Chapter 25: Battle Inside the Quinine Cave, the light was dim and mysterious...

Inside the Quining Cave, the light was dim and mysterious, with faint blue spots flickering on the cave walls, as if thousands of star fragments had fallen to the earth.

As soon as Xu Hui stepped in, she was in this independent space, surrounded by various puppets, some holding long swords, some carrying huge hammers, with different shapes and emitting a sharp aura.

A burly puppet wielding a huge battle axe came out first and chopped towards Xu Hui fiercely, accompanied by a deafening roar, as if it was going to split the entire cave in half.

Xu Hui was agile and dodged skillfully, drawing a graceful arc in the air.

At the same time, he put his hands together, and the magic quickly condensed in his palms, forming a dazzling light. With a wave of his hand, the light pierced the darkness like a meteor and hit the puppet's chest.

At the same time, the whole person flew into the air and landed on the ground to meet the attack of the second puppet.

As she turned to dodge, the first puppet exploded, the core formation on its chest failed, and it fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Xu Hui didn't even look at it, and gathered magic power in his palm again. This time it was wind blades. Condensed from the invisible wind, it instantly formed countless wind blades, which attacked the puppets like an overwhelming force.

Suddenly dust flew up, covering the sky with broken arms and legs. The puppets were cut into pieces by wind blades, but as long as the formation diagram on their chests was not ineffective, they would still struggle to rush up.

Various spells such as fireball, water ball, earth escape, entanglement, etc. were emitted from their mouths or eyes and hit Xu Hui in balls.

She arrived just in time. A long sword appeared in her hand. She swung it horizontally, and a huge force of energy came out from the sword, blocking all the spells and hitting them densely.

This is the "Qiankun Sword Technique", a sword technique that uses speed to defeat speed, and when it is extremely fast, it becomes invincible in the world.

Xu Hui has been practicing for so long, but has only learned one move, swinging the sword!

Even with this one move, she had only learned the basics. She practiced it thousands of times, and at most she could perform it to the standard without any unnecessary movements to slow down time. However, the spiritual power consumed was barely half of the spiritual power in her body.

Every time he swung the sword, half of his spiritual power would be drained away, so he could only practice twice each time and had to meditate to absorb the spiritual power.

When practicing, one cannot use spiritual power. Unlike other sword cultivation techniques, the "Qiankun Sword Art" cannot form muscle memory through repeated practice.

Because the key to the speed of this sword technique is to take advantage of the wind, guide the wind, and use the wind to make the sword moves fast and light, reaching the extreme.

Therefore, every time you practice, you must use your spiritual power to feel each change in the wind, strive to move your mind at will, and instantly mobilize the wind for your own use.

The sword moves are very simple, just a gentle swing is a move, but what is not simple is that the sword is different every time it is swung, going with the wind, moving with the wind, light and convenient.

Xu Hui now just learned how to use her spiritual power to drive the wind to draw her sword. It was powerful, but crude. In Wei Mubai's words, it was just a brute force, far from being able to move her mind at will.

However, practicing the "Qiankun Sword Art" consumes too much spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy used will not decrease as her cultivation level increases.

But no matter what level she is at, the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Golden Core Stage... as long as she uses this move, half of her spiritual power will inevitably be drained away.

Of course, as the level increases, the power it can exert becomes greater.

But this style of fighting is quite undesirable. It does not require any technical skills. Anyone who draws out half of his spiritual power and rushes forward can achieve extraordinary results.

Therefore, what she needs to practice is how to accurately control the output of spiritual power, and strive to use the least amount of spiritual power to achieve the greatest effect when swinging a sword.

Xu Hui has been thinking and making continuous improvements, but her spiritual energy is consumed too quickly, making her sword practice extremely slow.

However, after entering the Quining Cave, she discovered the extraordinary features of this secret training place.

She used spells before, but because of the Five Roots of Chaos and the "Three Generates All Things" technique, the spells she cast consumed very little energy, and the five elements were mutually reinforcing and restraining, and combined with the technique, they formed a circulation in her body, continuously absorbing external spiritual power.

Others need to meditate and concentrate their minds to absorb spiritual power, using their minds to control the external spiritual power to enter the body, circulate around the body, and then flow into the dantian.

In addition, different spiritual powers must be separated and allowed to enter different qi seas. Wood spiritual power and fire spiritual power cannot be mixed together, as it is easy for them to affect each other. Fire burns wood, and wood produces fire. Not only will you lose the spiritual power that you have absorbed with great difficulty, but your dantian will also be injured.

One of the greatest functions of the technique is to absorb spiritual power of different attributes separately.

Xu Hui didn't need that. She could absorb the five elements of spiritual power unscrupulously. After it entered her body, it was directly poured into the sea of ​​qi. The five elements were complete in it, and they were mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. No matter what kind of spiritual power entered, it would not cause any trouble. It would be absorbed obediently and flow along the sea of ​​qi.

Therefore, she does not need to meditate specifically or rely on her mind to control it. She can practice continuously at an extremely fast speed.

Of course, this doesn't mean that she doesn't need to meditate. In fact, she still needs to.

First of all, active absorption is much faster than unconscious absorption, the difference is several times faster.

Secondly, her body needs to be polished and nourished and tempered by spiritual power.

This cannot be achieved by relying on the automatic operation of "Three Lives and All Things". It is necessary to mobilize the spiritual power in the Dantian, circulate it throughout the body, and use the spiritual power to nourish every part of the body so that the physical fitness can keep up with the speed of advancement.

Therefore, the time she needs to practice is no less than that of others, just faster.

But because of this characteristic, the spiritual power in her body has always been abundant. Not long after using those spells, her dantian was replenished, causing her to not realize the magic of this secret trial realm.

