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WAAAA!
Azmond started to cultivate using the large glowing stones that seemed to be some sort of mutant spiritual stone, according to the Divine Devil Arts Scripture.
Although they were slightly different from what was recorded in the Divine Devil Arts Scripture as they were extremely big spiritual stones.
In fact, they were absolutely enormous for spiritual stones!
The average spiritual stone was around the size of your thumb, but the dozens of spiritual stones in front of Azmond were the size of small houses!
He didn't understand how spiritual stones could grow to this size, but he didn't really care that much about the reason for the unusual phenomenon…
He just knew that a way to gain even more power was presented right in front of him…
And who was he to deny such a nice gift that fate had given him for the first time in his life?
He would take advantage of every single thing that could increase his power by even a small margin!
After all, he still had to reach the very peak of the power pyramid, and he knew for sure that the ones at the top of that pyramid would not be patiently waiting around for Azmond to surpass them...
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'The amount of energy stored in just a single one of these giant stones has to be at least 1000 times greater than the entire accumulation of Qi that made up the atmosphere of the giant waterfall I was cultivating at...' Azmond thought with a contemplative expression.
'This new source of energy will speed up my cultivation by massive amounts. It should be enough to bridge the gap into Foundation Establishment and the Core Formation Realm...'
His thoughts continued to swirl around as various topics entered his mind.
'My combat power is already at the Early Nascent level when I unleash my Quantum Gate skill in the Quantum Qi Condensation Realm, and that makes me wonder what it will be like when I enter the Core Formation Realm.'
Expectation filled Azmond's heart as he continued to cultivate in a lotus position right next to one of the large spiritual stones.
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Two days later...
"...Mhmm..."
A beautiful girl who was covered in multiple blankets and surrounded by dozens of spiritual barriers was seen waking up with drowsiness evident on her beautiful face.
"...Where am I?..." Crystalline asked herself with a cute look as she scanned her surroundings to get an understanding of where she ended up after passing out.
All she saw when she analyzed the area around her were dozens of large spiritual stones the size of small houses.
"..." It was a sight that left Crystalline with a baffled expression.
'I have seen big spiritual stones in my sect, but... these things are on a completely different level... Every single one of them has to be dozens of times higher in quality and quantity of spiritual Qi than the biggest spiritual stone that the elders of my sect had within their possession...' She started to think in disbelief.
'What sort of magical place has Azmond taken me to...?' Crystalline asked herself, puzzlement filling her heart.
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"Speaking of Azmond... Where is he?"
She scanned her surroundings more thoroughly, but she couldn't find a single trace of Azmond's presence anywhere.
Worry started to form on Crystalline's pretty features as her thoughts began to take a turn for the worst...
"Did the elders of my sect find me...? Did they kill Azmond after finding him with me...?" Tears started to form in her eyes as her expression took on one of extreme sorrow...
"I-I... I can't live in a world without my Azmond in it..." Crystalline's face darkened completely as an ice sword made of ice elements began to materialize within her hands before she took that ice sword and put it up against her throat.
She was prepared to join Azmond in the afterlife If she couldn't be with him in this life...
But before she was able to make a drastic decision that couldn't be taken back...
A loud, whirling sound was heard as Crystalline looked far up into the sky and saw a man.
He had long, raven black hair and deep blue eyes in a set of robes that made him look like a banished immortal.
This man was sitting in a cross-legged position while meditating thousands of meters in the sky.
OOOM!
A large Qi storm surrounded this handsome man as it gnawed away at his flawless skin when the man absorbed parts of it.
"AZMONDD~!!!" Crystalline's eyes started to brighten up once she saw that her Azmond was perfectly safe and sound.
She wanted to immediately fly up there and embrace him, but before she did, she noticed something peculiar about his situation...
"Is he breaking through...?" She asked herself with a confused look on her face.
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'No wonder he didn't come to greet me as soon as I woke up like he did last time... He can't perceive anything that's happening around him while breaking through.'
Crystalline put on a pondering expression as her bright green eyes took on their usual loving look when thinking about Azmond...
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"I knew my Azmond wouldn't leave me alone in this world all by myself... I LOVE HIM~! I WANT HIM NOW~!!"
Crystalline was about to leap up and fly to him again, but she once again recalled that he was currently attempting to break through and couldn't be disturbed right now...
'If I go up there now with him still breaking through, then a serious backlash could come down on him... But I want him right now... I really, Really Want Him!!!... But I don't want to hurt him either..." She was extremely conflicted about what she should do.
*Jiggle Jiggle*
Her two milky white breasts jiggled all around as she paced around in circles.
Furthermore, her hard nipples were visible even through her tight-fitted robe…
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After a bit of mulling over the matter, she sighed a little before muttering, "...Whatever, I would rather not hurt Azmond because of my selfishness... I will just wait here for his breakthrough to finish, and then I will jump him, hehe~"
Crystalline came to a decision as naughty thoughts began to enter her mind. She even started to drool a little before she mumbled, "After I catch him, we will do this... and that... and this~ hehe~!"
(She was a lost cause...)
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Meanwhile, on Azmond's side.
'My breakthrough into the 10th stage of Quantum Qi Condensation is going pretty well... I am pleasantly surprised that I managed to complete 10 cultivation-base condensing cycles within 2 days,' he thought with a satisfied look on his face.
'An insane speed that my old self at the Giant waterfall would've needed a few months to accomplish...'
After realizing this fact, a small, untraceable smile emerged on his expression as he continued to finish his minor realm breakthrough.
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