Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

The Black Light Wooden Sword that appeared earlier was naturally the Dragon Taming Sword Yun Xiao unleashed. At this moment he was already beating Liu Wenzong so badly that the latter had no power to fight back, so how could he not be paying attention to what was happening on the other side?

When Daoist Jade Sword had just made a move that seemed like he was going to run, Yun Xiao used the Power of Soul to watch all directions and immediately discovered some trickery, he simply chose not to expose it on the spot.

Because Yun Xiao was confident that relying on the speed of his Dragon Taming Sword, he would definitely be able to kill Daoist Jade Sword outright before he subdued Xu Qingshan. He had that much confidence.

The speed of the Dragon Taming Sword was anything but slow, yet Daoist Jade Sword’s reaction was not sluggish either. That jade radiance that suddenly surged up behind him was shockingly the Sect Protecting Jade Sword of the Jade Sword Sect, and it was also a super‑weapon that had already reached the Half-step Holy Rank.

Back on the day the Hidden Blade Sect was annihilated, Daoist Jade Sword had already used this Jade Sword, attempting to blast open the entrance to the secret passage Xu Qingshan had entered, though he ultimately failed.

Now, however, Daoist Jade Sword was brimming with confidence. That rough‑clothed brat’s Wooden Sword might indeed be sharp, but his own Jade Sword was a Half-step Saint Artifact. Compared with ordinary Heavenly Rank Advanced weapons, it was not just a tiny bit stronger.

It was said that some weapons that reached the Holy Rank Level could even give birth to their own Spiritual Wisdom, or even cultivate into Strange Spirits that could battle human experts. Such things were not impossible.

Although a Half-step Saint Artifact had not reached such might, Daoist Jade Sword firmly believed that his Jade Sword Sect’s Sect Treasure absolutely could not be inferior in power to that Wooden Sword.

Most of the Cultivators in Ye City had heard of the fame of the Jade Sword Sect’s Sect Treasure. Once they all recognized that it was the Sect Protecting Jade Sword, almost everyone shared the same thought as Daoist Jade Sword.

Their belief in the power of the Sect Protecting Jade Sword was bone‑deep; one could even say that the Jade Dao Sect being able to stand tall in Ye City for so many years owed no small debt to this very Sect Protecting Jade Sword.

As for the Wooden Sword Yun Xiao wielded, although it had earlier forcefully slain the Jade Sword Sect’s Great Elder and Second Elder, most people assumed he had simply caught those two off guard.

Now that it was clashing head‑on with Daoist Jade Sword’s Sect Protecting Jade Sword, at least in the hearts of the crowd, that Wooden Sword probably wouldn’t last even a brief moment before being directly chopped into two pieces.

Yet what the crowd failed to see was the flash of mockery that flitted across the rough‑clothed youth’s eyes the instant Daoist Jade Sword’s Sect Protecting Jade Sword rose with flickering jade light.

Others might not know the power of the Dragon Taming Sword, but how could Yun Xiao, its master, not know? This was an Ancient Divine Artifact, and by his estimation, even among Ancient Divine Artifacts, the Dragon Taming Sword was likely one of the very best.

Yun Xiao had only studied half of the Dragon Taming Nine Swords, yet the benefits it had brought him were already incomparable. At the very least, in terms of sharpness, he had never seen the Dragon Taming Sword lose out to any other weapon.

It was merely a Sect Protecting Jade Sword at the level of a Half-step Saint Artifact. Perhaps when compared with other Heavenly Rank Advanced weapons it was incomparably ferocious, but compared to the Dragon Taming Sword, it probably didn’t even amount to Xiaowu before the Great Witch.

Slice!

Just as Yun Xiao’s eyes flashed with a cold, disdainful smile, and Daoist Jade Sword, full of confidence, completely ignored the clash of the Dual Swords behind him and continued to grab toward Xu Qingshan, a faint sound had already reached his ears.

"Ah!"

Immediately afterwards, a neat chorus of gasps followed. Daoist Jade Sword subconsciously thought that his Sect Protecting Jade Sword had definitely cut that Wooden Sword in half, thus provoking the exclamations from the onlookers.

"What a bunch of ignorant Mortals. The power of my Jade Sword Sect’s Sect Protecting Jade Sword is far beyond your comprehension."

At this moment, Daoist Jade Sword was undoubtedly feeling quite pleased with himself. There was even a trace of disdain in his eyes toward those who had cried out. Wasn’t such an outcome only natural? What were they making such a fuss about?

Daoist Jade Sword seemed to have forgotten that if it had been his Sect Protecting Jade Sword cutting through Yun Xiao’s Wooden Sword, these spectators had already anticipated such a result. Why would they let out such a uniform cry of shock?

Clearly, things were not as Daoist Jade Sword imagined. Just as that smug smile had begun to climb onto his face, he suddenly felt a slight chill at the center of his back.

"What’s this?"

Daoist Jade Sword, who had just sensed the chill at his back, felt that the coldness did not fade in an instant. Instead, it spread from his back all the way through to his chest, leaving his heart somewhat bewildered.

In the very next moment, the chill he had merely sensed turned instantly into a stab of searing pain. Immediately after, he saw a streak of black light drilling out from his chest, and this scene even felt faintly familiar.

Had not the two Elders of the Jade Sword Sect just now been killed by a strange Black Light Wooden Sword that pierced their chests? At this moment, the situation Daoist Jade Sword found himself in looked no different from that of those two Elders.

"Th-this... how is this possible?"

