Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”It’s too late!”

Xue Tianao had of course long been prepared, but his position was a bit farther away. Seeing that You He’s movement, he believed Lu Yanji also wouldn’t be able to make it in time.

But for some reason, although Xue Tianao said ”it’s too late” out loud, there wasn’t much worry on his face. A scene from back at the entrance of Xuanyin Cave flashed through his mind, and in a flash of lightning he realized something.

It was just that Lu Yanji had not experienced that kind of upheaval back then, so for some of Yun Xiao’s methods, he didn’t recall them for the moment. His mood was even more anxious than Xue Tianao’s.

Boom!

On top of the Stepping Heavenly Stone, that giant hammer formed by You He’s tentacle finally smashed down hard on Yun Xiao’s head, but in the next instant, everyone saw an utterly unbelievable scene.

Splash!

They saw that Yun Xiao’s head, which had originally been human-shaped, actually burst into splashing water under that hammer, and there was not the slightest trace of blood.

And everyone could clearly see that the splashing water was definitely not caused by the rupture of You He’s Water Column Tentacle, but was sprayed out when Yun Xiao’s head itself exploded.

How could a genuine human cultivator have a head full of water? Everyone racked their brains but couldn’t figure it out, yet those cultivators who had once seen some of Yun Xiao’s methods couldn’t help but look thoughtful at this moment.

”That move again?”

For example, Nie Xiaosheng, the Shenxiao Sect prodigy fighting on the outer front. Back in Extreme Yin City, he had personally seen how Yun Xiao escaped a fatal strike from Wuyan Palace Master Wu Zhukong.

At that time Yun Xiao had only had Seeking Origin cultivation, yet because of that terrifyingly bizarre method, even Wu Zhukong, a Heavenly Rank Third Realm expert, had failed to kill him with one blow.

So Nie Xiaosheng had reason to believe that now, with Yun Xiao having broken through to the Heavenly Realm Early Stage, if he used that strange special method again, there would definitely be some even more unknown changes.

In fact, both Xue Tianao and Nie Xiaosheng had guessed correctly. At this moment Yun Xiao had indeed used that Lifebound Talent Secret Method inherited from a Water Attribute Strange Spirit, namely transforming into water.

After Yun Xiao refined the Water Extreme Fire and then broke through to the Heavenly Realm, his use of this talent had indeed gained many variations.

Even for the head, the most important part of the human body, Yun Xiao could transform it into water flow in an instant. That was the reason behind the scattered droplets just now.

Those droplets blasted apart and scattered by the hammer, after a short flight, seemed to be pulled by some sort of energy and flew back toward Yun Xiao’s main body.

And at this moment, Yun Xiao’s main body was still bound by that Spirit Crystal Water Attribute energy, seemingly still unable to move.

”Splash!”

But in the next moment, many human cultivators could no longer stay entangled in this, because after Yun Xiao’s head was ”smashed apart,” his entire body, in the extremely brief time that followed, also transformed into a Water Flow Body.

”Hm?”

Just when he smashed Yun Xiao’s head with a hammer and saw those flying droplets, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit Bi He had already realized something. It was just that he had never considered such a situation could occur, so for a moment he hadn’t quite come back to his senses.

But now, with Yun Xiao’s entire body transformed into water flow, You He, who had used Spirit Crystal power to bind him, could clearly sense it. Thus he became even more puzzled in his heart.

Just ask: how could a genuine human possibly turn his whole body into water flow? This clearly defied common sense. Even the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He did not immediately think of that extremely small possibility.

”Could it be that this human brat Yun Xiao is actually a Strange Spirit?”

Once You He began thinking along those lines, his mind went a bit too far. But as soon as this thought arose, he forcibly threw it to the back of his mind, because it was clearly impossible.

If Yun Xiao were truly a Strange Spirit, how could he have disturbed his slumber back in Xuanyin Cave? How could he have repeatedly ruined his plans in the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield and on Impermanence Island?

Precisely because of these reasons, You He had absolute grounds to believe this must be another special method of Yun Xiao’s. Yet such a method made the scheme he had finally gotten to work just now fall apart once again.

Splash!

They saw a stream of water extend out from within the restraints. You He could sense very clearly that it was precisely the water flow that Yun Xiao’s main body had become. Under such same-attribute conditions, his Spirit Crystal binding ultimately had nowhere to exert its power.

Water has no constant form; you can’t possibly hope to use some Water Attribute power to bind another stream of water. Once the two intertwine, you in me and I in you, neither can do anything to the other.

A moment later, that stream of water which had slipped out from the restraints shifted and changed not far away. Together with those droplets that had flown back—Yun Xiao’s ”head” that had just been smashed by You He’s water hammer—they finally reformed into a familiar humanoid figure.

This human-shaped figure was dressed in coarse clothes, his body thin and lean, looking almost no different from Yun Xiao just now.

