Absolute Resonance

e in red beat him to it.
A dark-red whip snaked out to coil itself around Jiang Qing ’e ’s waist like a lasso, and it pulled her back through the barrier with a tremendous yank.

Duze Honglian caught her up on the high wall.

”Saved you back.
Now we ’re even. ”

Jiang Qing ’e didn ’t reply, still looking regretfully at the rapidly fading scar she had left behind.
It had been a powerful blow, but not enough to finish it off as she had hoped.

The crisis was delayed, but not averted.

Li Luo appeared by her side.
”How are you? ” he asked worriedly.

She examined her injuries.
The grinning demon ’s attack had shaken up her resonant palace, and her resonant power flow was completely awry.

Serious injuries.

”Not good. ”

She had expected injuries, but she had hoped that she could defeat the demon in exchange.
In her current state, she would pose no more threat to it.

The situation was not looking good.

”You did very well, ” Li Luo said, holding her hand tenderly.

”Less of the lover cooing, for goodness’ sake.
The grinning demon ’s on the warpath now, ” Duze Honglian snapped at them.

They looked up to see the Other furious at Jiang Qing ’e ’s escape.
It screeched in fury.

Although it had avoided death after devouring many Others, it was still wounded.
It knew that those in the purified spot were waiting for reinforcements.
When those arrived, its chances would be gone.

It barely hesitated before it leaped into action again, its body swelling as it flexed its power.

The Other began to eat itself.
The sharp teeth turned downwards to feast on its corpulent body, freshly gorged from its eating spree through the black vortex.

Soon, all that was left was the grinning face, a disembodied head dozens of meters in size, hovering in the sky.

It cackled again, then it opened its mouth to spray a sticky, black rain of sludge down on the barrier.

The rain droplets were putrid and corrosive, eating away at everything they touched like an acid rain.

Phish!

As each drop landed on the barrier, they evaporated with a hissing sound.
However, the purification power of the barrier weakened ever so slightly with each drop it repelled.

There was way too much black rain.
Its power would not last.

”Surely that ’s its original plan… ”

Duze Honglian watched the black rain, aghast.
”It probably won ’t stop until the barrier breaks. ”

The students started to panic again.
Clearly, this was an extremely powerful move by the grinning demon.

They could only watch helplessly as the final barrier above them broke.

Bai Mengmeng, Xin Fu, and the other first years came to stand with them, seeking comfort and advice.

Li Luo and Jiang Qing ’e stared at the black rain above them, both leaders at a loss for words.

”Umbra Cave, eh.
To think that we all might fall here. ” Li Luo sighed deeply.

Jiang Qing ’e shook him by the shoulder.
”Don ’t worry, ” she said softly, ”I won ’t let you die here. ”

Li Luo recognized the resolve in her voice all too well.
At the last moment, she would probably send him away with all her power.

Perhaps even giving her own life in the process.

He would not have that.
He looked up at the barrier again.
”How long do you think it ’ll last? ”

”Probably another three days, ” Jiang Qing ’e answered doubtfully.

”Three days… ”

There was a gleam in Li Luo ’s eye.
”I might just make it in time. ”

Jiang Qing ’e ’s eyebrows shot up.
”What are you thinking? ”

Li Luo smiled brightly at her.

”I ’m thinking of going to get help. ”