Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Huff, huff, huff...

With Li Feng's voice falling, the eight yellow thin lines that had just shattered beneath his feet somehow condensed once more, standing erect as if they had come to life at this very moment.

As Li Feng made his move, the ground connected by these yellow lines seemed to continuously erupt with a mighty and thick force. Immediately following this, around the Qingshan Sect Leader, eight pale yellow miniature mountain peaks abruptly appeared.

These pale yellow peaks, only the size of a small millstone, seemed to embody a heaviness as if they weighed a thousand jun, making Li Feng's figure appear as heavy as a mountain.

Swoosh!

Simultaneously, above Li Feng's head, a ninth peak materialized, though this one seemed much more ethereal, as if it was formed by the Power of Soul.

This illusory peak above Li Feng's head emitted an odd aura, as if it were the mother of the other eight peaks, guiding their continuous rotation and slowly releasing a sense of heaviness.

"Nine Palace Linked Rings, activate!"

A shout rang out from Li Feng's mouth, and as he altered the handprint, the nine miniature peaks, including the illusory one above his head, swiftly flew out, instantly enveloping Yun Xiao and Chi Yan in the middle.

"Haha, Yun Xiao, didn't expect that, did you? My Nine Palace Mountain Formation is not as simple as you imagined!"

Seeing Yun Xiao already trapped within the formation, Li Feng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and let out a hearty laugh once again, his voice brimming with utmost confidence.

"Tsk tsk, it seems the founding ancestor of your Qingshan Sect was indeed a genius with arrays, even the simplification of complexity in the Nine Palace Mountain Formation has been researched!"

However, just as Li Feng's triumphant laughter fell, the roughly dressed young man encircled by the nine peaks let out a sigh of appreciation. This tone, when heard by the Sect Leader of Qingshan, made him burn with anger, his fury stretching to the edge of his guts.

"How brazen, to belittle our Qingshan Sect's founding ancestor, you deserve death!"

As the Sect Leader of Qingshan, Li Feng's respect for the founder was incomparable. Hearing Yun Xiao's tone, it seemed as if the Nine Palace Mountain Formation created by the ancestor was trivial, how could he swallow this affront?

"Nine Palace Qi, Ten Thousand Mountains Pressing Down!"

After these words, another loud shout came from Li Feng, then his hand seal changed in an instant, and the nine miniature peaks already pressed towards Yun Xiao's head.

"Hmph, you dare to call this thing, that has absorbed only a half-baked force of the Nine Peaks, 'Ten Thousand Mountains Pressing Down'?"

Facing the nine peaks exuding a heavy aura, Yun Xiao simply sneered and then shook his shoulder, flinging Chi Yan off him. His right fist was already furiously hammering towards one of the peaks.

"Ignorant of death!"

Seeing Yun Xiao's action, Li Feng also revealed a sneer. He knew his Nine Palace Peaks intimately; these were wonders formed by absorbing the Earth Power of the Qingshan Nine Peaks, how could a late stage Spirit Vein Realm cultivator contend with them?

In Li Feng's eyes, even if the Blood Winged Fire-Eyed Lion, a Seventh Rank Low Level Vein Demon accompanying Yun Xiao, had to bear the pressure of the Nine Peaks, it probably couldn't handle it either. Yun Xiao as a boy, surely his physical strength wouldn't surpass a Seventh Rank Low Level Vein Demon, would it?

But the next moment, Li Feng's eyeballs nearly burst out of their sockets, because the miniature peak that Yun Xiao had punched actually tumbled backwards, flying away as if it couldn't withstand the power in that fist.

"This is impossible!"

Plummeting from the heights of extreme confidence into a deep abyss, Li Feng could by no means accept his defeat, letting out another roar, the handprints in his hands noticeably changing.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...

The remaining eight miniature peaks transformed in a flash and became a single peak that was several times larger. This peak's sense of heaviness was several times stronger than that of the single peak that Yun Xiao had just sent flying.

"I refuse to believe you can withstand this!"

With a low shout, Li Feng's hands suddenly pressed down, and this time, Yun Xiao indeed could not send flying the merged peak and ended up in a stalemate with it.

Crack!

Under such tremendous force, even the ground beneath Yun Xiao's feet seemed unable to bear it, as tiny cracks spread from underneath his feet, resembling a spider's web.

"Now is the time!"

Although Yun Xiao's display of physical strength at this moment greatly surprised Li Feng, he also knew this was his greatest, perhaps only, opportunity.

The mountain peak, weighing over ten thousand jin, held Yun Xiao down. If he struck at this moment, the young man wouldn't be able to respond, and with Yun Xiao dead, the Jade Pot Sect would no longer be a threat.

Li Feng made a decisive move, leaping directly from the platform, but he seemed to have forgotten one thing—this time, Yun Xiao wasn't fighting alone.

Bang!

