Absolute Resonance

golden light gathering again on her tongue.
She fired out another one.

“Golden Tongue Drill!”

The conical screw attack flew out again, smashing into the light rays that were flying her way.

Pssh!

The moment the attacks clashed, the drill attack began to melt at frightening speed.
The metal resonant power was burned away, and the drill ground to a halt as its grooves melted down.

This fiery light could even melt resonant power!

Even the elders' eyes widened at the effect.
All of them had seen light resonance cultivators in action before, of course.
Indeed, light resonance could call the power of heat, when concentrated enough…
that was one of its signature powers.
But they had never seen a fiery light strong enough to melt resonant power before! Furthermore, Zhao Huiyin's metal resonant power was nothing to sneeze at—she was an upper eighth-grade herself!

Even so, it had not stood up against the fiery light.

Such was the queenly power that Jiang Qing'e's ninth-grade light resonance held.

Zhao Huiyin's dismay was plain to see as she watched her attack liquidized before her eyes.
She could feel Jiang Qing'e just one step behind her now.
All of her carefully planned tricks and attacks had not posed much of a threat to the golden-haired girl from the Astral Sage College.

Swoosh!

The light rays melted the golden drill completely, then continued on their path towards Zhao Huiyin.

She retreated desperately, gathering golden light on her fingertips.
This time, it seemed to flow like liquid.

Zhao Huiyin was no pushover either.
She had honed her metal resonant power to excellence as well.
Turning solid metal into liquid spoke of her exceptional control over the element.

“Liquid Skymetal!”

Zhao Huiyin flicked out the drop of golden liquid, which expanded into a wave of golden liquid that surged forth to crash against the fiery light.

BOOM!

This time, the heated light was finally stopped.

Zhao Huiyin had no time to feel relieved.
The light mirrors above Jiang Qing'e's head glowed again, and a dozen more light rays flew towards her.
Her attack had no pomp, no additional flair to it.
Just relentless, pure power that was beauty in its own right.

Zhao Huiyin slammed her hands together, digging deep to summon drop after drop of the golden liquid.
She gathered them all up in a small sphere and then curled up within it.

The liquid metal was rapidly cut away by ray after ray from Jiang Qing'e.

BOOM!

The fiery light rained down on the molten sphere around Zhao Huiyin.

The intense heat left the ground unharmed.
It was a unique fire that did not harm objects, but would sear flesh badly and even incinerate bone.

Part of it was due to the special nature of this fire; it used the victim's body as fuel, growing stronger upon contact.

The flames of light had completely caged Zhao Huiyin now.
Everyone was watching closely.
Surely the outcome would be decided here, right?

Jiang Qing'e narrowed her eyes and poured on the fire.

Weng!

Suddenly, a scythe of metallic power burst out of the nimbus of light, slicing the flames of light into two.

A figure leaped out of its midst.

The audience could not believe their eyes, watching in amazement.

Zhao Huiyin landed on the ground, her neatly-tied hair now loose and wild.
Metallic ripples of power flowed over her glassy body, and she now had a golden pole scimitar in her hands.

She slammed the curved blade into the ground with monstrous strength.

Her arched and coy eyes now had a demonic look to them, a cold, crazed energy that made them twitch.

Zhao Huiyin looked like a completely different person from before.

A more dangerous one.

Lu Cāng and the other Blue Abyss Sage College students leaned back and smiled in relief.

“So she's pulled it out…”

“Senior Zhao's true trump card, the weapon that once created a slaughter in Blue Abyss…”

“The Metal Rakshasa.”