Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Not good!”

Compared to the onlookers’ realization, Tan Qigong, as the person involved, had already sensed something was wrong the moment Yun Xiao unleashed his Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power.

Tan Qigong had originally been extremely confident in his Water Flow Body, because it required the support of his own Meridian Qi, and what it really competed on was the strength of one’s Meridian Qi Cultivation.

From this perspective, Tan Qigong was more than one Realm higher than Yun Xiao. Having reached Half-step Holy Rank, he could be said to already have half a foot stepped into the level of the Holy Vein Three Realms.

There had been many Heavenly Realm Peak Cultivators who were utterly unable to withstand a single blow in front of Tan Qigong. Adding in his innate inherited Strange Spirit Talent, in battles against Cultivators of the same level, he had never once suffered a loss.

But what about that coarse-clothed brat Yun Xiao opposite him? Not only could he, like Tan Qigong, transform into a Water Flow Body, but within that Water Flow Body there actually contained an incomparably overbearing Ice Cold Attribute that could not be matched.

When he had just begun sensing this Ice Cold Attribute, Tan Qigong hadn’t paid it much mind. He thought, what effect could the Ice Cold Power of a mere Heavenly Realm Late Stage brat possibly have on him?

Yet in the very next instant, when Tan Qigong discovered that a certain part of his Water Flow Body was unexpectedly and uncontrollably being Ice Frozen, he finally truly became panicked.

”Damn it, this is at least a Heavenly Rank Advanced Ice Cold Ancestral Vein!”

It had to be said that Tan Qigong was indeed well-informed. The moment he sensed that this Ancestor Vein Power was irresistible, he reacted immediately, realizing that it belonged to Yun Xiao.

An Ice Cold Attribute Ancestor Vein, strictly speaking, was also the ultimate manifestation of a Water Attribute Ancestor Vein; it was just that this youth’s Ancestor Vein Power was so strong it seemed a bit too outrageous.

Ancestor Veins were not something just anyone could possess. Even some of the most extraordinarily talented geniuses, if they did not have formidable ancestors, would be absolutely unable to possess Ancestor Veins.

An Ancestor Vein that could cause even a Half-step Holy Rank Tan Qigong to have no ability to resist at this moment—anyone could tell with just a toe’s worth of thought that it definitely could not be below Heavenly Rank Advanced, and might even be stronger than that.

”Behind this brat there must be a colossal family. Is it one of the Four Great Families?”

Even at this critical juncture, Tan Qigong still had the mind to speculate about Yun Xiao’s background. He believed that if the other party had not inherited from some powerful family, how could he possibly possess such a formidable Ancestor Vein Power?

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Just as these strange thoughts rose in Tan Qigong’s heart, Yun Xiao had already continuously urged his Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power, causing the portions of Tan Qigong’s Water Flow Body that were being Ice Frozen to grow undeniably more and more.

”Looks like I can only focus on breaking away first!”

Sensing that he absolutely could not contend against that Ice Cold Power, Tan Qigong’s heart was already beating a retreat. He decided to temporarily avoid its edge and bide his time for the future. This brat called Yun Xiao was simply too bizarre.

”Hm?”

However, when Tan Qigong made up his mind to first break away, he suddenly discovered that his Water Flow Body seemed to be bound by some mysterious force, making it extremely difficult even to revert to his true body.

What this Murong City Emperor Palace Director did not know was that besides that formidable Ice Cold Attribute Ancestor Vein, Yun Xiao also had a Water Extreme Fire, which was clearly the natural nemesis of Water Attribute attribute power.

At this moment Yun Xiao went at him with both methods at once, forcibly blocking off even Tan Qigong’s final path of retreat, finally causing this Lord Supervisor of the Emperor Palace to truly become panic-stricken.

To speak honestly, Tan Qigong, as a Half-step Holy Rank Expert, still had many formidable methods he had yet to display. If he were to be so suffocatedly Ice Frozen to death just like this, he would never be able to accept it.

But since he had seized such an opportunity, how could Yun Xiao possibly let him go so easily? Toward these Emperor Palace fellows, he did not harbor the slightest bit of mercy. Who told this guy to dare take the initiative to provoke him?

Crack crack crack...

With the help of the Water Extreme Fire, Yun Xiao’s Ice Cold Ancestor Vein Power erupted madly. In merely a dozen breaths, that Lord Supervisor of the Murong City Emperor Palace was frozen into a crystal-clear ice sculpture.

At this moment Tan Qigong was not in human form, so the ice sculpture he was frozen into looked somewhat eerie, as if it were a chunk of real ice brick.

But every onlooker knew that this was precisely Tan Qigong, the Director of the Murong City Emperor Palace. Sensing his utterly motionless state, everyone could not help but suck in a breath of cold air, practically unable to believe the scene before their eyes.

Crash!

Only after a moment, when that chunk of ice, having lost Yun Xiao’s Water Flow Body as support, fell from midair and smashed to pieces with shards of ice flying everywhere, did the crowd awaken as if from a dream.

”Tan Qigong... is dead?!”

This was precisely what they could not believe, because they were all Cultivators from the surroundings of Murong City and knew this Emperor Palace Director quite well. He was a Half-step Holy Rank Super Expert.

