The battle in the woods ended faster than expected.

  Two-headed, weakened to only the first thread of life, white moth-like creatures faced Li Luo's trio's joint attack and were directly erased before they could even withstand the complete activation of the Purification Tower.

  However, when both of the alien creatures disappeared, Li Luo and the other two were also exhausted, their bodies went limp as they sat down on the spot, not even having the energy to collect the alien fragments.

  The most critical battle before was when they first came into contact with the Octopus-like alien, at that time, all three of them were tense, after all, in their plan, if the Octopus-like alien did not fall into the trap they had set up as expected, then their plan would almost be ruined.

  After all, that "water flow peeling technique" does indeed require some environmental support to maximize its effectiveness.

  Buzz!

  As the three rested, the purification tower behind them suddenly burst forth with a dazzling wave of light, sweeping across and submerging the entire withered forest before gradually spreading further out.

  The faint black fog between the trees gradually dispersed and finally disappeared under the light waves filled with purification power.

  The dim view between heaven and earth seems to have become much clearer at this moment.

  The oppressive feeling that existed at that moment also weakened accordingly.

  Li, Luo and San looked at the white tower emitting a brilliant light, with joyful expressions on their faces, indicating that they had successfully activated a first-class purification tower!

  "Not bad, congratulations on successfully activating a first-class purification tower by yourselves."

  A voice came from the front, and only then did Jiang Qing'e and three others emerge from the gradually dissipating black fog. She walked straight towards Li Luo, standing in front of him, with a hint of a smile on her absolutely beautiful face.

  Li Luo gazed at the slender long legs under the war skirt in front of him, but he didn't even have the strength to get up.

  Jiang Qing'e stretched out her hand to him, Li Luo was stunned for a moment, then reached out and grasped it, the feeling was like warm jade, making one reluctant to let go.

  He borrowed strength to stand up, turned his hand over and grasped Jiang Qing'e's hand, smiling: "Is this a reward?"

  Jiang Qing'e's golden eyes sparkled with a hint of a smile as she stared at him, saying: "Can't you be more ambitious? Next time I'll give you a second-level purification tower to complete on your own, the reward will be even greater, want to try?"

  Li Luo swiftly withdrew his hand, saying in a low voice: "A major event in the dark cave, how can it be child's play."

  What a joke, they managed to take down that level one purification tower by resorting to some tricks and barely splitting those eight-armed freaks in two; otherwise, if it was a real showdown, their chances of winning would probably be less than 40%.

  And the first-level purification tower is already so terrifying, how strong will the second-level purification tower be? At least there are alien species of the Ak level, and it's possible that there are catastrophic alien species comparable to the Sheng level.

  They sent this new team of people over, it's like they're serving appetizers.

  Although he had expected a generous reward for Jiang Qing'e, this second-rate purification tower was really too insincere! Only an idiot would accept it!

  Bai Mengmeng and Xin Fu couldn't help but look at him with some admiration, he was indeed the captain, even when admitting defeat, he could still be so calm and composed.

  Jiang Qing'e said, "You're able to activate this first-class purification tower on your own, which is already a pretty good achievement. After all, normally speaking, this kind of person-eating, same-kind evolving Skin Aberrant isn't often seen near other first-class purification towers."

  Previously, this person's skin was devoured by the Blood Meat Monster, directly transforming into an Eight-Armed Monster. Its strength is even extremely close to that of a Fifth-Order Saint. Such a powerful monster, let alone a small team like Li Luo and his group from a One-Star Institute, even many teams from Two-Star Institutes would likely avoid it in fear.

  Of course, Li Luo and the others did not ultimately defeat the Octopus-like alien in a positive way, but instead adopted an extremely special method to weaken it to the maximum extent.

  But no matter what means, the result is the same.

  "It seems that it's still a bit beyond expectations." Li Luo said with a smile.

  However, through this time, he also gained a deeper understanding of the danger level around the purification towers in the Dark Abyss. In a sense, it was indeed a bit too early for this newly-born team to come to the Dark Abyss, because even if they were the number one new-born team, facing the first-level purification tower was so perilous, let alone other teams?

  "When you saw the human skin monster devouring the flesh monster, you didn't choose to take action on the spot. At that time, you must have already made plans to deal with it using the peeling technique, right?" Jiang Qing'e asked.

