Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

The crowd couldn’t understand, why would Yun Xiao bring out Thunder Wood again after Thunder King Valley had closed? Was he trying to use the power of thunder from Thunder Wood to revive a massive array like those within Thunder King Valley?

Perhaps only Zhong Dao, an array master of low-level Earth rank, sensed an unusual fluctuation. It seemed that when Yun Xiao took out five pieces of Thunder Wood, the light screen shrouding Thunder King Valley trembled slightly, as if being drawn by something.

”Pretentious!”

As a strong cultivator at the middle stage of Origin Seeking Realm, Xu Huang hadn’t witnessed how Yun Xiao dealt with Tang Yuanmu in Thunder King Valley. Thus, he absolutely didn’t believe that Yun Xiao could handle him as well, and coldly snorted.

”Everyone, attack together!”

Yet, just as everyone thought Xu Huang was feeling extraordinarily confident, he let out a low shout, which left the crowd momentarily at a loss. It turned out that Xu Huang didn’t underestimate the young man named Yun Xiao; he intended to bully with numbers.

Whoosh...

Xu Huang’s speed was remarkable. As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd saw a blur, and this branch chairman of Spirit Fighting Commerce was already less than ten feet from Yun Xiao.

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

Just then, Yun Xiao waved his hands, and five beams of black light shot into the sky. He quickly retreated, and with his fingers moving rhythmically, the five pieces of Thunder Wood formed a mysterious pattern, engulfing Xu Huang and his commerce’s experts.

”Five Thunders Gather, Lingyun Locks the Thunder!”

A low, resonant voice came from Yun Xiao, and soon everyone clearly saw the five Thunder Woods in the sky suddenly emit an extraordinarily unique aura, seeming to form a peculiar connection with each other.

”This is... the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array?!”

Witnessing this scene, Zhong Dao, the low-level Earth rank array master nearby, turned pale. He couldn’t fathom how the youth in black had managed to achieve this. It clearly surpassed his understanding of array formations.

Half a month ago, Zhong Dao had seen the power of the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array inside Thunder King Valley, and he had always thought that only a Heavenly Rank expert, the owner of Thunder King Valley, could set up such a formidable array.

Although Yun Xiao had used some miraculous methods to easily break the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array, breaking an array and setting one up are entirely different. To lay down an array, every element must be meticulously arranged without exception.

Take the array flag, for instance. Yun Xiao didn’t even have one in front of him, and the formation happened incredibly swiftly, which did not fit Zhong Dao’s array-learning principles at all.

But what Zhong Dao didn’t know was that, although this youth looked only seventeen or eighteen, his understanding of array formations far surpassed that of anyone on the Tenglong Continent.

In other places, or using different array flags, Yun Xiao couldn’t have laid out a formidable Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array with just five pieces of Thunder Wood.

However, here outside Thunder King Valley, these five Thunder Woods inherently carried the aura of Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array. Yun Xiao only needed to use some unique methods to bolster the effect.

Indeed, these methods were beyond Zhong Dao’s imagination, as they were among the top-tier techniques even in Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. With the power of Thunder Wood, Yun Xiao aimed for a swift victory.

In fact, after Yun Xiao refined the Thunder King’s Heart, the Thunder Wood no longer held much significance. Though he once refined a piece of Thunder Wood and built resistance, the power of the Thunder King’s Heart was much greater than the Thunder Wood.

Thus, Yun Xiao didn’t want to waste the Thunder Woods. Utilizing one half-step Heavenly rank Thunder Wood combined with four Earth Rank Advanced Peak Thunder Woods, the constructed Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array might not be as strong as the one inside Thunder King Valley, but it could likely reach Earth Rank Advanced, definitely enough to deal with an Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage Xu Huang.

Charging forward, Xu Huang abruptly halted his movements because he suddenly realized he was locked by a mysterious force, an immense threat.

”It’s those five pieces of Thunder Wood!”

Xu Huang was, after all, a branch chairman at Spirit Fighting Commerce and had seen much in his time. Instantly, he recognized the nature of Thunder Wood, understanding the key to the situation.

In this world, there are various arrays. Array formations can be vast or small; some are controlled by cultivators personally as killing or illusion arrays, others rely on heaven and earth energy or terrain to create heaven-defying arrays like the Nine Palace Mountain Formation of the Qingshan Sect.

And Xu Huang knew that the array set by Yun Xiao couldn’t possibly reach Heavenly Rank. As long as it hadn’t reached Heavenly Rank, he had a chance to break it. Often, the power an array can exert is strongly linked to the cultivator guiding its operation.

However, what Xu Huang doesn’t know is that this time, even though the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array is indeed connected to Yun Xiao, its ultimate reliance still lies on the Thunder Power within the Five Pieces of Thunder Wood.

