Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Swish!

A streak of dark light flashed by, and Di Ying deftly avoided Yun Xiao’s attack, feeling quite smug about it. At the same time, as he sensed the breath of the young man, his suspicions became even more convinced.

”It seems this brat is indeed just relying on the advantage of his weapon!”

With a casual swipe of his palm, as he saw Yun Xiao seemingly scramble to dodge, Di Ying felt even more disdainful. This kid didn’t even have the courage to engage in a physical fight, what a cowardly egg he was.

Previously, Di Ying had hidden in the shadows, witnessing only the latter part of Yun Xiao’s use of the Dragon Taming Sword. He had not seen the physical confrontation at the beginning, so he was overly confident.

Yun Xiao’s current state was, of course, feigned, as he was waiting for an opportunity. The overconfident Di Ying would soon unwittingly present that opportunity to him.

Di Ying followed closely like a shadow, his unarmed left hand viciously aimed at Yun Xiao’s left shoulder, but in the next instant, he saw that the young man’s left palm was striking back to meet it.

Yun Xiao’s move undoubtedly delighted Di Ying. Just a moment ago, the kid only knew how to dodge and didn’t dare to confront him head-on. Had he realized that he couldn’t avoid it anymore and had to clash directly?

Di Ying, unlike what Yun Xiao had said, did not rely solely on his weapon, and his physical strength was not much weaker than that of a cultivator of the same level. In fact, he had used his physical strength to kill opponents on several occasions.

So Di Ying was absolutely confident that with this clash, he would shatter Yun Xiao’s entire left arm. Who told this kid to be so impudent?

Bang!

Their left palms finally collided, but the expected crushing did not occur. Instead, Di Ying felt as if a sticky force came from the opponent’s palm, making it impossible for him to withdraw immediately.

”Not good!”

Immediately after, Di Ying felt a surge of extreme cold assaulting from the palm of Yun Xiao’s left hand. His own left palm began to form layers of crystalline frost at a visible rate.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

In just the space of two breaths, Di Ying’s left palm was frozen into an icy hand, and the cold power continued to spread up his arm, which might soon turn into an ice arm.

Clearly, this was the power of Yun Xiao’s second Ice Cold Ancestor Vein. Unlike the Fire Attribute Ancestor Vein, this cold power when exerted, instantly immobilizes the enemy, as it was with Di Ying right now.

Di Ying might be a mid-stage cultivator of the Meridian Union Realm and a top-tier talent within his empire, relying on his physical strength and weapon to clash with even late-stage talented cultivators of the Meridian Union Realm, causing them quite the headache.

Unfortunately for him, he met Yun Xiao, who he didn’t fully understand. Without the opportunity to make use of his physical strength or weapon advantage, he was led to his current plight.

His right arm frozen, Di Ying in his alarm instinctively raised his right hand, which wielded a bizarre weapon, and fiercely struck out in wrath at Yun Xiao.

It seems Di Ying wanted to use the same move that had decapitated the Ironhorn Earth Rhinoceros, hoping to do the same to Yun Xiao. Too bad he seemed to forget that his opponent also wielded a weapon.

”Is this your greatest reliance?”

Seeing Di Ying’s motion, Yun Xiao simply shook his head, then his right arm gently lifted, and Di Ying’s weapon was fiercely chopped down upon the Dragon Taming Sword.

Snap!

Another light sound rang out, Di Ying’s Spiritual Rank Advanced weapon did not withstand even a fraction of a blow and broke into two pieces.

”This is impossible!”

Even though Di Ying had previously seen the power of Yun Xiao using the Dragon Taming Sword to slice through Ironhorn Earth Rhinoceros’s horn, he had never imagined that his own Spiritual Rank Advanced weapon would be so vulnerable.

In Di Ying’s mind, a weapon of such a prestigious Spiritual Rank should, at the very least, endure a few strikes. Now it seemed he had underestimated that unimpressive wooden sword.

”Could it be a weapon of the Earth Rank?”

A thought flashed through Di Ying’s mind in an instant. However, the next moment he had no thought to ponder anymore, or rather, he had no head to think of anything.

Swish!

Yun Xiao was not one to show mercy. Since Di Ying had chosen a path to his demise and they were in a place where life and death were not forbidden, he would not hold back even in the slightest.

After cutting through Di Ying’s weapon with the Dragon Taming Sword, it only took a light slash for a faint blood line to appear on Di Ying’s neck, and in the next moment, his head was sprayed with blood from his neck and sent flying.

The sharpness of the Dragon Taming Sword, how could Di Ying have imagined?

The Earth Rank weapons that Di Ying had thought of earlier were truly too stingy, even some weapons of Heaven Rank and Holy Rank, I fear, would be sundered by a single stroke of the Dragon Taming Sword, wouldn’t they?

Perhaps at the moment before his death, Di Ying had a trace of regret, but none of that matters now. This is what the old saying refers to as ’greed is the architect of his own death’; it’s just that his death was rather suffocating.

Who could have expected a young man at the early stage of Meridian Union Realm to possess such numerous and formidable tactics? Whether it was the weapons in his hand, physical strength, or that extreme Ice Cold Power, all were far beyond Di Ying’s expectations.

