Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

The two were now in reverse positions, with Bai Rongling in the superior position. His eyes were deep, filled with aroused desire.

Yu Luoning was good at arousing a man's competitive spirit. "Rongrong, you still need to learn your technique..."

"Shut up!"

Bai Rongling suddenly tightened her fingers.

Yu Luoning felt a sharp pain in her waist from being pinched, and tears welled up in her eyes.

……

Outside the cave, scorching lava flowed through the tunnel, crashing against the rocks in a turbulent, churning motion.

"Among them and me, who do you truly favor?" Bai Rongling's voice was hoarse, her muscles tense, unable to suppress her emotions, she finally asked this familiar line.

Yu Luoning suddenly opened her eyes, her eyelids twitching.

Sure enough, it happened, but fortunately, she handled it without any psychological burden.

Yu Luoning gripped the other person's shoulders tightly, her voice broken.

"you!"

She felt no guilt about lying.

Upon hearing this, Bai Rongling's lips curled into a smile. Looking at the red marks she had left on the fair skin beneath her, she felt her blood surging.

Ding!

She opened her eyes, her gaze glistening with tears. "Bai Rongling, will you be my man?"

Bai Rongling looked down at her, the desire in her eyes gradually subsiding.

Be her man?

A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

He knew from the beginning that Yu Luoning had several positions, but when he actually heard her ask him if he was willing to take one of them, a strange and inexplicable expectation arose in his heart.

Bai Rongling looked at the person who was so close to her.

Finally, she voiced the unspoken longing in her heart: "Your man? Then what are they?"

Yu Luoning was silent for a moment, then said, "He's my man too."

Sure enough, he was no different from them.

"We'll talk about it after we go outside..."

Seeing that Bai Rongling did not want to continue this question, Yu Luoning nodded and did not press the matter further.

The men she set her sights on were all too innocent and wanted to possess her, but she was destined not to belong to any of them.

The next day, they returned to the underground forging grounds. The fire beast still stood in the center of the lava, and a golden token shaped like a phoenix feather was being tempered in its hand.

With each fall, the heavens and earth seemed to tremble.

He didn't seem surprised to see Yu Luoning and Bai Rongling arrive.

The fire beast stopped hammering, grinned, and chuckled, "It's you two little bugs again. You got away last time, but you won't this time."

Yu Luoning ignored his provocation and her gaze lingered on the golden phoenix feather token for a moment.

This fire beast forced so many lesser demons to mine fire crystals for forging; this item must be extremely important. After killing the fire beast, we'll see what secrets this Phoenix Feather Token holds.

"I'll get it later," Bai Rongling transmitted her thoughts.

Yu Luoning nodded, glanced at him sideways, and thought to herself, Bai Rongling really understands her.

She didn't say anything, but I knew what she was up to.

The fire beast was speechless when it saw the two exchanging glances right under its nose.

He exhaled a wisp of white mist from his nostrils, straightened his mountain-like body, and swung his giant hammer to slam it into the ground.

With a loud boom, a large amount of lava splashed out, turning into countless iron sparks that shot towards the two of them.

The two used magic to retreat rapidly, while simultaneously creating a protective aura in front of them to block the incoming rain of lava and fire.

Bai Rongling rapidly cast spells with both hands, leaping into the air. Several water dragons rushed towards the fire beast, water and fire merging together, evaporating and rising into a sky full of white mist.

Taking this opportunity, Yu Luoning used invisibility magic to conceal her figure and aura.

The fire beast was taken aback. It scanned its surroundings with its divine sense but found no trace of Yu Luoning.

"Where's the other bug?"

Bai Rongling remained silent, his expression cold and stern. He drew his natal magic weapon and engaged in fierce combat with the giant beast. He was extremely fast and his movements were agile and unpredictable.

The fire beast became even more enraged, and a golden secret technique erupted from its body, striking Bai Rongling who was caught off guard and sending her flying backward.

"Restraint!"

With the Fire Beast Giant Hammer slung over his shoulder, he sneered, "You insect, so eager to die? I'll send you on your way first."

Yu Luoning hid in the white mist, concentrating intently on the tactic she had discussed with Bai Rongling.

As long as the fire beast opens its mouth and spews out golden flames, she will send it to its death...

However, when Bai Rongling was bound, the fire beast did not use its breath attack.

It lifted its foot with a clanging sound, swung its giant hammer, and smashed it towards Bai Rongling with earth-shattering force.

Yu Luoning's expression changed drastically. At this moment, he had no time to care about the subsequent plans. He leaped up and stood in front of Bai Rongling.

"Wataku!"

The next moment, the giant hammer disappeared into the purple crevice and then flew out from the spatial rift behind the fire beast.

boom!

The hammer struck the fire beast squarely on the head, sending sparks flying through its eyes.

"Awoo!"

"It's you again, you damned bug!" the fire beast roared.

Then, intense flames erupted from his body.

The magma beneath them seemed to be drawn by the air, leaping up like thin fire snakes. They intertwined and, in the blink of an eye, cut the entire forging ground into blocks of various sizes.

Yu Luoning and Bai Rongling moved swiftly through the area, nearly colliding with the encircling fire snakes several times.

This fire serpent was incredibly hot; it could not only penetrate the protective spiritual light covering a cultivator's body, but also scorch their soul.

Seeing that her retreat was blocked, Yu Luoning used the Transcendent Technique again. As soon as the purple spatial rift appeared, the crimson patterns quickly shot out, forcefully interrupting the Transcendent Technique.

Yu Luoning's expression changed slightly. She tried it several times, but the result was always the same. The flames here were not randomly distributed; there seemed to be some kind of connection between each line of fire.

As expected, the fire beast stared at her futile efforts and laughed loudly.

"Don't waste your energy. You let your strange magic get you away before. Do you think I would fall in the same place a second time?"

Yu Luoning cursed inwardly. This big guy looked burly, but he was unexpectedly so thoughtful.

As several lines of fire closed in again, Yu Luoning used invisibility once more, then used a "monkey tail swing" move to glide past the fire lines.

"Bai Rongling, provoke it one more time."

Yu Luoning immediately transmitted her voice, and Bai Rongling, upon hearing this, did not ask any questions.

He wiped the blood from his mouth, and the water-based spiritual power continued to condense in his palm, transforming into countless ice blades that rushed towards the fire beast.

The ice blades struck the fire line, sending up plumes of white smoke. Several of them shot out from the tiny gaps in the square blocks, heading towards the fire beast's face.

Some even pierced the fire beast's nostrils perfectly.

The fire beast strained its nostrils, forcefully spitting out ice shards and broken nasal hairs a long distance, while letting out a piercing roar.

"How dare you cut off my sexy nose hair! I'll kill you!"

After saying that, it wrinkled its nose again, and hot air billowed out from its watermelon-sized nostrils, but unfortunately, the strange feeling lingered.

"Achoo!"

Taking advantage of the brief lull in its sneezing, the two leaped into the air and launched an even fiercer attack!

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I'm taking a day off on the 31st so you won't see it.