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"This is the art Mu Huayuan used that day!" Everyone watched the spiritual body Ye Jingcheng was condensing. Though they had already guessed, they still could not help marveling.

Even having seen it before, they found its presence far more overwhelming now.

Especially now that Ye Jingcheng's cultivation had reached the Spirit Transformation Late Stage. His Five Elements Divine Domain far surpassed the ordinary, and he cultivated an Immortal Scripture. His true essence was immense, and his divine soul strength had even reached the seventh stage.

Naturally, this art displayed far greater power in his hands than it had in Mu Huayuan's that day!

Yet in Ye Jingcheng's eyes, it still fell short of the Great Crimson Dharma Form.

At that moment, the only two whose expressions changed drastically were the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven and the Cangwu Tree Wood Demon.

"Master, this rate of spiritual energy consumption..." The Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven's telepathic voice trembled with alarm. It felt the spiritual energy of the entire grotto-heaven being swallowed like a whale gulping down the sea!

The spiritual veins within the grotto-heaven had already been upgraded several times, and several sixth-stage spiritual veins supported it. Even so, they were struggling to sustain the drain—a clear sign of its staggering consumption.

The Cangwu Tree Wood Demon's face flushed even more deeply, and his spiritual projection grew faintly blurred under the immense burden.

Only now did they understand why the Cangwu Tree Demon Saint's true body had never appeared when Mu Huayuan used him that day.

This was another major limitation of the art. Once the Cangwu Tree's true body activated this secret divine ability, he had no other means left, nor any soul power to resist an enemy's arts.

"I'll release it now!" Ye Jingcheng could scarcely hide his delight. After experiencing it