Chapter 494: Li Luo's Defense

When Jiang Jiang Qinge fell into the siege, Li Luo also entered Lu Ming's Huan Jing; however, compared to the earth-shattering commotion on Jiang Jiang Qinge's side, his situation appeared far more mundane.

In the brilliant sea of flowers, Li Luo frowned slightly as he gazed at the dark clouds constantly gathering in the sky; he could sense that an extremely violent power was condensing within them, that was the power of the Thunder Phase.

Clearly, Lu Ming was using the cover of the illusion array to brew an extremely lethal move.

Li Luo did not simply sit and wait for death; he held the Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade, slashed once, and streams of blade light appeared out of thin air, carrying an extremely sharp force, shooting straight up to strike the gathering dark clouds.

Whoosh!

The blade light swept through the dark clouds, yet passed directly through them, causing no effect whatsoever.

"It is an illusion."

Li Luo frowned; the dark clouds in the sky, which seemed to cover the heavens and earth, were actually mostly illusions; this was Lu Ming deliberately used to confuse his vision, making it impossible for him to distinguish where the real thunderclouds were.

"Truly troublesome."

Li Luo couldn't help but sigh; this Lu Ming's Dual Phases of Illusion and Thunder were truly applied with consummate skill; this move of the illusion array was enough to leave many people helpless.

And when Li Luo stopped his attack, the thunderclouds in the sky became even more frenzied, the rumbling of thunder echoing ceaselessly.

"It's coming." Li Luo's eyes flashed, sensing something.

Boom!

Just as the thought in his heart had just settled, a patch of thunderclouds in the sky suddenly shook violently; the next instant, a bolt of Lei Guang descended from the heavens, striking Li Luo down with perfect precision.

The Lei Ting slashed through the void, as if even the air had become scorched and foul-smelling.

Li Luo dared not take it lightly; the Water Phase power within his body began to circulate, quickly transforming into a layer of water clothing that covered him entirely.

Heavy Water Silk Robe.

At the same time, he held the straight blade, water light swirling at high speed on the blade's surface; the Phase power within his body erupted, and a fierce blade light shot skyward, like a wave surging on the sea surface, colliding directly with that Lei Ting.

However, at the moment of impact, the blade light passed through again.

Li Luo's eyes narrowed; it was an illusion again; was Lu Ming trying to use such illusions to exhaust his Phase power completely?

Boom boom boom!

At this moment, three bolts of Lei Ting shot out simultaneously, rapidly enlarging in Li Luo's pupils.

Were these three bolts of Lei Ting also illusions?

Li Luo found it difficult to distinguish, but he dared not ignore them; after all, if even one of these three bolts of Lei Ting was real and struck his body, it would likely be quite unbearable.

This Lu Ming truly portrayed the interplay of void and reality to perfection.

Li Luo flicked his finger, and the Octagonal Jin Dun flashed into existence, meeting the three bolts of Lei Ting.

Boom boom!

The three bolts of Lei Ting struck the Jin Dun; the first two caused no damage to the Jin Dun at all, dissipating automatically the instant they made contact; clearly, these were formed by illusions; but as the third bolt of Lei Ting fell, the energy light radiating from the Jin Dun was instantly shattered, a large patch of scorched black appeared on the Jin Dun, followed by rising black smoke, and it fell to the ground at Li Luo's feet.

Li Luo quickly retracted the energy-exhausted Octagonal Jin Dun; after all, it was merely a White Eye treasure, unable to sustain itself for long.

But he also completely understood Lu Ming's intentions; within this illusion array, all attacks were a mix of void and reality, making them impossible to guard against; once you became lax, you might face a fatal strike.

Yet if you kept your mind constantly tense, that would also be a huge drain on yourself; as time continued, your state would rapidly decline, and at that time Lu Ming could wait at ease and easily deal with you.

Li Luo gazed at the thunderclouds in the sky spitting out Lei Ting, a look of contemplation flashing in his eyes.

This situation is truly hard to break.

