Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Dragon Taming Flying Concealment!”

At this moment, what Yun Xiao unleashed was precisely the first stance of the Dragon Taming Nine Swords—Dragon Taming Flying Concealment. He hid the Dragon Taming Sword in the air itself, and only at this instant did it suddenly flash into view; by the time its aura erupted, it was already no more than a few feet away from You He.

This was very similar to when You He had just used the Water Column Tentacles to attack Yun Xiao—equally unexpected, equally a lethal threat.

As for how sharp the Dragon Taming Sword was, everyone present already knew it all too well. It had practically become Yun Xiao’s signature. The number of cultivators on the Tenglong Continent who had died beneath this Dragon Taming Divine Sword was beyond counting.

Although the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You River had an enormous body and its entire form was ever-shifting so that no one knew where its Spirit Crystal was, everyone had reason to believe that since Yun Xiao had used this move, once You River was pierced, its end would be incomparably miserable.

As Yun Xiao’s old opponent, and having come prepared this time, You He had naturally studied what methods Yun Xiao possessed. Among these, the Dragon Taming Sword was absolutely impossible to overlook, a true Divine weapon.

The most important part of a Strange Spirit was its Spirit Crystal. Yet after hearing those rumors about the Dragon Taming Sword, You He had no confidence at all that its own Spirit Crystal could withstand even the lightest stab from that Wooden Sword.

Whoosh!

So You He made a split–second decision. The instant it sensed the Flying Sword about to reach its body, its massive form suddenly twisted, then turned into something like a mass of liquid water, startlingly avoiding its own vital core.

Pop!

In the end, the Dragon Taming Sword still pierced into You He’s body. However, as a Strange Spirit, so long as its Spirit Crystal foundation was not damaged, the effect one could achieve was nothing more than negligible.

Just like at this very moment, the Dragon Taming Sword had indeed stabbed into You He’s main body, but it pierced in from the back and came out through the front. In just an instant, the portion of You He’s body that had been run through had already restored itself to how it was before.

It was as if nothing had happened at all. The way these Strange Spirits fought was completely different from humans, not to mention those Strange Spirit Experts who had reached the level of Holy Grade Heavenly Spirits.

Perhaps that stab from the Dragon Taming Sword had indeed caused You He to lose some energy, but to say it had truly wounded its foundation was absolutely impossible—unless the Dragon Taming Sword had struck You He’s Spirit Crystal.

”Thousand Flower Water Explosion!”

Having avoided its vital point yet still been stabbed, You He’s mood was naturally foul. So it didn’t waste a single word. After a low voice rang out, countless beads of water suddenly flung outward from its body.

These water beads looked no different from ordinary water, but people like Lu Yanji and Xue Tianao all sensed a deadly threat from them.

A moment later, those tens of thousands of water beads underwent an extremely subtle change. If someone drew close to look, they would discover that these droplets of liquid, which had originally looked like water drops, had all transformed into tiny water blossoms.

They were true water blossoms, flowers formed entirely of liquid water, as though they were going to blanket the entire Stepping Heavenly Stone. In reality, all these water blossoms were under You He’s direct control.

You He was a Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit Expert with the Water Attribute; this was beyond doubt. Right now, watching its endlessly twisting movements and those countless water blossoms, one could well imagine to what consummate degree its control over the Water Attribute had been honed.

The Stepping Heavenly Stone was large, but it still had boundaries. At this moment, the battle between Yun Xiao and You He was more like a life-or-death duel on a ring. Under the assault of so many water blossoms, it was easier said than done for Yun Xiao to evade them all.

The simplest method might be to leap directly out of the Stepping Heavenly Stone’s range. After all, this was different from a formal ring match. Leaving the edge of the platform did not mean one was immediately defeated.

Strange Spirits didn’t care about rules, and the human side naturally didn’t need to talk about rules with them either. Thus, at this moment, when everyone saw the myriad water blossoms surging toward Yun Xiao, they all thought he would first temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the attack.

But the Yun Xiao of today was no longer the Yun Xiao who became constrained and cautious whenever he encountered Heavenly Realm Experts or Holy Grade Heavenly Spirits. He now possessed the capital to contend head-on with Holy Grade Heavenly Spirits.

Even if this was an Intermediate Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, Yun Xiao had not the slightest trace of fear. Many of his trump cards had yet to be used. Those myriad water blossoms were indeed formidable, but actually injuring him was absolutely impossible.

Swish!

Finally, the first water blossom brushed past the side of Yun Xiao’s neck, yet it didn’t harm him in the slightest. At the same time, a set of heavy, earth-yellow Armor surfaced over his body.

”Earth Burst Stone Lotus Armor!”

With a low shout from Yun Xiao, his entire body was encased within the earth-yellow Armor. At the same time, the vast sea of water blossoms finally surged down upon him.

Plop, plop, plop...

A series of strange sounds rang out as the water blossoms struck the Earth Burst Stone Lotus Armor. Everyone couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat for Yun Xiao. After all, they didn’t know whether that earth-yellow Armor could actually withstand You He’s water blossom assault.

