Spirit Wheel Realm Middle Stage, Jade White Stage!

[ Ding—Signed in to the Northern Spirit Plains Jade Spirit Tree plot! ]

[ Reward: one month of pure Spiritual Energy! ]

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Hearing the system prompt, Qing Luo froze for a moment.

The Northern Spirit Plains Jade Spirit Tree...

Even such a minor plot could be signed in for?!

"The reward's pretty half-hearted too."

Qing Luo muttered under his breath.

Still, he did not mind. This kind of plot reward was an unexpected bonus to begin with.

"Use it!"

Qing Luo directly claimed the reward.

Buzz—

As his voice fell, vast Spiritual Energy surged into his body like a tidal wave.

It instantly spread through his limbs and bones.

Qing Luo could even hear his bones crackling after the Spiritual Energy swept through his body.

Buzz—

The immense Spiritual Energy transformed into a fierce gale that burst from his body.

The Pressure of the Spirit Wheel Realm Middle Stage faintly spread out...

The next moment,

Qing Luo discovered that his hands were blooming with a soft white radiance, as though they had been carved from flawless white jade!

"This is... the Jade White Stage of the Azure Sky Glazed Art?!"

A trace of delight appeared on Qing Luo's face.

One month's worth of Spiritual Energy had not only pushed his cultivation from the Spirit Wheel Realm Early Stage to the middle stage,

but had also brought a breakthrough in his Cultivation Method.

Although the Jade White Stage only covered his hands and was not yet complete, it was still a considerable breakthrough for Qing Luo.

Crack, crack—

Qing Luo flexed his wrists and ankles.

Looking at the valley in the distance, his eyes brimmed with absolute confidence.

Though he had only advanced by a minor realm, the arrival of the Jade White Stage

had increased Qing Luo's strength severalfold!

Especially his hands. With every swing, the air around them faintly twisted, carrying the piercing howl of wind that tore through the air...

He remembered that the Fire Spirit Ape King inside was only at the Spirit Wheel Realm Middle Stage.

Whoosh!

Qing Luo pushed off the ground and shot sideways toward the valley, moving so fast that only afterimages remained.

Roar—

Qing Luo's arrival threw the Fire Spirit Ape pack in the valley into turmoil.

Before they could make a move,

Boom—

A terrifying blast of air crushed straight into the valley.

Four or five Fire Spirit Apes near the valley entrance were launched into the air like cannonballs.

Under the bewildered, astonished gazes of all the Fire Spirit Apes, they exploded directly into a mist of blood that filled the valley.

A streak of white flashed past.

A figure like an exiled immortal stood proudly amid the Fire Spirit Ape pack.

Roar—

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The sudden scene sent all hundred-plus Fire Spirit Apes in the valley into a frenzy.

They stared at Qing Luo with bloodshot eyes, letting out low, tortured growls...

At the same time,

Qing Luo noticed the Fire Spirit Ape King standing atop a jagged boulder at the far end of the valley.

The Fire Spirit Ape King's fur was entirely crimson, like rising flames.

Its blood-red eyes were filled with savagery as it stared at the intruder.

The next moment,

the Fire Spirit Ape King directly lifted a massive boulder and hurled it at Qing Luo like a cannonball, stirring up a mournful whistle through the air.

The instant the boulder flew toward Qing Luo,

the hundred-plus Fire Spirit Apes around him seemed to receive some command and crazily pounced at Qing Luo.

Bang—

Facing the speeding boulder,

Qing Luo neither dodged nor retreated. He pointed one finger, and the boulder instantly shattered.

After reaching the Jade White Stage,

Qing Luo's hands were like metal and stone, indestructible!

An attack of this level could not harm him in the slightest.

The shattered boulder became countless tiny, razor-sharp fragments that howled outward in every direction.

In an instant,

several Fire Spirit Apes closest to Qing Luo were covered in vicious wounds.

All of them had been cut by the flying stone fragments.

Yet those Fire Spirit Apes seemed to have lost their minds. Driven by their savage instincts, they continued to leap at Qing Luo like mad.

"Courting death!"

Previously, when Qing Luo had come for the Jade Spirit Fruit,

what had been troublesome was the Fire Spirit Apes' tendency to live in packs.

The Spirit Wheel Realm Fire Spirit Ape King was nothing much,

but the hundred-plus Fire Spirit Apes, though only in the Spirit Movement Realm, had still been enough to give Qing Luo a headache...

But now,

those Fire Spirit Apes were so fragile in Qing Luo's eyes that they could not withstand a single blow.

