Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor-Chapter 1074: Su Jian, What Are You Crazy About?
Whoosh!
However, just as Gu Changsheng’s threatening words fell, before Yun Xiao could speak, the top talent of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, Su Jian, took the initiative to attack.
With Su Jian’s shrewdness, how could he not understand Gu Changsheng’s intentions? Compared to Gu Changsheng, there was no way he could let Yun Xiao go.
Now was undoubtedly a great opportunity to take Yun Xiao’s life, so he launched an attack directly, intending to cut off Yun Xiao’s last escape.
In fact, what Su Jian didn’t know was that Yun Xiao had no intention of compromising or escaping. A few half-step Earth Realm enemies were far from making him retreat.
Back at Lianyun Mountain, Yun Xiao was already able to kill the half-step Earth Realm Bai Wushuang, relying on his own strength without using his more powerful trump cards.
You must know that within Yun Xiao, there is a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
Although Xiao Wu and Red Feather, in their true forms, might only have the strength of a half-step Ninth Rank, once Yun Xiao borrowed Xiao Wu’s power, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to break through to the Earth Bending Realm.
Of course, Yun Xiao didn’t want to reveal these things in front of people for now. They were his biggest life-saving trump cards, not to be used easily unless it was a life-and-death situation. Moreover, these few guys in front of him couldn’t force him to use those powerful trump cards.
Since both of Su Jian’s Meridian Spirits had been wounded by Yun Xiao, he didn’t use his Meridian Spirits to attack this time. Despite being the genius of the Spirit Fighting Commerce, Su Jian’s own combat power was remarkably astounding.
Or perhaps, in Su Jian’s mind, this coarse-clothed kid in front of him had some means specifically targeting Meridian Spirits. In that case, he’d use his own body to fight and thoroughly crush this hateful boy who was only in the Late Stage of the Origin Seeking Realm.
Boom!
The half-step Earth Realm genius of the Spirit Fighting Commerce was indeed extraordinary. Just this one strike caused the onlookers to tense up because they all knew that if they were in such a situation, it would be impossible to withstand Su Jian’s powerful strike.
But the coarse-clothed young man, whom everyone thought would surely lose, didn’t dodge at all. His right hand, which had just been bitten by a Meridian Spirit, suddenly rose, seemingly to block Su Jian’s powerful strike.
Some with strong Soul Power or sharp eyes noticed the blood-red glow that flashed across Yun Xiao’s arm at that moment, realizing that the young man had used some unknown means.
In fact, at that moment, Yun Xiao still held the Illusion Yin Grass in his right hand. It’s unclear why he hadn’t stored it in his Waist Storage. As Yun Xiao raised his right arm to block, a delighted smile emerged on Su Jian’s face.
It seemed that Su Jian was confident in his strike. With Yun Xiao holding the Illusion Yin Grass in his right hand, if he couldn’t hold it under this strike, the Illusion Yin Grass would instantly fall into his hands, making this Xuanyin Cave expedition half successful.
But what Su Jian failed to see was the strange smile on the coarse-clothed young man’s face across from him as his own delighted expression emerged.
Whoosh...
As Yun Xiao’s mind moved, warmth passed through the thick gloves and into the Illusion Yin Grass. At the same time, the grass, originally pale red, changed to a pale purple, appearing extremely mysterious.
"No good!"
Su Jian’s gaze was fixed on the Illusion Yin Grass, and he was the first to notice its change. Thinking of some information about the Illusion Yin Grass, he felt a jolt in his heart.
Yet, despite being a super genius half-step Earth Realm, under Yun Xiao’s calculated plan, Su Jian was already too late to respond effectively at this moment.
As the crowd watched, Yun Xiao’s right arm, holding the Illusion Yin Grass, which seemed to be trying to block Su Jian’s powerful strike, suddenly changed direction at the last moment, delivering the Illusion Yin Grass right to Su Jian’s nose at an extremely tricky angle.
When a faint fragrance drifted into Su Jian’s nose, he finally reacted. In fact, it was like a reflex, but Su Jian, who had stepped back to evade, still caught a whiff of the Illusion Yin Grass’s faint scent.
Bang!
At this moment, another Xuanyin Hall genius, Gu Changsheng, who had been eager to attack, suddenly saw Su Jian, who had been shouting about fighting alongside him, unexpectedly delivering a palm strike toward him, which left him utterly shocked.
"Su Jian, what madness is this?"
Witness this, Gu Changsheng hurriedly dodged. After all, this was a half-step Earth Realm genius on the same level, and if this palm strike landed, he’d certainly suffer greatly.
However, as he dodged, he couldn’t help but curse aloud, completely unaware of why Su Jian had suddenly turned against him.
In that fleeting moment, Gu Changsheng wondered if Su Jian and Yun Xiao had prearranged a plan to take his life in such a manner. However, in the next moment, he realized he was overthinking it.
