Chapter 256: Challenging the Limit

As Li Luo's soles landed on the thirty-fifth step, he could clearly feel the surrounding world energy fluctuating violently at this moment, and then, with him as the center, those energies came whistling in a continuous stream.

These world energies poured into his body as if they were free of charge.

During this period of adaptation, Li Luo had already gained some understanding of the mechanism of this Dark Spirit Pool; the reason why the world energy within this Dark Spirit Pool actively surged into the human body was mainly because the environment inside the Dark Spirit Pool was overly harsh, with world energies compressing and squeezing against each other, and since neither could do anything to the other, they could only continuously erupt the world energy here during such collisions.

And when someone entered it, the resonant palace within their body would generate a kind of attraction, and the world energy within the Dark Spirit Pool would naturally be drawn over, subsequently causing this so-called phenomenon of energy infusion.

The deeper one went, the stronger this infusion became.

The continuous stream of world energy poured into his body and was finally absorbed entirely by Li Luo's two resonant palaces, and within those two resonant palaces, the two resonant power seeds also expanded by a circle, with this abundant resonant power condensing inside the seeds.

Li Luo had already faintly touched upon a feeling of breakthrough.

Boom!

And just at this moment, a violent fluctuation of resonant power suddenly came from beside him; he turned his head and saw Xin Fu with his eyes slightly closed, his face drenched in sweat.

Soon, he opened his eyes, a look of regret in them.

He had not successfully broken through to the second pattern of the Pattern-Birth Stage as he had hoped.

After all, the improvement of the Pattern-Birth Stage was much more difficult than the Seed-Opening Stage, so while Bai Meng could take advantage of the momentum to break through, Xin Fu was still a little short.

However, Xin Fu was not without any gains; at this time, the resonant power seed within his body had become increasingly full and bright, the resonant power within it boiling and surging, and on the surface of the resonant power seed, dots of resonant power patterns had already appeared, which was a sign that the second resonant pattern was about to be formed.

In other words, he was only one step away from giving birth to the second pattern.

Xin Fu ended the energy infusion and looked at Li Luo, signaling that he was also about to end his cultivation in the Dark Spirit Pool, but Li Luo pondered slightly, his gaze instead cast toward the three layers of giant stone steps further down.

Clearly, he was not reconciled to stopping here.

After all, the pressure he bore was truly too great; whether it was the great change that the Luolan Mansion would face in half a year, or his so-called lifespan limit, these were all like guillotines hanging over his head, making him unable to eat or sleep in peace.

Although Li Luo was usually calm and composed, no one knew the sense of urgency in his heart.

This Dark Spirit Pool was a good opportunity, and Jiang Qing'e had also reminded him that the first time one entered the Dark Spirit Pool, the effect was the best, and entering it later would greatly reduce the effect.

In fact, if Li Luo wanted to break through now, he could have taken the opportunity to break through to the second pattern of the Pattern-Birth Stage, but he did not choose to do so, instead suppressing this sign of breakthrough firmly.

Because back then, Jiang Qing'e had reached the thirty-eighth step in the Dark Spirit Pool, completed her breakthrough, and jumped two levels in one go.

Li Luo also wanted to give it a try.

Although the difficulty might be immense, there were many times when he had to fight for it.

Otherwise, the so-called five-year Marquis-sealing would just be a delusional joke.

Thinking of this, Li Luo's gaze also gradually became firm.

Xin Fu looked at Li Luo's eyes and did not say anything more, just nodded slightly to give encouragement, and then withdrew.

Li Luo glanced around; at this time, in the depths of this Dark Spirit Pool, except for him, there was no one else, and the other two small teams that had entered the Dark Spirit Pool had long since left, as the thirty-fifth step was already the limit that many people could bear.

He took a deep breath, no longer hesitating, and jumped down directly, falling toward the stone steps further below.

Outside the Dark Spirit Pool.

As the small teams that had entered it retreated one after another, it also attracted many gazes on the scene.

But soon they discovered that it seemed one person was still missing.

"Li Luo hasn't come out yet?"

"I heard from those who went in that he also reached the thirty-fifth step, but he didn't retreat; he must be wanting to challenge the last three steps."

"What? His ambition is actually this great, he dares to challenge the last three steps?"

"Tsk tsk, truly a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers; the pressure of those last three steps is far from what it was before. Forcing it, is he not afraid of being backlashed?"

