Chapter 543: Li Luo, Who Broke the Deadlock

Boom boom boom!

At the peak of Thunder Roar Mountain, violent thunder energy ran rampant. One after another, massive thunder pythons wrapped in ferocious momentum bombarded the three figures high in the sky without pause.

Even the void was blasted until it warped.

The Eldest Princess, Qin Yin Yue, and Zhao Zhao Beili were defending with everything they had. Their expressions were somewhat solemn. Although the Thunder Roar Tree's attacks had not posed a fatal threat to them, the other party, borrowing the thunder energy within the thundercloud, had them firmly entangled.

Faced with this kind of offensive from the Thunder Roar Tree, they could only continuously defend, with no strength left to counterattack.

"The two of you, earlier Jiang Jiang Qinge sent me a voice transmission. Li Luo seems to have found a way to break the deadlock. Let's try to buy as much time as we can." The Eldest Princess held a jade-green scepter. Behind her, seven resplendent Tian Zhu inhaled and exhaled the vast energy of heaven and earth. Her sleeves fluttered, and her satin-like long hair drifted in the wind, giving her a rather dashing air.

At this moment, she was also exchanging information with Qin Yin Yue and Zhao Zhao Beili.

"Li Luo?"

Hearing this, both Qin Yin Yue and Zhao Zhao Beili were stunned: "That Li Luo from the One-Star Academy?"

At first, a sense of absurdity rose in their hearts. The current situation was already a headache even for the three of them at the Tian Zhu Jing level — what could a mere Xiang Shi Jing do?

At the two men's astonishment, the Eldest Princess was also slightly embarrassed, because when she had received Jiang Jiang Qinge's transmission, she had also felt taken aback. This wasn't because she looked down on Li Luo, but because the current situation was indeed difficult for a Xiang Shi Jing to intervene in.

However, because of Li Luo's illustrious battle record over the past year, deep down the Eldest Princess still harbored a sliver of hope for him.

Perhaps he really had discovered something?

Therefore, facing the questioning gazes from Qin Yin Yue and Zhao Zhao Beili, the Eldest Princess still firmly chose to trust Li Luo: "Li Luo is not a reckless person. If he chooses to take a risky action, he must have his reasons. Anyway, the situation is already at a stalemate. Dragging things out a bit longer won't hurt."

Seeing that even the Eldest Princess had said so much, although Qin Yin Yue and Zhao Zhao Beili were still full of doubts, they still decided to give her that face.

So the two exchanged a glance and said: "Alright, then let's keep stalling and see. But this Thunder Roar Tree's energy is abnormally vast. If this drags on for too long, it'll actually be bad for us. So if the situation continues to be at a stalemate like this, I suggest we join forces and unleash our strongest attack, try to see if we can break the cage, and then withdraw."

At this point, they no longer planned to complete their original mission.

The immediate priority now was to keep the team safe, so they had already developed the intention to retreat.

Hearing this, the Eldest Princess slightly nodded her delicate chin. If it truly couldn't be done, then they could only abandon the mission. When they had come this time, all of them had underestimated the danger level of Thunder Roar Mountain.

This place was several levels more dangerous than Zhenjiang City.

And while they were

communicating, Jiang Jiang Qinge, who was below, was constantly clearing the thunder vines. Her golden eyes were also constantly casting toward the Thunder Roar Tree, her slender brows slightly furrowed.

"It hasn't ended yet?"

"How is the situation actually going?"

In her heart, numerous thoughts kept flashing. Letting Li Luo, a Xiang Shi Jing, enter the depths of Thunder Roar Mountain was indeed an extremely risky thing. But out of trust in Li Luo, she had not stopped him. However, as time went on now, she inevitably felt a bit of worry.

But worrying now was useless. Li Luo had already entered the depths of Thunder Roar Mountain. Fortunately, both he and Lu Ming had Spirit Mirrors in hand, so even if they encountered danger, they should still be able to preserve their lives.

"Eh?"

Just as she was thinking this, Jiang Jiang Qinge's expression suddenly shifted, because at that instant, she suddenly noticed that the thunder energy wrapped around those thunder vines had weakened.

Even some of the thunder vines that had originally burrowed out from underground seemed to have lost control at this moment, leaning this way and that like headless giant pythons, smashing about wildly and tearing scorched scars into the ground.

Two other students from the Three-Star Academy not far away also noticed this sudden change, their faces full of astonishment.

"The cage is being opened!" Senior Ao Bai from the Two-Star Academy suddenly cried out in surprise.

