Chapter 257: Leaping Two Stages in a Row

When Li Luo's figure landed on the thirty-eighth step, shrouded by the thick energy vortex, he seemed to hear a violent roar at his ear.

A terrifying pressure of heaven and earth energy slammed down in an extremely violent manner, as if it meant to crush Li Luo.

At this moment, he was like a single leaf boat upon a raging sea, in danger of capsizing at any moment.

This thirty-eighth step was even more terrifying than Li Luo had imagined.

Bloodstains surfaced on his skin, leaving streak after streak of blood. At this point, Li Luo had clearly entered an extremely dangerous situation.

Hoo.

Li Luo drew in a deep breath. The thirty-eighth step was indeed grueling, but he had come with the mindset of risking his life, so naturally he would not feel fear or shrink back.

He sat cross-legged directly on the giant rock. Light bloomed from the two resonance palaces within his body, and his dual resonances began to operate at full power.

Water resonance, wood resonance.

Light resonance, earth resonance.

The former as the main, the latter as the support.

The energy pressure seeped in through every pore, and Li Luo urged his dual resonances to draw water and wood resonance energy from the surrounding heaven and earth energy, using it to resist that pressure.

As long as Li Luo could hold the situation in a stalemate, he could continuously extract the energy he needed from this vast and chaotic heaven and earth energy, and thereby strengthen himself.

However, the energy pressure on this thirty-eighth step was truly terrifying.

As time passed, the flickering energy membrane around Li Luo's body gradually began to show signs of cracking.

Li Luo's expression turned solemn. Once the protective energy membrane shattered, the vast and violent heaven and earth energy would surge into his body, and he feared he would surely die today.

"My dual resonances are ultimately still a grade too low."

Compared to Jiang Jiang Qinge's ninth-grade light resonance, Li Luo's dual resonances were certainly special, but one was sixth-grade and the other fifth-grade. Even added together, there was still a considerable gap from the ninth-grade light resonance.

If not for the fact that Li Luo's dual resonances still had the two auxiliary resonances of light and earth assisting, Li Luo felt that he would likely be finding it very hard to hold on by now.

Li Luo glanced at the energy membrane on the surface of his body. Four kinds of resonance power flowed within it, seemingly dazzling, but in truth each was clearly distinct from the others.

Clearly, simply having more in number did not necessarily achieve the desired effect.

Li Luo understood this point as well. However, throwing all four kinds of resonance power out in one lump was comparatively simple and crude, and since the effect was not as good as imagined, the strategy had to be changed.

And for Li Luo now, his strongest method was naturally the true power of dual resonances.

However, the true power of dual resonances was exceedingly profound. After all, it was the hallmark of a marquis-level powerhouse. Even after several months of bitter cultivation, Li Luo had only barely grasped the barest surface of it.

The fusion of dual resonance power could not be sustained for long.

Therefore, this final defense could only be used at the most critical moment.

As long as he could hold on until he seized the momentum to complete his breakthrough, the threat the energy pressure here posed to him would weaken considerably.

Li Luo faintly sensed within his body. At this moment, the two resonance seeds within the two resonance palaces were like two stars, constantly radiating brilliance, and the resonance power within them had already swelled to an extreme.

It was almost there.

Crack.

And it was at this moment that the energy membrane flowing across Li Luo's body surface emitted a faint sound of shattering, and cracks began to appear.

Seeing this, Li Luo no longer hesitated. With a thought, the energy membrane actively dispersed.

But in the next instant, pure water and wood resonance power could be seen surging out from within the two resonance seeds. The two streams of resonance power collided within his body, and at that moment formed a fusion.

Dual resonance power!

Hum!

On the surface of Li Luo's body, a streak of emerald-green light rose up at this moment, flowing around him. A special fluctuation suddenly surged forth, forcibly driving back even the all-pervading energy pressure.

Li Luo now, his aura utterly different from before.

Dual resonance power, worthy of being a power only a marquis-level powerhouse could control. Even though Li Luo had only a smattering of knowledge, it still played a decisive role at this critical moment.

Whoo, whoo!

The energy pressure was driven back, and Li Luo seized the momentum to greedily gulp down the heaven and earth energy rushing in. The two resonance seeds within his body trembled more and more violently.

The emerald-green dual resonance power rising from Li Luo's body surface gradually weakened as time passed.

The energy pressure once again showed signs of making a comeback.

However, at this moment Li Luo's expression instead completely relaxed, and even a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Because the moment had arrived.

Li Luo formed a hand seal, no longer suppressing the two resonance seeds within his body. In an instant, dazzling light erupted from the two resonance palaces.

It could be seen that on the surface of the resonance seeds, resonance light spots rapidly condensed. These light spots began to link together, gradually forming a single mysterious light pattern.

Birth Mark Stage, second pattern!

But this was not the end. Li Luo had been building toward this for half a day; his ambition was not merely to raise himself by one level!

With the appearance of the second pattern, the two resonance seeds remained dazzling, light blooming, wave after wave of resonance radiance continuously rising from within.

More light spots immediately surfaced, beginning to show a tendency to form a third light pattern.

However, as light spots kept emerging, the radiance of the resonance seeds was also rapidly weakening, because the resonance power condensed within them was being consumed in great quantities.

Seeing this, Li Luo suddenly stood up, arranged his body into a series of complex and mysterious postures, while coordinating with a special breathing rhythm.

Twelve Segment Brocade, fourth-stage breathing technique.

This was the marquis-grade energy-guiding art Li Luo had previously won from the ranking battle. After this period of cultivation, he had already initially mastered it.

Now, the moment had come when it was needed.

As Li Luo arranged his postures, his chest slowly rose and fell, as if a great dragon were stretching. A moment later, his cheeks puffed out and he sucked in a sharp breath.

Gurgle, gurgle!

A strange sound rang out, and the energy in the surrounding heaven and earth immediately trembled, directly transforming into a gust of energy wind that whistled over, and was finally swallowed into Li Luo's belly in one gulp.

This was repeated four times!

Four massive mouthfuls of energy entered his body, immediately making up for the deficiency where the two resonance seeds had fallen short. It could be seen that energy light spots continuously emerged, and finally the third light pattern was completely filled in.

Three light patterns were inscribed upon the surface of the phase-force seed, flowing slowly like swimming dragons.

Li Luo, drenched in sweat, stopped his body. He could feel that at this moment, the energy pressure that had originally brought him tremendous oppression was now beginning to weaken significantly.

Thus, the corners of his mouth slowly curled upward.

He had succeeded.

He had achieved the same accomplishment as Jiang Jiang Qinge.

One breakthrough, leaping across two stages!