Chapter 58: A Big Feast

The foot of White Spirit Mountain was seething and clamorous.

On the massive crystal wall, scores were constantly changing, while at the top, a section was projecting intense battles, drawing exclamations from the crowd from time to time.

Until at one moment, the image suddenly shifted, and the scene of two figures confronting each other in a forest was projected.

In a pavilion, Cai Wei, feeling somewhat bored, used her jade fingers to peel a grape and was just about to place it into her rosy little mouth when her gaze suddenly paused, fixed upon the crystal wall.

"That person, is that the Young Master?" Cai Wei said with some surprise.

Upon hearing this, Yan Lingqing immediately cast her gaze over, and then she saw the two figures confronting each other.

"It really is."

Cai Wei stopped eating her grape, hurriedly sat up straight, and said, "Who is he fighting?"

Yan Lingqing did not recognize the person either, but she quickly gathered information from the growing uproar around them: "It is the second-ranked student of Dongyuan Academy, named Lian Zhong, a Sixth-Pattern Resonance, with the strength of Eight Seals."

"How could this Li Luo go and provoke such a formidable enemy?"

"In the elimination round, even if the Young Master doesn't go looking for trouble, he will still be targeted." Cai Wei’s willow brows furrowed slightly, her beautiful eyes fixed on the image on the crystal wall, not blinking once.

Beside her, Yan Lingqing also became serious and focused, for they understood that this would be a tough battle.

And under their intent gaze, Li Luo and Lian Zhong in the image began to fight, and every intense collision made the expressions of the two women shift slightly.

However, as the battle continued, the surprise on their pretty faces grew more intense, because they saw that in this fight, Li Luo did not have the slightest disadvantage.

Despite clearly only having the strength of Seven Seals, he was firmly suppressing his Eight-Seal opponent.

Especially when, at the end, water radiance flowed over Li Luo’s Water-Pattern Blade, and with one slash he shattered the light armor on Lian Zhong’s body, Cai Wei couldn't help but excitedly slap the table with her small hand.

"The Young Master is so amazing!"

Beside her, Yan Lingqing also had her red lips slightly parted, her eyes filled with undisguised astonishment.

She also had not expected that Li Luo would defeat an Eight-Seal formidable enemy so smoothly.

This impressive battle record left no room for criticism.

She watched the back of Li Luo in the image as he slowly sheathed his blade; at this moment, he was completely different from the youth who usually worked honestly at the workbench refining spirit liquid and light.

Now, he appeared much sharper and more exposed.

But perhaps, this was the real Li Luo; the usual gentleness and playfulness were just covering up his sharpness.

"Now, I actually believe he might really be able to break into the top ten." Yan Lingqing chuckled, and a look of keen interest finally appeared in her cold, clear eyes.

Outside the pavilion, there were also waves of exclamations rising at this moment; clearly, the result of the battle between Li Luo and Lian Zhong had shocked many people.

In the main pavilion, the Old Dean, Viceroy Shi, and that Instructor An Lie also saw the result of the battle.

The Old Dean’s face was full of smiles, with an undisguised look of pride in his eyes, and he then said, "The second-ranked student of Dongyuan Academy was actually defeated by Li Luo, who is ranked fifteenth at our Nanfeng Academy; haha, that is quite interesting."

"Viceroy Shi, don't you think so?"

Viceroy Shi’s face twitched slightly, and he laughed, "As expected of the Young Master of the Luolan Mansion, he is truly extremely surprising."

"Is this the Young Master of the Luolan Mansion, Li Luo? The one who has a marriage contract with Jiang Qing’e?" Instructor An Lie suddenly asked from the side.

The Old Dean smiled and nodded.

"He does look quite good, hehe. Although this Li Luo hasn't entered the Saint Profound Star Academy yet, his name has long been famous there," Instructor An Lie said with a half-smile.

"Defeating an Eight-Seal opponent doesn't necessarily mean he can get into the Saint Profound Star Academy," Viceroy Shi said with a faint smile.

