"Boom!"
Mei Xue's Great Sun Golden Crow Dharma Body unleashed its strongest power. The one-meter long golden Wings of the Sun spread out, and the Sun Demon Equipment entered a full defensive state.
All of this was because the black claw marks were too strong, so strong that Mei Xue couldn't break them at all.
Amidst the crisscrossing of countless claw marks, this move, which looked so simple that it could be understood at a glance and was purely a move that accumulated attack speed and penetrative power, completely shattered Mei Xue's Seven Star Dipper Sword and sent the Seven Star Dragon Abyss flying.
Countless terrifying claw marks tore through the light barrier of the Sun Demon Equipment, and directly grabbed onto Mei Xue's body.
If it wasn't for the powerful defense of the Sun Demon Equipment, Mei Xue would have been torn into countless pieces in an instant.
This attack only lasted for one second, and it was a second where Mei Xue almost died.
The golden outer shell of the Sun Demon Equipment was covered in countless black claw marks. Large amounts of black light were shot into Mei Xue's body, and began to invade Mei Xue's nerves and blood vessels.
"Cough!"
Mei Xue felt like all the bones in her body were about to break. This black shadow giant was so terrifying. If it was at its peak, it could probably kill her in an instant.
Was this the power of a superior Nine Darkness Seed?
It was a completely different concept from a mid-level Ghost Crab.
Fortunately, this attack only lasted for a second before the black shadow giant shattered into pieces. Clearly, it was impossible for it to launch another attack.
"Hiss!"
The increasingly blurry black shadow seemed to realize that its time was up. After giving Mei Xue a fierce look, its whole body shrunk back into the bubble area, and disappeared without a trace.
"This time, it's really bad." Mei Xue, who was covered in wounds, was brought back to the Crystal Pavilion by Tai Chu.
This battle actually happened in the time it takes for a spark to fly off a flint. From the moment Mei Xue activated the Great Sun Golden Crow and pierced through Zhang Jiao's body, to the moment when Zhang Jiao's devil seed broke free from the void and counterattacked Mei Xue, only a few seconds had passed.
But in these few seconds, both sides had walked on the edge of life and death.
Zhang Jiao's "Heaven's Path", which had misjudged Mei Xue's strength, was actually not suitable for people. This was a large-scale annihilation spell on the battlefield. Using it against Mei Xue was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It was purely a dragon slaying spell that Zhang Jiao used to show off his strength.
That spell didn't hit Mei Xue, who had activated the Great Sun Golden Crow Dharma Body and Alkaid Sword Intent. Instead, it hit the empty space. Only the aftermath of the attack brushed past Mei Xue, and then it was directly bounced off by the light wall of the Sun Demon Deity Equipment.
Mei Xue's sword had indeed hit Zhang Jiao. However, under the protection of the Black Claw, Zhang Jiao had used some kind of cloning spell at the last moment, splitting himself into three, and escaped at the cost of two clones made of blood essence being burned into ashes by the Sun Demon Fire.
However, Mei Xue, who had successfully taken down the city first, was only one item away from killing Zhang Jiao and obtaining the Art of Peace. However, at this moment, she had made a fatal mistake. She had underestimated the Demon Seed that Zhang Jiao, the Holy Son of the Nine Serenities Demon Sect, possessed, Black Claw.
This wasn't a low-level Demon Seed like Zebra, but a genuine Demon Seed bred from the remains of a high-level Demon Seed of the Nine Serenities Demon Sect.
This Demon Seed had already fused with Zhang Jiao, and was many times stronger than the low-level Demon Seed that Kennatsu-Ryūhime had encountered before.
Therefore, when Mei Xue chased after Zhang Jiao, the Black Claw, which had transformed into a giant shadow, instantly burst forth and gave Mei Xue a bloody lesson.
Fortunately, this attack could only be launched once in a short period of time. Otherwise, Mei Xue would have been in grave danger.
"I've underestimated him," lying on the Frost Jade Bed, Mei Xue finally admitted that he had truly underestimated the heroes of the world this time.
After the battle with the Ghost Crab, he had successfully advanced to the Dharmakaya level and mastered the Great Sun Golden Crow Dharmakaya. He had more or less become a little arrogant, thinking that he already possessed the strength to go anywhere in the Seas Mountain Range.
The Golden Fur Jade-faced Nine-tailed Fox Transformation, the Big Dipper Sword Technique, and the Sun Demon Deity Equipment were all his guarantees of being invincible among those of the same level. Once he summoned the Great Sun Golden Crow Dharmakaya, it wasn't as if he couldn't put up a fight against those of the Divine Will level.
However, Zhang Jiao's appearance made him understand that the Seas Mountain Range was far from being as simple as he had imagined.
Zhang Jiao's strength seemed to be between the Immortal Bracelet and the Dharmakaya level, but after he unlocked the power of the Heavenly Book, he instantly possessed the strength to fight against Mei Xue. The Nine Nether Seed that was residing in his body, "Black Claw", also possessed the ability to kill Mei Xue.
Of course, the Great Sun Golden Crow bloodline was undoubtedly the most powerful bloodline that came from the prehistorical era. However, Mei Xue was still far from mastering the true power of this bloodline. She couldn't even transform into a sun like the Great Sun Golden Crow, which was why both of them were wounded.
