Chapter 258: Plucking a Handful

Life-Pattern Stage, third pattern!

Li Luo felt the surging resonance power flowing within his body, his eyes filled with a hint of excitement; in just a short moment, his resonance power was undoubtedly far more formidable than it had been before entering the Dark Spirit Pool.

And the rank of the third pattern of the Life-Pattern Stage, even if placed among the second-star students, could absolutely be counted within the top thirty.

That Li Luo could achieve such a feat in less than half a year since entering the Holy Profound Star Academy might not be unique, but it could certainly be counted among the top tier of students in terms of speed since the academy's founding.

Li Luo was in high spirits, as this could be considered the greatest improvement in his strength since he began cultivating.

It truly was not a waste of the expectations he had placed on this Dark Spirit Pool.

With such a harvest, what did those previous hardships matter? After all, if he were to cultivate painstakingly within the academy, it would likely take him at least two months to advance from the first pattern to the third.

And if it were other students, they might not even reach this level by the time their first-star year of cultivation ended.

From this, one can see how rare the opportunity brought by this Dark Spirit Pool is; indeed, in this world, if one wishes to constantly climb higher, both talent and opportunity are indispensable.

After this, among the first-star students, the only one who could still compare to Li Luo in terms of strength might be Qin Zhulu.

As for Wang Hejiu, Bai Doudou, and the others, they would all be completely surpassed by him in terms of rank.

And one must know, when he first entered the Holy Profound Star Academy, although Li Luo's combat power was not inferior to theirs due to his dual resonances, he was ultimately on the weaker side in terms of resonance power rank.

In high spirits, Li Luo did not immediately leave the thirty-eighth tier; after all, there was still heaven and earth energy surging around him, and it was good to absorb a little more.

While at leisure, Li Luo's gaze also looked toward the deeper parts of the Dark Spirit Pool.

This thirty-eighth tier was already considered the depths of the Dark Spirit Pool, but below it was still pitch-black and bottomless, with no knowing where it led.

Li Luo thought for a moment, then suddenly condensed a water-light bullet at his fingertip and tossed it down.

Boom!

The water-light bullet quickly erupted, and a brilliant radiance spilled out.

However, the light lasted only for an instant, as if suppressed by the heaven and earth energy here; yet, with the help of that momentary light, Li Luo still saw a large black tree growing on a stone wall below.

On the large tree, some black leaves were fluttering, swaying along with the repeated scouring of the energy tides.

Dark Spirit Tree and Dark Spirit Leaves.

Li Luo also discovered that it seemed only the Dark Spirit Leaves on the topmost branches could be scoured by the energy tides, while some other Dark Spirit Leaves were on the side of the stone wall, just avoiding the energy tides.

No wonder only two or three were blown out each time.

Li Luo suddenly realized, and then his heart stirred, and he muttered to himself, "I wonder if I can pluck a handful?"

These Dark Spirit Leaves were related to whether one could enter the Dark Spirit Pool to cultivate; the students outside flocked to them, and every time they fought for them, they were willing to fight until they were battered and bloody.

If Li Luo could pluck a handful here, he could let those students exchange Otherkind fragments for them when he went out. In this way, the other party could enter the Dark Spirit Pool to cultivate as they wished, and he could also use these Otherkind fragments to exchange for academy points to fill the huge deficit of his one hundred thousand points...

Wouldn't that be getting what each needs?

Li Luo's eyes gradually became bright, and he couldn't help but praise himself for being such a clever little devil!

Then he no longer hesitated, took out his dual blades to form a great bow, and then a light arrow shot out violently.

However, the imagination was beautiful, but the reality was cruel.

It was seen that the light arrow only flew for a dozen meters before being forcibly blocked by the heaven and earth energy permeating here, and finally dissipated into light spots.

Seeing this, Li Luo frowned; the energy pressure here was too dense, and ordinary resonance power could not possibly penetrate it.

