Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

At this moment, Yun Xiao appeared no different from when he first started, even his clothes seemed unwrinkled. Clearly, those seemingly formidable blood-red flowers hadn’t caused him any harm at all.

It seemed as if he had merely allowed the strange spirits and human cultivators below to witness a fleeting fireworks feast, after which everything returned to the starting point.

However, while Yun Xiao remained calm, the strange spirit of the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower showed a dark expression, coupled with its eerie human face, emanating a sense of danger.

”Human child, I…”

Whoosh!

Just as the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower intended to say something, a gray figure suddenly appeared beside it, and the ebony glow from above made its expression change slightly, though it dared not directly confront it.

Despite the opponent holding merely an inconspicuous wooden sword, the cautious Human-faced Blood Wing Flower dared not let it touch it. After the previous exchange, it no longer underestimated this human boy at the peak of the Earth Bending Realm.

One of the talents of the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower is consuming blood energy; the other, naturally, is its extreme speed.

The pair of unique wings allow it to fly just off the ground below the Heavenly Rank level, which happens to be remarkably similar to Yun Xiao’s abilities.

The sky battle instantly reached a fever pitch, with the Half-step Heavenly Spirit-level Human-faced Blood Wing Flower being undoubtedly superior to those ordinary Ninth Rank Advanced strange spirits.

While Yun Xiao hadn’t yet used some of his powerful trump cards, it was evident that using ordinary techniques alone to deal with it was unlikely to succeed.

But having just reached the peak of the Earth Bending Realm, having encountered such an opponent, Yun Xiao was reluctant to kill it outright, since the previous strange spirits he faced were all too weak.

As a result, the Half-step Heavenly Spirit-level Human-faced Blood Wing Flower grew increasingly courageous in battle, and after dozens of moves, it suppressed Yun Xiao to a defensive position, prompting many human cultivators below to grow secretly anxious.

In this situation, figures like Wu Yingjiang and Wu Tong naturally didn’t know Yun Xiao was deliberately holding back his strength. They only knew that a Half-step Heavenly Spirit-level strange spirit expert suppressing a human cultivator at the peak of the Earth Bending Realm was expected.

Even though Yun Xiao previously performed spectacularly, killing Ninth Rank Advanced strange spirits like slaughtering chickens, now facing the Half-step Heavenly Spirit-level strange spirit expert, he couldn’t help but be more restrained.

From the Earth Rank Third Realm to the Heavenly Rank Realm is a significant watershed in the continent’s cultivation, and the Half-step Heavenly Spirit-level strange spirit is a transitional process from Earth Rank to Heavenly Rank.

At this level, both strange spirits and human cultivators can almost control a sliver of Sky Power, an unmatched advantage when battling Earth Rank cultivators.

Moreover, the combat ability of strange spirits has always been much stronger than human cultivators of the same level, so seeing Yun Xiao at a disadvantage, Wu Yingjiang and others deemed it natural.

”Human child, I have told you, no matter how you struggle, it’s useless. You’d better obediently let me consume your treasure body!”

The increasingly courageous Human-faced Blood Wing Flower strange spirit saw that the human boy was nearly helpless, and during the previous oppressive moments, confidence replaced its previous frustration.

In the eyes of the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower strange spirit, the boy achieving the peak of the Earth Bending Realm at such a young age was remarkably extraordinary, but unfortunately met its own fate this time.

The previous exchanges were merely surprises allowing Yun Xiao to exploit a gap, and once it got serious, how could this battle possibly have any surprises?

”Sometimes, you shouldn’t be too confident!”

As the voice of the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower strange spirit was brimming with confidence, a gentle voice immediately followed and reached its ears. Then, as it clawed at the human boy like before, it felt a tremendous force coming at it.

At this moment, the boy, previously forced to dodge and unable to directly confront the Blood Wing Flower strange spirit, suddenly stood still, launching a punch to counter the claw-like attack.

Bang!

Just as a hint of anxiety arose in the mind of the Blood Wing Flower strange spirit, the fist met the claw with a loud sound, and an insurmountable force poured onto its claw, sending its figure flying several meters.

”How is this possible?”

Having finally stabilized its body with a flurry of wing flaps, the Blood Wing Flower strange spirit was faced with incredulity, even with this fact before it, it was hard to believe what had just transpired.

”Half-step Heavenly Rank?!”

Only when the Blood Wing Flower strange spirit turned its gaze back to the human boy, who was now hovering in the air with Thunder Wings, did it realize, yet remained perplexed.