Meanwhile,

dozens of miles from the valley where Qing Luo was fighting,

more than ten figures raced through the dense forest, heading toward the valley where Qing Luo was.

Among this group,

there were adventurers in long blue robes, as well as students wearing Northern Spirit Academy uniforms.

At the very front were two people.

They were Lei Cheng, captain of the Thunderstorm Squad, and Mu Chen, a student of Northern Spirit Academy's East Courtyard.

"Brother Mu Chen, once we reach that valley, we'll hold off the Fire Spirit Ape King while you find an opening to use the Spirit Breaking Bead."

"You must severely injure it in one strike. Otherwise, this trip will have been for nothing!"

Along the way, Lei Cheng reminded him uneasily.

They had discovered information about the Jade Spirit Fruit in the Northern Spirit Plains half a month ago.

However, due to the Fire Spirit Ape King's Spirit Wheel Realm Middle Stage strength and the terrifying lineup of more than a hundred Fire Spirit Apes,

they had never had a chance to take the Jade Spirit Fruit.

Otherwise, they would not have cooperated with these Northern Spirit Academy students.

"I know what to do."

Mu Chen nodded, a trace of anticipation flashing through his eyes.

It had been quite a coincidence.

He and Tang Qian'er had been hunting Spirit Beasts when they came across the Thunderstorm Squad bullying Jiang Li and Tan Qingshan.

Mu Chen could not stand it, so he stepped in and taught the Thunderstorm Squad members a lesson.

The Thunderstorm Squad was not particularly strong.

Its members were all at the Spirit Movement Realm Late-stage, while their captain, Lei Cheng, had only recently broken through to the Spirit Wheel Realm.

Their gap with Jiang Li and the others was not that great.

The only reason they could intimidate Northern Spirit Academy students was the fierce aura they had built up through years of fighting outside.

That fierce aura was something the pampered students of Northern Spirit Academy simply did not possess.

However,

that fierce aura might work on other Northern Spirit Academy students, but it was useless against Mu Chen.

His experiences in the Spirit Road had been far more dangerous than the Northern Spirit Plains.

In Mu Chen's eyes, the Thunderstorm Squad's so-called rich combat experience was riddled with flaws.

After revealing the Spirit Breaking Bead,

Mu Chen unexpectedly received an invitation from the Thunderstorm Squad to hunt the Fire Spirit Ape King together, along with news of the Fire Spirit Fruit.

Jade Spirit Fruit!

It was filled with gentle Spiritual Energy and had remarkable effects on cultivators below the Spirit Soul Realm.

After learning the true power of the Netherworld Death Seal from Teacher Mo, Mu Chen had been worrying over how to cultivate a second Netherworld Death Seal.

Therefore, Mu Chen was determined to obtain this Fire Spirit Fruit!

Boom—

Soon,

Mu Chen and the others arrived outside the valley mentioned by the Thunderstorm Squad.

The moment they saw the valley and heard the thunderous sounds within, as well as the Spiritual Energy shockwaves sweeping out...

everyone's expressions instantly turned extremely grim.

"Damn it..."

"Someone got here first!"

The Thunderstorm Squad members spoke angrily.

"This place is well-hidden. Normally, no one would come here. How was it discovered...?"

Lei Cheng spoke in a low voice, looking toward Mu Chen. "Sorry, I didn't expect this either. You came all this way for nothing."

"Whether it was for nothing or not, we'll only know after we go in and take a look."

Mu Chen replied calmly.

He had finally obtained a clue about the Jade Spirit Fruit. There was no way he would give up so easily.

Besides, according to Lei Cheng's description,

there were more than thirty Jade Spirit Fruits inside.

If the other party had killed the Fire Spirit Ape King, their strength would surely be depleted. It would not be so easy for them to take all the fruits away.

"Fine!"

Lei Cheng gritted his teeth. "Then let's go in and take a look."

They had discovered the Fire Spirit Fruits here first, so Lei Cheng naturally did not want to give up.

At the moment, they had more than a dozen Late Spirit Movement Stage experts, one Spirit Wheel Realm cultivator, and a Spirit Breaking Bead.

They might still have a chance to get a share!

With that said,

the group quickly rushed toward the valley.

Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger!

The moment Mu Chen and the others entered the valley, they heard a familiar voice.

Boom—

Before they could clearly see the scene inside the valley, an incomparably terrifying wave of Spiritual Energy crashed toward them like a tide, blocking everyone's vision...

They could vaguely make out

a domineering figure in white, suppressing the Fire Spirit Ape King with an invincible bearing...