Chapter 496: Lu Ming Eliminated

When Lu Ming saw the glaring black poison spot on Bai Xi's palm, she was utterly bewildered and horrified.

She could not comprehend this scene.

She had hidden herself entirely within the illusion formation, having made no contact with Li Luo at all, so why had the poison gas still invaded her body?

"Damn it!"

However, Lu Ming quickly regained her senses; her cold and beautiful face looked quite grim as she hurriedly circulated the Xiang Li within her body toward the poison spot on her palm, attempting to neutralize and disperse the poison gas.

But immediately she realized this effort was superfluous, for when the Xiang Li within her body touched that poison spot, the poison gas revealed an extremely astonishing toxicity; in an instant, even the Xiang Li within her body showed signs of being contaminated.

Lu Ming was instantly covered in a cold sweat; what terrifying poison gas! It could even corrode Xiang Li?

Lu Ming could only form a blockade with her Xiang Li to prevent the poison gas from spreading wildly within her body, but doing so meant she could no longer maintain the illusion formation, so she could only watch helplessly as the illusion formation she had painstakingly created began to violently disorder itself at this moment.

The sea of flowers began to dissipate, and the thunderclouds filling the sky also dispersed accordingly.

Li Luo watched as the environment around him turned back into the forest clearing from before, then turned his head to look at the graceful figure appearing not far away, smiling as he said, "Lu Ming, it seems your illusion formation has collapsed without a blow being struck."

Lu Ming's beautiful face shifted between light and shadow as she said, "Li Luo, when did I get poisoned?!"

Li Luo smiled, extended a finger pointing toward the treetop; Lu Ming's gaze followed and she saw that shattered black fruit, causing her pupils to shrink slightly as she said, "You condensed the poison gas into a fruit, shattered it while I launched my thunder assault, causing the poison gas to scatter within the illusion formation and mix with the energy of heaven and earth..."

"And when I launched my attack, I needed to absorb a massive amount of the energy of heaven and earth, allowing the poison gas to invade my body through this means."

Li Luo gave a thumbs-up: "Completely correct."

However, Lu Ming felt not the slightest bit of joy; instead, her chest felt stifled with anger as she gritted her teeth and said, "Isn't this a bit of an unfair victory? You even resorted to poisoning?!"

Li Luo smiled and said, "Actually, if you had been a bit more cautious, you should not have found it difficult to detect that poison gas mixed into the energy of heaven and earth; after all, I am not a true expert in poisoning, so this technique can only be called crude."

Lu Ming was speechless; she naturally understood that she fell for this trap this time because she had never considered such a possibility, given that Li Luo was not a Poison Xiang.

"Moreover, this poison is a indiscriminate attack and is not completely under my control..."

Li Luo stood up, raising his arm covered in fresh blood; the flesh and blood on it had been shaved off in a large patch just now, looking exceptionally gruesome: "This is also one of my methods; it seems it does not count as a violation."

The poison gas that invaded Lu Ming's body was precisely the poison gas he had extracted earlier from the "Dual Mutated Poisons" within his own body; this poison gas had been filled into two Xiang Li bubbles and hidden within his body, and during the battle just now, he shattered one of the Xiang Li bubbles, guiding the poison gas within it out to form that poison gas fruit.

However, just as he said, this poison gas is not actually his own ability, and he cannot control it completely, so when circulating the poison gas, even he himself suffered corrosion.

That was why he had decisively shaved off the flesh to scrape out the poison just now.

"Actually, breaking your illusion formation is indeed quite troublesome; I do have other methods, but after thinking it over, this is still the simplest and most convenient," Li Luo said.

Lu Ming pouted; you're just bragging, you have other methods? I'd only believe that if I were a fool.

However, she did not say anything childish about unfair victory again; Li Luo's move of poison gas corrosion was actually extremely exquisite, and because she had the cover of the illusion formation, she lacked this kind of vigilance, so she fell completely into Li Luo's trap.

The victor is king; she was not someone who couldn't handle losing, just slightly unwilling to accept it.

