The Difference Between Spirit Beasts and Pokémon of the Same Rank

Ma Feifei had also made preparations early in the morning and, together with Yun Qingyang and Six-tailed, headed to Nine Heavens Mountain. Over the next two days, Ma Feifei would need to verify how the Pokémon advanced.

As the system has clearly stated, the way for a sprite to advance is through battle and by consuming the inner core of a spirit beast. If it directly consumes the inner core of a spirit beast to advance without going through battle, a series of problems will occur, and in the end, it may even cause the sprite to explode and die.

There's a saying that's enough to prove that the system's intention is for the little sprite to fight the spirit beast independently, defeat it on its own, and then devour its inner core to grow stronger.

Can outsiders interfere? Yes! But if they do, what happens to the spirit beast's inner core? Did the little sprite obtain it through battle? That's a big question mark!

Therefore, if you want your sprite to grow, you basically have to let it fight against spirit beasts on its own, successfully defeat the spirit beasts, and absorb their inner cores to advance in rank.

Since the current Six-tailed beast is only of the first rank, it is naturally not suitable to fight against higher-rank spirit beasts. The best choice is the outermost part of the Nine Heavens Mountain, the First Heaven Mountain!

The First Heaven Mountain is very large, connecting the lands of four kingdoms besides Yan State. It covers First Heaven Mountain vast area and contains countless spirit beasts. Humans have been hunting them for 30,000 years, but the number of spirit beasts in the Nine Heavens Mountain has not decreased. Especially on the outskirts of the Nine Heavens Mountain, low-level spirit beasts can be seen everywhere.

With so many spirit beasts, there are naturally many cultivators. Although these low-level spirit beasts are relatively weak and are generally disregarded by cultivators with slightly higher cultivation levels, the problem is that there are very few cultivators with high cultivation levels among humans! The majority of cultivators are below the Spirit Master realm, making up about 70% of the total number of cultivators.

Then it was just a bunch of noobs pecking at each other.

Therefore, the outer area of Nine Heavens Mountain became the most popular place in the entire Nine Heavens Mountain. When Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang arrived at the First Heaven Mountain, they saw scenes of cultivators and spirit beasts fighting everywhere.

"Brother, give me a hand! This Serrated Tiger is too fierce!"

A cultivator was fighting a Serrated Tiger. Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang were passing by. Ma Feifei didn't even bother to look at this battle scene, which was so intense that even the release of spiritual energy was not enough to make it a real spectacle. He was about to continue walking when the cultivator called Ma Feifei back.

Ma Feifei turned around and glanced at the cultivator.

He was around thirty years old, with a cultivation level of the Spirit Practitioner Sixth Stage. He wielded a long sword with great skill, but it was of little use as he was being overwhelmed by the Serrated Tiger. Judging from the fact that his Spiritual Power was almost depleted, if he couldn't find an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the Serrated Tiger in a few more minutes, he might die under its Serrated Tiger.

"Qingyang, go help them out." Ma Feifei said with a bossy air, holding snacks in his hand and eating them as he spoke.

Yun Qingyang held the Six-tailed- Six-tailed fox in his arms without saying a word, and played with its fur.

It has to be said that Six-tailed has completely captivated Yun Qingyang.

"Brothers, I won't let you help for nothing. Five Spirit Crystal as payment, how about it?" Seeing that Ma Feifei and Yun Qingyang were unmoved, and with the Serrated Tiger's attacks becoming increasingly fierce, the man finally hardened his heart and said a condition that he thought Ma Feifei would be tempted by.

"Bang~"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man felt the pressure on his body suddenly disappear. He then saw the Serrated Tiger fly out and fall to the ground, motionless and completely dead.

"Spirit Crystal." Yun Qingyang appeared in front of the man in a flash, extending a hand and speaking coldly.

The man was startled and quickly took out five Spirit Crystal and handed them to Yun Qingyang.

Yun Qingyang took the Spirit Crystal and turned to walk towards Ma Feifei.

