Chapter 310: The Spirituality of the Image Power

In the following few days, Li Luo became extremely busy.

First was the refinement of the Spirit Water Wonders; because he could personally feel the evolution of his Sixth Rank Water Light Image becoming increasingly intense, he began absorbing the Spirit Water Wonders at the highest intensity. The quantity of Spirit Water Wonders refined daily would, if known by outsiders, surely cause a look of terror on their faces.

Only the emptiness brought by Li Luo's innate Empty Image could contain and dissolve such a massive amount of impurities; otherwise, had it been anyone else, after just a few attempts like this, the evolution of their own Image would be completely stagnated, fixed in place, and difficult to evolve ever again.

Evolving the "Water Light Image" is the top priority of the Invitation Assembly, because Li Luo has already decided that at that Invitation Assembly, he himself will act to refine the "Sprouting Butterfly Spirit Water". Although within the Xi Yang House, there are also Fourth Rank Image Refiners like Yan Yan Lingqing and Tang Yun, Li Luo does not believe they would refine Third Rank Spirit Water better than himself.

Of course, most importantly, those other Spirit Water Wonder Houses certainly will not dispatch Third Rank Image Refiners to refine Third Rank Spirit Water Wonders; they will choose higher-rank Image Refiners. This way, not only will the result look better, but it will also display the foundation of their own Spirit Water Wonder House.

So Li Luo plans to go against this trend; if a Third Rank Image Refiner like me can stand out in this situation, only then can the Xi Yang House truly make a stunning debut, become the biggest dark horse at the Invitation Assembly, and simultaneously attract the attention of the high-achieving students in the Image Refining Academy.

This effect is the best, yet the difficulty is also the greatest.

The Li Luo of the past probably wouldn't have had this confidence, but the appearance of the four-star "Sprouting Butterfly Spirit Water" and the imminent promotion of his own Water Light Image to Seventh Rank have suddenly made Li Luo's confidence grow.

Of course, the premise of all this still rests on Li Luo being able to truly complete the evolution of his own Water Light Image within these few days; he himself knows this point, so the speed at which he refines and absorbs Spirit Water Wonders is nothing short of crazy.

Besides refining and absorbing Spirit Water Wonders, Li Luo's remaining time was all thrown into the refining chamber; he wanted to familiarize himself with the refining steps of the "Sprouting Butterfly Spirit Water" as much as possible within these few days, after all, the four-star recipe's refining difficulty is indeed much higher than the three-star version.

Li Luo certainly doesn't want to fail a dozen or so times at the Invitation Assembly; if that happens, it would only make the Xi Yang House a laughingstock.

And amidst such busyness, time passed day by day.

During these days, the matter of the Great Catastrophe-level Alien Siege that previously occurred at Dark Cave Outpost Thirteen gradually spread within the Academy, subsequently causing a huge sensation and attracting great attention.

Many students were discussing this matter; particularly, the plan regarding Li Luo risking great danger to lure the Great Beast from the Forbidden Zone into a clash with the Great Catastrophe-level Aliens drew numerous exclamations of praise.

No one expected that in such a desperate situation, Li Luo could come up with such an absurd plan, and most crucially, he had the courage and boldness to execute it...

Being chased for a full day by a Great Beast slightly stronger than a Great Catastrophe-level Alien; regarding this point, even those ever-proud Fourth Star Academy veteran students had expressions turn solemn, then shook their heads and said, "Truly, a young calf fears no tiger."

Because they knew very well that, looking across the Saint Zhu Xuan Star Academy, even among the Seven Pillars, no one would dare to directly clash with such a terrifying Great Beast.

Yet Li Luo managed to do it; although he was merely fleeing for his life, let us not forget, he is only at the Image Master realm's strength.

Outpost Thirteen was ultimately able to hold out, waiting for reinforcements to arrive... no, actually, whether reinforcements arrived in the end didn't matter; from the accounts of the students present, even that Great Beast was ultimately sealed directly by Li Luo using the sealing formation left behind by the Dean.

It can be said that for the students of Outpost Thirteen to ultimately preserve their lives, Li Luo was undoubtedly the one who earned the Shou Gong.

This is a feat the Saint Zhu Xuan Star Academy has never witnessed before.

Countless students were praising this; Li Luo's reputation within the Academy skyrocketed overnight, becoming a veritable figure of the hour.

At this time, there were also voices proposing that the Academy should grant Li Luo a generous reward; after all, for such a Da Gong, if sufficient rewards were not given, it would truly be hard for people to believe.

