Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

"Come out!"

Hearing Yun Xiao's shout, his right arm suddenly showed strength, having refined the Earth Flame Cold Stone Marrow. Even his right arm's power might compare to that of a half-step Heavenly Rank Vein Demon.

Crash!

With Yun Xiao pulling so forcefully, the Strange Spirit underwater couldn't hold on anymore and was yanked out of the water with a splash, causing astonishment among the crowd.

What appeared to be a water whip only as thick as a baby's arm was hiding a massive creature underwater. With Yun Xiao's powerful pull, water splashed, presenting quite a spectacle.

What seemed like a giant snake-like Vein Demon, tens of yards long, emitted a presence that everyone knew wasn't a Vein Demon but a formidable Strange Spirit.

Of course, this Strange Spirit was intimidating only to those human cultivators at the Seeking Origin Realm, its Ninth Rank low-level cultivation couldn't make much of a splash at Yun Xiao's hands.

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

The sound of ice freezing echoed, and moments later, the Strange Spirit tens of yards long was frozen solid by Yun Xiao and shattered on the Denghai Pier.

"They... have arrived!"

After collecting the Ninth Rank low-level Strange Spirit Crystal, Yun Xiao's face was different from the other human cultivators. He scanned around, finally uttering this low voice.

"What has arrived?"

The mysterious words confused many human cultivators, but the next moment, Yun Xiao didn't need to answer, for they saw the Strange Spirit figures surging from the front.

"It's Strange Spirits!"

"So many Strange Spirits!"

"Ah, there are more behind us!"

"We're surrounded!"

"..."

Exclamations rose one after another, for at that moment, a large number of Strange Spirits appeared from the front of the human cultivators, and even behind them, many Strange Spirits emerged.

Including the surging waves on the left and right sides of the sea, everyone realized that the snake-like Strange Spirit encountered earlier was certainly not the only one, and many others had yet to reveal themselves.

"Prepare for battle!"

Now at the point of close combat, the human cultivators were battle-tested over time. Under Wu Yingjiang's shout, none were too panicked, showing that only the elite survived.

Those unable to adapt to the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield had already been eliminated in continuous battles. Those human cultivators reaching Denghai Pier were all blood-stained veterans.

Perhaps in same-level combat, they wouldn't fare too poorly against Strange Spirits, honed through endless battles.

As the humans engaged with the Strange Spirit army, Yun Xiao didn't make many moves, and his surroundings deliberately cleared a large space, seemingly reserved for the highest level of combat.

"Since you've waited this long, come out!"

Yun Xiao stood with hands behind his back, scanning certain places, then his shout surprised Wu Yingjiang, Wu Tong, and others in combat.

Swoosh!

With Yun Xiao's cold shout, a white fog suddenly drifted down from the sky, extremely eerie as its form constantly changed, resembling soft clouds.

Clearly, it was a special Cloud Mist Strange Spirit, similar to the Fog Spirit Yun Xiao encountered in Lianyun Mountain's Refining Treasure Hall, only this Fog Spirit was far stronger than the Fog Spirit from back then.

"A half-step Heavenly Rank Strange Spirit!"

Amidst the commotion, Wu Yingjiang spoke seriously, sensing clearly that the white Fog Spirit was a half-step Heavenly Rank Strange Spirit strong individual, and appeared no weaker than those from Moyun City and Jin Shuang City.

Boom!

As Wu Yingjiang and others sensed the Strange Spirit's power, heat erupted from behind the human cultivators, a fiery figure soaring.

Like a flame, it rose from behind, flying over the human crowd, appearing not far behind Yun Xiao.

"A half-step Heavenly Rank Fire Attribute Strange Spirit!"

The Wu Tong of Firewood Valley has an Ancestor Vein of the Fire Attribute, so at this moment, his sensing is extremely quick, and his expression becomes somewhat grave, just like Wu Yingjiang, as two exotic spirits at the half-step celestial level have now appeared.

Crash!

Just as everyone felt a chill in their hearts, a loud noise echoed from the seawater on the left side. Immediately, a constantly changing figure emerged, and it was indeed another half-step celestial level water attribute exotic spirit.

"The third one!"

Nie Xiaosheng murmured softly, finally understanding what Yun Xiao's earlier words truly meant.

In this place, three half-step celestial level exotic spirits had actually gathered. It was simply to use the combined forces of these spirits to besiege and annihilate Yun Xiao here.

"Just the three of you aren't enough!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Who would have thought that at the moment when human cultivators were concerned about whether Yun Xiao could handle three at once, a cold voice came from that rough-clothed boy's mouth, startling them once again.

"Could there be another half-step celestial level exotic spirit?"

