Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Brother Yun Xiao, you’re amazing!”

From below the arena, Ling Wan genuinely rejoiced for Yun Xiao. After making up his mind to leave the Zhao Family, in Ling Wan’s heart, he had already come to regard Yun Xiao as his own biological elder brother.

”Heh, it was just a fluke!”

Hearing the excitement in Ling Wan’s voice, Yun Xiao just smiled faintly, then reached out his hand and patted the latter’s shoulder, saying, ”It’s your turn next, are you confident?”

Upon hearing this, Ling Wan couldn’t help but show a bitter face as he replied, ”Brother Yun Xiao, do you think I’m like you? That Shen Xiao is a genuine Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage cultivator!”

Indeed, as Ling Wan said, his opponent Shen Xiao was not much weaker than Feng Hang in terms of strength. As for Ling Wan himself, he only had the cultivation of the Meridian Gathering Realm Late Stage.

In Ling Wan’s view, he didn’t have as many ever-emerging tactics as Yun Xiao. With such a disparity in strength, the idea of defeating Shen Xiao in a head-on fight was simply impossible.

In fact, Ling Wan’s progress to this point in the big competition for outer disciples was mostly due to the surprise factor of his Mixed Element One Qi Body – a tactic that had been employed many times before. Now, facing Shen Xiao, a Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage cultivator, the effect was bound to be greatly reduced.

”Speaking of true strength, you indeed fall short of Shen Xiao, but if you just want to win this fight, there is still a way!” Yun Xiao’s eyes spun with thoughts, and after speaking, he leaned in and whispered a few words into Ling Wan’s ear.

”Can... can this really work?” After listening to Yun Xiao’s whisper, Ling Wan’s face showed a mix of bewilderment and confusion, as though he was uncertain, murmuring to himself.

”Whether it’ll work or not, we’ll know after you try it in a moment,” Yun Xiao didn’t say much more. Ling Wan was his life-saving benefactor, and he was quite fond of this young man with a pure heart. Naturally, he also wanted him to advance to the inner sect with him.

As for Shen Xiao, ranked second on the Mortal List, Yun Xiao didn’t have any strong feelings against him, nor any acquaintance with him. Comparatively, he definitely valued Ling Wan more.

”Hey, you fatso, are you going to fight or not?”

Just as Ling Wan and Yun Xiao were whispering to each other, an impatient voice suddenly came from the central arena. When the two turned their heads to look, they saw that Shen Xiao had already stepped onto the stage, eyeing them impatiently.

To Shen Xiao, Ling Wan’s cultivation at the Meridian Gathering Realm Late Stage was completely negligible. In his heart, he believed that this chubby kid had made it to this final showdown merely on luck.

His special tactic of transforming into a meatball had indeed been very effective against Meridian Gathering Realm cultivators since they could not project their Meridian Qi and had to combat with physical strength against Ling Wan, at the most augmenting their physical strength with Meridian Qi.

But Shen Xiao, having reached the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage, was capable of concentrating his Meridian Qi externally. He could defeat this chubby kid without having to make physical contact with Ling Wan’s body.

Shen Xiao even had the confidence that even if he were struck by Ling Wan’s meatball, he would not fall. Such was the pride of an early Meridian Rushing Realm genius.

Cajoled by Shen Xiao’s shout, Ling Wan did not dare to delay and quickly bid farewell to Yun Xiao to step onto the central arena. Sensing Shen Xiao’s powerful aura on the other side, Ling Wan couldn’t help feeling nervous.

”Please enlighten me, senior brother Shen Xiao!”

Ling Wan was still very polite, cupping his fists towards Shen Xiao. However, his words elicited yet another display of impatience from Shen Xiao, who had already charged his Meridian Qi and entered his battle state.

”Begin!”

Shen Xiao’s low shout fell, and then everyone saw a Green Light Hammer appear in his hand. Yun Xiao was all too familiar with the form of this hammer.

It seemed that Shen Xiao didn’t want to waste any time; his first move was to bring out his signature weapon. Yun Xiao had seen his skill with the hammer in the Yurong Volcano and even a Fourth Rank Low Level Fire Spirit Snake had suffered under it, let alone Ling Wan.

Swoosh!

Shen Xiao’s speed was extremely fast. Although he wasn’t as rapid as Feng Hang, who used the Wind Shadow Step, the size of the arena meant that in just an instant, he had arrived in front of Ling Wan. The raised green hammer was already ruthlessly smashing towards Ling Wan’s head.

Just by that action, Yun Xiao’s perception of Shen Xiao had totally changed. This guy was ruthlessly vicious; his hammer strike was clearly aimed at taking Ling Wan’s life.

If Ling Wan’s head were smashed by the hammer, his brains would splatter and cause his death. Yun Xiao had already seen Ling Wan as a brother, and feeling empathetic, naturally, he had grown to dislike Shen Xiao even more.