"After all, he possesses dual resonances; it is normal to have ambition."

"Then we shall see if this dual resonance is really as powerful as they say..."

"......"

While everyone was discussing, Song Qiuyu and Wang Yufeng also had slight changes in their expressions.

"This Li Luo really doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth; even for me now, I can only reach the thirty-sixth step. A first-pattern Pattern-Birth Stage cultivator like him dares to do this?" Wang Yufeng shook his head and commented.

Although Song Qiuyu did not speak, a sneer flashed in her eyes; letting this Li Luo suffer a setback once could also relieve the frustration in her heart.

On the tree trunk.

Tian Tian said with some surprise: "It seems he really intends to challenge the last three steps?"

Qiu Bai nodded: "He has ambition."

Jiang Qing'e's beautiful jade-like face was calm; she was not surprised by Li Luo's choice, as she was very clear about the pressure Li Luo was under.

In the past, she was still thinking that if she could break through to the Marquis Realm, she would naturally be able to take on the Luolan Mansion, and then Li Luo would have no pressure, but since learning of Li Luo's lifespan limit, she understood that she could no longer let Li Luo live a leisurely life.

Therefore, after entering the Dark Cave, she was the one who let Li Luo experience those dangers.

Since there was no possibility of being leisurely, he could only risk his life to fight for that glimmer of survival.

Her eyes gazed at the Dark Spirit Pool where the energy vortex was surging, and her jade hand holding the hilt of her heavy sword slowly tightened.

Li Luo, I believe you will definitely be able to do it.

Outsiders always say that the Luolan Mansion has a bright and magnificent fledgling phoenix, but they do not know that the Luolan Mansion also has a hidden dragon biding its time.

Whoosh!

Li Luo's figure plummeted, and a moment later, his figure landed on the thirty-sixth step. The moment he landed, his expression changed abruptly; astonishing pressure permeated from all directions, as if it were about to swallow him whole.

He even heard his bones emitting faint sounds within his body.

World energy crazily poured into his body, and that feeling of violence even caused the inside of his body to ache faintly.

Li Luo's face was solemn, but his eyes were calm, clearly having anticipated this long ago.

The surrounding world energy was abnormally violent, and at this time, the grade of one's own resonance would play a great role.

The higher the grade of the resonance, the higher the compatibility with the energy corresponding to the resonance, and then one could use this to echo this energy to resist the violent energy attempting to pour into the body.

For example, Jiang Qing'e; when she came here, she should have relied on that ninth-grade Light Resonance to forcefully mobilize light energy to resist the pressure exerted by other world energies.

And Li Luo, although the grade of his single resonance was far inferior to Jiang Qing'e's ninth-grade Light Resonance, he also had his own unique advantage, which was dual resonances, four attributes!

Although the Light Resonance and Earth Resonance were only auxiliary resonances, they could still provide assistance to Li Luo; at the very least, they allowed him to mobilize these two attributes within the world energy.

Thus, Li Luo took a deep breath, and the two resonant palaces within his body bloomed with bright light at this moment.

Each resonant palace was dual-colored.

Among the violent world energy around his body, four types of attribute energy seemed to have been triggered by something, gradually forming a flickering light on the surface of Li Luo's body.

It was like a thin film of energy light.

Those world energies that were originally violently invading gradually became gentle; they were blocked by the four-colored energy light film.

Within Li Luo's body, the two resonant palaces took the opportunity to inhale and exhale, swallowing the continuous stream of resonant power and sending it into the two resonant power seeds.

Consequently, the two resonant power seeds became increasingly active, and amidst intense vibration, the resonant power within them was almost about to erupt.

However, Li Luo still forcibly suppressed this feeling of breakthrough; his face was solemn, and he took a step forward directly, his figure falling toward the bottom again.

After dozens of breaths, he landed on the thirty-seventh step.

And with the previous experience, although the world energy infusion on the thirty-seventh step was more violent and fierce, under the mobilization of Li Luo's dual resonances and four attributes, it still allowed him to persist.

It was just that at this time, Li Luo's skin had already cracked somewhat, and fresh blood flowed along his skin, leaving trails of bloodstains, looking slightly gruesome.

However, Li Luo did not even glance at this; his gaze was fixed on the giant stone hidden by the energy vortex below, and without the slightest hesitation, he stepped forward and landed on it.

Straight to the thirty-eighth step!