Chapter 217 – Slaying Perfected One Myriad Wood, The Spirit-Drunk Spirit Vein Dragon! (5k)

【You activated Protective Hardened Qi and swiftly fled into the distance.】

【Behind you, ferocious and violent spiritual energy fluctuations erupted as the entire ruins’ formation array was instantly torn to pieces by the Spirit Burst explosion.】

【You ran desperately the entire way, ultimately escaping the Myriad Wood Sect ruins and arriving in the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts instance.】

【At the entrance to the ruins, you watched the violently distorted spatial formation array, gripped the sword in your hand, and awaited the great battle that was about to come.】

【Out of the corner of your eye, you glanced at the spirit vein dragon not far away. This young dragon, having just broken free from its confinement, was overjoyed, dancing and soaring ceaselessly through the air.】

【Soon, a figure emerged from the formation array — it was none other than Perfected One Myriad Wood!】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood’s robes were shredded, his long hair disheveled, and the faint stench of blood still lingered on his body. He had clearly sustained serious injuries under the bombardment of Spirit Burst.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood stared blankly at the dark red blood flowing from his body, and he quickly noticed the changes within himself.】

【His emotions became extremely agitated, and he howled like a man possessed by madness.】

【You could see the defiance in his heart. He had schemed for thousands of years, only to find himself reduced to a living corpse. If he continued to slumber, he would likely lose consciousness entirely and become nothing more than a puppet.】

【You took a deep breath, circulated your vital energy, and launched your attack on Perfected One Myriad Wood first.】

【Although Perfected One Myriad Wood was a Void Shattering Grand Perfection cultivator, his foundation was far less solid than yours, and his raw power was significantly weaker.】

【After barely more than ten exchanges, Perfected One Myriad Wood’s expression changed dramatically.】

【Your terrifying power clearly led Perfected One Myriad Wood to mistake you for a Primordial Unity realm cultivator!】

【Pressing your advantage against the steadily retreating Perfected One Myriad Wood, you pursued relentlessly, every punch and every strike carrying devastating force.】

【The two of you fought across more than a hundred li, leaving collapsed mountains and dried-up rivers in your wake…】

【Throughout the battle, Perfected One Myriad Wood kept trying to persuade you. He expressed his willingness to share the spirit vein dragon with you, so that together you could step into the realm of immortality, with the hope of eternal life!】

【But you scoffed at this, knowing full well that bargaining with a tiger for its skin was bound to fail. As long as you killed this hypocrite Perfected One Myriad Wood, the spirit dragon would surely submit to you!】

In the Real World, Su Xing couldn’t help but laugh at this.

“Haha, this Perfected One Myriad Wood — how arrogant he was when I first met him!”

“Now that his strength has fallen this far, all he can do is try to negotiate with me…”

Su Xing was utterly dismissive. Negotiation and compromise? Not a chance.

“How laughable. Back when you were stronger than me, you tried to kill me outright — I couldn’t resist in the slightest…”

“But now that I’m stronger than you, if I kill you outright, that’s only fair, isn’t it?”

Su Xing muttered to himself. This Perfected One Myriad Wood — he absolutely had to die!

With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Faced with Perfected One Myriad Wood’s pleas for mercy, you didn’t hesitate for a moment. You raised the Blackice sword, sword qi streaking in all directions, and charged at Perfected One Myriad Wood once more.】

【Seeing that his pleas were futile, Perfected One Myriad Wood steeled his resolve and retrieved a pill from his storage ring, swallowing it immediately.】

【After taking the pill, Perfected One Myriad Wood’s aura surged violently, and his cultivation in that brief moment leapt directly from half-step Body Integration stage to early Body Integration stage!】

【After breaking through to Body Integration stage, Perfected One Myriad Wood’s gaze toward you turned ice-cold. He then circulated his spiritual energy once more and engaged you in battle.】