What these ordinary human cultivators didn’t know, however, was that as Yun Xiao’s strength continued to rise, this growth-type Defensive Meridian Techniques—Earth Burst Stone Lotus Armor—had seen its defensive power increase by an unknown number of times.

Yun Xiao believed that at least this water-splash attack unleashed by You He could not break through the defense of the Earth Burst Stone Lotus Armor; a method that posed a fatal threat to ordinary Heavenly Realm Early Stage experts had not the slightest effect on him.

”Hmph, did you really think my Thousand Flower Water Explosion is only like this?”

Yet just as Yun Xiao was standing motionless within the countless attacking water splashes, from the mouth of that Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He came a cold snort.

”Thousand Flowers, explode!”

Right after, a low, deep voice fell from You He, and those countless water splashes no longer attacked Yun Xiao, but converged around him instead, before suddenly exploding with a thunderous roar.

This technique of You He was named Thousand Flowers, but in truth it was far more than merely a thousand droplets of water; those splashes that burst around Yun Xiao’s body, in the blink of an eye, fused into an even larger water flower.

Thus, all the human cultivators watching under the Stepping Heavenly Stone were treated to a strange sight.

With Yun Xiao at its center, a gigantic water flower over a dozen zhang across erupted into being, and the terrifying power contained within it caused many faces to change.

”I don’t believe that turtle shell of yours can really withstand my Thousand Flower Water Explosion!”

At this moment You He was filled with supreme confidence. A single water flower could not break Yun Xiao’s defense, but the power of this Thousand Flower Burst was countless times stronger than that of a lone water flower.

No matter what, that brat was just a human youth who had only broken through to the Heavenly Realm a few days ago; he probably still hadn’t fully mastered power at this level, right?

Only, how could You He know that this human youth before him, although indeed having only recently broken through to the Heavenly Realm, because of the memories of the Long Xiao Battle God, Yun Xiao had never felt unfamiliar with any power beneath the Holy Rank Third Realm Peak.

Having once reached the level of the Heavenly Realm, after breaking through to this stage again Yun Xiao had no need, like ordinary cultivators, to spend time practicing; he could simply draw upon the power of the Heavenly Realm and use it directly.

The might of the Thousand Flower Water Explosion would indeed be hard to withstand for long with only the Earth Burst Stone Lotus Armor, but Yun Xiao’s methods were not limited to a single Defensive Meridian Technique.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The next instant, everyone clearly saw crystalline ice blossoms suddenly sprout over Yun Xiao’s earthy-yellow armor, and within the span of a single breath, the yellow armor was entirely wrapped within them.

From afar, Yun Xiao now looked like a human-shaped figure sealed within frozen earth, appearing extremely mystical and extremely eerie.

It was obvious that Yun Xiao had once again activated his Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power at this moment; this Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power that had just frozen the entire Ten Miles Chongxiao River was also a peerless means of defense.

More importantly, the Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power was in fact a peculiar manifestation of the Water Attribute, and coupled with the Water Extreme Fire that Yun Xiao had refined in the past, his control over this Attribute was not necessarily inferior to that of the Water Attribute Strange Spirit You He.

Ding ding ding...

In a flash, a series of crisp sounds rang out; it turned out that the energy of those exploding water flowers was continuously striking against the crystalline Earth Burst Stone Lotus Armor.

Such a tremendously powerful Thousand Flower Water Explosion Energy only left streaks of white marks upon that crystalline Ice Crystal Stone Lotus Armor, yet could not break this crystalline armor in the slightest.

Seeing this scene, countless human cultivators all breathed a great sigh of relief. After all, the attack of that Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He was far too fierce; they knew that even some Heavenly Rank Intermediate to Advanced defensive weapons might not be able to withstand that all-encompassing water-splash assault.

Who would have thought that Yun Xiao could dissolve You He’s berserk offensive completely by merely summoning a Meridian Qi Armor. Looking at those white marks upon the crystalline armor, everyone had reason to believe that even if that Water Explosion Energy were twice as strong, it might still be unable to break through it.

”To receive and not return is discourteous; now you can taste my methods!”

From within the encasing armor, Yun Xiao’s voice was somewhat muffled, but everyone could hear the meaning behind his words, and in the eyes of all the human cultivators a look of anticipation surfaced.

You He had been so overwhelmingly dominant, always in control of the initiative, and Yun Xiao’s Dragon Taming Flying Concealment had not achieved much effect, so they had all been hoping Yun Xiao would turn defense into offense.

Now it seemed that the coarse-clothed youth was about to display his own offensive methods, and they could not help but wonder what kind of tremendous power Yun Xiao, now at the Heavenly Realm Early Stage, would unleash.

”Ice Freeze!”

Under the gaze of all, Yun Xiao let out a low shout, and in the very next moment, an extremely intense icy aura erupted from his body.

At this very moment, the water splashes that had exploded around him did not dissipate; under the ravaging of that ultimate chill, they transformed into one crystal-clear Ice Bead after another.