  Qiu Bai, Tian Tian had some sidelong glances at that time, and Li Luo thought of the subsequent response? This kind of thinking is quite sharp.

  Li Luo heard this and smiled: "At the time, I just saw that the human skin monster was having a hard time swallowing the blood meat monster, and their strengths were actually not much different. So I thought it was impossible for the human skin monster to swallow it so easily."

  "So at that time, I didn't choose to directly intervene and stop them because the two of them hadn't swallowed each other deeply enough. If we had interrupted the process back then, neither of these two monsters' strength would have been weakened to their current level. The final result might have been that they would have taken care of us three first before dealing with each other."

  Qiu Bai and Tian Tian exchanged a glance, both seeing the solemnity in each other's eyes. This Li Luo had actually intentionally allowed the skin-eating alien to devour the flesh-eating alien, with the goal of letting the skin-eater's consumption reach a deeper level, so that when it was interrupted again, it would cause enormous weakening.

  Is this temperament too decisive and tolerant?

  "Aren't you afraid of raising a scourge?" Tian Tian couldn't help but ask.

  "That eight-armed freak, once formed, will inevitably evolve to the Red Scourge level, which is equivalent to the third stage of the Xiangshi realm. It's absolutely not something you can contend with." Qiu Bai also said.

  Li Luo smiled helplessly: "What else can we do? At that time, going out to fight wasn't necessarily a sure win, it was just something we had to try."

  And also...

  He cast his gaze at Jiang Qingwa and smiled: "Isn't this knowing that there are still reinforcements coming? Otherwise, I might have also made some more considerations."

  Jiang Qing'e nodded slightly: "You actually did the right thing, it's extremely dangerous in the dark cave, and absolute safety can't be guaranteed. Sometimes being decisive is necessary to turn things around and win."

  It can be seen that she is extremely appreciative of Li Luo's response, as it not only highlights his carefulness and sensitivity but also reveals his true nature.

  Sharp, courageous and decisive.

  So overall, Jiang Qing'e's test for Li Luo this time got a very satisfactory answer.

  Ji Bai and Tian Tian, who were standing beside him, also fell silent, but the gaze they directed at Li Luo had become much more serious. Previously, they would often treat him as a newcomer, but now it seemed that this young master of the Luolan Manor, with his dual identities, was far more cunning than they had imagined.

  Jiang Qing'e's gaze shifted to the purification tower emitting light, then took out a map. Everyone's eyes looked over and indeed saw that the small tower symbol representing the purification tower on the map had faintly lit up.

  This is an expression of being activated.

  Jiang Qing'e stretched out her finger and lightly touched the small tower's marker, whereupon a faint glow appeared on it, eventually forming two lines of tiny text.

  Li Luo looked carefully and found that they were two team names.

  Black Swan Squad

  Justice League

  Li Luo was taken aback and laughed: "Can this really be considered a famous moment? Can the other teams' maps also see this?"

  Jiang Qing'e nodded and said, "There's nothing strange about it. These maps are all made from the bark of the Xiangli Tree, and the Purification Tower is closely related to the Xiangli Tree. The Academy has a special department that links with the Xiangli Tree, so we can get this information in the first place and react accordingly."

  "It's actually just some ordinary motivational methods that allow trainees to see the progress of other teams and thereby gain a motivating competitive effect."

  Li Luo shook his head, this school really used every trick in the book to motivate everyone to eliminate the deviants.

  "The target here has been activated, and the time is much earlier than we expected. Next, let's continue to move forward, but this time we will take an ultra-speed advance. You three, can keep up." Jiang Qing'e didn't say anything more on this, put away the map, and rushed towards Li Luo and the other two.

  Li Luo and the other two nodded silently, they didn't want to become a burden in reality.

  "Let's keep going."

  "I hope that in three days we can appear outside the restricted area."

  Jiang Qing'e swiftly set off, not giving the three of them much time to rest. She put away the map and strode forward with long legs, heading in the direction marked on the map as the location of the second Purification Tower.

  Everyone else also hastened to follow suit, and for the next few days, there will probably be no moment of rest.

  (Today on WeChat public account, Lü Qing'er's new picture was released, "Beauty Enters Sleep" picture, haha... If you're interested, follow the public WeChat account.)

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