Everyone looked, and indeed saw with pleasant surprise that the cage formed by countless thunder vines was actually beginning to peel away layer by layer at this moment. The originally violent thunder energy also seemed to become somewhat gentler.

"What's going on?!" Everyone present was filled with shock and uncertainty. This change had come far too suddenly.

Jiang Jiang Qinge, however, looked thoughtfully toward the Thunder Roar Tree, a touch of gratified smile surfacing in her golden eyes. From the looks of it, Li Luo had succeeded?

Then she raised her head. The Eldest Princess and the other two high in the sky also gradually ceased their offensive, because they too had noticed that the Thunder Roar Tree's attacks were beginning to slow, and at the same time, the sky-filling thunder was no longer actively attacking them.

The three of them wore faces of shock and doubt, then their figures slowly descended.

"Jiang Jiang Qinge, what is this?" the Eldest Princess looked at Jiang Jiang Qinge and asked in surprise.

"It should be that Li Luo succeeded. He mentioned earlier that the Thunder Roar Tree was attacking us because it had been polluted by the Qi of Malice, so it had lost its spiritual intelligence. Judging by how it looks now, the Thunder Roar Tree should have suppressed the polluted part of itself and begun to regain control of its power." Jiang Jiang Qinge pondered aloud.

"He, he actually succeeded?" The Eldest Princess couldn't help but speak out, her phoenix eyes wide. Faced with this unexpected result, even her composure was somewhat shaken.

Qin Yin Yue and Zhao Zhao Beili beside her exchanged glances, also feeling it was utterly inconceivable.

Although they had not entered the depths of Thunder Roar Mountain, just thinking about it made it clear that the place must be extremely dangerous — otherwise, why would even a peculiar existence like the Thunder Roar Tree be polluted? And Li Luo, a Xiang

Shi Jing, could actually help the polluted Thunder Roar Tree regain control of its own power?

This was something even they might not necessarily be able to do.

How exactly did that Li Luo manage it?!

Yet no matter how shocked and doubtful they felt in their hearts, the fact that the Thunder Roar Tree was beginning to retract its power and no longer attacking them was the most irrefutable truth, so they could only force themselves to accept it.

"Heh, hehe, this junior Li Luo is really a bit special, isn't he." Qin Yin Yue gave a dry laugh and said.

The three great experts at the Tian Zhu Jing level felt a bit stifled by this outcome. After all, among the three squads, they were the strongest in terms of power. Yet upon arriving at Thunder Roar Mountain, they had been beaten black and blue by the Thunder Roar Tree, and in the end it was only thanks to Li Luo, this mere Xiang Shi Jing, that they escaped the predicament.

It was really a bit of a loss of face.

However, the Eldest Princess quickly recovered her composure and smiled: "It's still good news. No matter what, we've finally gotten past the trouble with the Thunder Roar Tree."

Qin Yin Yue and Zhao Zhao Beili also sighed and nodded. Forget it, as long as they could complete the mission, that was enough.

"Has the Thunder Roar Tree's spiritual intelligence recovered?"

And as the battle on the peak began to subside, in the spacious tree hollow, Lu Ming stared at the tree heart before him that was beginning to blossom with thunder light and asked excitedly.

Li Luo stared at the silver tree heart. At this moment, energy was continuously roaring in like a flood. The black poisonous thorns on the tree heart, under the impact of this force, began to gradually crumble, wisps of foul-smelling black gas dispersing along with them.

"Almost there. This poison array has already been shaken. Although the poisonous gas still exists, the Thunder Roar Tree itself is a miraculous tree, and it inherently possesses the ability to detoxify. As long as we give it enough time, these poisonous gases will eventually be completely neutralized." Li Luo smiled.

"As for the erosion by those foreign entities, that's a bit more troublesome, but it's not too big a problem either. The Thunder Roar Tree can draw thunder energy from the thundercloud, and over time, it will surely be able to erase and change this environment."

"Finally resolved." Hearing this, Lu Ming heaved a long sigh of relief.

Li Luo also smiled and nodded. In fact, everything they had done was merely to help the Thunder Roar Tree loosen a gap in this tight poison array; they had no ability to help with anything else.

But undeniably, this small bit of help from them was a salvation for the Thunder Roar Tree.

Boom.

And just as both Li Luo and Lu Ming's bodies relaxed, they suddenly saw the tree wall ahead slowly crack open at this moment, actually forming wooden steps, with Lei Guang leaping upon them, leading to an unknown place.

Li Luo and Lu Ming exchanged a glance, each catching a flicker of eagerness in the other's eyes. They understood that perhaps the Thunder Roar Tree's reward for them was about to arrive.

So the two of them stepped inside without the slightest hesitation.