Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Is it still no good?”

Seeing Xue Tianao staggered one step back, Xu Hongzhuang stood up slowly, her heart sinking to rock bottom. She knew this was Yun Xiao’s last hope, and this hope was slowly dwindling.

”Break it for me!”

Just as everyone felt uneasy about Xue Tianao’s actions, the Master of Xuanyin Hall showed a fierce expression on his face and murmured lowly. Several giant icy spikes had already appeared in his hand.

The Master of Xuanyin Hall naturally practiced the Yin Cold Technique, and he possessed an exceptionally powerful Cold Attribute Ancestor Vein. The Meridian Techniques he used at this moment had reached the level of Heaven Rank.

Puff, puff, puff!

Several giant icy spikes, empowered by the Sky Power, rapidly shot toward the light blue seal, and then everyone saw them pierce through the screen, promptly entering the Xuanyin Cave.

”Broken... is it broken?”

Seeing this, many people were thoughtful, but those with deep scheming minds, including Xue Tianao, showed unchanged expressions. They knew this had nothing to do with breaking the seal of Xuanyin Cave.

Sure enough, when Xue Tianao stepped forward again and reached out to touch the cave entrance space, the blue light screen reappeared, showing no change whatsoever.

”This seal can only be broken by one’s own body after all!”

The touch in his hands made Xue Tianao instantly understand that his previous attempts were futile. The mighty seal of Xuanyin Cave didn’t stop cultivators under the age of one hundred, nor did it hinder any external object.

But once a cultivator over a hundred years old wished to enter, the seal would become extremely difficult to break.

”Could this seal be related to the Strange Spirit inside Xuanyin Cave?”

Sensing the unyielding seal in his hands, an idea suddenly crossed Xue Tianao’s mind. The more he thought, the more he felt this possibility was great, intensifying his unease.

Limiting human cultivators over one hundred years old from entering Xuanyin Cave obviously aimed to prevent certain plans from being disrupted by true human experts before their formation.

From this, Xue Tianao could deduce that this move against these human geniuses was likely an attempt by the Strange Spirit leader, though the Strange Spirit did not anticipate the emergence of complications.

A seal that could block even a Heavenly Rank expert like himself—Xue Tianao realized that the Strange Spirit’s power was likely on par with his own, if not stronger. It seemed Ye Ku’s speculation was not unfounded.

”Trouble now!”

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Xue Tianao’s expression grew increasingly grim. As the Master of Xuanyin Hall, he had dealt with numerous powerful Strange Spirits in his life, yet those at the Heavenly Spirit level were exceedingly rare.

Now, it was very likely that there was a Heavenly Spirit within Xuanyin Cave. How could Xue Tianao not be anxious? Especially when he could not enter the cave to investigate, leaving him to wait for the Heavenly Rank Strange Spirit to emerge on its own.

However, Xue Tianao knew nothing about the situation inside Xuanyin Cave, nor when the Heavenly Rank Strange Spirit would burst forth. Even he could not be confident of victory then.

”Seems like I need some help to resolve this!”

Given the threat of Strange Spirits to humans, Xue Tianao was straightforward at this moment. He understood that relying solely on his strength would not break the seal, but joining forces with other Heavenly Rank experts on Tenglong Continent might hold the possibility.

Since the Strange Spirit set up this powerful seal, it indicated certain preparations were not yet complete. Breaking the seal before the plan was accomplished might just ruin it in its cradle.

But before that, Xue Tianao felt a pang of guilt as he looked at a certain despondent red-skirted girl because he was unable to break the seal and thus could not rescue the youth named Yun Xiao.

And realizing that there might truly be one or more Heavenly Rank Strange Spirits inside Xuanyin Cave, Xue Tianao no longer considered the possibility of Yun Xiao emerging alive. That boy, who had only recently risen to fame on Tenglong Continent, was merely a flash in the pan.

”Master Xue, please try again!”

Seeing Xue Tianao’s apologetic gaze, Xu Hongzhuang suddenly stepped forward, and the words she uttered made Gu Changsheng, Su Jian, and others snort disdainfully, thinking that the outcome of trying again would be unchanged.

These people all bore deep resentment towards Yun Xiao, hoping he would never emerge from Xuanyin Cave. As for his life-saving grace, they cared not a bit.

In their minds, hatred for Yun Xiao outweighed gratitude. At this moment, they attributed Yun Xiao’s actions solely to self-preservation, rather than an attempt to save the lives of a group of geniuses.

Though this was factual, aside from Su Jian and Gu Changsheng, others felt mournful about Yun Xiao’s downfall, including Jun Tieshu, Nie Xiaosheng, who had once acted against Yun Xiao. Regardless, they had owed Yun Xiao a tremendous favor.

”It’s useless!”

Xue Tianao, though reluctant to meet the girl’s gaze, still shook his head at this moment. With his intelligence, after trying once, he already understood the strength of that seal. Without the help of several Heavenly Rank experts, it was absolutely impossible to break it.

