Chapter 180: Emerald Wood Arrow

The Tree of Resonant Power grew from Li Luo's side, extending its branches and leaves; its trunk was as crystalline as jade, flickering with a strange light. At its roots, a flow of water formed by the power of his Water Resonance seeped into the rhizomes, continuously surging into the tree's body.

Finally, the powers of the Water Resonance and Wood Resonance condensed at the heart of the tree. In this form, the two powers were highly concentrated and compressed together.

The emerald green color elsewhere on the Tree of Resonant Power suddenly began to vanish. After a mere few breaths, only a section of the tree heart remained of the entire tree.

Yet this section of the tree heart was crystal clear, as if tree sap were flowing within it, appearing exceptionally peculiar.

Moreover, anyone could clearly sense that an extremely formidable power was contained within this tree heart.

That was actually the power of Dual Resonances!

Furthermore, compared to the blade-light Dual Resonance power Li Luo had unleashed previously, the Dual Resonance power contained within this tree heart was even more stable.

Li Luo's tightly closed eyes finally opened slowly at this moment. He smiled at Wang Hejiu and the other two not far away, then extended his palm. The tree heart landed in his hand, and wood shavings flew as it was carved, ultimately forming a relatively crude emerald green wooden arrow.

The twin blades in Li Luo's hand locked together, forming the Blue Silver Great Bow.

The emerald, jade-like wooden arrow was nocked onto the bowstring. At that moment, Li Luo felt the Blue Silver Great Bow in his hand vibrating violently; the bow body could barely withstand the power contained within this wooden arrow.

"Looks like the bow and arrow need an upgrade..."

This thought flashed through Li Luo's mind, and he then looked not far away, where the expressions of Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan had also turned extremely ugly. Clearly, they had both sensed the formidable nature of Li Luo's incoming attack.

This would likely be the move that decided the outcome.

"To be forced to this extent..."

Wang Hejiu's expression was somewhat complex. This battle was clearly several times more difficult than he had imagined. He had originally thought that with the crushing strength of himself and Duze Beixuan, Li Luo's team would inevitably collapse. Yet not only had Li Luo withstood their pressure, but he had also completed a small breakthrough, and most importantly, he had unleashed the power of Dual Resonances.

After today, his position as the second-ranked freshman might not be so secure anymore.

"Let's use the trump card we prepared earlier... although we aren't very proficient with it yet, we have no choice but to try. It was originally meant for dealing with Qin Zhulu, but if we don't use it now, I'm afraid there won't be any opportunity to use it in this ranking battle." Wang Hejiu looked at Duze Beixuan and Qi Luozi, his expression solemn.

The two nodded upon hearing this; after all, this was all they had left.

Qi Luozi made the first move. Dark cyan Resonant Power surged, seemingly transforming into vines. These vines quickly coiled together, finally forming a vine tube about a zhang long and as thick as a bowl in front of them.

It resembled a cannon barrel.

Wang Hejiu pressed his palm onto the cannon barrel, his expression solemn, as his Poison Resonance power rapidly surged into it.

At the same time, Duze Beixuan also poured his own Resonant Power into it. Immediately, the vine cannon barrel vibrated violently, and Qi Luozi tried her best to stabilize it.

After a few breaths, she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't pour any more in, it can't hold!"

Wang Hejiu's face had also turned much paler. He nodded, exchanged a glance with Duze Beixuan, and slammed his palm heavily onto the cannon barrel.

"Poison Kun Great Cannon!"

Boom!

The next instant, a green spark seemed to erupt from within the cannon barrel, and a beam of Resonant Power shot out. The beam was dark green in color and shaped like a Kun, while its outer layer was covered in dense Poison Resonance power.

This already counted as a relatively sophisticated combination of Resonant Arts.

Its power was also exceptionally astonishing.

"You actually have some ideas..." Li Luo looked at the Poison Kun Great Cannon, a flash of surprise in his eyes. At this moment, he had finally stabilized the vibrating blue great bow. He pulled the bowstring with two fingers until it was like a full moon, and the slightly crude wooden arrow trembled slightly.

