The moment Lei Jingxiao finished speaking, a vast surge of Dou Qi burst from within his body with unstoppable force, as though some restriction had been lifted!
The veins of the spirit tree had originally been connected to Lei Jingxiao's heart, drawing out his Dou Qi. Yet in an instant, the flow of Dou Qi through those veins suddenly skyrocketed. The roots erupted with green light, growing brighter and brighter, thicker and thicker, until cracks began to appear across them.
Qin Shiyin was also startled. Her Dou Qi spirit tree could easily drain a nine-star Dou Zong dry, yet it was about to burst after only a moment?
Qin Shiyin made her decision at once. With a movement of her jade flute, she struck toward Lei Jingxiao's neck. She held nothing back in this attack, moving like a thunderbolt!
"Can you handle draining my Dou Qi?" Lei Jingxiao roared domineeringly.
Crimson flames surged forth, and a wave of fire swept outward from Lei Jingxiao. The scorching heat immediately set the massive green tree ablaze. This was no ordinary giant tree—it had been condensed by a nine-star Dou Zong and possessed a certain resistance to flames. Yet those crimson flames clung to the spirit tree like maggots on bone, impossible to shake off or control. The blaze only grew fiercer, seeming ready to soar into the heavens!
"Explode!"
At Lei Jingxiao's shout, the giant tree abruptly exploded. The scattered flames dyed the entire sky red, leaving crimson trails as they blossomed overhead like an incomparably magnificent fireworks display.
Everyone was utterly shocked. It was not that they had not expected Lei Jingxiao to break Qin Shiyin's move, but they truly had not expected him to do so in such a direct and brutal manner.
Qin Shiyin's jade flute had originally been