For a moment, whether it was the two sides engaged in battle or the human Cultivators around beneath the Stepping Heavenly Stone, all fell into a strange silence.

”Yun Xiao, how did you come to possess this technique of transforming into a Water Flow Body?”

After a brief silence, that Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He suddenly opened his mouth. In truth, he was extremely puzzled; after all, that was a genuine human being.

Hearing this question from You He, the human Cultivators watching seemed to forget that he was a great enemy of humanity. They were also extremely curious; that method of Yun Xiao turning into flowing water—who wouldn’t want to have it?

”To tell the truth, I have you to thank for this.”

You He’s question made a strange smile appear on Yun Xiao’s face, and upon hearing his words, some people beneath the Stepping Heavenly Stone, such as Nie Xiaosheng and the like, felt their hearts stir slightly.

”Do you still remember what happened the first time I met you in the Xuanyin Cave?”

The strange look on Yun Xiao’s face did not fade, and as soon as this was mentioned, You He couldn’t help gritting his teeth a little, because that was precisely his first dealings with Yun Xiao, and his first plan had been forcibly ruined by Yun Xiao.

If Yun Xiao hadn’t discovered the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit slumbering at the bottom of the lake on the seventh level of Xuanyin Cave, allowing You He to continue luring human Cultivators step by step according to plan, he could have peacefully recovered to his Peak state.

”So what?”

You He simply had no idea what Yun Xiao meant by bringing this up at this moment, so his tone turned dark as he asked again, wanting to get a clear answer.

This exchange made quite a few human Cultivators wear odd expressions, secretly thinking that these two—man and Spirit—had just been fighting to the death in such a fierce battle, and now in the blink of an eye they were chatting like old friends?

”To be frank, it was precisely because I refined that Ninth Rank Strange Spirit that I was lucky enough to inherit its Water Attribute Talent. Well, does that count as thanks to you?”

At this moment Yun Xiao finally revealed the cause of this matter to everyone, yet his gaze never left the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He, wanting to see this fellow’s wonderful reaction.

”You...”

Sure enough, just as Yun Xiao’s words fell, a chaotic aura erupted from You He’s body. Clearly, upon suddenly hearing this reason, he found it hard to accept.

As for the Cultivators watching below, they finally came to a sudden realization at this moment, and at the same time felt somewhat envious of Yun Xiao’s luck. How could such a one-in-ten-million stroke of Creation fall upon his head?

When the Strange Spirit Clan fought against humans, their powerful methods lay in the fact that they possessed their own Lifebound Talents—for example, that Water Attribute Strange Spirit could transform into a Water Flow Body.

Or, for instance, those Wind Attribute Spirits on the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, even if they had not reached the Heavenly Spirit Level, could still fly above the ground. When fighting human Cultivators of the same level, they stood in an invincible position from the very start.

As for the saying that when humans refine Strange Spirit Crystals, there is a faint chance of obtaining a Strange Spirit Talent inheritance, people such as Lu Yanji, Xue Tianao, and others had all heard of it.

However, that probability was undoubtedly extremely, extremely low—out of perhaps a hundred million Cultivators, not one might appear. Who would have thought that this most dazzling youth would even accomplish this step? This truly was a gift from heaven.

Such Creation can only be encountered by chance, not sought. In the end, everyone could only attribute it to Yun Xiao’s Heaven-defying luck. Still, this youth had too many Heaven-defying aspects already; this was just one more, and the human Cultivators were able to accept it quickly.

But while the human side could accept it, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit You He could not accept it no matter what. That such a Talent belonging to the Strange Spirit Clan had actually been inherited by a human—in his view, this was simply an unbearable humiliation.

What’s more, the one who received this inheritance was Yun Xiao, You He’s greatest enemy. Now, seeing Yun Xiao actually using a Heavenly Spirit Talent Secret Method that belonged to the Strange Spirits against himself, You He’s Spirit Crystal was almost about to explode from rage.

”Brat, I’m going to...”

Swoosh!

Just as the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit obtained the answer he ”wanted” and dense Water Attribute energy surged around him, a whistling wind suddenly sounded in his ears, causing his heart to involuntarily tense.

With the sensing ability of a Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, You He immediately turned his gaze toward the source of that whistling sound, and upon seeing it, his mood grew even gloomier.

There, a single water droplet was suspended in midair, shooting toward You He in fury. This seemingly ordinary droplet of water, at this moment, carried a very different significance in You He’s eyes.

”Hmph, did you really think I had that much time to chat with you?”

Seeing that You He had finally noticed that droplet, Yun Xiao no longer hid his intentions. Hearing his cold snort, all the watching human Cultivators realized that in that previous instant, Yun Xiao had once again employed some unknown method.

However, as for what exactly that youth had used, the human Cultivators could not see it at all for the time being, so all of them watched with bated breath.