"So this is the sixteenth level? I wonder what that beautiful sect master was lingering here for..."
After stepping onto the sixteenth level, Xiao Qian swept his surroundings with a wary gaze, like a radar.
Whoosh-
Just then, an exceptionally pure and powerful fluctuation of wind element came from nearby.
The fluctuation seemed to carry a nimble, lively aura. It was none other than the wind spirit Yun Yun had spent so long doggedly pursuing.
A streak of azure light hurtled toward him, as though something utterly terrifying were chasing it.
"What is that?!"
Xiao Qian casually unleashed his wind-attribute Dou Qi. Under his guidance, the surrounding wind blades sliced toward the wind spirit like precisely aimed hidden weapons.
"Eee-"
The wind spirit had never expected anyone besides Yun Yun to be on this level. Unable to dodge in time, it was struck by the wind blades, its form jolting to a halt as it let out a shrill cry.
The wind element around it instantly fell into disarray. It had clearly been thoroughly enraged.
After steadying itself, it turned and lunged at Xiao Qian.
Its pure wind-element power gathered into fierce attacks that poured down on Xiao Qian like a raging storm.
"What the hell is this thing?! The wind blades don't even hurt it!"
Xiao Qian circulated his Dou Qi at full power, raising layer upon layer of shields before him.
But the wind spirit was far too powerful. Every attack shook his shields until they teetered on the verge of collapse.
He felt as though he were challenging an insurmountable mountain of wind. His own wind-attribute Dou Qi alone could not possibly contend with the wind spirit's utterly pure wind-element power.
Just as Xiao Qian struggled to hold on, racking his brains for a way out, inspiration