Chapter 340: Siege

As Li Luo's voice fell, Lu Qinger and Qin Zhulu were both startled, their eyes filled with suspicion as they looked at Ji Xun opposite them.

At this moment, the latter also narrowed his eyes slightly, then said indifferently, "What do you mean?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "Just a simple feeling."

Ji Xun sneered, "Why should I tell you?"

"This friend is so uncooperative... it seems you haven't suffered enough," Li Luo said with regret.

A mocking smile tugged at the corner of Ji Xun's mouth: "What an arrogant brat. Even if your strength is on par with your companion, so what? Two at the Third Pattern, one at the First Pattern, that's all."

Although Guo Xiang and Xu Ling being dealt with so quickly was somewhat beyond his expectations, that was all there was to it; he knew very well how much "water" those two guys had in them.

As for himself, he possessed the strength of the Third Stage of the Resonance Master Realm. Even though Li Luo and Qin Zhulu were outstanding among their peers, there was still a non-negligible gap between them and him.

Therefore, seeing Li Luo act so arrogantly before him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of mockery.

He truly didn't understand: the opponents were clearly a bunch of rookies, so why did they have such a look of holding the winning hand? Was it ignorance, or were they arrogant to the point of no return?

Roar!

At this moment, Qin Zhulu could no longer suppress his surging battle intent. All the resonance power within his body erupted, golden tiger patterns flickered with an intermittent luster on the surface of his skin, and he shot forward holding his heavy spear, the spear tip enveloped in immense force as it shrouded Ji Xun.

Seeing this, Ji Xun let out a cold snort and said, "I was just playing with you before; did you really think you could contend with me?"

He took half a step back, his willow-leaf blade humming and vibrating as if a series of cyan wind rings were rotating around the blade body, and then he suddenly shot forward. With a single slash, the ground was directly torn open, leaving a deep blade mark.

Clang!

The blade tip clashed head-on with the spear radiance, resonance power surged, and the ice and snow on the nearby ground were melted by the impact of the resonance power.

Ding ding dang dang!

And it was at the very moment of the collision that the wind rings on Ji Xun's blade suddenly began to collide with each other. Visible sound waves swept out like a gale; though they were clearly sound waves, they emitted an extremely sharp aura, streaking across Qin Zhulu's body as fast as lightning.

Deep bloodstains immediately appeared on Qin Zhulu's body, and he let out a pained roar, his figure retreating in a somewhat disheveled manner.

Ji Xun pursued the victory, taking a step forward; his figure was like a gale, striking directly at Qin Zhulu.

However, a figure flashed out from behind Qin Zhulu even faster, meeting him head-on—it was Li Luo.

"Hmph, let me see what kind of ability you have!"

Seeing this, Ji Xun sneered. The willow-leaf blade, with its rotating wind rings, unleashed an even fiercer offensive, manifesting waves of blade light as he slashed angrily down directly at Li Luo.

Water radiance flowed at high speed over Li Luo's twin blades, and blade light emerged as well, clashing head-on with the opponent's blade light in that instant.

Clang, clang!

At the moment of contact, Ji Xun's expression couldn't help but shift, because he discovered that Li Luo's resonance power was also so sharp and pure, not at all inferior to Qin Zhulu's Gold-Devouring Demon Tiger Resonance.

"This guy is also an Eighth-Grade Water Resonance?!"

Ji Xun felt a bit astonished. How could this team be so strange? Clearly, their resonance power levels weren't high, yet they all possessed such high-grade resonances. If these two guys weren't at the Third Pattern but the Fifth Pattern, he felt he might not be able to beat either of them today.

Emotions flickered in his heart, but Ji Xun's hands did not slow down in the slightest. With a swipe of his palm, the wind rings rotated violently, and extremely sharp sound waves swept directly toward Li Luo.

However, this offensive, which had previously caused Qin Zhulu to suffer, did not work again, because a jade-green resonance power suddenly emerged on the surface of Li Luo's body, transforming into a layer of wooden armor that just happened to resist these wind blades.

