Chapter 568: Flaw

Facing Senior Ao Bai, who had suddenly been controlled by the strange moth, Li Luo, Jing Jing Taixu, and the other two formed an encirclement to kill in almost an instant. None of the four held back at all—what they brought out from the start were killing moves.

Utterly merciless.

Because they understood that Senior Ao Bai himself possessed the strength of the Void General Realm, and in terms of the sheer abundance of his Xiangli, he far surpassed any one of them. Although all four of them could be considered the cream of the crop among the One-Star House, the gap between them was still not so easy to bridge.

So every strike they threw was delivered with full force.

Although it was the first time the four had joined forces, relying on their respective outstanding combat experience, the joint offensive they formed could be considered quite coordinated.

Four fierce, imposing attacks slashed straight toward the vital points all over Senior Ao Bai's body.

And facing the encirclement and kill that the four had formed in an instant, Senior Ao Bai's face showed not the slightest ripple. Only the bizarre blood-red moth in his pupils slowly flapped its wings, continuously secreting a blood-red substance, making his pupils even more hollow and wooden.

"Dragon Scale True Armor!"

An indifferent, hollow voice suddenly came from Senior Ao Bai's mouth at this moment.

The next instant, Xiangli suddenly erupted from the surface of his body. As the Xiangli condensed, it actually formed a suit of silver scale armor. The scale armor covered every part of his body, and upon it seemed to be inscribed peculiar dragon patterns, faintly emanating a strange, oppressive might.

Boom!

The four's attacks struck heavily against the suit of silver scale armor outside Senior Ao Bai's body.

Instantly, the sound of clashing metal erupted, sparks spraying.

The expressions of all four changed.

Li Luo stared with solemn eyes at the silver scale armor outside Senior Ao Bai's body. Even though he wielded the Mysterious Elephant Blade and slashed down, although he shattered many of the scales, he did not actually cut through the armor. From this, one could see just what astonishing defensive power this layer of scale armor possessed.

"I've read the intel on Senior Ao Bai. This is his most adept defensive Art, a low-grade Dragon General Art! Be careful, this defensive Art of his also has a rebound effect," Jing Jing Taixu said rapidly.

And the instant Jing Jing Taixu's voice fell, the hand seals Senior Ao Bai was forming suddenly changed.

Hum!

Along with the change in his hand seals, flowing light suddenly began to circulate on the silver scale armor on his body. Looking closely, it seemed as if a dragon shadow was revolving, and then the dragon shadow's massive tail suddenly swept horizontally in a lash.

Boom!

A violent force instantly poured out like a mountain flood bursting forth, and the surrounding ground was directly torn apart.

And Li Luo and the other three's expressions also changed. The force that came counterattacking was wrapped in Senior Ao Bai's own Xiangli, and could be said to be like a hundred layers of massive waves crashing down. At the instant of collision, all four of their bodies jolted, and then they were sent staggering back more than ten steps.

The Qi and blood within their bodies were all somewhat churning at this moment.

"What powerful defense."

Li Luo's brows knit tightly. The Dragon General Art that Senior Ao Bai had executed with the strength of the Void General Realm had a defensive power that could not be called anything but astonishing. Earlier, the four of them joining forces had actually failed to break through it.

"The 'Dragon Scale True Armor' he cultivates is said to be divided into two layers: Silver Dragon Scale and Golden Dragon Scale. Fortunately, looking at it now, his Art has not yet been cultivated to the level of 'Golden Dragon Scale'. Otherwise, even if the four of us joined forces today, I'm afraid we wouldn't have a ten percent chance of winning," Jing Jing Taixu said in a gloomy voice.

Looking at this, he was clearly very well-informed about Senior Ao Bai's intel.

"The might of a Dragon General Art truly far surpasses that of a Tiger General Art."