【Seeing Perfected One Myriad Wood’s power spike dramatically, you didn’t dare underestimate him. You fought more cautiously and once again unleashed Spirit Burst at him.】

【When Perfected One Myriad Wood saw you casting the technique, his eyes flickered. He demanded to know your relationship with the Five Elements Master and how you had obtained the Five Elements Master’s Five Elements Cycle Art.】

【You merely gave a cold laugh in response. When you had inherited the Five Elements Master’s legacy, you had resolved to kill Perfected One Myriad Wood, and you would naturally not go back on your word.】

【And so the terrifying Spirit Burst hurtled toward Perfected One Myriad Wood.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood’s pupils contracted as he recognized that this Spirit Burst was the same supernatural technique that had ambushed him earlier. He naturally did not dare take it lightly.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood rapidly formed hand seals and cast a spell, as astonishing wood-attribute spiritual energy quickly gathered together.】

【Before Perfected One Myriad Wood, a mass of trees and vines materialized. These trees and vines grew wildly, rapidly weaving together into a terrifyingly indestructible barrier of wood.】

【This barrier shimmered with a strange radiance, shielding Perfected One Myriad Wood firmly within.】

【Boom! The terrifying shockwave of the Spirit Burst explosion struck, and the vine barrier rapidly disintegrated — but ultimately, Perfected One Myriad Wood, protected within, emerged unscathed.】

【Seeing Perfected One Myriad Wood successfully block your Spirit Burst, your expression turned grave.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood truly lived up to his reputation as the greatest prodigy of a thousand years ago. This wood-attribute technique was undoubtedly at the supernatural level, and Perfected One Myriad Wood had cultivated it to an extraordinarily profound degree.】

【Combined with his cultivation boost from swallowing the pill, which had temporarily elevated him to early Body Integration stage, he was able to firmly withstand the Spirit Burst.】

【The Barrier of Wood slowly withered away as Perfected One Myriad Wood stepped out from within, a cold smile playing on his lips.】

【He declared somewhat smugly that you were merely at the Void Return stage. With insufficient spiritual energy reserves, you certainly couldn’t sustain casting a supernatural technique with such horrific energy consumption for very long.】

【Faced with Perfected One Myriad Wood’s mockery, you calmly produced a bottle of spirit liquid, drank half of it in one gulp — as extravagantly as if you were drinking mineral water.】

【The spirit liquid soaking the hem of your clothes slowly evaporated, and the sight made Perfected One Myriad Wood gnash his teeth.】

【He had never imagined that you would consume spirit liquid so extravagantly.】

【After all, this was an era of depleted spiritual energy. Even during the golden age of cultivation, few would waste spirit liquid so recklessly.】

【As Perfected One Myriad Wood’s composure crumbled, you merely chuckled. With the amount of spirit liquid you had stockpiled, you could sustain Spirit Burst for days and nights on end without running dry.】

【A gleam of greed appeared on Perfected One Myriad Wood’s face, and the thought of killing you for your treasures took root in his mind.】

【He activated his wood-attribute technique, and vines surged wildly from the ground beneath your feet, binding you tightly.】

【You raised an eyebrow at this, then with a thought, released the Separation Fire Technique. In an instant, the strange vines trapping you were burned to nothing.】

【Among the Five Elements, wood generates fire and fire overcomes wood. Moreover, the Separation Fire Technique was itself a fire-attribute supernatural art of considerable power, making it even more potent against wood-attribute techniques.】

【Seeing his technique countered, Perfected One Myriad Wood’s expression grew solemn. He circulated his spiritual energy once more and attacked.】

【You remained unflustered. Though your cultivation was lower than Perfected One Myriad Wood’s, with your mastery of the Earth Sword and your comprehension of ultimate speed, you were more than a match for him.】

【The two of you battled for several hundred exchanges. Perfected One Myriad Wood’s spiritual energy reserves had been substantially depleted, and he took out more pills to replenish them.】

