Chapter 129: The Binding of Ten Thousand Trees and the Heavy Water Art

"Dual resonance..."

Duze Beixuan stared at the two types of resonance power surging on Li Luo's body, the emotions in his eyes becoming extremely complex: shock, fury, jealousy...

He had always held a condescending attitude toward Li Luo. After all, although the latter was, like him, a Young Master of a great mansion, Li Luo had always lived in that tiny Tianshu County and had previously possessed a blank resonance. In Duze Beixuan's understanding, this was a mediocre person.

Even though Li Luo had suddenly risen to prominence later and won first place in the Tianshu County grand examination, Duze Beixuan still did not take him too seriously. After all, Tianshu County’s strength was average among the hundred counties of Great Xia; what did winning first place even matter?

He himself possessed a lower eighth-grade resonance, and both his talent and potential far exceeded Li Luo's, so when comparing himself to Li Luo, Duze Beixuan felt a strong sense of superiority.

Li Luo's parents were indeed formidable; even Duze Beixuan had to admit this, because it was a fact. The story of his father being defeated eighteen times by Li Taixuan, while not known to everyone in the Great Xia Kingdom, was not exactly a secret either.

Yet in Duze Beixuan's view, none of that mattered; that was the previous generation's business. As for him, he only needed to suppress Li Luo firmly, letting outsiders understand that while Li Luo's parents were formidable, that was their own affair.

He, the Young Master of the Duze Mansion, was more than enough to completely crush the Young Master of the Luolan Mansion.

And everything before this had gone exactly as he had expected, until the dual resonance of the Li Luo before him was revealed... This rare dual resonance brought pressure to Duze Beixuan.

"I don't believe it!"

Finally, Duze Beixuan let out a sharp shout. The resonance power within his body surged, and the power in the heavy halberd in his hand erupted, suddenly shattering the green python-like tree branches that had entangled the shaft of his weapon, as he prepared to launch another attack on Li Luo.

However, this time, Li Luo was faster than him.

"Tiger General Art, Binding of Ten Thousand Trees!"

As Li Luo's low shout rang out, many large trees in this dense forest began to vibrate, with green light flowing over them. Immediately after, the sound of wind breaking echoed, and giant python-like tree trunks rapidly coiled toward where Duze Beixuan was located.

Duze Beixuan roared, his heavy halberd sweeping horizontally, transforming into streaks of halberd shadows, his own resonance power and strength erupting at this moment without reservation.

The halberd blade flashed, severing all the giant python-like tree trunks that were coiling toward him.

However, through this contact, Duze Beixuan discovered that the resonance power covering these branches and vines was not as thick as he had imagined, which meant that the grade of this wood resonance of Li Luo's should not be too high.

This discovery actually made Duze Beixuan breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Li Luo, if you want to rely on these to bind me, I'm afraid you're thinking too simply!" Duze Beixuan sneered, his offensive fierce as he continuously severed the attacking branches and vines, and began to close in on Li Luo step by step.

Li Luo looked at this scene, but he was not surprised. His wood-earth resonance was currently only at the fourth grade, so the Tiger General Art driven by it was indeed very difficult to truly pose a threat to Duze Beixuan.

However, this was only the beginning.

Li Luo brought his hands together, the water resonance power within his body suddenly circulating, and finally a low shout rang out: "Tiger General Art, Heavy Water Art!"

The water resonance power erupted, actually transforming into droplets of deep blue liquid. These droplets flew out and landed on the dancing branches and vines.

Crackle!

The branches and vines, flickering with green and blue radiance, lashed fiercely toward Duze Beixuan, and the latter immediately met them with full force, the heavy halberd colliding with the vines.

But this collision caused Duze Beixuan's expression to change abruptly, because he discovered that his halberd blade had failed to penetrate the vines; instead, the power surging on the vines had become much heavier and harder than before.

Drip.

Water droplets fell from the vines, landing on the heavy halberd, immediately causing the heavy halberd to become much heavier.

"Is this the Heavy Water Art?"

Duze Beixuan's expression was ugly. This Li Luo had fused the Heavy Water Art with the Binding of Ten Thousand Trees, which caused the attack of this Binding of Ten Thousand Trees to become extremely heavy. The feeling was as if a whip were soaked in water; when it lashed at someone, both the force and the pain were greatly increased.

Crackle!

While Duze Beixuan was in shock and suspicion, more vines whistled from behind him with a heavy sound of wind. This time, he could not dodge in time and was lashed fiercely on the shoulder.

Immediately, his clothes were torn, his skin was ripped open, and blood flowed freely.

Duze Beixuan was furious. As he roared, his resonance power erupted, and he swung his heavy halberd so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through, protecting himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

And the tree vines, like giant python whips, continued to lash down fiercely. Under such dense offensive, even though Duze Beixuan's defense was as solid as a fortress, it was gradually being torn open with flaws.

