Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 122: 122 was shocked!

Boom!

A formidable whiff of Meridian Qi wrapped around Guan Tong’s right hand, the claw-like fierceness as if intending to snap Yun Xiao’s throat. If his opponent had been a regular cultivator at the Early or Middle Stage of the Meridian Gathering Realm, the success rate of this claw would definitely have been extremely high.

Unfortunately for Guan Tong, his opponent was a unique monster on the Hidden Dragon Continent, and Yun Xiao had already made a breakthrough, no longer the same Yun Xiao who could only dodge under his attacks.

Thus, under such a powerful claw attack, Yun Xiao did not retreat. Instead, he swiftly raised his right arm and threw a punch, landing it precisely on Guan Tong’s wrist.

Bang!

Fist meeting wrist, what Guan Tong thought was a punch that should have had no effect on him at all, shockingly forced his right arm up several feet, natrually leaving Yun Xiao’s throat unharmed.

This was a miscalculation of Yun Xiao’s strength by Guan Tong. Though he had been ambushed by Yun Xiao that night, the lightning-fast exchange still gave him a clear understanding of Yun Xiao’s combat abilities.

In Guan Tong’s mind, despite the numerous tactics this young man employed, neither his Meridian Qi Cultivation nor his Physical Strength could match up to his own.

It was these subconscious insights about Yun Xiao that made Guan Tong underestimate his strength at this moment, even far beyond his imagination.

The power of this punch from Yun Xiao didn’t seem like something a human cultivator at the Early Stage of the Meridian Gathering Realm could possess. This force could even be compared to some Middle Level or even Advanced Third Rank Vein Demons.

”Hmm?”

However, just as Guan Tong was shocked by the surge of power from Yun Xiao, what Yun Xiao needed was precisely this fleeting moment of surprise. He saw his left palm already furiously smashing towards Guan Tong’s abdomen.

”Middle Stage of Meridian Gathering Realm? Impossible!”

When Guan Tong finally sensed the blast of Meridian Qi emanating from Yun Xiao at that moment, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Was this the same ant-like boy that he had easily repulsed with one strike?

In fact, both Yun Xiao’s Physical Strength and Meridian Qi Cultivation had greatly changed from the first time they confronted each other. It was precisely this surprise that allowed him to gain the upper hand at this moment.

In reality, from the perspective of their Meridian Qi Cultivation, Yun Xiao was still far behind Guan Tong, but because he caught his opponent off guard, he was able to temporarily suppress him.

Moreover, Yun Xiao wanted to turn this suppression into a winning momentum. Because once Guan Tong, who was at the Peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm, regained his senses and re-evaluated Yun Xiao’s true strength, it might lead to new trouble.

Thus, while Guan Tong was still in a daze, Yun Xiao launched his left palm, directly mobilizing the power of his second Ancestor Vein. Immediately after, a surge of Ice Cold Power erupted, aiming straight for Guan Tong’s vital spot in the abdomen.

”How... how is this?”

The endless tactics, coupled with the Ice Cold Qi completely incompatible with the Ancestral Vein Fire, stunned Guan Tong once again, as this contradicted the cultivation concepts he had always been taught.

Yun Xiao was known as a Meridian Refining Master with a Fire Attribute Ancestor Vein, which Guan Hu had informed Guan Tong about. However, he had never imagined that this boy also possessed Ice Cold Power within him.

In fact, even Yun Xiao himself hadn’t quite figured out how his body could contain these two completely different energies, clearly violating the rules of cultivation.

Regardless, the formidable Ice Cold Power unleashed by Yun Xiao at the moment finally had a surprising effect. When this frigid chill struck, Guan Tong felt as if his entire chest and abdomen were numbed by the freezing sensation.

Crack! Crack!

At the same time, an unusual noise sounded – it turned out that Guan Tong’s chest clothing had been covered with layers of ice flowers at that moment, showing just how strong the Ice Cold Qi was.

However, what alarmed Guan Tong even more was yet to come. Although the Ice Cold Power of those ice flowers was formidable, due to the insufficiency of Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi Cultivation, it should not have caused any serious harm to him.

But at that moment, Guan Tong felt a strange energy emanating from those ice flowers. This energy incredibly even corroded the fabric of his abdomen that had been frozen into ice flowers.

”This is... Cold Ice Poison, are you... you... you are actually a Poison Vein Master?!”

Seeing this scene, Guan Tong had a terrifying thought flash through his mind in a moment of lightning, a trembling cry of horror escaped his lips, and his voice contained a hint of palpitations.

”Poison Vein Master?”

Suddenly hearing Guan Tong’s cry of fright, Yun Xiao was taken aback. It must be known that he had only just begun his journey in the art of Meridian Refining in this life, and he had not yet decided on a faction. Why then would Guan Tong shout out the term ”Poison Vein Master”?

However, in the next moment, Yun Xiao understood the reason, because what Guan Tong could sense, as the practitioner himself, he could naturally sense clearly as well; those powers of Ice Cold emanating from his Ancestor Vein actually contained an ultimate Cold Ice Poison.