”Just try once!”

For some reason, Xu Hongzhuang was rather stubborn at this moment, leaving Xue Tianao at a loss on how to persuade her. Then he and the others saw the red-skirted girl looking up into the sky.

”Xue’er!”

A high call came from Xu Hongzhuang’s mouth, leaving everyone a little baffled, wondering what this ”Xue’er” was and why it was in the sky?

Whoosh!

But the next moment, everyone understood what Xu Hongzhuang’s action was. Just then, a white figure descended from the sky. It was a strange white horse with a pair of snow-white wings.

”A Ninth Rank Advanced Flying Pulse Demon!”

Among those present were people with keen senses. When they felt an extremely powerful pressure descend from the sky, they all gasped, with Soul Experts like Ye Ku murmuring.

”Is this... the Snow Stepping Flying Horse from Demons Mountain?”

Compared to these young talents, Master Xue Yin of Xuanyin Hall was undoubtedly more knowledgeable. He had even been to Demons Mountain before and seen the mount of the founder of Demons Mountain, the Snow Stepping Flying Horse. However, at that time, the Snow Stepping Flying Horse didn’t even glance at him, the Hall Master of Xuanyin.

”Is this little girl’s Demon Pet?!”

When Xue Tianao saw the Snow Stepping Flying Horse descend from the sky and affectionately nuzzle the red-skirted girl, he was shocked, thinking to himself how this Ninth Rank Advanced Peak Snow Stepping Flying Horse had been tamed by a girl with only Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage cultivation?

Even more shocking to Xue Tianao was that Xu Hongzhuang had only had Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage cultivation before entering Xuanyin Cave. How could such a thing happen?

It should be noted that the Snow Stepping Flying Horse had not even been successfully tamed by the elders of Demons Mountain, not even by the current Mountain Master, Hou Tianlie.

Apart from Xue Tianao’s surprise, the observing young talents were even more astounded, especially those like Su Jian and Gu Changsheng, who had animosity with Yun Xiao.

They all knew that this red-skirted girl from Demons Mountain had a significant relationship with Yun Xiao. Originally, they thought she was just another ordinary talent from Demons Mountain, not as good as Luo Fusheng or Xiao Ming. Yet unexpectedly, she had such formidable power backing her.

A Ninth Rank Advanced Peak Demon Pet was equivalent to a human Peak of Earth Bending Realm or even a Half-step Heavenly Rank Super Strong Person. If such a Demon Pet were to take action against them, Origin Seeking Realm young talents, it probably wouldn’t take any effort at all, would it?

At this moment, Su Jian and Gu Changsheng both secretly rejoiced, thankful that they hadn’t acted against Yun Xiao outside Xuanyin Cave. Otherwise, given this person’s relationship with Yun Xiao, if they had summoned the Snow Stepping Flying Horse, they would have been dead long ago.

In fact, even without the Snow Stepping Flying Horse, these guys still wouldn’t be a match for Yun Xiao. It’s just that upon discovering the other side had such formidable power, they’ve been letting their imagination run wild.

”Master Xue, Xue’er will lend you a hand. Can we try once more?”

Xu Hongzhuang didn’t have as many thoughts as the audience. Her purpose in summoning the Snow Stepping Flying Horse was to assist Xue Tianao in attempting to break the powerful seal once more. Because she knew that with every moment delayed, Yun Xiao would lose a bit more hope for survival.

”Alright!”

Even though Xue Tianao was shocked by the fact that the Snow Stepping Flying Horse had been tamed as a Demon Pet, once he recovered, he didn’t hold much hope for breaking the seal. After trying once, perhaps only he knew exactly how powerful that seal was.

The Snow Stepping Flying Horse was indeed at the Ninth Rank Advanced Peak but had not reached the Heavenly Demon level. However, seeing Xu Hongzhuang’s expectant eyes, Xue Tianao couldn’t bear to extinguish the girl’s last hope, so he agreed to try again.

Under Xu Hongzhuang’s instruction, the Snow Stepping Flying Horse obviously understood what it needed to do. So when Xue Tianao launched his attack again, its front hooves were raised high and then stomped hard towards the seal at the cave entrance.

Boom!

Bang bang!

Two different sounds rang out in succession as Xue Tianao’s attack and the hooves of the Snow Stepping Flying Horse both struck fiercely at the seal.

A circle of blue ripples emerged, and both person and horse were pushed back several steps, causing Xu Hongzhuang’s face to instantly turn extremely pale.

”Still... no success?”

Xu Hongzhuang felt a chill all over her body. The Snow Stepping Flying Horse was her last hope, and now even with the joint efforts of one person and one demon, they couldn’t break the powerful seal.

She only felt Yun Xiao drifting further and further away from her, fearing there might never be a chance to meet again in this lifetime. With no Yun Xiao around, what meaning would life have?