These voices came one after another, and indeed attracted some echoes of agreement.

Finally, words came from the Academy's Jin Dian, saying that the method of reward was under discussion, and the Academy would certainly not treat any student who contributed to the Academy unfairly.

Time passed thus; very soon, only one day remained until the Image Refining Academy's Invitation Assembly.

But Li Luo's "Water Light Image" had not yet evolved to Seventh Rank as wished.

And this batch of Spirit Water Wonders had already been consumed by him at an almost crazy speed.

Obviously, reaching Seventh Rank from Sixth Rank is indeed a watershed moment; after all, this is the gap between a Medium Image and a High Image.

Li Luo walked out of the small building; it was noon, the sunlight was dazzling, falling upon him and bringing waves of warmth.

He shook his somewhat dazed head; these few days of crazily refining Spirit Water Wonders and familiarizing himself with the "Sprouting Butterfly Spirit Water" in the refining chamber had obviously left him in a poor state.

He could feel that his own "Water Light Image" had gathered enough power to evolve, but that final step simply could not be broken through.

It was as if a thin barrier was blocking the way.

He knew this was probably the so-called bottleneck.

However, Li Luo did not feel panicked about this; on the contrary, his heart was very calm at this moment, because he knew that the more urgent the situation, the less one should rush.

Outside the small building, separated by a road, was a lake; Li Luo walked along the riverbank, heading towards the small island in the center of the lake.

Along the way, he could meet some students, and the looks they cast upon Li Luo were all somewhat peculiar, carrying curiosity and a certain amount of admiration.

Li Luo knew this was because of the storm Yu Lang and the others had stirred up within the Academy recently; judging by the momentum, his hundred thousand points had a considerable chance of being realized.

Thinking these thoughts, Li Luo arrived on the lake island, and then he somewhat surprisingly saw a figure in a black skirt among the pile of wild stones at the island's edge.

Instructor Xi Chan.

Li Luo hesitated for a moment, then walked over.

Instructor Xi Chan wore a black skirt, her bare feet stepping on the green stones; her Bai Xi, slender and tender foot shape was very eye-catching.

"Instructor," Li Luo approached and greeted her.

Instructor Xi Chan turned her head to look at him and said, "Your First Image is about to evolve?"

Li Luo looked at her with some surprise; the latter said indifferently, "The Image Power within your body is steaming ceaselessly; that is a sign of evolution. I have been paying attention to you for several days; how could I not notice?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "Then did the Instructor come specifically to guide me?"

Instructor Xi Chan sat elegantly on the green stone, dipping her feet, slender as Bai Yu, into the cold lake water, and said lazily, "From Sixth Rank Image to Seventh Rank Image is a qualitative improvement; Seventh Rank can be called a High Image, while Sixth Rank is merely a Medium Image."

"And a High Image has a special mark: a trace of spirituality will be born within the body's Image Power."

"Do not underestimate this bit of spirituality; you have also fought against those possessing High Images; you should understand that their Image Power appears more troublesome than ordinary Sixth Rank Image Power."

"This is like two armies facing each other: one side is dull, only charging in a swarm, while the other side knows how to form small squad formations, splitting and eliminating them... if these two forces continue to tangle, without subsequent power support, the former is highly likely to fail."

Li Luo nodded; he actually encountered opponents who all possessed High Images, but... he hesitated for a moment and said, "Sorry, Instructor..."

"When I fought with Du Ze Duze Beixuan, Wang Wang Hejiu, and the others, I didn't feel the spirituality contained in their Image Power too clearly, because my Dual Image Power is too domineering; with one charge... that bit of their spiritual Image Power was directly washed away."

As the voice fell, Li Luo felt that Instructor Xi Chan's Bai Xi calves, gently swaying in the water, stopped; immediately, he felt something was amiss.

Instructor Xi Chan slowly turned her head, her deep eyes staring at Li Luo; beneath the thin gauze, a faint laugh seemed to transmit, yet the laugh carried a hint of coldness.

Boom!

The lake water suddenly surged into huge waves; the cold lake water actually transformed into a giant tiger. A tiger roar sounded; one step forward, and it appeared behind him. The tiger tail, like a heavy whip, hammered into Li Luo's body, directly flinging him into the lake water.

Li Luo screamed in the lake water, while Instructor Xi Chan let out a cold snort.

I am teaching you about the spirituality in Image Power...

And you show off your Dual Image to me?

I think you are more suitable for cooling down in the water.