"Wood Resonance power?!"

If he had been astonished before, this time Ji Xun felt it was incredible. He stared in shock at the Wood Resonance power on the surface of Li Luo's body. How could this guy possess two types of resonance power?!!

Two types of resonance power—wasn't that the mark of a Marquis-level expert?

For a moment, Ji Xun felt his brain turn to mush.

Boom!

However, the mushiness lasted only a few breaths before he was jolted awake by a roaring, violent resonance power. He saw Qin Zhulu charging over, looking like a fierce god, his spear tip like a dragon, his dark red resonance power faintly transforming into a galloping giant tiger.

Clang!

Ji Xun hurriedly met him with his blade. The sound of metal clashing rang out, and this time, caught somewhat off guard, he was immediately forced back a step, his face turning from pale to white.

But before he could speak, he felt a chill permeating from under his feet. Looking down, he saw cold frost quietly encroaching upon him.

He turned his head and saw Lu Qinger not far away, secretly making her move.

Lu Qinger was only at the First Pattern of the Resonance Pattern Stage. She knew the gap in strength between her and Ji Xun was huge, so she didn't attack head-on, choosing instead to transform her Ice Resonance power into cold air to slow down the speed Ji Xun excelled at.

Ji Xun hurriedly used his resonance power to neutralize the cold air, but the speed of neutralization was not as fast as he had imagined. He immediately understood that Lu Qinger's Ice Resonance grade had likely also reached the Eighth Grade, because the opponent's resonance power contained spirituality, which made it even more troublesome.

"What the hell! Three Eighth-Grade resonances?!"

Ji Xun's face turned green. Did the Great Xia Long Baoxing have so many Eighth-Grade resonances?

However, in the moment he tried to neutralize the encroaching cold, Li Luo and Qin Zhulu had already joined forces to attack. Such a fierce offensive left Ji Xun not daring to be negligent, and he no longer had the heart to think about Lu Qinger's side, hurriedly channeling all the resonance power in his body to meet them.

This time, the clash between the two sides was exceptionally intense. The combined efforts of Li Luo and Qin Zhulu finally meant that Ji Xun's strength at the First Transformation of the Resonance Transformation Stage no longer held any advantage. The two sides fought fiercely, appearing somewhat deadlocked for a time.

In this stalemate, Ji Xun's heart sank bit by bit, because the current situation was beginning to look extremely unfavorable for him.

The two people before him, although their resonance power intensity was weaker than his, both possessed real skills. Qin Zhulu's Gold-Devouring Demon Tiger Resonance was violent and fierce, augmenting his physical strength, and combined with his fearless nature, he caused him trouble repeatedly. And that Li Luo was even more bizarre; his Water Resonance power was extremely pure, and he actually possessed Wood Resonance power as well—he was troublesome to the extreme.

In the current battle, he could only rely on his own resonance power advantage to maintain the stalemate.

But judging by the increasingly fierce counterattacks from the other side, the situation had already slipped out of his control.

On top of that, the other side had a girl with an Eighth-Grade Ice Resonance constantly interfering with him using cold air, neutralizing the speed advantage brought by his Wind Resonance.

His feet were almost numb, and he was numb as well.

Ji Xun felt aggrieved. He had originally thought this rookie team was a gift from heaven, but he hadn't expected these rookies to have such sharp claws and teeth.

Forget it, a wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him; running away is the best policy!

With this thought in mind, Ji Xun slashed down with his blade, his resonance power erupting, directly forcing Li Luo and Qin Zhulu back, and then he suddenly turned and shot toward the other side.

Whoosh!

However, the moment his figure darted out, the branches of a large tree to the side suddenly entangled him like a python, directly binding his feet. With his balance lost, he tumbled headfirst to the ground.

By the time he struggled to get up, two short blades and one spear tip were silently hovering at his neck.

Ji Xun's body went stiff, and he slowly turned his head to look at Li Luo and Qin Zhulu, who had arrived at his side.

Li Luo squatted down and kindly patted his head.

"Friend, can we talk properly now?"