Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”What’s going on?”

Everyone saw clearly that just as Zhang Daohe was about to enter the fog, the mist, which had been softer than cotton, suddenly became as hard as iron and stone, causing Zhang Daohe to crash into it and suffer a mild setback.

What puzzled everyone was that the practitioners who hadn’t reached the Earth Bending Realm entered Yanji Lake without encountering the slightest obstruction, only to be washed ashore as corpses at best.

In fact, even if it were really stone-hard iron, Zhang Daohe, with his Late Stage Earth Bending Realm cultivation, could have smashed through it. Yet now he was bounced back by the mist, indicating that it was definitely something extraordinary.

”Is Yanji Lake stopping cultivators above the Earth Bending Realm from entering, or do such cultivators pose a threat to certain entities inside the lake?”

Some insightful individuals like Nie Xiaosheng seemed to have caught onto something, and at this moment, the strongmen from several first-class forces finally gathered around the rebounded Zhang Daohe.

”Zhang Daohe, that was quite ungracious of you!”

Zhao Huai’an wore a sullen face, obviously dissatisfied with Zhang Daohe’s earlier rush without notice, yet seeing him repelled by the mist somewhat appeased him.

”Hmph!”

As for this fellow from the Zhao Family, Zhang Daohe couldn’t possibly look friendly, considering it was Zhao Huai’an who had noisily claimed the ancestral land of Wuyan Palace as ownerless territory.

Coupled with his failed attempt to rush into Yanji Lake, Zhang Daohe simply snorted heavily, looking extremely displeased.

”Stop arguing, everyone!”

Jia Tianshu from the Shenxiao Sect seemed to have some sense. After uttering this solemnly, he turned his gaze toward Yanji Lake and continued, ”It seems now that this mist is some kind of seal, specifically preventing cultivators above the Earth Bending Realm from entering!”

Jia Tianshu spoke eloquently, finally drawing Zhang Daohe back to his senses. Ignoring Zhao Huai’an, he stared at the mist over the lake, deep in thought.

”Elder Tianshu, do you have any solutions?”

Ge Wanli from Demons Mountain furrowed his brow, realizing that even with his own power combined with that of a Ninth Rank low-level Flying Beast Pulse Demon, entering Yanji Lake might still be impossible.

”The solution is simple. Since Elder Zhang Daohe alone can’t break it, why not try with all our combined strength?”

Jia Tianshu smiled slightly. It was indeed a simple plan. Since the seal exists, it needs to be broken first. They were quite confident about breaking the seal together.

”I have no objections. What does Master Puti think?”

Ge Wanli nodded and shifted his gaze to the Eight-Armed Arhat from Thunder Sound Mountain, possibly valuing this Middle Stage Earth Bending Realm expert from the twin mountains more.

”Since everyone agrees, naturally, I can’t stay out of this!”

Zong Puti smiled gently and nodded. After his agreement, neither Firewood Valley nor the Zhao Family would refuse, and in the next moment, everyone focused their attention on the Seventh Elder of Wuyan Palace, Zhang Daohe.

To be honest, Zhang Daohe did not want to team up with these people because once they teamed up, the argument that this place was Wuyan Palace’s ancestral land would be naturally invalidated.

By then, with the seal broken by joint effort, the treasures inside Yanji Lake could hardly be monopolized by Wuyan Palace, right?

Having experienced the powerful seal, Zhang Daohe felt unable to break such a strong defense alone, so he reluctantly nodded in agreement with a gloomy face.

”Alright, everyone work together and fight with this seal!”

Seeing everyone agree, Jia Tianshu felt a sense of accomplishment. As soon as his words fell, he stepped forward, releasing an extremely potent Meridian Qi force, and shouted again, ”Everyone, prepare to act!”

Whoosh…

Following Jia Tianshu’s shout, Elder Wu Tong from Firewood Valley stepped forward and extended his right hand, from which erupted a green flame, appearing utterly mystical.

At the same time, everyone sensed that Wu Tong’s left hand emitted a wood attribute aura. With this wood attribute aura enhancing it, the flame from his right hand undoubtedly became even more formidable.

”Wood creates fire?”

Zhao Huai’an’s eyes gleamed. Their Zhao Family had always been at odds with Firewood Valley, so he knew well their combat style and recognized it as Firewood Valley’s specialty at first glance.

Once Zhao Huai’an invoked his own tactics, Zong Puti from Thunder Sound Mountain finally moved. Each step left a deep footprint, and with the final step, his entire right foot sank into the ground, revealing incredible strength.

”Ha! Ha!”

