Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor-Chapter 1097: Was It Really Necessary to Go So Far?
To be honest, from these few days, no one could overlook Xu Hongzhuang’s anxious mindset regarding Yun Xiao, which made Xue Ningxiang puzzled. What exactly is the relationship between them?
However, after hearing Xu Hongzhuang’s words, which she had repeated so many times before, this time Xue Tianao did not act as commanded, but opened his lips, wanting to say something.
"Father, why don’t you try once more!"
At this moment, Xue Ningxiang suddenly spoke up, her gaze sweeping over Xu Hongzhuang’s sorrowful and desperate face, seemingly unwilling to give up just yet.
Even knowing that Yun Xiao might have perished days ago, Xue Ningxiang wanted a definitive answer, and that answer could only be revealed by breaking the seal of Xuanyin Cave.
"Well... alright! Just one last attempt!"
Xue Tianao had made up his mind not to try again, because only after their attempts did they realize that the powerful seal might be unbreakable even if several Heavenly Rank Third Realm experts came. They were merely doing pointless work.
But seeing the pleading eyes of his daughter, Xue Tianao, who always adored his daughter dearly, couldn’t bear to let her down. He might not care too much about Xu Hongzhuang’s thoughts, but he couldn’t ignore his daughter’s request.
"Yuluo, all elders, please try once more with me!"
Xue Tianao first gestured towards the Vice Hall Master Lian Yuluo beside him, then spoke out to command. The elders of Xuanyin Hall would naturally not defy the Hall Master’s order, and if this last attempt failed as well, it would crush the hopes of the two women over there.
"Seven Stars Gathering Yin!"
Having made the decision, Xue Tianao did not delay any further. Upon hearing his low, commanding shout, many have already witnessed this method of Divided Advance and Joint Attack multiple times, led by Hall Master Xue Tianao, once again gathering the power of many hall experts, fiercely attacking the seal.
The so-called Seven Stars Gathering Yin does not require exactly seven people. More or fewer than seven can achieve results using this method, merely with varying effectiveness.
Of course, if outsiders cultivated this Divided Advance and Joint Attack method, its effectiveness would necessarily diminish.
After all, most experts in Xuanyin Hall cultivated Yin Cold Attribute Techniques. In the case where attributes align, only then can the power of Seven Stars Gathering Yin be maximized.
Swoosh!
However, just as Xue Tianao controlled a stream of Yin Cold Qi to powerfully attack the seal of Xuanyin Cave’s entrance, unexpectedly, the entrance suddenly flickered, and a gray figure stepped out from the cave.
"What is this..."
Seeing this gray figure, Xue Tianao’s mind immediately flashed a name, his face changed drastically. How could such a bizarre and coincidental thing happen in this world?
"What’s going on here?"
Until the observing geniuses saw through the gray figure’s details, and before they could feel shocked, the figure had already let out a startling cry.
"It’s Yun Xiao!"
Such as Su Jian of Spirit Fighting Commerce and Long Xiwa of Wuyan Palace, their sensing abilities were exceptionally keen, identifying the long-missing Yun Xiao the instant the gray figure appeared.
Originally, these geniuses believed that, after several days, the Yun Xiao who saved them from peril could no longer survive and emerge from Xuanyin Cave. Unexpectedly, at this moment, they saw his true form.
If only seeing Yun Xiao walk out from the cave, perhaps their expressions wouldn’t be so complicated, but when they saw the strength of Seven Stars Gathering Yin about to strike the coarse-clothed young man, they all seemed to think "life is always full of drama".
"This guy is really unlucky, isn’t he?"
Superb geniuses like Long Xiwa could clearly sense that Yun Xiao was already enveloped by the bombardment of Seven Stars Gathering Yin. Such an attack, even the Xuanyin Hall Master Xue Tianao couldn’t withstand it, right?
This was the joint power of Xue Tianao himself, the Xuanyin Hall Master, plus the Vice Hall Master Lian Yuluo, and more than ten Xuanyin Hall experts of Heavenly Rank Realm.
All geniuses believed that, across the entire Tenglong Continent, cultivators capable of enduring such power were extremely rare, and the youth, only Origin Seeking Realm Late Stage days ago, would likely be blasted into nothingness under this attack?
Originally, everyone’s mood was complicated because of Yun Xiao’s sudden emergence, and upon seeing him first hit by the Seven Stars Gathering Yin attack, they inevitably sighed and lamented, thinking perhaps this was destiny.
Having narrowly escaped doom at the hands of the cave’s Strange Spirit, in a blink, yet doomed to die under an unexpected Seven Stars Gathering Yin attack, what could be said about this?
The crowd had every reason to believe that it was probably Yun Xiao who barely escaped danger, eagerly stepping out of the Xuanyin Cave, only to find out that someone outside was trying to break the powerful seal to rescue him, resulting in a tragic misunderstanding.
