I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 496 Partners (Bonus chapter for 500 monthly votes in September)

On the surface, in the battle between Qingxiao and Qiuji, Qingxiao is at a significant disadvantage.

The thorny vine is a poisonous vine in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, while Qingxiao is only in the late stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

The gnarled thorns still cling to the Purple Sky Ancient Tree. If they are depleted, the gnarled thorns can immediately seize the power of the Purple Sky Ancient Tree to strengthen themselves.

The story of vines entwining trees is not a pleasant one. In the realm of plants, vines thrive by plundering the nutrients of trees, a practice known as 'strangulation'.

However, in the past, there was no struggle between the sect-protecting immortal vine and the sect-protecting ancient tree, because they had all developed intelligence early on, shed their primitive wildness, and depended on each other, growing together and becoming close friends.

Jiang Yi understood Qingxiao's feelings at this moment. Even though it was no longer the protective immortal vine it once was, the affection for the ancient protective tree hidden in its bloodline made it unable to look away from the Purple Sky Ancient Tree.

If Qingxiao obtains the Purple Sky Ancient Tree, he certainly won't kill it bit by bit just to grow stronger; he will grow together with the Purple Sky Ancient Tree.

Sensing Qingxiao's increasingly intense will to challenge, the gnarled thorns perched high on the ancient tree suddenly sprouted dozens of vines covered in sharp thorns, which lashed down fiercely at the tender green vine on the ground!
Qingxiao reacted with lightning speed. Faced with the barrage of poisonous thorny vines, its emerald green body suddenly burst forth with a magnificent turquoise light.

Ten Thousand Vines Imprison the Sky!

Countless thick, lush green vines burst forth from the earth, instantly weaving together to form a massive cage covering an area of ​​hundreds of feet in diameter. Every vine that attacked from the gnarled thorns was precisely entangled by the newly sprouted vines.

The thorn venom seeped into the bark of the Azure Sky vine, attempting to corrode its body.

However, a layer of warm, jade-like blue light emanated from the verdant vines, and the purifying power brought by cultivating the "Azure Emperor's Longevity Scripture" made Qingxiao almost immune to all toxins.

The thorny vines were filled with shock and anger. It tried to pull back the thorny vines it had split off, but Qingxiao's binding power was too strong. The two sides were locked in a stalemate, and the sound of the vines rubbing against each other was like the thorny vines' roar.

Chisongzi stroked his beard, first astonished by Qingxiao's enormous super-level magic, and secretly sighed that it was indeed a branch of the sect's protective immortal vine.

When the situation reached a stalemate, Chishongzi paused, sensing that something was wrong.

Qingxiao is only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, with no tree to rely on. Where would he get so much spiritual power to support such a huge consumption of super-level spells?
The gnarled thorns frantically drew power from the Purple Sky Ancient Tree, attempting to replenish its energy and break free from its restraints. However, no matter how much power it drew from the ancient tree, the blue vine cage remained incredibly resilient, showing no signs of collapsing and even continuing to tighten.

Chisongzi looked at Jiang Yi with surprise and uncertainty.

Jiang Yi casually crossed her arms. Wasn't Qingxiao's spiritual power borrowed from her?

Chisongzi lowered his head slightly and suddenly noticed that Hua Gu's body was rippling with clear water patterns, and streams of pure water spiritual power were silently pouring into Qingxiao's body.

Aquatic wood!
Chisongzi's pupils dilated violently, and his heart was filled with turbulent waves!

"This...this is clearly a spiritual exchange that can only be achieved between a natal demon spirit and its master. If it were to be exchanged between demon spirits, theoretically the master would also be needed as the intermediary. In other words, both Hua Gu and Qing Xiao are natal demon spirits?"

Chisongzi was a little confused. In his understanding, Northern Xuan Demon Masters could only contract one natal demon spirit. Even someone as powerful as Danxi only had Xuanhui.

This is an ironclad rule, an ironclad rule that no one has ever broken!
This unbelievable situation completely overturned Chishongzi's understanding of demon tamers.

The commotion from the battle attracted a lot of attention, and many figures of the Northern Xuan Demon Clan gradually appeared in the surrounding jungle.

Some of them were puzzled, some were curious, and some were solemn. Their eyes were all focused on the purple dome tree, watching the two vines strangle each other, as well as Jiang Yi and Hua Gu Hong Li standing to the side.

Qi Tian, ​​Feng Wuhen, Li Qingxian, and other Cangling Sect cultivators also rushed over upon hearing the sound, silently watching the battlefield from the sidelines.

When they saw clearly that Hua Gu was providing spiritual power support to Qing Xiao, all the cultivators of Cang Ling Sect showed the same bewildered expression as Chi Songzi.