"Then you had better watch carefully." The Old Dean raised his eyelids, his voice neither salty nor bland.

Li Luo was naturally unaware of the heated discussion his battle had caused outside the mountain; at this moment, he was dragging the unconscious Lian Zhong toward another battle circle.

Pushing aside the bushes, he saw that the battle ahead was intense, but what surprised Li Luo was that although Dongyuan Academy clearly had a slight numerical advantage, in the current fight, they were being suppressed by Zhao Kuo and Yu Lang.

Zhao Kuo fully utilized his function as a meat shield, slashing with the great axe in his hands, bearing the brunt of the attacks, while Yu Lang moved back and forth like the wind, his sharp and tricky attacks aimed directly at the vital points of the three, forcing them into a somewhat wretched state for a time.

At this rate, it was likely that someone on the other side would soon start to suffer injuries.

Li Luo smiled and stepped out.

And his appearance immediately caused the intense battle in the field to stall; whether it was Zhao Kuo and Yu Lang, or the three from Dongyuan Academy, all cast shocked gazes toward him.

Especially when they saw the unconscious Lian Zhong being dragged by Li Luo, that shock became even more intense.

"Damn, Li Luo, you freak, you actually defeated Lian Zhong?" Yu Lang was somewhat dumbfounded.

Li Luo smiled and nodded, then threw Lian Zhong to the front, his gaze fixed on the three Dongyuan Academy students: "Do you still want to resist?"

Under his gaze, the three Dongyuan Academy students were terrified out of their wits, no longer having the courage to fight, and turned to scatter and flee.

However, Li Luo had long been prepared; he flicked his fingers repeatedly, and water-light bullets whistled out, exploding before their eyes. The blinding light caused the three to scream out immediately.

And Zhao Kuo and Yu Lang seized the opportunity, their offensive suddenly erupting.

In just a short moment, the three fell to the ground wailing.

"Let's split their points," Li Luo said with a smile.

"Wow, this is truly a big fish." Yu Lang’s eyes shone; the five of them all had quite a few points, especially Lian Zhong, whose points had actually reached two thousand four hundred.

However, although he was envious, Yu Lang did not have designs on Lian Zhong’s points, instead saying, "Li Luo, you should take Lian Zhong’s points yourself; Zhao Kuo and I will just split the points of these four."

The points of the other four from Dongyuan Academy added up to over a thousand; although not as bountiful as Lian Zhong’s, it was still a considerable harvest.

Li Luo heard this and wanted to say something, but Zhao Kuo also laughed, "Brother Luo, you defeated Lian Zhong alone; we cannot take advantage of this. Besides, you have the potential to charge into the top ten, so there is no need to dwell on this with us."

Seeing that both of them said so, Li Luo did not act coy; he took off the crystal badge and wiped Lian Zhong’s points clean.

Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo wore covetous smiles on their faces and, under the terrified gazes of the four Dongyuan Academy students, wiped them clean to zero.

"Our boss won't let you off!" In grief and despair, the people from Dongyuan Academy let out roars, while at the same time shedding tears of regret.

After eating this big wave, Li Luo’s points reached three thousand nine hundred, while Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo also reached around two thousand points.

Although he could not see the leaderboard, according to Li Luo’s estimation, he should be able to enter the top thirty, and Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo should also be able to enter the top one hundred.

A smile appeared on his face; although there was still some distance to the top ten, it was not too far away.

"The big brothers from Dongyuan Academy... they are truly thoughtful."

"I wonder if there are more behind?"

The further this elimination round went, the more slippery and troublesome the remaining people were, and it was really not easy to seize points, so Lian Zhong bringing people to send a wave of warmth was simply so moving that one wanted to award them a prize.

"Let's go, we shouldn't be far from the White Spirit Ruins."

Li Luo said, and then stepped forward; Zhao Kuo and Yu Lang also followed.

And once they reached the White Spirit Ruins, this elimination round would also enter its most intense stage.

(End of chapter)