Ma Feifei watched Yun Qingyang approach speechlessly, silently lowered her rolled-up sleeves, took out the snacks she had put in her spatial bag, and ate them while saying disdainfully, "Don't you know you're worth hundreds of millions? You're still fighting over five Spirit Crystal. How shameful."

Yun Qingyang rolled her eyes knowingly and walked right past him.

"Hey~ wait for me." Ma Feifei chased after him.

The man was left completely bewildered.

In a First Heaven Mountain near the Second Heaven Mountain, this was Ma Feifei's destination.

According to the regional division of Nine Heavens Mountain, this place is called the Misty Forest, a place where Wood-type spirit beasts live. The Six-tailed Fox is of the fire element, which gives it a natural advantage against Wood-type spirit beasts.

"Jumping Rabbit." As soon as Ma Feifei entered the Misty Forest, he saw a pink rabbit not far away, digging its tail in an open space, seemingly doing something.

The Jumping Rabbit is a low-level, first-tier spirit beast. It doesn't have many powerful attack methods and is a relatively gentle spirit beast. However, since the Jumping Rabbit's fur and teeth are worthless, few people are willing to buy them on the market. As a result, people have no interest in this low-level spirit beast, and naturally, there are few cultivators who come to hunt Jumping Rabbit.

"A first-tier spirit beast, the Jumping Rabbit, should be no problem for Six-tailed Fox," Ma Feifei said to Yun Qingyang.

Yun Qingyang nodded and put the Six-tailed fox down. The Six-tailed seemed a little unaccustomed to the forest atmosphere and kept circling around Yun Qingyang.

"Don't be afraid, Six-tailed, go for it!" Ma Feifei urged. He also wanted to see what it would be like to see the Pokémon fighting against the spirits of the Azure Dragon Continent.

Unfortunately, Six-tailed Fox completely ignored Ma Feifei.

This brings us to the wonder of the system. Yesterday, when this little Pokémon was still with Ma Feifei, Six-tailed was very attached to him. But after selling the Pokémon to Yun Qingyang, Six-tailed's attitude towards Ma Feifei changed. I don't know how the system did that. Does the system erase the Pokémon's memories of its previous owner after it changes owners?

It's a bit mystical.

"Yaya, go quickly and defeat it," Yun Qingyang said softly, stroking the forehead of the Six-tailed fox.

"Yaya?" Ma Feifei was speechless. This guy's naming skills were just too terrible!

"Awooo~" Perhaps sensing its master's encouragement, Six-tailed turned its head and howled at Jumping Rabbit before rushing forward.

Jumping Rabbit turned around and saw Six-tailed rushing towards him, which startled him.

There was no time to dodge the Six-tailed -Six-tailed's attack, so he could only instinctively raise his claws to meet it head-on.

'Bang~'

The Jumping Rabbit was knocked away and crashed into a tree.

The Jumping Rabbit was knocked senseless and hadn't recovered when the Six-tailed fox attacked again. The Jumping Rabbit could only rely on its instincts to defend itself against the Six-tailed's attack.

However, it was already at a disadvantage, and since the Jumping Rabbit was not a spirit beast known for its offensive capabilities, it was quickly scratched by the Six-tailed Fox's claws and probably wouldn't last much longer.

Ma Feifei had been observing the battle between Six-tailed and Jumping Rabbit from behind. He discovered that Six-tailed, being a first-tier spirit beast, was much stronger than Jumping Rabbit in terms of speed and power. As for reaction ability, it was far superior. Jumping Rabbit basically reacted instinctively and subconsciously, while Six-tailed was different. During the attack, Six-tailed would occasionally change its attack direction in time to find weaknesses in Jumping Rabbit and strike them.

"Strength, speed, and intelligence."

From their battle, Ma Feifei summarized these three points.

Therefore, it seems that, at the same level, the combat ability of sprites is far greater than that of spirit beasts, at least before spirit beasts possess higher levels of intelligence.