Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”It’s Lord Li Yunfan of Ling Kong Island!”

When one of the Earth Rank Cultivators saw those three figures streaking through the sky, all of them recognized who the three were; they were precisely the experts of Ling Kong Island, which had once been as famous as Impermanence Island.

The man in the lead was Li Yunfan, Island Master of Ling Kong Island, and the two at his sides were likewise at the Heavenly Rank level, the Great Elder and the Second Elder. Among them, the Second Elder Mo Yu had even had some dealings with Yun Xiao before.

”I’ve heard that Yunfan Island Master is a Heavenly Rank Intermediate Array Master. Now we’re saved!”

Another Earth Rank Cultivator cried out in surprise and delight. With these words, the cultivators who had not yet recovered from their shock just now all revealed joy on their faces.

Ling Kong Island hung alone overseas, and for many years no one dared lightly provoke it. This was not only because Li Yunfan and the Elders of Ling Kong Island possessed formidable cultivation, but even more because they bore another identity as Array Masters.

It was said that around the location of Ling Kong Island, between all the surrounding islands, the Island Masters of successive generations had already planted Array Flags, forming a natural large array.

If outsiders did not have a Cultivator from Ling Kong Island to lead them, they might not be able to find the true location of Ling Kong Island even in their entire lifetime; this was the might of the Array Formation path.

It was just that setting up an array required time. In battle, if one then thought about laying an array, it would undoubtedly already be too late. Thus, ordinary Array Masters would arrange their large arrays in advance and lure the enemy into their own formation.

The Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You River earlier had undoubtedly done the same. The reason it chose this Stepping Heavenly Stone at Chongxiao River was also for the sake of laying an array in advance; that way, it might not have been besieged by so many human experts.

The reason the human cultivators were overjoyed was because they knew Li Yunfan was a Heavenly Rank Intermediate Array Master whose attainments in the Array Formation path were unmatched on the Tenglong Continent.

In addition, both the Great Elder and Second Elder of Ling Kong Island were Heavenly Rank Low Level Array Masters. With the combined strength of the three, breaking that so‑called Sky-covering Water Formation of the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You River should not be a problem.

Once the Sky-covering Water Formation was broken, then when facing a Strange Spirit Expert, there would be no need to talk about any code of honorable single combat. At that time, they could combine the strength of many Heavenly Realm experts and cut down that You River here—would that not make everyone delighted?

”Lord Li, you’ve come at just the right time. Come take a look at this turtle shell large array!”

Xue Tianao naturally also recognized Li Yunfan. The moment he saw him, his eyes lit up with joy, and he was the first to speak, directly causing the figures of the three from Ling Kong Island to all fly over to this stretch of sky.

”It should be a Water Attribute array. And this array... why does it also feel faintly familiar?”

Li Yunfan did not waste any words at this time. However, just as he swept over here and, while sensing certain auras from that Light Screen, his face revealed doubt and he unconsciously furrowed his brows slightly.

”Island Master, does this water curtain large array look like Elder Wei of Xuanyin Hall’s former ’Sky-covering Water Formation’?”

The Great Elder of Ling Kong Island beside him had clearly recalled something. As the words fell from his mouth, he turned a strange gaze toward Master Xuanyin Xue Tianao.

”Yes, yes, it is indeed Elder Wei’s Sky-covering Water Formation. I once saw this Water Attribute Array in my teacher’s notes. No wonder it looked a bit familiar!”

Reminded by the Great Elder, Li Yunfan clapped his hands and turned his head; the gaze with which he looked at Xue Tianao likewise held a trace of peculiar doubt.

”Elder... Elder Wei?”

Suddenly hearing this somewhat familiar name, a spark flashed through Xue Tianao’s mind as he murmured, ”The previous Elder Wei was indeed a Heavenly Rank Intermediate Array Master, but two hundred years ago he entered the Xuanyin Cave and never came out again, uh...”

Clearly, Xue Tianao had recalled the situation of that previous Elder Wei, and when he spoke of what happened later, his voice abruptly cut off. It seemed he had already guessed the real reason.

”Looks like the accident Elder Wei met in the Xuanyin Cave was all this fellow’s doing. And the arrays he knew were definitely inherited by this fellow as well!”

Xue Tianao spoke with a sigh, containing a trace of grief and a trace of anger, while also understanding why a Strange Spirit Expert would be so proficient in human arrays.

Back then, the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array on the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield was like this; now this so‑called Sky-covering Water Formation was the same. Looking into the root cause, Xuanyin Hall could not escape responsibility.

”Things are as they are; Master Xue need not blame yourself. How to break this Sky-covering Water Formation is what matters most!”

Seeing that Xue Tianao’s expression was somewhat awkward, Li Yunfan did not press the matter. He could naturally understand the causes and consequences, but as he said, things had already come to this point; pursuing whose fault it was no longer had much meaning.

”Lord Li, do you have confidence?”

Xue Tianao was, after all, the master of a hall and had recently gone through many major events; his temperament had long been honed to be incomparably tenacious. At this moment, he also calmed himself and asked in a deep voice.

