Chapter 70: Li Luo's Arrow

Boom! Boom!

Within the ruins, faint sounds of thunder constantly echoed. Not far away, students from other academies were watching this scene, and under their gaze, Shi Kong was currently fighting at full strength, forcing Li Luo to constantly retreat and dodge.

At this rate, it likely wouldn't be long before Li Luo was eliminated.

This made them secretly shake their heads. Although Li Luo’s rise had been quite rapid, he still lacked the necessary experience to face a formidable enemy like Shi Kong; it was a pity.

Clang!

Under the gaze of many, the blade and spear collided fiercely. Li Luo’s figure was sent flying once again, crashing directly into a dilapidated building.

Shi Kong stood with his spear planted in the ground, looking down at the building with a disdainful gaze. The power of his Lightning Resonance crackled over his body, giving off a powerful sense of oppression.

"Li Luo, it seems your ability isn't quite up to the task of pulling off a desperate comeback," he said with a faint smile, his words laced with subtle mockery.

"If you still want to save some face, you should hurry up and admit defeat."

Inside the dilapidated building, the light was dim. Li Luo leaned against the wall, listening to Shi Kong’s voice outside. He suddenly smiled and muttered to himself, "He really is a formidable enemy."

"It seems I was a bit naive, thinking I wouldn't need to go this far. But the timing should be just right now."

His expression was somewhat helpless as he gripped his twin blades. He pressed their hilts together; both hilts were shaped like beast mouths, and now that they were fitted together, the fangs interlocked. With a gentle twist, they actually connected into one.

At the same time, the blades extended slightly, making the arc of the blades deeper.

It looked... as if it had transformed into a large bow formed by the combination of the two blades.

And indeed, this was a large blue-silver bow.

Li Luo pressed his finger against the hilt, and a small hole appeared at the tip of the blade. A silver thread shot out, which Li Luo gently wound around to form a bowstring.

This was the specially crafted Resonance weapon he had requested. It was normally in the form of twin blades, but outsiders did not know it had another hidden form: this large bow, which Li Luo had named the "Lan Guang Bow."

Li Luo gripped the bow handle formed by the twin hilts. This was his hidden trump card; he hadn't wanted to expose it, but clearly, being too low-key made it easy to fail.

He raised his head, looking at the silhouette of Shi Kong outside, a trace of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth—a smile filled with extreme, icy coldness.

Outside, Shi Kong seemed to feel a vague sense of inexplicable unease. He frowned, and in the next instant, the long spear in his hand transformed into a streak of silver light and shot directly into the ruined building.

Boom!

Resonance power roared, but at that moment, a figure shot out from above and landed on a ruined stone pillar covered in vines in the distance.

It was Li Luo.

Shi Kong gripped his palm, and the long spear was sucked back into his hand. He frowned as he looked at Li Luo, especially at the large blue-silver bow in the latter's hands.

At this moment, both within the White Spirit Ruins and outside White Spirit Mountain, many suspicious eyes were fixed on Li Luo, who had suddenly produced a large bow, clearly not understanding what he intended to do.

"At a time like this, are you still trying to play tricks?" Shi Kong said indifferently.

Li Luo did not speak. Instead, he took a deep breath and drew the bowstring. The next moment, the Resonance power within his body poured out, eventually forming a faint light arrow on the string.

The arrowhead and the shaft of the light arrow flickered with bright light, condensed from Light Resonance power. Only Li Luo knew that within this arrow, the Light Resonance power had constructed many orderly hollow channels. These light-filled voids were densely packed throughout the arrow shaft, and he then circulated his Water Resonance power through them at high speed, pushing against each other.

It felt as if light was carrying water, flowing past at an indescribable speed.

When water reaches such a speed, who would dare call Water Resonance soft and weak?

Li Luo felt the rapid drain of Resonance power within his body, but a smile appeared on his lips. The foundation of this Resonance Art was actually a high-grade Water Resonance Art, "Water Flow Loss," and a high-grade Light Resonance Art, "Streamer Art"...

Using these two arts as a base, and after much conceptualization and countless failures, he had finally succeeded in modifying it, thanks to his own insight into Resonance Arts.

This arrow, he called it...

Lan Guang Heavenly Flow Arrow.

This was currently Li Luo’s most lethal Resonance Art, and also his final trump card.

Shi Kong’s original expression had been very calm and composed, as he didn't think Li Luo could do anything at this point. However, when the streamer arrow on Li Luo’s blue-silver bow condensed and locked onto him, his expression began to change.

Because at this moment, he inexplicably felt a pervasive stinging sensation, as if he were facing a formidable enemy capable of posing a major threat to him.

"How is this possible? He is only at the Eight-Seal Resonance level; how could he make me feel such fear?" Shock surged in Shi Kong’s eyes. At this moment, with the blessing of his Raging Thunder Armor, he didn't fear even a peak-condition Lu Qinger. How could Li Luo possibly pose a threat to him?

What exactly was that streamer arrow of Li Luo’s?!

Could it be a General-grade Resonance Art? But that level of Resonance Art could never be activated by someone with Eight-Seal Resonance power!

But if it wasn't a General-grade Resonance Art, why did it make him feel like he was being pricked by needles?

As his eyes shifted, Shi Kong suddenly shot backward. Facing Li Luo’s unknown arrow, he did not recklessly advance but chose to retreat temporarily.

He believed that this arrow would be Li Luo’s final strike. As long as he could dodge it, the Li Luo that followed would be fish on a chopping block, waiting to be slaughtered.

Li Luo watched the rapidly retreating Shi Kong with a calm gaze. Your Lightning Resonance is indeed good at speed, but no matter how fast you are, can you be faster than water carried by light?

The bowstring was like a full moon, and Li Luo’s fingers, which were gripping the string, suddenly released.

Hum!

In that instant, a low humming sound seemed to ring out.

Everyone saw a streak of light shoot across the air, but it was almost impossible to see its flight trajectory.

Boom!

As the streamer arrow flew out, the hairs on Shi Kong’s body stood on end. He roared, "Thunder Step!"

Lightning seemed to flash beneath his feet as he pushed his speed to the limit.

However, it was all in vain.

Shi Kong could only see a streak of light flash across his field of vision. Then, he saw a hole suddenly appear in the wall blocking his path, with the light of the setting sun shining through it.

In the critical moment, Shi Kong roared, channeling all the Resonance power in his body. His long spear shot out like a thunder dragon, blasting toward the front.

Ding!

A crisp sound followed immediately, and then, with his pupils shrinking, Shi Kong saw his long spear, wrapped in Lightning Resonance power, split right down the middle.

A streamer arrow shot out from the broken spear, and in just a few breaths, to Shi Kong’s horrified gaze, it pierced through his outstretched left palm.

The so-called Raging Thunder Armor lasted less than a second before it was directly pierced and shattered.

Ah!

A shrill scream rang out.

Blood gushed from Shi Kong’s left arm. He was sent flying backward as if struck by a heavy blow, crashing heavily into the ruins and vomiting a mouthful of blood.

The entire area inside and outside White Spirit Mountain seemed to fall silent all of a sudden.