Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor-Chapter 1257: Advancing Toward Moyun City!

Early the next morning!

The entire Taikang City was ready to set out. Wu Yingjiang had stayed awake all night, drawing dozens of copies of the array map to suppress the array points, which were distributed through the unique channels of the Shenxiao Sect. It was believed that results would be seen soon.

Besides leaving a part of the force to guard, most of the cultivators from the three cities of Guanshan, Lishui, and Taikang followed Yun Xiao out of the east gate of Taikang City. At this moment, they already knew what kind of battle lay ahead.

In fact, many cultivators were so excited after hearing Jia Tianshu's orders yesterday that they couldn't sleep all night, while others were worried.

Moyun City was a city already occupied by strange spirits. After several months of operation, although it wasn't invulnerable, it was at least well fortified.

Previously, human beings defended their strongholds but still suffered miserable defeats at the hands of strange spirits. Now that the tables had turned, would it be so easy for humans to reclaim the city occupied by strange spirits?

However, as everyone's eyes swept over the small purple and green dots in the sky, their confidence surged, feeling that under the leadership of the young Yun Xiao, nothing was impossible.

Because of the great victory the day before, there were not many strange spirits within ten miles east of Taikang City. However, after traveling several dozen miles, the figures of strange spirits gradually increased, and small-scale battles frequently erupted.

Boom!

A loud noise erupted in front of the main force, and then a strange spirit was blasted far away, only to tumble back up as if it hadn't suffered any serious injury.

Looking at the strange spirit in front with a steady aura, Ruan Ying, the captain of the Hawk Squad, looked a bit grim, and his team members were also breathing rapidly, clearly showing signs of a tough battle.

As they delved further east, the number of strange spirits increased, and it seemed like they had discovered the traces of this group of humans, with countless strange spirits continuously converging from all directions.

Even though the humans had cultivators from three cities, compared to the endless army of strange spirits, they still seemed insufficient.

Luckily, the strange spirits coming in were not extremely high rank. Even the Ninth-Order Strange Spirits were being handled by Jia Tianshu, Wu Tong, and others, leaving their opponents for the other Slaughter Spirit Teams not too strong.

It is worth mentioning that at this moment, Ruan Ying had already advanced to the Early Stage of the Earth Bending Realm through these several battles, and other members had also made significant progress.

For instance, Deputy Captain Jian Xi had already become a genuine Early Stage Earth Bending Realm expert, not considered weak among the human cultivators.

Unfortunately, that strange spirit blasted by Ruan Ying happened to be at the Ninth Rank Intermediate level. Caught off guard by the humans' attack, its hostility exploded, making the faces of the Hawk Squad members change color.

And all the other human cultivators had their own opponents, with no one able to lend a helping hand. They could only rely on themselves.

If the entire Hawk Squad were to besiege this Ninth Rank Intermediate strange spirit, there might be hope for success. But now, within the strange spirit army, the other team members were being held up, leaving Ruan Ying in a perilous situation after only a few moves.

Swish!

Just as Ruan Ying's life hung in the balance, a cyan light descended from the sky, and then a massive force brushed past him.

He then watched as the strange spirit that had just left him powerless burst open, and a gleam of light flew toward him.

"It's a Spirit Crystal!"

When Ruan Ying instinctively reached out to catch the light, he felt something heavy in his hand. It was an earth-yellow crystal, exuding a special spirit crystal aura. He immediately realized it was the spirit crystal of the strange spirit that had nearly killed him.

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

Holding the earth attribute spirit crystal in his hand, Ruan Ying was momentarily stunned until a bone-deep familiar voice reached his ears. When he looked up in a panic, he saw a burst of cyan light soaring into the sky, with a rugged boy he would never forget standing on the back of a massive phoenix bird.

It turned out that the one who just rescued Ruan Ying was Yun Xiao, flying in the sky on the back of a Green Phoenix. He was keeping a close watch on everything around, specially handling such rescue missions.

Since they had already penetrated deep into the territory of the strange spirits, human cultivators could encounter danger at any time. Yun Xiao couldn't possibly save every human cultivator in distress, but he would certainly save those related to him.

Although not the strongest among the various Slaughter Spirit Teams, the Hawk Squad was one where Yun Xiao had once been. He valued the few people in the squad and naturally wouldn't allow them to die at the hands of strange spirits.

"Boss, our Hawk Squad's treatment is way better than others!"

Watching the cyan light soar into the sky, Jian Xi, having killed his own strange spirit opponent, moved beside Ruan Ying and remarked with great emotion, his voice full of pride.

