With the rising cluster of resonant powers popping across the treeline, the battle for the anima cumulonimbus began.

Li Luo was calm in the face of superior numbers. He had no illusions that it would be otherwise.

He watched the resonant power flares with a studied expression, even as their users came towards him. He could see that three of them were at the Second Changing.

Zhao Xingying was among them.

These three had to be the commanders of the three sage colleges.

They were definitely very strong.

Again, he had never doubted that they would be this strong. They were at the top of their respective classes in their schools. The classic combination of talent waiting to be honed, and a willing shower of resources to provide that honing from their...