Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Have you... felt Yun Xiao’s cultivation level?”

After a moment of shock, a Meridian Refining Master with strong Power of Soul, who was of the Heavenly Rank Intermediate level, suddenly spoke with a trembling voice filled with intense astonishment.

”This... this is the Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm?!”

With the reminder from this powerful Meridian Refining Master, the cultivators beside him instantly realized it, and their faces showed a hint of horror, with one person even exclaiming.

Because at this moment, Yun Xiao, standing calmly in the sky and unharmed under the joint attack of three powerful experts, had a completely different aura from before.

From the energy fluctuations that had not yet dissipated, everyone could clearly sense that this coarse-clothed youth had astonishingly broken through to the same Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm as Li Xuefu and Mu Qingyi.

This bizarre increase in strength left everyone momentarily baffled, but in the next moment, some sharp-minded individuals seemed to realize something.

”It’s the Ancestor Vein Power!”

The same Heavenly Rank Intermediate Meridian Refining Master solemnly spoke again, his tone showing even more surprise than before, as if there was something he couldn’t comprehend.

The Ancestor Vein Power of cultivators from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud was far more formidable than that of the Tenglong Continent cultivators. However, to use Ancestor Vein Power to ascend one level of a small realm at the Heavenly Realm level, at least a Heavenly Rank Advanced level was necessary.

And such a level of Ancestor Vein Power was quite rare even in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, and within this Dragon Cloud Western Region, it was especially uncommon.

”Heavenly Rank Advanced Ancestor Vein Power, and it’s more than one. Could it be that this youth named Yun Xiao comes from some powerful sect or family?”

Some people’s thoughts became quite elaborate, after all, Ancestor Vein Power was rare, and a high-rank Ancestor Vein Power was even rarer. Without a strong bloodline inheritance, possessing such a high-grade Ancestor Vein was impossible.

At this moment, Yun Xiao, by urging the Ancestor Vein Power, ascended from the Middle Stage to the Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm, and it wasn’t just a single Ancestor Vein Power that was urged.

It was his Five Elements Ancestor Veins Power, along with two Thunder Attribute and two Wind Attribute Ancestor Vein Powers urged together, leading to the current effect.

Having broken through to the Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but wear a playful smile, because he now felt that these three Late Stage Heavenly Realm adversaries were nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs.

Compared to the spectators who had nothing to do with the matter, Lou Liheng, one of those involved, now had an extremely grim expression, as he realized that reality once again diverged significantly from his expectations.

Lou Liheng had already been internally injured by Yun Xiao, although he could still fight barely, but truthfully, as someone mentioned earlier, he could at most be counted as half a Heavenly Realm Late Stage expert.

Fortunately, with Mu Qingyi’s timely intervention and the threat of Emperor Canglong Palace, coupled with the Heavenly Tribulation Poison Oath persuading Li Xuefu to join the siege, Lou Liheng once thought the situation was back under his control.

Who would have thought that the joint strike of the three Late Stage Three Heavens Realm experts not only failed to harm the coarse-clothed youth, but instead, after the attack, they watched as he urged the Ancestor Vein Power, breaking through to the Late Stage of the Heavenly Realm.

For some reason, even surrounded by the three Late Stage Heavenly Realm experts, Lou Liheng felt a sense of panic and confusion in his heart.

This same Yun Xiao, who could make Lou Liheng so miserable even at the Middle Stage of the Heavenly Realm, having now broken through to the Late Stage, can the three of them together still manage to subdue him?

”Blood Coagulation Claw!”

Just as Lou Liheng’s thoughts were swirling, Li Xuefu, with a bloodthirsty nature, suddenly uttered a low shout, and a blood-red claw suddenly formed behind Yun Xiao.

It seems that since Li Xuefu had agreed to strike against Yun Xiao, he would proceed relentlessly. For someone like him, if given the opportunity, he would never let an already hostile enemy live another day.

Especially when this coarse-clothed youth was so strange, with such strong talent, Li Xuefu feared that offending him today could become a major threat in the future.

Therefore, when Yun Xiao had just urged the Ancestor Vein Power, with his strength not entirely stabilized, Li Xuefu decisively struck, and alongside him, the Dark Assassination genius Mu Qingyi also made her move.

As a notable talent of Dark Assassination, Mu Qingyi’s response was not slow, and her ability to seize opportunities was far more formidable than that of ordinary external cultivators.

Li Xuefu and Mu Qingyi, one being a daredevil accustomed to licking blood from the blade’s edge, and the other a genius female specializing in the art of assassination, naturally, their speed and reaction were far superior to the already injured Lou Liheng.

The blood-red Meridian Qi Hand Claw suddenly appeared behind Yun Xiao, its target being the vulnerable part of his neck. If this claw landed, he would undoubtedly meet a swift death.