Tan Qigong, who was only half a step away from stepping into the Holy Vein Three Realms, was already an invincible existence in the regions around Murong City. Those ordinary Cultivators around here didn’t even dare show the slightest disrespect to him, not even verbally; at most they would curse him in their hearts.

The relatives and friends of those who had offended the Emperor Palace and been killed by it could only swallow their anger without daring to speak out, all because the Emperor Palace had Tan Qigong, this Half-step Holy Rank Expert.

But now, the dignified Emperor Palace Director of Murong City, the arrogant Half-step Holy Rank Expert Tan Qigong, had actually been frozen to death alive, and then smashed into shattered ice all over the ground. How could this be anything but unbelievable?

Even though Tan Qigong’s death was a cause for popular delight among the Cultivators in the regions around Murong City, the incident came far too suddenly, making it hard for them to believe it for a while.

”Something big is really going to happen this time!”

One grey-haired old man stroked his long beard, sighing softly as he muttered. That was the Emperor Palace Director after all; once he died, how could the Emperor Canglong Palace possibly just let it go?

”Lord Chief... is dead?”

Compared to these bystanders, Ruan Buwei, one of the two surviving Great Elders of the Emperor Palace, standing not far away, looked even more utterly disoriented. The disbelief in his tone was much stronger than that of the others.

These Emperor Palace Elders had always followed Tan Qigong around, swaggering and flaunting their might. In their eyes, within the territory of Murong City, Lord Chief was invincible.

Even when Yun Xiao had slaughtered so many Emperor Palace Elders in Murong Huchen’s Spirit Hall earlier, neither Ruan Buwei nor the other Elder had ever thought Tan Qigong would lose.

The Meridian Qi Cultivation of a Half-step Holy Rank and that of an ordinary Heavenly Realm Cultivator were worlds apart. They had always been looking forward to Lord Chief tearing that brat into pieces to avenge those dead Emperor Palace Elders.

Who would have thought the outcome would be like this in the end? The dignified Lord Chief was so easily frozen into an icicle by that coarse-clothed youth, and finally smashed all over the ground.

”Sorry, from today on, there will be no Chief in the Murong City Emperor Palace!”

Just as everyone was stunned in shock, a familiar voice drifted out; it was Yun Xiao. Though his words were domineering, they didn’t quite match the facts.

It could only be said that from today on, there was no longer Tan Qigong as Chief of the Murong City Emperor Palace. Before long, the Emperor Canglong Palace would definitely appoint another Chief to manage the affairs of Murong City.

But at this very moment, who would pay any attention to Yun Xiao’s slip of the tongue? They had all just seen with their own eyes that the Murong City Chief, Tan Qigong, had been smashed into pieces on the ground and would never again be able to throw his weight around in Murong City.

”Next, it’s your turn, the two of you!”

As the saying goes, ”Pull out the weeds, roots and all.” Yun Xiao at this moment had no intention of letting those two Emperor Palace Elders off. Hearing his words, the faces of Ruan Buwei and the other Elder instantly turned ashen pale.

At this point, anyone who still treated that youth as some harmless good person would probably get slapped twice in the face by Ruan Buwei himself. A ruthless man like this should never have been provoked from the very beginning.

What Half-step Holy Rank Expert, what backing of the Emperor Canglong Palace—none of that had any deterrent effect on this coarse-clothed youth. On the contrary, once he opened his killing spree, he showed no more scruples at all.

If there were a chance to do it all over again, Ruan Buwei would definitely choose not to casually provoke Yun Xiao. But now, with Yun Xiao daring even to kill Lord Chief, how could he possibly care about these two Emperor Palace Elders?

”Run!”

The Third Elder of the Emperor Palace reacted with astonishing speed; otherwise, in Murong Huchen’s Spirit Hall earlier, he wouldn’t have been the only one to escape with his life.

So at this moment the Third Elder made a prompt decision. Just as Yun Xiao’s voice fell, his figure flickered, and he almost leaped over the crowd, about to disappear into the depths of the shadows of the Murong Tomb.

”Hmph, you really think that just because you escaped once, you can escape a second time?”

Unfortunately for him, having let this Third Elder escape once, how could Yun Xiao possibly drop his guard? His cold snort rang out, and the Third Elder, fleeing for his life, felt his heart suddenly jolt violently.

Crack!

Another breath later, a soft sound rang in everyone’s ears. The Emperor Palace Third Elder, who had been fleeing at full speed, suddenly stiffened, lowering his head in disbelief.

They saw a small hole in his chest, from which fresh, crimson blood was gushing. He could clearly sense that his vital heart had been pierced through by some strange weapon.

”It’s Yun Xiao’s Wooden Sword!”

Compared to this Third Elder, the onlookers saw even more clearly. They were all familiar with that Black Light Wooden Sword that had pierced through the Third Elder’s chest and heart; they immediately knew it was once again the handiwork of that coarse-clothed youth, Yun Xiao.

Yet no one knew when that Wooden Sword had appeared, nor how it had ended up in the Third Elder’s path. Its appearance was too bizarre and sudden, to the point that even a dignified Heavenly Realm Late Stage Expert had had no chance to defend himself.