Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 1064: Chapter 1064: The Elusive Wooden Sword

”Damn it, what kind of flame is that?”

At this moment, Su Jian almost cursed out loud. If the flame had directly ignited the fur of the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape, he wouldn’t be so shocked. But now, the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape’s right arm had already turned into a Stone Arm.

Even in such a situation, the blood-red flames still clung to it, showing no signs of extinguishing. They couldn’t be shaken off, couldn’t be put out, and the cries echoed one after another, seemingly beating against Su Jian’s heart.

This was the Eighth Rank Advanced Meridian Spirit that Su Jian had obtained with great effort. For this Meridian Spirit, he had painstakingly guarded a place for half a year, finally succeeding by a stroke of luck.

”Come back!”

Therefore, Su Jian absolutely couldn’t just watch his Meridian Spirit be burned to ashes. With a low shout, as his hands shifted in seal motions, the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape Meridian Spirit instantly swept back to a distance of only a few feet in front of him.

Sensing the continuously spreading blood-red flames at close range, Su Jian could further sense a kind of destructive aura within them. Startled, he dared not touch them with any part of his body.

”Bastard!”

Su Jian, increasingly angry, knew he couldn’t wait any longer. If he allowed the blood-red flames to spread over the entire Yellow Spirit Stone Ape, this Eighth Rank Advanced Meridian Spirit would truly be lost.

Swish!

In a decisive moment, Su Jian reached to his waist and wiped his hand across it, producing a weapon that seemed like a ring, appearing out of thin air in his hand.

Then, as light flickered, he used the sharp edge of the ring weapon to slash the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape’s arm cleanly from the shoulder.

Pfft!

Without its main body to support it, the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape’s arm instantly transformed into an ordinary ape arm. Under Yun Xiao’s powerful Ancestral Vein Fire, it was instantly reduced to ashes, showing the ferocity of the blood-red flames.

Having suffered such a huge loss just after starting the confrontation, Su Jian’s feelings could be imagined. He gazed with a sullen face at the one-armed Yellow Spirit Stone Ape, feeling a rising anger that refused to be relieved, almost causing him to explode.

Being the top figure among the young generation in the Spirit Fighting Commerce, Su Jian was both powerful and cunning. Since his rise to fame, he had never suffered such a loss; he was always the one calculating against others.

Who would have thought he would encounter this youth named Yun Xiao, not only watching him kill the Spirit Fighting Commerce genius Liu Wu right under his nose but also reducing his precious Meridian Spirit to this state. It was indeed an utter humiliation.

Although a life of the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape was saved, the combat strength of the one-armed Eighth Rank Advanced Meridian Spirit would definitely decline significantly.

For a perfectionist genius like Su Jian from Spirit Fighting Commerce, it’s likely that not long after, he would eventually have to abandon this powerful Meridian Spirit.

It can be said that Yun Xiao’s use of the Ancestral Vein Fire this time did burn off one arm of the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape, but the real purpose was achieved. At least this crippled Meridian Spirit had become a chicken rib to Su Jian.

Swoosh!

However, just when bitter resentment surged up in Su Jian’s heart, as he retrieved the crippled Yellow Spirit Stone Ape into his body, a sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly reached him, making his eyes squint as his entire body instinctively shifted a few feet to the side.

A gentle breeze brushed past his face, chilling Su Jian to the core, because he clearly saw that what flew past his face was Yun Xiao’s Wooden Sword, narrowly missing a pierced skull.

Since he had dodged this attack from the flying sword, Su Jian felt relieved, secretly thinking the coarse-clothed youth was too foolish. Did he really think that using such a method could unexpectedly kill him?

Now that Yun Xiao no longer had the invincible Wooden Sword in his hand, one of the greatest threats to Su Jian was absent. The sword had flown far away, and in Su Jian’s view, it was absolutely impossible for it to fly back into Yun Xiao’s hand anytime soon.

Scratch!

Hearing a soft sound coming from behind, Su Jian became more certain that the Wooden Sword must have pierced into some cave wall. As long as he guarded this direction, the greatest threat would cease to exist.

Not far away, Luo Fusheng, Xiao Ming, and the others all thought the same as Su Jian. At that moment, these Demons Mountain talents couldn’t help but shake their heads and sigh.

Perhaps sighing over Yun Xiao’s action of releasing the flying sword or over the sword not claiming Su Jian’s hypocritical life?

Only no one saw when the Wooden Sword disappeared into the distant darkness, the fleeting smile in Yun Xiao’s deep eyes, and the subtle change in his hand seals.

”Dragon Taming Nine Swords First Style: Flying Hidden!”

A low shout echoed from deep within Yun Xiao’s heart, and the Dragon Taming Sword that had been lodged in some cave wall vanished into the void. It silently and swiftly flew out of the wall, heading towards a specific direction.

It was clear that at this moment Yun Xiao once again unleashed one of the Dragon Taming Nine Swords that he had used to kill Bai Wushuang before. The greatest effect of this first style, Flying Hidden, was to conceal the aura of the Dragon Taming Sword.