Boom!

After the formation of the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array, surrounded by four pieces of Thunder Wood, the central piece suddenly trembled, and then a silver lightning struck down from the sky, accurately hitting the head of a Peak Qi Seeking Realm cultivator from the Spirit Fighting Commerce division.

Witnessing the scene over there, the crowd couldn’t help but gasp, as the Peak Qi Seeking Realm cultivator whose head was hit was instantly vaporized into smoke, not even leaving a trace of bone behind.

This seemed even more formidable than the sealing power before at the Thunder King Main Hall, as that left a complete charred corpse, whereas the lightning from the Thunder Wood array directly turned someone to ashes.

Perhaps there are differences in form between the two methods, but the power of the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array formed by the Thunder Wood at this moment made everyone’s eyes bulge out in shock. Their previous thoughts were starting to waver.

Even though Yun Xiao had previously caused one of the two geniuses from the Killing Heart Sect to die and the other to flee, no one thought this black-clothed youth could truly match a Middle Stage Origin Seeking Realm cultivator.

But now, Yun Xiao just restored the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array, using the Thunder Wood, and like handling Tang Yuanmu in Thunder King Valley, he instantly regained the initiative in this battle.

A lightning bolt that can turn a Peak Qi Seeking Realm expert to ash, if it hits an Origin Seeking Realm expert, it would likely be insurmountable, making this battle increasingly exciting.

”Kid, don’t be so arrogant!”

Seeing his subordinate turn to ash in an instant, Xu Huang’s eyes bulged in rage. To prevent the remaining Spirit Fighting Commerce cultivators from being slaughtered by Yun Xiao, he couldn’t help but shout loudly.

Moreover, Xu Huang moved with his voice; as soon as his words fell, his entire form pounced forward aggressively. At this moment, he wasn’t planning on destroying the Five Pieces of Thunder Wood, but rather adhering to the philosophy of capturing the king first. He believed that as long as he dealt with Yun Xiao, this young controller of the formation, the large array would naturally collapse.

”Humph, even if you can break out from the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array, it’s your skill!”

Seeing Xu Huang charge forward menacingly, a cold smile appeared on Yun Xiao’s face. Since the enemies were already trapped within the array, how could he let them escape easily? The only thing he’s uncertain about now is whether the energy within the Five Pieces of Thunder Wood can persist until Xu Huang is thoroughly killed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three consecutive silver lightning bolts shot from the largest Thunder Wood, followed by three Peak Qi Seeking Realm cultivators from the Spirit Fighting Commerce being instantly turned to ash, appearing mystical and terrifying.

This time, Xu Huang brought the elite members of the Yuyang City Spirit Fighting Commerce division, every single one a figure of prominence in Yuyang City, yet unexpectedly annihilated by a mere youth.

Due to Yun Xiao’s control of the Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array, a moment later, only Xu Huang and Xu Dian, two Early Stage Origin Seeking Realm experts, were left within the large array, their expressions now incredibly grim.

Xu Huang’s previous momentum was abruptly halted by the sudden lightning from the sky; he helplessly watched his capable subordinates being slaughtered one by one by the lightning, yet had no solution.

In the Yang Family of Ancient Moon City, Yun Xiao used his extreme speed and mysterious techniques to kill several commerce cultivators. Now these remaining cultivators were also slaughtered, making Xu Huang, the division chairman, feel like his lungs would explode from anger.

”Yun Xiao, my Spirit Fighting Commerce from Yuyang City will never rest until you are dead!”

In his furious rage, Xu Huang could only let out this angry roar. However, hearing this roar, everyone couldn’t help but sneer—wasn’t the current situation more or less the same?

But at this moment, people finally knew the origin of Xu Huang and his fellows: Yuyang City is considered a major city in the Southern Domain of the Tenglong Continent, surely housing a division of Spirit Fighting Commerce.

The Spirit Fighting Commerce is one of the top four forces on the Tenglong Continent, not to be provoked lightly, so aside from some fear, people also have a hard-to-hide admiration for Yun Xiao.

However, some older and more cautious folks harbored a hidden worry. After all, it’s the Spirit Fighting Commerce—a superpower that can shake the entire Tenglong Continent with a mere stomp. Offending such an entity may mean never finding a place to stand on this continent again.

Even though Yun Xiao is battling merrily at this moment, slaying several Peak Qi Seeking Realm cultivators and trapping Xu Huang and Xu Dian within the array...

If even a shred of the day’s events gets out, this black-clothed youth named Yun Xiao will surely be relentlessly hunted by the Spirit Fighting Commerce in the days to come.