Jun Changxiao’s spiritual root had upgraded to supreme grade, and Li Qingyang and Xiao Zuoji’s spiritual roots had also upgraded to supreme grade.
One sect, three supreme grades.
If this got out, it would definitely cause enormous waves!
After returning to supreme grade spiritual roots, any poison that might have been suppressing Xiao Zuoji’s spiritual root was essentially already neutralized.
However, Jun Changxiao wouldn’t let this matter rest.
He had to find out exactly who was vicious and ruthless enough to poison his own disciple!
Combined with the Xiao Family’s behavior, Jun Changxiao suspected that the toxins in Xiao Zuoji’s body might be inseparably related to them.
Currently, he lacked solid evidence to prove it.
Xiao Family.
Don’t let me find the evidence, or I’ll destroy you.
When Xiao Zuoji was poisoned, although he wasn’t yet a disciple of the Iron Bones Clanging Sect, Jun Changxiao had to seek justice for him, because—I’m protective of my own, so what can you do about it?
After some rest and recovery.
Li Qingyang and the others finished replenishing their spiritual energy.
“Let’s go!”
Jun Changxiao led his disciples away from this area.
But they didn’t leave Death Valley, because there was still a mid-grade Sect Leader Ball—he had to capture a magnificent mount!
Riding a pig was impossible!
If he was going to ride something, it had to be a tiger, leopard, wolf, or lion!
After breaking through to Fifth Rank Wushi, Jun Changxiao felt he was somewhat invincible now, so the gourd-shaped passages he hadn’t dared enter before, he now entered without hesitation whenever he passed by.
“Roar!”
In a certain area, a High First Rank bear beast dragged its massive body out from the forest, its thick bear paws sweeping over and instantly sending trees flying.
“Swish!”
Zhou Hong stepped forward, about to draw his sword.
“Stand down, this one is mine.”
As he spoke, Jun Changxiao held the Ironhide Shield in his left hand and the Overlord Spear in his right, charging forward with Ghost Shadow Steps.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, with his strength of over 80,000 catties, he engaged in battle with that High First Rank fierce beast whose strength exceeded 100,000 catties.
“Heavens, the sect leader is this powerful!”
“Why didn’t he make a move earlier!”
“Do you even need to think? The sect leader was definitely training us!”
Witnessing the sect leader fighting that giant bear to a standstill, the Iron Bones Clanging Sect disciples began filling in the blanks on their own.
“Roar!”
After over ten minutes of fierce battle, the massive High First Rank bear beast’s heart was finally shattered by the shockwave from the Overlord Spear. It let out a miserable cry and collapsed thunderously.
Jun Changxiao gracefully landed on the corpse and roared: “Who else!”
“Sect Leader is mighty!”
“Sect Leader is mighty!”
The group of disciples cheered loudly, their worship of the sect leader growing even stronger.
…
At the Heroic Spirit Sect, facing First Rank Wuzong Qin Haoran, Jun Changxiao had relied on Strength Enhancement Talismans and the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade to barely achieve victory.
Now, having broken through to Fifth Rank Wushi, he could hunt High First Rank fierce beasts using only the initial-grade Ironhide Shield and Overlord Spear—this was proof of his explosive strength increase!
Just ask them—wasn’t that amazing?
“Ahhh!”
In a certain gourd-shaped passage, Great Sect Leader Jun clutched the Sect Leader Ball, sticking out his tongue as he frantically fled.
Behind his rear, one male and one female High Second Rank leopard beasts were in relentless pursuit, with the male leopard sporting a large bump on its forehead.
Indeed.
It had been struck by the Sect Leader Ball!
This proved that even at the mid-grade level, one couldn’t capture high-rank fierce beasts.
“Senior Brother, something’s not right!”
“The sect leader seems to be in danger. Should we go help?”
“Don’t panic, don’t worry. In my view, the sect leader must be using these two leopard beasts to practice his movement techniques!”
Hearing Li Qingyang’s words, everyone suddenly understood.
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei said with admiration and envy: “When will we be able to practice movement techniques using two high-rank fierce beasts like the sect leader!”
Swish! Swish!
Jun Changxiao executed Ghost Shadow Steps to the extreme, frantically running in circles inside.
If he knew that his disciples were imagining he was here to practice movement techniques, he would definitely cough up three liters of blood.
“Ahhh!”
Finally, after running several more laps, unable to endure anymore, he roared loudly: “You bunch of bastards, get over here and help!”
No more showing off, no more being awesome!
After all, he was only a Fifth Rank Wushi—facing two High Second Rank leopard beasts head-on, he definitely couldn’t win!
