Chapter 43: Sixth-Rank Water Light Phase

When the last batch of Li Luo's Fifth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders had only three bottles remaining, his "Water Light Phase" finally welcomed the long-awaited evolution, entering Sixth Rank.

On the bedroom loft, Li Luo lay flat on his back on the carpet, his face filled with a complex and ecstatic emotion.

Less than a month ago, Li Luo was still the so-called Empty Phase, his future unknown, yet now, his unique "Water Light Phase" had already entered Sixth Rank.

Affinity Ninth Rank, and a Sixth-Rank Phase, no matter how you look at it, can be considered mid-to-upper tier.

And as long as he waits for another evolution in the future, he will step into the genuine high-rank phase tier.

Additionally, because of the Water Light Phase's special nature, even at Sixth Rank, the phase power cultivated from it would no longer be weaker than some upper Seventh-Rank phase powers, so purely from the Affinity Rank standpoint, Li Luo had already caught up with many outstanding peers.

And as far as Li Luo knew, throughout the entire South Wind Academy, the only person who possessed an upper Seventh-Rank Phase was Lv Qing'er alone; even expanding this scope to the entire generation of this Tian Shu Prefecture, the number would likely be countable on one hand.

Li Luo would not really think that Seventh-Rank Phases were not worth mentioning just because someone like Jiang Jiang Qinge, a Ninth-Rank Phase monster, had appeared by his side.

And if Ninth-Rank Phases weren't super rare, how could the Holy Mystic Star Academy possibly open special recruitment and take Jiang Jiang Qinge in early?

One must know that the Holy Mystic Star Academy's standards were very high; the geniuses they had seen were simply like a river of carp passing by, so ordinary geniuses wouldn't have the qualification to make them open the back door.

Li Luo raised his palm, and at his fingertips blue phase power gathered; that phase power was extremely pure, and within it there seemed to be the sound of water waves, clear and cool.

He could feel that as the "Water Light Phase" evolved to Sixth Rank, his phase power had also become thicker and purer.

He was even not far from the Eight-Seal Realm.

The blue phase power at Li Luo's fingertips finally condensed into a blue water ball about the size of a fist; the next instant, he flicked his finger, and the blue water ball shot out violently, and just as it was about to hit the wall it suddenly burst apart, a dazzling intense light suddenly erupted, causing even the prepared Li Luo to squint his eyes.

Li Luo chuckled lightly; this phase art was not rare, just a very common mid-grade phase art, Water Bullet Art. If an opponent was hit by the Water Bullet Art, the water phase power would invade their body, and their own speed would be slowed, but the flaw of this phase art was that its attack power was relatively low, making it difficult to cause much harm to a person.

So Li Luo had improved and strengthened this mid-grade phase art; he added light phase power into it, and the final formed water bullet was not only faster, but could also erupt with a dazzling intense light, achieving an interference effect.

So this strengthened "Water Bullet Art" had already been renamed by Li Luo, becoming "Water Light Bullet."

These days, in preparation for the upcoming academy grand examination, Li Luo had put in tremendous effort on phase arts; this "Water Light Bullet" was one of the successfully tested skills.

Li Luo flipped himself up, looked at the two remaining Fifth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders on the table, and sighed with a somewhat wistful expression.

In less than a month, his "Water Light Phase" had risen two ranks; this speed, if spoken of, would absolutely shock countless people, but Li Luo understood that this rapid improvement period was probably about to come to an end.

Because Sixth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders could no longer be easily purchased by the hundreds like Fifth-Rank ones.

And just in terms of price, Fifth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders had a market price of five thousand gold, while Sixth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders would reach an expensive thirty thousand gold.

He had consumed a total of about a hundred and eighty bottles of Spirit Water Wonders to rise from Fifth Rank to Sixth Rank.

And from Sixth Rank to Seventh Rank was even a watershed in Affinity Ranks, because this was the threshold from mid-rank phase to high-rank phase, so the Spirit Water Wonders required would likely be even more.

For now, assuming two hundred bottles of Spirit Water Wonders were needed, then the price would ultimately reach a terrifying six million gold, a figure that was probably the entire Luo Lan Mansion's annual income.

And the current Luo Lan Mansion was beset by internal and external troubles, and certainly could not produce six million gold to support him.

Furthermore, even if you had the money, you had to wait for Sixth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders to appear on the market before you could buy them. As far as Li Luo knew, throughout the entire Tian Shu Prefecture, the number of Sixth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders appearing each month was probably only around ten. To gather enough here to evolve to Seventh Rank, Li Luo felt it was rather unlikely.

Unless he went to Wang Cheng.

Calculating this way, to nurture this Acquired Phase to Ninth Rank, the funds required would simply reach an extremely terrifying figure; under such a figure, even the Luo Lan Mansion seemed somewhat insignificant.

If calculated carefully, this Acquired Phase actually seemed a bit of a scam.

Of course, because of his Empty Phase, he could absorb Spirit Water Wonders of a lower rank, but the efficiency was quite low. For example, this time, as the Water Light Phase reached Sixth Rank, if he absorbed these Fifth-Rank Spirit Water Wonders again, the efficiency compared to before the evolution was simply several grades worse, so for him, using low-grade Spirit Water Wonders to replace high-grade ones might not really be that much of a bargain, only serving as a substitute when there was no other choice.

Li Luo's face grew solemn, but fortunately his specialness was not limited to just this point, because once he advanced into the Phase Master Realm, he could begin forging a second phase to fill the second phase palace.

So even if his first phase became difficult to advance due to funding reasons at that time, the arrival of the second phase would be enough to allow him to continue progressing.

And truly speaking, only when the second phase palace was filled would this advantage unique to him, Li Luo, truly burst forth.

Although my one Sixth or Seventh Rank Water Light Phase might be a notch worse than your Ninth-Rank Phase, what about my two Sixth or Seventh Rank dual-attribute Acquired Phases? What about three?

If I can't beat you with one phase, surely I can gang up on you, right!

And this advantage, at least before encountering a Marquis Realm powerhouse, Li Luo could most likely maintain it all along, unless he encountered that kind of super genius who, by chance during an accidental advancement, luckily opened a second phase palace before the Marquis Realm, but such an existence should be about as rare as his congenital Empty Phase, right?

And if he really encountered one, his three-phase power fighting against dual phases should still have some advantage, right?

Thoughts scattered randomly in his mind, then Li Luo Heavily exhaled a breath, suppressing all these emotions, and at the same time took a blue jade slip from the table; recorded on it was a new energy guidance art, precisely the one Li Luo had long chosen for himself.

Pu Hu Xi Fa, Upper General Grade, requires Sixth-Rank Phase.

This Pu Hu Xi Fa energy guidance art was somewhat higher grade than the Cang Lan Meditation Chart Li Luo had previously practiced, and the water phase power cultivated from it would have stronger explosive force than the Cang Lan Meditation Chart, which was just suitable for Li Luo's current needs.

Li Luo carefully studied this "Pu Hu Xi Fa," and after a long while, once he had gained some initial comprehension, he began to attempt practicing it.

In the following two days, most of Li Luo's energy was spent on cultivating the "Pu Hu Xi Fa," until the day before the holiday ended, Caiwei Sect sent someone to notify him that the phase tools he had previously commissioned to be forged had been successfully completed.

(End of this chapter)