Hum!

The next instant, his fingers released, a piercing sound of wind-breaking rang out, and a beam of emerald light shot out.

The momentum of this wooden arrow's light was not intense, not even comparable to the light arrows Li Luo had fired before. Yet, within this plainness, it contained an extremely astonishing power.

That was the manifestation of Li Luo's Dual Resonance power!

Swish!

In just a few breaths, the Poison Kun Great Cannon with its astonishing momentum collided with the plain, unadorned wooden arrow light in the middle of the mountain stream.

However, there was no loud noise or violent explosion of Resonant Power during the collision. The emerald wooden arrow simply pierced directly into the Poison Kun light; wherever it passed, the poison gas dissipated and the blue light retreated.

Fine cracks appeared on the crude emerald wooden arrow.

Swish!

Finally, when the emerald wooden arrow pierced through the Poison Kun, the Poison Kun completely dissipated, and the arrow itself was covered in cracks.

Wang Hejiu and the other two were horrified; they had not expected that even this trump card failed to neutralize the momentum of Li Luo's arrow.

Is the power of Dual Resonances really this monstrous?!

The cracked emerald wooden arrow began to shatter when it was still ten zhang away from Wang Hejiu and the others, but a powerful shockwave of Resonant Power still erupted and swept across.

The three bore the brunt of it and were sent flying backward, crashing into the mountain wall in a sorry state. All of them spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly having suffered heavy injuries.

Seeing this scene, Li Luo shook his head with some regret, then sat down on a rock, exhausted, lacking even the strength to move his fingers.

That arrow had drained all the Resonant Power in his body.

Wang Hejiu, Duze Beixuan, and the third person climbed up with difficulty. They glanced at Li Luo, who was sitting motionless on the rock, and immediately understood that the latter was also nearly exhausted.

"Let's go, while he's drained, we leave first!" Wang Hejiu gritted his teeth and said.

The three of them were in terrible condition, no better than Li Luo. He no longer thought about taking down Li Luo's team; retreating to preserve their points was the most important thing now.

Li Luo shouldn't have the strength to pursue them now, right?

As long as they kept their points, this battle could only be considered a draw, barely managing to save some face.

The three helped each other up and turned to leave in a hurry.

Seeing their actions, Li Luo couldn't help but smile. Although he and Xin Fu had both lost their combat effectiveness, had they forgotten that their team also had three people?

As Li Luo smiled, Wang Hejiu and the others, who were turning to leave, saw their expressions turn ugly as well. They saw Bai Mengmeng standing behind them, holding a thin, butterfly-wing-like sword, her bright, watery eyes looking at them.

Wang Hejiu looked at Bai Mengmeng, feeling his temples throbbing; he felt an indescribable sense of frustration.

He had almost forgotten that there was still a Bai Mengmeng on the other side who had barely made a direct move.

In normal circumstances, he wouldn't have even looked at Bai Mengmeng, but now, all three of them had lost their combat power and were nearly crippled. At this moment, Bai Mengmeng was undoubtedly an invincible existence to them.

Facing the three with their stiff expressions, Bai Mengmeng bit her lip and said softly, "Please hand over your badges... My hands shake when I hit people, and if I accidentally stab a vital spot, that wouldn't be good."

Consequently, the expressions of the three became even uglier.

Finally, Wang Hejiu pulled off the badge on his chest with a gloomy face and threw it out, also tossing all the badges they had collected this time to Bai Mengmeng. One-third of these badges would become the opponent's spoils of war.

Bai Mengmeng clasped her small hands together and said gratefully, "Thank you, thank you."

Yet, facing such a polite Bai Mengmeng, Wang Hejiu and the others felt no comfort at all; instead, they were full of gloom. They knew that by losing to Li Luo's team, they would inevitably be reprimanded by Shen Jinxiao, and they would likely have a hard time in the days to come.

(First update.)