If one were to compare these energy pressures to a wall, their ordinary resonance power might just be a wooden spear; no matter how great the force, it is very difficult to pierce a wall with a wooden spear.

To achieve this goal, one must change the level of one's own resonance power.

No wonder there was more than just him who could reach the thirty-eighth tier, yet no one had ever thought of going to pluck the Dark Spirit Leaves below...

Li Luo pondered slightly, changing the level of his own resonance power...

Actually, the power of dual resonances is this kind of change; the fusion of two resonance powers forms a higher level of power.

So if others can't do it, it doesn't mean he can't.

But previously, in order to resist the energy pressure during his breakthrough, his dual resonance power had already been largely consumed; if he were to strike again now, there should only be one last chance left...

After this one strike, he would have to leave immediately, otherwise he would no longer be able to resist that kind of energy pressure.

Thinking of this, Li Luo no longer hesitated, nocked his bow again, his expression solemn, and two streams of resonance power flowed out from within his body, finally converging on the bowstring.

A light arrow condensed with dual resonance power emerged; this light arrow was extremely slender, like a ray of light.

Yet, the seemingly shallow light arrow possessed a penetration and lethality that were more formidable than any resonance art Li Luo had ever performed.

Hum!

The bowstring vibrated suddenly, and the light arrow, swirling with blue and green colors, shot out violently. When the light arrow collided with the omnipresent energy pressure, flickering light flashed on the arrow.

But fortunately, the light arrow was not suppressed by the energy pressure this time; its speed did not diminish, and it shot down under Li Luo's expectant gaze, finally piercing with extreme precision the connection between some black leaves and branches on the side of the Dark Spirit Tree.

Crack!

Amidst the faint sound, pieces of black leaves fell off as desired.

Whoosh!

Then these black Dark Spirit Leaves flew straight up under the sweep of the energy tide.

Li Luo seized the opportunity to strike, and tough silkworm silk threads covered in resonance power shot out, entangling all these Dark Spirit Leaves and dragging them back into his hand.

Li Luo made a rough count; there were actually eight Dark Spirit Leaves!

Li Luo was overjoyed, but just as he was rejoicing over such a harvest, the smile on his face suddenly stiffened the next moment, and cold sweat instantly surged from his back.

He looked downward with fearful eyes.

Because at this very instant, he sensed that an extremely vicious perception had emerged from the extreme depths of the Dark Spirit Pool and swept across his body.

That sweep simply made Li Luo's scalp explode.

An indescribable crisis surged from his heart; at this moment, Li Luo dared not hesitate any longer, grabbed the Dark Spirit Leaves, and rushed into the sky in a sorry state, escaping the Dark Spirit Pool with the help of the energy tide's sweep.

Although he was not sure what that vicious perception from before was, it was definitely not something he could contend with!

And just as Li Luo was startled into a sorry retreat from the Dark Spirit Pool by that mysterious vicious perception, he was unaware that in the depths of this forbidden mountain range.

In a dark cave somewhere.

Suddenly, blood-red beast eyes opened; it let out a violent low roar, and the beast eyes looked in the direction of the Dark Spirit Pool.

The underground of the Dark Spirit Pool was crisscrossed with many passages, among which a narrow passage connected to the dark red water pool where it was located, which was also the place where it usually cultivated.

And just before, it had sensed an energy fluctuation that made its heart palpitate.

Was that... the power of dual resonances?

Had another Marquis-level expert come here?

No, in its perception earlier, that seemed to be a human brat at the Resonance Master stage... but how could a Resonance Master stage human perform the power of dual resonances?

A flash of human-like contemplation passed through the blood-red beast eyes.

The next moment, it seemed to have remembered something, and its massive body suddenly stood up from the water pool.

Is it a natural dual resonance?!

That human brat has dual resonances...

Then if it eats him, would it allow it to perceive the power of the Marquis level in advance?

In the blood-red beast eyes, a thick look of greed and viciousness emerged.