Absolute Resonance

ic drop was all they had to show for several hours of hard work.

Li Luo stuffed the anima gourd away.
“This isn't going to work,” he said unhappily to Xin Fu, Yi Lisha, and the others.
“We have to go find anima cumulonimbuses.
Otherwise, we'll be here forever.”

No risk, no reward.

Yi Lisha was still in his usual sandals, splashing back out through the water.
“Choosing that approach means big battles,” he pointed out amiably.
“We won't have such a peaceful time anymore.”

“It can't be helped.
The hall-level competition is structured to eliminate people.
It's hard to go against the meta and think we can reach the core region with full strength,” Li Luo replied.

Yi Lisha nodded.
He put his hands on his hips and took a relaxed stretch.
“Well, you're the boss.
We're yours to command,” he said with an easy smile.

Beside Yi Lisha, Si Qiuying remained silent.
She could hear the respect in her squad leader's voice…
It was not because of Li Luo's status, but because of the sheer weight of his performance in the past year.
Especially at the ticket match—Li Luo had wowed the entire class there.
Even the other Violet Vibrance squad leaders like Yi Lisha had no more doubts about his strength.
He was the undisputed king.

It was hard to imagine that this young lord from the Tianshu province had once strolled into school without a single eye on him.
Yet now Li Luo was number one in the Astral Sage College's One Star Hall…
this was as good as it got.

Si Qiuying no longer dared to offer her opinion.
It was best to focus on the Holy Grail Meet for now.

Bai Mengmeng suddenly interrupted Li Luo and Yi Lisha.
“Leader, there's a squad sending a distress signal!”

The two guys turned in alarm.
It was best to bring and maintain numbers in the hall-level competition.
If any squad was eliminated prematurely, it would be a great loss to their strength.

Three small dots had turned red and were blinking urgently on the crystal compass.

Distress signal.

With a jolt of surprise, Li Luo realized that the squad was Qin Zhulu, Lu Qing'er, and Yin Yue!

“Looks like Qin Zhulu's in trouble.” Yi Lisha had reached the same conclusion himself.
Qin Zhulu was pretty strong even against this level of competition.
If he was in trouble, then it was some real trouble indeed.
Or was he being ganked?

“Let's go!”

Li Luo shouted to them.
Turning, he led the way, resonant power propelling him swiftly across the terrain.

At the same time, he used his leader's privilege to set the gathering point on the crystal compass to Qin Zhulu's location.

This meant that all squads would get the signal and head over immediately..
The dots on his crystal compass obediently changed directions, converging on the new location.

It seemed like the Holy Grail Meet had gotten real exciting real quick.