“No!!!”
From a distance, the voices of Dongfang Kaiyuan and Yun Jing roared loudly.
Xiao Mao and Mei Tianmo also heard the voice of the Master of the Destiny Temple, wanting to shout and struggle desperately.
However, no matter how extraordinary they were, at this moment, they were unable to move, unable to muster the strength within their bodies, completely helpless.
The others were also shocked. Was Lin Xiao, the genius who had risen like a comet, about to fall like this?
Even the three from the Burial Sect, hundreds of miles away, were visibly stunned.
However, at this moment, even if they wanted to intervene and rescue him, it was already too late.
“Die!!!”
In the eyes of the crowd, a booming shout rang out as the Master of the Destiny Temple’s bronze shield heavily struck towards Lin Xiao’s body.
Clang!
At that very moment, a sound of impact rang out. A figure suddenly appeared in front of the Master of the Destiny Temple, one hand firmly grasping the bronze shield.
This figure, in stature and attire, was almost identical to the middle-aged appearance of the Master of the Destiny Temple, and its face was exactly the same.
The only difference was that this figure’s body was transparent, with a hint of two or three parts solidity within its transparency.
“You!” Seeing this figure, identical to his middle-aged self, suddenly appear and block his fatal strike, the Master of the Destiny Temple’s face immediately showed deep shock.
But at that moment, a faint smile appeared on the corner of the transparent figure’s mouth. One hand held the bronze shield while the other clenched into a fist and struck heavily at the Master of the Destiny Temple’s chest.
Pfft!
A mouthful of blood sprayed out, and the Master of the Destiny Temple’s body was sent flying far back. The bronze shield also slipped from his grasp, now held by the other figure.
In that instant, everyone was utterly stunned.
Even Lin Xiao himself showed a look of shock on his face.
At this moment, the figure in front of Lin Xiao suddenly turned around, revealing a face identical to that of the Master of the Destiny Temple, now within Lin Xiao’s line of sight.
That face even gave a slight smile, bearing a few traces of the Master of the Destiny Temple’s distinctive charm.
However, this figure’s body was transparent, though not entirely so, as it retained one or two parts of solidity.
“This is spiritual energy materialisation, a mid-tier seventh-grade spiritual controller!” Lin Xiao exclaimed in his heart.
Spiritual energy materialisation is the hallmark of a sixth-grade spiritual controller, achievable only by those who have reached the primary sixth-grade spiritual energy realm.
However, the materialisation of a primary sixth-grade spiritual controller is blurry, with features barely discernible.
At mid-tier and high-tier sixth-grade spiritual energy, the materialisation becomes progressively less blurry, with the form becoming clearer.
In other words, from primary to high-tier sixth-grade spiritual controllers, the spiritual form transitions from blurry to less blurry.
But at primary seventh-grade spiritual energy, the spiritual energy materialisation becomes solid.
This solidity means the form is identical to its actual appearance, with no trace of blurriness.
If the spiritual energy materialises into a human, it looks like a human; if it materialises into a spirit beast, it looks like a spirit beast, extremely clear.
However, the materialisation of a primary seventh-grade spiritual controller is completely transparent.
Solid spiritual form is also one of the hallmarks of a seventh-grade spiritual controller.
After reaching the seventh-grade spiritual energy realm, the spiritual energy materialisation becomes solid, transitioning to partial materialisation.
Primary seventh-grade spiritual materialisation is completely transparent, mid-tier seventh-grade spiritual materialisation has two or three parts solidity within its transparency, and at high-tier seventh-grade, the spiritual form becomes semi-materialised, a half-solid form.
At the eighth-grade spiritual controller realm, spiritual energy materialisation can become fully materialised.
This means the materialised form of a spiritual controller is not only solid and identical in appearance but also tangible.
If materialised as a blade, it appears as a tangible blade; if materialised as a human, it appears as a tangible human, with skin and body indistinguishable from the real thing, capable of deceiving others.
If one breaks through to an even higher tier, a ninth-grade spiritual controller, they can achieve spiritual energy materialisation to create living beings.
Miao Ling is the masterpiece of the Heaven-Swallowing Spirit Emperor.
However, creating a living being comes at a great cost.
Of course, this applies to most spiritual controllers. There are rare exceptions who can achieve this before reaching the required realm.
For example, Lin Xiao, at only high-tier fifth-grade spiritual controller, could already materialise spiritual energy.
Now at mid-tier sixth-grade spiritual energy, he can rival an ordinary primary seventh-grade spiritual controller.
By rights, with the spiritual energy of a primary seventh-grade spiritual controller, his spiritual form could also become solid.
However, as only a mid-tier sixth-grade spiritual controller, he is still slightly short of true solid spiritual form.
The figure before him had clearly reached the stage of solid spiritual form.
Moreover, it contained a few parts of materialisation.
This meant that only a mid-tier seventh-grade spiritual controller, or someone who had truly reached the strength of mid-tier seventh-grade spiritual energy, could produce such a form.
Another characteristic of this spiritual form was that, after blocking the Master of the Destiny Temple’s strike, its body did not dissipate, only losing about one part of its materialisation.
This is also an ability of a seventh-grade spiritual controller.
A sixth-grade spiritual materialisation can only execute one strike before dissipating.
But a seventh-grade spiritual materialisation can be controlled to deliver one to dozens of strikes before fully dissipating.
In terms of force, using all the power in one strike yields the greatest strength.
When divided, the strength of each attack can be controlled by the spiritual controller.
Each attack, whether close-range or long-range with spiritual energy, is entirely at the spiritual controller’s discretion, highly flexible.
However, the total power of a spiritual form is fixed.
It’s akin to dividing one force into several smaller forces for attacks.
After each attack, the stored power in the spiritual form decreases, and even a partially materialised spiritual form becomes less solid.
This explains why this humanoid spiritual form, which initially had about two or three parts materialisation, was left with only one or two parts after blocking the Master of the Destiny Temple’s attack and delivering another strike.
Looking at this spiritual form, countless guesses flashed through Lin Xiao’s mind.
But no matter how he thought, he couldn’t figure out who this mid-tier seventh-grade spiritual controller was.
In the entire Southeast Region, there seemed to be no mention of a seventh-grade spiritual controller.
Spiritual controllers are extremely rare; even primary seventh-grade spiritual controllers are unheard of, let alone mid-tier seventh-grade ones.
Moreover, one who was willing to save him.
However, the sly smile that suddenly appeared on this figure’s face seemed oddly familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
