On the other side, Julia landed on the ground. Her body couldn't remain stable in mid-air for long.

This time, she rushed forward, dashing towards the rock creature.

After thinking about it for a moment, Julia realized her only advantage against a monster stronger than her was her overwhelming strength.

In other words, she would need to face it in hand-to-hand combat.

When the rock creature saw her move, it dropped the pillar on the ground, and a large amount of flame and stone condensed in its fist.

The flame and stone turned into a molten glove and covered its fist.

Julia gathered Qi into her fist and punched forward with a right hook.

The rock creature greeted this attack with its own fist.

Bang!

When their fists collided, a massive shockwave emerged. The ice shattered, the air trembled, and a vortex appeared.

Cold and hot air began to swirl in the middle, creating a massive tornado between them.

Julia's fist managed to crack the glove, but her eyes had turned red, and she was just a touch away from screaming.

Gritting her teeth, she raised her right leg and infused it with a lot of Qi, kicking the rock creature on its stomach.

Bang!

She managed to break apart the outer layer of the stone and kick the creature away while she landed on the ground.

Standing on one foot, she slowly lowered her other foot.

"Hiss! It hurts so much."

She cursed. The pain in her right foot was quite intense.

"I need to learn Healing Arts; otherwise, I will never be able to fight like this in the future."

"Having perfect control over my Qi is the best way for me to display my talent. Extreme Lust Body is only good for cultivation."

"So, I can't give up on Vermillion Bird Transformation Technique. But I can't fight like this for now."

"What should I do?"

Feeling the pain in her legs, she was confused. But her confusion didn't last long as she activated her Fire Qi.

The orange flame emerged from her body, turning into a solid armor of fire.

The armor grasped her body quite well, making it feel like a piece of clothing rather than armor.

This idea came to her when she saw Elaine's situation. Naturally, she wanted to copy that kind of armor.

Thanks to her high Qi Control, she was able to create solid armor without losing much of her Qi.

And, it was also thanks to her recent Qi recovery.

'Even so, I can only use this armor for five minutes. After that, my Qi will be exhausted.'

She thought to herself and dashed forward.

Since she had only five minutes, she was gonna finish the battle within five minutes.

Qi gathered in her arm, flowing into her hand as she clenched her five fingers.

The rock creature stood on its leg with its hands placed on the ground. Until she closed the gap, it suddenly raised its head.

Its eyes started glowing with a fiery red color and released a powerful beam of fire Qi.

"Shit!"

Sensing the danger coming her way, she immediately wanted to stop. But when she thought about her time limit, she decided to do something crazy.

She didn't think she had the ability to overpower this creature.

So, she had to kill it while sacrificing something. She decided to sacrifice time.

After all, by increasing the amount of Qi, she could increase the defenses of the armor as well.

And that's exactly what she did.

Concentrating her Qi into the armor, she faced the beam head-on.

Bang!

The collision between the beam and the armor sent shockwaves around. The beam was so hot that it started melting the exterior of the armor.

But it didn't have the strength to stop her. While blocking the beam with her armor, Julia kept running forward.

She only used her chest armor to block the beam until she reached in front of the rock creature.

It hadn't stopped using this move, and this was good.

Because this gave her the perfect opportunity to attack it.

She put all of her strength in her fist. She had taken too much risk to get a second chance.

If she couldn't destroy it now, she wouldn't be able to destroy it again.

Her Qi Reserve was getting closer to zero as her fist descended into its head.

Bang!

The punch shattered the surface of the head. She didn't stop, channelling more power into the fist.

The rock creature did the same, trying to pierce through the last layer of armor to melt her body.

Crack! Boom!

Unfortunately, before it could destroy her armor, her fist pierced through its head, and several cracks appeared all over its body.

Finally, the body of the rock creature exploded into pieces.

.........

Elaine gritted her teeth as she blocked the attack from the rock creature.

The flame armor around her was holding its ground. Even if the enemy had a stronger attack, she wasn't even flinching.

However, a darker problem was emerging within her body. With each passing second, her Qi was depleting faster.

If this continued, her armor would disappear in less than two minutes.

Naturally, she couldn't let that happen.

Or, at least, she must defeat it before the armor disappears.

So, how?

'How am I going to defeat this creature?'

Elaine thought to herself, blocking the pillar with her forearm. Then, she heard a loud noise.

She turned her head and saw Julia punching a hole through the head of the rock creature.

At this moment, she couldn't hide her shock.

Julia also had an armor similar to hers, but more importantly, she had done her battle.

She was happy, but this also infuriated her.

Not at Julia's win but at her confusion.

She didn't have the strength to crush the Rank Third Monster like Julia.

'So, what can I do?'

At this moment, the purple flame burned in her mind.

'I can burn. I can create fire.'

'No...'

At this moment, her body seemingly released even more Purple Flame, consuming even more of her Qi.

But she didn't care. This time, she wasn't going to hide but rather focus all of her strength into one attack.

Julia could do it. So, why couldn't she?

She had that pride in her, and she couldn't let it shatter.

The purple flame burned fiercely. She closed her eyes and thought.

'I am Flame!'

The flame seemingly resonated with her, turning into a sharp flying snake that coiled around her body.

Slowly, the shape of the snake changed into the shape of a dragon.

At this moment, the words of the Heavenly Flame Refining Technique emerged inside her mind.

'Heaven and Earth gave birth to a spark. It used the essence of its creator to fuel its might.'

'Strong light and heat emerged from its body, slowly turning it into the first flame of the universe.'

'Heavenly Flame was its name, and it burns brighter than anything in this world. It exists within everyone, within every inch of this world.'

'Feel the warmth of the Heavenly Flame! Only when the nine Heavenly Flames are combined, the true Heavenly Flame can be summoned.'

At this moment, Ken sensed something and turned around.

When he saw the flame dragon hovering around Elaine, his eyes widened, and a grin appeared on his face.

'This is amazing, Elaine. You did something that only geniuses are capable of.'

Elaine's body slowly turned into flame. Not just any flame. It turned into purple flame.

Feeling the flame in her body, she didn't think twice.

A powerful blast came from her feet, propelling her towards the rock creature.

The rock creature sensed the danger coming from Elaine and opened its mouth.

A large amount of Qi gathered in its throat, slowly emerging as a massive stream of lava.

This went straight towards her, but as Elaine dashed forward, the purple flame on her body burned the lava.

She instantly reached in front of the rock creature. Her hand slowly rose.

She opened her palm and stared at the rock creature.

"I don't know what happened to me, but without you, I wouldn't have achieved this strength."

"Your job is done. Now, let me send you to death!"

She said as the purple flame slowly lined up from her palm towards the rock creature.

When this purple flame moved, the rock creature tried to run away.

But the purple flame suddenly dashed forward. Before the creature could run, it was enveloped by the purple flame.

'Burn Heaven and Earth! The Heavenly Flames only feel the call of those who are willing to believe in the might of the flame.'

'It can bring destruction, but it can also bring rebirth!'

As those words resonated in her head, Elaine opened her mouth and said.

"Enter the Reincarnation and be reborn as a normal person. That's what you deserve, Creature of Rock!"

At this moment, the rock creature seemed to have understood its demise. It stopped on its track as it let the purple flame consume him.

Before he turned into ash, he turned around and looked at Elaine with a smile that came not out of his body but his soul.

"Thank you!"

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