A loud bang echoed through the air. Li Feng's heavy strike ultimately did not land on Yun Xiao's body because with a flash of red light, the Sect Leader of the Qingshan Sect was forced to take a step back.

"Damn beast!"

With his keen perception, Li Feng saw at a glance that it was the fire-red rat which had been lying on Yun Xiao's shoulder that blocked him. He never would have thought that a Sixth Rank Middle Level Vein Demon could unleash a force far greater than his own.

Fire Cloud Rat Chi Yan is an ancient exotic species, and those who have cultivated to the Third Realm of the Holy Rank, the Fiery Holy Rats, are feared by the human cultivators of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. Ordinarily, no one dares to easily provoke this clan.

Thus, Chi Yan's combat power is far more ferocious than that of an ordinary Sixth Rank Middle Level Vein Demon. Although Li Feng is at Half-step Earth Rank, it's simply impossible for him to break through its defense and kill Yun Xiao in a short time.

"Chi Yan, hold this old guy back!"

Seeing Chi Yan intervening, Yun Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, although he was prepared, Li Feng's control of the Nine Palace Mountain Formation still caught him off guard.

Even without Chi Yan, Yun Xiao had ways to resolve the situation, but since Chi Yan could hold Li Feng back, he naturally had another plan in mind—to fight fire with fire.

"Squeak!"

Upon receiving Yun Xiao's command, Chi Yan responded and its petite silhouette swelled with the wind. In the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a giant rat two to three zhang (7 to 10 meters) long.

It's worth mentioning that after transforming, Chi Yan's Demon Meridian Qi also experienced a terrifying boost, reaching the advanced level of the Sixth Rank, nearly on par with Li Feng.

As a result, even though Li Feng desperately wanted to break through Chi Yan's defense to deal with Yun Xiao, he couldn't find a way to do so. In the exchange with Chi Yan, he even seemed to be at a slight disadvantage.

Crack!

At the same time, Yun Xiao, not paying any more attention to Li Feng, suddenly took a step forward, but the mountain pressing down on his head was extremely heavy, causing the ground where he stepped to crack open.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

A peculiar scene ensued. A slender youth holding up a mountain several zhang high was walking towards the platform where Li Feng had been standing. The ground burst open everywhere he passed.

"All disciples of the Qingshan Sect, heed my command! Stop Yun Xiao at all costs!"

Engaged in an intense battle with Chi Yan, Li Feng, though not understanding Yun Xiao's actions, felt an inexplicable sense of unease from deep within and suddenly shouted out.

Although the eight Great Elders of the Jade Pot Sect had been dispatched to guard the Qingshan Eight Peaks, there were still many Spirit Vein Realm powerhouses remaining on the main peak.

In Li Feng's view, with Yun Xiao pressed under the heavy mountain, he couldn't free his hands, so dealing with him shouldn't be too difficult, even if the remaining Qingshan Sect cultivators only had the power of the Spirit Vein Realm Middle Stage, right?

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The remaining powerhouses of the Qingshan Sect, seeing Yun Xiao's situation and having the Sect Leader's order, promptly took action. A few of them came out more prominently than the others and surrounded Yun Xiao in the middle.

These several Qingshan Sect powerhouses had all reached the Spirit Vein Realm, including two at the Middle Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm, who also held no low status within the Sect.

"Die, Yun Xiao!"

Seeing Yun Xiao holding the giant peak steady, another Spirit Vein Realm Middle Stage cultivator shouted and lunged forward with his sword, stabbing swiftly towards Yun Xiao's chest.

It seemed this Spirit Vein Realm cultivator of the Qingshan Sect wasn't a fool and was cautious, not using his own body to touch any part of Yun Xiao's.

The legend of this young prodigy of the Jade Pot Sect's physical strength had spread far and wide, but even if his body was comparable to a Seventh Rank Vein Demon, it surely couldn't withstand a sharp sword, could it? If this thrust hit its mark, even a real Earth Rank powerhouse would meet his end.

Swoosh!

However, just then, a dark light suddenly flashed past, followed by the Qingshan Sect cultivator feeling a lightness in his hand as if the tip of his sword had been pierced by something.

The other cultivators from the Qingshan Sect who were closer could see that it was Yun Xiao's Wooden Sword from his back flying up and intercepting the thrust at the sword tip of the Qingshan Sect cultivator's blade.

As the two swords clashed, the unassuming Wooden Sword shattered the other's blade from tip to hilt as if it was crumbling dead wood, penetrating the Qingshan Sect cultivator's chest and exiting through his back, bringing with it a spray of blood.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, and only moments later, the Spirit Vein Realm Middle Stage powerhouse of the Qingshan Sect stood incredulously looking at the hole in his chest, then life faded from him, and he fell to the ground.

"What on earth is that weapon?"

From beginning to end, Yun Xiao's hands, feet, and any other part of his body had not touched the Wooden Sword at all. Watching the sword turn a corner in midair and return to Yun Xiao's back, everyone felt on the brink of insanity.