Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Haha, then come and try, but don’t blame me for not warning you; the sun is about to set!”

Upon hearing Yun Xiao’s bold words, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He was so furious that he laughed instead. As he spoke, he even extended a tendril and pointed towards the western horizon, then towards something on the Stepping Heavenly Stone.

Following You He’s tendril, everyone clearly saw that the water arrow, which nearly cost Ling Wan his life earlier, hadn’t disappeared with time. Instead, it exuded an even more bizarre aura.

This scene gave everyone reason to believe that if Yun Xiao couldn’t break the array before sunset, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He would truly dare to kill.

Strange Spirits originally had no good feelings towards humans. Now seeing Yun Xiao arrive, You He wanted to reclaim all the humiliation he endured on Impermanence Island, so that his obsession would be fulfilled.

In fact, since the great battle on Impermanence Island, although You He had mostly recovered to his peak, whenever he tried to reach a higher level, he found a shadow lingering in his mind.

This shadow, in some sense, could be said to be Yun Xiao, but only You He knew that the true obsession stemmed from that great defeat on Impermanence Island.

If he didn’t completely kill Yun Xiao, this shadow would always accompany him, preventing him from ever breaking through to higher levels. This could be considered a Heart Demon in the path of Cultivation.

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the young man in coarse clothing, but they didn’t have much confidence in Yun Xiao. After all, the path of Array Formation is different from Meridian Qi combat and the Meridian Refining Technique, requiring years of study and practice to reach higher levels.

Now, countless cultivators on the Tenglong Continent knew of Yun Xiao’s formidable combat strength and that he was a double champion in the current Meridian Refining Conference. His mastery of the Meridian Refining Technique was indisputable.

Some even associated Yun Xiao with the impressive Beast Vein Master Xu Hongzhuang from whom Yun Xiao had once saved the Snow Stepping Flying Horse.

Yun Xiao, barely in his early twenties, had managed to cultivate both Meridian Qi and the Meridian Refining Technique to such a degree, which itself was a miracle.

Thus, no one thought Yun Xiao could have deeply studied the path of Array Formation, and the fact he once dispelled the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array on the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield was perhaps just a fluke.

A person’s energy is ultimately limited. Even Dean Lu Yanji, the continent’s top expert, only focused on the paths of Medical and Poison Veins, with more emphasis on the Medical Vein.

Understanding this, people weren’t optimistic about Yun Xiao, especially since the array crafted by the continent’s top Array Master Li Yunfan and other Heavenly Rank Array Masters couldn’t be broken.

More importantly, as the sun was already tilting westward, the time left for Yun Xiao was limited. Was it an hour? Or just thirty minutes?

In such a short time, not to mention breaking the array, even studying this Sky-covering Water Formation might not be enough. They had witnessed Li Yunfan and others trying to break it earlier, akin to the saying that even if you haven’t eaten pork, you’ve seen a pig run.

”Dean Lu, Master Xue, Zhukong, prepare to save people!”

To the words of the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He, Yun Xiao gave no comment, but at that moment, he used concentrated Qi to send a sound transmission to the three Heavenly Realm experts present.

No one else knew his methods, but Yun Xiao was extremely confident. He sent out these three sound transmissions in case the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He, in embarrassment and anger, ferociously attacked Liu Hanyi, Mo Qing, and Ling Wan after his forceful array-breaking.

Yun Xiao was still just one person, while Liu Hanyi and the other two were restricted by Meridian Qi, having no power to retaliate, so he could only seek external help.

Upon hearing Yun Xiao’s words, although Lu Yanji and Xue Tianao remained skeptical about Yun Xiao’s ability to break the array, they still prepared immediately.

As for Wu Zhukong, already under Yun Xiao’s soul restriction, there was, of course, no dissent. Even if Yun Xiao ordered him to die at that moment, he wouldn’t hesitate.

The sound transmission formed by Yun Xiao’s concentrated Qi naturally wasn’t heard by the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He. In the next moment, under You He’s disdainful gaze, the human youth in coarse clothes lightly stepped on the Fierce Flood Dragon and flew near the Stepping Heavenly Stone.

”Putting on a show!”

Seeing Yun Xiao’s calm expression, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He couldn’t help but sneer. In his view, his Heavenly Rank Advanced large array was unbreakable, at least on the Tenglong Continent.

You could tell because even the combined efforts of Heavenly Rank Intermediate Array Master Li Yunfan and other Heavenly Rank Array Masters had failed.

Although Yun Xiao’s array techniques were impressive, it was impossible for him to compare to the combined force of over a dozen experts like Li Yunfan. At least, You He found it utterly unbelievable.

