His core still hasn't reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Meanwhile, his clone was practicing alchemy on the other side.

"I should breakthrough."

Rant Valo said to himself. He focused on his body and started sucking in the white mana in the air.

He thought about what Magicus said when the luck of the world flows into him. Immediately after thinking of that, Rant Valo felt like a faucet had been opened inside him. Before, the mana entering his body was like droplets from a broken faucet. This time, it was like someone opened that faucet.

'Woah!'

Rant Valo exclaimed to himself.

His core was quickly filled with mana. The cloudy space inside his core was quickly compressed by the income of the new mana from outside.

'It-It's turning into liquid!'

Rant Valo exclaimed in shock. He watched as droplets of liquid mana condensed inside his core. It then slid down the walls of his core and pooled at the bottom.

'H-How am I gonna cultivate this?'

Rant Valo asked himself in nervousness. From what he did with his clone, he had to create a vortex with his mana and create a solid ball of mana.

'For now, let me try creating a vortex.'

Instead of stopping his absorption mana, Rant Valo decided to create a vortex using that liquid mana.

Rant Valo controlled this liquid mana and made it spin in circles around inside his core. It was not hard to do so as it was heavy. Compared to spinning air, you need a lot of momentum and force to make a liquid spin.

It spun and spun. At first, it was spinning like a turtle, but before long, it was spinning around very rapidly.

Suddenly, Rant Valo felt his absorption of mana increase again. It was like someone broke the faucet from before. Mana rushed inside his core and immediately liquefied before joining the liquid mana vortex.

'Woah!'

Rant Valo exclaimed in shock.

Outside his body, Floriana Sabina and Veia immediately woke up in alarm. The air around them was spinning in a vortex. It was like a storm was brewing inside the room. The chandelier above them spun and shook rapidly.

"D-Disciple is!?"

Floriana Sabina looked at Rant Valo in disbelief. Rant Valo was just cultivating, yet it was creating this kind of an effect.

"Master!"

Veia called out in alarm. She had already moved far away from Rant Valo's body.

"Veia, don't interrupt him!"

Floriana Sabina reminded Veia. It would be bad if Rant Valo was interrupted now. This was a critical juncture for his cultivation. If he was interrupted, he would fail, and he would suffer from a mana backlash.

"O-Okay."

Veia nodded her head in a stutter hearing Floriana Sabina's words.

…

'It's working!'

Rant Valo exclaimed in excitement. The liquid mana was slowly creating solid pieces in its center. It would not take long before he forms the solid ball of mana.

Rant Valo watched as his core became fully filled with liquid mana. Several large pieces of solid mana were forming in the center of that vortex.

BOOM!

Rant Valo felt a thump inside his core. It was like something was trying to escape it.

But just as his core was about to burst, a warm and soothing energy entered his stomach and supported the walls of his Core.

'Disciple, do your best!'

Floriana Sabina's voice sounded inside Rant Valo's head.

'Yes!'

Rant Valo replied to her. He then spun the liquid mana faster and faster until he couldn't spin it anymore.

More and more mana entered inside Rant Valo's Core. As the pressure increased, more and more solid pieces of mana appeared inside his Core. It also became bigger and bigger.

Then all of a sudden, all of his liquid mana suddenly turned solid. It was like a disturbed lake water that froze in the cold winter.

'Amazing!'

Rant Valo exclaimed. At the same time that happened, the mana from outside stopped coming inside him.

'Now what do I do?'

Rant Valo pondered as he looked at the frozen mana inside his Core.

'Why don't I try compressing it?'

Rant Valo thought to himself. He then controlled the outer part of the solid mana and compressed it inward.

Surprisingly, it was very easy to do so. Rant Valo easily compressed the solid mana into a small ball. It suddenly changed its appearance from white to a transparent ball with a glossy sheen. It was like a diamond pearl was inside his core.

A small sliver of liquid mana escaped the diamond pearl and connected with the walls of Rant Valo's Core.

BOOM!

Rant Valo suddenly felt an explosion occur inside his body. That liquid mana traveled inside his body, and wherever it went, it made him stronger. He could feel each part of his body explosively rise in his strength. It didn't feel like he just reached the Foundation Establishment.

Rant Valo waited for all of it to settle. Before long the liquid mana reconnected with the diamond pearl and created a loop inside his body. Endless strength seemed to flow inside him.

Rant Valo opened his eyes.

"W-What cultivation stage am I on?"

Rant Valo turned to Floriana Sabina who was holding his hand beside him.

"C-Core Formation stage…"

Floriana Sabina replied with a crooked smile on her face. Even she herself couldn't believe that Rant Valo just jumped straight to Core Formation. It was like the Foundation Establishment didn't exist in his cultivation.

"Also, what happened around here?"

Rant Valo asked as he looked around the room. Everything seems to be in a mess. The chandelier had fallen to the floor. The drawers and even the pillows on the bed were all over the place.

"Disciple, you're amazing!"

Instead of answering his question, Floriana Sabina praised Rant Valo with an excited smile on her face.

"What did you do, Disciple?"

Floriana Sabina asked him excitedly. She was excited to know what could cause someone to suddenly jump a whole cultivation stage.

"I just remembered what Magicus told me."

Rant Valo replied to her truthfully.