The gorge was in a woeful state, as though every natural disaster in the book had just passed through.
Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan walked out from the smog, smiling as they looked at Xin Fu's slumped form.
"One down, Li Luo," Wang Hejiu said. Xin Fu might have stopped their attack, but he had paid a heavy price. He was out for the count for the rest of the battle.
Without his interference, they could run more concerted attacks against Li Luo. A powerful advantage for them.
"Anything else that can turn the tables?" Duze Beixuan sneered.
Li Luo looked at them calmly. "You know what? Turning the tables is, like, the most classic of classic plots for the hero."
Wang Hejiu snorted. "Still living in your sweet, summer dreams? Li Luo, every single student in the Astral Sage College fancies themselves a hero. They were all elevated above the rest around them, hailed as geniuses.
"Only after arriving at the Astral Sage College do they realize that they're merely better than average. Here, they see greatness above them.
"You... should realize that too."
Li Luo shook his head. "I guess you still don't believe in me." He sighed. "I guess I'll have to show you another special quality a hero has... breakthrough in battle."
He took a long, shuddering breath, and the flow of worldly natural energy warped around him. Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan jumped back, alarmed.
Water resonance and wood resonance energy!
The two aspects flowed deep into Li Luo's body, resonating deeply within him. His resonant power suddenly jumped to the Upper Flowering level.
A sub-tier improvement.
The two of them stared in disbelief at the newly improved Li Luo.
"Believe me now?" Li Luo said with a smug grin.
"You purposely withstood our attacks to stimulate the resonance seeds within your body," Wang Hejiu said clinically. "The great pressure of battle forced the resonance seeds within you to the point of breakthrough.
"Li Luo, that was ballsy. If it hadn't gone well, your internal organs would be exploding right about now, and your resonance seeds would be shattered."
Li Luo grinned. "Well, they’re looking very unshattered at the moment."
"And don't get ahead of yourself. You're pressuring us well, I'll grant you that. But beat us? I think that's more than you can handle."
Duze Beixuan was of the same mind. "One small step, from Lower to Upper Flowering. You think that changes anything?
"We've dragged this out enough. Let's finish him," he said to Wang Hejiu.
Wang Hejiu nodded. The two shot forth like identical cannon bursts. Toxins and the Kun's sonic attack came at Li Luo again, with a terrifying magnitude that declared the resolve of the two attackers.
Li Luo faced the roiling mass of venom and vibrations, searing the picture into his mind. He closed his eyes and gripped his swords.
Two different-colored resonant powers covered a blade each.
He pressed the swords together, scraping blade against blade.
Screech!
The shrill grating sound echoed against the gorge walls.
From the instant the blades touched, Li Luo's two resonant powers began to resonate with each other, creating a blinding light!
A terrifying burst of resonant power.
Weng!
He sent out two crescent slashes of resonant power from his shortswords, far more powerful than anything his resonant powers could have individually produced.
They cut through the destructive wave easily, both poison and sonic attacks vaporizing upon contact.
A rare moment of silence gripped the gorge as rocks quietly fell apart, cleanly sliced in two.
Duze Beixuan and Wang Hejiu stared in shock.
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