However, regardless of You He’s confidence, at that moment, Yun Xiao jumped off the back of the Fierce Flood Dragon, circled three sides of the Stepping Heavenly Stone, and finally turned his gaze to the surging waters of the Chongxiao River.

”Your reliance should be the Chongxiao River behind you, right?”

Yun Xiao didn’t act immediately. Instead, he raised his head and stared at the exceedingly confident You He. This first caused You He a slight pause, then he let out a cold laugh.

”Even if you know, what’s the point? Does it have anything to do with breaking the formation?”

Perhaps this was the source of You He’s confidence. The Chongxiao River’s water flowed endlessly, and no one could block a river like this. As long as the Chongxiao River was there, You He was already in an invincible position.

”Let’s start!”

This time, Yun Xiao ignored You He’s words. After a light utterance from his mouth, his hands flipped continuously, and nearly a hundred array flags were thrown into the air like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

Whizz, whizz, whizz...

A series of sounds of breaking wind arose, and when Li Yunfan and the other Heavenly Rank Array Masters saw the positions where those array flags landed, they couldn’t help but gasp.

Li Yunfan could see clearly that the positions where those nearly a hundred array flags were inserted were exactly the array points of the Sky-covering Water Formation, which they had spent a long time researching.

Li Yunfan knew very well that he had not told Yun Xiao the positions of the array points of this Sky-covering Formation earlier. So, had this young man found all the array points just by taking a quick turn?

And a moment later, Li Yunfan and those Heavenly Rank Array Masters discovered another fact. Yun Xiao’s array flags seemed to have more than a dozen additional points compared to the array points they had previously found.

”Could it be that we haven’t found all the array points after all this time?”

Although Li Yunfan was extremely confident in his Array Formation Technique, for some reason, seeing those several entirely different array flag positions, he suddenly realized that this young man’s understanding of array formation might indeed surpass his own.

In fact, Li Yunfan’s guess was not wrong. The array points Yun Xiao identified at this moment were truly the complete array points of the Sky-covering Water Formation. His accomplishments in array formation had long exceeded those of the first Array Master on this Tenglong Continent.

But to take a step back, even if Li Yunfan and those Heavenly Rank Array Masters could really find all the correct array points, it would still be absolutely impossible to break this Sky-covering Water Formation.

After all, You He’s confidence wasn’t entirely without reason. The greatest power of this Sky-covering Water Formation lay in the continuous supply of water attribute energy from the Chongxiao River, which ensured the array would remain in effect, even if the array points were found.

”This kid really has some skill in array formation!”

Seeing Yun Xiao’s array flags scattered like a celestial maiden and accurately landing on the array points of the Sky-covering Water Formation, even the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He was taken aback.

But that was all. Even if Yun Xiao found all the array points, it was absolutely impossible to break the Sky-covering Water Formation unless he could sever the entire Chongxiao River’s flow. But how could that be possible?

The Chongxiao River was said to be a passage connecting the Tenglong Continent and the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. Although it’s called a river, no cultivators from the Tenglong Continent had ever seen the situation on the other side.

As for those powerful cultivators who entered the Chongxiao River, even if they returned, they were bewildered and couldn’t possibly rely on the major figures of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud from the Lower Realm to provide answers.

Since the Chongxiao River couldn’t be cut off, You He was in an invincible position this time. Li Yunfan and those Heavenly Rank Array Masters mostly thought so too.

”Activate!”

Just as You He felt contempt, and many human cultivators showed peculiar expressions, a deep shout came from Yun Xiao’s mouth.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

As Yun Xiao’s shout fell, the nearly hundred array flags he cast instantly erupted with a strong icy cold aura, as if to freeze the air in those nearly hundred places.

”Is it the power of the Ice Cold Ancestral Vein?”

Sensing the extreme cold, the leaders of the first-class forces who were familiar with Yun Xiao’s methods showed slight changes in expression, because they believed it would be incredibly difficult to withstand such coldness if they came into contact with it.

At this moment, Yun Xiao was indeed employing the power of the Ice Cold Ancestral Vein infused in those array flags. With his increased strength, the power of his various ancestral veins had risen accordingly.

The Sky-covering Water Formation was a large formation of the water attribute, and the power of ice cold was an ultimate manifestation of the water attribute. It could be said that using the power of ice cold to initially suppress the array points of the formation was an effective targeted solution.

As these icy powers spread, countless ice flowers began to climb up from nearly a hundred array points, and soon, the entire area around the Stepping Heavenly Stone seemed to be enveloped in a translucent ice dome.

Only, at this moment, no one was in the mood to appreciate this marvelous scene; they only wanted to know whether this icy power could truly break the Sky-covering Water Formation.