Chapter 0580: Leaders' Attack
Weng, weng!
The cleansing power spread outward in pulses that quietened the bustling illusion of Russet Rock City, stripping away all pretense from the dreary reality.
Soon, the city was back to its lifeless state, revealing the true extent of devastation that the Other Disaster had left on its construction.
On a creaky, stone roof, Li Luo surveyed his surroundings. The final drop of cleansing dew twinkled above him as it linked up with other droplets. The cleansing power was still spreading throughout the city.
"I heard that Russet Rock City had a population of a few million in its prime," Lu Ming said quietly from beside him.
Even the usually boisterous Sun Dasheng was quiet for a moment. Millions of people, now millions of corpses.
"Well, let's make a few more Other corpses to even the tally a little," Li Luo said, looking up determinedly. With the dispelling of the illusion, it was the best time for them to take down the Greater Heavenly Disaster Cla.s.s while it was suppressed.
Although the eight squad leaders had remained on the defensive all this time, they were not incapable of attacking. They had simply been biding their time.
...
In the sky above Russet Rock City.
The Bloodtailed Other screeched in outrage, its beautiful face suddenly turning poisonous. The diminutive, cherry lips had stretched to gruesome proportions, revealing rows of razor-sharp, ivory teeth behind them, still dripping with blood.
The bushy tail had also been squashed inwards, and now it looked less luxuriant than before.
"Everyone, we have but one chance," Lan Lan said. He pressed his hands together and started a series of gestures.
"Don't hold back now. Bring your strongest moves."
Hearing Lan Lan's command, the other seven leaders moved with conviction and relief. Finally, their moment had come.
"Any longer, and I'm afraid I wouldn't even have had the strength to hit back," Qin Yue thought wryly to himself.
"Dragon-general resonance art, Mountains' March."
Slapping his hands together, his resonant power formed a dull, yellow hill several hundred meters in height.
"Dragon-general resonance art, Gla.s.sy Flames."
Zhao Beili pulled out a tiny, blue flame cupped within his hands and blew on it until it grew. The temperature of the air around him instantly soared.
"Dragon-general resonance art, Demon Lion's Fist!"
Lian Zong roared in pleasure at being freed from their reserved fighting strategy. He punched the air exuberantly, releasing a large, black lion that bounded forth.
"Dragon-general resonance art, Green Luan Sword Technique."
The First Princess waved her jade scepter, creating a lotus flower of swords that filled the air with sword qi.
Gong Shenjun twisted his index and middle finger together, creating a silver nimbus of light. "Dragon-general resonance art, Finger That Parts the Jade Seas."
Each squad leader had used their best moves, and all of them were impressive. However, the star of the show was going to be Lan Lan, with the giant, hulking silhouette behind him that had a kingly majesty to it.
Facing the eight leaders' attacks, the Bloodtailed Other's eyes narrowed nervously. With a vigorous shake of its tail, it released many hairs that began a rain of blood.
"Attack!" the First Princess shouted, and the eight moved as one.
“Eek!”
The Bloodtailed Other dug in. The rain of blood formed a small pool of blood at its feet, and tortured humans rose up from within, each twisted in agony. These were probably the citizens of Russet Rock City.
Even worldly natural energy decayed away in the pool of blood, forming a new type of blood energy instead.
The Bloodtailed Other was strong within its territory. With a defiant flick of its bushy tail, it leaped to face the leaders.
The battle took place high in the air, but the stray blasts of energy were enough to level the already brittle buildings below.
For Li Luo and the others below, it was like armageddon breaking out. They huddled away behind a broken wall some distance away, as broken debris continued to rain down.
So this was a fight at the Heavenly Dipper General level. From the sound alone, it was many times more intense than their Resonant Master fights.
"They're just at the Heavenly Pearl Stage," Jing Taixu said loftily. "When I'm in the Four Star Hall, I might well be a Heavenly Resonance Stage cultivator. I'll leave my own mark in the records of the sage colleges of the East Divine Continent."
"Big mouth for someone only with a quasi ninth-grade. Have you forgotten about Senior Jiang? She has a real ninth-grade light resonance. You think you can beat her record?" Lu Ming scoffed.
Jing Taixu flinched. He had forgotten.
There was a real ninth-grade cultivator at the Holy Grail Meet!
"I hear there's a big gap between the Heavenly Pearl Stage and the Heavenly Resonance Stage," Li Luo added. "Of all the sage colleges across the East Divine Continent, no one has broken through to the Heavenly Resonance Stage while still a student. You would need a lot of talent... and a lot of resources."
"It's the last d.a.m.ned stage before Duke, isn't it?" Sun Dasheng added eagerly. "Some people even call it Little Duke. Of course it's hard to reach."
"I hear the sage colleges in the inner divine continent have Heavenly Resonance Stage Four Star Hall students once in a while though," Lu Ming said wistfully.
Li Luo nodded to himself. Compared to an outer divine continent like the East Divine Continent, the inner divine continent was much richer and had better talent. It was natural that their students did better.
This was a natural advantage, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Still, it was not impossible for someone of Jiang Qing'e's talent to reach the Heavenly Resonance Stage while still in the Four Star Hall. And perhaps even Li Luo himself... Once he reached Earth Fiend Stage, he would be able to fill his third acquired resonance. With the power of three, his cultivation speed might well match a ninth-grade resonance.
Maybe he could give it a go too.
Boom!
While they chatted, the sky above them rocked yet again. They looked up to see that the pool of blood had swallowed up several of the attacks, although it was also looking worse for wear.
The Bloodtailed Other was not having an easy time of it anymore.
"Senior Lan Lan's Three Kowtows of the Enlightened Sage is coming," Jing Taixu suddenly said.
Li Luo perked up and looked as well. The mystical figure behind Lan Lan was incredibly majestic, and it seemed like heaven and earth were attuned to it.
A King's shadow!
Lan Lan's hair turned white.
Still, his face was resolute as he walked up to the Bloodtailed Other and bent at the waist.
The kingly figure followed suit behind him, bowing.
BOOM!