Li Luo watched the trapped-beast-like Duze Beixuan with a smile, then reached out to break off some branches, using the back of his bow to whittle them into wooden arrows.

He pulled the bowstring, nocked a wooden arrow, and then shot it out fiercely.

The wooden arrow drilled through the flaw, and with a *puchi* sound, it stuck into Duze Beixuan's body.

The lethality of this wooden arrow was actually very average, only entering the flesh by half a finger, making it difficult to cause substantial damage, but... the insult was extremely strong.

And Li Luo did not enter the battlefield; he just stood outside, shooting wooden arrows one by one, *xiu xiu xiu*, and before long, he had really shot Duze Beixuan into a hedgehog.

And Duze Beixuan in the field was also blown up with anger. These wooden arrows did not bring much pain, but the humiliation made his eyes turn red.

"Li Luo, you rat, do you not dare to stand in front of me and fight me head-on?!" he roared.

At the same time, some panic gradually began to well up in his heart, because as the tree vines stained with heavy water continued to attack, his own resonance power began to consume rapidly.

In just a short moment, he already felt himself beginning to become weak.

Added to this was Li Luo's constant harassment, and his situation was already very dire.

He roared angrily, spewing foul language, trying to force Li Luo to fight him in close quarters, as that was the only way he would have a chance to turn the tables. But this Li Luo was too wretched; instead, amidst his cursing, the frequency of his arrow shooting became even faster.

Too despicable!

Bang!

Finally, Duze Beixuan's legs went soft. Several tree vines coiled over, directly knocking the heavy halberd from his hand, and at the same time, the vines quickly piled up, binding both his hands and feet.

In just a few breaths, only his head remained outside.

Duze Beixuan struggled angrily, but he discovered in despair that he could not break free from these vines stained with the Heavy Water Art at all.

And at this moment, Li Luo picked up the heavy halberd, came before Duze Beixuan, pointed the heavy halberd at his face, and said in a deep voice, "I'm here."

"Come on, let's have a fair and square fight!"

Duze Beixuan's eyes were about to split, wanting to roar and curse, but a tree vine drilled directly over and stuffed itself into his mouth, and immediately his voice became muffled.

Seeing this, Li Luo shook his head in disappointment.

"The first battle between the Young Master of the Duze Mansion and the Young Master of the Luolan Mansion ends with Duze Beixuan not daring to accept the challenge."

Duze Beixuan was so angry that he fainted on the spot.

Seeing Duze Beixuan pass out, Li Luo also breathed a sigh of relief, and then his face rapidly turned pale, and the surrounding tree vines quickly retracted and dissipated.

He sat on the ground with a thud and panted for a few breaths.

If this Duze Beixuan had held out any longer, he really would not have been able to hold on. A fourth-grade wood resonance was indeed still a bit too low, providing wood resonance power that was too shallow.

But fortunately, he had managed to hold on after all.

And while Li Luo was sitting on the ground panting, his expression suddenly shifted. He looked up, and then he saw the figure of Shen Jinxiao slowly emerging in front of him.

At this time, the latter was also staring at him with a strange look.

"Yo, Teacher Shen, you've come again?"

Li Luo looked at the appearing Shen Jinxiao, revealed a smile, and asked gently, "Have you eaten?"

Shen Jinxiao stared at Li Luo with a strange look and said slowly, "Li Luo, I really didn't expect that you were still hiding a dual resonance... I really underestimated you."

Li Luo smiled: "When drifting in the world, how can one not keep a few trump cards?"

Shen Jinxiao nodded and said, "Worthy of being the son of Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan."

"Teacher Shen, what do you plan to do next?" Li Luo asked.

Shen Jinxiao was slightly silent. A faint trace of killing intent even flashed in the depths of his eyes, but in the end, he suppressed it, because even as a Purple-tier Mentor, he could not break the rules of the Astral Sage College. If he did that, there would be no place that could accommodate him, even if he were a Marquis-realm expert.

"If you aren't going to continue making trouble... then should it be my turn?" Li Luo smiled at Shen Jinxiao.

Shen Jinxiao did not speak, only narrowed his eyes, staring at Li Luo with a calm gaze.

Li Luo sat on the ground, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and his roar was like thunder.

"The other four Purple-tier Mentors, do I, Li Luo, now have the qualifications for you to stop caring about Teacher Shen's face?!"

His roar echoed through the mountain forest, bringing a silence.

However, this silence only lasted for a few breaths. The next instant, this sky suddenly vibrated, and four pillars of purple light descended suddenly from the sky.

Boom, boom, boom!

The four pillars of purple light landed on the four sides of Li Luo. Within the pillars of light, a purple talisman seal was floating in each, emitting a dazzling luster.

This scene was extremely spectacular.

Clearly, the other four Purple-tier Mentors who had been watching in secret were all, at this moment, no longer concerned about Shen Jinxiao's face and directly threw their olive branches toward Li Luo.

(One chapter today.)