Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Aren’t you going to avenge your son’s death?”

As Yun Xiao approached, he asked with a hint of amusement in his voice. This question caused a flash of venom to pass through Xu Huang’s eyes as he bowed his head, though he quickly concealed it.

”It was that unworthy son who overestimated himself and provoked you. You were not wrong to kill him!”

Though Xu Huang was filled with hatred, he dared not show a trace of dissatisfaction. He had already decided that if he survived today, he would rely on the power of the Spirit Fighting Commerce headquarters to tear this brat apart.

”Why do I find that hard to believe?”

By this time, Yun Xiao had already reached Xu Huang, who was kneeling on the ground. He looked down at the sub-chairman of the Spirit Fighting Commerce with a soft laugh, a hint of sentiment in his heart.

Thinking back to when he participated in the Spirit Fighting Conference in Yuyang City more than half a year ago, this Xu Huang was so high and mighty, plotting countless schemes against him. Yet in such a short time, he was now kneeling before him, begging for mercy.

For such an enemy, Yun Xiao felt not a shred of compassion. Even though with his current power, Xu Huang, who had been reduced to the Peak of Qi Seeking Realm, posed no significant threat, it couldn’t be forgotten that he had the Spirit Fighting Commerce behind him.

The so-called revenge for a slain son is as irreconcilable as fire and water. Yun Xiao wouldn’t believe the words Xu Huang uttered so naturally. If given the chance, this old fox would certainly not spare him easily.

”Yun Xiao, I’m the sub-chairman of the Spirit Fighting Commerce in Yuyang City. Do you know the consequences of killing me?”

Sensing the killing intent emanating from Yun Xiao, Xu Huang leapt to his feet. If soft persuasion didn’t work, he could only try to intimidate with the power behind him.

”You’ve already said you’re just a mere sub-chairman of Yuyang City. How can you dictate the headquarters of the Spirit Fighting Commerce?”

Yun Xiao seemed unaffected by Xu Huang’s veiled threats. When he said this, the onlookers all shook their heads, thinking that even a sub-chairman belonged to the Spirit Fighting Commerce. Killing Xu Huang would certainly lead to trouble.

”I... Yun Xiao, if you dare to kill me, the Spirit Fighting Commerce will not spare you!”

Seeing that the man before him was neither cowed by threats nor placated by pleas, Xu Huang was truly panicked. His words, fierce on the outside but weak within, made the onlookers shake their heads. It seemed the Yuyang City sub-chairman of the Spirit Fighting Commerce might not live through the day.

”Whether the Spirit Fighting Commerce spares me or not, I don’t know. But I will certainly not spare you!”

A cold smile formed on Yun Xiao’s face. He stretched out his right hand, and an unremarkable wooden sword appeared in his palm. This was the indestructible Dragon Taming Sword.

Although it looked like nothing more than a child’s toy, the bystanders all knew that just a slight swing would see Xu Huang’s head separate from his body, leaving him no chance of survival.

A cultivator at the Peak of Qi Seeking Realm, combined with Xu Huang’s weakened and heavily injured state, probably couldn’t even dodge one strike from Yun Xiao. His fate seemed sealed.

”No!”

Seeing Yun Xiao’s sword slash toward him, Xu Huang was terrified. No matter how he dodged, the sword’s edge seemed to draw closer to his neck, and he could almost feel the Grim Reaper’s call.

Whoosh!

However, at Xu Huang’s moment of life and death, a whistling wind suddenly sounded. The next moment, the crowd saw a figure flicker, and Xu Huang’s whole body was knocked aside. Yun Xiao’s sword stroke ultimately failed to decapitate Xu Huang.

”Who goes there?”

The sudden turn of events startled everyone, but they soon saw an unfamiliar figure appear not far from where Xu Huang stood. Instantly, they were filled with suspicion.

Even though many present wanted to curry favor with the great entity that was the Spirit Fighting Commerce, under Yun Xiao’s formidable power, no one dared to step forward to save Xu Huang. Who could this sudden person be?

Could it be that this person wasn’t afraid that Yun Xiao would kill him in a rage, dragging them into it as well? At least everyone knew that outside of Thunder King Valley, there might be no one who could rival Yun Xiao.

Failing his strike, even Yun Xiao was surprised. When his gaze shifted to the suddenly appeared figure, his expression turned extremely unpleasant because he knew this person all too well.

”Xia Yong!”

The two words were squeezed out from between Yun Xiao’s teeth, because the figure that suddenly appeared to save Xu Huang was none other than the Special Envoy of the Spirit Fighting Commerce’s headquarters, Xia Yong. Back then in Yulei Mountain, he almost had Yun Xiao cornered with nowhere to escape, and it was only due to some luck that Yun Xiao managed to get away.

In these past few months, Yun Xiao had been living incognito, not primarily to avoid the pursuit of Xu Huang and others, but because of this Special Envoy of the Spirit Fighting Commerce who had already reached the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm.

Yun Xiao knew his own limits, at most he could contend with a cultivator at the Middle Stage of the Seeking Origin Realm, and that was with the help of unexpected tactics, like the earlier Four Symbols Locking Thunder Array.

