「Tree Skin Art - Explosive Impact: Any attack that touches the Tree Skin Art's defense will be repelled by an explosive impact force.」
"Repel with an explosive impact force?"
"Isn't this just a counter-armor?"
"Let's see how effective it is!"
So, Qi Ping had a thought, and a brownish, tree-like skin instantly appeared, covering his entire body.
Immediately after, Qi Ping cast a small Flame Burst Fireball at his own palm.
Just before the small Flame Burst Fireball was about to touch the Tree Skin, an explosive impact force surged towards the small Flame Burst Fireball.
The moment they collided, two forces of explosion intensely intertwined.
Under the destructive power of the Tree Skin Art's explosive impact characteristic, the core power of the Flame Burst Fireball was greatly weakened and obstructed.
When the remaining power and aftershocks then struck Qi Ping's body, the power had significantly diminished, unable to break through the Tree Skin Art's defense.
Feeling the effect of this Spell, Qi Ping's eyes revealed a look of pleasant surprise.
"This explosive impact characteristic is not bad!"
"It can both block and counter-damage enemies, and also weaken enemy attacks."
Qi Ping truly hadn't expected that the explosive characteristic and Tree Skin Art could be played in such a way.
However, this meant that Qi Ping no longer had a purely defensive Spell.
Flame Burst Net was originally meant to replace defense with extreme offense, and now even Tree Skin was like this.
"Is this meant to interpret that the best defense is offense?"
Qi Ping was truly a bit dumbfounded by this situation.
But it must be said, no matter what attack, after being weakened by the Flame Burst Net and the explosive impact characteristic of the Tree Skin Art, its power would be greatly reduced.
"Great, my life-saving ability has improved again!"
After testing the power of this characteristic, Qi Ping was quite satisfied.
Although his offensive methods were singular, his defense was truly not bad!
To some extent, the defensive effect of the explosive impact characteristic was not worse than that of the tough or hardened characteristics, and in some situations, it might even be stronger.
This was also an unexpected pleasant surprise for Qi Ping.
"Now, both Wood Flame Art and Flame Burst Spell have been Cultivated to Perfection, and Tree Skin Art can temporarily be slowed down."
"Next, I need to devote more energy to cultivating the Little Flower Fairy and high-grade Spirit Medicine, and prepare the resources Crow needs for her Breakthrough."
During these past four months, Qi Ping had used [Plant Growth] to Cultivate the Little Flower Fairy to the Late Stage of the First Tier.
This skill was indeed a divine skill for the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon, a plant-type Spirit Beast.
Under normal circumstances, it would take many years for the Little Flower Fairy to naturally grow to the Late Stage of the First Tier.
However, now, under Qi Ping's [Plant Growth] skill, she broke through to the Late Stage of the First Tier in less than half a year, and is now already progressing towards the Perfection of the First Tier.
Compared to four months ago, the Little Flower Fairy has grown a lot from her previous Confused (ignorant/naive) state.
However, her physical appearance is still similar to when she first started, only the demonic purple glow in her eyes has become increasingly powerful.
The purple abnormal patterns in her eyes also seem to have increased.
Moreover, the [Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm] skill that the Little Flower Fairy can now cast is much stronger than Qi Ping's; it's not something Qi Ping, a half-baked practitioner, can compare to.
Although the power of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm cast by Qi Ping is not bad, all of the Little Flower Fairy's characteristics and passives can be applied to this Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm skill.
In any case, in the current Qi Refinement Stage battles, this Talent of the Little Flower Fairy is definitely a very powerful existence.
Even Foundation Establishment Cultivators with unstable Dao Hearts might be affected.
"Gulu Gulu... (Boss, you're back?)"
After Qi Ping returned from testing the power of the Tree Skin Art, an elf-like purple figure flew over and coiled around Qi Ping's arm.
"Hmm, how's your Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm practice coming along?"
"Gulu Gulu... (It has reached the requirement Boss mentioned, I can freely control the power level now!)"
"Gulu Gulu... (Tong Tong is awesome, right? Hehe.)"
"Very awesome!" Qi Ping praised.
This was what Qi Ping had asked the Little Flower Fairy to practice diligently, because he didn't want the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon to be just a flower demon who only relied on Bloodline instinct to cast her Talent.
If the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon wanted to possess powerful combat strength, she had to practice the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm to a superb level.
Only then could she seize the best timing to strike and the best chance of victory in battle!
The current Qingtian Domain is not peaceful at all.
With the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon possessing powerful combat strength, Qi Ping would feel much more at ease.
Moreover, only by having a deeper understanding of Bloodline power would the possibility of further Bloodline evolution be higher.
Otherwise, relying solely on Qi Ping's Plant Growth, the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon would not be able to go very far.
"What about the casting speed of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm then?" Qi Ping continued to ask.
"Gulu Gulu... (Instant cast is something Tong Tong can't do yet, but it can be shortened to about one breath of time.)"
"That's already great!"
Qi Ping rubbed the Little Flower Fairy's purple hair and praised her.
"Gulu Gulu... (Don't worry, Boss, I'll work hard! If anyone dares to bully Boss, Tong Tong will drag him into the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm and destroy him!)"
"Alright, you're tired too, go back to the field and rest well!"
"Gulu Gulu... (Then I'm going to sleep. My Divine Soul consumption is a bit high, I need to recover.)"
The Little Flower Fairy originally liked to sleep most of the day.
After she started practicing the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm and Divine Soul according to Qi Ping's instructions, due to the consumption of Divine Soul power, her waking hours became even shorter.
Sometimes, the Little Spirit Fox wanted to play with the Little Flower Fairy but couldn't.
For Qi Ping, raising the Hundred-Eyed Flower Demon was particularly effortless.
After Qi Ping told her to practice diligently, the Little Flower Fairy would generally diligently practice according to Qi Ping's instructions whenever she had free time.
Although she didn't have the same strong will to become stronger as Crow, she was meticulous in her practice of Divine Soul Talent.
Coupled with her innate Talent, the Little Flower Fairy was definitely much stronger than Hundred-Eyed Flower Demons of the same level.
It's just that regarding her will, Qi Ping hadn't yet figured out how to train the will of his Animal Companion.
The path of the Dao is not easy; it's not enough to just have Talent and resources.
This is true even for Spirit Beasts who rely more heavily on their Bloodline.
Therefore, the training of Spirit Beasts' will must be put on the agenda, but Qi Ping currently does not have the corresponding knowledge or Cultivation Technique.
Qi Ping, who was diligently Cultivating and cultivating Spirit Medicine, had no intention of actively participating in external conflicts.
The priority was to calmly improve his strength and his Animal Companion to the limit of their current resources.
Before, if it weren't for the unavoidable need for Cultivation Technique, knowledge, and resources, he wouldn't even have actively gone out to trade and look for channels to purchase these things.
However, although Qi Ping thought this way, a message in the communication talisman forced Qi Ping to prepare for action.
「Brother Qi, I've received news that three Genius Disciples from opposing Sects have recently gone to Qing Shi County.
I suspect they might be specifically looking for and ambushing me, or it could be targeting Lin Qingshu.」
「Under these circumstances, I cannot sit and wait for death, so I plan to find an opportunity to secretly expose my location, and then we will prepare an ambush and counter-kill!」
「I need Brother Qi's help in this battle!」
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