The Giant Tree Body is a very famous desperate move of the Lingmu Sect, allowing a temporary increase in combat strength by burning one’s essence blood and lifespan.

Of course, such an enhancement inevitably leads to a series of consequences, such as weakness and damage to one’s foundation afterwards.

Unless driven to desperation, cultivators generally won’t employ this method, let alone those at the Nascent Soul High Stage.

Moreover, using the Giant Tree Body in the Void would certainly require much more spiritual energy, and the consumption of essence blood and lifespan would increase greatly, which is precisely why Qing Ji remarked that "the reversal is too fast."

Previously hiding in the Void True Intent, now forced into a do-or-die situation, this took her somewhat by surprise.

Elder Tiegu slurred his words, "Asking for the last time, will you yield or not?"

In the end, he still hadn’t decided to risk his life immediately.

Elder Qing Ji didn’t respond with a laugh this time, but her tone wasn’t far off; she gave him a once-over and commented, "Barely over three zhang tall, and you have the nerve to threaten me?"

"Die!" Tiegu’s body lunged forward fiercely, his longsword trailing a myriad of white lights as it slashed towards the opponent.

Elder Qing Ji sped up suddenly, dodging the strike, and spoke leisurely, "Your person is unimpressive, but your swordsmanship isn’t bad."

In truth, she wasn’t afraid of Tiegu in the slightest, even though her spiritual energy wasn’t full. How much spiritual energy could a single treasure pill replenish? Even if it meant engaging in a battle of spiritual energy, she was unconcerned.

After dodging, she pulled out a small yellow umbrella from her sleeve, which expanded into a large umbrella with a handle three chi long and a canopy of three chi in diameter, "Returning from wine in the rain, the cold light to the jade palace~"

She gave the yellow umbrella a light shake, and several dots of white light shot towards Tiegu’s massive body.

The yellow umbrella, named the Sky-Shrouding Umbrella, is considered both a weapon and a True Artifact, primarily focused on defense. Those few dots of cold light contain the profound Xuanyuan Gui Water, a single drop of which weighs a thousand catties. If truly hit, even a Nascent Soul High Stage cultivator would be knocked back — whether they would be injured depends on their own defenses.

Previously, she hadn’t unleashed this move, not for any other reason than that it’s not purely a physical attack and involves some Technique aspects, making it extremely costly in spiritual energy.

Tiegu didn’t want to expend spiritual energy, so naturally, she calculated carefully; but now that he was challenging spiritual energy, she certainly wouldn’t shy away.

Luckily, the Xuanyuan Gui Water isn’t something defying the heavens in the Void, so its power hasn’t diminished by much.

"A tiny pearl, also daring to shine?" Tiegu True Immortal laughed loudly once.

With several swings of his longsword, he knocked the Xuanyuan Gui Water entirely aside. This was a hard contact, and while Qing Ji had to expend spiritual energy to regain control of those few drops of Gui Water, his parries also came at a cost; in fact, his expenditure might have been even greater.

But since it was a fight to the death, what point was there in counting spiritual energy now,

As Tiegu prepared to counterattack with his longsword, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of someone, and without thinking, he swung his sword, "Little thief... die for me!"

Feng Jun had just teleported over when he suddenly saw the slash coming his way. Without thinking, he quickly retreated, then tapped a Big Stone footprint in Luohua Manor.

Yang Yuxin exchanged a glance with Feng Jing, "The boss... must be slaughtering in the Void, right?"

Feng Jun, upon arriving at the Big Stone, spoke very straightforwardly, "Tiegu is indeed desperate while we’re not around. Now it’s the Giant Tree Body... are you still replenishing spiritual energy?"

"Giant Tree Body? Replenish for what!" Immortal Yi Jue stood up abruptly, stepped out of the Spirit Restoration Array, and simultaneously took two pills from her Storage Bag, placing them in her mouth, "Two High-Rank Spirit Revitalizing Pills, enough to restore twenty percent of my spiritual energy. Let’s go!"

What is disparity? This is disparity. With Feng Jun as a backup, she’s in a rush and only needs to swallow two Spirit Revitalizing Pills to replenish twenty percent spiritual energy, whereas Tiegu, without such support, has to chew a whole treasure pill in pieces to recover only five percent.

At the same time, most of the treasures in Tiegu True Immortal’s Storage Bag vanished into ashes, and what little remained he had no time to retrieve.

The price of that one treasure pill far surpassed two Spirit Revitalizing Pills, and for two Nascent Soul High Stage cultivators, the difference is more than a hundredfold.

So choosing the wrong opponent truly is a very pitiful matter.

When Feng Jun arrived at the battlefield with Immortal Yi Jue and the Jade Spore Skyworm, True Immortal Qing Ji was locked in a fierce battle with True Immortal Tiegu; neither would yield.

"Imprison!" Immortal Yi Jue pointed without hesitation — you’re courting death not using Void True Intent, aren’t you?

Seeing this move, Tiegu instinctively tried to activate Void True Intent, then he remembered: having used the Giant Tree Body, he ought to be risking it all; why was he thinking of using Void True Intent again?

Luckily, Imprisonment was purely a Technique and had almost no effect on him; he merely felt his body slow slightly.

Then, True Immortal Tiegu was thoroughly enraged, "Using Techniques now to show off your spiritual energy abundance, are you?"

