Chapter 434: Hard Training in the Cauldron

In the dense mountain forest, towering trees stood like a wall, blotting out the sun. Deep within the woods, the roars of spirit beasts echoed one after another; danger lurked everywhere.

This place was located behind the Astral Sage College, already deep within the Ancient Kun Mountain Range.

Li Luo sped through the forest, constantly wiping sweat from his forehead. Yet, no matter how he urged his resonant power to move at full speed, Tutor Xi Chan's figure remained unhurriedly trailing some thirty meters ahead, impossible to close the distance.

This area of the mountain range had been quite lively lately. As the time for the Holy Grail Battle drew near, all the Purple Glow squads had entered the Ancient Kun Mountain Range under the guidance of their respective tutors to battle spirit beasts and temper themselves.

While thinking this, Li Luo saw Tutor Xi Chan's figure suddenly come to a halt, and he immediately hurried to catch up.

At this moment, Tutor Xi Chan was gazing at the forest below, where two figures were being besieged by a group of spirit beasts. Bursts of resonant power erupted, and as spirit beasts were continuously slain, they let out shrill howls.

Li Luo was very familiar with those two figures; they were none other than Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng.

This forest was the training area Tutor Xi Chan had arranged for them, and during this time, the two had joined forces to withstand wave after wave of spirit beast attacks.

However, the effect was clearly significant.

Even from a distance, Li Luo could feel that the presence of Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng had become much colder, and their resonant power had also gained a considerable boost.

Everyone was seizing every moment to improve themselves.

"Am I training here too?" Li Luo asked, looking at Tutor Xi Chan.

"You don't need this kind of training. For you right now, the most important thing is to improve the realm of your dual resonant power." Tutor Xi Chan continued forward. Li Luo followed her line of sight and saw a volcanic crater in the distance, with white smoke constantly billowing out, the high temperature causing the air to distort.

Tutor Xi Chan's figure moved, drifting out and landing toward the crater, while Li Luo circulated his resonant power, leaping through the trees, and a moment later, he also landed at the crater.

Standing there and looking down, one could see crimson magma churning within the crater, occasionally bubbling up into a massive magma bubble.

Li Luo swallowed hard and said cautiously, "Tutor, you aren't going to make me jump down and train inside the magma, are you? My physical body probably can't withstand that kind of temperature."

"How could that be?" Tutor Xi Chan seemed to smile.

Hearing this, Li Luo immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could fully exhale, he saw Tutor Xi Chan suddenly extend her slender palm and make a grasping motion toward the churning magma.

Then, Li Luo saw the magma begin to rise into the air, constantly gathering and condensing in mid-air.

In just a short moment, that magma had actually solidified into a mottled black cauldron.

Yet, although the crimson color had faded, the cauldron was still emitting rolling smoke, and the heat radiating from it could be faintly felt even by Li Luo, who was dozens of feet away.

"I need you to enter this cauldron to train," Tutor Xi Chan said, pointing at the cauldron.

Li Luo's face turned green. The cauldron was made of magma, and with the enclosed space, it was practically an oven. If he went in to train, wouldn't he just be roasted alive?

"With your current resonant power intensity, you should be able to last for ten minutes inside. After ten minutes, your resonant power will be exhausted and unable to protect your physical body, and at that point, you will face the prospect of being roasted," Tutor Xi Chan said casually.

"If you want to break the situation, you need to shatter the cauldron within ten minutes. But the cauldron contains a trace of my dual resonant power; although it isn't strong, it will likely be very difficult for you to break with brute force. Your only chance is to neutralize the dual resonant power with your own true dual resonant power..."

"As long as you can maintain your dual resonant power in the Unity Realm, you will be able to neutralize that trace of my dual resonant power."

Li Luo's face was bitter. During this time, he had been trying his best to comprehend the Unity Realm, but he had never truly succeeded. The success he had during the ticket tournament seemed like a mere flash in the pan.

However, he did not resist the harsh training method Tutor Xi Chan had created for him, because he knew that this kind of life-or-death practice was the best way to grasp that fleeting flash of inspiration and achieve a limit-breaking breakthrough.

"Li Luo, the practice of dual resonant power is indeed difficult, because strictly speaking, this is not a power that someone at your Resonant Master stage should be able to touch. Dual resonant power is the privilege of Marquis-level experts, and being able to experience this power at this stage is a rare opportunity for anyone."

"Grasp it, and you will be able to dominate those at the same level."

Tutor Xi Chan continued, "When stepping into the Marquis stage, a Marquis-level expert will naturally master dual resonant power, and it will even be the third level you dream of, the 'Spirit-Forming Realm'. But you are not at the Marquis stage, so you have no way to make the resonant power within your body fuse according to your will."

"Since you cannot tame a wild horse with force, you can only go with the flow."

"Simply put, you aren't qualified to be hard on the resonant power in your body, so you can only be soft."

"Calm your mind and perceive the artistic conception of the two resonances, drifting with the current and letting them fuse naturally."

Hearing Tutor Xi Chan's last sentence, Li Luo's heart stirred, and he became thoughtful.

"Li Luo, your comprehension is excellent. Although dual resonant power is like two unruly wild horses to you right now, if you truly master them, you will naturally realize the benefits they bring you, and this will also be of great benefit to your future."

"If you truly want to stand out in the Holy Grail Battle and defeat those other three top contenders, then you must cross the 'Unity Realm' hurdle."

"Li Luo, I believe you can do it."

Listening to Tutor Xi Chan's encouraging words, Li Luo's emotions could not help but stir. He met Tutor Xi Chan's expectant gaze and nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, Tutor, I won't let you down!"

Tutor Xi Chan nodded.

"Then let's begin."

Li Luo was filled with burning passion, and then, gritting his teeth, he leaped out. His figure traced an arc in mid-air, and finally, he landed steadily into the white-steaming suspended cauldron.

The next instant.

A shrill, miserable scream rang out, startling the birds in the forest.

In the forest below the volcanic crater.

Xin Fu and Bai Mengmeng, who had finally finished clearing out the nearby spirit beasts, sat under a tree, exhausted, to rest.

Bai Mengmeng gently wiped the sweat from her cheeks, then her expression shifted, and she said, "Did you hear a sound? It sounds a bit familiar."

Xin Fu leaned against the tree trunk, his body feeling like mush, too lazy to even move. Hearing Bai Mengmeng's words, he shook his head lazily.

"No. But do you smell something fragrant? It smells so good. Is some brainless person roasting food nearby?"

"How immoral, and they don't even know to share some."