"Eh? There's some hope..." Suddenly, Xiao Hua felt quite a bit of true qi arise from his back. Examining it closely, he discovered that within his scorched skin, the Earth Crystal Yao Ru had actually transformed into Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi under the tempering of the high-temperature water. Xiao Hua was overjoyed and hurriedly tried to guide the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into his meridians. Unfortunately, although the Earth Crystal Yao Ru had vanished from the charred surface of his body, the meridians within his flesh remained clogged by it. This Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi simply could not fully enter his dantian. Everything Xiao Hua did was futile.
Helpless, Xiao Hua could only temper most of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into his physical body, doing his utmost to resist the scorching of the strange water, while guiding the remaining Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into his meridians for refinement, converting it into a scant amount of magic power.
After inspecting things for less than half the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the fire talismans Xiao Hua had refined were already exhausted! Yet the strange water showed no sign of weakening. Even after Xiao Hua had flown sideways for a long time, he still had not escaped the range covered by the water!
"Luckily, there's only about one zhang left!" Xiao Hua took a quick look and pondered inwardly. Even if his cultivation had not been at its peak, he could probably cross this one zhang in an instant. But now, this one zhang was a zhang of life and death. If he flew past it, Xiao Hua could escape the sudden torrent. If he could not, he truly would perish in this void.
The water behind Xiao Hua was even more