Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”This can’t go on!”

Yun Xiao forcibly assaulted with speed, causing the battle to quickly reach a fever pitch, making Lou Liheng more and more apprehensive as they fought.

At this point, even if he was unwilling to admit it, he had to accept the fact that his physical strength couldn’t compare to that of the rough-clothed young man.

As Lou Liheng barely resisted the opponent’s attacks, he noticed that the palm and fist strikes of the rough-clothed youth occasionally contained traces of Blazing Power that could freely transform into Ice Cold Power—truly miraculous.

If it were solely about physical strength, Lou Liheng could rely on his higher Heavenly Realm Late Stage cultivation to hold his own, but with the opponent possessing such strange powers, he felt somewhat powerless.

Moreover, as time went on, the situation only worsened. Yun Xiao grew braver the longer the fight lasted, while Lou Liheng was increasingly suppressed, able to retaliate with only one or two moves out of ten.

”This can’t continue!”

Lou Liheng had experienced countless battles and knew he was using his weaknesses against the opponent’s strengths. If this went on, he might really lose to this unknown young man.

It’s important to know that Lou Liheng represented the Emperor Canglong Palace at this moment. Compared to his own defeat, the honor of the Emperor Canglong Palace was perhaps more important, and he could not allow its dignity to be desecrated.

”Qiguang Flash!”

Realizing that physical strength was no match for Yun Xiao, Lou Liheng suddenly shouted, followed by a flash of light blue radiance covering his entire body.

The spectators at a distance saw that Lou Liheng appeared to be engulfed by the shadow of an Ancient Qilin, different from when he was attacking Yun Xiao earlier.

”Hmm?”

Yun Xiao exclaimed in surprise, landing a punch somewhere on Lou Liheng’s Ancient Qilin Light. As the light flickered, he suddenly felt a powerful force attack him, causing him to step back unwillingly by a yard.

Yun Xiao clearly sensed that this was not a force generated by Lou Liheng himself, but rather the Rebound Power of the Ancient Qilin Light, which bounced Yun Xiao’s punch back by a yard.

”I didn’t expect the Meridian Techniques of Ancient Qilin Light to have such changes!”

Even the Long Xiao Battle God from the previous life was unfamiliar with such low-rank Meridian Techniques, but after a moment, Yun Xiao’s insight allowed him to understand, nodding in realization.

It seems the Meridian Techniques of Ancient Qilin Light not only trapped and harmed enemies but also served as a defense and life-saving measure at critical moments, such as now with Lou Liheng.

Swish!

Seeing Yun Xiao being bounced back a yard by his Ancient Qilin Light, Lou Liheng quickly seized the opportunity to extend the distance by several dozen yards, finally exhaling a sigh of relief.

Initially, Lou Liheng was deceived by Yun Xiao’s unexpected Shadow Clone and thought it was the youngster’s trickery. Now, he believed it was merely the opponent’s formidable physical strength.

This further strengthened Lou Liheng’s confidence to crush with Meridian Techniques. Didn’t Yun Xiao, with all his intimidating physical strength, get bounced such a far distance by Ancient Qilin Light?

This might be Lou Liheng’s only chance to turn defeat into victory. If he couldn’t surpass the opponent in both physical strength and Meridian Qi cultivation, then what face was left for him as an Inspector of the Emperor Canglong Palace?

”Yun Xiao, if you can withstand this move of mine, I’ll leave immediately and won’t interfere with matters here anymore!”

A soft voice with an implied meaning came from Lou Liheng, causing many spectators to shudder inwardly, wondering if the Inspector of the Emperor Canglong Palace was finally unveiling his most formidable trump card.

From the earlier references by Fei Qingchen, the spectators recognized Lou Liheng’s identity. Since he came from the Emperor Canglong Palace Headquarters, he certainly had some extremely powerful trump card tactics.

Previously, due to Yun Xiao’s physical strength, Lou Liheng had been unable to show off those Meridian Techniques. Now, with some distance, he’s presumably ready to unleash his ultimate tactics, making it difficult for the rough-clothed youth to resist.

Regardless, the overwhelming strength of the Emperor Canglong Palace had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of these Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Cultivators. Even if Yun Xiao had shown extraordinary skill earlier, they never imagined the rough-clothed youth could win.

”Oh?”

Upon hearing Lou Liheng’s confident words, Yun Xiao, who was originally planning to use speed to approach him again, couldn’t help but show a hint of interest.

”Then I’ll give you this opportunity!”

As the saying goes, the more skilled one is, the bolder they become. Towards an old fellow who’s merely one small realm higher than himself, how could Yun Xiao have any reservations? He’s genuinely curious about what powerful means the opponent still holds.

”This aura...”

