Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit
chapter-275

The alchemist from the Violet Charm Pavilion crushed his battle pellet. A palm-sized violet charm, with five violet lights flowing around it, emerged from the ashes of the pellet.

“[Five-Striped Violet Charm]!”

A knowledgeable alchemist exclaimed, “That’s one of the Violet Charm Pavilion’s true heritage cultivation methods. Legend has it that when the violet charm gathers nine violet lights, it will become the [Nine-Striped Violet Charm], which is said to be a great divine ability!”

The Thunderous Wind Island’s alchemist wasn’t willing to fall behind, immediately showcasing his Battle Intention Pellet. Forty-nine lightning chains, with sparks of fire, burst out from the pellet, overwhelming the other pellets with its might!

“Thunderous Wind Island’s [Lightning Fire Chains], a manifestation of the Spell Intent. It is said that eighty-one [Lightning Fire Chains] can ascend into the [Lightning Fire Net], which is also a divine ability!”

Crystal Palace’s Ning Shi-Ze smirked disdainfully, and took out two Battle Intention Pellets. As the pellets exploded, two crystal palaces appeared above him.

“The [Six-Layered Sea Suppressing Palace]! They say that the [Sea Cleansing Ocean Suppressing Divine Ability] can be cultivated with the [Nine-Layered Sea Suppressing Palace]!”

After seeing the four alchemy geniuses’ battle pellets, all eyes turned towards the Northern League’s Zhou Chuang, Great Ancestor Hong Ye’s disciple.

Zhou Chuang was calm and unperturbed. He waved his hand and his battle pellet melted in the air, forming a stream of gray gas. The gas expanded and hovered above him, pervading the air with its bleak and desolate aura, almost seeming like it was the breath of death.

The battle pellets of the five geniuses covered the sky, clearly standing apart from the crowd. After all, most of the other alchemists’ battle pellets were only sealed with ordinary spells and skills. Furthermore, many of them hadn’t even achieved the State of Force, let alone the State of Intent like the alchemical geniuses.

Lu Ping fondled with his battle pellets and looked at Yue Jiang-Rui, Senior Martial Brother Ye, and Senior Martial Brother Qi, who had all yet to showcase their battle pellets.

Senior Martial Brother Ye and Senior Martial Brother Qi somehow seemed to know each other.. Since the beginning, they ignored everyone else and were secretly competing between themselves.

Naturally, they didn’t take Lu Ping seriously. After all, they only viewed him as a rogue alchemist. So, how strong could he possibly be? Even alchemists who were valued by sects like them, were nowhere near in strength compared to cultivators who purely focused on cultivation.

Senior Martial Brother Qi’s battle pellet turned into a fire fox, similar to the one he had used in his alchemy. However, this was a three-tailed fox. Its red, white, and blue tail swayed softly with the breeze.

Senior Martial Brother Ye’s pellet turned into a dancing fire bird with six magnificent plumes on its tail, making it look like the king of birds.

When Lu Qin saw the fire bird, the lazy bird suddenly became agitated and a fiery light burst out from her sharp eyes. She spread her wings wide and wanted to rush forward to tear the bird apart. Fortunately, Lu Ping quickly realized her thoughts and a stream of water pinned her back down on his shoulder.

Senior Martial Brother Ye witnessed Lu Qin’s reaction. He looked at Lu Ping, then turned his head away disdainfully to look at the Verdant Luan.

Lu Qin chirped at Lu Ping with discontent, while Lu Ping answered inaudibly with an indifferent expression. While Lu Qin quieted down, she kept her deadly stare at the fire bird.

Yue Jiang-Rui’s battle pellet was nothing surprising. It was just an ordinary [Fire Sea Spell]. However, his excellent alchemy skills allowed him to concoct two battle pellets, making his performance much better than the others who only had one pellet.

The five alchemical geniuses had the strongest spells that occupied the entire sky above them. Slightly below them were the spells from Senior Martial Brother Ye, Senior Martial Brother Qi, and Yue Jiang-Rui.

Although Senior Martial Brother Ye and Senior Martial Brother Qi were from the Northern League and Crystal Palace, they weren’t as talented as the alchemical geniuses, both in alchemy and cultivation strength.

Alchemist or not, geniuses were always geniuses! They were called as such because they were able to excel faster than others in every aspect.

Despite this, the two of them were still considered one of the best talents and had bright futures ahead of them. The other alchemists, including Yue Jiang-Rui, were only stepping stones for them.

Just as the two of them had recovered a little bit of their confidence from looking at those inferior to them, they heard a soft cracking sound amidst the loud noises of many spells.

The soft but crystal-clear sound attracted everyone’s attention. They looked over and saw the monster alchemist opening up his clenched left hand.

Inside it was an emerald-green battle pellet that was cracking like a shell. A tiny seedling slowly grew its way out of the broken pellet. Suddenly, it grew rapidly, transforming into a towering tree that stabbed a hole through the five alchemical geniuses’ spells, firmly occupying the highest part of the sky.

“Oh, so he’s a Wood Luan. No wonder you took him as a disciple. I thought that pureblood Wood Luans had long since ceased to exist in the oceanic continents, with only the colossal sects in the Central Plains perhaps having internally raised some. Who knew I’d see one here.”

Great Ancestor Hong Ye looked at the long-necked young monster alchemist and spoke with a smile on his face.

Yan Wu-Jiu clearly looked satisfied with his disciple’s alchemy, but he still modestly replied, “The Northern League’s Zhou Chuang and Crystal Palace’s Ning Shi-Ze have also performed well. Both have cultivated the true heritage cultivation methods and achieved the State of Intent. Given some time, they might even attain higher achievements!”

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As the alchemists and cultivators were staring dumbfoundedly at the towering tree, a thumping rhythm suddenly echoed throughout the field, causing everyone’s heartbeats to resonate with its rhythm.

Before the alchemists could realize what was happening, a small golden battle pellet suddenly appeared in the sky. The pellet was where the thumping rhythm was coming from!

The alchemists felt a vibrant life force brewing inside the pellet, as if a beast was about to come to life!

“This is… a spiritual battle pellet?!”