【You likewise consumed spirit liquid to compensate for your energy expenditure… In a war of attrition, you were no weaker than Perfected One Myriad Wood.】

【You had originally expected Perfected One Myriad Wood’s cultivation boost to last only a brief time, but his pills turned out to be extraordinarily potent, maintaining him at early Body Integration stage throughout the prolonged battle without showing signs of exhaustion.】

【You unleashed Sword Momentum once more, pressing the attack against Perfected One Myriad Wood.】

【With a thought, you silently invoked “Gimme That!”】

【The next instant, you saw a peculiar piece of wood appear in your hand. It was entirely charred black, and you could sense considerable Dao essence within it, though you couldn’t discern its exact nature.】

【Sensing that this piece of wood was extraordinary, you stowed it away.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood watched the wood appear in your hand, and his heart was struck with alarm. After hastily inspecting his storage ring, he erupted in fury and intensified his assault on you.】

【You were completely unfazed by this and once again launched your sword techniques in attack.】

【To your surprise, Perfected One Myriad Wood was also versed in the Sword Dao. He drew a peculiar wooden sword and engaged you in combat.】

【Another several hundred exchanges followed, during which you continuously replenished your spiritual energy with spirit liquid.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood likewise consumed numerous pills, many of which appeared to be pills capable of temporarily enhancing one’s cultivation.】

In the Real World, Su Xing watched this scene unfold and sighed with emotion:

“The Myriad Wood Sect truly lives up to its reputation as an alchemy sect… They’ve got quite the stockpile of cultivation-enhancing pills and spiritual energy recovery pills!”

“They’re probably the wealthiest of the three great sects, aren’t they?”

With that thought, Su Xing’s resolve to kill Perfected One Myriad Wood grew even firmer.

His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【The battle raged on. That charred piece of wood seemed to be of extreme importance to Perfected One Myriad Wood. His expression grew increasingly frantic, and he was desperate to reclaim it.】

【And so the two of you clashed for several dozen more exchanges.】

【Finally, you seized an opening, and a streak of sword qi severed Perfected One Myriad Wood’s arm.】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood let out a piercing scream, but immediately gritted his teeth and frantically channeled his spiritual energy.】

【Through your divine sense, you perceived a surge of emerald-green energy continuously repairing Perfected One Myriad Wood’s arm. In the span of just a few breaths, Perfected One Myriad Wood had actually regenerated his severed limb!】

【You were deeply shocked.】

【Regrowing severed limbs — this was something only Primordial Unity realm powerhouses could accomplish, and even they couldn’t possibly regenerate at such speed.】

【You knew the issue lay with that green spiritual energy. Wood-attribute spiritual energy could indeed heal injuries, but it should never be able to restore them this quickly.】

【A vague suspicion formed in your mind… could it be that Perfected One Myriad Wood had already grasped the rudiments of the Great Dao of Wood?】

【Much like how you had comprehended ultimate speed — which was a foundational component of the Great Dao of Lightning, the Great Dao of the Sword, and others…】

【Perfected One Myriad Wood’s rapid regeneration ability should also be a foundational component of the Great Dao of Wood.】

【Your expression turned grave. If that were truly the case, then although this Origin Force was not suited for offense, its defensive capabilities and endurance would be absolutely terrifying.】

【For you, this meant an even more brutal fight!】

“Tsk tsk, worthy of being called a heaven’s pride indeed! To think he’s also grasped the rudiments of the Great Dao of Wood… I’m afraid he’s not far from officially breaking through to the Body Integration stage!”

