In a forest.

Boom!

A blast of resonant power ripped a tree from its roots, leaving a gash of dark soil behind. The earthy smell of wet soil filled the air.

On a gentle slope, Lu Qing'er and Yin Yue watched tensely as two people tore at each other like wild beasts.

The dual resonance user, Li Luo, was the only one in the One Star Hall of the Astral Sage College who could stop him. And yet the two girls were watching him have his ass handed to him, and struggling with their own dismay.

Even so, Qin Zhulu was holding on through sheer stubbornness, as he always did.

Qin Zhulu's opponent was darting around him, shrouded in gray smoke. He had ugly, coarse features, a jutting lower jaw and a bulbous forehead. He carried a golden staff,...