“Azure Wood Army! Rise!” Ning Qi suddenly shouted, and the few scattered Azure Wood figures surrounding Ling Mo Xie began to tremble. Numerous small green dots floated down from their bodies, and as those dots hit the ground, another Azure Wood sprouted up, complete with arms and legs, capable of waving its branches as it moved to surround Ling Mo Xie.
Once Ning Qi unleashed this spell, the originally sparse Azure Woods became densely packed. Ning Qi looked around and saw nothing but Azure Woods.
In other words, Ling Mo Xie was completely surrounded by the Azure Woods!
The dense mass of Azure Woods made it impossible for Ling Mo Xie to move an inch, let alone use Floating Shadow to evade their attacks. After all, when using the Floating Shadow skill, one’s body still existed; it was just that the speed was extremely fast. However, in such a tight encirclement, speed was of no use at all.
“Haha! You overestimate yourself, thinking you can fight me?” Ning Qi laughed heartily and said with satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Ling Mo Xie, entangled by the branches of the Azure Woods, found himself unable to move. His Health Points were rapidly decreasing under the relentless attacks of the branches.
Ning Qi felt secretly pleased; he couldn’t believe that even in this situation, Ling Mo Xie could escape. It was no wonder Ning Qi thought this way; after all, casting a spell required hand seals. If it were a minor spell without hand seals, it certainly wouldn’t break free from the entanglement of the branches.
At this moment, although Ling Mo Xie was bound by the branches of the Azure Woods, he remained calm. With a thought, he unleashed a Shattering the Sky skill, instantly shattering the branches that bound him. Following that, he executed a Flying Immortal Sword skill, creating a large hole in the dense encirclement of Azure Woods.
Now that Ling Mo Xie had reached the Late Stage of Nascent Soul, he could naturally fly like an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage. He quickly soared into the air, looking down at Ning Qi, and said, “Have you finished your attacks? Now it’s my turn!”
Seeing Ling Mo Xie break free, Ning Qi felt his heart sink. At this moment, he realized that Ling Mo Xie’s cultivation level was certainly not lower than his own; otherwise, being trapped by his Azure Wood Army would mean certain death!
“Who exactly are you? A few months ago at the city gate of Skywind City, you clearly hadn’t even reached the Golden Core Stage...”
“Not even at the Golden Core Stage, right?” Ling Mo Xie smiled and continued Ning Qi’s words before adding, “Didn’t you say so yourself? That was months ago; it’s impressive that you remember so well! Haha!”
Ning Qi was stunned. How could it be possible? It had only been a short time, and how could Ling Mo Xie have reached his current level of cultivation in such a brief period?
This was simply absurd. In the entire Cultivation World, there had never been any such example. Of course, there were legends about people who consumed some miraculous elixir and ascended immediately, but almost everyone regarded those as mere myths.
Setting aside whether such powerful elixirs even existed, even if they did, an ordinary person consuming such an elixir would be lucky to survive without exploding from the immense power.
"How could you possibly reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul in just a few months? What kind of monster are you?" Ning Qi stared blankly at Ling Mo Xie, muttering to himself.
Ling Mo Xie, however, merely smiled and said, "Getting distracted in battle is not a good thing! Shattering the Heavens! Flying Immortal Sword! A Glimpse of the Phoenix!" Almost in an instant, Ling Mo Xie seized the opportunity and unleashed nearly all his available skills against Ning Qi.
Ning Qi was startled; he channeled his spiritual energy and tried to retreat, but Ling Mo Xie used a binding technique to freeze him in place.
Yet Ning Qi reacted quickly. Although he was immobilized, he had managed to dodge some of the attacks beforehand. As a result, those skills did not take his life; they merely reduced his Health Points by one-fifth.
"Azure Dragon Breaks the Heavens!" Ning Qi's spiritual energy surged as he glared at Ling Mo Xie with hatred. Suddenly, the world changed color as a blue light descended from the sky. A massive azure dragon formed instantly within that light and roared towards the heavens.
As the blue light dissipated, the azure dragon vividly appeared before Ling Mo Xie, glaring at him with its enormous eyes.
"Haha! You forced my hand! I will show you my power! This azure dragon is formed from the Dan Qi I've accumulated through Alchemy and refined using the Azure Emperor's Secret Technique. Its power is unmatched!" Ning Qi laughed heartily as he looked at the azure dragon before him.
Seeing Ning Qi's arrogant demeanor, Ling Mo Xie frowned and gazed at the ferocious azure dragon.
At that moment, the azure dragon was already charging toward him at high speed under Ning Qi's command.
Ling Mo Xie was taken aback; he could sense the powerful aura of the Azure Dragon, a presence that surpassed the Nascent Soul stage by a considerable margin.
Damn it, could it be that the Azure Dragon summoned by Ning Qi, who is at the Nascent Soul stage, is actually beyond that realm?
Ling Mo Xie thought in surprise. He had initially believed that this Azure Dragon would only be slightly stronger than Ning Qi, after all, Ning Qi was already in the late Nascent Soul stage, and the gap between major levels was not something easily crossed.
However, Ling Mo Xie was quite ignorant in this regard. The technique "Azure Dragon Breaks the Heavens" could be considered a signature move of the disciples of the Azure Emperor sect. The strength of the Azure Dragon they summoned was not directly related to their own cultivation level.
What influenced the strength of the Azure Dragon was the Dan Qi they usually gathered through Alchemy. The higher the quality and level of the pills they refined, the more Dan Qi they accumulated. When this Dan Qi was stored within them, they could summon an Azure Dragon composed of this gathered energy at specific moments.
This spell was essentially tailored for the disciples of the Azure Emperor sect.
As for Ning Qi, his Alchemy skills were among the best among all direct disciples of the Azure Emperor sect. After all, Cang Qin took great care in teaching him Alchemy.
Moreover, Cang Qin often provided high-quality spiritual herbs for Ning Qi to refine, which made the Dan Qi Azure Dragon he summoned exceptionally powerful, equivalent to a human in the early stages of separation from the body.
Ling Mo Xie used Floating Shadow to evade the Azure Dragon as best as he could, but its speed was relentless; it always managed to keep up with him and was even slightly faster. It seemed like he would soon be caught by this Azure Dragon.
"What should I do?" Ling Mo Xie asked himself internally. He couldn't keep running like this; he needed to come up with a plan. Otherwise, he would only face death since Ning Qi had not yet sustained any fatal injuries and could still assist the Azure Dragon in attacking him.
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