Chapter 69: Sixty-nine: The Decisive Xuan Zhi
The Purple Energy Flower Lotus could not have vanished into thin air, and the method used by Yun Xiao was certainly not some kind of sorcery. It was right at the moment when both the Meridian Fire and the Cutting Vein Technique erupted that he seized the Purple Energy Flower Lotus back with extreme speed.
All of this happened in an extremely short span of time, and Yun Xiao moved smoothly and swiftly, dazzling those watching. Even the cultivators at the Meridian Introduction Realm who were spectating were at a loss, let alone Xuan Zhi the Xuanyue Empire’s Third Prince at the Meridian Gathering Realm Middle Stage, who at this moment wore an utterly bewildered expression.
However, in the next instant, Xuan Zhi had no time to be bewildered, not even the time to burst into anger, because by then, his left forearm’s sleeve had already been reduced to naught by Yun Xiao’s Meridian Fire, which then latched onto his skin.
It was only at this moment that Xuan Zhi realized he had truly underestimated this lad at the latter stages of the Meridian Introduction Realm, or perhaps it was Yun Xiao’s Ancestral Vein Fire that he had underestimated.
Normally, a cultivator’s Ancestral Vein Fire, even if it caught on a bit, could be quickly extinguished with Meridian Qi. But at this moment, Xuan Zhi, who had believed he could easily snuff out this Meridian Fire, found that no matter how much Meridian Qi he channeled, the fire seemed to grow stronger and more vigorous.
Cao Ju, who was observing from a distance, felt a sense of empathy and also found some solace, thinking even the Third Prince Xuan Zhi of the Empire, a cultivator in the middle stages of the Meridian Gathering Realm, could not withstand this eerie Meridian Fire. His own experience of having one of his hands burned off didn’t seem so disgraceful anymore.
"Damn it, what on earth is this?"
Xuan Zhi, who was channeling Meridian Qi, shook his left arm violently, but those blood-red flames clung to his skin as if glued, and no matter how he shook, they would not come off. A sense of panic inexplicably rose in his heart.
Swish!
Yet in the next moment, Yun Xiao, who had just snatched the Purple Energy Flower Lotus, felt a chill in his heart because he saw Xuan Zhi lifting the crescent-shaped weapon in his right hand, sliding it towards the outer side of his own left forearm.