Then, everyone saw the Eight-Armed Arhat of Thunder Sound Mountain emit a strange shout, resembling mystical chanting, yet akin to a sound from beyond. This voice caused a tremor in the souls of the low-level cultivators who heard it.

”Is this the secret Thunder Sound of Thunder Sound Mountain?”

Some knowledgeable individuals such as Nie Xiaosheng, after stabilizing their soul’s tremor, were already filled with astonishment, acknowledging that Thunder Sound Mountain, indeed, is on par with Demons Mountain, not comparable to ordinary first-class forces.

With the mystical Thunder Sound from Zong Puti’s mouth, his extended arms began to emit a golden light, enveloping his entire body, clearly preparing to unleash a special power.

”Let’s begin too!”

Drawing his somewhat astonished gaze away from Zong Puti, Ge Wanli lightly shouted, and then he and Zhang Daohe of Wuyan Palace’s Seventh Elder both emanated a unique and formidable aura.

As these six powerful beings acted, everyone involuntarily stepped back, knowing that a joint strike from six Late Stage Earth Bending Realm masters would be terrifyingly powerful. A slight misstep might result in death and oblivion.

Boom!

After the young talents and low-level cultivators stepped back, the combined force from the six powerful beings finally struck the mist sealing, with energy surging everywhere and its might astonishing.

”Hmm? Not broken?”

Despite Luo Fusheng from Demons Mountain having cultivation only at the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm, he is a genuine Earth Rank Middle Level Beast Vein Master, and his Power of Soul has reached Earth Rank Middle Level, making his sensing the most acute.

Although the energy there was still raging, from what Luo Fusheng sensed and the expressions on the faces of the Late Stage Earth Bending Realm experts, he knew this joint effort likely failed.

The expressions of several Late Stage Earth Bending Realm experts indeed looked bad, but after Ge Wanli from Demons Mountain, with soul power at Earth Rank Advanced, sensed, the gloom on his face clearly eased a bit.

”It’s not entirely useless; the sealing power seems to have diminished somewhat!”

After careful sensing, Ge Wanli spoke in a deep voice, and his words instantly made everyone understand the meaning within. It is a rare piece of good news within bad news.

Ge Wanli meant that the joint attack from everyone earlier had already consumed part of the energy of the mist sealing. If such attacks happen a few more times, it’s certain this seal can be fully broken; it’s just a matter of time.

”Then what are we waiting for, let’s continue!”

Zhang Daohe’s eyes glinted sharply, and he spoke in a deep voice as his body again surged with Meridian Qi, appearing impatient.

He is the strongest present, and in this kind of exhausting seal-breaking, if he persists until the end, he will retain the most strength, thereby greatly increasing the chance of obtaining the treasures within Yanji Lake.

Figures like Jia Tianshu might not fail to consider these things, but before such a powerful seal, they had no better options; all must first break the seal, as none of them alone could break it.

Thus, with untold numbers watching, the six powerful beings continuously unleashed formidable power, bombarding the mist sealing. But when would this end?

In truth, the cultivators at the Seeking Origin Realm and even the Qi Seeking Realm outside could directly enter Yanji Lake.

However, with the six Late Stage Earth Bending Realm experts jointly breaking the seal, if they dared enter first, wouldn’t they offend all the six experts? They don’t want to take this risk.

This stalemate lasted an entire day and night, and when the second morning came, everyone could clearly sense that the mist sealing’s power had weakened by more than half, likely nearing complete destruction.

The aura from the six powerful beings also had grown weaker over the day and night, with Zhang Daohe, the Late Stage Earth Bending expert, maintaining the best condition, seemingly unchanged from before.

But the other experts showed varying degrees of exhaustion or unstable auras. Sensing the state of the five others, a smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Daohe’s mouth, and he coldly chuckled internally, thinking, ”And these small-time players dare to vie for Wuyan Palace’s items?”

Yet neither these six powerful beings nor the spectating cultivators noticed that at the break of dawn, several figures appeared beside a certain spot on Yanji Lake’s shore.

At this moment, all the cultivators were absorbed by the seal-breaking activities of the six powerful beings, so the arrival of these individuals did not cause much of a stir, but among them, a rough-clad youth’s expression changed slightly upon seeing some familiar figures.

”Eh? Isn’t that Xiao Man?”

After a few moments, Song Jianzi, a talent from Firewood Valley, caught sight of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, and his face lit up with joy, immediately striding towards a particular direction.

”Junior brother, where are you going?”

Seeing Song Jianzi’s action, Jun Tieshu became puzzled, but following his movement path, he finally saw a certain graceful young lady, and suddenly understood.