"Father!"
At last, Xue Ningxiang saw Yun Xiao’s figure clearly, and cried out in shock. Unfortunately, no matter how much she couldn’t accept it, the outcome seemed already destined.
"It’s too late!"
Lian Yuluo, standing beside Xue Tianao, was also a Heavenly Rank Expert, so when she sensed the Hall Master desperately trying to control the power of the Seven Stars Gathering Yin to change its attack direction, she sighed secretly.
A Yun Xiao who had saved all the Tenglong Continent’s geniuses and managed to survive for days surrounded by a strange spirit army, was he really going to die so dramatically under the Seven Stars Gathering Yin?
Swoosh!
The extreme Yin Cold Qi pierced through Yun Xiao’s chest at lightning speed, then drilled through his back, finally crashing into the seal of the Xuanyin Cave with a loud energy fluctuation.
"No!"
Witnessing this scene, Xu Hongzhuang, overwhelmed with emotion, couldn’t hold herself back and let out a piercing scream, filled with extreme despair and pain.
Everyone thought that Yun Xiao, having no way to escape, was hit by the Yin Cold Qi of the Seven Stars Gathering Yin, and could no longer survive in this world. Their minds were filled with different thoughts.
"Hmm? Something’s not right!"
However, just when everyone thought Yun Xiao had been killed by that blow, Xuanyin Hall Master Xue Tianao, being the strongest in the field, was the first to realize something was amiss.
Because at this moment, Yun Xiao’s state was slightly different from before; his figure seemed somewhat illusory and flickered unpredictably, like a constantly changing stream of water.
The scene of his chest being pierced to death, as imagined by the crowd, did not occur. Not even a drop of blood splattered from Yun Xiao’s body, leaving the Xuanyin Hall experts dumbfounded.
Compared to the young geniuses over there, the Xuanyin Hall experts gradually realized the truth after Xue Tianao discovered it, showing extreme disbelief and shock on their faces.
"Cough, cough... Master Xue, did I merely injure your Xuanyin Hall’s foremost genius, that you need to be so relentless?"
Amidst the changing of his figure, Yun Xiao felt the power dissipate behind him, finally steadying his form and returning to normal. However, his face was slightly pale and carried a hint of wariness.
Truthfully, this was indeed an unexpected turn of events for Yun Xiao. He barely made it out of Xuanyin Cave, yet encountered such an unparalleled Yin Cold attack, nearly costing him his life.
At that moment, Yun Xiao hadn’t even managed to form the seal for his Shadow Clone. If it weren’t for refining that Ninth-Order Strange Spirit Crystal and acquiring some talents of a Water Attribute Strange Spirit, he might have died inexplicably in front of the Xuanyin Cave.
At that moment, Yun Xiao thought it was Gu Changsheng who had come out first to complain, preemptively informing the Xuanyin Hall experts about his killing of Jiang Wanyou and injuring him. They were all waiting there to deal with him.
If that were the case, Yun Xiao knew that having evaded that blow, it would still be extremely difficult to escape today, as the opponents were Heavenly Rank experts, rendering his Thunder Dragon’s Wings that were unbeatable against Earth-rank Cultivators utterly useless.
A voice filled with wariness echoed at the entrance of the Xuanyin Cave, leaving the scene unusually silent, as nobody comprehended what had transpired moments ago.
That was an attack from many Xuanyin Hall experts, personally orchestrated by the Hall Master, an overwhelmingly powerful Seven Stars Gathering Yin, yet why didn’t it kill that kid?
People like Su Jian and Gu Changsheng clearly saw that the previous Yun Xiao hadn’t used a mysterious Afterimage Clone; it was indeed his true body standing there taking the hit.
A full-force attack from numerous Xuanyin Hall experts failed to kill a young man at the Seeking Origin Realm level, completely overturning the cultivation perceptions of many young geniuses—was that guy still human?
Even Xue Tianao, the Xuanyin Hall Master himself, couldn’t quite grasp the reasons behind it for a moment. Nonetheless, relieved to see Yun Xiao unharmed, he let out a deep breath.
If his mistake had indeed killed Yun Xiao, thereby ending his beloved daughter’s future, Xue Tianao would be inconsolably regretful.
Now, Xue Tianao was mostly aware of the enmity between Gu Changsheng and Yun Xiao, so he didn’t wish to delve deeply into the matter of Yun Xiao killing the Xuanyin Hall’s genius Jiang Wanyou.
Of course, all of this still depended on whether Yun Xiao could truly cure Xue Ningxiang’s sequela. If he failed, the old scores might be brought up and thoroughly settled once more.
For the moment, in front of the Xuanyin Cave, an eerie silence fell over the place as everyone stared dumbfounded at the rugged young man with a slightly gloomy and wary face, without a word.
