Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

"Elder Wu, let's find a place to rest for a while!"

Seeing the girls chatting happily, Yun Xiao turned his head to speak to the Second Elder Wu Yingjiang of Shenxiao Sect. The latter understood immediately and pointed to a large area of buildings not far away.

Although this is just a pier, as the largest pier for going overseas in the Eastern Domain of Tenglong Continent, it's not just a pier. That stretch of buildings is no different from a small town.

Under the arrangement of Wu Yingjiang and others, Yun Xiao and Hu Ying'er all moved in. After this series of battles, everyone was more or less injured, and it would take some time to recover.

Fortunately, this time the Strange Spirit were defeated, and it's unlikely they can organize another powerful attack in the short term, giving Yun Xiao some time to catch his breath.

Only Yun Xiao himself might know that just killing a few mid and low-level Silver Grade Heavenly Spirits might not have much impact on the larger invasion by the Strange Spirit.

Yun Xiao's ultimate goal is to break the array core that may exist on Impermanence Island, thus thwarting the terrifying presence from breaking through to a higher level quickly.

"Elder Wu, pass along the matters here to the major sects. I might need their help later!"

Outside his residence, Yun Xiao instructed Wu Yingjiang, knowing that once he recovered, he would inevitably go to Impermanence Island, where there might be even greater danger.

The top experts of the Strange Spirit have not shown themselves yet, and even with Hu Ying'er's assistance, Yun Xiao doesn't have absolute confidence. But if the human Heavenly Rank experts can come, they might be able to strike at the Yellow Dragon directly.

"Don't worry; I've already sent the message back. I believe upon hearing this news, all human cultivators will be proud of you!"

Looking at the coarse-clothed youth before him, a youth so young it was unbelievable, Wu Yingjiang felt deeply moved. He never thought the fate of the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield could truly be changed by such a young boy.

Before Yun Xiao entered the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, the human side was completely suppressed by the Strange Spirit, not daring to leave the cities. Each major city was precarious, not knowing when they might be attacked and become a wasteland.

But it was this coarse-clothed youth who appeared on the battlefield and, starting at Gushan City, fought through obstacles all the way to the Denghai Pier on the East Coast.

Wu Yingjiang had reason to believe that the repeated victories in the north and south of the battlefield were undoubtedly stirred by Yun Xiao's achievements. It's this youth who sounded the horn of counterattack for the human side.

Yun Xiao's name already had some fame on the Tenglong Continent, but previously, he was at most a leader among the younger generation, not comparable to the true old-generation experts.

But now, he has even managed to slay low-level Silver Grade Heavenly Spirits, and under the collaboration of three Heavenly Spirits, he rendered an intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit utterly miserable.

Such feats, even some first-class forces' power holders might not be able to achieve, right?

At least Elder Wu Yingjiang of Shenxiao Sect knows in such circumstances, apart from fighting desperately, there's absolutely nothing he could change, let alone kill Heavenly Spirit-level Strange Spirit experts.

Yun Xiao naturally didn't know Wu Yingjiang's sentiments. Returning to his residence, he directly sat cross-legged, considering the injuries he sustained this time were so severe he almost lost his life.

Swoosh!

With a flip of Yun Xiao's right hand, a dark-colored crystal appeared in his palm, which was the Spirit Crystal of the intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit from the deep-sea mud.

Originally, this Spirit Crystal was Hu Ying'er's trophy, but she persistently insisted Yun Xiao take it, threatening to leave the Denghai Pier if he didn't, forcing Yun Xiao to concede to her wishes.

As for the remaining low-level Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit crystals, Yun Xiao gave them to the other people. Naturally, the Fire Attribute crystal was snatched by Chi Yan, even though it was barely alive, its sensitivity to the Fire Attribute crystal was remarkably sharp.

Mo Qing, Liu Hanyi, and Xue Ningxiang were all seriously injured, but fortunately, they had gained substantial rewards this time, and with the energy from Spirit Crystals matched to their respective attributes, it's only a matter of time before they recover to peak condition.

Truthfully, if Yun Xiao's intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit crystal were given to Mo Qing, Liu Hanyi, and others for refining, they might end up exploding.