The Heavenly Book – Secret Art of Peace, the Devil Seed – Nine Nether Seed – Black Claw, the alchemist from overseas, and the successor of the Virtuous Sage Master, Zhang Jiao, had given Mei Xue a vivid lesson this time. He finally realized that he couldn't underestimate the geniuses of the Seas Mountain Range.
The faces of Xuanyuan Jianying, Qingqiu Jiuyue, Nether Netherworld, and other legendary geniuses appeared in Mei Xue's mind one by one. For the first time, he realized that if he didn't work hard, he might not be the strongest in the legendary generation.
He could already vaguely sense that there might be an inheritor of the Heavenly Book among them.
This was because the Heavenly Book, which represented the legacy of the Seas Mountain Range, would never choose an ordinary person. It would only choose the peerless genius with the highest talent and the strongest bloodline power.
Just like the Big Dipper Sword Monarch who once contended with the Supreme Heaven Sword, the inheritor chosen by the Heavenly Cycle Star Chart would definitely become a legend in the Seas Mountain Range.
"Mei Xue, are you okay?"
Mengmeng and Nether appeared beside Mei Xue together. They looked at Mei Xue's incomparably painful expression, but there was nothing they could do to help.
One of them was the World Guardian who had mastered the Book of Mountains and Seas, and the other was an elf with the Sun Demon Deity Armament. However, they could do nothing to help Mei Xue's injury.
"It's okay, it's okay. I'm sorry, I didn't get the Art of Peace."
Mei Xue gasped violently. Black Claw's attack was not as simple as a physical injury. It had also sent countless black threads into his body, which was the most troublesome thing to deal with.
In his body, the Fire of Sun derived from the Great Sun Golden Crow's bloodline was slowly burning these cold black threads. However, this process was very slow, and inevitably, it brought disastrous consequences to Mei Xue.
Mei Xue, whose blood vessels and nerves were eroded by the black threads, had no choice but to ignite his body and let the Fire of Sun take the initiative to burn these black threads. It was as if he had been hit by the Burning Blood Sword.
If it wasn't for the cold green energy that emerged from Mei Xue's body from time to time, offsetting a lot of the burning pain, perhaps Mei Xue would have already fainted from the pain.
Similarly, the Virtuous Paragon Teacher Zhang Jiao was not much better. After being invaded by the Fire of Sun, he was almost completely burned. If it was an ordinary Dharma Warlock, he would have died without a doubt.
A giant black claw mercilessly pierced into Zhang Jiao's body. Countless black threads ran through the Virtuous Paragon Teacher's body and extracted the Fire of Sun bit by bit. This process was more than ten times crueler than what Mei Xue experienced. Even Zhang Jiao, whose will was not weak, fainted and woke up more than a dozen times.
"Aaaaah, I want you to die a horrible death!"
While screaming at the top of his lungs, Zhang Jiao firmly remembered Mei Xue's appearance. This was his lifelong enemy.
… …
"Phew … really … disgusting …" As the Fire of Sun burned quietly, Mei Xue finally burned away most of the black threads that invaded her body, leaving only a small part to be dealt with.
At this moment, the Immemorial Evergreen Physique within the Four Symbols Heavenly Wheel finally came into play, allowing Mei Xue's heavily injured body to rapidly recover. Mei Xue could even use her inner vision to observe the green light that contained boundless vitality nourishing her body.
Putting everything else aside, just this point alone was enough to prove that the Four Symbols Heavenly Wheel was one of a kind.
This meant that no matter what kind of injury Mei Xue suffered, even if it was a strange attack from the Nine Nether Seed, she could quickly recover in a very short period of time. There was no need to look for life-saving elixirs.
Once an Immortal Warlock was injured, they couldn't be cured by ordinary elixirs. Only elixirs refined by true Alchemists could have an immediate effect on Immortal Warlocks.
With the Immemorial Evergreen Physique, Mei Xue no longer needed to buy elixirs to treat her injuries. The Immemorial Evergreen Physique itself was the best elixir.
After her injuries were mostly healed, Mei Xue had time to look at the source of the fight between her and Zhang Jiao tonight – the blood-stained granite.
The small green sword formed by the three-leaf clover was cowering in the hollow of the granite, not moving at all. It seemed to be frightened by the earth-shattering battle between Mei Xue and Zhang Jiao not long ago.
Seeing the human-like appearance of this little guy, Mei Xue could more or less guess what kind of spiritual object it was.
In the world of the Myriad Seas and Mountains, there was such a kind of spiritual object. After being nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it would give birth to a vague consciousness and instinctively reside in flowers, trees, jade, and crystals. All Immortal Warlocks had heard of them, but very few people had seen them – Immortal Spirits.
This kind of spiritual life form called Immortal Spirits, each of them was blessed by the heavens and born under countless opportunities.
They were between an incorporeal and a solid body. Once they grew up, they would basically never be seen by humans again, because at that time, they would have mastered the ability to escape into the void.
Only in the infancy stage of Immortal Spirits, that is, when they still couldn't escape into the void, and were in a half-solid, half-incorporeal state, would there be a chance to capture and domesticate them.
Now, in front of Mei Xue was such a delicate and pitiful Immortal Spirit that was still in the infancy stage.