Chapter 178: The Coordination of Resonant Arts

Clang!

Li Luo's water-attribute Qi surged along his blade, piercing through the rain of water droplets to collide head-on with the spear tip that roared like a wild beast; the fierce impact of their resonant power instantly shattered the floating droplets into a mist.

Li Luo's body jolted, and he retreated a step.

At the same time, a folding fan surging with dark green resonant power struck out like lightning, its tip flickering like a venomous snake spitting a foul-smelling tongue.

Li Luo swept his other short blade, sending out a wave of water-attribute power that formed a water mirror: "Water-Light Magic Mirror!"

Bang!

The folding fan struck the water mirror, and the potent poison-attribute power erupted, shattering the mirror instantly; however, the rebounding force from the impact caused the fan to falter, and Li Luo took the opportunity to slide backward, evading the assault.

Yet, having clashed head-on with two formidable enemies whose attacks were as relentless as a rainstorm, the palms of Li Luo's hands gripping his blades were faintly stained with blood, and his arms began to throb with pain.

Fortunately, he possessed the "Water-Light Resonance" as well as a wood resonance; all three types of resonant power held certain healing and restorative properties, so whenever injuries appeared within his body, the healing nature of these three forces would erupt, rapidly mending the wounds.

This was the primary reason Li Luo had been able to struggle and persist under the rainstorm-like joint assault of Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan.

As for Li Luo's tenacity, Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan were also somewhat astonished; their attacks had clearly suppressed Li Luo to the point where he couldn't even catch his breath, yet Li Luo was able to hold on stubbornly, never collapsing.

This was somewhat perverse; even if water-attribute power was known for its continuous endurance, surely it shouldn't be this tenacious?

Wang Hejiu's gaze met Duze Beixuan's, and both saw the ruthlessness in the other's eyes; Li Luo was now at the end of his rope, and as long as they continued to intensify their assault, they would inevitably crush him.

The two stepped forward in unison, their resonant power surging like a raging tide.

However, Li Luo clearly sensed their intent and immediately retreated several steps, wood-attribute power surging on one of his short blades before suddenly erupting.

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

The surrounding large trees suddenly trembled, and tree vines shot out like giant pythons, winding toward Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan.

On these vines, small flowers swayed as they grew, as if absorbing the power of light, causing the vines to become increasingly tough.

Li Luo had even infused this Tiger General Art with light-attribute resonant power to strengthen it.

"Tiger General Art, Heavy Water Art!"

After casting "Binding of Ten Thousand Trees," Li Luo exhaled and unleashed a water-attribute art he had been preparing for a long time; deep blue water sprayed from his mouth and landed upon the vines.

Instantly, the force with which those vines whipped about increased dramatically, as if they had become extremely heavy.

Moreover, if one were to observe closely, they would discover that within the heavy water formed by the resonant power, there was a faint flow of sand and soil.

This was no ordinary Heavy Water Art, for Li Luo had also infused it with earth-attribute power, which would intensify the sensation of weight.

The two resonant arts Li Luo cast this time were clearly more refined than when he had dealt with Duze Beixuan during the selection tournament.

Previously, he had struggled to withstand the joint assault of Wang Hejiu and the other, all while secretly circulating his water-light resonance and wood-earth resonance to prepare for this counterattack.

Swish!

The vines tore through the air, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds, and smashed fiercely toward Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan.

Seeing this, the two immediately stirred their resonant power to meet the attack with all their might.

Bang! Bang!

The spear and fan, wrapped in powerful resonant energy, turned into streaks of afterimages as they collided with the incoming vines, and at the moment of impact, the expressions of both Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan changed.

"Such heavy power!"

Wang Hejiu frowned; the power contained within those vines felt as heavy as ten thousand pounds, and a single collision left even his palms slightly numb.

"This is Li Luo's fusion resonant art!"

Duze Beixuan said quickly, his expression grim, for he had been defeated by these two fusion resonant arts of Li Luo's during the previous selection tournament.

Moreover, this time, he could clearly feel that the power of Li Luo's fusion resonant art seemed to have become even more formidable.

"As expected of a dual resonance; even without mastering dual resonant power, this fusion resonant art is still so troublesome," Wang Hejiu sighed and said.

"But Li Luo, do you really think we haven't prepared to face this kind of fusion resonant art?"

"This kind of art can catch one off guard the first time, but it won't have such good results the second time."

Wang Hejiu took a deep breath, and dark green light patterns seemed to wriggle across his face, finally converging at his mouth.

He suddenly opened his mouth, and dark green resonant power swept out: "Tiger General Art, Poison Erosion Storm!"

Woo!

The dark green resonant power seemed to transform into a toxic storm, raging in all directions; the toxic storm collided with the vines, instantly erupting with hissing sounds as the power on the vines began to dissolve.

At the same time, Duze Beixuan also stepped forward, likewise opening his mouth as deep blue resonant power erupted: "Tiger General Art, Kun Chant!"

Woo!

Deep blue sound waves suddenly erupted and swept out, whistling as they carried Wang Hejiu's toxic storm, completely shredding the incoming vines and sweeping toward Li Luo's location.

Li Luo's expression changed, and he retreated rapidly; he hadn't expected that Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan would also display a coordination between resonant arts, directly breaking his attack.

Sure enough, these students who could stand out at the Saint Profound Star Academy were no pushovers; after a period of adaptation, they had begun to show the power of coordination, and under these circumstances, the advantage Li Luo's fusion resonant art could provide was being rapidly weakened.

He looked at the sound-wave poison gas rapidly enlarging in his pupils; the power contained within it was already quite astonishing.

Li Luo was silent for a few seconds, then said softly: "Xin Fu, can you help me block this?"

Shadows swirled to the side, and Xin Fu's voice was much more solemn than usual: "That's no problem, but I can only block an attack of this level once; after that, I won't have the strength to help you."

"Are you sure you can handle it alone after that?"

Li Luo smiled, feeling the two resonant power seeds in his two resonant palaces jumping violently, and nodded gently.

"Good." Seeing this, Xin Fu did not ask further, simply replying with one word.

Li Luo's figure retreated rapidly.

The surrounding shadows began to wriggle at this moment, and Xin Fu walked out from the shadows; boundless shadows surged out like ink, creating a sense of covering the sky and earth.

The sound-wave poison gas rolled toward them, and Xin Fu clasped his hands together, a low voice sounding out: "Shadow Curtain!"

The shadows suddenly erupted, as if transforming into a world of darkness, completely permeating this mountain stream.

The sound-wave poison gas raged through, colliding with the spreading dark shadow curtain.

Boom! Boom!

The low sound of resonant power tearing through the air echoed continuously in the darkness.

This stalemate lasted for about half a minute before the black curtain suddenly became riddled with holes and was finally torn apart.

The sound-wave poison gas rolled through, destroying it completely.

Within the shadows, Xin Fu's figure flew backward in a sorry state, crashing into the bushes; he leaned powerlessly against a tree trunk, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the faint dark green wounds staining his body, shaking his head helplessly.

It was a pity; if the ranking battle could have been delayed, he would have been able to step into the Pattern-Birth stage, and then the opponent's advantage wouldn't be as massive as it was now.

He looked toward Li Luo's direction and muttered: "Captain, the rest is up to your performance."

(First update.)