Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”It’s Song Qiuchan’s deadly vein spirit: Transformation Beast!”

Below the stone platform, somewhere, Nie Xiaosheng from Shenxiao Sect, with wide knowledge and experience, dug out certain memories upon seeing that gigantic creature’s appearance, and spoke with a heavy and grave voice.

Although Meridian Refining Conference prohibits meridian qi combat, there are some unspoken rules, one of which is that if you’ve refined a deadly vein spirit, it can be used as a competition method.

Of course, the premise is that you cannot use the vein spirit’s qi to crush your opponent, as the vein spirit is controlled by its master, naturally inheriting the master’s meridian qi combat power.

Therefore, in the Meridian Refining Conference, deadly vein spirits can be used for combat, but the premise is only the deadly toxins contained within the vein spirit can be used to defeat the opponent, which is vastly different from meridian qi combat.

Otherwise, Liu Hanyi, who just broke through to the Floating Life Realm Early Stage, would never be an opponent, even if Song Qiuchan lost an arm and saw a decline in strength.

At this moment, almost everyone saw the Transformation Beast’s appearance clearly, a bizarre vein demon covered in pitch-black scales, its eyes barely visible.

However, the aura emanating from its body, everyone could truly sense that it was a formidable Heavenly Demon in its lifetime, though no one knew how Song Qiuchan refined it into a vein spirit.

Those with broad knowledge like Nie Xiaosheng recalled the transformation beast, pondering what kind of potent toxin it possessed. Its name ”Transformation” naturally implies the decay of human vitality.

Legend has it that transformation beasts are generally born in graveyards with heavy Yin energy in Dead Man Valley, feeding on corpses’ flesh and blood, and dead energy from birth.

Over time, the transformation beast’s unique body structure forms a Transformation Pill within, and the energy emitted by this pill can consume a human cultivator’s vitality in an instant upon contact, turning them into a dried corpse.

At the Nine Realms Poison Tower, Song Qiuchan had no opportunity to unleash the transformation beast vein spirit and had an arm severed by Yun Xiao. At that moment, she knew that even if she conjured the transformation beast, she wouldn’t be able to turn the tide.

After all, Song Qiuchan’s strength greatly diminished with a severed arm, her fear of Yun Xiao’s meridian qi combat power was profound, not wanting to make futile efforts, only wanting to escape.

But now, merely using the transformation beast’s toxic energy for combat is a completely different matter than meridian qi combat, which neither breaks the rules nor utilizes the transformation beast’s greatest trait, it’s tailor-made for Song Qiuchan.

”I can sense the dense dead energy within this big fellow’s body!”

Liu Hanyi’s eyes flashed with a strange light, her beautiful eyes fixed on the gigantic vein spirit charging towards her, her Heavenly Rank Low-Level Power of Soul had already sensed some things.

Although Liu Hanyi didn’t know certain specialties of the transformation beast, she possessed an Immortal Poison Body, and recently learned plenty of Poison Vein knowledge at Lianyun Mountain, so she had some understanding of certain specialties.

Strictly speaking, the transformation beast’s transformation energy is not traditional poison, but it’s harder to resist than ordinary toxins.

Liu Hanyi knew that the dead energy within that thing might even resist her Immortal Embryo Poison, recklessly touching it might consume her vitality, turning her into a dried corpse.

Luckily, Liu Hanyi, besides her Immortal Embryo Poison, wasn’t without other methods. You have a deadly vein spirit, Song Qiuchan, do you think I don’t?

Whoosh!

So, in the next moment, as Liu Hanyi extended her right hand, a strange creature flapped its wings and flew out from her jade palm, in terms of size, there was no comparison to Song Qiuchan’s transformation beast.

”What is that, a butterfly?”

Seeing the thing conjured from Liu Hanyi’s palm, these Meridian Refining Masters below had rather fine sensing, one of them voiced doubt but couldn’t recognize what it was.

Although everyone knew it should be one of Liu Hanyi’s unique deadly vein spirits, they rarely saw a vein spirit looking like a butterfly.

Even Yun Xiao had a small shock upon seeing the butterfly-shaped vein spirit, and then remembered something, silently acknowledging Sky Poison Institute’s generosity, willing to have Liu Hanyi refine this thing.

What others couldn’t recognize didn’t mean Yun Xiao, with Long Xiao Battle God’s memory, couldn’t recognize it. Seeing the butterfly-shaped vein spirit, he knew the competition of Poison Meridian Skill wouldn’t last long.

To be honest, upon seeing the transformation beast, Yun Xiao felt it was troublesome, because although the Immortal Poison Body is mighty, its effect on this special transformation method wasn’t great.

Fortunately, Liu Hanyi had her own methods, refining such a formidable vein spirit, Yun Xiao believed that the one to suffer a big loss this time might be Ghostly Poisonous Concubine Song Qiuchan.