"Give me the antidote." She extended her hand, speaking in a cold voice.

Li Luo was instantly a bit awkward; he showed her his bloody arm and said, "Do you think if I had an antidote, I would come to detoxify like this?"

"Actually, your poison gas corrosion is not very deep; if I help you shave it off twice, the poison gas will dissipate greatly."

He held his knife and walked toward Lu Ming.

Hearing this, Lu Ming hurriedly stepped back two paces, her willow eyebrows standing straight up as she said, "Stay away from me; I don't want this kind of detoxification method from you!"

Just kidding; if she really let Li Luo shave off two patches of flesh like that, what if she was left with scars? She was not a rough fellow like Li Luo.

Li Luo stopped in his tracks and said helplessly, "Then just admit defeat yourself; after being eliminated, go find someone from your academy or someone maintaining order for the Holy Grail Battle; they will definitely be able to help you detoxify."

Lu Ming felt extremely aggrieved; originally the situation was under her control, and even though Li Luo had summoned that Xiang Attribute Great Tree to compete with her in a war of attrition, at the very least she was still in an unbeatable position, since being inside the illusion formation was her home ground.

But she never expected that Li Luo's move of poison gas corrosion would break some of her advantages.

"Don't be resentful; you tricked me in the Dragon Blood Fire Domain, and now I've gotten you back; we can consider ourselves even," Li Luo said with a smile, trying to soothe her.

Lu Ming snorted coldly and said, "Even if you win against me with this little cleverness, how will you pass the final round? If I am not mistaken, Sun Sun Dasheng probably cannot stop Jing Jing Taixu, so that final battle will inevitably be between you and Jing Jing Taixu."

Li Luo smiled and said, "Wouldn't that be exactly what I want?"

He had been waiting for Jing Jing Taixu.

"Your tone is quite bold."

Lu Ming frowned slightly, her willow eyebrows knitting together as she said, "You find it so troublesome fighting me; do you still want to fight Jing Jing Taixu? If you meet him, wouldn't you just be handing him the title of Strongest for free?"

"I say, why don't you admit defeat now, and I'll deal with Jing Jing Taixu? If I succeed afterward, I can split half the benefits gained from the Strongest title with you."

Li Luo couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Lu Ming, your calculations are a bit too good, aren't they?"

Lu Ming said calmly, "Just speaking the truth; my chances of winning against Jing Jing Taixu are certainly higher than yours."

"I don't think so."

Li Luo shook his head and said seriously, "Besides, I promised someone I must personally beat up Jing Jing Taixu; if I fail, I might get... domestic violence."

Seeing this, Lu Ming did not say much more on this topic; she hadn't really expected Li Luo to agree anyway, and was just making one last struggle.

"Regardless, since you won against me, it is naturally up to you to participate in that final battle; however, I will keep a close eye on you from now on, hoping your performance won't disappoint me too much. If you let Jing Jing Taixu easily obtain the title of Strongest Student, then I will feel that my loss to you this time is truly a disgrace."

After these words were spoken, Lu Ming directly took out the Spirit Gourd, then crushed it in one grip; instantly, a beam of light descended from the sky, wrapping around her figure, shooting rapidly into the heavens until she vanished.

Lu Ming had been eliminated.

Li Luo watched her vanishing figure and also let out a light sigh; with this, he had truly entered the final battle.

He rested briefly, then stepped forward and continued up the mountain path.

The mountain path ahead was unusually quiet and smooth, encountering no obstruction whatsoever; after about ten or so minutes, Li Luo reached the summit.

And when he stepped onto the summit, his footsteps slowly stopped; his gaze looked toward a spot not far ahead, where at the edge of a cliff shrouded in mist and clouds, a figure stood with hands clasped behind his back, looking down from a high position over Dragon Bone Island.

That back view was not unfamiliar.

It was indeed Jing Jing Taixu.

Clearly, that Sun Sun Dasheng who possessed the so-called "Sealing Marquis Technique" had also been eliminated by him.