Only a Pulse Refining Master with a Power of Soul at the Heaven Rank could sense the Dragon Taming Divine Sword hidden in the air.

There were naturally no Heavenly-grade Pulse Refining Masters present, and this time Yun Xiao’s target in using Dragon Taming Flying Hidden was not the Half-step Earth Realm Su Jian, but Kou Baichuan, the genius at the Peak of the Seeking Origin Realm from the Douling Commerce watching the fight from afar!

Yun Xiao knew in his heart that compared to Su Jian, who had been on guard and was a super genius at the Half-step Earth Realm, Dragon Taming Flying Hidden, while stealthy, was not completely foolproof.

After all, Su Jian’s reflexes and speed were extremely fast, and there was still a faint sign before Flying Hidden struck. Since that was the case, why not take a step back and ensure a one hundred percent effective result?

Because Yun Xiao had just used the Ancestral Vein Fire, causing Su Jian to cut off one arm of the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape himself, and then summoned a Flying Sword to try and take Su Jian’s life, there was a brief moment of silence in the depths of the second layer of Xuanyin Cave.

Nobody knew that Yun Xiao had already secretly deployed his technique until that moment when the genius from the Douling Commerce, Kou Baichuan, suddenly felt a chill pierce his heart with extreme danger rising from the depths of his heart, and he realized that the rough-clad young man had invisibly shifted the target to himself.

It must be said that Kou Baichuan, as a genius at the Peak of the Seeking Origin Realm, did have a slight sense of the attack when Dragon Taming Flying Hidden approached his body.

However, this kind of sensing was all within Yun Xiao’s calculations, and he knew that even if Kou Baichuan sensed it, the reaction he could make would be extremely limited.

Kou Baichuan did eventually react, but just as his body veered a foot to the right, a spray of blood burst from his left shoulder.

Then the Dragon Taming Sword revealed itself, and everyone clearly saw a wooden sword piercing through his left shoulder, with blood spurting from both sides, appearing somewhat gory.

The Dragon Taming Sword was indestructible, and Dragon Taming Flying Hidden was extremely magical. It wasn’t until Kou Baichuan’s left shoulder was pierced by the Dragon Taming Sword that everyone finally reacted, casting astonished glances at the wooden sword still flying through the air.

”How is this possible?”

Both Su Jian, the first genius of the Douling Commerce, and Luo Fusheng, the first genius of Demons Mountain, were swept up in a tidal wave of confusion, completely unable to understand how all this had happened.

They had clearly seen the wooden sword fly far away earlier and even heard the sound of the sword embedding into the wall clearly. How did the wooden sword appear in front of Kou Baichuan in the blink of an eye, piercing his shoulder into a bloody hole?

”Could it be...an ancient divine artifact that can achieve blood recognition?!”

These individuals were geniuses from top forces, naturally possessing extensive knowledge, and once they excluded all other possibilities, there was only one truth left.

As they knew, some divine artifacts from ancient times could achieve blood recognition, and once recognized, one could wield the weapon as if it were part of their own body, even moving it at will.

The path of weapons was never the mainstream on the Nine Dragons Continent, because under absolute strength, even if you wielded a Holy-grade Weapon, you probably couldn’t defeat a stronger opponent with a rank higher than yours.

However, ancient divine artifacts were different, each possessing extremely powerful and unique effects.

Take Yun Xiao’s wooden sword, for example. It seemed like an ordinary wooden sword for a child to play with, but if you underestimated it, the final outcome might be as tragic as Liu Wu and Kou Baichuan.

”Ah!”

The sudden sword stab left Kou Baichuan momentarily stunned or perhaps unable to feel pain for a while, but after a moment, his scream echoed through the depths of the second layer of Xuanyin Cave.

At this moment, Kou Baichuan, with his left shoulder pierced by the Dragon Taming Sword, would have lost his entire left arm if not for the blade of the Dragon Taming Sword being only two inches wide.

So only a small strip of skin and flesh remained connecting his right shoulder, while the bones and muscles inside had been severed, a pain which even he, a genius at the Peak of the Seeking Origin Realm from the Douling Commerce, could hardly bear.

”Brother Su Jian, kill him! Kill him!”

The extreme pain turned into rampant malice in Kou Baichuan’s heart, yet at this moment, being gravely injured, he knew he was likely no match for the rough-clad young man and could only hope for the Half-step Earth Realm Su Jian to avenge him.

However, after Kou Baichuan’s roars, Su Jian’s face changed several times but he did not take immediate action. Conversely, Luo Fusheng, the genius from Demons Mountain on the other side, made the first move.

”This is an opportunity!”

Luo Fusheng’s eyes brightened. Although he had sustained some internal injuries at Su Jian’s hands earlier, he had not completely lost his combat effectiveness. Seeing Kou Baichuan’s state at this moment, he only felt that his opportunity had come.

Towards these geniuses from the Douling Commerce, he harbored not a shred of sympathy.