”Dean Qing, is that... the Swallowing Butterfly?”

Aside from Yun Xiao, who was the first to recognize that butterfly-shaped Meridian Spirit, perhaps only a few of the Lianyun Mountain bigwigs seated in the north could quickly identify its nature.

This exclamation of discovery came from Guan Rufeng, the dean of the Heavenly Hospital, and as the words ”Swallowing Butterfly” left his mouth, Ouyang Wuantong and Li Yunfan, who were beside him, both showed a slight change in expression.

”Could it be that variant known to swallow all toxins, converting the devoured poison into energy for its master’s Poison Vein?”

Ouyang Wuantong, well-versed in such matters, recalled the description of the Swallowing Butterfly after Guan Rufeng’s prompt, a hint of seriousness in his tone.

The so-called Swallowing Butterfly is fundamentally different from ordinary butterfly-type Vein Demons; its birthplace is exceedingly unique, even one might say, heaven-bestowed.

As far as Ouyang Wuantong knew, perhaps only the Sky Poison Institute of the Meridian Refining Master Association on the entire Tenglong Continent had this Swallowing Butterfly, yet now it had been refined into a Meridian Spirit by a young female prodigy.

Not to mention, the effect Ouyang Wuantong just described is something countless human Poison Vein Masters dream of. Which Poison Vein Master wouldn’t dream of a constant supply of potent poison?

However, even as a Poison Vein Master, there are risks in refining certain potent poisons; a single misstep could lead to being poisoned to death.

But with the toxic Meridian Spirit of this Swallowing Butterfly, things are completely different.

Some uncertain toxins could be devoured first by the Swallowing Butterfly to eliminate their dangerous properties before being refined to enhance one’s Poison Meridian Skill.

It’s just a pity that Swallowing Butterflies are rare and extremely dangerous. Even some Poison Vein Masters at the Heavenly Rank dare not easily refine them.

Because the Swallowing Butterfly will devour any toxin, and a Poison Vein Master has various toxins within. If the refining fails, the Swallowing Butterfly could devour all the toxins inside the body, resulting in great loss.

Qian Sanyuan, Guan Rufeng, and others were well aware that the Sky Poison Institute indeed had a Swallowing Butterfly at the Low Level of Heavenly Rank, but even the Heavenly Rank Poison Vein Master Qingmu Wu had not dared to refine it over the years.

The benefits of refining the Swallowing Butterfly are numerous, but the dangers have caused hesitation. Over the years, the astonishingly effective Swallowing Butterfly has gradually been forgotten.

No one expected that today, at the final competition site of the Poison Meridian Path during the Meridian Refining Conference, the legendary Swallowing Butterfly would reappear, causing many of the understanding experts to gasp in surprise.

No one knows how Liu Hanyi managed to refine such a dangerous item as the Swallowing Butterfly successfully, but whether it’s Guan Rufeng or Ouyang Wuantong, knowing it is the Swallowing Butterfly, they, like Yun Xiao, understand that this battle may not last long.

”Hmph, relying on a mere butterfly-type Meridian Spirit to compete with my Transformation Beast is a dream!”

In contrast with the clear observations of many Heavenly Rank experts, as the involved party, Song Qiuchan did not immediately recognize the nature of the Swallowing Butterfly, thus she maintained her confidence.

What Song Qiuchan failed to notice was that, after her cold snort, both Yun Xiao on stage and Ouyang Wuantong and others in the northern seats showed a brief flicker of amusement on their faces.

The Transformation Power of the Transformation Beast is indeed formidable, but the poison-devouring power of the Swallowing Butterfly is extraordinary. In such a comparison, Yun Xiao, Ouyang Wuantong, and others naturally favored the Swallowing Butterfly.

In the sky above the stone platform, two Meridian Spirits of vastly disproportionate sizes finally clashed, yet the anticipated scene did not unfold.

The crowd, having witnessed the size contrast between the Transformation Beast and the Swallowing Butterfly, thought there was no comparison in terms of power.

If that butterfly-shaped Meridian Spirit dared to collide with the Transformation Beast, it might be smashed into nothingness, its butterfly body swiftly dissolved by the Transformation Beast’s Transformation Energy.

”Hmm?”

Perhaps the fastest to react was Song Qiuchan, as she suddenly noticed that the butterfly-shaped Meridian Spirit was not shattered by the Transformation Beast; even the Transformation Beast’s Transformation Energy seemed ineffective against it.

At this moment, the Swallowing Butterfly, like a small boat on the sea, clung tightly to the chin of the Transformation Beast. No matter how the Transformation Beast shook, it could not dislodge it.

”What’s going on?”

In the next moment, controlling the Transformation Beast, Song Qiuchan suddenly found that not only could the Transformation Beast not shake off the butterfly-shaped Meridian Spirit, but streams of Transformation Energy were being extracted from its neck into the butterfly-shaped Meridian Spirit’s small body.