While Alice had finished her battle, Julia and Elaine had just started.

"These monsters have the ability of regeneration, just like previous monsters. They also possess the power to manipulate fire and stone."

"They can even combine their power to create lava. But there is something weird about this."

Elaine spoke as she stood with her back against Julia's back.

Julia replied.

"Are you talking about the temperature of the lava? I noticed that too. Normally, the temperature of lava should be higher than my flames."

"But that's not the case. So, I would say they are merging the power of fire and stone instead of burning the stone with fire."

"I am not sure how this works."

Elaine nodded her head and said.

"Alice has finished her battle. It seems like we can't lag."

"Of course, we can't."

Julia pouted and summoned a large wave of fire in front of her. This wave traveled towards the lava wave coming towards her.

Because of her orange flame's temperature, she managed to easily overwhelm the lava.

But there was one thing about this lava that was very problematic. It had a lot of stone on it.

So, whenever she burned it, the lava would only get hotter until it reached the temperature of molten lava.

This lava was strong enough to burn the orange flame and travel forward.

'Damn! This kind of ability shouldn't appear in the hands of a Third Rank Monster.'

Julia couldn't help but curse in her mind as her expression darkened.

The attack was heading her way, and she had no method to defuse this situation.

But the lava was slow. It gave her more than enough time to think of a solution.

She released a large amount of Qi in her hand. Her five fingers clenched into a fist as she slammed it down.

Bang!

The ice shattered into pieces, and a large crater appeared beneath her. But the destruction hadn't ended there.

Crack! Crack! Thud!

The ice kept breaking until the magma ground was visible to her eyes. She immediately jumped out of the crater and let the lava flow into the crater.

Crack! Crack! Whoosh!

Suddenly, the layer of ice started expanding. Even the broken parts of ice were filled in.

'Sorry, Ken! I can only rely on your ability.'

Julia stuck out her tongue and apologized in her mind.

'But it was only thanks to my incredible Qi Control that I was able to launch such a destructive punch.'

'I should've thought about it. Qi can increase a cultivator's strength. But there is a limit to how much Qi can be used to supercharge our body.'

'Each cell dies in less than a second. So, I need to make sure to supercharge every single cell in an exact moment before its death.'

'Most people don't have a level of control like this. It is only when a person reaches Foundation Establishment Realm, their cells start dying slowly.'

'Because of this, a person can increase their strength exponentially. But I can do the same thanks to my Qi Control.'

'But even now, I don't have perfect control. That means millions of cells aren't supercharged in my attacks. But even so, I can produce such a result.'

Thinking about it, a huge smirk appeared on her face.

This was the first time she tried something like this, and it showed the result beyond her cultivation.

She would be a fool not to utilize something so amazing.

'Wait! If I can do this with my fist, can't I do the same with my feet?'

As this idea sprouted in her mind, she decisively released Qi into her feet. Her precise control allowed her to exponentially increase her feet's strength.

Bang!

With a simple stomp, her body dashed forward. Her face crashed against the rock creature, sending it flying back.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! That fucking hurts."

Julia almost had her face deformed. She was trying to go beside the rock creature, but she made a mistake with her aim.

Since she couldn't control herself at that speed, her body crashed against the rock creature, breaking her nose bone.

Blood flowed out like crazy, but she didn't have the incredible flames of resurrection or Human Flame to heal her wounds.

She could only rely on her Qi to stop the blood flow while taking out two Healing Pills.

Taking these pills, she felt a bit better.

But her expression drastically changed when she saw a large pillar coming her way.

This speed was enough to catch her off guard.

She forcefully slammed the ground, shooting herself into the air.

Whoosh!

The pillar didn't even touch her, but her body was flown several hundred meters into the air.

At this height, she felt a lot of Fire Qi invading her body.

She immediately used her cultivation technique and started recovering her Qi while her body hovered in the air.

Of course, she couldn't stay there for long, as in the next twenty seconds, her body fell straight down.

But before she fell, she immediately released Fire Qi from her feet and released a powerful explosion.

Because of her control, she made sure that the explosion wouldn't hurt her feet or legs while still producing enough power to help her hover in mid-air.

She had never flown before. This was quite a noble feeling, and she wanted to use this moment to recover a lot of her Qi.

Especially the Qi she wasted while fighting two of these monsters.

On the other hand, Elaine was busy fighting her monster.

Unlike with Julia, Elaine's purple flame was still hotter than lava. Because of this, Elaine was capable of burning the lava with quite ease.

The problem was its fighting style.

The rock creature would use its pillar to attack from a close distance. Even if she tried to make some distance, her fire wasn't hot enough to burn it.

So, it could just ignore her flame, close the distance, and fight her with the pillar.

Bang!

Suddenly, she heard a loud crack on the ground. She turned her head and saw Julia's fist on the ground, creating that crack.

Not only that, the crack kept splitting the ice, reaching to the bottom.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel strange.

'Damn! This kind of power shouldn't be possessed by a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator.'

'In the Body Tempering Realm, our body surpasses the limits of an average human, but every single superhuman feat can only be achieved through the use of Qi.'

'But in that realm, we can't possess a lot of Qi. Only after reaching Qi Condensation Realm, the weakness is overcome.'

'Normally, we can use our Qi to improve our strength. But due to her dying cells, we have to keep increasing our output.'

'Unless we are using a Martial Art. So, only after reaching Foundation Establishment Realm, one can truly achieve a feat like this.'

At this moment, Elaine was seriously jealous of her talent.

She knew the technique that Ken gave her would help her improve her Qi Control.

Due to her previous talent, it should've taken her much longer to achieve this level of Qi Control.

But she awakened a powerful physique thanks to Ken. And that physique alone improved her comprehension ability.

In just two days, her Qi Control increased several times.

'No wonder she didn't try to reach Foundation Establishment Realm. With her Fire Element mastered, she had fulfilled the requirement to reach Foundation Establishment Realm.'

'As for the energy, this place is so full of Fire Qi. How could she lack anything? But then again, it normally takes weeks to reach the next realm.'

'No, I can't lag.'

Her eyes turned scary red as she clenched her fist. Although Julia was her sister and friend, she didn't want to lose to her.

'Although I didn't awaken some kind of ridiculous physique, I still have tempered my body to the absolute limit.'

She gritted her teeth, and the purple flame in her body got intense. At this moment, her purple flame slowly condensed into a body armor.

It was different than when she used her purple flames to cover her body.

This time, her purple flame had turned into a solid structure, similar to the Golden Elephant Body.

This was thanks to her physique, 'Fire Spirit Body'.

But since her physique was artificial, she didn't awaken any kind of Innate Ability.

Instead, she got a Secret Art 'Fire Spirit Armor'. This allowed her to condense her purple flame into armor.

Wearing this armor, a new confidence surged in her mind. She slammed her fist forward, blocking the pillar with a single punch.

This time, she didn't need to dodge it. Even though the rock creature was pushing it with its full strength, the pillar didn't even budge.

Elaine opened her fist, pulling her hand back as she caught the pillar between her fingers and swung it.

From the other side, she managed to lift the rock creature in mid-air and slam it on the ground.

Elaine dropped the pillar and raised her eyes towards Julia, thinking.

'So what if you awaken a powerful physique? I will not lose to you. This is my commitment as his first girlfriend.'

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