Chapter 743: 743, wipe out both the person and the Meridian Spirit together!
Yun Xiao had once encountered a Strange Spirit of a Tree Spirit during the Countries Hidden Dragon Conference at Demon Suppressing Mountain, and this Strange Spirit not only lacked complete Spiritual Wisdom but also possessed a low-level Sixth Rank cultivation.
At that time, Yun Xiao used some special methods to kill the Strange Spirit of the Tree Spirit, and he even evolved his own Wood Attribute Ancestor Vein once, making it quite a significant transformation.
However, the Meridian Spirit summoned by Peng Muxin at this moment, even without Spiritual Wisdom, has an extremely terrifying aura. Even Yun Xiao found it slightly inscrutable, pondering if it was a Seventh Rank Advanced or had already broken through to the Eighth Rank.
It seems that to thwart Yun Xiao, the Spirit Fighting Commerce has really invested heavily. Strange Spirits are rare, and those that can be found and have their Spiritual Wisdom erased are even rarer.
Logically speaking, with Peng Muxin’s status, he should not be qualified to refine the Strange Spirit of the Tree Spirit. Isn’t Xu Huan, the young master of the Commerce, only refining a Seventh Rank Advanced Strange Spirit?
Even though this is because of Xu Huan’s Meridian Qi Cultivation, at least this time Peng Muxin got the opportunity to refine the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit unexpectedly because of Yun Xiao, and from this perspective, he should "thank" Yun Xiao!
Unfortunately, this is a highly contradictory proposition: the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit that Peng Muxin obtained because of Yun Xiao is ultimately meant to defeat Yun Xiao to truly belong to him. If unsuccessful, perhaps after the Spirit Fighting Conference, his newly refined Meridian Spirit will be starkly stripped away.
Therefore, rationally and emotionally, Peng Muxin cannot allow himself even the slightest failure, but in his heart, he has never considered such an outcome.
Because Peng Muxin is not only already at the Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage, but the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit he refined has also reached the half-step Eighth Rank.
A half-step Eighth Rank Meridian Spirit, compared to Ruan Shiming, Shi Xiaoqing, or even Xu Huan’s Seventh Rank Advanced Fire Spirit Snake Meridian Spirit from a few days ago, is more than twice as powerful.
If all these factors combined still cannot defeat a little boy in the Qi Seeking Realm Early Stage, then probably Peng Muxin would have no face to stay in the Spirit Fighting Commerce anymore, losing face publicly.
"Strange Spirit of a Tree Spirit?"
Recognizing the Strange Spirit at a glance, Yun Xiao’s eyes flickered with subtle ridicule, then he stretched out his right hand, and the fiery red little bird that demonstrated its might yesterday appeared in everyone’s view.
Yesterday, Yun Xiao used this fiery red little bird to effortlessly defeat Xu Huang’s Fire Spirit Snake Meridian Spirit and even took the latter’s Fire Spirit Crystal as spoils of war, causing Xu Huan to almost burst with rage on the spot.
"Using fire to control wood, indeed the right remedy!"
Some people nodded slowly when they saw the fiery red little bird. As per the Five Elements, where elements generate and overcome each other, the Fire Attribute is indeed the perfect method to counter the Wood Attribute. Compared to Yun Xiao’s other two types of "Meridian Spirits," perhaps this Fire Attribute little bird is more suitable.
"However, the aura between the two seems quite different!"
On the other hand, some more experienced and cautious people thought deeper. Although it is an undeniable truth that fire overcomes wood, that presupposes a similarity in cultivation.
For instance, if you light a match and your opponent blows it out with a breath, then what suppression is there to talk about? At this moment, the crowd’s worry is precisely about Yun Xiao’s own Meridian Qi Cultivation and the innate strength of the fiery red little bird.
"Did you guys notice that Yun Xiao’s fiery red little bird seems a bit different from yesterday?"
Some Meridian Refining Masters noticed a not-so-subtle fact: the aura of the bird-shaped Meridian Spirit that Yun Xiao had seemed much stronger than yesterday.
This discovery caused these people to gasp in surprise, as they seemed to have stumbled upon a very incredible fact, one that many people did not understand yesterday.
When Yun Xiao summoned the third Meridian Spirit yesterday, most people were clueless because a Qi Seeking Realm Cultivator can refine at most two Meridian Spirits, yet Yun Xiao owned a third one. What’s really going on?
"It turns out to be... a Mystical Contract Meridian Spirit!"
Only at this moment did the crowd finally clear their doubts from the fact that Red Feather had risen a realm overnight, understanding that it was the legendary Mystical Contract Meridian Spirit.
Because a refined Meridian Spirit, whose Spiritual Wisdom has been erased, cannot cultivate. Although its combat power can somewhat enhance with its master’s improved Meridian Qi, its cultivation will ultimately not advance anymore.
At most, one would discard the original Meridian Spirit, replace it with a higher rank Meridian Spirit, or hunt the same type of Vein Demon to achieve the refining purpose of the Meridian Spirit. But to say that a refined Meridian Spirit could break through overnight is only possible with the legendary Mystical Contract Meridian Spirit.