When Yun Xiao sensed the trace of aura erupting from Lou Liheng, his expression suddenly turned somewhat strange, because this aura was faintly familiar to him.

”Could he really be about to use that technique?”

Yun Xiao’s face remained peculiar, and deep down he already had a suspicion. After all, in his previous life, he was the Long Xiao Battle God of the Dragon Emperor Palace, and was deeply familiar with certain means of this dominant force.

Although Lou Liheng was only at the Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm, Yun Xiao knew that the technique he might be using now had various versions suitable for Cultivators of different ranks.

Of course, this technique from the Dragon Emperor Palace wasn’t something that just anyone could cultivate; at least, one must have made great contributions to be taught it.

From this point, it was clear that Lou Liheng must have done some significant deeds to be granted such a technique.

Yun Xiao’s subtle thoughts were completely unknown to Lou Liheng, who only knew that because of some major deed he did in the past, an Elder of the Palace summoned him and passed down the Meridian Techniques that had never met defeat.

The previous Ancient Qilin Light was certainly powerful, but compared to the technique Lou Liheng was now employing, it was undoubtedly a case of Xiaowu meeting the Great Witch. It greatly exceeded his own Cultivation, reaching the level of Half-step Holy Rank.

Human cultivation transitions from the Peak of the Heavenly Realm to the Third Realm of the Holy Rank, and there is a huge gap between them called Half-step Holy Rank.

In lower ranks, the so-called half-step is actually still a peak level, such as a Cultivator of Half-step Heavenly Realm being just one level higher than a Cultivator at the Peak of Lingyun Realm.

But this Half-step Holy Rank is different; it’s a process of power conversion, from mastering the Heaven and Earth Power to mastering the Space Power. Once one grasps the Space Power, one can leap to the true Third Realm of the Holy Rank in a single bound.

The strong ones of Half-step Holy Rank can easily defeat Peak Cultivators of the Heavenly Realm, even if they only touch the threshold of Space Power.

Lou Liheng, at this moment, was far from reaching the level of Half-step Holy Rank, yet the technique he was utilizing was a very special method.

The reason why this Meridian Technique is said to reach the Half-step Holy Rank is because after it is executed, it allows Lou Liheng, at the Late Stage of Heavenly Realm, to have a fleeting moment of controlling the Space Power.

In fact, this method might not actually be considered a true Meridian Technique, as it was created by sealing a trace of Space Power by a Long Elder of the Dragon Emperor Palace, allowing Lou Liheng some life-saving opportunities in critical moments.

At this moment, being overwhelmed by the physical strength of Yun Xiao, Lou Liheng, using it originally for survival, took it out as his final trump card.

While it’s called a survival technique, this sealed Space Power is extremely formidable; at least Lou Liheng was confident that a mere Heavenly Realm Middle Stage brat would have no chance of escaping such Space Power.

Boom!

An invisible force swept out. The people outside couldn’t even see what that power was, as the Space Power was formless and traceless. Only Yun Xiao, who was involved, could sense a bit of it.

No one saw that when the Space Power surged from Lou Liheng, the expression on the face of the coarse-clothed youth turned extremely peculiar, seeming to affirm certain thoughts in his mind.

”It’s indeed that old geezer’s cut-off Space Power!”

Sensing the mighty aura approaching him, Yun Xiao was now without doubt. In his past, as the Long Xiao Battle God under one in the Dragon Emperor Palace, he knew the famous strong figures in the Palace very well.

So Yun Xiao immediately recognized from the familiar aura that it was a space cut-off by an Elder of the Dragon Emperor Palace.

Although this space aura was only Half-step Holy Rank in potency, if an ordinary Heavenly Realm Middle Stage Cultivator was bound by it, self-detonation wouldn’t break it in the slightest.

Unfortunately, this time Lou Liheng encountered Yun Xiao, who, even after reincarnation, was only at the Heavenly Realm Middle Stage. But he was extremely familiar with the owner who sliced this Space Power.

”This is truly...”

A hint of bitterness flashed across Yun Xiao’s eyes, as the invisible Space Power enveloped him. Disregarding the color, he looked somewhat similar to when he was first cloaked by Ancient Qilin Light’s silhouette.

This time Lou Liheng was cautious, continually emitting Power of Soul to probe whether it was Yun Xiao’s true form.

”Haha, Yun Xiao, I wonder where you can escape now?”

When Lou Liheng sensed that Yun Xiao, who was cloaked by Space Power, wasn’t the same convincing afterimage as before, he couldn’t help but laugh wildly, looking up and letting out two hearty laughs.

”This Half-step Holy Rank Space Power was personally cut by the Third Elder of my Emperor Palace. If you can escape, I’ll write Lou Liheng’s name backward!”