In the ruins of a cave, after the flames of the explosion had subsided, two figures appeared.
Shui Qingxi braced herself with both hands, her true qi armor formed from water cloud silk was in a terrible state. In the instant that the terrifying fire blade exploded, Shui Qingxi hurriedly retreated in front of Qin Xin, circulating all the true qi in her body to form a defensive shield that enveloped the two of them.
"puff!"
As her blood surged, Shui Qingxi coughed up bright red blood, and her hands fell limply to the ground.
"Qin Xin, you almost killed me!"
Feeling the injuries within her body, Shui Qingxi glanced at Qin Xin behind her with a hint of reproach, her eyes still filled with the terror of the horrific explosion.
"cough!"
Qin Xin couldn't help but cough, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. "I'm sorry, Senior Sister Shui."
This fusion of martial arts attacks was Qin Xin's last trump card. If it weren't for the Lava Giant Scorpion King's attack, which prevented the two from escaping for a while, he wouldn't have risked using it so much, and now he himself has suffered considerable internal injuries.
"Alright, let's recover quickly and get out of this underground space!"
After a soft sigh, Shui Qingxi quickly swallowed a healing pill and began to circulate her martial spirit to recover. The explosion had caused her considerable damage in order to protect Qin Xin.
Looking at Shui Qingxi, who was recovering, Qin Xin felt a little guilty, but also a little fortunate. He could sense that the damage from the explosion was equivalent to a blow from a Yuanfu Realm expert. If he had taken the hit himself, he would probably have been reduced to ashes.
However, Qin Xin did not rush to heal his injuries. Instead, he walked to the corpse of the Lava Giant Scorpion King, which had been blasted into a sieve. With the Devouring Spirit Stone operating quietly, the Lava Giant Scorpion King's still-dissipating soul was directly devoured. Under the operation of the Supreme Divine Evolution Technique, a huge amount of spiritual power was continuously poured into the Devouring Spirit Stone for refinement. For a moment, red light flowed on the Devouring Spirit Stone in the Niwan Palace.
The power transformed from the Spirit Devouring Stone continuously flowed into the Martial Spirit, and a refreshing feeling spread throughout the body from within the Martial Core, causing Qin Xin to tremble involuntarily.
Staring at the corpse of the Lava Giant Scorpion King, Qin Xin took out a small knife. Because its scales were difficult to penetrate with knives and spears, it took him a lot of effort to peel off the top of its head. Seeing that there was still some warm, dark red blood inside, he took out a jade bottle and carefully collected the blood.
After doing all this, Qin Xin closed his eyes and, with his martial spirit activated, continuously absorbed the pure power transformed from the spirit-devouring stone.
About half an hour later, Qin Xin opened his eyes and saw that Shui Qingxi was still healing. Qin Xin did not disturb her. The cave had collapsed after the explosion, and no one could detect the situation here for a while, so it was relatively safe.
After extracting the essence blood of the Lava Giant Scorpion King, Qin Xin hesitated for a moment.
Suddenly raising its head, it drank down the bottle of blood-red, still bubbling with the essence of the Lava Giant Scorpion King.
"hiss!"
The moment the essence blood entered his mouth, it felt like magma, and Qin Xin was in so much pain that he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
Without any hesitation, the Desolate God Battle Body was quickly activated, and the essence blood of the Lava Giant Scorpion King flowed continuously along the special meridians in his body under the operation of the technique.
On Qin Xin's skin, a blood-red light flowed, forming a mysterious rune mark.
Qin Xin intended to continue injecting his essence blood into his right arm, but found that his right arm seemed to have already been strengthened. After the essence blood flowed in, the refined desolate energy did not react at all, so Qin Xin directly poured all his essence blood into his left arm.
A strange light slowly appeared on his left arm.
Perhaps because the essence blood of the Lava Giant Scorpion King is of the fire attribute, the refining of the essence blood seems to be very compatible with the body. As the body is constantly tempered by the desolate energy, more of it is concentrated on the left arm.
"Aragami battle body, second level!"
Qin Xin opened his eyes, a stream of blood energy flowing through them, and instantly a powerful surge of blood energy erupted from his body, making him resemble a level three demonic beast.
After breaking through to the Desolate God Battle Body, Qin Xin observed the changes within his body and felt that the true energy in his martial core was now completely full, with the six true apertures constantly flashing as if they had some mysterious connection.