However, after his experience fighting with the outer disciples, Ling Wan’s combat experience had greatly improved. He knew that he couldn’t take a powerful strike from an early Meridian Rushing Realm cultivator head-on, so he immediately dodged.

Whoosh...

Dodging the hammer, Ling Wan found himself in quite a disheveled state, so without a moment’s hesitation, he activated his Mixed Element One Qi Body, transforming his entire body into a round and rotund meatball in the blink of an eye, appearing rather comical.

Before Ling Wan’s transformation into a meatball, everyone had already grown accustomed to his unusual technique; moreover, during the past rounds of battle, he had utilized the rebounding force of his meatball state to bounce his opponents off the platform.

As Ling Wan once again transformed into a meatball, everyone had a sense of anticipation; could Shen Xiao, the genius ranked second in the Mortal List, end up like those who had previously been defeated by Ling Wan?

It turns out that Shen Xiao’s strength far surpassed those outer sect geniuses who had at most reached the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm. He wielded a Green Light Hammer in his hand, not needing to come into physical contact with Ling Wan’s meatball body at all.

Pfft!

A slightly odd sound rang out—it was Shen Xiao, who had already anticipated Ling Wan’s transformation into a meatball and thus changed his tactics swiftly. The Green Light Hammer slid sideways, hammering directly onto some part of Ling Wan’s body.

Confident in the power of his Green Light Hammer, Shen Xiao believed that even a blunt hit would be enough to give Ling Wan a rough time.

”Hmm?”

Yet, in the very next moment, Shen Xiao felt a strong force attacking his right hand, which was holding the Green Light Hammer. The strike hadn’t penetrated Ling Wan’s defenses, but instead had been rebounded off by his meatball body.

Caught off guard by the formidable power of the Mixed Element One Qi Body, Shen Xiao almost couldn’t endure it. Both his arm and hammer were repelled by the rebounding force, and there was even a sense that the Green Light Hammer might fly out of his grip.

At this moment, Shen Xiao finally understood how those stronger geniuses from the Meridian Gathering Realm peak had fallen to the hands of this odd little fat boy.

Because of the powerful rebounding force, even Shen Xiao, a cultivator at the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage, almost lost his grip, not to mention those geniuses at the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm.

Shen Xiao’s face darkened as he forced himself to suppress the sensation of the hammer flying out of his hand. A surge of Meridian Qi burst from his body, finally getting the Green Light Hammer under control.

However, the moment Shen Xiao steadied himself and was about to take further action, he saw the plump round ball of a body suddenly turn around.

Or rather, it couldn’t be said that Ling Wan had turned around, because by then he had already become a meatball. It was difficult to discern which part was the front and which was the back.

Yet Shen Xiao had a feeling as though Ling Wan had turned around, and an unease started to emerge in his heart. At this moment, he was taken aback as he witnessed something utterly unbelievable.

”Pfft...”

The turned-around Ling Wan expelled an extremely powerful breath from somewhere beneath him, and this breath came with a formidable impact.

This scene not only left Shen Xiao dumbfounded on the platform but also nearly popped the eyes out of nearly a thousand onlookers below, because it was so shocking and unexpected.

”Ling Wan... did that kid Ling Wan just... fart?”

Among the outer sect geniuses present, there were some Meridian Refining Masters with strong Power of Soul, such as Xuan Zhi and Zhao Ningshu. At that moment, they suddenly realized an extremely bizarre fact.

Because even as Ling Wan had transformed into a meatball, the distinctiveness of certain parts was still recognizable, and gas emission from a human body could only come from two places—if not from the mouth or nose above, then naturally from a certain awkward place below.

This accident left everyone with a dumbfounded gaze, having never witnessed such a mode of battle before. Ling Wan’s previous meatball battles were already bizarre, but this tactic broke their worldviews and went beyond any acceptable limits, utterly indescribable.

Who would have thought that a cultivator would use ”farting” as a way to attack the enemy? What kind of oddity was that little fatty on the platform?

Yet this comical and bizarre mode of attack worked surprisingly well. Shen Xiao on the platform clearly did not expect Ling Wan to pull such a move; caught off guard, he was hit straight on by the sudden rush of gas.

Boom!

Whoosh!

A loud noise rang out first, and immediately after, everyone saw Shen Xiao’s tall and lanky figure blasted backward by the gas expelled by Ling Wan, flying towards the edge of the platform not far away.

Seeing this unfold, many felt a surge of anticipation, like Tan Yun and his teammates; while others harbored curiosity.

Under this weird gaseous form of attack, could Shen Xiao, the mighty Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage cultivator and the second-ranked super-genius on the Mortal List, also be defeated by Ling Wan in such a ridiculous manner?

Countless pairs of eyes were fixed on Shen Xiao’s figure flying backward; perhaps in a few moments, a true outcome would emerge.