Unless one uses absolute strength to forcibly break the array and escape; and for Li Luo to achieve this, he would have to borrow the power of the Three-Tailed Heavenly Wolf; but as the saying goes, if he has to use such power even here, how can he proceed on the path ahead?

Li Luo stared at the thunderclouds filling the sky, suddenly smiled, and said, "If it comes to a battle of attrition, actually, you may not be better than me."

Lu Ming possesses the Dual Phases of Illusion and Thunder, but do not forget, Li Luo's publicly revealed phases are the Water Phase and the Wood Phase; perhaps in terms of the aggressiveness of the phases, the Water and Wood phases are inferior to the Thunder Phase, but the advantages of the Water Phase and Wood Phase are also something the Thunder Phase does not possess.

That is the continuity of the Water Phase and the recovery of the Wood Phase.

Li Luo sat cross-legged directly in the sea of flowers; he circulated the Wood Phase power within his body, then extended his palm into the ground.

"Protection of the Ancient Tree," he murmured to himself.

The next instant, on the ground, a sapling broke through the earth.

With the infusion of Wood Phase power, that sapling grew rapidly; in merely a dozen breaths, it had transformed into a lush large tree, and its growth speed had not yet stopped.

And regarding Li Luo's actions, Lu Ming within the illusion array obviously noticed as well; immediately, she directly triggered Lei Ting to strike down, wanting to blast the large tree Li Luo had caused to grow into existence.

But at this moment, the Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade in Li Luo's hand flew out, transforming into a streak of light that spun above, intercepting all the incoming Lei Ting.

However, as the Lei Ting intensified, the Phase power covering the Zhu Xuan Xiang Blade was also rapidly fading.

Li Luo's expression remained unchanged; the Water Light Phase power and the Earth Phase power within his body all surged into this large tree; the Water Phase power accelerated the tree's growth, and the Water Phase power also contained some Light Phase power, which made this tree become towering at an astonishing speed.

And trees need the support of the earth to be more stable, unafraid of storms.

So the existence of that Earth Phase power made this large tree even more sturdy.

In merely a few minutes, a towering tree sprang into existence out of thin air; Li Luo sat cross-legged beneath the tree; the massive canopy spread out, sheltering him underneath, and the tree's leaves all shimmered with an energy luster; if viewed from high above, it looked like a huge umbrella cover, protecting Li Luo.

Within the illusion array, when Lu Ming discovered that Li Luo had directly caused a large tree to grow as a defensive measure, she couldn't help but feel shocked; immediately, her willow eyebrows furrowed tightly; this Li Luo is truly difficult to deal with.

Originally, she planned to drag him into the illusion array to exhaust him, but now this fellow actually responded to ten thousand changes with no change, directly using Wood Phase power to cause a large tree to grow for defense, clearly intending to withstand all her thunder strikes; in this case, her attacks of Lei Ting, mixing void and reality, would lose their effectiveness.

But wouldn't this then become a battle of attrition between each other's Phase powers?

Lu Ming initially only wanted to exhaust Li Luo, but did not want to be exhausted by the other party.

After all, Li Luo possesses the Water Phase, and endurance is naturally his specialty.

Lu Ming's eyes flickered, then her pretty face turned slightly cold.

In that case, abandon the war of attrition, directly condense power, and with a short and violent offensive, destroy this large tree that Li Luo uses as a barrier.

As a dual-phase practitioner herself, and a Double Seventh-Rank one at that, with Phase power one level higher than Li Luo's, she didn't believe that no matter how enduring Li Luo was, he could still withstand it.

Thinking thus, Lu Ming hesitated no longer, and her slender hands formed hand seals like lightning.

Boom boom!

The thunderclouds in the sky rapidly underwent changes; the thunderclouds began to contract, simultaneously becoming darker; within those thunderclouds, one could clearly feel increasingly violent power radiating out.

Li Luo also sensed this; he raised his head, gazed at the layers of thunderclouds, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Are you done with all that deception?"

He smiled, undaunted by the danger.

"Then let's see if your Lei Ting can split this tree of mine."