Su Xing sighed softly, understanding that killing Perfected One Myriad Wood had just become somewhat more difficult.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After Perfected One Myriad Wood recovered from his injuries, the look in his eyes as he gazed at you grew even more hateful.】

【He desperately wanted to reclaim that piece of wood, and at the same time, he knew you were at Void Return Great Perfection cultivation.】

【Since he had now reached the Body Integration stage, he believed your divine sense must surely be inferior to his.】

【And so Perfected One Myriad Wood took the initiative, launching a divine sense combat technique straight at you.】

【Watching this unfold, joy surged through your heart — you never expected Perfected One Myriad Wood to expose such a glaring opening of his own accord.】

【Facing Perfected One Myriad Wood’s divine sense attack, you neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, you simultaneously released your own divine sense, transforming it into a small golden cauldron that hurtled toward Perfected One Myriad Wood’s divine sense.】

【BOOM!】

【The two waves of divine sense collided, sending massive fluctuations of pressure rippling through the air, nearly causing the heavens and earth to change color.】

【The instant they collided, Perfected One Myriad Wood sensed something was wrong — your divine sense was stronger than his by far more than just a single level!】

【The two surges of divine sense clashed head-on, and by the time Perfected One Myriad Wood tried to withdraw his, it was already too late.】

【You pressed your advantage without mercy, directly inflicting devastating damage to Perfected One Myriad Wood’s divine sense.】

【After suffering severe divine sense trauma, Perfected One Myriad Wood instantly coughed up fresh blood, his aura withering dramatically — clearly no minor injury.】

【You likewise withdrew your divine sense, elation filling your heart as you charged toward Perfected One Myriad Wood!】

【Another several hundred rounds of fierce battle ensued.】

【But with his divine sense damaged, Perfected One Myriad Wood’s spiritual energy became unstable throughout his body. His strength was greatly diminished compared to before, and he could only rely on his regeneration and rapid healing abilities to stall for time.】

【This battle ultimately lasted an entire day and night.】

【At the cost of suffering severe injuries yourself, you finally succeeded in slaying Perfected One Myriad Wood!】

【After killing Perfected One Myriad Wood, you stored his corpse in the spirit field grotto-heaven and removed Perfected One Myriad Wood’s storage ring.】

In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart leapt with joy as he saw this:

“What a dramatic outcome… If Perfected One Myriad Wood had fought me normally, with his deep reserves, his mastery of the Dao of Wood, and all those medicinal pills… it probably would’ve taken me days before I could take him down!”

“But Perfected One Myriad Wood just had to seek his own death by competing in divine sense. In the end, he lifted a stone only to drop it on his own foot… and I successfully killed him!”

Su Xing was overjoyed, filled with anticipation — just how precious would the treasures inside Perfected One Myriad Wood’s storage ring be?

“Damn it, and then there’s that Spirit Vein Dragon… I saved his life and that little bastard just ran off?”

“Aren’t spirit vein dragons supposed to be grateful? How come this one has such a rotten personality?”

“Heh, well, the monk may run but the temple can’t… The Age of Immortals and Martial Arts instance is only so big. Where can he possibly run to?”

With that thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Just as you were about to enter the spirit field grotto-heaven, a dragon’s cry suddenly echoed from behind you.】

【You immediately turned to look, and there in the clouds high above, a small dragon just over a zhang long was flying toward you, gratitude clear in its eyes.】

【Joy surged through your heart — had you misjudged the Spirit Vein Dragon earlier? Perhaps the spirit dragon had come to repay its debt of gratitude after all?】

【The Spirit Vein Dragon let out several low crooning sounds beside you, and thanks to your Level 10 Beast Tongue, you successfully understood what it meant.】

【It had its eye on the spirit liquid you carried and wanted a drink.】

【Though it pained you somewhat, you still retrieved a bottle of spirit liquid and handed it over.】

【The Spirit Vein Dragon was instantly delighted, and like someone downing an oral tonic, it gulped the spirit liquid down in one go.】

【Afterward, it continued asking you for more spirit liquid.】

【Though your heart ached, you also understood the principle that you can’t catch the wolf without sacrificing the child. So you gritted your teeth and pulled out several hundred bottles of spirit liquid all at once.】

【The Spirit Vein Dragon was overjoyed, affectionately nuzzling against your back before exhaling a breath of pure, refined spiritual energy.】

