Chapter 567: Four Heroes Battle Ao Bai

Li Luo, Jing Jing Taixu, and the other two stared at the strange moth in Ao Bai's pupils, and their hearts all sank sharply. From the look of it, how could they not know that the Ao Bai before them had clearly been controlled by that strange moth?

"Is that moth some kind of aberration?" Lu Ming's pretty face looked especially ugly as she bit her silver teeth and asked.

Li Luo gave a bitter laugh: "I don't know that."

However, one could guess that the strange moth should have been caused by that strange gust of wind earlier, and Ao Bai was at the very front of the team, so he naturally bore the brunt of it, and was invaded by the strange moth and directly controlled like a puppet.

This scene made Li Luo feel both fear and a bit of relief in his heart.

Although it seemed somewhat inappropriate to feel this way at such a moment, Li Luo understood that if he had been the leader this time, then Ao Bai's position would have been his... and the one being controlled by the strange moth now would have been him, Li Luo.

Even someone of Ao Bai's strength at the Void General realm had offered not the slightest resistance before being controlled; Li Luo did not dare to arrogantly claim that he could have avoided this calamity.

So it could be said... he, Li Luo, had luckily dodged a disaster this time.

"Indeed, keeping a low profile is the way to go."

Li Luo quietly wiped a cold sweat. At this moment, he suddenly felt a bit grateful toward that unlucky Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan. If it weren't for this fellow's earlier words strongly supporting Ao Bai, perhaps the latter wouldn't have intended to be the leader.

As a result, in less than half a shichen, he directly became a controlled puppet.

Completely done for.

While Li Luo was feeling relieved on his side, he saw Ao Bai—whose pupils had a blood-red moth flapping its wings—slowly raise his gaze, staring coldly and emotionlessly at the four of them still standing on their side. The kindly smile that had previously hung on his face had long since vanished completely.

Around his body, powerful phase force gradually rose, faintly forming behind him a silver python light-shadow with dragon horns on its head.

Upper eighth-grade, Silver-Horned Dragon Python Phase.

In Ao Bai's hand, a silver-scaled trident also flashed into existence, with a cold gleam flowing at its tip.

"This is trouble. He's at the Void General realm, his Sha Palace within is already close to taking shape, and the thickness of his phase force is far more formidable than ours." Sun Sun Dasheng gripped his iron staff tightly and said in a low voice.

Li Luo also frowned tightly. Ao Bai's strength was beyond doubt; the man was, after all, the strongest title-holder of the Two-Star House. His Void General realm strength was incomparably stronger than people like Senior Zhu Zhu Xuan from the Two-Star House.

"What a pity. If Senior Yuan still had fighting strength, things would be much easier." Jing Jing Taixu said helplessly.

Li Luo glanced at Yuan Yuan Banshan, who had collapsed nearby with heavy injuries and passed out, and his heart was similarly filled with helplessness. Yuan Yuan Banshan's strength was second only to Ao Bai's. If he hadn't been injured, then with the assistance of the rest of them, subduing Ao Bai shouldn't have been a problem.

But the instant Ao Bai was controlled earlier, the first thing he did was strike heavily at Yuan Yuan Banshan, directly crippling his combat ability.

Such a cunning and vicious strike—it's hard to tell whether it was unintentional or carefully planned.

"Three of you, it looks like we'll have to join forces from here on out. If we don't defeat Senior Ao Bai, the mission to set up the Purification Spirit Beads may not get completed." Li Luo clenched his hand, and a primitive straight blade appeared in his grip. His gaze locked onto Ao Bai also gradually sharpened.

Although Ao Bai of the Void General realm was quite a headache for them, besides defeating him now, there was no other way.

"Haha, interesting. I originally thought there wouldn't be a chance for us to make a move in this Red Stone City, but it turns out we can actually fight the strongest student of the Two-Star House—truly a pleasant surprise." A fervent battle-intent rose in Sun Sun Dasheng's eyes. The iron staff in his hand slammed heavily against the ground, and the floor instantly cracked apart.

"Stop talking big. I'd much rather have things go smoothly than have this kind of trouble crop up." Lu Ming shot a glance at this battle maniac and said irritably.

Jing Jing Taixu's face was dark as water. Although he didn't get along well with Li Luo, he also understood that now they had to work together with one mind, otherwise they would only be picked off one by one by Ao Bai. If that delayed the setup of the Purification Spirit Beads, it would likely affect the success or failure of this Mixed-Grade Tournament.

