Chapter Ninety-Six: Breaking Through the Bottleneck
"Whew!" After jumping out of the mouth of the dark hole, Ling Qingyun bent down to his legs and gasped for air.
It was too dangerous just now, as long as he slowed down for a moment or even an instant, his body would be torn to pieces by the ridiculously strong golden crack again, and then he would feel death again...... The pain and despair of dying just now still made him palpitate, if he experienced it again, it would not be strange to be scared out of illness, but Ling Qingyun was reluctant to try.
It was only when Ling Qingyun finally calmed down that he raised his head and looked curiously at the strange scene on the fourth floor of the Trial Tower.
It is indeed a strange scene, even more strange than Tengyun driving the fog, this is a dark that is very different from the first layer, compared to the silence, it still makes Ling Qingyun feel that he is in the first layer of the tower, the darkness here makes Ling Qingyun feel vast and boundless, there is no real sense of down-to-earth under his feet, it is the same as the third layer is floating, but at the same time floating Ling Qingyun has never felt the buoyancy of holding up his body, it is really weird.
Looking into the distance, Ling Qingyun found that this was not pure darkness, there was a faint light in the distance, and it was this faint light that made him see himself, a young man in a green shirt floating alone in the boundless darkness.
"When I was reborn, I restored my clothes and weapons. Ling Qingyun couldn't help but be amazed as he looked at his unscarred body, of course he didn't believe that the Trial Tower had the ability to bring people back to life, but the previous feeling of life and death was extremely real, and it didn't seem to be a simple illusion, so it was debatable what state he was in.
However, compared to the essence of the Trial Tower, it was more important to focus on one's own situation at the moment, so Ling Qingyun stared at the darkness in front of him for a while, but sighed for this empty world.
"Could it be that this is the legendary Outer Heaven, the Void?" Ling Qingyun muttered to himself and tried to walk in this strange space, but no matter how he walked, the surrounding scenery did not change in the slightest, Ling Qingyun stood in place, and after a few breaths, the bright light from above his head attracted his idea.
"...... is this?" Before Ling Qingyun's question could be spoken, this piece of white, which was somewhat similar to the color of the winged man's armor, fell down, completely covering Ling Qingyun's body, and it was actually a mighty waterfall falling from the sky.
For a while, Ling Qingyun froze in place, forgetting his words, it was not that this white waterfall was too beautiful and mysterious that made him lose his mind, but because when the white waterfall was approaching, he had a splitting headache!
As if his entire brain was about to explode, Ling Qingyun once again experienced unprecedented pain in the Trial Tower, covering his head and roaring in pain could not reduce this pain by half a point, even if he tried to run out of the range where this waterfall was, he only spun in place, and the waterfall still fell on top of his head, ruthlessly destroying the young man's mind.
It took a long time for Ling Qingyun's hysteria to ease, he stared at his bloodshot eyes and looked up, the waterfall did not hit his eyes, and the pain in his brain did not weaken or increase, the source of the waterfall was like a white star, which was unattainable.
This waterfall is very bizarre, it seems to be a rapid rapid, it falls on the body without any weight, but the head is tormented by the impact and crushing feeling, this pain is like a hammer on the soul, so that the consciousness is scattered and fragmented, at first Ling Qingyun desperately wanted to get rid of the pain, and then gradually stopped, not only because he couldn't get out of the waterfall no matter how he struggled, but also because he gradually discovered the benefits.
Under the impact of this waterfall, Ling Qingyun's spiritual power is constantly improving! This is what he gradually discovered in the continuous attempt to condense his spiritual power and consciousness together but broken his bones again and again, after understanding this benefit, Ling Qingyun gritted his teeth and persevered, in the brain syncope, his thinking was chaotic and painful and happy, and the little consciousness that could still think was just repeating the two words, "Persistence, persistence, persistence......"
But now, persistence seemed to be over, Ling Qingyun stared at the stairs in front of him with red eyes, as long as he took a step, he could get rid of this pain and the mental grind that followed.
Different from the first layer, he could feel that the exercise effect of this waterfall was excellent, and the improvement of mental power was not gradually decreasing, but was maintained extremely smoothly, which meant that he could still get a great improvement in the exercise of the waterfall, but the problem was ...... As in the previous days when the True Qi was restored and reborn, some important energy left the body and became faster and faster.
"Tempering at this level can indeed continue to improve spiritual power, but the consumption rate is inevitably too fast......" Ling Qingyun felt the steady increase in spiritual power and the rapidly depleting trial power, and struggled violently in his heart, of course, the stronger the spiritual power, the better, but the chances of the higher levels of the trial tower may not be worse than the spiritual power, and if he continues like this, his spiritual power may be greatly improved, but it will also cut off more possibilities.
During the struggle, Ling Qingyun seemed to see countless complex runes like stars in the sky, densely filling this void, and the white waterfall turned into a galaxy running through it, making the rune stars more and more brilliant. Undoubtedly, the improvement of spiritual power is very beneficial to rune cultivation.
But on the other hand, Ling Qingyun faintly saw that there was a sword dancing outside the void, and the momentum of a sword was naturally not comparable to the Heavens and Stars, but it was condensed into one, unstoppable, and extremely sharp, as if it was about to slash the star dome in one fell swoop.
"As a martial artist, my spiritual power is not the most important thing after all. Ling Qingyun finally made a decision and stepped onto the staircase to the fifth layer.
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The yellow sand is long, the strange rocks are craggy, and this is a barren valley.