However, for Yun Xiao, defeating a presumptuous mid-stage Meridian Union Realm talent was of no real concern. In fact, although this fellow managed to kill the Iron Horn Earth Rhinoceros, his true strength was far inferior to that of the rhinoceros.

If it were talents like Shen Wannian and Nie Qianqiu at the late stage of Meridian Union Realm, then Yun Xiao might need to use more of his trump cards. As for someone like Di Ying, he was merely a jumping clown.

”Hehe, Green Origin Fruit Tree, you are mine now!”

Yun Xiao put Di Ying’s Waist Storage into his bag and finally turned his head toward the Green Elemental Fruit Tree, his voice filled with unabashed excitement.

Uprooting the Green Origin Fruit Tree and directly placing it into his Waist Storage, Yun Xiao then picked up a lush and tempting fruit with a somewhat hesitant expression.

”Should I consume it directly, or should I find an opportunity to refine it into a Life Extending Pill?”

This was the reason for Yun Xiao’s dilemma. A Life Extending Pill, refined with the aid of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, was far stronger than consuming the Green Origin Fruit directly, and extending one’s lifespan by five hundred years was something that cultivators on the Continent dreamt of.

”Forget it, since I have several Green Origin Fruits, I might as well consume one directly. Moreover, with my current Meridian Refining Technique, I can’t refine a Life Extending Pill!”

After hesitating for a while, Yun Xiao made up his mind. After all, the Life Extending Pill was an elixir of the Heavenly Rank; not only was it beyond his capabilities, but also most likely out of reach for the Chairman of the Meridian Refining Master Association of the Tenglong Continent.

Thus, the thought of refining a Life Extending Pill was something for the distant future. Besides, Yun Xiao dared not let the Meridian Masters of the Tenglong Continent know about the Green Origin Fruit; he understood the principle that possessing a valuable treasure could be a crime.

Chomp chomp!

Yun Xiao wasted no time, picking up the lush Green Origin Fruit with his right hand and stuffing it into his mouth. After a couple of chews and swallows, it had already gone down his throat.

”Ah, that’s comfortable!”

As soon as the Green Origin Fruit was consumed, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but squint his eyes in pleasure. Even though it was an Earth Rank item, the nature of the fruit was extremely mild, providing a sense of comfort as its first impression.

With the miraculous refining ability of the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique, the energy from the Green Origin Fruit was quickly absorbed through Yun Xiao’s meridians. At this moment, a particular meridian in his left leg shone with a radiant green light.

When Yun Xiao had broken through to the early stage of Meridian Union Realm in the Lingtian Empire, this special meridian in his left leg had started to faintly appear, leading him to suspect that it was his fourth Ancestor Vein.

However, since there had been no significant changes in this meridian, Yun Xiao had set it aside. It wasn’t until today, after consuming the Green Origin Fruit and feeling the rich Wood Attribute sweep through his body, that he noticed a very clear change.

It was unclear how much time it would take for this Wood Attribute Ancestor Vein to fully manifest, and during this period, many of the talents from the Hidden Dragon Continent who had entered the Demon Realm were increasingly drawing closer to Demon Suppressing Mountain.

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On the peak of Demon Suppressing Mountain!

At the summit of Demon Suppressing Mountain lay a vast plateau, where, at some unknown time, a huge tabletop had been added, with ten figures seated around it.

Of these ten figures, nine were the mighty beings from the Middle Three Realms of the Tenglong Continent. It’s worth mentioning that Xuan Haoran, the King of the Xuanyue Empire, was also seated at the lower end of the table, indicating some privileges held by the Host Country’s King.

No matter the outcome of the Xuanyue Empire in this Hidden Dragon Conference, at least Xuan Haoran had entered the sphere of attention of these Tenglong Continent powerhouses. Even if he didn’t have many years left, he still had to pave the way for his son, right?

”Vice Chairman Qian, who do you think will come out on top in this Countries Hidden Dragon Conference?”

Meng Liyang was the type to make conversation even when there was none. He held a wine cup in one hand and posed the question, and upon asking, everyone’s gaze fell on Qian Sanyuan.

”Hehe, Elder Meng Liyang, you’ve asked the wrong person this time. Of all these young talents from the Hidden Dragon Continent, I only know one. As for the rest, I’m completely in the dark!”

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qian Sanyuan chuckled and self-deprecatingly smiled. However, at this moment, everyone was curious about which talent from the Hidden Dragon Continent the Vice Chairman knew.

But since Qian Sanyuan himself wasn’t speaking, the others didn’t dare to probe further. Instead, it was the Elder from Impermanence Island, Gu Hua, who then interjected: ”I’ve heard that Shen Wannian from Yufeng Empire has quite the talent!”

”The name Shen Wannian is indeed familiar to me, and he is indeed impressive. But that Ye Shimei of the Flying Flower Empire seems to have extraordinary talent as well!”

Wu Tong, an elder from Firewood Valley, nodded and mentioned another talent from the Hidden Dragon Continent. However, upon hearing this name, a few strong personalities familiar with Ye Shimei’s background subtly furrowed their brows.