”So that’s how it is!”

Yun Xiao’s thoughts moved incredibly quickly, and in a mere instant, he understood the reason. And all this traced back to the time when he was brought back to the Jade Pot Sect by a Talisman Poison Master and bitten by those toxic creatures for testing poisons.

Be it the Seven-Colored Immortal Spider or the Black Demon Poison, that would have been fine, but the last toxic test that Yun Xiao underwent was from the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad, whose Cold Ice Poison even the Holy Rank powerhouses of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud would fear to speak of, as it was not something anyone dared to contact.

But due to the malicious nature of Fu Du, coupled with his intense desire for the power of the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad, he made the uncontrollable Yun Xiao test the poison, leading to him being bitten by this toxic creature and then becoming frozen into an ice sculpture.

Perhaps due to the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique or that mysterious golden insect, Yun Xiao miraculously survived this ordeal, but this did not mean that the Cold Ice Poison of the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad no longer existed.

Yun Xiao speculated that the Cold Ice Poison was likely dormant in his body for some reason and re-emerged when he broke through to the Meridian Gathering Realm, activated by the second Ancestor Vein.

Yun Xiao even guessed that the ability to activate the second Ancestor Vein, particularly one of the Ice Attribute, might also be because he’d been bitten by the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad, which in a way turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

These thoughts flashed through Yun Xiao’s mind, but at this moment, he couldn’t afford to think through the sequence of events, for this surprise came too suddenly and might make this battle somewhat easier for him.

Indeed, even Yun Xiao himself didn’t predict the effect of the Ice Cold Poison assault; Guan Tong’s expression drastically changed, and he no longer dared to make contact with Yun Xiao’s left hand, hastily retreating several meters away, staring in fright at the boy in rough clothing from a distance.

”Senior brother Guan Tong, once this Cold Ice Poison contacts your body, if you cannot resolve it in time, within two hours, you will definitely become a human-shaped ice sculpture. You figure out what to do with yourself!”

Yun Xiao, with his great wits, immediately saw that Guan Tong was somewhat shaken at this moment. Regardless of how severe the Cold Ice Poison truly was, he first let out a frightening warning. Whether it was real or not, Guan Tong surely wouldn’t dare gamble with his life, would he?

As it turned out, Yun Xiao’s words indeed had a miraculous effect, or perhaps it was because the Cold Ice Poison that made contact with Guan Tong’s abdomen continued pouring into his body. Yun Xiao’s words, like a heart-eating poison, invisibly devoured Guan Tong’s spirit.

Therefore, Guan Tong had no further thoughts about dealing with Yun Xiao and directly gathered his Meridian Qi towards his own abdomen in an attempt to resolve the terrifying consequences Yun Xiao had just described.

Seeing this scene, a hint of mockery flashed through Yun Xiao’s eyes. He naturally knew the extent of the Cold Ice Poison’s potency. If it were a cultivator with a Meridian Qi Cultivation lower than his, there indeed was a great chance that what he had just described would occur.

But this Guan Tong was a powerful cultivator at the Peak of Meridian Gathering Realm, with Meridian Qi Cultivation two small realms higher than Yun Xiao. If Yun Xiao could freeze him into an ice sculpture with just a hint of Ancestor Vein Power, then the cultivation levels on this continent would really become a mere decoration.

Seeing Guan Tong resolving the Ice Power while looking guardedly at himself, Yun Xiao chuckled lightly and then did not bother with him anymore, briskly moving past him not far from the side and stepping into the crater of Yurong Mountain.

Yun Xiao was clear in his heart, even if that Cold Ice Poison was formidable, it wouldn’t take Guan Tong too long to resolve it. Once Guan Tong recovered, it would probably not be so easy to get rid of him next time, and there would inevitably be another round of trouble.

It’s worth mentioning that when Yun Xiao’s figure disappeared into the mouth of the Yurong Mountain volcano, Guan Tong couldn’t help but sigh in relief, meanwhile thinking to himself that Yun Xiao was too timid, not seizing this opportunity to take his life.

It was only a moment later when the patch of frost on the clothes above Guan Tong’s abdomen automatically dissipated, and the Ice Cold Poison had not invaded his body as Yun Xiao had described, that he realized he had once again fallen for Yun Xiao’s trick.

By now, Guan Tong clearly understood that Yun Xiao had been exaggerating the danger, that the so-called Ice Power and Ice Cold Poison were not as severe as he claimed. It was obvious that Yun Xiao was just trying to scare him to be the first to enter the Yurong Volcano crater.

Realizing everything, Guan Tong felt no fear at all, and seeing Yun Xiao’s hesitation in attacking him after scaring him, he knew that was all Yun Xiao had in him.

So without any hesitation, Guan Tong did not bother with the frost that hadn’t dissipated on his abdomen, and with a swift motion, he too entered the crater of Yurong Mountain.

What Yun Xiao and Guan Tong didn’t know was that at this moment, inside the crater of Yurong Mountain, some changes had taken place, changes that might have a crucial impact on their next moves.