Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Chapter 183: 183 Dazzling

”Yun Xiao won?”

At a certain viewing stand below the arena, Tan Yun turned her head with a somewhat dazed expression, murmuring as if she had not yet recovered from the fierce battle, or as if she was seeking confirmation from her companion.

”Sister Tan Yun, Yun Xiao really won, and he even defeated Feng Hang... Brother!”

A team member next to her was visibly excited, pausing slightly at the end because the Feng Hang he spoke of was still screaming non-stop, and his right arm had already turned into shattered ice on the ground.

Having received affirmation from her companion, Tan Yun no longer doubted and her face lit up with ecstatic joy. After all, Yun Xiao had come from their team, and reaching such an achievement now brought glory to the entire team.

Moreover, Ling Wan had also made it into the finals of the lower bracket. For some reason, after Yun Xiao’s stunning victory over Feng Hang, the top talent on the Mortal List, they suddenly felt more confident about Ling Wan.

If Yun Xiao could defeat Feng Hang, what else could be impossible? Besides, Ling Wan reaching the finals of the lower bracket was already miraculous, so accomplishing something even more unbelievable wasn’t impossible.

Compared to the members of this team, many veteran talents of the Jade Pot Sect’s Outer Sect widened their eyes just like Tan Yun earlier, unable to recover for a long time.

In this past year, since Feng Hang advanced to the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage and ascended the first seat of the Outer Sect Mortal List, no one had ever shaken his position.

Even Shen Xiao, who was also at the Meridian Rushing Realm Early Stage, would not dare to fight Feng Hang to the death without absolute certainty, as this would only benefit others.

Yet today, right here at the central main arena of the Arena Hall, it was the tardily arrived new Outer Disciple, a young boy in coarse clothes at the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm, who shattered the myth of the younger generation of the Outer Sect.

Feng Hang’s undefeated record among the young Outer Disciples was broken; with one arm lost, he would henceforth tumble from the altar of geniuses and become an ordinary cultivator.

Fallen geniuses are always forgotten, while a rising new genius is the most dazzling figure in this Outer Sect tournament. At this moment, everyone’s mindset invisibly underwent a change.

”Wow, that kid Yun Xiao really makes me take notice!”

In the southeast corner of the Arena Hall, Bi Luo’s eyes flickered with a dangerous light. Although he was praising Yun Xiao’s strength, a hint of murderous intent in his tone was still caught by Yin Huan next to him.

At this moment, Yin Huan’s eyes were not on Yun Xiao in the arena, nor on the screaming Feng Hang below, but subtly shifted to the seat to the north, where their teacher, the Second Elder, was located.

Yin Huan knew Yun Xiao much better than his fellow disciple Bi Luo. He believed that the stronger Yun Xiao appeared, the more interested his teacher would become in him.

Despite Yun Xiao outshining everyone in this Outer Sect tournament, overshadowing Feng Hang and Shen Xiao, Yin Huan had always sneered to himself, thinking that as long as his teacher took action, this astonishingly talented boy would ultimately return under the control of the Poison Vein.

In the northeast corner, seeing the young boy in coarse clothes standing on the central main arena, Mo Qing’s eyes grew increasingly intense.

Suddenly, she realized that the more she interacted with Yun Xiao, the more secrets this boy seemed to carry. Mo Qing herself, who had come from the Meridian Rushing Realm, knew the significant gap between the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm and the early stage of the Meridian Rushing Realm. Yet even with such a colossal gap, Yun Xiao still showed her what true cross-tier combat was.

While Mo Qing’s gaze never wavered from Yun Xiao, Xue Gong beside her glimpsed through a shadow of gloominess. It seemed he was developing some jealousy towards that dazzling boy on the arena.

Or perhaps because Mo Qing’s attention was continuously on that boy in coarse clothes, making Xue Gong, a dazzling talent from the Inner Sect Medical Pulse, feel ignored—especially by the girl he had long admired.

Unknowingly, Yun Xiao had offended another formidable person from the Jade Pot Sect’s Inner Sect, and this formidable person was from the Medical Pulse. This would inevitably add more troubles for him as he entered the Inner Sect.

In fact, ever since Yun Xiao kicked Feng Hang off the arena with one foot, he had already secured the spot for advancement into the Inner Sect of the Jade Pot Sect, since every Outer Sect competition offers two spots.

As for Feng Hang’s broken right arm, it was merely adding flowers to the brocade. Yun Xiao had no sympathy for this man who had always wanted to kill him, and his kick was utterly merciless.

If it were an ordinary cultivator at the peak of the Meridian Gathering Realm or an early-stage cultivator in the Meridian Rushing Realm receiving this kick, it would likely have resulted in more than just a broken right arm.

