The Lord of Void and Real

97  Chapter 96: Great Increase in Talent

Even as he tentatively probed the pond with his fingers, the bulk of his attention was focused on the golden skeleton. He had even perked up his ears to listen carefully, but he did not notice anything amiss from start to finish.

"Perhaps someone has set up some kind of array using this skeleton as the center?" A thought flashed across Shen Luo's mind as he once again stepped towards the center of the pond.

Hum!

The golden light on the skeleton suddenly brightened again, causing the resistance to surge. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Shen Luo swayed slightly but quickly steadied himself.

"Sure enough, there is something strange!" Shen Luo murmured as he gazed at the golden skeleton and took another step forward.

The golden light on the skeleton escalated violently, accompanied by a howl, as if responding to a provocation.

A colossal push force radiated from the golden light, acting on Shen Luo's body.

Shen Luo's complexion changed slightly. Unable to resist, he involuntarily took a step back.

As he stepped back, the golden light on the skeleton immediately dimmed significantly, and the radiating pushing force drastically weakened.

Shen Luo steadied himself and a wave of curiosity ignited in his heart.

The skeleton that didn't allow people to approach it must certainly have its reasons; it might be the key to escaping from here, or perhaps something precious was hidden in the pond underneath skeleton?

However, he had no mana in his body at the moment, thus he decided not to venture closer.

He exhaled lightly and then sat down cross-legged at the edge of the pond. Closing his eyes, he started to circulate the Nameless Cultivation Technique.

Bang!

The dense heavenly and earthly spiritual Qi around him fluctuated violently as if a dam had broken, rushing into his body at an astonishing speed.

Shen Luo was greatly surprised. The speed at which the heavenly and earthly spiritual Qi converged was hundreds of times faster than when he was cultivating in the real world!

However, he swiftly recovered and accelerated the operation of the Nameless Cultivation Technique, trying his best to absorb the dense heavenly and earthly spiritual Qi, converting it into mana.

The process was surprisingly smooth. Once the heavenly and earthly spiritual Qi was absorbed into his Dantian, it was easily transformed into mana.

His initially empty Dantian quickly filled up, returning to its peak state in no time.

"Even if the spiritual Qi here is dense, it shouldn't be this fast, right?" Shen Luo opened his eyes with a look of astonishment on his face.

Shen Luo's eyes once again landed on the golden skeleton hovering in mid-air. After some hesitation, he reached for the crimson short blade by the edge of the pond and initiated the control incantation.

The crimson short blade leapt from his hand and started to vibrate faintly.

"Go!"

With a point from Shen Luo, the crimson short blade immediately transformed into a dark red light shadow, heading straight for the golden skeleton. In the blink of an eye, it was less than two feet away from the skeleton.

He hastily closed his eyes and quietly circulated his skills, finally regaining his composure after a while.

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"Hum!"

The golden skeleton immediately reacted as if it had sensed something, emitting golden light. The crimson short blade seemed to have fallen into a quagmire, with its speed reduced drastically. After moving about a foot forward, it stopped in mid-air and could not move any further.

However, the repelling force emitted by the skeleton seemed to only affect objects in close proximity to it. Even though Shen Luo was sitting at the edge of the pond, in the golden light, he did not feel any pushing force.

Shen Luo activated the control incantation again, and after some humming vibration, the crimson short blade flew an inch further forward.

Then a loud "bang" could be heard, followed by the short blade rolling like thunder, appearing to have been hit hard before it fell onto the ground. The glow of the blade was dim, seeming to have suffered not a little damage.

Shen Luo's head throbbed with pain, as if someone had hit him with a stick. He couldn't help but let out a grunt, and his vision blacked out.

He hastily closed his eyes and quietly circulated his skills, finally regaining his composure after a while.

After he took a deep breath, he looked up again.

The golden skeleton was just floating there, its light gone, as if nothing had happened.

Upon some contemplation, Shen Luo plunged a single hand into the water, silently invoking the Water Control Technique.

At the surface of the water directly below the golden skeleton, there came a "swoosh" sound as a gigantic green water hand of about three meters broke out of the water, rapidly shooting upward toward the golden skeleton.

As soon as the green water hand appeared, there was a flash of golden light around the golden skeleton. It effortlessly crushed the giant water hand.

Shen Luo's face fell. He plunged both hands into the water.

Swoosh!

All around the pond, the surfaces of the water split open. Green hands, water ropes, water snakes and other objects shot out, rolling towards the golden skeleton from all directions.

The golden light on the golden skeleton surged up, and under the ripples of light, all of the water hands, water ropes, and other objects were destroyed like dry hay against a fierce storm.

Upon seeing this, Shen Luo revealed a wry smile.

His strength was just too weak. If only he had the cultivation level of Wu Pojia or Luo Daoist, he wouldn't be so helpless.

He stared blankly at the golden skeleton, then after hesitating for a long while, he gritted his teeth, picked up the two Fire Guns and a Cold Gun from the ground, and started to walk towards the direction of the entrance.

Half an hour later, Shen Luo reappeared by the side of the pond, his face dark and gloomy, with a few scratches on the corners of his mouth and on his arms.

"Am I destined to be trapped here?" Shen Luo muttered looking at the golden skeleton floating in mid-air.

Just now, he had tried to break through the Eight Trigrams Light Array while his mana was still abundant. After much struggle, he had still failed to make any progress.

Shen Luo sighed, returned to his cross-legged position at the center of the pond, and closed his eyes.

Since he couldn't leave, he might as well make use of the incredibly abundant spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to try and break through the second realm of the Nameless Cultivation Technique. Even in Dreamland, being able to personally experience this could only be beneficial for his future cultivation.

However, not much time passed before he opened his eyes, widened them in disbelief, his face full of surprise.

Just a moment ago, his Purple Palace Acupoint had unexpectedly relaxed significantly under the impact of his mana.

Previously in reality, he had tried his hardest, exhausting all his mana but was not able to shift it at all.

The difference between then and now was simply too big, wasn't it?

Despite his surprise, Shen Luo didn't stop cultivating, he continued to channel his mana to impact the Purple Palace Acupoint. After vibrations back and forth a few times, the Purple Palace Acupoint finally opened up!

Shen Luo was overjoyed. He continued to channel his mana to move forward within the Ren meridian, quickly reaching the next Heavenly Breakthrough Acupoint, and began to impact it.

The Heavenly Breakthrough Acupoint became loose with the impact of the mana. After repeated impacts, this acupoint also broke open.

Shen Luo took a deep breath, unable to hide his excitement.

It could have been a coincidence that the Purple Palace acupoint was impacted, but the fact that the Heavenly Breakthrough Acupoint was also so easily breached, could not be explained as a coincidence.

"Could it be that my cultivation talent has greatly increased after entering Dreamland?" Shen Luo speculated quietly.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The first time he successfully drew the Small Thunder Talisman and the exorcism charm was in the Dreamland. The Water Control Technique he used earlier was also ten times more flexible than in reality. Not to mention when he previously drew in the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into his body, it felt effortless.

All these factors indicated that his cultivation talent was much better in Dreamland compared to reality.

Though the sudden improvement of his talent was unbelievable and nearly impossible, the matter of entering dreams was shrouded in mystery. Anything could happen within the Dreamland.

While Shen Luo was lost in his thoughts, he did not pause the circulation of mana within his body. He continued to impact each and every acupoint as directed by the Nameless Cultivation Technique.

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