Absolute Resonance

“ltr ”>Li Luo snorted, then he led the way down the narrow crevice.
A few dozen meters later, he reached a wider area.
His eyes lit up.

Emerging from the crevice, he now stood in a lush valley.
There was a waterfall in the middle, crystal-clear water falling amidst some light mist.
There were many strange white flowers on the lake at the bottom, their petals opened in a spiral that drew in the mist from above.

The mist was being condensed into dew on the soft, white petals.

Once the energy mist reached a critical amount, it would coalesce into anima dew.

“Wow!”

Bai Mengmeng, Lu Qing'er, and the others had emerged from the crack as well, and they gasped at the picturesque scene before them.

“It's beautiful.”

“What dense worldly natural energy.”

Bai Doudou began to count.
“There are 23 of them,” she said in wonder.
“This is a medium anima cumulonimbus.”

These flowers were anima dew vessels that would be consumed in the process of making the dew.
Which meant that the yield here would be 23 drops of anima dew, and no more.

Anima cumulonimbuses were divided into small, medium, and large ones, referring to their yield of anima dew.

23 drops was considered medium-sized.

Qin Zhulu, Wang Hejiu, Yi Lisha, and the others whooped.
So far, their fruitless searches had sufficiently impressed upon them regarding the rarity.
They had only found a combined three drops so far.

“Not bad.
Not bad at all.” Li Luo was smiling from ear to ear as well.
“You've done really well this time,” he said to Yu Lang.

A medium anima cumulonimbus was a rare find.

Yu Lang waved it away piously.
“We all have a duty to uphold the school's honor.”

Li Luo laughed again.
He looked up at the top of the valley, where a thin film of energy had condensed, forming a screen that protected the mist from escaping further.
This meant that even if someone were to scan it from the air or a high place, they would still have difficulty spotting it.

“But now the issue is,” Lu Qing'er said, “we need to trigger it to get the dew.
It will take the whole night, which means if we trigger it now, we'll only be able to collect the dew tomorrow morning.

“And triggering it will announce its location.
Other teams will swarm us.
There'll be a big fight for sure.”

They fell silent.

“Well.” Li Luo shrugged.
“That's the whole point of the hall-level competition.
Anima cumulonimbuses act as bait to catalyze the whole process.
We shouldn't expect any free passes.
Anyway, anima dew is very hard to find.
If we want to send more people to Dragonbone Island, we are going to need anima cumulonimbuses.
We've finally found one now, and there's no reason to give up on it.
Neither am I planning to work with other schools and split the gains.

“I want all 23 drops for us,” he stated with quiet resolve and power.

“I agree!” Qin Zhulu was the first to shout in approval.
Of course they should take it all for themselves.
Share it?? The only thing he would be sharing with other schools was his fists!

“You're the boss, you decide,” Bai Doudou said with a nonchalant nod.

Yi Lisha smiled and nodded.

Wang Hejiu remained silent, which was consent for him.

Consensus achieved, Li Luo clapped his hands together.

“Good! In that case, you should prepare yourselves.
We'll be in for a good, long defensive fight.
I hope we can show them the power of the Astral Sage College!”