Qi Tian couldn't help but shout, "Senior is awesome! You actually broke the limitations of demon tamers, that's amazing!"

Feng Wuhen nodded vigorously, his eyes shining. He wanted to learn it! He wanted to learn this!
Jiang Yi had no time to pay attention to the other demons and humans at the moment; she was only focused on the battle.

Seeing its own power locked up by the cage and losing the battle of spiritual power, the thorn suddenly abandoned most of the imprisoned vine body. The core vine body burst out with dazzling black light, condensing into several incomparably sharp, poisonous spikes, which fiercely pierced Qingxiao's fragile vine body from different angles.

Hua Gu trembled upon seeing this and uncontrollably took a step forward. Qing Xiao himself had no defensive spells!

At this moment, the mutation reappeared.

Suddenly, crimson flames erupted from the Azure Vine, and these flames, as if alive, rapidly spread and climbed along the vine's veins.

Hua Gu and Chi Songzi both looked at Hong Li beside them.

As expected, Hong Li's crimson hair ignited with the same blazing flames, radiating terrifying heat and countless phantom images of roaring demonic beasts. Thousand Beast Spirit Fire!

"You are also a natal spirit?" Chisongzi exclaimed in surprise.

"Is it not possible?!"

Hongli crossed her arms and retorted irritably to Chishongzi.

Chisongzi felt his brain was overwhelmed, and Feng Wuhen and the others stared in shock.

Three natal spirits?

is it possible?

The situation on the field suddenly changed, and the Thousand Beast Spirit Fire followed the Azure Sky's vines and shot directly onto the Gnarled Thorn Vine.

Vines are essentially wood, making them the best fuel, while thorns are completely suppressed.

The searing pain, accompanied by the terror of being burned by horrific flames, instantly overwhelmed the thorny creature's soul.

It no longer cared about the Purple Sky Ancient Tree; its vine body suddenly burst open with a burst of dark light, forcibly severing most of the burning vines.

Only the fragmented essence remained, transforming into a dark shadow, carrying billowing smoke, quickly burrowing into the underground crevice, and disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Judging from the fluctuations in spiritual energy, it was heading towards the nearest water source.

Amidst the shocked and bewildered gazes of the demons, Jiang Yi uttered a seductive statement in a clear voice.

"A late-stage Foundation Establishment vine is no match for a late-stage Golden Core vine in a one-on-one fight, but it is not an isolated and helpless vine demon. It is my partner, as well as the partners of the Lan demon and the fox demon. Our power is also its power, so it will not lose!"

The demons suddenly realized what was happening, and some of them began to look at Jiang Yi and the other demon tamers with increasingly shifty eyes.

"Humph!"

Hong Li gave a haughty snort, and the flames on Qing Xiao's body instantly went out, while Hong Li's hair returned to normal.

"Qingxiao, I'll let you off the hook this time since you're still young. Next time, either lend me your wood spirit to boost my fire spirit, or pay me the rent for borrowing fire. Don't be like someone else."

Someone was picking their ear and didn't hear anything.

Having defeated the formidable foe, Qingxiao joyfully wrapped herself around the trunk of the Purple Sky Ancient Tree, as if embracing a long-lost friend, ignoring what Hongli was saying.

Hongli stomped her feet angrily, but luckily Huagu walked to her side, her watery eyes full of excitement.

"Hongli, your fire is really powerful. It scared away those gnarled vines in one go."

Hong Li raised her chin. "Of course, if someone gets me a new strange fire, I can become even more powerful."

Someone yawned, but still didn't hear it.

The attention of everyone and all the demons was drawn to Qingxiao at this moment, because it had done something that no other vine demon would ever do.

After Qingxiao climbed the Purple Sky Ancient Tree, he unhesitatingly poured his pure Yi Wood Azure Qi into the tree, rapidly repairing and nourishing its roots, which had just been damaged by the thorns.

rustle……

The entire canopy of the Purple Dome Ancient Tree moved without wind, and as the branches and leaves swayed, the pale purple flowers on the branches bloomed even more profusely and magnificently in an instant.

Countless petals, shimmering with a purple-jade luster and carrying a calming and soothing aura, fluttered down like a dreamy rain of purple petals.

These petals lightly brushed against Jiang Yi's hair and shoulders, surrounded Hua Gu, and gently landed on Hong Li's red hair and shoulder armor, transforming into streams of cool, pure, and nourishing power that flowed into their bodies.

The azure radiance that Qingxiao had lost was restored and became even stronger than before thanks to the nourishment from the Purple Sky Ancient Tree.

Qingxiao's cultivation aura began to rise rapidly, reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from Core Formation!
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