Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Where on earth does this guy get his inexplicable confidence?”

Seeing that guy from the Killing Heart Sect suddenly jump out, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but frown slightly in his heart. He thought to himself that he had no grievances with the Killing Heart Sect, so why did this guy suddenly want to make a move against him?

However, for a young talent who seemed to have just broken through to the early stage of the Seeking Origin Realm, Yun Xiao wouldn’t be too concerned. Even if this guy were stronger than the former Yang Family Master, Yang Dingshan, he probably wouldn’t be much stronger.

Compared to Yun Xiao, over there, Li Qingran was rather conflicted. Although he greatly wanted to kill the Star, paying the price of the Thunder King Token for it was absolutely impossible.

”Brother Qingran, could you consider another condition?”

So, after his thoughts turned in his mind, Li Qingran directly spoke up. Although he didn’t explicitly refuse, the meaning was evident to everyone, obviously unwilling to give up the Thunder King Token.

”Heh, I’m curious, Brother Qingran, do you have anything else on you that can catch my eye, Tong Baisha?”

Seeming to sense Li Qingran’s attitude, Tong Baisha’s face suddenly showed a peculiar smile. Then, without waiting for the latter to respond, he added sinisterly, ”I have just this one request. If Brother Qingran doesn’t agree, then I’ll have no choice but to take it myself!”

Seeing that the terms of the exchange couldn’t be reached, Tong Baisha finally revealed his true colors. As soon as these words were spoken, Li Qingran’s face changed dramatically. He never expected that this guy from the Killing Heart Sect would be so shameless.

”Tong Baisha, do you know that my Sky Thunder Valley is not to be trifled with!”

By this point, knowing full well that with greatly reduced strength he was no match, Li Qingran could only bring up the background of Sky Thunder Valley. However, in his rising anger, he seemed to have forgotten certain things.

”Sky Thunder Valley? Heh, Li Qingran, do you think my Killing Heart Sect would truly fear your Sky Thunder Valley?”

Sure enough, after Li Qingran spoke, the ridicule on Tong Baisha’s face grew even more pronounced, especially when the words ”Killing Heart Sect” were spoken. Only then did the former recall the background of his opponent.

Sky Thunder Valley is one of the Three Valleys, and the Killing Heart Sect is one of the three sects. Strictly speaking, the overall strength of both sides may not differ much, but the deterrence of the Killing Heart Sect over the cultivators of Tenglong Continent is definitely greater than that of Sky Thunder Valley.

This is because this hidden sect specializes in the art of stealth killing. Sometimes, even if your cultivation is higher than the cultivators of the Killing Heart Sect, you might not see even a shadow of them before you find yourself dead.

So at this moment, Li Qingran’s attempt to use Sky Thunder Valley’s background to intimidate Tong Baisha seemed like a joke, especially since his strength was no longer at the half-step Origin Seeking Realm level.

”How about it, Brother Qingran, hand over the Thunder King Token to me. Not only can you keep your life, but you can also avenge the loss of your arm. This choice shouldn’t be difficult, right?”

Tong Baisha was confident, and as he spoke, a faint aura surrounded Ye Suxin beside him, seemingly conveying a certain attitude to the many cultivators present.

Indeed, in Ye Suxin’s eyes, whether it was the one-armed Five Thunder Child Li Qingran or the dark-clothed youth Xing with some possible tricks up his sleeve, neither posed much of a threat to her.

Especially with Tang Yuanmu, a Seeking Origin Realm expert, having a greatly reduced aura, Ye Suxin already regarded herself as the strongest in the field. At this point, letting Tong Baisha take action to snatch all four Thunder King Tokens, why wouldn’t she be happy?

”No, I can’t give you the Thunder King Token!”

Even though the situation was already clear to see, and everyone understood that the choice was indeed not difficult, inexplicably, Li Qingran still shook his head decisively.

”Ah, truly ungracious!”

The direction of his expectations taking an opposite turn exhausted Tong Baisha’s last shred of patience. This Li Qingran of the Sky Thunder Valley was truly not seeing reason. Did he really think that with the backing of Sky Thunder Valley, Tong Baisha wouldn’t dare to kill him?

”Since that’s the case, then I’ll take it myself!”

A low shout came from Tong Baisha’s mouth, and in the next moment, his entire body vanished from the original spot. When he reappeared, he was less than ten feet away from Li Qingran.

”Is this the method of the Killing Heart Sect?”

Seeing Tong Baisha’s speed, even Yun Xiao couldn’t help but narrow his eyes. Because at such speed, unless a cultivator has reached the early stage of the Origin Seeking Realm, evading would be difficult.

The fact that the Killing Heart Sect is a special sect feared by everyone in the Tenglong Continent has everything to do with their movement techniques. As one of the talented figures of the Killing Heart Sect, Tong Baisha’s understanding of this set of techniques had indeed reached an extremely high level.

