“Heaven Devouring Technique!” Lin Xiao muttered to himself, his mind surging with spiritual energy, flowing along mysterious channels. The Heaven Devouring Green Flame spiritual energy burst forth, forming a devouring vortex in front of him.
The vortex, black on the inside and green on the outside, contained terrifying incinerating and devouring energy, as if it could burn everything to ashes and swallow all in its path. The surrounding space dimmed, and the temperature soared abruptly.
The moment the black-green vortex appeared, it perfectly blocked the Yellow Spring Vortex conjured by Yue Lizi’s outstretched palms. The two vortices collided, devouring and consuming each other.
“Sizzle!”
A series of intense sounds erupted as the two devouring vortices intertwined, burning and corroding one another.
In the blink of an eye, both vortices dissipated into thin air.
At the exact moment the vortices vanished, a giant sword formed of thunder roared forward, slashing towards Yue Lizi.
This was the second move of Lin Xiao’s Thunder Sword Technique, Heavenly Thunder Slash, which he had prepared while casting the Heaven Devouring Technique with his spiritual energy.
Thunder counters evil, making Heavenly Thunder Slash the ideal choice against Yue Lizi at that moment.
Seeing the thunderous giant sword slashing towards him, Yue Lizi’s expression changed drastically.
He could never have imagined that Lin Xiao could conjure a vortex with devouring energy, countering and nullifying his Yellow Spring Vortex.
As a spiritual controller casting Burial Devour, Yue Lizi had no capacity to employ additional techniques simultaneously.
Caught off guard, the thunderous giant sword struck him directly.
“Boom!”
A deafening thunderclap resounded as terrifying thunder energy exploded onto Yue Lizi. His body was instantly mangled, emitting wisps of black smoke, and he was hurled backwards by the surging thunderous force.
In an instant, Yue Lizi’s body was flung beyond the formation barrier, crashing to the ground.
His body resembled a charred corpse struck by heavenly thunder, completely blackened, with a burnt smell lingering in the air.
If not for a couple of coughs, everyone would have thought Yue Lizi was dead.
Even if he was not dead, he was undoubtedly gravely injured.
However, at that moment, all attention was not on Yue Lizi but on Lin Xiao, with everyone’s faces showing shock.
“Spiritual energy, he actually possesses spiritual energy!”
“Heavens, spiritual energy, rarer than treasures, coveted by countless spiritual controllers. He not only obtained it but also refined it successfully!”
“That spiritual energy seems to have devouring and incinerating powers. What kind of spiritual energy is it? I’ve never heard of it.”
“Not only does he possess spiritual energy, but he also used a spiritual technique. That black-green vortex was created by a spiritual technique!” “With just the seventh level of Yuan Force Martial Venerable, he can fight across major realms, wielding thunderous martial intent, ferocious martial intent, summoning heavenly thunder, possessing evil attribute powers, and even demonic attribute powers. He’s a fifth-grade advanced spiritual controller capable of spiritual energy manifestation, and he even has spiritual energy. Just how monstrous is this Lin Xiao?”
“In terms of monstrous talent, no one here can compare!”
“I never expected Lin Xiao to have hidden his strength, only revealing it now.”
Shocked voices echoed from all directions.
Once again, Lin Xiao had delivered a tremendous shock to everyone present.
A spiritual controller with spiritual energy, something they had not heard of in over a thousand years.
“A spiritual controller with spiritual energy. In the entire continent’s thousands of years of history, the only clearly recorded case was the Heaven Devouring Spirit Emperor over a millennium ago. This kid actually obtained spiritual energy. He’s becoming more astonishing by the moment!” The Martial Emperor elder of the Spear Dragon Sect was utterly shocked, his eyes gleaming brightly.
“No, this kid must be recruited into the Spear Dragon Sect!” The Martial Emperor elder of the Spear Dragon Sect was deeply moved, already calculating various incentives in his mind.
“No wonder he was chosen by that freak. He even possesses spiritual energy!” Li Renchou exclaimed inwardly.
As the master of the illusion formation, he could see nearly all scenes within the illusion realm.
However, the space where the Three-Clawed Divine Dragon resided was the only one he could not see.
Thus, when Lin Xiao had used spiritual energy while fighting the Three-Clawed Divine Dragon in the illusion realm, Li Renchou had not witnessed it.
Now, seeing Lin Xiao display spiritual energy, he was naturally shocked, further elevating Lin Xiao’s standing in his mind.
Observing the scene, Sheng Qianyu, seated at the main table, was also greatly shocked. A spiritual controller with spiritual energy was a rarity across millennia.
Combined with Lin Xiao’s various talents, his future achievements would surely be extraordinary. If he followed the righteous path, he could become a monumental figure for the continent.
At that moment, Sheng Qianyu felt deeply conflicted. If Lin Xiao walked the righteous path, he could be immensely beneficial to the Sheng family and the righteous cultivators they protected in the future.
However, if Lin Xiao turned to evil cultivation, he would pose a tremendous threat to the Sheng family and righteous cultivators.
Thus, Sheng Qianyu was uncertain, torn between the fear of eliminating a peerless genius and the risk of leaving a massive threat.
The other Martial Emperors were equally shocked. The higher their position, the more they understood the extraordinariness of a spiritual controller with spiritual energy.
The Duan family, including Duan Huang and Duan Tianya, as well as the Xing family, were once again shocked by Lin Xiao, their killing intent growing even stronger.
They even felt threatened. If Lin Xiao were allowed to grow, he could potentially endanger their families in the future.
“No matter how monstrous his talent, he’s just a corpse in the end!” At that moment, a cold voice suddenly rang out.
Everyone was startled, their gazes turning towards the source of the voice.
At that moment, Jian Wuque stepped out from the edge of the stone platform, slowly walking onto it, approaching Lin Xiao step by step.
“Jian Wuque? He actually claims he’ll kill Lin Xiao?”
“Jian Wuque is Jian Tianjiao’s younger brother, possessing an initial earth-grade phenomenon, having passed the Lingjian Sect’s Life-and-Death Gate. At just eighteen, he’s reached the second level of Martial Lord. He’s indeed a prodigy, but isn’t it arrogant to think he can kill Lin Xiao?”
“Arrogant? It’s outright overestimating himself. He’s just Jian Tianjiao’s brother, not Jian Tianjiao himself. If it were Jian Tianjiao at the second level of Martial Lord, there might be a chance to kill Lin Xiao, but Jian Wuque likely doesn’t have that ability.”
“Exactly. The second-ranking disciples of the other eight major sects have all been defeated by Lin Xiao. Even if the Lingjian Sect is stronger, it’s not that much stronger than the others. To kill Lin Xiao, he’s far from capable!”
Surprised and disdainful voices arose. After witnessing Lin Xiao’s myriad talents, no one thought highly of Jian Wuque.
Although Jian Wuque was remarkable and Jian Tianjiao’s reputation was significant, Lin Xiao’s impact was too overwhelming. In their eyes, no one at the second level of Martial Lord could defeat him.
The group of Martial Emperors also looked at Sikong Jian with slight surprise, clearly not optimistic about Jian Wuque.
After all, the second-ranking disciples of other sects, even those who had not faced Lin Xiao, had been defeated by Sheng Li and others ranked below him, indirectly losing to Lin Xiao.
They did not believe that the eighteen-year-old Jian Wuque could cause any significant stir. However, seeing Sikong Jian’s calm expression, they grew suspicious. Could Jian Wuque have some hidden ability?