With his heart pierced by the Dragon Taming Sword, Daoist Jade Sword did not die at once. He forced a breath into his lungs, barely managed to turn around, and lowered his head, his eyes falling right on the two broken halves of the Jade Sword as they tumbled down.

The current Sect Master of the Jade Sword Sect had a look of utter disbelief surge up in his eyes, as if he refused to accept the reality unfolding before him.

"The Sect Protecting Jade Sword of my Jade Sword Sect is a Half-step Saint Artifact, yet it couldn’t even block a single strike from that Wooden Sword?"

Daoist Jade Sword had this thought surge up in his heart, only feeling that his brain wasn’t enough to process it. In this remote Nine-layered Dragon Cloud Western Region, what a Half-step Saint Artifact meant, he knew all too well.

In fact, when Daoist Jade Sword summoned the Sect Protecting Jade Sword, he didn’t have absolute confidence that he could really chop that Wooden Sword apart, but he thought that even退一步, if it only needed to block that Wooden Sword for a few breaths, the Sect Protecting Jade Sword should still be able to manage that, right?

But now, the dignified Sect Protecting Jade Sword of the Jade Sword Sect, a genuine Half-step Saint Artifact, actually failed to block even an instant before it was sliced into two pieces by that bizarre Wooden Sword, and then pierced through the back of him, the Jade Sword Sect Master.

"Could that be a true Holy Artifact?"

At the instant Daoist Jade Sword’s vitality dissipated, a somewhat unbelievable thought abruptly surfaced in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt this guess was almost certainly true.

It was only a pity that Daoist Jade Sword, whose heart had been pierced, could no longer control his own life force. The two words "Holy Artifact" became the final thought remaining in his mind.

Bang!

Daoist Jade Sword fell from the sky and crashed heavily to the ground with a loud sound, and then there was no more movement. At this moment, both the sky and ground of this Emperor Palace plaza seemed extremely quiet.

Even Xu Qingshan was a bit dazed and speechless; what had happened in that instant just now was simply too swift as lightning, too sudden and impossible to guard against.

From Xu Qingshan subconsciously pursuing Daoist Jade Sword, to the latter playing along to take him hostage, only a few breaths of time had passed in between.

When he saw that Daoist Jade Sword, this Heavenly Realm Middle Stage powerhouse, reach out a claw to grab him, Xu Qingshan only felt his mind go blank. He knew that no matter what, he could not possibly evade such a strike from such a powerhouse.

Who would have thought the final result would be like this? The Ancestral Master he had acknowledged for only a month or two had not forgotten him. Relying on a bizarre Wooden Sword that could pierce anything, with a single strike he assassinated Daoist Jade Sword.

Looking at Daoist Jade Sword’s corpse lying on the ground, Xu Qingshan was still somewhat absent-minded, but the next moment, a surge of joy flooded his heart and mind.

"Father, did you see that? That old dog Jade Sword is already dead, and Liu Wenzong will soon die in Ancestral Master’s hands as well. The great revenge of the Hidden Blade Sect will finally be repaid in blood!"

These murmured words came from Xu Qingshan’s mouth. Although the battle over there had not yet ended, he knew that with his Ancestral Master’s strength, dealing with a Liu Wenzong could hardly encounter any unforeseen variables.

Bang!

Just as Xu Qingshan’s murmurs fell, a loud boom already came from the sky, drawing everyone’s gazes over. And at this sight, their expressions all turned different.

Xu Qingshan’s face naturally revealed delight, while those guards of the Ye City Emperor Palace had rather ugly expressions, because the figure spitting blood and being blasted backward was precisely the Emperor Palace Director Liu Wenzong.

Turns out that after Yun Xiao unleashed the Dragon Taming Flying Sword to kill Daoist Jade Sword just now, his hands hadn’t been idle. With his Physical Strength, even without the Dragon Taming Sword, Liu Wenzong could never have been his match.

Since Liu Wenzong had already had his right leg kicked broken earlier and was heavily injured, and now Yun Xiao had closed the distance for close-quarters combat, his fate had long been sealed.

Fortunately, Liu Wenzong’s Physical Strength was also quite impressive. Although he had just taken a direct hit from Yun Xiao to his right rib, he still managed to preserve his life, though his face was rather pale and filled with fear.

"Brat, I am the Director of the Emperor Palace, backed by the Emperor Canglong Palace. Do you really dare to kill me?"

A trace of fear flashed in his eyes. Knowing he could no longer be the enemy of this coarse-clothed youth, Liu Wenzong could only bring up his backing of the Emperor Canglong Palace.

Some ordinary Cultivators, even powerhouses at the Holy Rank Third Realm, upon hearing the four words "Emperor Canglong Palace," would have to weigh it carefully. This colossal existence, sovereign of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, was one few could afford to provoke.

Only, what Liu Wenzong did not know was that this coarse-clothed youth standing before him had an irreconcilable hatred with the Emperor Canglong Palace. Even if he spared him today, once the Emperor Canglong Palace learned of his identity, the two sides would still end up in an Undying situation.

Since he would be dead either way, what was there for Yun Xiao to scruple about? His purpose in coming today was precisely to erase this Ye City Emperor Palace.

Doing so was, first, to begin his path of revenge in this life, and second, to avenge Xu Tongshi, the Direct Disciple of the Long Xiao Battle God from his previous life. Based on these two points alone, Liu Wenzong, this Emperor Palace Director of Ye City, had not the slightest hope of survival.

"The Emperor Canglong Palace? It might scare others, but it can’t scare me. So... you’d better go die!"