Li Luo did not respond to Lu Cāng's taunts. He knew his opponent was simply trying to make him lose his cool.

His water and wood resonant powers circulated within him, healing his wounds quickly.

"The Blue Abyss Sage College has done well to bet on a horse like you. Or should I say snake?" Li Luo grinned.

He did not even bother to protest that this was actually a two-on-one. If the Astral Sage College's invigilators had not called a halt to the competition, then it was legal. No news was good news for Lu Cāng.

So the time for speeches was over. Now was the time for action. He had to take down the snake with cold steel.

Easier said than done.

Lu Cāng's boast was true indeed—he was by far the strongest opponent that Li Luo had encountered that was at the same cultivation level. These two brothers' resonance...