The arboreal sprawl cloaked the rocky mountains in a coat of severe green, relenting only to allow dappled sunlight to filter downwards, and the ferocious roar of spirit beasts ringing out upwards.

This was the mountain behind the Astral Sage College, the Gukun mountain range.

Sweat was pouring down Li Luo's face, stinging his eyes. His hand was practically a wiper on maximum speed, but the rain of saltwater seemed endless. He was using his resonant power in every way he could think of to increase his speed, and yet Chi Chan easily maintained her distance a few dozen meters ahead of him. He could not close the distance.

The Gukun mountain range had become particularly lively...