Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Long Xiwawa is finished!”

Although Nie Xiaosheng’s Meridian Qi cultivation strength was significantly weaker than both Long Xiwawa and Yun Xiao, having been born within the Shenxiao Sect, his vision was exceedingly perceptive. Observing the situation over there, he couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

For at this moment, Long Xiwawa had already been forced by Yun Xiao into an inescapable corner, merely awaiting the sharp wooden sword in his hand to fall, which would inevitably result in Long Xiwawa’s instantaneous beheading.

”No!”

Long Xiwawa undoubtedly also realized this mortal peril. As the No Flame Palace’s first genius, he had many ambitious deeds yet to accomplish; how could he die so humiliatingly in Extreme Yin City?

Thus, witnessing the Black Light Wooden Sword slashing toward him, he couldn’t help but let out a terrified shout.

However, such a plea-laden shout would not soften Yun Xiao’s resolve in the slightest. Since this No Flame Palace genius dared to provoke him, the current outcome was merely his own due.

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”Young master, should we intervene?”

Not far from this battlefield, on the upper floor of a pavilion, sat two figures, one old and one young. The speaker was an elderly man, while the young man was quite familiar, being none other than Su Jian, the first genius of the Spirit Fighting Commerce.

Since initially handing the Wuyan Cloth over to Long Xiwawa, attempting to incite a conflict between No Flame Palace and Yun Xiao, Su Jian had decided to stay and observe this spectacular drama unfold.

However, this was somewhat different from the script Su Jian envisioned. Indeed, Long Xiwawa found Yun Xiao with his companions, but who would have thought that he would now be on the brink of losing his life?

Neither Su Jian nor Long Xiwawa had seen the rat-shaped Vein Demon beside Yun Xiao. Glancing at the petite Vein Demon still detaining Lie Shan from No Flame Palace atop the tavern, Su Jian momentarily gave no response to the old man’s inquiry.

No Flame Palace had agents in Extreme Yin City, and naturally so did the Douling Commerce. The elder beside Su Jian was not inferior to Lie Shan in strength. Although he hadn’t reached the early stage of the Earth Bending Realm, he was still considered a notable expert.

”Let’s observe before deciding!”

For some reason, even though Su Jian despised Yun Xiao to the extent of wishing to skin him alive, his intellect far surpassed that of Long Xiwawa. Not having absolute assurance, he refused to act rashly.

Su Jian was unsure if Yun Xiao had any other hidden aces; summoning another helper with strength akin to that rat-shaped Vein Demon would put him in the same life-and-death situation as Long Xiwawa.

Therefore, even though Su Jian saw Long Xiwawa’s life hang by a thread, he forcefully suppressed the impulse to intervene.

Frankly speaking, he had no camaraderie with Long Xiwawa, the latter merely a tool he intended to use against Yun Xiao. Since the purpose couldn’t be realized, the one of no use was of no consequence whether dead or alive.

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Boom!

Who would have thought, at that moment, just as everyone including Su Jian believed it was inevitably the end for Long Xiwawa, an immensely overwhelming force suddenly descended from the sky.

This power engulfed every corner of the battlefield, even enveloping the Cultivators observing from nearby, as though divine power had descended from beyond the Ninth Heaven.

”This power... belongs to a Heavenly Rank expert!”

With extensive knowledge, the Shenxiao Sect’s genius Nie Xiaosheng instantly perceived the colossal might contained in the descending power, exclaiming in astonishment.

”Could it be that an expert from Xuanyin Hall couldn’t bear to see the No Flame Palace’s first genius die within Extreme Yin City, hence intervening?”

Nie Xiaosheng speculated silently but couldn’t fathom why Xuanyin Hall, traditionally hostile to No Flame Palace, would bother to rescue Long Xiwawa at this time of conflict.

”A Heavenly Rank expert!”

Similar to Nie Xiaosheng, Yun Xiao immediately sensed the arrival of a Heavenly Rank expert, his perception sharper than Nie Xiaosheng’s, causing his expression to change dramatically.

For that overwhelming power merely encapsulated Nie Xiaosheng and the others, but the true target was Yun Xiao himself—or rather, aimed to thwart what he could inevitably save, hence in Yun Xiao’s view, it shouldn’t be an expert from Xuanyin Hall.

Yet precisely due to this suspicion, Yun Xiao’s expression turned grim. Were the visitors the main or vice hall master of Xuanyin Hall, he would have fewer reservations, at most sparing Long Xiwawa’s life, considering Xuanyin Hall owed him a significant favor.

If it wasn’t an expert from Xuanyin Hall but rather from No Flame Palace or even Douling Commerce, then Yun Xiao feared he would find himself in dire straits, given the life-and-death enmity he fostered with both factions.