“Frozen Ground!”
Lu Qianqian was the first to act, and the ground rapidly froze.
No matter how fast Jun Changxiao’s speed was, his feet had to touch the ground, so when he carelessly stepped on it, he slipped and slid out with a whoosh.
“Sect Leader, watch out!”
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei hurriedly rushed over to catch him.
But just as they extended their hands, Jun Changxiao shot through the gap between them and crashed into the stone wall with a thunderous boom, forming a swastika shape.
Sorry, Sect Leader!
We miscalculated—we took one step too many, or too few!
“Roar!”
The two leopard beasts braked in time, then roared furiously at Lu Qianqian before circling around the icy ground and charging from left and right.
“Nine-Fold Frozen Palm!”
“Crack crack crack!”
Suddenly, cold energy spread and materialized, transforming into a crystalline, translucent ice hand.
“Heavens!”
“What martial technique is this? So cool!”
The disciples exclaimed incessantly.
“Swish!”
Lu Qianqian manipulated the ice hand, grabbing the leopard beast circling from the right like catching a chicken, then quickly froze it.
Ye Xingchen stepped forward, unleashing the Single Character Sword Art, instantly weaving thirty sword energy streams that ruthlessly carved the frozen fierce beast into eight pieces.
If she couldn’t handle a High Fifth Rank fire-element fierce beast but couldn’t kill a High Second Rank fierce beast while it was restrained, what right did she have to call herself a Wudi!
“Boom!”
A collision sound came from the left!
The other charging leopard beast was blocked by Xiao Zuoji’s defensive barrier, but he only retreated one step.
This type of fierce beast with strength capping at 150,000 catties was far more docile compared to the Fire Dragon Beast that casually burst out with 500,000 catties.
Moreover.
With his aptitude and realm upgraded, Xiao Zuoji was no longer the Xiao Zuoji from before!
“Sword Momentum, Startling Swan!”
Zhou Hong circled from the side, his peerless sword energy directly splitting the leopard beast apart.
Several people once again demonstrated team coordination, clearly more harmonious than when dealing with the High Fifth Rank Fire Dragon Beast.
…
After dealing with the two fierce beasts, Li Qingyang extracted the crystal cores, hides, and bones.
As for Great Sect Leader Jun, whose showing off had failed, he rubbed his sore arms and said: “Let’s go, to the next area.”
From then on, he became more cautious.
Entering other gourd-shaped passages, he first confirmed the fierce beasts’ levels and numbers before deciding whether to kill them.
“Sect Leader!”
Just as they walked to a tunnel entrance connecting to another area, Su Xiaomo exclaimed: “Look quickly, there’s a tiger beast that shoots lightning!”
Jun Changxiao hurriedly looked over.
Indeed, at the tunnel entrance, he saw that tiger beast with purple mane and electric arcs swirling around its feet!
Ye Xingchen was quite surprised: “Who would have thought that in this low-level fierce beast valley, there would be an extremely rare lightning-element Purple Lightning Young Tiger!”
It was already over two meters tall, and it was still young?
When it matured, wouldn’t it be eight or nine meters tall!
Since it was a young tiger, its level definitely wasn’t high, and with lightning crackling under its feet, Great Sect Leader Jun had no reason not to capture it!
“Go, Sect Leader Ball!”
Jun Changxiao infused strength into the Sect Leader Ball and hurled it forcefully.
The Purple Lightning Young Tiger seemed to sense danger and hurriedly turned to dart inside, instantly dragging out a lightning afterimage.
One word—magnificent!
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao executed Ghost Shadow Steps, picked up the Sect Leader Ball, then pursued through the tunnel entrance.
The Purple Lightning Young Tiger’s speed was relatively slow, and the distance was closed in just a few breaths.
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao threw the Sect Leader Ball again.
This time he used considerable force, and the speed was extremely fast, striking the Purple Lightning Young Tiger’s rear end accurately and precisely just as it reached the end.
Gah!
The tiger beast immediately stopped, its eyes flashing with purple lightning suddenly becoming completely murky. When it regained consciousness, it picked up the Sect Leader Ball with its mouth and wagged its tail.
This meant—capture successful!
“Hahaha!”
Jun Changxiao laughed heartily as he approached, rubbing the Purple Lightning Young Tiger’s head and smiling: “From today on, you’re my pet.”
Because it had directly become a contracted beast, the purple electric arcs swirling around its body didn’t harm him.
“Roar!”
Just at this moment, a deafening roar came from ahead.
Jun Changxiao only felt the sky darken, then looked up in shock to see a fierce beast even larger than the Fire Dragon Beast suddenly standing up in the valley!