Yet at this moment, Yun Xiao’s expression was devoid of any panic. He slightly turned his body, and just as the blood-red hand claw was a mere few inches from his neck, his right hand suddenly lifted.

Swish!

With a faint sound, a flame of the same blood-red color appeared out of nowhere on Yun Xiao’s fingers. It expanded in the wind, completely engulfing the blood-red hand claw.

”Hmm?”

In just an instant, Li Xuefu’s expression turned extremely sour, as he sensed that once the blood-red flame wrapped around his blood claw, he could no longer sense any connection between the Meridian Techniques.

It must be noted that this was a Heavenly Rank Advanced Pulse Technique performed by Li Xuefu. How could it be so easily countered by that boy in coarse clothes? It hadn’t even unleashed the immense power it possessed.

Li Xuefu had no idea that the blood-red flame exhibited by the young man before him was an extremely rare fire, not much weaker than Chi Yan’s Burning Flame or the Phoenix Fire of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.

Moreover, Yun Xiao had previously refined two Chaos Sub-fires, Water Extreme Fire and Gold Extreme Fire, tremendously enhancing the Blood Moon Jade’s Lifebound Fire.

Not to mention Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi Cultivation had already reached the same Heavenly Realm Late Stage level as Li Xuefu’s, making the application of the Ancestral Vein Fire produce an effect that could yield no other outcome.

However, as Li Xuefu’s face had just darkened, he suddenly saw a cyan figure appear behind Yun Xiao, and his eyes once again glistened with excitement.

It turned out that while Yun Xiao was neutralizing Li Xuefu’s blood claw with the Ancestral Vein Fire, Mu Qingyi’s attack simultaneously arrived, with her semi-transparent sharp spike aiming precisely at Yun Xiao’s critical back.

At this moment, Li Xuefu couldn’t help but mentally scoff, thinking this boy named Yun Xiao, who considered himself clever and quickly neutralized his blood claw, would ultimately not escape Mu Qingyi’s fatal stab.

Though Li Xuefu had seen Yun Xiao transform into water liquid before, Yun Xiao at this moment clearly showed no such change, and Mu Qingyi’s spike was merely inches from his back.

At least in Mu Qingyi’s mind, she thought the same; this young man named Yun Xiao was simply too bizarre. If this strike failed, she would have to reconsider her future plans.

However, seeing her semi-transparent spike approaching Yun Xiao’s back by mere inches, Mu Qingyi knew the outcome wouldn’t differ this time.

Even if Yun Xiao managed to transform his body into water liquid again, the peculiarity would no longer be a secret the next time. At least Mu Qingyi was confidently prepared.

Because Mu Qingyi had already discovered that when Yun Xiao transformed into water liquid, he had no means of attack, and at that moment, the boy likely could not control his body’s movement.

Therefore, Mu Qingyi had reason to believe that even if the young man transformed his body into water liquid again, she could seize the opportunity and make a killing strike, completely eliminating this potential threat.

In fact, Mu Qingyi guessed correctly. Yun Xiao’s technique of transforming his body into water liquid could only catch the enemy off guard, but if a powerful strike followed once he transformed, he would have no room for resistance whatsoever.

It was merely a survival tactic when unprepared. Once the enemy saw through it, using it again would be placing oneself in uncontrollable danger.

Thus, at this moment, having broken through to the Heavenly Realm Late Stage, Yun Xiao couldn’t possibly use such uncontrollable techniques again, especially since he’d been on guard against Mu Qingyi the entire time.

With Yun Xiao’s understanding of the Dark Assassins, he knew these individuals were adept at seizing opportunities. In such situations, Mu Qingyi would undoubtedly act promptly in coordination with Li Xuefu.

Clink!

Moments later, everyone heard a crisp sound like the clash of metal suddenly erupt. Yet the sound seemed somewhat peculiar, stirring their spirits.

The one experiencing it most directly was naturally Mu Qingyi, the person involved. As she was ready to pierce Yun Xiao’s back, she suddenly felt a shock in her right hand, as if she hit something extraordinarily hard.

Mu Qingyi’s Soul Power was strong, and her eyesight was naturally not weak. In a mere instant, she clearly saw a tawny lotus flower appear at Yun Xiao’s vital back, though when it had appeared was unknown.

This tawny lotus seemed made from clay and stone but had a defensive power that startled Mu Qingyi, as her otherwise unrivaled spike weapon could not pierce it even slightly.

At this moment, Mu Qingyi finally understood that it wasn’t that her opponent couldn’t react in time. He had long been prepared, and with the defensive power of the Stone Lotus, someone like herself at the Heavenly Realm Late Stage simply couldn’t break through.