Current circumstances were not conducive to Yun Xiao dwelling on which expert this might be; the clearly targeted overwhelming power required immediate and appropriate handling, else he would be explosively destroyed by its direct impact.

”No salvation!”

Nie Xiaosheng, who was just lamenting Long Xiwa’s ”end”, couldn’t help but mourn for Yun Xiao at this moment, because he had already sensed who the target of that power was.

The overwhelming power wasn’t just trying to save Long Xiwa, it also aimed to directly kill Yun Xiao. Under the power of a Heavenly Rank Expert, a cultivator at the mere peak of the Seeking Origin Realm couldn’t possibly withstand it.

No matter how amazing Yun Xiao’s performance was on the seventh level of the Xuanyin Cave, no matter how strange and miraculous his means were, the gap of two entire Great Ranks made it impossible for him to survive such an attack, especially considering the difference between the Heavenly Rank Third Realm and the Earth Rank Third Realm.

At this moment, everyone seemed to see that the simple-looking figure trembled slightly, and then the force finally landed on Yun Xiao.

Puff!

A soft sound came, and all the onlooking cultivators watching were shocked to see that Yun Xiao, a living person, was directly blasted into nothingness by that power.

Yun Xiao’s body exploded like a soap bubble, leading some simple-minded cultivators to believe that Yun Xiao was directly blasted into pieces.

”Something’s not right!”

Perhaps only someone as knowledgeable as Nie Xiao could notice something amiss at this moment. Recalling some of Yun Xiao’s methods on the seventh level of the Xuanyin Cave, he seemed to understand something vaguely.

”Hmph!”

From the void, a cold snort seemed to echo, as the master of the overwhelming power also realized something was wrong. Reacting faster than Nie Xiaosheng, he immediately took some actions.

In fact, what that power shattered just now was merely a shadow clone that Yun Xiao hastily summoned.

Though the master of that power was formidable, he had never seen a cultivator below the Heavenly Rank Third Realm use ”Afterimage”. Caught off guard, he was actually deceived.

Or perhaps the master of that power was too complacent, believing that a guy at the peak of the Seeking Origin Realm couldn’t possibly be a match for him, thinking such a simple strike would surely kill him instantly, but never anticipated this outcome.

Thus, in that cold snort, there was a hint of anger. Meanwhile, Long Xiwa, the child demon of Wuyan, who was originally in despair waiting for death, broke into extreme joy upon hearing the cold snort.

”Is it the teacher?”

Long Xiwa looked to the sky, where there was naturally no one, but he felt a boundless hope rising, never thinking that such a savior would appear at such a critical moment.

”Not good!”

Let’s not talk about Long Xiwa’s ecstatic joy; Yun Xiao, who had just moved his true body to a location, listens to the cold snort followed by sensing a violent force descending from the sky, arriving almost simultaneously with the appearance of his true body.

One might even say that the power appeared in the same place as Yun Xiao’s true body, leaving Yun Xiao with no escape. It’s impossible to summon a shadow clone again in time.

At this crucial moment, whether it’s activating the Ancestor Vein Power or borrowing the power of the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu, Yun Xiao needed time. During that time, he would probably have been crushed to meat paste by that violent power.

”It seems I’ll have to risk it!”

With thoughts spinning in Yun Xiao’s head, he couldn’t afford to overthink now. Almost as an instinctive reaction, his body became soft and transparent at that moment.

Clearly, at this deadly crisis, Yun Xiao was using the special method obtained after refining that water attribute alien spirit, turning his entire form into a Water Flow Body.

Once, on exiting Xuanyin Cave, Yun Xiao faced the Seven Stars Gathering Yin led by Master Xuan Yin. Without this newly acquired method, he would have died from that inexplicable attack.

At present, Yun Xiao had no other thoughts but to intensify the activation of that water attribute power, making his body as flexible as possible to endure the violent blow from the Heavenly Rank Expert.

However, even he wasn’t confident because it’s a strike from a Heavenly Rank Expert, launched prepared and even locked onto him, much harder to neutralize than the Seven Stars Gathering Yin back then.

”Die!”

The master of that attacking power had absolute confidence in this strike. After the cold snort, he uttered another word, and the violent power poured down on Yun Xiao.

This time, it wasn’t the shadow clone taking on the power but Yun Xiao’s real body. Thus, the next scene witnessed by everyone was Yun Xiao’s real body being blasted to the ground, making an odd sound.

”This time, he should be dead, right?”

Nie Xiaosheng, who had earlier predicted Yun Xiao’s end, looked at Yun Xiao slammed on the ground, feeling somewhat strange but still internally declared Yun Xiao’s death sentence.

After all, the peak of the Seeking Origin Realm’s cultivation compared to a Heavenly Rank Expert is not at all comparable. Yun Xiao evading that first strike was stunning enough; surely, there wouldn’t be another miracle, right?