Chapter 0833: Battle against Qin Yi
As soon as Qin Yi finished her sentence, a huge amount of resonant power surged within her and then an azure wave of power appeared behind her like a gigantic tsunami. As the wave raged, the void around her trembled and a low roar could be heard. The dominant presence from the energy waves dispersed in all directions like tidal waves.
When Li Luo sensed her energy waves, his face turned serious. He had managed to reach the power of a lower first-grade Duke thanks to using Harmony with the Green Nether Banner. Qin Yi, however, was as strong as an upper first-grade Duke.
Moreover, she was a truly top-tier expert amongst upper first-grades. After all, she was the kind of talent who could defeat opponents at higher stages than her thanks to her exceptional talent. Li Luo had a feeling that she would not lose out even if she were to encounter a real upper first-grade Duke when she had the assistance of the Fire Lotus Camp.
Furthermore, he could faintly sense that this was not her limit.
She was about as strong as Li Qingfeng based on the energy waves being sent out. However, Li Luo could clearly sense that Qin Yi was a level above him.
"Did she separate her powers in order to maintain this water palace and trap the other Banner Leaders?" Li Luo pondered for a moment and finally understood. Ultimately, this was no ordinary water palace. In order to keep all the highly talented Banner Leaders like Li Qingfeng here, Qin Yi must have spent a great deal of energy to keep this art up.
Nonetheless, the fact that she could remain so powerful even while she was maintaining the palace meant that Qin Yi was undoubtedly the strongest opponent that Li Luo had come to face in his generation to date.
Li Luo stretched out his hands at this moment and grabbed his Golden-Jade Onyx-Elephant Blade.
Divine Elephant Power Level Three!
The mottled and simple blade vibrated, and enormous force flowed into his arm like ancient elephants rampaging. The flesh and blood of Li Luo's arm expanded violently and his skin began to tear.
Thunderpeal Avatar, Two Sonic Pulses!
A thunderclap could be heard from the lightning forge near his heart. It echoed throughout his body, then his flesh started to vibrate. At this moment, his flesh and blood seemed to ignite and his physical body was rapidly strengthened.
Li Luo would not let his guard down against a strong opponent like Qin Yi. He had utilized his entire arsenal right from the start.
Nine Revolutions Art, Heavenly Dragon Lightning Breath!
He launched his attack without any hesitation, utilizing a Nine Revolutions Art right from the start.
Roar!
A dragon roar echoed in the square, and a huge dragon manifestation emerged behind Li Luo. It opened its maw, and the roaring thunder and lightning within it shot straight towards Qin Yi in a destructive blast.
"This must be a Nine Revolutions Art of the Heavenly Dragon's Five Lineages. Pretty impressive, especially with the combined power of Harmony from your banner," Qin Yi said as she watched on with eyes clear and calm like a serene lake. She had shown no signs of shock or fear amidst the devastating attack launched by Li Luo. Instead, she watched the lightning dragonbreath charge towards her with great interest.
She extended her jade-like hands, and enormous amounts of energy gathered in front of her, condensing rapidly into an oddly shaped flower.
"Let me show you a secret art from the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qing too, Banner Leader Li Luo."
With a flick of her slender fingers, the gorgeous flower of energy flew out. In the air, it rapidly expanded into hundreds of meters in width with petals that were both delicate and graceful.
Secret art: Spirit Devouring Flower.
Bang!
The lightning dragonbreath aggressively clashed with the graceful flower condensed from energy, creating deafening lightning booms that resounded throughout the crystal-clear square.
Li Luo watched the collision in surprise. Despite its delicate appearance, the flower of energy did not disintegrate under the brutal assault of the lightning dragonbreath. Rather, it was rapidly losing its power as it was grinded away by the dancing petals.
Gradually, lightning energy started to surface on the front of the energy flower.
It was as if the lightning dragonbreath had been absorbed by it.
After a few breaths, the lightning dragonbreath was completely gone. All that was left was the flower with lightning energy crackling atop its surface.
Qin Yi smiled slightly at this, and the flower expanded. In the next moment, it exploded with a deafening, thunderous boom.
The fallen petals that were filled with wild lightning energy flew directly towards Li Luo.
Li Luo frowned upon this sight, and lightning flashes appeared beneath his feet.
Thunderbolt Art!
In a flash, Li Luo disappeared from his original spot and appeared behind Qin Yi. With a tight grip on the Onyx-Elephant Blade, his dual resonance power surged within his weapon as he slashed down.
Like a spiritual being, there were Vestiges of Spirituality imbued within the huge power of his dual resonances.
Dual resonances third realm: Sentience. Vestiges of Spirituality!
The slash was filled with not just the Vestiges of Spirituality from his dual resonances, but also the power of his Thunderpeal Avatar and Divine Elephant Power. It was a terrifying force to be reckoned with.