On the arena, Yun Xiao shifted his gaze away from Feng Hang’s resentful face and subtly clenched his left fist. At this moment, he had retracted his power from the two Ancestor Veins, but he was unexpectedly pleased with such power.

In fact, this was the first time Yun Xiao simultaneously activated the power of two Ancestor Veins during combat, and the effect was surprisingly good.

Especially the Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power within his left arm, which wielded a might Yun Xiao himself could not fully describe. He believed that Feng Hang’s fall and broken arm were not solely due to the Ice Cold Power.

Yun Xiao’s speculation was not without reason. Originally, due to the Blood Moon Jade, he could only activate a Water Attribute Ancestor Vein upon breaking into the Meridian Gathering Realm.

However, by a twist of fate, Yun Xiao was taken to the Poisonous Hall by Elder Fu Du, endured countless ice cold poisons, and was even bitten by the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad, turning into an ice sculpture, nearly dying a violent death.

From then on, Yun Xiao’s body harbored the Ice Cold Poison of the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad. Although a large part of these poisons were devoured by the golden snake worms within his body, the remaining, even though minor, was more than what Yun Xiao, then at the middle stage of the Meridian Introduction Realm, could bear.

These poisons did not dissipate but spread throughout Yun Xiao’s body. Under the miraculous operation of the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique, they transformed into a special energy until he broke through to the Meridian Gathering Realm, activating a second Water Attribute Ancestor Vein.

Because of the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad’s poison, Yun Xiao peculiarly activated an Ice Attribute Ancestor Vein, which contained the extreme cold ice power and a hint of the Three-legged Ice Crystal Toad’s poison, causing the tragedy for Feng Hang now.

When Feng Hang’s entire right arm was enveloped by the Ice Cold Poison, it had already been corroded, and the impact from falling directly caused it to shatter completely.

Only Yun Xiao himself or perhaps Elder Fu Du, seated in the northern chairs, might have guessed some of the cause and effect, but at least at this moment, he was the most dazzling.

To tell the truth, even Yun Xiao was quite excited at heart. At the beginning of this battle, he was not absolutely confident he could defeat Feng Hang and secure the spot for joining the Inner Sect of the Jade Pot Sect.

Joining the Jade Pot Sect was Yun Xiao’s first goal, but to uncover some of the continent’s secrets, he knew he needed to become an Inner Sect Disciple, thus securing one of the top two places in the Outer Sect competition became his second goal.

As it turned out, Yun Xiao’s efforts and luck were not bad; even Feng Hang, the top of the Mortal List, was defeated by him, fulfilling his second goal.

For some reason, after defeating Feng Hang, Yun Xiao suddenly wasn’t looking forward to tomorrow’s final battle; not only because his ultimate opponent might be Ling Wan, but because he felt it was not very necessary.

Even in today’s second match, won by Shen Xiao, second in the Mortal List, Yun Xiao did not wish to fight a life-and-death battle in tomorrow’s final.

Right from within the Yurong Volcano, Feng Hang had made moves against Yun Xiao, and for this top-ranked person on the Mortal List, he had never had much affection, becoming an obstacle for his entry to the Inner Sect, so, both publicly and privately, he needed to kick Feng Hang aside.

However, regarding Shen Xiao, Yun Xiao did not bear much malice, or perhaps because he did not understand this second genius of the Outer Sect, there were no grievances between them, so why spend that effort? Isn’t both of them advancing to the Inner Sect a joyful occasion for everyone?

With these thoughts passing through his mind, Yun Xiao nodded slightly to the several Elders in the northern seats, and then walked down from the central main arena under the burning and awe-filled gazes of the audience.

After today’s battle, the mindset of all Outer Sect Disciples of the Jade Pot Sect had completely changed, and all doubts dissipated the moment Feng Hang was kicked off the arena.

At this moment, Yun Xiao, who was descending from the arena, was as dazzling as Mo Qing, who had advanced to Inner Sect Disciple immediately upon joining the Outer Sect years ago, because he was the second person to do so after Mo Qing.

Even compared to Mo Qing, Yun Xiao had joined the Jade Pot Sect for a shorter period and became even more legendary because those new disciples who joined the Outer Sect of the Jade Pot Sect with him, clearly knew what cultivation level Yun Xiao was at three months ago.

Three months ago, Yun Xiao could only compete with Zhao Ningshu, Cao Luo, or the Third Prince of the Empire, Xuan Zhi, but now, those three were no longer his match; this dazzling young man had indeed defeated Feng Hang, the number one on the Outer Sect’s Mortal List, and could be said to stand at the peak of the entire Outer Sect.