In Tong Baisha’s view, his unexpected attack should undoubtedly pierce through Li Qingran’s throat at once. Since in his hand, an almost transparent narrow sword had appeared at some unknown time.

If someone could get closer for a detailed look, they would discover that this nearly transparent narrow sword is actually a triangular sword. Through the refraction of certain light, it appears invisible to the eye.

Perhaps this is also one of the methods of the Killing Heart Sect. Under the thrust of such speed-augmented swords, not many cultivators of the same level can evade it, let alone Li Qingran, whose strength has dropped to the peak of the Qi Seeking Realm.

However, Li Qingran, as one of the Five Thunder Children of Sky Thunder Valley, absolutely refuses to sit and wait for death. As he made a gesture of embracing with his hands, a Thunder Heart that seemed somewhat familiar to Yun Xiao appeared at his chest. He then gently lifted it, blocking it in front of the rapidly thrusting tip of the triangular sword.

”Thunder Heart Burst!”

Li Qingran’s reaction speed was indeed not slow, as he possessed experience reaching the half-step Origin Seeking Realm. He had even fought some early-stage Origin Seeking Realm experts without defeat before.

So at this moment, although Li Qingran’s strength had greatly declined, he still had some means of response. After using the Thunder Heart Burst meridian technique, even Tong Baisha’s powerful thrust was deflected to the side by a tremendous explosive force, ultimately failing to pierce Li Qingran’s throat.

”You do have some skills!”

Missing with one strike, Tong Baisha wasn’t discouraged. If this guy couldn’t even withstand a single move from him, he wouldn’t have such great fame. The Five Thunder Children of Sky Thunder Valley all have real skills.

To be honest, if it were under certain circumstances, not in this direct confrontation, perhaps Tong Baisha’s attack would have hit more easily. After all, Li Qingran had already prepared before he made his move.

The methods of the Killing Heart Sect always emphasize surprise. Truly engaging in a frontal battle with opponents of the same level is clearly abandoning one’s strengths for weaknesses, resulting in much more effort for lesser effect.

But the fact remains that Li Qingran is not on the same level as Tong Baisha. Even if he dodged the first attack, can he avoid the following attacks?

One might say that today has been truly stifling for Li Qingran. Initially, as one of the Five Thunder Children of Sky Thunder Valley, he thought that upon entering this special place, the Thunder King Valley, he would surely acquire the item he had longed for. But unexpectedly, a kid named Xing managed to destroy his left arm.

Now, this Tong Baisha from the Killing Heart Sect also desires the Thunder King Token on him. In his eyes, a fierce light suddenly flashed, and taking advantage of this brief moment, he turned and rushed towards the Thunder King Main Hall, which was just barely visible beyond the thunder chains.

”Tong Baisha, if you have the guts, follow me!”

It seemed that Li Qingran understood that death lay in every direction, so he might as well take one last gamble. Being one of the Five Thunder Children of Sky Thunder Valley, he perhaps knew more about Thunder King Valley than others, possibly due to certain reasons, he might not die.

”Bastard!”

Watching Li Qingran run towards the Thunder King Main Hall without looking back, Tong Baisha’s face turned exceptionally sullen. This was clearly beyond his expectation and seriously contradicted his earlier plan.

At this moment, everyone was not far from the Thunder King Main Hall. With Li Qingran’s speed, he would reach there in just a few breaths. No matter how fast Tong Baisha was, he definitely couldn’t catch up.

Whoosh!

However, Tong Baisha didn’t want to give up just like that. Seeing him make a quick decision, he directly retracted his right hand, and then the triangular transparent sword in his hand was flung out, rapidly flying towards Li Qingran with extreme speed.

The transparent triangular sword traced a beautiful arc and was about to pierce into Li Qingran’s back, but at this moment, the genius from Sky Thunder Valley suddenly leaped forward a bit, eventually touching the door of the Thunder King Main Hall first.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

With Li Qingran touching it, the previously barely visible thunder chains surrounding the hall suddenly lit up brightly. Those who had earlier witnessed the scene can’t help but make a prediction about Li Qingran’s outcome.

After all, there had been people who couldn’t wait to enter the Thunder King Main Hall before, and their final result was becoming a few charred corpses, struck into charcoal by the power of thunder on the thunder chains.

Those corpses were still vivid in their minds, and most present believed that Li Qingran’s fate wouldn’t be much different from those people, except for a few figures.

Including Yun Xiao, the geniuses of the Killing Heart Sect, Ye Suxin, and Tang Yuanmu, were all staring intently at that green-clad figure with the hand touching the hall door, eager to know what kind of result would follow?

Crackle! Crackle!

Sure enough, as everyone expected, several bolts of lightning descended from the chains with precision, striking Li Qingran. Yet this time it was somewhat different from what they had truly imagined.

The lightning power wrapping around Li Qingran caused a stir but did not blast this Sky Thunder Valley Five Thunder Child into charcoal as with the previous people; instead, it seemed to be probing something amid the continuous wrapping, causing everyone’s expressions to turn a bit strange at this moment.