With this question, Lu Yanji at the side likewise had eyes full of expectation. Right now, the human side had sufficient strength, but if they could not break this so‑called Sky-covering Water Formation, they would not even have the chance to fight that Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You River.

”Half and half; we can only try it first!”

Speaking of his own specialty, the path of Arrays, although Li Yunfan’s words sounded quite modest, the few people beside him still heard a trace of confidence in his tone, and immediately all relaxed.

”Great Elder, Second Elder, lend me a hand!”

Li Yunfan acted as soon as he spoke. He turned his head slightly and gave an order to the two Elders of Ling Kong Island beside him. Once the two had separated and taken their positions, Lu Yanji and Xue Tianao automatically withdrew a hundred zhang away.

”Old human, you should be that Island Master Li Yunfan of Ling Kong Island, right? This king hasn’t gone to look for you yet, and you’ve already come running here to court death!”

Seeing the three Heavenly Rank Array Masters headed by Li Yunfan stand in a triangular formation, You He’s figure swayed slightly atop the Stepping Heavenly Stone, and the words he spoke made it clear that he was not too unfamiliar with this so‑called first Array Master of the Tenglong Continent.

”But this king will tell you, with that bit of superficial array knowledge of yours, you can’t break this Sky-covering Water Formation. If that Yun Xiao came, there might still be a sliver of hope!”

Seeing Li Yunfan remain silent and already begin searching for the array points of the Sky-covering Water Formation, You He let out another cold laugh, and this time his words finally made Li Yunfan raise his head.

To tell the truth, Li Yunfan did not know much about that coarse‑clothed youth’s attainment in arrays. Only from the Sealing Array Technique Mo Yu had brought back, and from his research into the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array, did he realize that Yun Xiao’s understanding of the path of Arrays was quite extraordinary.

But as the Island Master of Ling Kong Island, the Continent-recognized first Array Master, Li Yunfan had his own pride. Now, being judged by a Strange Spirit as inferior to Yun Xiao, he naturally felt somewhat unconvinced.

”Hmph, once I break your Sky-covering Water Formation, we’ll see what else you have to say.”

This cold snort, Li Yunfan did not voice aloud. In fact, he had once studied this Sky-covering Water Formation and believed he could quickly locate its array points; as for whether he could break it, he could only give it everything he had.

Swish swish swish!

Without another word, Li Yunfan’s hands waved repeatedly, and in the next instant over a dozen Array Flags were planted by him around the Stepping Heavenly Stone. At the same time, the two Elders of Ling Kong Island did not slack off in the least—it was obvious they had received the Island Master’s voice transmission.

In no time at all, around the Stepping Heavenly Stone, which faced the river on one side and solid ground on the other three, countless Array Flags appeared. Seeing those dense, seemingly patternless flags, some Low Rank cultivators felt their eyes blur.

Only experts who had reached the Heavenly Rank knew that the Array Flags deployed by these three Array Masters of Ling Kong Island could not possibly be placed at random, but had their own purpose.

”Array, arise—reverse!”

When several time periods had passed and Li Yunfan let out a low shout, everyone could clearly sense that from those countless, chaotic‑looking Array Flags, a special, fierce energy fluctuation erupted.

These energy fluctuations actually corresponded to each array point of the Sky-covering Water Formation. Li Yunfan believed that as long as these array points were destroyed, even if they did not find the most crucial Water Formation Array Core, he still had fifty percent confidence that he could shatter this Sky-covering Water Formation in one stroke.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

Yet just as Li Yunfan was full of confidence, a sound of rushing water suddenly entered his ears. When he followed the sound with his gaze, his expression undoubtedly turned extremely ugly in that instant.

Because Li Yunfan and the other two Elders clearly saw that, in the Chongxiao River on the other side of the Stepping Heavenly Stone, waves were surging at this moment. As if drawn by some force, they directly rose and crashed against the shore, ultimately forming a special connection with the Sky-covering Water Formation.

”Damn it, this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit is simply too cunning!”

When Li Yunfan saw those torrents spewing out from within the Chongxiao River, he knew that his methods this time had, in the end, been all for nothing, and he cursed under his breath.

The so‑called Sky-covering Water Formation was naturally a Water Attribute Array. If this had been somewhere else, the methods the three of them had just used would have had a great chance of working.

But now, with the Chongxiao River on the other side of the Stepping Heavenly Stone and the inexhaustible supply of water‑energy within that river, the actions just taken by these three Heavenly Rank Array Masters were, without a doubt, somewhat laughable.

”Well? I told you that you couldn’t break it. Do you believe me now?”

At this moment, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You River atop the Stepping Heavenly Stone was incomparably pleased with himself. As a Strange Spirit, to压 down the Continent’s first Array Master on the path of Arrays was undoubtedly something he could be extremely proud of.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Right after You He’s words fell, the Sky-covering Water Formation under his control suddenly erupted with an immensely powerful force, and then those countless Array Flags began to explode in succession like lit strings of firecrackers.

If the onlooking cultivators had not known what was happening earlier, then at this moment, when they saw those exploding Array Flags, the expressions on their faces instantly grew dark and gloomy.