"Brother Gu, I’m sorry, I was deceived by that brat using the Illusion Yin Grass!"
After attacking Gu Changsheng, Su Jian instantly regained his senses. Seeing his position and his actions, he quickly apologized, with a hint of resentment underlying his words.
To be honest, when they saw Su Jian unexpectedly change his target and attack Gu Changsheng, everyone was bewildered. Some among them even wondered if Yun Xiao was using demonic arts, making allies turn on each other in an instant.
It wasn’t until Su Jian spoke these words that everyone realized the truth of the situation. The root of it all might be the Illusion Yin Grass held by Yun Xiao.
Since everyone present was there for the Illusion Yin Grass, they were more or less familiar with its characteristics.
However, before the effects of the Illusion Yin Grass manifested before them, they had clearly overlooked this fact, just like the Zhao family brothers did earlier.
Even if some people had thought of the characteristics of the Illusion Yin Grass, they once believed it would only affect human cultivators who touched it, never considering that once picked, it could be used as a special weapon.
Everyone understood in their hearts that it was only because it was Su Jian, the Spirit Fighting Commerce genius, who would wake up so quickly from the Illusion Yin Grass’s hallucinatory attack. If it were an ordinary cultivator at the Origin Seeking Realm Late Stage or even the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm, they surely couldn’t have regained clarity so swiftly.
At that time, Yun Xiao might have been able to use just this newly picked Illusion Yin Grass to make his enemies turn on each other, reaping the benefits from their conflict.
Just this small trick prompted many to feel a surge of jealousy toward Yun Xiao, because they knew, even if they managed to pick the Illusion Yin Grass like Yun Xiao, they probably couldn’t figure out a way to trigger its hallucinatory properties. That coarse-clothed boy was indeed a bit too strange.
At that moment, Yun Xiao truly used his Ancestral Vein Fire to trigger the hallucinatory properties in the Illusion Yin Grass, which caused Su Jian to fall into the trap instantly.
Compared to these young geniuses on the Tenglong Continent who knew only partly, Yun Xiao, with the memories of the Long Xiao Battle God, obviously understood more about the Illusion Yin Grass.
He even gave the pill recipe to Xue Ningxiang. As someone who had once refined Illusion Yin Pills, Yun Xiao naturally understood how to trigger the special properties within the Illusion Yin Grass, namely the hallucinatory properties.
Don’t underestimate the Illusion Yin Grass as merely an Earth Rank Advanced herb; its hallucinatory properties are extremely special. Yun Xiao had seen a Meridian Refining Master almost ruin their cauldron due to its allure when refining Illusion Yin Pills in his previous life in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud.
To trigger the hallucinatory properties of the Illusion Yin Grass, it’s not only by human skin contact. Changes in temperature can also trigger it, as demonstrated by Yun Xiao’s use of the Ancestral Vein Fire.
Through thick gloves, Yun Xiao controlled the temperature of the Ancestral Vein Fire precisely to the level that could trigger the hallucinatory properties of the Illusion Yin Grass and unexpectedly wafted it into Su Jian’s nose.
However, upon seeing Su Jian quickly regain clarity after striking Gu Changsheng, Yun Xiao was visibly disappointed, thinking to himself that these half-step Earth Realm geniuses were indeed less affected by the Illusion Yin Grass for any significant length of time.
"In that case, let’s choose another target!"
With these thoughts passing through his mind, Yun Xiao had already turned his gaze to the Chang family brothers, quietly formulating a plan. Then everyone saw the silhouette of this coarse-clothed boy slightly sway, yet it seemed he hadn’t moved at all, standing still where he was.
"Prepare to die!"
Su Jian, who had just been fooled by Yun Xiao, was eager to show his stance to Gu Changsheng, shouted loudly after regaining clarity and, with incredible speed, rushed again in front of Yun Xiao.
Yet this time, to everyone’s astonishment, the coarse-clothed boy, known for his seemingly notable skills, didn’t make any move against Su Jian’s fierce strike.
Nor did he offer the Illusion Yin Grass to Su Jian’s nose as he did earlier, although, by now, that might not trick the latter a second time.
Whoosh...
In Su Jian’s mixed gaze of surprise and joy, he made his strike with full force, and then, everyone saw his right arm pass directly through "Yun Xiao’s" head, as if it were an illusion. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"It’s actually... an afterimage?!"
Seeing this scene, some sharp-minded individuals immediately realized what was going on, their faces revealing a touch of horror, wondering why something like an afterimage, typically the domain of Heaven Rank Third Realm experts, would appear on someone at the Origin Seeking Realm Late Stage.
For a moment, the scene fell into a quiet lull, and just as everyone was stupefied by the authentic afterimage, a coarse-clothed silhouette slowly reappeared in a different spot.