So he clenched his hand, and a green banana-leaf fan flashed into appearance.

"Li Luo, let's go together. You and I are both at the Fourth Transformation of the Transformation Phase. The two of us joining forces to intercept Senior Ao Bai head-on, while Lu Ming and Sun Sun Dasheng attack from the flanks—how about it?" Jing Jing Taixu said in a low voice.

Li Luo held the Profound Elephant Blade, glanced at Jing Jing Taixu, and reminded him with a smile: "Then you'd better go all out. Don't even think about screwing me over."

Jing Jing Taixu snorted coldly: "Small-minded."

As he spoke, he had already struck directly. The green banana-leaf fan in his hand suddenly swept down, and green phase force swept out, transforming into several hundred green wind blades that carried sharp whistling sounds as they slashed toward the vital points all over Ao Bai's body.

However, facing his attack, Ao Bai's expression didn't change. Silver phase force burst forth from within him like a massive wave, and that phase force swept across, instantly wiping out all those green wind blades.

Seeing this, Jing Jing Taixu's gaze condensed slightly. This Ao Bai's phase force was indeed more than one level stronger than his own at the Fourth Transformation of the Transformation Phase. If it were one-on-one, even though he possessed the quasi ninth-grade Wind Phase, he probably wouldn't be able to last too long against the other party.

"There's no need to use probing moves—it's just a waste of phase force." Li Luo watched Jing Jing Taixu's probing and said lightly.

As he spoke, he gripped the Profound Elephant Blade tightly. The two phase palaces within his body trembled, and two streams of phase force surged out, then collided with each other, directly transforming into Dual Phase power.

Majestic phase force rose from the surface of his body.

At the same time, he unhesitatingly activated the Thunder Roaring Physique.

Boom!

As thunder sounds rapidly spread within his body, Li Luo's flesh, blood, bones, and meridians were instantly strengthened. On the surface of his skin, Lei Guang flowed, and his body seemed to grow a bit taller at this moment.

"First Layer of Elephant God Power!"

Li Luo's arms trembled, blue veins writhed like earthworms, and tremendous force surged between his arms.

A sense of oppression emanated along with it.

Feeling the sense of oppression emanating from Li Luo, Jing Jing Taixu's face twitched. The two of them had already fought before, so he understood that Li Luo now, in terms of combat power, was already one level stronger than him.

Although Jing Jing Taixu didn't want to admit it, this was the truth.

"After this Holy Grail War ends, I should go all-out to charge at the Earth Sha General stage. With my quasi ninth-grade Wind Phase, I'll definitely be able to step in before Li Luo!" A breath of frustration was bottled up in Jing Jing Taixu's heart.

However, regarding his thoughts on this side, Li Luo had no time to pay attention to them now. With his own combat power fully unleashed, he took a single step forward, and his figure shot toward Ao Bai like wind and thunder.

The Profound Elephant Blade in his hand slashed angrily through the air. Blade light appeared, a chilling aura surged, and this street was instantly torn open with smooth blade marks.

And when Li Luo struck, Jing Jing Taixu swept up into the air. The mystical light-shadow formed by the quasi ninth-grade Wind Spirit Envoy appeared behind him. The banana-leaf fan in his hand swung, and green phase force gathered like a storm, finally transforming into a green palm-print several zhang wide that slammed heavily down toward Ao Bai's head.

"Three Staffs of the Ape King—Sea-Overturning Staff!"

From another direction, Sun Sun Dasheng roared like thunder. A massive staff-shadow seemed to overturn the waves, wrapped in heavy force, and smashed viciously toward Ao Bai.

Behind Ao Bai, thunder rumbled.

Lu Ming's slender figure flashed out. At this moment, on her delicate and curvaceous body, Lei Guang similar to Li Luo's also flowed, with faint thunder sounds emanating—clearly, she had also activated the Thunder Roaring Physique she had previously cultivated.

Thus, both her strength and speed received a boost.

"Golden Thunder Mystic Sword!"

Lu Ming shouted coldly, and a sword-light wrapped in Lei Ting slammed toward Ao Bai's back as fast as lightning.

In this brief moment, the four most outstanding One-Star House students of this Holy Grail War formed an encirclement to kill the strongest student of the Two-Star House.