Because the human youth who was just at the peak of the Earth Bending Realm now has his cultivation inexplicably surged again, reaching the same half-step Heavenly Rank as it.

”Despicable, you actually hid your strength!”

The Strange Spirit of Blood Wing Flower felt certain things slipped out of control, and this roar reverberated downwards, causing many human cultivators below to curl their lips.

In this life-and-death battle, to achieve victory, anything goes. For a strong alien spirit to accuse their enemy with such reasoning, what stance do you stand on?

Despite their contempt, most of the human cultivators below were extremely shocked and curious about Yun Xiao’s sudden surge to half-step Heavenly Rank strength.

Many even subconsciously thought, as the roar from the Blood Wing Flower Strange Spirit sounded, whether Yun Xiao indeed hid his strength, and that this is the youth’s true cultivation now?

”It’s not hidden strength, but... Ancestor Vein Power!”

Perhaps only those like Nie Xiaosheng and Jun Tieshu, who had witnessed some of Yun Xiao’s methods, knew what was happening to Yun Xiao at the moment. The Shenxiao Sect genius, who spoke, was filled with deep envy in his tone.

The Ancestor Vein Power is something that can only be obtained by chance, requiring good fortune to activate and the greater the strength of the ancestors, the higher the grade of the ancestor vein activated.

As the number one genius of Shenxiao Sect, Nie Xiaosheng naturally had ancestor veins, possessing two, yet both of these ancestor veins were only of Earth Rank Low Level.

The power of Earth Rank Low Level ancestor veins can, when activated, only help an Earth Rank cultivator to elevate one small realm. As the cultivation level increases, if the grade of the ancestor vein is not enhanced, the effect becomes weaker.

For example, having reached the early stage of Earth Bending Realm, even if Nie Xiaosheng activates those two Earth Rank Low Level ancestor veins, he could only strengthen himself slightly, making direct breakthrough to the middle stage of Earth Bending Realm completely impossible.

But in the sky, that coarse-clothed youth, upon activating the Ancestor Vein Power, escalated from the peak of Earth Bending Realm to the level of half-step Heavenly Rank, indicating his ancestor vein grade was at least Earth Rank Advanced.

Nie Xiaosheng also remembered that when in Xuanyin Cave, the activation of Yun Xiao’s ancestor vein power seemed to only increase one realm in Seeking Origin Realm.

Now it seems if Yun Xiao’s ancestor vein power does not ascend with cultivation, he must have used some meridian refining method to forcibly elevate the ancestor vein rank by one great realm.

To elevate the rank of ancestor veins typically requires reaching the level of Heavenly Rank Meridian Refining Masters, and even on the Tenglong Continent, Heavenly-grade Pulse Refining Masters can be counted on one hand.

With Nie Xiaosheng’s insight, many human cultivators below gradually understood the reason behind Yun Xiao’s breakthrough in the battle, with expressions identical to Shenxiao Sect’s genius.

Especially those who haven’t activated even a single ancestor vein were extremely envious, though such envy could only be wishful thinking.

”How could alien spirits like you possibly understand what Ancestor Vein Power is? Now that I’ve had enough fun, you should take care of yourself!”

In the sky, Yun Xiao, having no concern for those below, decided no more holding back upon activating his Five Elements Ancestor Vein Power for a rapid confrontation.

Realizing there was an Array Point of Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array inside Moyun City, delaying might allow the potential Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit to recover some strength, complicating future matters.

Therefore, upon grasping his true fighting force, Yun Xiao decisively activated Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power, sensing the surge of Meridian Qi like tide through his body, feeling himself unrivaled below Heavenly Rank at this moment.

”Fun?”

Suddenly hearing this word, the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower nearly exploded with anger, despite possibly lacking Five Internal Organs and Six Hollow Organs, the human youth’s disdainful tone was difficult to swallow.

At this moment, the blood-red fleshy crown atop the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower’s head became so crimson that it nearly dripped blood. Experts familiar with this species would know it’s about to stake its life.

The Human-faced Blood Wing Flower’s power, although stored in the Spirit Crystal, the blood-colored flesh crown was its most critical vulnerability, containing the Meridian Demon Blood it absorbed over numerous years, unleashing an extraordinary power when triggered.

”Blood Feather!”

A deep voice uttered from the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower, instantly the sanguine flesh crown started shriveling at a visible speed.

Subsequently, its vine-like wing feathers appeared doused in a layer of blood, turning instantly into two bloody wings, manifesting savagely ferocious.

Whiz!

The Human-faced Blood Wing Flower, clad in blood-red wings, transformed into a beam of blood; its speed now vastly surpassed prior might by more than twice.