Chapter 756: Seven hundred fifty-six, it’s your turn now!
On this continent, it is incredibly rare for a genius to be able to fight beyond their level, especially at the Earth Rank Third Realm. Moreover, Xu Huan is the young master of Yuyang City’s Douling Commerce; the Cultivation Techniques and Meridian Techniques he practices are far beyond those ordinary cultivators can compare with.
Even though Yun Xiao had shone brilliantly in the Spirit Fighting Conference, Xu Huan did not believe this kid could pose any threat to him. Maybe only those few geniuses of the Tenglong Continent could defeat him by fighting beyond their level, right?
The name Yun Xiao was something Xu Huan had only heard of during this Spirit Fighting Conference, so he did not consider him to be a genius emerging from a major power or influential sect. This is where his confidence stemmed from.
Besides, even if Xu Huan couldn’t beat him, didn’t he have Ruan Shiming, a peak Qi Seeking Realm cultivator, by his side? Could this kid really fight across two levels?
It was these deep-rooted ideas that made Xu Huan feel a sudden urge to laugh when he heard Yun Xiao’s deep voice. Shouldn’t such a statement be made by him?
Swoosh!
However, just as Xu Huan was entertaining the thought of laughing, a dark light had already appeared before him, forcing him to dodge instinctively.
It must be said that as the young master of Yuyang City’s Douling Commerce, Xu Huan was quite lucky. This subconscious action undoubtedly saved his life.
But after Xu Huan dodged the attack, he felt a bit annoyed when he saw that the youth was holding an inconspicuous wooden sword, especially given his recent smug reaction.
Anyone who first saw the Dragon Taming Sword would not regard it as a divine weapon, like the Two-tailed Dragon Scale Crocodile before, which had suffered a great loss for this reason.
Swoosh!
Yun Xiao, having missed with his first strike, was unrelenting. Since these people dared to grievously injure Chi Yan, they were courting death. So, today, let the Dragon Taming Sword feast on the enemy’s fresh blood.
Another streak of dark light furiously descended, but this time Xu Huan did not retreat. He reached into his waist storage and drew out the folding fan he had just stowed away.
Xu Huan’s folding fan was no ordinary paper fan; it was a powerful weapon at the Earth Rank Middle Level. He had killed a peak Qi Seeking Realm expert with this deceiving weapon before.
In Xu Huan’s view, Yun Xiao’s seemingly absurd wooden sword would probably snap the moment it touched his folding fan. In that case, why not let the kid make a fool of himself on the spot?
Therefore, without hesitation, Xu Huan swung the fan, its ribs like an executioner’s pen, towards Yun Xiao’s oncoming wooden sword, filled with absolute confidence.
Crack!
However, the moment the sword and fan collided, Xu Huan felt a lightness in his hand, followed by a sharp pain in his right hand, causing his complexion to change drastically. Only after taking several hasty steps back did he settle his shocked soul.
When Xu Huan lifted his right hand, not only was there only a very short handle of the folding fan left, but also his pinky and ring fingers were silently sheared off.
"No! This is impossible! My ’Flowers Fan’ is an Earth Rank Middle Level weapon, how could it be so easily shattered?"
At that moment, Xu Huan had even forgotten the intense pain in his right hand, just holding the short remaining part of the fan handle, murmuring incredulously, refusing to believe the scene unfolding before his eyes.
"Young master, be careful!"
While Xu Huan was dumbfounded, Yun Xiao did not have as many thoughts; with a light move of his right hand, the dark light slashed towards Xu Huan for the third time, startling Ruan Shiming who was not far away into shouting a warning.
Unfortunately, Ruan Shiming’s voice was a bit too late. Like a ghost, when Xu Huan finally realized what was happening and intended to dodge, the streak of dark light had already swept across his neck.
"What?"
The sharpness of the Dragon Taming Sword was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine. Xu Huan was clearly confused because he saw the wooden sword sweep across his neck without feeling anything wrong.
But in the next moment, right after the muttering from Xu Huan’s mouth ceased, a fine line of blood appeared on his neck. Then, the blood line became more and more obvious, eventually turning into a spray.
Spurt!
A round head was ultimately unable to withstand the force of the spraying blood, lifting off several meters high due to the violent jet, hitting the cave ceiling, and then falling down feebly.
A headless body thudded to the ground, and it wasn’t until Xu Huan’s head fell onto the ground that Ruan Shiming finally came to his senses, realizing what had just happened in that moment.
"The young master... is dead?!"
Ruan Shiming stared dumbfounded at the dismembered body of the young master of the commerce guild, disbelief filling his eyes. That was the son of the Chairman of the Yuyang City commerce guild, how could he have died so suddenly and inexplicably in this waterfall cave?
At this moment, Ruan Shiming felt darkness envelop his vision, as if foreseeing the Chairman’s earth-shaking rage upon learning of his beloved son’s death, which would likely render no one in Yuyang City undisturbed.
"The young master really miscalculated this time!"
