Bai Ziyue’s heart sank.
At the moment the Locust Tree Spirit Body appeared, his first thought, naturally, was to escape.
However, even though this Locust Tree Spirit Body seemed somewhat weak, its speed was incredibly fast, shooting towards him like black lightning.
Moreover, the most important thing was that the Locust Tree Spirit first charged not towards the Elder Scholar who had nearly lost all resistance, but rather towards him, who still had a complete aura.
Bai Ziyue knew that with his speed, if he tried to escape, he would likely be caught in no time, so he could only fight with all his might.
But, with his current strength, facing this overwhelmingly powerful Locust Tree Spirit Body, he really was somewhat powerless.
"Spirit fire technique, only by enhancing the spirit fire technique to perfection could it possibly pose a threat to it."
Bai Ziyue knew that compared to martial artist methods, magic was more powerful.
The most important thing was that the spirit fire technique naturally had a restraining effect on ghosts and other soul bodies.
The spirit fire technique at the Great Success Level was already extremely powerful, the strongest attack method he had thus far. If enhanced to perfection, it was bound to cause harm to the Locust Tree Spirit.
Thinking of this, Bai Ziyue once again glanced at his soul energy quantity and bit his teeth hard, hesitating no more.
"Consume 3200 points of soul energy to enhance the spirit fire technique to perfection!"
Instantly, all the deployment techniques and the optimization of the magic structure of the spirit fire technique surged into his mind.
He felt as if he had trained this magic a thousand times over, skilled beyond compare, able to activate it in the blink of an eye.
And he could clearly sense that the power of this magic was at least twice as strong as when it was at the Great Success Level.
One must know that the spirit fire technique at the Great Success Level could melt fine steel and turn iron into water. Now, the perfected spirit fire technique was surely even more terrifying.
"Consume 3200 points of soul energy to enhance the spirit light shield to perfection!"
Seeing that there was still enough soul energy remaining, the crisis-stricken Bai Ziyue hurriedly enhanced this defense spell to the perfection level as well.
Immediately, Bai Ziyue felt that his understanding of the spirit light shield spell had risen to a huge level, even the magic structure and rune composition had been optimized tremendously.
Meanwhile, the Locust Tree Spirit Body finally charged in front of Bai Ziyue, letting out a fierce roar.
Then, the body suddenly expanded like a wild beast, revealing long claws and fangs.
These claws and fangs were pitch black, yet solid to the extreme, as if they were tangible, lightly grazing through the air, creating ripples.
Under the chilling Yin Qi, the vegetation on the ground quickly withered.
The black light flashed, and the Locust Tree Spirit’s claws made a fierce slash at Bai Ziyue!
Magic, spirit light shield!
The violent primordial qi surged in front of Bai Ziyue, with a transparent light shield appearing before him in an instant.
At the critical moment, Bai Ziyue directly unleashed the spirit light shield spell.
The piercing and sharp sound swiftly emitted from between the Locust Tree Spirit’s ghost claws and Bai Ziyue’s spirit light shield.
On the ghost claws, a cold light ravaged, but the defense power of the spirit light shield was equally terrifying.
Especially now that the spirit light shield had been enhanced to perfection, allowing the ghost claws to graze past with only a slight vibration, without shattering the shield at all.
"Spirit fire technique!"
Bai Ziyue, initially tense, felt a thrill in his heart as his spiritual power rushed out.
In the blink of an eye, an orange flame appeared in his hand.
Magic, spirit fire technique!
This orange flame was the size of a fist but seemed to have terrifying power condensed within, causing the air surrounding Bai Ziyue to distort entirely.
Bai Ziyue beckoned lightly, and the flame rushed out, seemingly floating, yet with extreme speed.
Like a sharp wind whistling.
The flame directly hit the Locust Tree Spirit Body, exploding instantly.
A miserable howl rang out, the fierce flame being drizzled by Yin Qi, like boiling oil rolling, growing even more violent, rampaging and destroying its soul body.
When the spiritual qi within the flame was exhausted, the originally almost solid Locust Tree Spirit Body had already weakened innumerably.
Without any hesitation, Bai Ziyue pointed a finger, and another spirit fire technique was released.
After one, there was another.
Bai Ziyue’s body’s spiritual power seemed endless.
Numerous flames roared, instantly submerging the soul body of the Locust Tree Spirit.
The Elder Scholar, already hopeless, was stunned.
Almost couldn’t believe his eyes.
When had the power of spirit fire spells reached such terrifying levels?
If he remembered correctly, Bai Ziyue’s realm was only the Third Layer of Qi Cultivation.
Sensing his soul energy suddenly increase significantly, Bai Ziyue finally stopped leveraging the spirit fire technique, letting out a long breath.
But soon, Bai Ziyue looked towards the distant charred giant locust tree and hesitantly asked, "Elder Zhou, is the Locust Tree Spirit really dead now?"
"Of course it’s dead, the soul body is the essence of the Locust Tree Spirit, the tree counts as its body.
It’s like humans; without a soul, the body is just dead flesh."
The Elder Scholar struggled to get up, explaining with his mouth, though with great doubt inside. After thinking for a moment, he hesitantly questioned, "This magic of yours..."
"Spirit fire technique."
Bai Ziyue replied straightforwardly.
"I know it’s the spirit fire technique, but... I remember that the spirit fire technique of the Sunrise Daoist Sect should not be this strong?"
The Elder Scholar asked, dumbfounded.
"Sunrise Daoist Sect?"
Confused, Bai Ziyue became alert, thinking that the Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique he obtained was likely the immortal cultivation technique of the Sunrise Daoist Sect. He spoke calmly, "I don’t know about that."
"Perhaps it’s due to improvements, but your master must be quite bold, passing on the immortal cultivation technique yet allowing you to roam outside, even joining a Jianghu sect, truly is...
However, the Sunrise Daoist Sect has the tradition of spreading their techniques; the true cultivation technique is only passed down within their sect. People like you who have cultivated their dharma technique, even with the name of Sunrise Daoist Sect disciples, are essentially no different from loose cultivators."
The Elder Scholar spoke, gradually showing a look of realization.
In his perspective, Bai Ziyue, at a young age, cultivating to the Third Layer of Qi Cultivation, had outstanding talent, but perhaps not so by Sunrise Daoist Sect standards.
It was quite normal for them to allow Bai Ziyue to be nurtured independently.
"Then, what realm must one cultivate to before joining the Sunrise Daoist Sect to obtain subsequent cultivation techniques?"
Bai Ziyue forced himself to maintain composure and asked.
This was the first time he had obtained information about subsequent cultivation techniques, so he naturally wanted to investigate further.
After all, his Purple Qi Divine Observation Technique stopped abruptly at the Fifth Layer, leaving him somewhat helpless.