"What was going on? Why had the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy suddenly dropped so much?"
"This was bad. There had to be too many people cultivating. The later it got, the thinner the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy became."
"Even the Azure Flame Spirit Pool couldn't sustain this many people cultivating."
"There were still three days left. I had to break through to my limit while there was still Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy."
In the Azure Flame Spirit Pool Core Region—or more precisely, across a wide area centered on Qin Hao—the expressions of many cultivating, talented warriors changed.
Most had already reached the Sixth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm. A rare few had even reached the seventh layer. They had essentially reached their limits.
Only a handful were still absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy with all their might.
That was why they sensed every change in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy within the Azure Flame Spirit Pool.
Their hearts tightened, and they hurried to make the most of their time, throwing themselves into cultivation once more.
Xu Xiao was undoubtedly the closest to Qin Hao.
Xu Xiao's expression shifted too. "I'm already at the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm. Just one step more, and I'll break through to the Sixth Layer."
"Damn it. If the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy hadn't dropped so fast, I'd have reached the Sixth Layer already."
Xu Xiao had mastered Sixth-Order Space Laws, so the Sixth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm was the highest Cultivation Realm he could reach.
Yet a full day and night had passed, and he still had not broken through.
He had taken less than two days to advance from the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm to the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm. But