Chapter 122: Blocking and Intercepting

Clang!

Within the dense forest, the sound of metal clashing rang out, followed by a sudden eruption of violent resonant power that sent the fallen leaves in all directions swirling into the air.

Li Luo held dual blades, his figure landing on a thick tree trunk. He gazed with a solemn expression at the two figures charging from the right. From their previous exchange, he already knew that both were at the strength of the Lower-Level White Seed Stage, a realm similar to his own. They were likely top-tier figures within their respective counties.

"Li Luo, stop running! You can't escape, you might as well just give in to us!" a youth holding a serrated short sword shouted loudly. On the surface of his body, gray resonant power surged, and under the coverage of that gray power, his skin showed signs of petrification.

This person possessed a Stone Resonance, which was considered a derivation of the Earth Resonance.

The other youth held an iron staff, resonant power rising from his body, vaguely forming the faint appearance of a scarlet ape behind him.

"They came too fast."

Li Luo did not answer, his brows slightly furrowed. He had already begun to penetrate deep into the mountain forest, where the essence beasts were becoming more numerous and stronger. This had indeed blocked many pursuers for him, but there were still those who slipped through the net, and those capable of passing through the essence beasts were not weak.

"Two brothers, why be so aggressive? Why not, for the sake of how handsome I am, sit down and have a good chat, how about it?" Li Luo’s thoughts turned, but his face remained serious as he spoke.

"Damn it, disgusting, cut him down!"

However, as soon as his words fell, the two were immediately displeased. They unleashed their resonant power, charging from left and right, their sharp attacks slashing down.

Thud!

Li Luo pushed off hard with his feet, the tree trunk bending, and his figure shot out rapidly, meeting them head-on.

"Li Luo, you are too arrogant!"

Seeing Li Luo charge straight at them, the two sneered. Li Luo’s strength was the same as theirs, both only at the Lower-Level White Seed Stage. Facing two opponents, how dared he?

"Scarlet Flame Staff!" the staff-wielding youth shouted sharply, the iron staff in his hand wrapped in scorching resonant power as it smashed down.

Facing the violent staff shadow whistling down, Li Luo’s internal resonant power surged, and a Water Light Magic Mirror quickly emerged beside him.

Crack!

The staff shadow smashed into the Water Light Magic Mirror, the violent force shattering the mirror surface directly. However, that powerful rebounding force also poured out, catching the staff-wielding youth off guard, causing him to stagger back in a sorry state, his iron staff nearly shaken from his grip.

After shaking off one enemy with the rebounding force, Li Luo’s figure lunged directly in front of the Stone Resonance youth. He was expressionless, the water resonant power on his dual blades flowing at high speed.

Enhanced Water Blade Art!

The blade light slashed down, clashing head-on with the Stone Resonance youth.

This collision caused the Stone Resonance youth’s expression to change drastically, because he felt the surging resonant power was so vast and powerful that it completely crushed his own.

"How is this possible?! He is clearly also just at the Lower-Level White Seed Stage, how can he have such formidable resonant power!"

Amidst the Stone Resonance youth’s exclamation, his figure was sent flying back in a sorry state, slamming heavily into a tree trunk, which even snapped from the impact.

A trace of blood slid down from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with shock.

"See, I told you it would be better to sit down and discuss it properly." Li Luo smiled at him, then, ignoring the wary gaze of the other staff-wielding youth, his figure dove into the depths of the dense forest like a large bird.

Clearly, he did not intend to tangle with these two here.

The staff-wielding youth looked at Li Luo’s retreating back, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately did not chase after him, because he had seen the scene where the other party crushed his companion.

"How could this Li Luo’s strength be so strong?" The staff-wielding youth came to the Stone Resonance youth’s side, helped him up, and asked with a frown.

"I don't know. According to the freshman data, this Li Luo should have just broken through to the White Seed Stage, but from the previous clash, I feel his resonant power is no weaker than someone at the Upper-Level White Seed Stage." The Stone Resonance youth wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said.

"It seems this Purple Glow Talisman has nothing to do with us." The staff-wielding youth said helplessly.

The Stone Resonance youth nodded. Just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly shifted as he looked into the forest on the right, where a blue-haired youth walked out.

"That is... Duze Beixuan?" The two felt a slight shock, recognizing this person who was ranked fourth in the freshman data.

"You two were tangling with Li Luo here just now? Looks like you didn't manage to stop him." Duze Beixuan looked at the two and asked with a smile.

The two frowned and didn't bother with him.

Duze Beixuan didn't care about their attitude and asked casually: "Which direction did he go?"

The staff-wielding youth pointed in a direction reluctantly and said: "His strength is very strong, not at all like someone who just entered the White Seed Stage."

Duze Beixuan’s figure had already darted out, a faint voice drifting back.

"It's not that he's strong, it's that you are too weak."

The two youths showed anger.

"Too arrogant."

"Good thing we pointed him in a random direction."

As the situation deep in this mountain forest began to become increasingly intense, in another direction of this forest.

A youth with a slender build, narrow eyes, and a gentle smile on his face looked at the young girl blocking his path and smiled: "Classmate Qinger, what is the meaning of you blocking me?"

He held a jade folding fan, fanning it gently, appearing quite dashing.

And in front of him, Lu Qinger’s expression was cold as she said softly: "Wang Hejiu, are you going in this direction to hunt down Li Luo?"

This fan-wielding youth was none other than Wang Hejiu, ranked second in strength among the freshmen.

Wang Hejiu smiled: "Solving Li Luo will allow me to obtain the Purple Glow Talisman, this is certainly worth me taking action."

Lu Qinger said: "If that is the case, then I really cannot let you pass."

Wang Hejiu said with some helplessness: "Classmate Qinger, you are not my match, why be like this?"

"Delaying some time is also good." Lu Qinger’s gaze was faint, and then she gently removed her ice-silk gloves, revealing her slender, perfect jade hands.

Li Luo’s situation should not be very good right now. If she let this Wang Hejiu in, it would inevitably pose a great threat to Li Luo, so she could only do her best to block the other party here.

It was just that there was indeed a gap in their strength, so if she wanted to stop him, she would probably have to pay some price today and use her final trump card. Fortunately, with her strength having stepped into the Resonant Master Stage, the price of this move would not be as disastrous as before.

Wang Hejiu looked at Lu Qinger’s slender, perfect jade hands and was stunned for a moment, a look of amazement flashing in his eyes, then he smiled lightly: "If Classmate Qinger is willing to go on a date with me later, then I actually wouldn't mind agreeing to you today."

However, the response he received was a suddenly erupting icy resonant power; on the ground, frost was spreading.

Seeing this, Wang Hejiu could only smile: "Since that's the case, then I can only let you see the gap between us."

Boom!

Green resonant power erupted from Wang Hejiu’s body like smoke. Wherever it passed, the leaves under his feet began to turn pitch black, as if they had been corroded.

The next instant, two streams of resonant power erupted in the forest, crashing together with a boom.