Chapter 51: A Strange Promise
While Elaine was confident in her strength, Julia and Alice were nervous.
Ken had already started his cultivation process. He knew time was essence. He couldn't waste a single second.
"Can we do this?" Alice heavily gulped, looking at a large number of the rocky creatures rushing towards them, and asked.
"We have to do this."
Elaine spoke with strong confidence. The purple flame emerged from her body and condensed into armor.
[Purple Spirit Armor]
After forming Fire Spirit Body and reaching Qi Condensation Realm, she was able to use this kind of Qi taxing move without any effort.
After reaching Qi Condensation Realm, her Qi had transformed into liquid. This meant she could store a lot of Qi inside her Dantian.
And, since a lot of Qi was used to condense a single drop of Qi Liquid, her Qi reserves had increased tenfold.
But the most important was her Fire Spirit Body.
Because of this physique, any of her fire-based martial arts would consume one-third less Qi while still giving twice as much power.
This was due to her physique possessing an incredible level of Fire Element prowess.
Since it would give her twice as boost in its strength, she could decrease its consumption by half, to just bring down the power of her fire martial art.
This was the best strategy for a long fight. She needed to keep using this armor for as long as she could.
Only this way could she prevent these creatures from attacking Ken.
Three different rock creatures slammed their fists towards Elaine as she was standing at the front.
Underneath her armor, Elaine used her forearms to block their strike.
Bang!
There was a crack in her armor, but it hadn't disintegrated. She immediately condensed three rings of flame on the back of her body and controlled them,
[Three Trigrams Rotation]
These rings spun at incredible speed and tore through the bodies of these rock creatures, giving a similar effect as the Wind Blade.
"Holy shit! Where did you get this martial art?" Alice was stunned when Elaine tore through those creatures with the fire element.
Even Julia was surprised and wanted to learn this martial art. It was something that could improve her strength.
"Like it? I created it." Elaine proudly replied, then turned towards Julia.
"Since I created it, I can give it to you."
Julia felt touched. She wanted to hug Elaine, but now wasn't the time. She nodded and said.
"Thanks!"
"It's okay. We need to make sure these creatures don't disturb Ken."
"Watch out!"
Alice shouted and released a massive wind blade towards the upcoming rock creature that was sneaking towards Julia.
But this time, the rock creature managed to react. It instantly formed a massive shield made out of the rocks.
Crack!
The wind blade managed to cleave the entire shield in half, but it lost all of its power and disintegrated before it could even touch the rock creature.
As soon as it finished that, the rock creature opened its mouth, and a molten red energy appeared on its neck.
Seeing this, Elaine shouted.
"Get behind me!"
As soon as she finished saying that, she was bombarded by three different rock creatures using the fire stream.
The cylindrical shape of the fire was so destructive that it was leaving a trace on the ground as it approached Elaine.
Boom!
Being bombarded by three different attacks, Elaine could do nothing but helplessly tank the attacks using her armor.
'No, I can't keep this up. I need to go all out.'
Elaine gritted her teeth and increased the amount of Qi she had applied to her armor.
In an instant, the armor that was about to melt started reconstructing itself.
[Fire Element Amplification]
[Three Times Fire Release]
Concentrating a large amount of her Qi into her purple flame, she released a massive wave of flame in three directions.
These flames kept moving forward like a tsunami, and when they touched the magma, they got even stronger as they struck those rock creatures.
"Haa! Haa! Haa!"
Elaine fell on her knees, panting hard as soon as she finished her attack.
But the rock creatures weren't just gonna let her rest. This wasn't an actual martial art. It was just her way of using the Fire Element to amplify her Fire Qi.
Thus, allowing her to overwhelm other kinds of fire.
This was a perfect technique for deflecting those attacks, but it left her severely stamina depleted.
Unlike using Qi, she needed to focus a lot of her mental strength to utilize her Fire Element.
When Julia and Alice saw her situation, they immediately rushed in front of her.
[Fire Punch]
[Wind Blade]
Both of them used their martial arts at the same time, blocking the rock creatures coming her way.
Although they were successful for a period, those rock creatures were easily able to overcome their attacks.
Wind Blade was sharp, and it could split them in half, but they could easily reconstruct themselves.
On the other hand, Fire Punch couldn't even damage them. In other words, their attacks were pretty useless.
"Damn it!"
Alice cursed as she stomped her feet on the ground. Not being able to damage them was one thing.
Being able to damage them but not being able to continue her attack was frustrating.
Unlike Julia, she couldn't hide her frustration. While Julia didn't show it, she was pretty frustrated as well.
After all, her cultivation was stronger than Elaine but she couldn't even achieve half as success as Elaine.
At this moment, those rock creatures opened their mouths once again, shot four more streams of fire towards them.
This attack came at an incredible speed. But there was one problem.
Just when Elaine was about to move forward, she noticed two rock creatures approaching Ken.
She panicked.
In the front were her close friends. But on the back was her boyfriend.
Between these two, she had no choice. And she had to do it extremely fast.
Julia felt frustrated and also sensed the rock creature behind them. Unlike Alice, she was calm, and her senses were also very good.
Sensing the conflicting emotions in her friend's face, she took a deep breath and decided.
"Elaine, go and save Ken! If he dies, we die no matter what."
When Alice heard that, she turned back and saw the situation. Her expression turned blank but she quickly shouted.
"What the hell are you doing? They are about to approach him. Go, save him!"
Elaine was stunned by their words.
She couldn't accept that her friends were asking her to save Ken.
At that moment, she realized that they weren't just close friends, they were more than that.
They might have come from different families. They might have lived different lives.
But they spent their childhoods together. They were as close as sisters.
And, thinking about it, they were sisters. If not for their resentment towards Elaine's peaceful and happy life, they would've always been sisters.
But they grew. After joining the sect, they understood just how useful what they learned was.
And their resentment towards her disappeared. They were sisters, not by blood but by their emotions.
Elaine suppressed her emotions and turned back.
At this moment, Julia muttered.
"You know, I've always envied her. If only I were born in her place. This was my thought for eight years."
Alice rolled her eyes and said.
"Do you think I am different? I am envious of her even now. Do you think that Body Cultivation Technique comes from her family?"
"It obviously is from him. Not only does she have a beautiful childhood, but she also has an amazing boyfriend."
Julia smiled. Her red Qi kept flaring as she condensed it into an armor and stepped in front of Alice.
"But, in this group, I am the big sister, right? I am two months older than you."
"Come on, you and Elaine always use that excuse to bully me. I am not a soft glass that needs protection."
Alice snorted and released her Qi. Though she didn't form an armor, she was able to create a defensive barrier with her wind Qi.
"Hey, do you remember that promise?" Julia asked, grinning as the fire approached her.
"Yeah! I am glad I don't have to break that promise. After all, being dead means I didn't break the promise, right?"
Alice winked at Julia and chuckled.
The fire blasted at them. The power of these four streams of fire was strong enough to melt the ground underneath them.
Alice's defensive barrier was instantly broken. She bitterly smiled and looked at Julia, who was struggling with all of her strength.
But her armor also started burning. The fire was burned by the stronger fire.
[Purple Flame Barrier]
A roar came from behind as a purple flame shot straight towards the upcoming wave and formed a purple flame barrier in front of Alice and Julia.
"You two...."
Elaine appeared between them and shouted.
"We obviously promised not to break the promise. So, no matter what, I will not let you break that promise."
"I have decided. I will convince Ken to take you two as his concubines."