Thinking of certain matters, Ruan Shiming couldn’t help but sigh. Originally, it was the Chairman himself who led the team, but Xu Huan was overly confident that dealing with Yun Xiao, at the early stage of the Qi Seeking Realm, wouldn’t involve any mishap.
Who would have imagined that Yun Xiao not only had numerous helpers, but also broke through to the middle stage of the Qi Seeking Realm after refining the Thunder Spirit Crystal? However, if it was just that, there would have been ways to deal with it.
What Xu Huan and Ruan Shiming did not expect was that a youngster, who had just broken through to the middle stage of the Qi Seeking Realm, could unleash such formidable combat power.
Moreover, the wooden sword in Yun Xiao’s hands, even an Earth Rank Middle Level weapon could not withstand a single blow. It was due to these unforeseen factors that Xu Huan was beheaded by Yun Xiao in just a few moves, and even if a Holy Rank Meridian Refining Master were to arrive suddenly, it would likely be too late.
"Next, it’s your turn!"
Yun Xiao, who had killed Xu Huan, did not entertain as many thoughts as Ruan Shiming. After waving the Dragon Taming Sword in his hand that did not have a single drop of blood on it, he pointed with the tip and uttered an ice-cold voice.
With the power of Yun Xiao’s soul, he could clearly sense the remnants of Chi Yan’s aura on Ruan Shiming’s body. It seemed that Ruan Shiming must have been involved in causing Chi Yan to end up in such a critically injured state.
"Hmph, let’s see if you have the capability!"
Even though he was shocked that Yun Xiao killed Xu Huan in three moves, Ruan Shiming was a genuine peak-level Qi Seeking Realm cultivator, and far stronger than Xu Huan.
Moreover, Ruan Shiming had clearly witnessed how Xu Huan died, so he was convinced that Yun Xiao’s easy success was solely reliant on the confusing power of that wooden sword.
Now that the extraordinariness of the wooden sword was revealed, Ruan Shiming believed that as long as he didn’t make contact with that sword, it was absolutely impossible for him to follow in Xu Huan’s footsteps.
Unfortunately, what Ruan Shiming saw was merely the tip of the iceberg of the power of the Dragon Taming Sword wielded by Yun Xiao. The next moment, he actually saw that youngster re-sheath the indestructible wooden sword on his back.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Five faint sounds came from Yun Xiao’s body, followed by the appearance of five differently colored auras in front of him, with the scorching heat and biting cold being the most pronounced.
Blood-red flames and crystalline ice flowers were slammed together by Yun Xiao’s hands, and then an Ice and Fire Giant Dragon appeared before Ruan Shiming, causing him to involuntarily feel a sense of apprehension.
"What is that?"
Ruan Shiming, who had never seen the Ice and Fire Giant Dragon, was quite puzzled as to why two completely opposite attributes could combine so perfectly. It simply overturned his long-held notions of energy understanding.
The truth was that the formation of Yun Xiao’s Ice and Fire Giant Dragon was not due to a mere fusion between ice and fire attributes—it was the energy of the other three Ancestor Veins within him, wood, metal, and earth, that harmonized the power of the Five Elements, granting Yun Xiao this potent technique.
Once on the Hidden Dragon Continent, Yun Xiao had defeated the Lingtian Emperor at the initial stage of the Qi Seeking Realm with this Ice and Fire Giant Dragon during his time at the Spirit Vein Realm level, thus turning the tide of battle.
Now that Yun Xiao had broken through to the middle stage of the Qi Seeking Realm, wielding the Ice and Fire Giant Dragon was undoubtedly more effortless. Within a few breaths, the Ice and Fire Giant Dragon was fully formed, emitting a strange and powerful aura that filled the cavern.
"Go!"
The Ice and Fire Giant Dragon took form, and Yun Xiao, with unprecedented confidence, lightly flicked his hands, sending the roaring Ice and Fire Giant Dragon hurtling toward Ruan Shiming.
Although he was not quite sure what kind of energy the Ice and Fire Giant Dragon contained, with the precedent of Xu Huan’s demise, Ruan Shiming did not dare take it lightly. He suddenly realized that this youngster, merely at the initial stage of the Qi Seeking Realm, had a combat prowess which seemed to far surpass his surface cultivation level.
As a strong contender from the Spirit Fighting Commerce of Yuyang City, Ruan Shiming naturally had his own set of techniques, and compared to fighting with the Meridian Spirit, his methods could be even more formidable than Yun Xiao’s.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The sound of Meridian Qi stirring passed, and before Ruan Shiming, a Meridian Qi Spear more than two zhang in length appeared, pointing directly at the oncoming Ice and Fire Giant Dragon.
It seemed that Ruan Shiming intended to pierce through the Ice and Fire Giant Dragon unleashed by Yun Xiao with this Meridian Qi Spear. Whether he could succeed or not might soon be determined.
The immense Ice and Fire Giant Dragon and the sky-piercing Meridian Qi Spear collided thunderously in the very next moment.