Qiongxiao circulated her own power while Xu Xiaoshuang meditated with all her strength.
She had no idea that she was competing with Xu Qiu for spiritual energy.
The siblings began their rivalry.
Their terrifying absorption efficiency turned their entire building into a center of spiritual energy convergence. The spiritual energy from several nearby streets was drawn toward them.
Such a disturbance naturally caught the attention of some nearby Martial Artists.
“Damn! Who’s absorbing spiritual energy?”
“My spiritual energy’s been stolen! Who’s this freak?!”
Martial Artists on several nearby streets found themselves unable to cultivate properly.
Meanwhile, Xu Qiu, who was meditating, sensed that someone nearby was competing with him for spiritual energy. The source was… Xu Xiaoshuang’s room.
He was momentarily stunned.
What was going on?
How could Xiaoshuang suddenly absorb spiritual energy?
And at such a terrifying rate!
It was almost no weaker than his Taotie Martial Soul!
“Heh, no matter what, having the guts to compete with your brother for spiritual energy… you’ve got some nerve. Let me show you how formidable your brother is!”
Xu Qiu smiled faintly.
Suddenly, a brand-new meditation diagram appeared in his mind.
In the image, a white-robed immortal sat cross-legged in the starry sky, holding the blazing sun in one hand and the bright moon in the other. His divine might was vast and boundless.
It was the system’s reward…
The Immortal Holding the Sun and Moon Diagram!
An 11th stage meditation diagram!
Xu Qiu carefully observed the diagram, imprinting it into his mind one detail at a time. Since it was a system reward, it was directly engraved into his consciousness.
He grasped it almost instantly.
With the Immortal Holding the Sun and Moon Diagram enhancing him, Xu Qiu’s spiritual energy absorption efficiency skyrocketed.
Now it was not just a few nearby streets.
Even Martial Artists from over a dozen streets could forget about competing with him for spiritual energy.
Inside a martial arts hall, a hall master was cultivating when he suddenly realized that the surrounding spiritual energy had been swallowed up by someone else.
He was completely dumbfounded.
He desperately tried to seize some spiritual energy, but it was useless.
He simply could not compete!
“How terrifying! Who is absorbing spiritual energy? To create such a disturbance… could this be a 7th stage Marquis realm powerhouse?!”
The hall master swallowed nervously.
He was a 6th stage Martial Artist.
If even he could not seize a single thread of spiritual energy…
Then it must be someone at least at the 7th stage Marquis realm, or even the 8th stage King realm!
The hall master was puzzled.
That night, the Xu siblings jointly devoured spiritual energy, shaking an area spanning several kilometers!
Inside her room, Empress Qiongxiao opened her eyes and looked toward the adjacent room. Disbelief flickered in her beautiful eyes. “My spiritual energy… is being gradually taken away?!”
“I’m actually losing to a mere 1st stage Martial Artist?”
“Even with the Taotie Martial Soul, this is absurd. Could it be that he also possesses a meditation diagram above the 10th stage?”
“Impossible. Blue Star cannot possibly have such a treasure!”
She stared at Xu Qiu’s room, an unusual expression on her face. At this moment, she felt that this young man was shrouded in mystery.
Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoshuang, unable to absorb more spiritual energy, slowly opened her eyes and asked in confusion, “What’s going on? Why can’t I draw in any more spiritual energy?”
“Your brother took it all,” Qiongxiao said calmly.
“Ah…” Xu Xiaoshuang was stunned for a moment, then lifted her chin proudly. “I told you my brother is amazing. Even you can’t outcompete him.”
Qiongxiao’s lips twitched slightly.
For a moment, she could not refute it.
She secretly swore that she would make Xu Xiaoshuang understand one day…
That she was far more formidable than her brother!
Otherwise, this girl would never truly acknowledge her!
Empress Qiongxiao then thought of something and shook her head with a bitter smile. “To think that I, Qiongxiao, have fallen to the point of competing with a little girl and a mere 1st stage Martial Artist.”