【You then felt the injuries within your body rapidly healing. In mere moments, you went from severely wounded to only lightly injured.】

【You were deeply moved with admiration — truly worthy of being a supreme treasure of the Three Thousand Worlds and the top-ranked being on the Earth Ranking. A single breath from this Spirit Vein Dragon possessed such terrifyingly potent effects.】

【Afterward, watching the little hatchling dragon frantically guzzling spirit liquid, it seemed you didn’t feel quite so pained anymore.】

【In a mere quarter of an hour, this juvenile Spirit Vein Dragon had already consumed no fewer than a hundred bottles of spirit liquid.】

【A hundred bottles of spirit liquid — that was a full one million drops!】

【This was already equivalent to nearly half a year’s worth of your cultivation needs at the Void Return stage, yet it had been drained in just over ten minutes.】

【If a cultivator were to consume that much spirit liquid in such a short time, they would have long since exploded and died.】

【Yet somehow the Spirit Vein Dragon wasn’t affected in the slightest — except that its originally pale dragon head had turned slightly flushed, and it began swaying unsteadily as it walked.】

【Seeing the Spirit Vein Dragon in this state, astonishment welled up within you, and at the same time you recalled a legend you had once read about.】

【If one consumed too much spiritual energy in a short period of time, or suddenly entered a place with exceptionally dense spiritual energy, a wondrous phenomenon would occur…】

【This phenomenon was known as spirit-drunkenness!】

【It referred to absorbing so much spiritual energy that the body and mind became muddled, entering a state similar to alcohol intoxication.】

【Clearly, the Spirit Vein Dragon before you, being still in its juvenile stage and having been asleep for so long, had likely never consumed so much spirit liquid at once before.】

【Having suddenly downed a million drops of spirit liquid, it had entered a state of spirit-drunkenness…】

【As the intoxication grew heavier, the Spirit Vein Dragon swayed and tottered about for a while before curling up at your feet and falling fast asleep with heavy snores.】

【Looking at the Spirit Vein Dragon, you couldn’t help but laugh. You gathered up the remaining unfinished spirit liquid and were just about to consider what to do with this little dragon.】

【At that very moment, alarm bells suddenly went off in your mind. Blessed by Fortune and the Eight Trigrams Divination Art frantically transmitted dire warnings to you.】

【Your heart pounded wildly, and you too sensed that something terrible was about to happen.】

【Without time to think further, you erased all traces in the surrounding area and concealed your heavenly secrets.】

【Then you placed the Spirit Vein Dragon into the spirit field grotto-heaven and fled into the distance at full speed.】

【As for the traces left from your battle with Perfected One Myriad Wood, there was no time to erase those.】

【You flew on your sword, sprinting tens of thousands of li without stopping, but the sense of danger in your heart did not diminish in the slightest.】

【Your only option was to flee the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts instance and return to Earth.】

【After returning to the Capital City, you immediately entered the spirit field grotto-heaven. Only then did the premonition of danger gradually fade.】

【Feeling your emotions settle somewhat, you let out a long breath of relief.】

【At the same time, alarm bells rang within your mind — just what had you encountered? What could have triggered such intense vigilance…】

【You thought carefully. With your current cultivation and strength, there were very few people on Earth who could pose a threat to your life.】

【After much deliberation, you concluded that the most likely source of this sense of danger was Protector Dragon!】

【After all, Protector Dragon was also a cultivator, and like the Spirit Vein Dragon, belonged to the dragon race. Perhaps he had sensed the Spirit Vein Dragon’s appearance and tracked you down because of it?】

【You didn’t know the exact reason, but fortunately, staying inside the spirit field grotto-heaven was safe for the time being.】

【Protector Dragon may have been powerful, but he lacked the ability to tear through space and locate the spirit field grotto-heaven.】

【And so, having calmed down, you gazed at the tipsy little dragon before you and began to consider what to do with it.】