When the blade light flashed toward its target, the void was torn apart with a piercingly sharp ringing sound.
The blade light slashed across Qin Yi's slender waist, showing that Li Luo had no intention to hold back for this beauty.
Clearly, Qin Yi did not need any such mercy.
In response to the sudden attack, a mysterious shadow that looked just like her emerged behind her back.
This was a spirit avatar, something that was only available to those with ninth-grade resonances! The emergence of a spirit avatar would greatly enhance one's sensitivity and affinity with worldly natural energy. At the same time, it would greatly boost the effect of any skills casted.
Li Luo had seen Jiang Qing'e use it in the past.
The only difference was that Jiang Qing'e's was a light spirit avatar, while Qin Yi's was a water spirit avatar.
With the appearance of the water spirit avatar, water-attribute worldly natural energy gathered behind her at a crazy speed and quickly condensed into a water veil.
The water veil appeared paper thin, but it was immensely dense and heavy, meaning it had extremely strong defensive power.
When the light of the blade swept down, it clashed directly with the water veil.
Nearly half of the water veil was instantly torn apart by the slash.
There was a hint of surprise within Qin Yi’s calm eyes. It seemed like Li Luo’s attack contained much more power than she had originally imagined.
Her heavy water veil was created with her ninth-grade water resonance. Under normal circumstances, one would need to expend a great amount of energy in order to break it apart.
However, it seemed like Li Luo had totally negated her ninth-grade resonant power.
"Dual resonant power with the Vestiges of Spirituality?"
Qin Yi immediately sensed the difference coming from Li Luo's slash. Her experiences and knowledge were extraordinary, so she instantly understood the strange strength Li Luo had just displayed. There was a kind of magical power in it that eroded the ninth-grade resonant power in her water veil.
However, she was not unfamiliar with it, as she had seen her senior, Chu Qing, use it too.
The third realm of dual resonances.
“So Li Luo managed to cultivate his dual resonances to such a high level? He is truly gifted.”
As these thoughts flashed across her mind, her beautiful, charming face remained unfazed and composed. Although it was surprising that Li Luo had managed to attain the third realm in the power of dual resonances, she currently possessed the power of an upper first-grade Duke, so she had no need to worry about someone weaker than herself like Li Luo.
Under the guidance of Qin Yi's jade-like fingers, the heavy water veil folded into a thin, dark-blue mantle with mysterious, glowing light patterns.
Although thin, the mantle wrapped around the blade light like soft, caressing fingers and rapidly eroded the attack.
The flexibility and ever-changing characteristics of the water resonance were simply superb in Qin Yi's delicate hands.
Li Luo's attack could no longer cut through her defense. However, his expression did not change. After all, it was unrealistic to expect to defeat someone like Qin Yi so easily.
There was a huge gap between the their strength ultimately.
It seemed like there was no way he could hold anything back in this battle.
With a glint in his eyes, Li Luo lightened his grip on the Golden-Jade Onyx-Elephant Blade and started forming hand seals with one hand. Then his resonant power surged towards him in an immense torrent.
The purpose of his surprise attack was just to test her strength.
Nine Revolutions secret art: Heavenly Dragon Resonance Enlightenment!
His gaze turned abstruse at this moment. All of a sudden, there was an ancient and wild dragon chant resounding from his body.
At the same time, a mysterious aura rose from behind Li Luo. Gradually, a huge silhouette materialized.
The silhouette entangled windingly and exuded an extremely ancient and terrifying dragonfear.
This dragonfear would pierce all defenses and go straight to the deepest part of anyone's heart.
As such, even Qin Yi’s water mantle was ineffective at this moment. The might of the Heavenly Dragon struck straight at her soul, and her usually composed heart experienced a shock momentarily.
Finally, Li Luo decided that it was time to show off his second Nine Revolutions Art.
After using Heavenly Dragon Resonance Enlightenment, he could feel his mental state strengthening. This did not increase his resonant power directly, but it gave him greater confidence and allowed him to control himself better.
Moreover, Heavenly Dragon Resonance Enlightenment could enhance his other resonance arts that possessed a dragon attribute.
With his confidence at an all time high, he completed his hand seal with one hand, and more resonant power surged within him.
His fingertips directly slid across the void in front of him. Immediately after, a crack tore apart the void, and the sound of flowing water could be heard.
In the next moment, dark and cold water gushed out of it. At the same instant, a huge, black dragon pierced through the void and came out of the black river water roaring. Without any hesitation, it flew directly towards Qin Yi and attacked.
The black dragon's furious proclamation demonstrated its overwhelming presence that was more ferocious and aggressive than ever before.
Evidently, the boost from Heavenly Dragon Resonance Enlightenment could not be underestimated.
When the black dragon charged out from the black river for the kill, even the usually calm Qin Yi felt a sense of danger deep within her this time.
For the first time, she finally felt threatened by Li Luo's attack.
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