The high temperature, the dry air, the rocky ground without a trace of greenery, this is a land that refuses life, and the young man who came here is naturally not very pleasant, wondering what opportunity this world will bring, and a loud roar comes from not far away.
"Is it thunder? no, it's such a powerful breath!" Ling Qingyun was slightly stunned, running dozens of steps in the valley but saw a tall and strong man with a naked upper body and muscles bulging like a hill in this valley, and the astonishing momentum lifted off the yellow sand and gravel, and actually formed a sand and stone tornado that went straight to the top of the valley around the big man, and after a loud shout, the sand and stone in the sky shrank sharply, covering the big man's body as if paving a piece of armor, and his arm was more than doubled!
"This person's breath is obviously only the Linghua Realm, and the power of the shot is strong, but it is comparable to the Tianxing powerhouse!" Ling Qingyun was taken aback, but saw this big man's fist wave, and a punch blasted out, which immediately made the huge stone of Zhangkuan stone turn into powder, and slapped it with one palm, and the deep pit formed on the ground was the size of a courtyard, and suddenly pointed a finger towards the sky, and the fierce light rushed up to the sky and dissipated at a height of ten zhang, but after a while, there was a big eagle with broken wings screaming and falling from the sky, and its skill was profound!
"Such a powerful move can be blasted out continuously, if he charges a blow, he must shatter a small mountain!" Ling Qingyun became more and more shocked the more he looked at it, this big man must be a physical cultivator, and he was also a martial arts master, otherwise he would never be able to burst out the power of the Tianxing Realm with Linghua's body. He took a closer look and saw that this person punched with the dragon and tiger, the palm fell into a meteor, waved his arms like a broken army, and stepped on the thunder, every move and style was an infinite top-level martial art and was used perfectly, so that they all reached the level of manifesting visions and attracting the resonance of heaven and earth energy.
"It's really a pleasure to watch such a strong person perform martial arts!" Ling Qingyun watched intently for a long time, but he stepped forward without hesitation when the stairs appeared, leaving a long sigh of emotion.
It's not that he didn't want to watch this strong man's drill, this master's move was too fast and too fierce, Ling Qingyun was dizzying but also had a great understanding, he couldn't wait to watch it ten times or eight times, and pondered the mystery of each of his moves, but he noticed that the trial power consumed when observing this strong man's drill was no less than the previous waterfall impact, and it wouldn't last a few rounds at all, and with a little hesitation, he still chose to climb to a higher level in order to find an opportunity that was more suitable for him.
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The sixth floor was a courtyard, a courtyard that Ling Qingyun was particularly familiar with.
"This is ......" Ling Qingyun looked at the place he was familiar with in amazement, and turned his head to follow the sound of Huo Huo's wind, but it was a child practicing his sword.
Ling Qingyun was slightly moved, and watched intently as this child practiced swordsmanship, stabbing, picking, chopping, and chopping, such a simple action he practiced hundreds of times but did not feel bored, sweating profusely but not stopping, his little face was full of seriousness.
He knows how tiring it is to practice swords like this, often before the halfway point, his arms will be so tired that his arms are sore, and he can barely lift the sword, plus the process is so boring, and the weather is extremely hot, the average child will stop playing with dozens of swords, and even cry and make a fuss, but this child is very stubborn, even if he is really exhausted, he has to struggle to raise the sword straight, and use the force that comes from nowhere to force the arm to stop trembling and continue to swing the sword, so that at the end of the day, he will not only be sweating profusely, his whole body will be painful and sore, and he will also leave blood blisters and sword wounds.
But that's how he practiced, every night when he was covered with sores and he had to read through the books after applying the medicine, and the next morning he dragged the lingering pain to smell the chickens and dance, so he practiced day after day, he never complained, even if he was so tired that he almost collapsed to the ground, he gritted his teeth and lucked again, and swung the sword in his hand hard, he only had the sword in his eyes.
"My mother was originally a martial arts practitioner, but she also scolded me for being a madman, and this is true, if it weren't for my father spending a lot of money to use all kinds of drugs to recuperate for me, it would be considered lucky to leave a secret wound now, and it would be common sense to die of exhaustion halfway!" Ling Qingyun couldn't help but smile and recall, but continued to watch the child practice swords, these most basic sword styles were rough and clumsy in the hands of children, but in Ling Qingyun's eyes, they were as mysterious as the top martial arts of the previous Linghua Realm master.
"Interesting, really interesting...... looking at it, Ling Qingyun couldn't help but be stunned, he saw a few simple sword moves refracting countless sword shadows, sword dancing wind and thunder, sword opening mountains and rivers, thousands of sword tricks extended out in the simplest sword moves, like a peacock opening the screen, making the sword idiot dazzled.
Here, the power of the trial is consumed very slowly, Ling Qingyun watched the sunrise and sunset, watching this child practice swords countless times, his posture became more and more standard, and he learned all kinds of sword moves, and finally he held his head high and swung out a golden sword that covered the sky, isn't this young man himself today?
Ling Qingyun couldn't help but smile and stepped forward, the sword swung out, and another golden sword that slashed through the space also covered the daylight, reflecting with him.
"Thank you. Ling Qingyun bowed solemnly to the young man in front of him, here, his spiritual power has not improved, his physical body has not been strengthened, and he has not learned a single move.
But he washed himself from the inside out, and regained his grip on the heart that had urged him to work hard for countless days and nights.
What knots disappeared silently, Ling Qingyun looked ahead, suddenly brightened, and his sword heart was clear.
He knew that he had broken through the bottleneck to the Stone Spirit Realm, but the most important thing was to look back and not forget his original intention.