But if faced with a strong opponent at the Late Stage of the Seeking Origin Realm, Yun Xiao would only have to flee in panic, let alone Xia Yong who was a strong opponent at the Peak of the Seeking Origin Realm. Encountering such a powerhouse, it would be extremely difficult for him to even escape.

Even though Yun Xiao had initially mastered the Thunder Dragon’s Wings, there was still a Flying Beast Pulse Demon in the sky. Although its grade wasn’t high, such an escape method back then was undoubtedly ineffective against Xia Yong now.

”Special Envoy, Special Envoy, you came just in time. This kid Yun Xiao killed so many of our Spirit Fighting Commerce’s cultivators, you must uphold justice for us!”

As Yun Xiao recognized Xia Yong’s identity, Xu Huang finally saw who had arrived. He rushed to Xia Yong as if grabbing onto a giant log while drowning, looking pitiful and tearful.

”It’s actually the Special Envoy of the Spirit Fighting Commerce’s headquarters?!”

From Xu Huang’s tearful plea, everyone finally learned the identity of the newcomer and gasped in shock. The Special Envoy of the Spirit Fighting Commerce’s headquarters had a status far higher than a mere branch president of Yuyang City.

”Peak of Seeking Origin Realm powerhouse!”

Moreover, some onlookers with remarkable Power of Soul discreetly sensed Xia Yong’s formidable strength, and their expressions turned spectacular after their gasps.

Coming from the headquarters of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, that Envoy named Xia Yong was naturally on Xu Huang’s side. So, would that remarkably talented Yun Xiao, who had exhibited such extraordinary skills in and out of Thunder King Valley, really be unable to escape the fate of death?

In Thunder King Valley, he suppressed the heroes, obtained the Thunder King’s Heart, killed Tang Yuanmu, and then defeated two Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage geniuses from the Killing Heart Sect, causing one to die and the other to flee.

Even when Yuyang City’s Spirit Fighting Commerce branch president Xu Huang led a team to intervene, Yun Xiao left them in disgrace. Each of these achievements was not something the observing cultivators could accomplish.

Initially, they believed that today outside Thunder King Valley, things would end with Yun Xiao’s grand victory. Yet, just as Xu Huang was about to be killed, another big figure from the Spirit Fighting Commerce appeared unexpectedly.

No matter how stunning Yun Xiao’s prior performance was, even defeating the Middle Stage Xu Huang, there were always reasons for such outcomes.

In any case, Yun Xiao was merely a cultivator at the Peak of the Qi Seeking Realm. With a difference of a whole Great Rank or more, no one believed he could escape from Xia Yong’s grasp.

”Rest assured, no one can remain at large after killing so many of our Spirit Fighting Commerce’s members!”

For some reason, this time Xia Yong didn’t show much disdain or anger towards the defeated Xu Huang. Instead, he patted Xu Huang’s shoulder gently with comforting words, and then turned his gaze to the young man in black, whose aura was familiar yet face unfamiliar.

”Heh, Yun Xiao, your Concealing Technique truly makes one take notice. It was quite a difficult search for this Envoy!”

Looking at Yun Xiao, who looked nothing like a few months ago, Xia Yong couldn’t help but express his feelings. After Yun Xiao flew across the canyon that day, Xia Yong took a long detour only to eventually find no trace of Yun Xiao.

During this time, Xia Yong had heard of a young man named ”Xingchen” making significant waves in Ancient Moon City, yet he never connected Xingchen to Yun Xiao, a testament to the strength of Yun Xiao’s Concealing Technique.

Considering Yun Xiao’s purpose of participating in the Spirit Fighting Conference, both Xia Yong and Xu Huang had the same thought: to try their luck at Thunder King Valley, albeit Xia Yong arrived a bit late.

But even having arrived later, Xia Yong had reached here not long ago, even witnessing Yun Xiao’s massacre of many cultivators, including Vice President Xu Dian, of Yuyang City’s Spirit Fighting Commerce.

However, Xia Yong had yet to reveal himself to assist because of the many eyes around. If others discerned his vile intention to snatch Yun Xiao’s treasures, it might even affect the reputation of the Spirit Fighting Commerce.

Therefore, Xia Yong didn’t intervene, intending to let Yun Xiao decimate Yuyang City’s Spirit Fighting Commerce cultivators, thereby giving him a justified reason to act.

This way, the disgraceful act of killing and looting turned into one of protecting the honor of the Spirit Fighting Commerce. From this perspective, no one dared question, and even if they did, they couldn’t openly criticize such a giant as the Spirit Fighting Commerce.

This was a typical case of wanting to take the moral high ground while doing shameless deeds. But one has to say, at this moment, Xia Yong indeed acted with confidence, leaving behind Xu Huang to later report to the headquarters of the Spirit Fighting Commerce to prove that his actions against Yun Xiao were not out of selfishness.

Of course, outsiders weren’t privy to these thoughts, nor were Xu Huang and Yun Xiao. As for the latter, he only knew that once Xia Yong showed up, his situation became extremely precarious—one wrong step, and he might lose his life here.