“Absolute Blade Without Mercy!”
At this moment, Ren Jinghua coldly uttered these words and stepped off the stone platform, as if nothing had happened.
The expressions of the Purple Clan members grew even darker with anger.
Purple Emperor waved his hand in fury, instructing the Purple Clan members to step forward and retrieve Purple Dragon’s body.
“Challenge successful. Next, Nether Sect, Ming Rui, to issue a challenge!”
At this moment, the referee’s clear voice rang out, interrupting everyone’s thoughts.
Immediately, a young man in black leapt onto the stone platform.
This youth had sharp eyes and deeply set brows, with a faint powerful aura emanating from him, like a cunning wolf, giving off a sinister and ruthless impression.
“I challenge Purple Spirit!” Ming Rui pointed at Purple Spirit and declared loudly.
Hearing this, the crowd was shocked. Another challenge against the Purple Clan?
Challenging Purple Spirit was not unreasonable, but with Purple Dragon just killed, targeting Purple Spirit next gave the impression of deliberately targeting the Purple Clan.
Lin Xiao’s brows furrowed slightly as he cautioned Purple Spirit, “Be careful. This Ming Rui seems far from simple!”
“Even if he wants to kill me, it won’t be that easy!” Purple Spirit nodded, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
Having just witnessed Purple Dragon’s death, her mood was far from good.
Ming Rui challenging her at this moment might not end well for him.
With a light step, Purple Spirit flew out and landed opposite Ming Rui.
“Please!”
As Purple Spirit spoke, she instantly unleashed a powerful attack, directly summoning the Phoenix Main Spirit.
“Chi!”
A terrifying wave of spiritual energy spread out. A transparent spirit bird, several zhang long, took shape. The spirit bird was lifelike, carrying the charm of a phoenix, like the king of birds, exuding an invincible aura.
“Go!”
In an instant, the Phoenix Main Spirit spread its wings and beak simultaneously, carrying the immense power of a sixth-grade initial level, charging towards Ming Rui.
“Xiu!”
As the Phoenix Main Spirit rushed towards Ming Rui, his body dodged to the side with lightning speed, so fast that even Purple Spirit’s Phoenix Main Spirit missed its mark.
“Such a powerful movement technique!” The crowd was astonished.
At this moment, everyone saw that after dodging Purple Spirit’s Phoenix Main Spirit attack, Ming Rui rushed towards her at incredible speed.
However, the Phoenix Main Spirit, as if alive, did not fly far after missing. Instead, it charged towards Ming Rui’s back with great speed.
All this happened in an instant, but the crowd watched with bated breath, marvelling at the strength and versatility of a spirit controller. Although Ming Rui seemed to have gained the upper hand by rushing towards Purple Spirit, a powerful attack was coming from behind. If he continued forward, he would surely be struck by the Main Spirit, suffering severe injury or even death.
Of course, it was common knowledge that a Main Spirit could change direction to attack, and Ming Rui likely anticipated this.
Ming Rui’s movement technique was extraordinary, but it remained to be seen how he would respond.
“Chi!”
At this moment, everyone saw that Ming Rui did not change direction but continued charging forward without looking back, directly extending both palms and striking backwards.
In an instant, rolling black mist surged from Ming Rui’s palms. A massive palm force took shape, carrying an overwhelming destructive power, and struck the Phoenix Main Spirit.
“Boom!”
A thunderous roar erupted as the two forces collided, unleashing a massive wave of energy. Terrifying force fluctuations burst out, surging in all directions.
Ming Rui’s body was swept by the terrifying waves from behind, propelling him forward. In the blink of an eye, he reached Purple Spirit, suddenly drawing a dagger and stabbing towards her.
His speed was so fast it was almost impossible to see.
“How ruthless!” The crowd gasped in shock, not expecting Ming Rui to be so vicious. Ignoring the terrifying force hitting him from behind, he used the momentum to attempt to assassinate Purple Spirit.
This tactic was unexpected and utterly ruthless!
Purple Spirit was likely in danger!
“Not good!” Lin Xiao’s brows furrowed, his internal energy surging.
However, at that moment, a clearly visible bloodline lit up within Purple Spirit’s body. Dazzling purple light burst from the bloodline, illuminating the surroundings.
A terrifying aura emanated from Purple Spirit, and vast spiritual energy fluctuations, like an ocean, surged around her head.
She suddenly drew a purple sword, blocking in front of her with imperceptible speed, striking towards Ming Rui’s dagger. The two collided fiercely.
Clang!
A piercing metallic sound rang out, and a terrifying wave of spiritual energy erupted.
Everyone saw Ming Rui spit out a large mouthful of blood. His entire body was sent flying, propelled far out of the formation.
In that instant, the crowd was utterly shocked.
After the purple light from her bloodline appeared, Purple Spirit’s strength surged dramatically. Her speed and power increased exponentially, and with a single block and strike, she sent the nearly successful Ming Rui flying, severely injured.
In the blink of an eye, she reversed the dire situation!
“Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein!”
At this moment, an elder from the Nether Sect exclaimed, his face showing extreme shock.
“The Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein can enhance one’s elemental spirit power, acting as a substitute path to help others advance their talents!” Sheng Qianyu also exclaimed in disbelief.
“The Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein! I didn’t expect the Purple Clan to possess it!”
Other Martial Emperors were equally shocked, their eyes gleaming.
A person’s talent level is innate and cannot be changed after birth.
For example, someone with an initial Earth-rank phenomenon dantian would remain so for life.
But there was one method to advance it, allowing an initial Earth-rank phenomenon to upgrade to a mid-level or even high-level Earth-rank phenomenon. If a person had multiple talents, all could potentially advance together.
That method was through the Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein!
By bonding with someone who possesses a mature Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein, one could advance their talent.
The power of the Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein was enough to tempt even the Martial Emperors present.
“What? The Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein? The legendary bloodline that can advance talents? Purple Spirit actually possesses it?”
Hearing the exclamations of the Martial Emperors, the crowd was shocked, and countless young men’s eyes lit up.
Purple Spirit’s beauty was undeniable, and if they could advance their talents through the Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein, their future achievements would greatly improve.
This sparked endless fantasies.
However, Lin Xiao, Purple Emperor, and others furrowed their brows deeply.
With Purple Spirit’s Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein exposed, a flood of trouble was likely to follow.
But this could not be blamed on Purple Spirit. In that situation, if she had not used the Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein, she would have been in grave danger.
The blame could only fall on Ming Rui of the Nether Sect for being too ruthless, forcing Purple Spirit into such a position.
Also frowning were Sikong Jian and Jian Wuqu. They knew about Purple Spirit’s Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein.
This was why Sikong Jian had sent Jian Wuqu to the Purple Clan to propose on behalf of Jian Wudi, leading to the two-year challenge with Jian Tianjiao.
However, this matter had been kept secret, known only to them and the Purple Clan, and had not been spread.
Now that the Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein was publicly revealed, it was not only disadvantageous to the Purple Clan but also to the Ling Sword Sect. Purple Spirit would undoubtedly attract the attention of countless forces, and they would not let the Ling Sword Sect easily obtain the Substitute Path Holy Spirit Vein.