With that thought, her interest faded. Her body dissolved into specks of light and returned to Xu Xiaoshuang’s body.
Xu Qiu, too, had nearly finished absorbing spiritual energy.
His body was filled to the brim.
He stretched lazily and touched the Blue Spirit Necklace around his neck. The martial arts spiritual weapon emitted a faint glow, automatically absorbing spiritual energy from its surroundings.
Just now, Xu Qiu had not only absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy.
He had also drained more than half of the energy stored within the necklace.
If Mu Qingkong knew about this, she would probably be stunned speechless.
The Blue Spirit Necklace could store enough spiritual energy for a 1st stage Martial Artist to absorb continuously for an entire month.
Yet Xu Qiu had consumed more than half of it in one go…
This absorption efficiency was outrageous!
Xu Qiu also sensed that after absorbing such a vast amount of spiritual energy, his cultivation had firmly stepped into… 1st stage high-level!
He was only one step away from the 2nd stage!
The power of an 11th stage meditation diagram was astonishing.
Combined with the Taotie Martial Soul, it was simply terrifying!
Xu Qiu was satisfied with his increase in cultivation, but he was more concerned about what had happened to Xu Xiaoshuang. How had she suddenly begun absorbing spiritual energy?
He immediately went to her room.
Xu Xiaoshuang was not surprised by his arrival at all.
Xu Qiu looked at her seriously. “Xu Xiaoshuang, what was going on just now? Did you awaken your Martial Soul?”
Generally, only after awakening a Martial Soul could one cultivate.
However, before the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony, some rare geniuses awakened on their own.
“Brother, do you remember the dream I told you about?” Xu Xiaoshuang asked.
“I remember. What about it?”
“It wasn’t a dream. It was real.”
Xu Xiaoshuang did not hide the matter of Empress Qiongxiao and explained everything in detail.
Xu Qiu was stunned.
Empress Qiongxiao?
A humanoid Martial Soul?
What kind of nonsense was this?
“Tell her to come out and meet me,” Xu Qiu said.
“Qiongxiao, come out and meet my brother.”
“No. I’m tired. I need to rest.”
Empress Qiongxiao’s voice echoed in Xu Xiaoshuang’s mind.
“Hey, stop being dramatic. Come out.”
No matter how she called, Empress Qiongxiao gave no response.
Xu Xiaoshuang scratched her head. “Brother, I think you hurt her pride.”
“How did I hurt her pride?”
“Obviously. A dignified Empress losing to a 1st stage Martial Artist. If it were me, I wouldn’t have the face to show myself either.” Xu Xiaoshuang curled her lips.
Inside the Martial Soul space, Empress Qiongxiao gritted her teeth.
How infuriating!
Who talks about their own Martial Soul like that?!
“What rotten luck to be stuck with such a brother-obsessed girl,” Empress Qiongxiao fumed inwardly.
Xu Qiu looked at Xu Xiaoshuang thoughtfully. He knew she would not lie to him and said, “Keep an eye on her. If anything feels strange, tell me immediately. I’ll beat her up for you!”
Beat me up?
Empress Qiongxiao grew even angrier.
Inside the Martial Soul space, she exploded in fury. “If I hadn’t just awakened, and if Xu Xiaoshuang weren’t so obsessed with her brother, I’d like to see who beats up whom!”
“How dare a mere 1st stage Martial Artist threaten to beat me up?!”
“Do I, Empress Qiongxiao, have no dignity at all?!”
Ignoring the furious Empress Qiongxiao in the Martial Soul space, Xu Xiaoshuang patted her chest and said, “Don’t worry, Brother. I can feel that she and I are truly one. She shouldn’t harm me. And with her here… I believe it won’t be long before I catch up to you! When that time comes, I’ll be the one protecting you!”
Xu Xiaoshuang spoke earnestly.
Although she often bickered with Xu Qiu over the years, she knew that she had grown up safely only because he had cared for her like both a father and a mother.
Deep down, she had always wanted to grow stronger.
She wanted to protect her brother in return.
And now…
Empress Qiongxiao was her opportunity.