"Indeed, my spiritual energy is more abundant than yours," Immortal Yi Jue replied with a smile, "Your Giant Tree Body... is so puny."

Tiegu appeared angry — he was indeed angry, but essentially he was probing, checking if the opponent had ample spiritual energy.

Based on the information feedback, he came to a shocking conclusion—his opponent truly didn’t lack spiritual energy!

Not pretending to lack, but truly not lacking!

Then there’s no chance of turning the tables!

Elder Tiegu decided to die here. He wasn’t afraid of death—ever since he started cultivation, he had long accepted this understanding.

But if he could take down a heavyweight opponent, he wouldn’t mind making the sacrifice, so he smiled miserably, "Yes, my giant tree body is indeed very small, the void... that’s just how it is."

While fighting fiercely, he spoke up, "Immortal Yi Jue, if you look down on me like this, why don’t we... have a life-and-death duel?"

Yi Jue wielded her horsetail whisk, coldly replying, "I don’t quite understand what you mean, haven’t we always been in a life-and-death duel?"

"Not this kind of life-and-death duel," True Immortal Tiegu brandished his longsword, radiating thousands of sword lights, while wrapping his green long hair towards Qing Ji, "In thousands of miles around us, only the two of us, whoever is alive and leaves counts as the winner... Do you have that confidence?"

"Are you out of your mind?" True Immortal Yi Jue smiled charmingly, "This is the void now, and all around are my people, you want a one-on-one duel because you can’t escape, don’t you know female cultivators prefer to outnumber their opponents?"

Not long after, Elder Tiegu reached the verge of exhaustion. Generally, True Immortals rarely get forced to this point—they can always run if they can’t win. Instead, it’s more likely for True Immortal Wan Qing to accidentally be swept into the void.

But Elder Tiegu truly had no choice, he couldn’t win by consumption, couldn’t fight effectively, and couldn’t run; so, in the next moment, his body emitted a violent aura, and with a flash of red light, "Die together!"

At the last moment, he unexpectedly chose self-detonation! And it wasn’t just his own self-detonation—he detonated the Void Stone as well—Tiegu had always been so tough, he’d rather destroy good things than provide for the enemy!

Everyone else felt the aura of self-detonation too. Elder Qing Ji reacted extremely quickly, retreating violently while taking a hairpin from her head to block in front of her. The orb in the hairpin instantly expanded, transforming into a dazzling sun, shielding her.

Yi Jue also had her own means. She brandished a Square Shield Instrument, shielding herself.

The Jade Spore Skyworm had an exceptionally sharp instinct for crisis, and blinked five hundred miles away, realizing it wasn’t far enough, blinked again.

Feng Jun in the distance was even more straightforward, with a flicker of his body, he returned to the Earth Realm, counted to five, then re-entered the battlefield.

Upon his return, the shock wave of the self-detonation had already passed. Both Yi Jue and Qing Ji were blown quite a distance away, somewhat in a disheveled state, but their faces were full of joy.

At that moment, the Big Boss’s intention suddenly emerged, "That fellow didn’t die; the Nascent Soul has hidden in a Void Stone, moving quickly away."

Feng Jun was startled, "Can a Nascent Soul be hidden inside a Void Stone?"

He knew the Void Stone, it’s considered top-grade artifact refining material, when added to a magical treasure, it enhances the cultivator’s control over the treasure, reduces spiritual energy output, and is rare even among the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths.

Furthermore, this item can exist in the void, making it one of the rare cross-dimensional materials.

However, Feng Jun never heard that this thing could really hide a Nascent Soul?

"With a remnant soul plus wood transformation... it’s not necessarily difficult to hide," the Big Boss calmly stated, "but this guy certainly has secrets, perhaps it’s Sky Demon Obsession."

"No matter what Sky Demon Obsession it is, if he’s not dead, he must be killed," Feng Jun decisively stated, "Extirpate evil completely... which direction?"

After clarifying the direction, he cupped his hands towards True Immortal Yi Jue, "Fairy, that fellow’s Nascent Soul is still there!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Jue first raised her eyebrows, then thoughtfully nodded, "I felt something was amiss somewhere, and your words confirmed my suspicions, but it might not be a complete Nascent Soul, maybe just a remnant soul."

"If it’s a remnant soul, then it cannot be allowed to escape," Elder Qing Ji solemnly stated, "Some remnant souls have fragmentary memories but still recall cultivation techniques and hatred, which can trigger great disasters."

"Did the remnant soul eat up your rice?" The Big Boss grumbled in Feng Jun’s sea of consciousness.

Yi Jue looked at Feng Jun again, her expression somewhat strange. How does this guy know everything?

However, she eventually suppressed that odd feeling—occurring with Feng Jun, it’s really quite normal. She solemnly asked, "Which direction should we pursue?"

Feng Jun pointed in a direction, "This direction, two thousand miles away, moving fast, it’s a void stone, hiding a Nascent Soul inside."

"Void Stone?" Upon hearing this, Qing Ji frowned, saying no more, but clearly shared the same confusion as Feng Jun—can it really hide a Nascent Soul or... a remnant soul?

Yi Jue appeared thoughtful, seeming to recall something.

The most decisive was the Jade Spore Skyworm. It glanced at Feng Jun, then volunteered to speak, "I’ll pursue it, you all just wait."

It could blink, even the fastest thing was not feared. Moreover, it seemed to change its attitude towards Feng Jun...