"open!"
As soon as a strange sensation emanated from his martial arts core, Qin Xin did not hesitate at all. He immediately redirected all the true energy in his body. As the six true acupoints quietly circulated, a huge vortex of true energy rapidly swirled and gradually shrank as it was continuously compressed.
The whole process lasted for about an hour. After the light spot of the seventh true aperture stabilized, Qin Xin noticed that something was wrong.
Although the seven true apertures in his body had been condensed and stabilized, he always felt that the condensation of these true apertures was not perfect, but rather that something was missing.
Puzzled, Qin Xin then noticed the Fire-Wood Martial Pill within his body. It was now clear that the fire-attribute true qi far exceeded the wood-attribute true qi, making it extremely unbalanced.
Qin Xin only used wood-attribute true energy to stabilize the flame when refining pills, so he had always ignored it.
"continue!"
Qin Xin directly redirected his wood-attribute true energy and poured it all into his seventh true acupoint.
Under continuous compression, the True Aperture, which originally emitted a red glow, now swirled between blue and red, achieving a higher degree of compatibility with the Martial Pill, and the condensation of the True Aperture became even more perfect.
"I see!"
After feeling the perfection of the True Aperture, Qin Xin discovered the method. After each True Aperture was refined again, the wood attribute true qi in the Martial Pill would increase by one layer. Only when the fire and wood attributes reached a balance did Qin Xin stop. At this time, the seven True Apertures in his body shone brightly with blue and red light, appearing extremely powerful.
"call!"
After exhaling a breath of stale air, Qin Xin slowly opened his eyes.
A stunningly beautiful face suddenly appeared before Qin Xin, startling him so much that he instinctively stood up.
"Oh? You actually cultivate both fire and wood elemental energies simultaneously?"
Shui Qingxi asked in confusion after seeing the flow of true energy within Qin Xin's body.
"Um."
Qin Xin rubbed his nose, seemingly smelling the impurities expelled after the Desolate God Battle Body tempered its body, and frowned slightly.
"Anyway, you are still in the Qi Opening Realm. The two types of true qi will only slow down your cultivation progress. However, after you reach the Qi Sea Realm, it is best to focus on one of them as your main cultivation. This way, you can enter the Yuan Mansion Realm as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to open the Yuan Mansion with the two types of true qi."
Shui Qingxi nodded slightly and then spoke to remind Qin Xin.
Qin Xin naturally knew the principle of not trying to do too much at once. Most martial artists' martial spirits only grant them a single attribute, although some martial artists have dual or even multiple attributes.
In terms of cultivation speed, those with a single attribute are obviously much faster and find it easier to break through realms. However, it is different for martial artists with dual or multiple attributes. They need to achieve a balance between the various attributes before they can break through, and their cultivation will take longer. But once they break through, the strength of martial artists with dual or multiple attributes is naturally far greater than that of martial artists with a single attribute.
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister Shui."
Qin Xin thanked her softly, but when his eyes moved upward, he accidentally saw Shui Qingxi's waist. The clothes that were originally there had been burned away by the flames of the explosion, exposing her alabaster skin.
Shui Qingxi seemed to notice Qin Xin's gaze quickly shifting away, and straightened her clothes to cover up her exposed areas.
"Hmph! No wonder Xue'er calls you a little hooligan."
Shui Qingxi rolled her eyes at Qin Xin...
Qin Xin was completely baffled by Shui Qingxi's remarks. He believed he hadn't done anything wrong, yet he was suddenly labeled a "rogue."
Shui Qingxi ignored Qin Xin's thoughts. A jade plate appeared in her hand. Looking at the two red dots flashing above it, she frowned slightly and said softly, "It's time to leave, otherwise you won't be able to take this spiritual vein with you."
Upon hearing this, Qin Xin originally intended to find another spiritual vein for Shui Qingxi, but after learning the rule that only ten spiritual veins could be brought out from the underground space, he did not hesitate. He fully circulated his true energy to conceal the aura of the spiritual vein and poured all his true energy into the identity crystal.
Shui Qingxi had recovered most of her strength, but due to her severe internal injuries, she needed proper care to fully recover. At this moment, she went directly to Qin Xin's side to protect him.
Just as a ripple appeared around Qin Xin, Shui Qingxi did not hesitate and directly poured her true energy into her identity crystal.
The two figures blurred and immediately disappeared into the underground space.
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