Absolute Resonance

been outclassed in this first clash.

Expected.
He might have dual resonances, but he was facing two resonances as well, wielded by superior cultivators.
This would be an uphill struggle.

Neither Wang Hejiu nor Duze Beixuan slowed.
They pressed their advantage, closing in on Li Luo with their attacks.

He used his Dancing Pisces move, concentrating on defending against their furious onslaught.
The battle was white-hot in intensity.

Ding! Ding!

The clear peal of ringing steel rang out.

Ding!

Li Luo ’s blade turned Duze Beixuan ’s spear aside, redirecting the power into a nearby wall that shuddered and groaned.
Another seaweed-green blast of power hissed out at him, its foul, acrid stench sharp in his nose.

Vicious and calculated.

But just at this moment, a shadow loomed behind Wang Hejiu.
A slash of saturnine light on a dagger blurred from its speed struck out towards the back of his skull.

Wang Hejiu frowned but dealt with it matter-of-factly.
After all, both he and Duze Beixuan had been on guard against the lurking Xin Fu this whole time.

His fan snapped open, flipping behind him to block the menacing dirk.

Toxic, green energy hissed and ate away at the shadow resonant power, finally even leaping for Xin Fu himself.

Xin Fu twisted.
There was a dark implosion of energy, then he disengaged, vanishing again.

”Annoying. ”

Wang Hejiu clicked his tongue irritatedly.
Xin Fu might not pose too big a threat, but he was keeping them on their toes, unable to let their guard down.
He was also a constant disruption to their planned attacks.

Wang Hejiu did not linger on the retreating Xin Fu, instantly turning back to attack Li Luo in concert with Duze Beixuan.

All the heat was on Li Luo now.
As long as they could take him down, the battle was as good as over.

While the battle raged on, Qi Luozi summoned her own dark-green power.
She clapped her hands together, funneling her resonant power into the gravel shores.
Vines started to sprout rapidly.

Suddenly, a fey light made her vision blur and whirl.
The battlefield was swimming in her eyes, vague shadows in the distance that she could not focus on, no matter how hard she tried.

”Bai Mengmeng… ”

She frowned.
Bai Mengmeng stood close by, a slim rapier pointed at her.

”Leader ’s under enough pressure, ” she said quietly.

Qi Luozi snorted.
”You think you can stop me? You ’re just an Upper Clear cultivator.
I ’m a Lower Flowering. ”

Bai Mengmeng suddenly gave her a pure, winsome smile.
”It doesn ’t matter.
If you hurt me, my sister will beat you black and blue. ”

Qi Luozi only stared silently.

Then she sighed.
Her eyes went flat, and the gravel under Bai Mengmeng was suddenly writhing with green vines that bound her legs.

”I ’ll just have to test that out, then. ”

Her words echoed emptily around her as the vines passed through thin air.
The illusion wavered, then faded.

”An illusion? ” Qi Luozi frowned.

”I might not be able to beat you, but I can keep you occupied.
That ’s enough. ”

Bai Mengmeng ’s voice came at her from all directions.

”A competition to see who falls first? You or Li Luo. ” Qi Luozi sneered.

”Leader says his best trait is endurance. ”

Qi Luozi snarled about her and cursed again.

”Li Luo, you wretch! ” she shouted, looking around at the many illusions of Bai Mengmeng with uncertainty.