Li Luo sighed inwardly. It seemed that after the Holy Grail War ended, he should also begin cultivating a suitable Dragon General Art, because as the opponents he faced now grew stronger and stronger, the might of Tiger General Arts had already begun to be somewhat unable to meet his needs.

It's just that the execution of a Dragon General Art demanded a rather high abundance of Xiangli. Previously, he had not failed to consider it, but before the Holy Grail War he had only just entered the Transformation Phase not long ago, and his Xiangli was still not abundant. Moreover, the value of a Dragon General Art far surpassed that of a Tiger General Art, and even in the library of their House Luolan Mansion, Dragon General Arts were considered rare. So finding a Dragon General Art suited to him was not such a simple matter.

Currently, among their four, aside from the somewhat special Sun Sun Dasheng, only Jing Jing Taixu had cultivated a low-grade Dragon General Art, but his Dragon General Art could only be executed because of the augmentation granted by the Void Nine-Pin Wind Spirit's inhalation and exhalation of the world's energies.

"However, I am now only one step away from the General Worshipping Stage. After the Holy Grail War ends, I will have the capital to cultivate a Dragon General Art. For the changes of the upcoming 'Mansion Sacrifice', I must prepare more trump cards."

While Li Luo was thinking these thoughts in his heart, Senior Ao Bai ahead began to counterattack.

It could be seen that silver light surged around his body. With one step, he rushed forward like an enraged flood dragon. The trident in his hand danced, wrapped in incomparably sharp Xiangli radiant light, and came whistling straight at Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu head-on.

The fierce, violent gust of wind struck their faces, and the expressions of both Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu became exceptionally solemn.

Facing the frontal assault of a Void General Realm practitioner, even though the two could join forces, they still felt immense pressure.

But the temperaments of both were quite good, so at this moment they did not show panic, and instead circulated their Xiangli to meet it with full force.

Clang! Clang!

The Mysterious Elephant Blade and the green banana leaf fan, wrapped in Xiangli, clashed with the trident in Senior Ao Bai's hand in that brief moment. Instantly, it caused Xiangli to surge, and the surrounding air was torn apart one after another under such aftershocks, emitting a piercing sound.

The three fought fiercely.

Under this kind of direct confrontation, the expressions of both Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu began to change, because only now could they clearly feel just how strong the pressure brought by this Void General Realm senior before them was. Every swing of the trident seemed to be wrapped in the force of massive waves. After blocking only a few times, the two of them felt their arms ache and go numb.

Li Luo, with the augmentation of the Thunder Roar Body, could barely withstand this kind of shock force head-on, but on Jing Jing Taixu's side, his Hukou had already split open at this moment, fresh blood flowing down from both palms, appearing quite wretched.

The gap between the fourth transformation of the Transformation Phase and the Void General Realm was laid bare at this moment.

"Ape King's Three Staff Strikes, Sky-Supporting Staff!"

And just at this moment, an explosive roar like thunder cracked out. It could be seen that Sun Sun Dasheng leaped up. At this moment, his face was ferocious, and the iron staff in his hand smashed down heavily. In that instant, Art-light surged, as if transforming into a sky-supporting massive staff, wrapped in majestic, baleful aura, and smashed fiercely toward the top of Senior Ao Bai's skull.

The attack coming from above his head did cause Senior Ao Bai's figure to pause for a moment, and then the trident in his hand transformed into a streak of silver light that whistled down, the silver light tearing the air, like a flood dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws as it pounced.

Bang!

A massive sound rang out, Xiangli rolling.

Sun Sun Dasheng spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body pathetically shooting backward, and the iron staff in his hand nearly slipped free and flew away, but he gripped it deathly tight.

He himself was still only at the third transformation of the Transformation Phase, a notch weaker than Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu, so clashing head-on like this naturally did not gain him any advantage.

Senior Ao Bai's hollow, indifferent gaze locked onto Sun Sun Dasheng, preparing to cut him down first.

Boom!