This type of Meridian Spirit and human cultivators share an equal status. They possess autonomous Spiritual Wisdom and can cultivate. Sometimes, they even cultivate faster than their masters.
For example, the fiery red little bird Meridian Spirit before everyone’s eyes, its current cultivation is even higher than its master, Yun Xiao, whose Meridian Qi strength is only at the Qi Seeking Realm Early Stage.
Even though everyone was shocked, there wasn’t much hope held for the small fiery red bird to defeat Peng Muxin’s Tree Spirit Strange Spirit.
Because at this moment, some cultivators with strong Power of Soul had already sensed the cultivation level of that Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit. It was genuinely a half-step Eighth Rank.
A half-step Eighth Rank was equivalent to a half-step Origin Seeking Realm of human cultivators. Facing such a powerhouse, even some cultivators at the Peak of the Qi Seeking Realm would probably be defeated in a very short span of time.
Yun Xiao’s contract with the Meridian Spirit was indeed astounding, yet it was always limited by strength. So in this battle, could this miraculous young man resolve it swiftly and forcefully like his previous fights?
Perhaps only Yun Xiao himself on the stage had full confidence in Red Feather, even if the disparity between them was vast. But if it were merely a contest of Fire Attribute, perhaps not even the Fire Cloud Rat Chi Yan, who possesses Burning Flame, could match the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline of Red Feather, right?
"Hmph, overestimating oneself!"
Seeing Yun Xiao had summoned his Meridian Spirit, Peng Muxin’s face immediately showed a cold smile. In fact, being a Wood Attribute cultivator originally, the successful refining of this Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit really added wings to a tiger in his combat power.
There had been some Fire Attribute cultivators who foolishly used the concept "Fire conquers Wood" to try to defeat Peng Muxin, but their outcomes were extremely miserable.
There were even those with Meridian Qi Cultivation not inferior to Peng Muxin, so he was extremely confident in himself, thinking this fellow who was a whole Great Rank lower in Meridian Qi Cultivation and two minor realms lower in Meridian Spirit than him, would follow the footsteps of those challengers.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Under Peng Muxin’s control, the large tree in front of him suddenly had some unusual movements, like a small grass that had received special nutrients, and in the blink of an eye turned into a towering tree.
Countless tree roots dug into the ground beneath the stage, and the canopy of branches like a giant umbrella covered the entire stage, giving it a lush green appearance.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a flash of green light passed by, and right as Yun Xiao slightly moved, a small tree branch had swept past where he had just been standing. If he had dodged a moment later, he might have been ensnared by it.
Fighting against such a Tree Spirit Strange Spirit, Yun Xiao undoubtedly had a lot of experience, whether from his past life as the Long Xiao Battle God, or his initial experiences on Demon Suppressing Mountain, which made him handle it very fluently.
However, the branches and leaves of the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit were endless, and on such a confined stage, it made Yun Xiao have virtually no place to hide. To the audience below, it seemed only a matter of time before Yun Xiao would be entangled by those branches.
"As expected!"
When many below the stage had this thought, Yun Xiao’s dodge this time seemed a bit imprecise, and a branch of the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit finally wound around his right ankle.
Swish, swish, swish...
This action seemed like the start of a chain reaction. As Yun Xiao hesitated slightly, countless branches emerged suddenly, wrapping around his entire form in an instant.
Seeing this scene, many murmured thoughtfully, knowing this was a battle of Spirit Fighting. But now, it seemed as if Yun Xiao’s body was completely enveloped.
Many were puzzled seeing the entire stage covered by the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit; it seemed that everything was part of Peng Muxin’s plan. Did he intend to annihilate both Yun Xiao and his Meridian Spirit on the stage?
Maybe this was also why Xu Huang had Peng Muxin refine the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit. In such an overwhelming situation, if there was any mishap, one could only say that Yun Xiao was unlucky, but no blame could fall on Peng Muxin.
"Halfway to success!"
Seeing Yun Xiao was now wrapped by the branches of his Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit, Peng Muxin couldn’t help but feel overjoyed. Although he was extremely confident in himself, Yun Xiao’s displayed techniques in the past few days made him not underestimate that young man in coarse clothing at all.
However, it seemed Peng Muxin had forgotten that this was a Spirit Fighting Conference. After his body was enveloped, that autonomous bird Meridian Spirit still had powerful combat capabilities.
"Cheep!"
Red Feather, who now considered Yun Xiao as its only kin, seeing the former being wrapped by branches, immediately let out an angry chirp. Its entire form then turned into a fiery red blazing light and fiercely lunged at the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit.
At this moment, Red Feather, no bigger than an adult’s palm, and that sky-covering giant tree, simply did not seem proportionate at all.
Thus, when people saw Red Feather directly charging at the giant tree, they couldn’t help but shake their heads slightly, secretly thinking that at most, this collision would only knock off a piece of bark from the giant tree. To say it could actually harm the Tree Spirit Meridian Spirit seemed utterly impossible.