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Chapter 160: Unspoken Cooperation

Lan Jue si around his eyes Behind hiuo and Ke’er

Across fro A faint red aura surrounded one, a gentle blue the other; fire and water, opposing elements that flickered in close proximity Neither directly i fluctuations in their energy occurred where they touched

“Don’t let them fool you,” Lan Jue said then “Their Disciplines ell together”

“A-Jue, what happens next, you asked for Imy hand to a wo challenged

Lan Jue’s tepid response followed “Bring it on Tang Xiao, make sure you watch yourself”

The final words were directed at the pudgy boy, a distance behind the two groups He was in there with the others, as opposed to on the observation platform In Lan Jue’s oords, he needed to experience what combat was like between top-level Adepts In this way he’d be prepared when he was ready to join them But that wasn’t now – now, all he had to do wasman stood practically plastered to a wall, very nearly treht level talent, and the worst of the bunch Not just ninth level talents, but several surpassed ninth level fifth rank This was the sort of power that would dominate a battle field – much like they could have in the Shattered Starfields

“Yes, Professor!” Tang Xiao’s timid voice whimpered towards Lan Jue

“Coh the arena Instantly he was on thelaunched out towards Hua Li and Chu Cheng

Hua Li reacted by lifting his own hands, and a gentle blue shield of energy bloomed to life before him The purity of his water DisciplineLan Jue’s powers

Chu Cheng was possessed of a ance His left hand traced a line through the air, which summoned a fiery serpent that coiled around hi in all directions

The two bolts found their mark, and subsequently vanished

Lan Jue continued his assault As he did, his Amazons were half a step behind

Xiuxiu took a step forward until she was positioned directly behind Lan Jue Fro stood, they couldn’t see her Mikadisan tracing a circle, within which a swirling vortex of flahtest ets

Ke’er stretched her arun barrels extricated themselves froy was spat forth, hurtling towards Hua Li A blue light also began to coalesce around her chest, releasing wave upon wave of undulating energy

Lin Guoguo’s pretty eyes had closed in the interih in the midst of a deep meditation, with the whole of the arena lost to her consciousness

But thewere suddenly assailed by a sense of unease It was a palpable sensation of fear and discomfort, a sense that ht of their abilities

Lan Jue rushed at Chu Cheng as his earlier bolts of lightning vanished His body was again a living streak of electricity In a flash he was in front of the red-haired young ’s own reactions were quick, al a golden red light The molten balls of fire from Mika weakened and melted as they reached him They vanished with a dismissive wave of his hand With Lan Jue suddenly so close, he launched hion of fla jaw distended as the beast shot out First up, then directly doards Lan Jue as it attempted to s hiealed in to a golden bolt of lightning and arced away just in tiain in front of Chu Cheng, and pressed his palainst the ht!

It was already too late for Chu Cheng to react By the ti, his entire body was encased in electricity

However, despite the success of the attack Lan Jue revealed no pleasure, took no joy On the contrary, he balled hi raced fro onward at increased speed In no tiht, when suddenly a figure reached out it’s hand towards her It was Chu Cheng, and as he appeared the copy assailed by Lan Jue dissolved in to smoke and ash

A false trail, trickery!