Thinking of this possibility, Wu Yingjiang and others felt a deeper sinking of their hearts, but soon they realized they were wrong, and very wrong at that.

Swish, swish, swish, swish...

Four consecutive sounds of breaking wind swept through, and the next moment, besides the original three half-step celestial exotic spirit strong individuals around Yun Xiao, four more half-step celestial exotic spirits appeared.

Including the three from before, the number of half-step celestial exotic spirits surrounding Yun Xiao reached a total of seven. This force, if it showed up in a human city on the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, would likely sweep through effortlessly.

Song Jianzi, who had been very dismissive under Yun Xiao's warning initially, now had an extremely pale face, realizing he had thought the situation far too simplistic.

Obviously, in the six human cities they had passed before, each had a half-step celestial exotic spirit stationed. However, due to the losses in the preceding cities, they were not confident about holding a city.

So, under the advice of some exotic spirit strong individuals, the half-step celestial exotic spirits began withdrawing from a certain city, eventually converging with the half-step celestial exotic spirit guarding Denghai Pier, intending to use the joint strength of seven large exotic spirits to encircle and annihilate the human side here.

After losing several cities, these half-step celestial exotic spirit strong individuals naturally knew who the strongest was among the humans. They believed that as long as they could kill this human boy, regaining the lost cities would be certain.

The imposing aura of seven half-step celestial exotic spirit strong individuals soared to the sky, making many low-level human cultivators struggle to breathe, feeling conflicted for the first time about whether Yun Xiao could truly win.

In the hearts of these human cultivators, since Yun Xiao entered the Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, he had been invincible, so much so that even half-step celestial exotic spirits weren't opponents.

But now, the other side had a full seven half-step celestial exotic spirits, each with different attributes. Even if Yun Zhi possessed the power of the Five Elements Ancestor Veins, facing the divided advance and joint attack of seven half-step celestial exotic spirits, there would surely be great danger, right?

"Is this your trump card?"

Glancing around at the seven half-step celestial exotic spirits, a satisfied smile finally appeared on Yun Xiao's face. He said, "The spirit crystals of seven half-step celestial level exotic spirits should be enough for me to break through to the half-step celestial level."

"Whoa, whoa!"

Upon hearing Yun Xiao's words, one of the half-step celestial level exotic spirits was furious. The spirit crystal is the lifeline of an exotic spirit. Trapped in such a siege, this human boy not only lacked awareness of impending death but was still so boldly arrogant; how could they not be enraged?

On the human cultivator side, Yun Xiao's relaxed words actually put their minds at ease a bit because it seemed that boy was not as panicked as imagined, instead appearing full of confidence.

In reality, in the hearts of the seven exotic spirit strong individuals and the human cultivators, it was thought that Yun Xiao, trapped in such an inescapable encirclement, would surely have no chance of recovery. But how could they know that what they had seen of Yun Xiao's strength was merely the tip of the iceberg?

With his current peak Earth Bending Realm cultivation, if Yun Xiao unleashed his full power, not to mention seven half-step celestial exotic spirits, even seventy, without reaching the true Heavenly Spirit level, they could not pose a fatal threat to him.

At most, it would just be more troublesome to deal with, and he just needed these half-step celestial exotic spirits to reach a bottleneck in his cultivation and break through again.

The half-step celestial level is a threshold for cultivators of the Earth Rank Third Realm to advance towards the true celestial level. Even the reincarnated Yun Xiao was no exception. Although he had no barriers in terms of realm, he still needed to follow the process in accumulating the power of Meridian Qi.

Previously absorbing the energy of the Human-faced Blood Wing Flower and the Earth Flame Cold Stone Marrow exotic spirits had brought Yun Xiao closer and closer to the half-step celestial level. Now with seven more half-step celestial exotic spirits, they undoubtedly became his nourishment for advancement.

Boom!

The half-step celestial level exotic spirit with the fire attribute was the most irritable, more focused on action. Therefore, with a slight movement of its hands, a massive fireball was hurled angrily at Yun Xiao.

"Little trick!"

Speaking of fire attribute exotic spirits' control over fire energy, it's undoubtedly more powerful than some human Meridian Refining Masters. However, such attacks were just trivial in Yun Xiao's eyes.

Such an attack, even before Yun Xiao had devoured and refined the Chaos Sub-fire, couldn't harm him in the slightest. Now, dealing with this kind of attack was undoubtedly extremely easy.

Yun Xiao extended his right hand, using his physical strength to block the fireball in front of his chest. Then, with a burst of Chaos Sub-fire power, he directly devoured the entire fireball, causing the fire attribute exotic spirit to tremble.