Back in the water mirror, Ao Yue saw that he was no match for his opponent and grew frantic. He pulled a Fire Crow Talisman from his Storage Bag and threw it at the old man.
The Fire Crow Talisman transformed into a massive fire crow and swooped toward the old man. The old man neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the fire crow to slam into him.
Boom!
With a tremendous roar, the fire crow exploded against the old man, erupting into blazing flames. Yet the old man remained completely unharmed. The flames could not injure him in the slightest.
"Such a trivial trick!" The old man sneered and attacked Ao Yue again.
Despair filled Ao Yue's heart. He knew he would probably not escape this disaster today. Just then, inspiration struck, and he remembered the black stone he had obtained from Yinwu Valley.
He hurriedly pulled the black stone from his Storage Bag and gripped it tightly in his hand.
The black stone felt icy cold. A strange force instantly surged into Ao Yue's body. In his dantian, the spiritual energy that had been calm suddenly became violent, spinning wildly and forming a small vortex.
"What is this?" Seeing this, the old man was startled. He quickly stopped and warily stared at the black stone in Ao Yue's hand.
Ao Yue also sensed the change in the spiritual energy within his body, and his heart filled with wild joy. The black stone could actually absorb the surrounding spiritual energy and transform it into his own magical power!
He hurriedly circulated his cultivation technique, guiding the raging spiritual energy through his body. As the spiritual energy continued pouring in, his cultivation began to rise rapidly: Qi Refining Level Four, Qi Refining Level Five, Qi Refining Level Six...
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