Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Thousand Silk Silkworm Net!”

The genius of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, Su Jian, seemed to act even more quickly. He uttered a low shout and stretched out his right hand, a bright spot erupted from his palm, appearing to be another kind of special Meridian Spirit.

Cultivators who reach the Seeking Origin Realm level theoretically can refine three Meridian Spirits, and Su Jian, as the premier genius of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, naturally is no exception.

However, it is worth mentioning that Su Jian’s first two Meridian Spirits, the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape was crippled, and the Green Tail Coil Snake was strangled alive by Yun Xiao. Can the third Meridian Spirit he summons at this moment still be effective?

Swoosh swoosh swoosh...

The Meridian Spirit flying out from Su Jian’s palm seemed to be just a tiny worm. Yet, as his hand seal changed, this little worm split into two in the air, then two into four, and four into eight. In an instant, it became pervasive.

Moreover, some spectators with strong Power of Soul could clearly see threads spewing continuously from the mouths of those worm-like tiny silkworms, which were vaguely connected to each other.

Perhaps this was the origin of the ”Thousand Silk Silkworm Net” that Su Jian shouted earlier, countless tiny worms spewed silk, forming a giant net several feet in length and width in front of Yun Xiao, descending upon him.

”Thousand Silk Silkworms?”

Confronted with these countless tiny worms which few recognized, Yun Xiao identified them immediately and knew that the silk spun by the Thousand Silk Silkworms could not even be cut by sharp Earth Rank Middle Level weapons.

What’s more, this was an Eighth Rank Advanced Thousand Silk Silkworm. Once bound by its silk, ordinary cultivators would have no chance to resist and would simply be at Su Jian’s mercy.

It must be said that the premier genius emerging from the Spirit Fighting Commerce indeed didn’t refine simple Meridian Spirits, with powers including the Yellow Spirit Stone Ape’s strength, the Green Tail Coil Snake’s venom, and now the Thousand Silk Silkworm’s Binding Power—as comprehensive as they come, hard to guard against.

Swoosh!

At the same time, Gu Changsheng, the chief genius of Xuanyin Hall, also acted swiftly. He held a nearly transparent ice spur in his hand, which exuded a chilling aura, targeting precisely Yun Xiao’s throat.

The ice spur weapon in Gu Changsheng’s hand seemed somewhat similar to that wielded by Tong Baisha, the genius from Killing Heart Sect. Both were transparent in shape, moving at such extreme speed that some could barely see what Gu Changsheng held.

But only some with keen Power of Soul, familiar with Gu Changsheng, knew that the item in his hand was no weapon; it was a genuine ice spur, condensed from the extreme Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power he wielded.

Most cultivators affiliated with Xuanyin Hall expertly study the Yin Cold Attribute, and their cultivation techniques are also cold attribute techniques. Therefore, in the movements involving the Ice Cold Attribute, none on the Tenglong Continent can surpass them.

And Gu Changsheng’s strike at this moment, seemingly ordinary, actually factored in the Thousand Silk Silkworm’s binding.

Don’t be deceived by Gu Changsheng’s casual strike; Yun Xiao could dodge with a mere sidestep. However, given the constraint of Su Jian’s Thousand Silk Silkworm Net, this strike’s positioning was exceptionally precise.

Even the talent from Killing Heart Sect, Ji Sanjian, proficient in one-hit kills, could discern the brilliance in Gu Changsheng’s strike. After imagining themselves executing such precise maneuvers, they realized they couldn’t achieve it.

Even Ji Sanjian from Killing Heart Sect, upon realizing the precision and the positioning of Gu Changsheng’s strike, comprehended their disparity with Gu Changsheng, speculating that Gu Changsheng might be more suited as a Killing Heart Sect assassin.

After realizing this, many people’s faces changed because they all knew Su Jian and Gu Changsheng came from Spirit Fighting Commerce and Xuanyin Hall respectively, having likely never cooperated in battle before.

Yet, even in what seemed like their first joint battle, their cooperation was remarkably fine-tuned.

This could only indicate that their temperament and cultivation had reached a certain level, adjusting their actions according to the shifts in the battle’s dynamics, leaving others with no escape.

Since Su Jian and Gu Changsheng cooperated so exquisitely, everyone couldn’t help but mourn silently for Yun Xiao, even betting that without the Illusion Yin Grass, Yun Xiao had absolutely no chance of turning the tide.

”What is he doing?”

At this moment, when everyone thought Yun Xiao was facing impending doom, suddenly they saw that youth slowly raise his right arm, gradually unsheathing the wooden sword from his back.

Regarding the Dragon Taming Sword, perhaps only a couple of geniuses like Su Jian and Ye Ku had ever witnessed it.

However, Su Jian had extreme confidence in his Thousand Silk Silkworm Net, believing that even an Earth Rank Advanced weapon couldn’t cut through the silken net in one strike. Within such time, this lad would have been stabbed to death by Gu Changsheng.

