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The Physique Against Heaven

The announcement hung above the clouds as Yuan danced elegantly with a steel sword in his grasp, quickly decapitating the four silver wolves surrounding him. The corpse of the wolf fell to the ground, but Yuan did not stop his sword movement and continued dancing, killing the two wolves that were trying to run away.

Xiao Hua, who was watching him from a distance clapped his hands, like a spectator watching a street performance. "Sister Yuan's growth was astounding, like a sponge absorbing water, he easily understood everything from his own weakness to his strength. In just a few hours alone, swordsmanship and Qi manipulation had improved tremendously."

His gaze suddenly flickered with regret. "If only Brother Yuan had grown up in the Highest Heaven, not in the Lower Heaven where Qi was lacking in both quality and quantity ..."

After killing the last silver wolf, Yuan retrieved all the monster cores he had accumulated during this milling.

"Only seven have fallen after killing dozens of monsters, yes." Yuan cried inwardly at the small amount of monster cores he had obtained after spending so much time and effort to kill monsters.

"The seven monster cores were considered quite successful hunts .." Xiao Hua said to him after seeing his disappointment. "If used correctly, the seven monster cores can last for one month of cultivation."

"But in the case of Brother Yuan ..."

"It won't even last a minute for me, let alone a month!" Yuan suddenly threw one into his mouth, and of course, it shocked Xiao Hua again.

<560,000 Qi has been refined from the monster core of the Silver> Wolf Needle

1.519.395/3.840.000

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"Sister Yuan .. you ..." Xiao Hua looked at Yuan like he was a ghost, his gaze filled with shock and confusion.

"It feels like candy." Yuan licked his lips and said, "Although it doesn't have as much Qi as the Jade Frog monster core, it's still very beneficial to my cultivation."

"B...B...Brother Yuan..." Xiao Hua called out to him, but he did not know what to say after that.

"What's wrong?" He looked at her with an innocent gaze, seemingly unaware of how amazing her abilities were.

"When a cultivator absorbed the Qi within a monster core, they could only absorb a limited amount of Qi from the monster core depending on the quality of the monster core. However, even a high-level monster core would only allow one to absorb in the majority of 50% of the total Qi before the rest disappeared back into the world. This is a rule set by Heaven itself and cannot be opposed. But ... from Brother Yuan's situation .. might his Heaven's Path Refining Physique be able to disregard this rule and oppose Heaven? " Xiao Hua trembled at the thought that Yuan might have a heaven-defying physique.

"About heaven, yes ..." Yuan thought of his real body in real life. "If only I had such an ability in my other life as well .." he sighed inwardly.

'Hm? The guys? Are they players or NPCs?' He wonders. Since this would be his first meeting with someone other than Xiao Hua ever since he started playing this game, he wanted to see them.

"Three people — two Seventh-tier Spirit Apprentices and one Eighth-tier Spirit Apprentice, and they fight a peak-level Fire Lizard."

"I'm interested" Yuan said. "Let's see."

"Un."

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Three young adults, two males, and one female stood a few meters away from the giant lizard with red scales that had black lines spreading out like burn scars from a lightning strike. Their gazes flickered continuously with fear and nervousness, and behind their clothes was a body filled with sweat. They had been fighting this Fiery Lizard for a few minutes, yet none of them were able to break through this Fiery Lizard defense.

"Damn! The scale of this thing is as hard as steel! Senior-apprentice-brother Mo, we must leave now before we run out of our Qi!"

"Your junior-apprentice brother Wang is right! We cannot defeat this ferocious beast with our current abilities! Let's go before it's too late!"

The oldest among the three there, Mo Zhou, bit his lips as he stared at Fiery Lizard in front of him. He had already exhausted all of his techniques on this Flame Lizard, yet there were only scratches on the surface of his scales. "I refuse!" he suddenly shouted.

"Expect senior-brother Mo!" The other two became anxious when they saw the stubbornness on his face.

"You two can go, but I'll stay here until one of us dies! My life depends on the core of this Fire Lizard monster!" Mo Zhou bit his lips until it bled, but he continued to stare at Fiery Lizard with narrowed eyes full of determination. "Either I die here or I return to the sect and die there! Since I'm going to die at any cost, I'd better risk everything this time!"

"Then die here! I'm only helping you out out of pity!" the man said before he turned around to escape the fight.

"This won't happen if you don't offend Senior-apprentice-brother Ren!" The woman also left the fight. None of the two were willing to risk their lives for him despite being friends for so many years.

Mo Zhou sighed hearing the words of his junior-apprentice sister. "Junior apprentice-sister Ling is right .. but I can't ignore my heart no matter what.... don't even know that I would offend the Chosen by doing that ..." He raised his sword once more to face the Flame Lizard. "Come, you're trash!"

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"Hmm? Xiao Hua, you said there are three, but why is there only one here?" Yuan pointed at Mo Zhou, who was fighting the Fire Lizard with ferocious eyes and a robe covered in blood.

"They left before we could arrive" he replied calmly.

"What about him? Do you think he'll win?"

Xiao Hua shook his head. "His cultivation base was almost drying up; it was only a matter of time before he fainted from the Qi Deficiency."

"She is the only other person I have met so far besides you, Xiao Hua. It's a pity if he dies here..." Yuan suddenly jumped into the fight with his sword raised. "The Bloody Sword Attack!"

The Spirit Sword easily pierced through the scales like the steel of the unfathomable Fire Lizard and directly pierced through its heart, instantly killing it with a single strike. "Are you okay?" Yuan looked at the dazed Mo Zhou, who was staring at him like a stupid chicken, his mouth wide open and so on.