"

Jing Jing Taixu shouted fiercely, his figure suddenly retreating violently.

At the same time, Li Luo, his face grim, led the group in a hasty retreat.

Boom—boom!

But the explosion of the thunder light sphere came even faster. A roaring sound was heard from within the storm. In the next instant, that flame dragon tornado storm finally exploded from the inside. Immediately after, countless streams of dragon blood fire swept outward in all directions like falling meteors.

Everyone was engulfed at this moment.