Hmmm.

Baek Cheong left a Flame Bullet floating above her palm and peered into the flames.

It was a basic spell she had cast countless times since the Qi Refining stage.

After reaching Great Accomplishment, she no longer needed to form hand seals or chant incantations.

Whenever she formed the intent, fire qi moved along her qi pathways, and a round ball of flame gathered at her fingertips.

Yet no matter how familiar she became with it, the Flame Bullet always followed the same process.

She gathered fire qi, condensed it into a round shape, and shot it forward.

It could not break free from the method imprinted in her when she first learned the spell.

‘Does it really have to be round?’

She slowly released the energy that formed the Flame Bullet.

The ball of flame lost its shape, but the fire qi did not vanish and instead shimmered above her palm...