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The person who appeared in front of Shi Ling's cave was Tao Qingling, who had been Shi Ling's classmate for a year. Back then, Shi Ling was still just a trial disciple, and when he entered the Human Extreme Institute, she had sat with him. Later, Shi Ling was promoted to an honorary disciple, and after he entered the Earth Extreme Academy, she sat with him.
When she first came to Human Extreme Institute, she had come to Shi Ling and asked him to accompany her in her swordsmanship training. Shi Ling had refused to let her do it, and after that, she had used force against Shi Ling. In the end, Shi Ling could only submit to her tyrannical power and agree to accompany her in her swordsmanship training.
But later on, after Shi Ling had participated in the Medicine Refinery Assemble, she had been in a state of disappearance the entire time. She never thought that she would suddenly appear today, so she saw Tao Qingling walk into Shi Ling's cave by herself, and said: "What's wrong? Can't I come over and play if I'm fine? "
What else could Shi Ling say? Anyway, you don't even care about barging into a boy's room in the middle of the night. Shi Ling, as a man, didn't care about it at all, so he closed the door and said: "I haven't seen you for a while, what are you doing?"
Tao Qingling said as she walked into the cave, "I didn't do anything. I just wanted to play around."
Then, she sat down in front of a table, picked up a piece of cake and started eating. Shi Ling frowned, then walked over and sat down as well: "Speak, why are you looking for me? I don't believe that you're only looking for me in the middle of the night purely for fun."
Tao Qingling immediately smiled happily, her eyes turning into crescent moons. She then said, "Actually, it's no big deal. I just want to show you something."
Saying that, Tao Qingling took out a crystal ball the size of a head from her Storage Ring and placed it in front of Shi Ling. Shi Ling took it and asked, "What is this?"
Then, as Shi Ling's words rang out, he saw images appearing within the crystal ball. Shi Ling's pupils suddenly constricted when he saw those images. Why? Because, that image was actually the scene of Shi Ling sending out six Bone Melting Stage experts alone against Hua Mantian during Dongling Valley.
The Shi Ling in the picture was forced to the edge of a canyon, immediately erupting with Second Level Sword Qi, sucking the six great Bone Melting Stage experts into the Sword Qi Tornado. Following that, Shi Ling used Star Flame Grounds and ignited the Sword Qi Tornado, the terrifying high temperature immediately caused the six Bone Melting Stage experts to feel unspeakably bitter.
When Shi Ling saw this, he looked up at Tao Qingling and said, "You were there too?"
Tao Qingling shook her head and said, "I had a friend who accidentally saw this scene at the same place, so I used a memory crystal to record it. After that, I found out that the person in there was you, so I came to find you."
After Shi Ling heard this, he returned the memory crystal to Tao Qingling and said: "What do you want to say?"
When Tao Qingling saw Shi Ling's serious expression, she didn't beat around the bush with him anymore. Instead, she opened her mouth and said, "I have a way to help you improve this self-created martial art!"
When those words were said, Shi Ling's eyes slightly widened as he said: "Help me perfect it?"
Tao Qingling nodded her head, and said: "If I'm not wrong, when you use the Second Level Sword Qi and that terrifying flame energy at the same time, it should consume a lot of your Fa Li. Thinking about it, even if you use your Fa Li at your most, you can only use it once, and after using it once, you must immediately adjust your breathing, or else you will sink into an extremely weak state."
It was just as Tao Qingling had said. Just like that time at the Dongling Valley, after the Second Level Sword Qi and Star Flame, Shi Ling's mana was almost completely depleted and finally fell off the cliff. When Shi Ling's energy and mana were exhausted, he almost died there.
Thinking about this, Shi Ling said, "How do you want to help me perfect it?"
From Shi Ling's words, it was obvious that Shi Ling wanted to hear Tao Qingling's perfect method, and he did not feel that it was particularly good that his mana and stamina would be depleted after using the Second Level, Sword Qi, and Star Flame.
Even if Shi Ling's mana reserve increased, there was nothing he could do. At most, he could only keep the tornado of fire alive for a little longer, so it wouldn't be of much use.
At this moment, Tao Qingling got up and walked outside. As she walked, she said, "Come, follow me out."
When Shi Ling heard this, he also stood up and walked out of the cave with Tao Qingling. Soon, the two of them arrived at a secluded cultivation square. Since there weren't many people in the middle of the night, it gave off a gloomy feeling.
Immediately, he heard Tao Qingling say, "Use all of your strength to attack me!"
The moment he said that, Shi Ling opened his eyes slightly. Obviously, Shi Ling didn't understand what Tao Qingling's so-called method of perfecting his Fire Tornado had to do with getting him to attack her with all of his strength.
However, after hesitating for a moment, Shi Ling laughed wickedly and took out the Black Wood Sword from his Heart Ring and said: "As you wish."
With that, Shi Ling rushed towards Tao Qingling. Although he did not know Tao Qingling's intentions, since she requested it herself, Shi Ling naturally would not refuse, because Shi Ling was angry because he accidentally hurt Xiao Qingqing and Ang Ling'er. Originally, Shi Ling was worried that he would not have a place to vent his anger, but now, Tao Qingling was willing to be Shi Ling's sparring partner.
Of course, Shi Ling didn't have to worry about hurting Tao Qingling by accident, because he knew that she was much stronger than him.
Therefore, Shi Ling used his full strength from the start, and every single move carried the aura of certain death. If Shi Ling was here, he would have probably killed an expert at the same level of Blood Coagulation instantly, but Tao Qingling was different. Although she looked very young, her Fa Li was extremely powerful, and in the face of Shi Ling's full strength attack, she did not panic at all.
Suddenly, an explosive sound was heard. Tao Qingling clashed head on with Shi Ling and both of them were pushed back. The next moment, Tao Qingling whispered, "Ten Thousand Wooden Piercing Yang!"
With that, she hit the ground with one of her hands. Then, she saw that there were vines beneath the ground. They were like spiritual snakes, moving up and down the ground. When they got close to Shi Ling, they pierced out a large number of poisonous thorns.
When Shi Ling saw this, he started to retreat quickly. While he was dodging the vines, the Black Wood Sword was still waving its sword and chopping off all the vines.
Immediately, he stopped, and the Black Wood Sword in his hands stabbed onto the ground, as both his hands stretched out to the sides. After that, two balls of flames rose from Shi Ling's left and right hands, and he muttered: "Crimson Flame Heaven Burning Technique, second style, burning mountains and boiling seas!"
Tao Qingling's eyes slightly opened up when she heard this. Then, she saw five fire acupoints that had been opened up emitting a dazzling light, causing the temperature of the flames on Shi Ling's hands to suddenly rise. The originally fist-sized flames also increased to the size of a bucket at this moment, and the dazzling light illuminated everything around them.
Shi Ling immediately put his hands together. Even the flames in his hands started to fuse together. Immediately, a scorching heat spread outwards.
At this moment, Shi Ling looked like a small sun, with a terrifying high temperature emitting from his body. The next moment, the poisonous vines that were piercing towards Shi Ling were instantly burnt into ashes and turned into nothingness when they were still three meters away from Shi Ling.