As for the other uninformed on-looking geniuses, upon seeing Yun Xiao wield a wooden sword, they all shook their heads, thinking to themselves whether he seemed formidable; did he only have the Illusion Yin Grass as his trump card?

Everyone clearly saw the situation on-site, knowing that Su Jian’s Thousand Silk Silkworm Net didn’t need to withstand a second sword swipe, as long it could block one, Gu Changsheng’s ice spur could pierce Yun Xiao’s throat, sealing his fate on the spot.

What the others didn’t see was, as they silently mourned Yun Xiao in their hearts, a trace of mocking light shot from the eyes of two figures somewhere.

These two figures naturally belonged to Ling Wan and Xu Hongzhuang, who had seen the Dragon Taming Sword unleash its might on the Hidden Dragon Continent more than once.

Although the Thousand Silk Silkworm Net used by Su Jian at this moment was far superior to those spiritual rank weapons on the Hidden Dragon Continent, they both believed that since Yun Xiao dared to use it, he surely had some measure of confidence.

Let’s see how these guys’ expressions will change, shall we?

In the midst of countless gazes, Yun Xiao’s right hand slowly approached the Thousand Silk Silkworm Net coming at him, seemingly without much movement, nor any forceful hacking technique, as if it were just a simple, ordinary stroke.

Chop!

With just that simple stroke, the seemingly resilient Thousand Silk Silkworm Net was suddenly cut right in the middle, unable to last even a moment, and was directly split into two halves by the Dragon Taming Sword.

Slash!

After vertically slicing with a sword, Yun Xiao’s wrist moved slightly and then horizontally cut another stroke, appearing to draw a cross in the air, and the Thousand Silk Silkworm Net that was just cut into halves now turned into four pieces.

”This is impossible!”

Even though Su Jian had seen the Dragon Taming Sword on the second layer before, where the Wooden Sword had stabbed Kou Baichuan to death at Spirit Fighting Commerce, in Su Jian’s heart, he only thought the methods of hiding were too mysterious.

Human flesh and blood couldn’t possibly compare to iron and stone, and even an unexpected strike from a weapon at the Earth-rank level to kill someone is quite common.

Thus, Su Jian never imagined his Thousand Silk Silkworm Net would be so vulnerable under that inconspicuous Wooden Sword, becoming four segments, clearly unable to bind Yun Xiao anymore.

Meanwhile, Gu Changsheng’s Ice Spur attack continued forward, coming within inches of Yun Xiao’s throat, allowing him to sense the chilly aura within.

Even as Gu Changsheng witnessed Yun Xiao cut the Thousand Silk Silkworm Net into four segments with the Wooden Sword in a flash, he was already too committed to halt his attack.

Moreover, he believed this thrust would pierce Yun Xiao’s throat through, regardless of the absence of the Thousand Silk Silkworm Net’s restraint.

In that electrifying moment, bystanders’ hearts nearly leapt to their throats. Would that strange Wooden Sword-wielding lad manage to dodge Gu Changsheng’s astonishing strike?

The truth was, that young boy in rough clothes didn’t evade at all!

With Yun Xiao’s intelligence, how could he not prepare for such a deadly strike? After slicing the Thousand Silk Silkworm Net, his wrist slightly moved, swiftly raising the Dragon Taming Sword to precisely guard his throat.

Thud!

Yun Xiao’s timely and precise movement resulted in the Ice Spur hitting the Wooden Sword with a peculiar sound, finally allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief, believing that young man had narrowly escaped disaster.

After all, most in the scene knew that Gu Changsheng’s Ice Spur was merely solidified by his Ice Cold Power, far inferior in hardness compared to ordinary Earth-rank weapons.

If that thrust had penetrated Yun Xiao’s soft throat, the boy in rough clothing would undoubtedly have died instantly.

Yet, the Wooden Sword was evidently not just a toy for children to play with, having already blocked the strike from the Ice Spur, leaving Gu Changsheng to find another means of attack.

Shatter!

However, at this very moment, Gu Changsheng’s right wrist suddenly shook, and the Ice Spur that hit Yun Xiao’s Wooden Sword shattered directly into pieces, ice granules spreading everywhere in a dramatic display.

But the eyes of the spectators weren’t focused on those scattered ice granules, but on Gu Changsheng’s right hand, where he held a translucent long needle.

This long needle resembled the Ice Spur in many ways, except the needle’s body was much smaller, appearing even sharper, and as everyone laid eyes on this needle, their earlier thoughts instantly vanished.

It became evident that the long needle in Gu Changsheng’s hand was a weapon of remarkable grade, revealing its true form once the ice sheathing dispersed.

Now that the Wooden Sword had blocked the strike of the actual high-level weapon, could it withstand another strike?