But just at this moment, a sudden thunderous roar cracked out, and a peculiar Art-energy fluctuation spread out. It could be seen that Sun Sun Dasheng, Li Luo, Jing Jing Taixu, and the others present suddenly became distorted, and then phantasm after phantasm appeared out of thin air.

The thunderous roar echoed in Senior Ao Bai's ears, and his figure seemed to become sluggish for an instant. The wings of the bizarre moth flapping in his pupils also slowed a little. Clearly, these phantasms, real and illusory, made it somewhat unable to distinguish.

However, this sluggishness only lasted for one breath, and then Senior Ao Bai swung his trident whistling down. Under its violent assault, whether phantasm or whatever, all shattered into pieces.

But this momentary change was still detected by the observant Lu Ming.

So Lu Ming's graceful figure appeared beside Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu.

"I've discovered that the bizarre moth seems to somewhat fear Thunder-attribute Art-energy. If I can invade a wisp of Thunder-attribute Art-energy into Senior Ao Bai's body, perhaps I can shake the bizarre moth out, thereby making him break free from the puppet state," Lu Ming rapidly spoke of her previous discovery.

Li Luo and Jing Jing Taixu, upon hearing this, were instantly somewhat surprised.

This was indeed very good news.

"But there's a problem now—Senior Ao Bai's 'Dragon Scale True Armor' has been protecting his body the whole time. If we don't break through this layer of 'scale armor,' my Lei Xiang power simply can't invade his body." Immediately after, Lu Ming added with some helplessness.

The four of them were only at the Manifestation Phase, and facing a defensive Dragon General Art deployed by a Void General expert was truly a bit of a headache.

"Senior Ao Bai's 'Dragon Scale True Armor' Manifestation Art is indeed very strong in defense, but it's not like there's truly no way to break through it."

Li Luo pondered briefly and said, "Senior Ao Bai is being controlled by that strange moth. Although he can still deploy Manifestation Arts, the fluidity still can't compare to his normal state. For example, the phantom images Lu Ming is currently deploying—the strange moth has no ability to distinguish them, so I suspect this moth's spiritual intelligence probably isn't very high."

"I suggest the three of us deploy our strongest techniques, and at the moment he's confused by the phantom images, attack a single point simultaneously—break through by focusing force on one spot, and shatter the Dragon Scale True Armor."

Sun Sun Dasheng grinned and said, "I can deploy 'Magic Ape Extreme Intent.' This is my strongest attack, but I can only maintain this technique for ten seconds."

Li Luo's eyes shifted. This so-called 'Magic Ape Extreme Intent' should be that incomplete 'Marquis-Grade Art' Sun Sun Dasheng had mastered. In fact, in a certain sense, perhaps Sun Sun Dasheng in this state was a notch stronger than both him and Jing Jing Taixu, except that the brief ten-second duration was too harsh a limitation.

"I also have a Dragon General Art." Jing Jing Taixu glanced at Li Luo. His Dragon General Art was naturally the 'Amaterasu Wind Demon Spear' he had fought Li Luo to the very end with in the academy-level match.

"Li Luo, what about you? You don't seem to have cultivated a Dragon General Art yet, have you?" Jing Jing Taixu asked with a hint of smugness.

Li Luo smiled faintly and said, "You already weren't my opponent before I cultivated a Dragon General Art. If I did cultivate one, the gap would be far too great."

Jing Jing Taixu gave a light snort and said, "A Dragon General Art isn't something you can cultivate just because you want to."

Li Luo, however, did not argue with him. He smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about me. Just deploy your strongest techniques. Leave the final breakthrough to me."

Jing Jing Taixu gave him a suspicious glance, but in the end said nothing more.

"When the last phantom image disappears, we make our move."

Li Luo looked ahead. The phantom images Lu Ming had created were about to vanish entirely under the whistling halberd shadows of Ao Bai.

And at the instant the last phantom image disappeared, the eyes of Li Luo's trio suddenly turned sharp.

Success or failure hinges on this one strike.