Yes, the reason why Quinine Cave is so popular is not only because of the endless supply of puppets that can recover quickly after being defeated, but also because of a very, very unique function.

That is, here the lost spiritual power can be replenished within one stick of incense.

For someone like Xu Hui, who is at the sixth level of Qi training, it would take an hour to replenish the body's spiritual power by meditating outside, but here, it only takes a quarter of the time, a full four times the difference.

No wonder the combat level and realm of the monks who have practiced here have improved so quickly.

Realizing this, she immediately changed her strategy and stopped using magic. She decided to take advantage of the characteristics of this place and practice sword techniques.

With a swing of the sword, all the magic attacks from the puppets were blocked, not only that, but all the puppets were destroyed.

Wherever the sword energy went, it was shattered into pieces, leaving no grass and only fragments on the ground.

There is a quarter of an hour of rest before the next batch of puppets appear.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Hui immediately put down the defensive array and meditated inside to recover his spiritual power.

With her full concentration on practice, her spiritual power recovered to two-thirds.

At this time, another batch of puppets appeared, and their cultivation level was one level higher than the previous batch.

The puppets just now were all at the fifth and sixth levels of Qi training. Now it is different. The main ones are puppets at the seventh level of Qi training, supplemented by puppets at the sixth level. There are more than twenty in total, and their bodies are obviously more flexible.

They surrounded Xu Hui, wrapping her up in a circle.

She didn't immediately resort to swordsmanship. Instead, she weaved between the puppets, sometimes attacking with the fury of a hurricane, other times defending with the calmness of a still stream. Each movement was precise and powerful, each attack like a thunderbolt, sending the puppets retreating repeatedly.

Finally, after two incense sticks, his spiritual power was replenished, and a spiritual sword appeared in his hand. He swept it fiercely, and the puppet in front of him immediately broke into pieces.

Without hesitation, she turned around and swept again, destroying all the remaining puppets, and all her spiritual power was drained away.

This behavior is very dangerous. Without spiritual power in the secret realm, one is like a lamb to be slaughtered.

If it were in the wild, Xu Hui would certainly not dare to be so reckless, but after entering the cave for so long, she also discovered that this was an independent space that belonged to her alone for the time being.

As long as she doesn't go out on her own initiative, outsiders can hardly get in. The only danger is the endless supply of puppets.

But they will appear in a fixed pattern, and even their moves are similar. For example, the fireball technique is very standard, and not only the size of the fireballs but also the power are similar.

Xu Hui knew in her heart that these were mass-produced puppets and it was impossible for them to be flexible enough to change their moves and attack methods.

But it is more than enough to deal with cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. If the cultivators find it easy, they can increase the number. They will not be allowed to pass the level easily.

Moreover, this standardized use of spells has another benefit, which is to help individual practitioners correct minor mistakes in their practice.

Unlike aristocratic families with powerful heritage and formal teachers, most independent cultivators rely on their own exploration, which makes it easy for them to make mistakes and errors, which is not conducive to their cultivation.

Combat can quickly reveal problems in cultivation. After realizing the mistakes, one can learn the correct approach by fighting against the puppets.

Therefore, for cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, standards are necessary and represent orthodoxy.

Xu Hui has the guidance of a big boss, Wei Mubai. He can see any problem at a glance, point it out in time, and correct it immediately.

In terms of basics, she plays very solidly, and what is needed is a more flexible fighting style, and... see blood.

Wei Mubai didn't let her go out to hunt spirit beasts, saying that the time was not right.

Xu Hui didn't know when the time would come, but Wei Mubai would never harm her, so she didn't worry too much and just waited.

Fighting against these puppets would not bring her any more benefits.

But in this special environment, there is an endless supply of puppets, which is just right for her to practice swordsmanship.

After her spiritual power was exhausted, she immediately returned to the defensive array to meditate. When her spiritual power recovered by half, she immediately went out to face the puppets, sometimes using her body skills to dodge, sometimes counterattack. When her spiritual power was sufficient, she launched two swords and destroyed all the puppets.

In this aggressive battle, Xu Hui gradually found the rhythm and gained more insights into the sword techniques. The sword moves he made became more powerful each time, but the spiritual power he consumed was gradually decreasing.

This visible improvement made her obsessed, and she even forgot the purpose of her coming in for a moment, and just kept honing her sword moves over and over again.

After countless battles, Xu Hui was able to use a quarter of his spiritual power to deliver sword moves that were twice as powerful as before.

At the same time, the puppet fighting against her turned into a puppet that had reached the great perfection of the Qi Refining Stage, and its body was flexible, and it could be called a real person's puppet.

This puppet seemed to have a soul. When she launched a sword attack, it could dodge flexibly. Then the attacks came at her intensively, forcing Xu Hui to deal with them and unable to hide in the formation to practice.

Xu Hui had no choice but to dodge the moves and fight back, while not forgetting to mobilize her Qi Sea to recover her spiritual power as quickly as possible.

I was forced to do three things at once, little by little.

From being overwhelmed at the beginning and suffering serious injuries, taking a lot of elixirs, he became more comfortable later on. He would dodge first, and then fight back if that didn't work. When he sensed danger, he would strike with all his strength using sword moves.

Over and over again, the cycle went on, and Xu Hui's spiritual power and spirit were put to a great test.

But it must be said that such a battle brought her huge benefits.

First, she could switch flexibly between magic and swordsmanship and use them with ease. Secondly, she also learned to use her mind to control her qi sea during battle and absorb as much spiritual power as possible.

Only in this way can one, at the sixth level of Qi training, fight back and forth with a puppet that has reached the great perfection of Qi training!