After all, those people only had reached the Peak of Earth Bending Realm, while the energy within the intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit crystal was extremely terrifying and immense. With their severe injuries, the consequences could be very dire.

Only Yun Xiao, with his heaven-defying Ancient Dragon Taming Technique and his unique constitution — one even he doesn't fully understand — dares to refine the energy of the intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit crystal across levels.

Boom!

As Yun Xiao operated the Ancient Dragon Taming Technique, a vast wave of energy burst from his palm, triggering the energy from the intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit crystal.

Under the impact of this power surge, Yun Xiao's entire body tightened, a hint of pain appearing on his face, as if all his meridians were about to burst apart, extremely painful.

Fortunately, beneath these energy impacts, Yun Xiao's badly injured body underwent some changes; countless meridians, despite appearing as if they were exploding, were actually being filled and repaired.

Once he withstands this pain, he will recover to his peak, even achieving further improvement.

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East Sea, Impermanence Island!

While Yun Xiao led the human side to a triumphant victory and rested in this camp occupied by Strange Spirits, an angry roar echoed.

"Who is it? Who exactly is disrupting my Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array?"

The roar reverberated in the sky, making many Strange Spirit experts on Impermanence Island hold their breaths, shivering in silence because they knew what kind of being emitted this voice.

It is worth mentioning that when experts occupied Impermanence Island initially, the island was filled with towering buildings and a flourishing scene.

But now, Impermanence Island is a ravaged wasteland, without a trace of its former glory, and all the structures have turned into ruins.

Especially the place where the headquarters of Impermanence Island once stood, a huge pit was dug out, with sea water flooding in from all sides, forming a large lake inside the island, looking quite mystical.

The angry roar came from within this big lake; if Xue Tianao, Lu Yanji, and other human experts were here, they would immediately recognize that the voice was identical to the one they heard outside Xuanyin Cave.

In fact, Yun Xiao guessed correctly; the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit that destroyed Impermanence Island was the same one he saw at the bottom of the lake in the seventh layer of Xuanyin Cave and later escaped from many top human experts.

Due to certain reasons, this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit was startled and awakened prematurely, not truly recovering to its Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit's power, and because it was besieged outside Xuanyin Cave, much of the power it gathered was consumed.

In such circumstances, this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit dared not clash directly with humans, hiding somewhere until it regained some strength, then targeted the isolated overseas Impermanence Island.

With the strength of this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, even recovering less than half, Impermanence Island could not withstand it.

Under its dominance, two Island Masters of Impermanence Island died in battle, and this powerful sect, once belonging to the Thirteen Major Forces, ceased to exist.

The Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, occupying Impermanence Island, single-handedly summoned countless Strange Spirit armies and nurtured some Heavenly Spirit level experts, thus counterattacking the human hinterland and creating the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield.

The true purpose of this was to refine the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array, using countless human blood energy to restore its power to peak state, even further.

The Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit knows that now with its exposed identity, it can no longer act as freely as it did in Xuanyin Cave. Once those top human experts react, its years-long plan might end in failure.

The Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array is this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit's last hope; initially, it went quite smoothly, allowing it to steadily absorb blood energy for half a year.

But in the last two or three months, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit found that the energy in the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array started to fluctuate, decreasing continuously.

If it were just a city or a small region changing, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit wouldn't care much. However, over time, the blood energy conveyed by the large array diminished, ultimately only the surrounding islands still had some sensing.

As the Array Master of the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array, this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit eventually knew what was happening.

Surely, on the human side, an Array Master noticed the details of the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array and used means to temporarily seal the array points scattered across major cities.

This way, it cut off the source of the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit's power restoration; only relying on the handful of small islands in the East Sea was akin to emptying the ocean with a spoon for it.

Just to avoid attracting the attention of top human figures, this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit dared not dispatch real Heavenly Spirit experts to the human mainland.

After all, its strength hasn't fully recovered; though sensing this situation, it can only rage furiously here.

"If I find out who you are, I will skin you alive and draw your tendons to quench the hatred in my heart!"

The angry roar continued to emanate from the lake water, echoing across the sky over Impermanence Island; anyone could hear the extreme killing intent in its tone, signaling that perhaps soon, the one who angered it will face dire misfortune.