After all, a squad not far from the Hawk Squad had a member just blasted by a Ninth-Order Strange Spirit, spitting blood and flying backward, clearly not going to survive. In contrast, having Yun Xiao's protection made the Hawk Squad incredibly fortunate.

"It's just a pity that the gap between us and him will only widen. Perhaps we'll never catch up in this lifetime!"

Ruan Ying's face did not show much excitement, his tone slightly melancholic. However, upon hearing this remark, the eyes of the Hawk Squad members all turned to him with curious expressions.

"Leader, seriously? Comparing yourself with that monster—it's just asking to be humiliated, isn't it?"

Jian Xi's tone was somewhat exaggerated, and upon hearing this, the others could not help but agree. Amongst the Hawk Squad, as well as the entire Slaughter Spirit Battlefield, who could really compare to that demon?

Even the news of the great victory in the northern cities had spread among the human cultivators by the Shenxiao Sect, but they did not witness firsthand how the three cities had won. They chose to believe only what they saw themselves.

The great victory of Guanshan, Lishui, and Taikang Cities occurred right before their eyes. Yun Xiao continuously slew the alien spirit leaders, directly shattering the alien spirit army's morale, clear for all to see.

Thus, these people naturally believed more in the tangible prowess of Yun Xiao, confident that this rapidly rising young man could lead them to greater horizons, possibly even reversing the entire battlefield's situation.

The victory of the three cities was the first step. Now, the thousands of miles advancing towards Moyun City is the second step. As long as this second step is successful, human forces will regain momentum, no longer needing to struggle under alien spirit havoc.

However, as they got closer to Moyun City, the alien spirit defenses grew increasingly formidable, with even Ninth Rank Advanced alien spirits appearing, causing heavy casualties on the human side.

Ninth Rank Advanced alien spirits could only be contended with by cultivators at least at the Late Stage of Earth Bending Realm, but some strong Ninth Rank Advanced alien spirits, even those at Peak Earth Bending Realm like Wu Yingjiang, might not necessarily win.

Boom!

A dazzling flame rose from the chaotic battlefield, immediately followed by Elder Wu Tong of Firewood Valley being blasted backwards. Though he eventually managed to stabilize himself, his breath was chaotic, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing the fire attribute alien spirit wrapped in flames charging towards him again, Wu Tong's eyes showed a hint of despair. He knew that if it happened again, he might not die but would definitely be severely injured.

"Chirp!"

At this crucial moment, a clear Phoenix Bird cry came from the sky, followed by green light descending. An arm wrapped in blood-red flames struck the fire attribute alien spirit's chest directly, piercing through it.

"Yun Xiao!"

Although Wu Tong suffered minor injuries, his eyesight remained sharp. He clearly saw the figure jumping down from the back of the Green Phoenix, identified as Yun Xiao, the faith of the three cities.

Watching this youth descend from the sky, Wu Tong breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that with this young man's intervention, his mortal crisis was resolved and the Ninth Rank Advanced alien spirit should be worried instead.

Wu Tong guessed right; such an unexpected attack left the fire attribute alien spirit with no possibility of avoidance, Yun Xiao's speed was indeed too fast.

Yet the fire attribute alien spirit didn't overly value this Peak Earth Bending Realm boy earlier, knowing it should not possibly lose to a single attack.

Little did it know that this human youth before it could not be compared to ordinary Peak Earth Bending Realm cultivators, especially as the blood-red flame arm had an astonishing effect.

Within those blood-red flames was a potent devouring power or rather a power of homogenization assimilation, immediately suppressing the fire attribute alien spirit's flame energy to an extremely weak state, unable to display even a tenth of its full strength.

The clash of the strong occurs in a flash, and when Yun Xiao's Ancestral Vein Fire exploded, his right arm descended abruptly, clutching the fire attribute Spirit Crystal inside the alien spirit's body, causing it to emit a tragic roar.

Regrettably, with the Spirit Crystal seized, the alien spirit, regardless of how furiously it roared, was powerless to recover, its fate sealed, destined for absolute death.

Whizz!

Yun Xiao showed no sign of slowing; after killing this fire attribute alien spirit, he didn't even glance at the chaotic breathing Wu Tong. Instead, his figure swiftly moved next to Jia Tianshu of the Shenxiao Sect.

At this moment, Jia Tianshu was also struggling for breath while being pressed by a Ninth Rank Advanced alien spirit, although better than Wu Tong, still fighting but defeat seemed inevitable.

Swish, swish...

In the fierce battle, numerous vines extended from the Ninth Rank Advanced alien spirit, appearing extremely mystical and eerie.

Clearly, Jia Tianshu's opponent was a wood attribute alien spirit, and once entangled by these vines, the fight would be over.