The Nether River transformed into a Water Dragon, determined at this moment to swallow Yun Xiao whole. Even though it knows there might be some great hidden dangers, it doesn't care.

Perhaps it was provoked by Yun Xiao's words just now. The Nether River as a dignified Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, the avatar it manifests also reached the level of Intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit.

If with such a formidable stance, it is still timid and fearful towards a mere human kid who just reached the Early Stage of Floating Life Realm, then that would be laughable enough to break the big teeth of the Strange Spirit Clan.

Whoosh!

However, just as the Nether River Water Dragon's head approached within several yards of Yun Xiao, a subtle sound of breaking wind suddenly came from the front, as if the distance was extremely close, close enough to touch.

If Dragon Taming Flying Concealment actively attacks the enemy, even if Yun Xiao controls it excellently, there are traces to follow.

But when it remains motionless and bides its time like waiting for a rabbit, its aura is untraceable even to Yun Xiao himself, only a potential link in Meridian Techniques can allow him to wield it at will.

The ever vigilant Nether River is actually always sensing the potential danger, but the Dragon Taming Flying Concealment that had been lying in ambush for a while now, when it sensed something amiss, it was undoubtedly a bit too late.

"Not good!"

As soon as the breaking wind sound of Dragon Taming Flying Concealment was heard, the Nether River internally lamented the situation, and at this critical moment, it finally moved its dragon head slightly to the side.

Clang!

How sharp is the Dragon Taming Sword? Even if the Nether River avoids its dragon head, how can the huge dragon body tens of meters long easily escape?

Only a soft sound was heard, and the tip of the Dragon Taming Sword had already pierced through a position under the water dragon's neck, under Yun Xiao's control, penetrating the whole water dragon's body, emerging again from the dragon tail.

"Ah!"

Even though this was just an avatar condensed by a Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, it still has sensation, and in this roar, there's not only intense pain but also a brush of furious resentment.

Because after the Dragon Taming Sword pierced through the water dragon's body, it directly caused the water dragon transformed by the Nether River to revert to a humanoid water form under a series of transformations.

However, the aura is much weaker than before; the Dragon Taming Flying Concealment clearly caused the energy of this avatar to deplete by more than half.

There's even a trace of fear lingering in the Nether River's heart, if the dragon head hadn't dodged and let the wooden sword drill into it, whether it could maintain this humanoid water stream form would be uncertain.

"Heh, seems quite effective!"

Feeling the aura from the Nether River's avatar, Yun Xiao was quite satisfied with this technique of Dragon Taming Flying Concealment, because he knew if he tried to condense such an avatar again, the consumption on the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit would be immensely greater.

But after all, it is only an avatar, and even though it consumed half its energy, Yun Xiao did not relax in the slightest. Who knew if the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit at the lake bottom had any powerful trump cards left?

"Damn human scum, I want you dead!"

Just as Yun Xiao leisurely retrieved the Dragon Taming Sword, after barely suppressing its chaotic aura, the Nether River's avatar issued a deeply resentful roar, which made Yun Xiao's expression change.

Splash!

In the huge lake, a stream of water suddenly erupted, finally striking that water figure, and simultaneously, the previously weak Nether River avatar's aura sharply surged.

Hoo… hoo…

The Heaven and Earth Energy in this sky seemed to be drawn by something, swarming towards the Nether River's avatar, causing its aura to rapidly ascend.

In just a few moments, the Nether River restored its former peak state, which is the level of Intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit, and the ascending aura showed no sign of stopping, causing Yun Xiao's expression to grow increasingly grim.

After a few breaths, a new avatar of the Nether River was already present a distance ahead of Yun Xiao, and upon sensing this aura, his heart sank even further.

"Advanced Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit! This is trouble!"

Yun Xiao muttered softly, although he didn't know what price the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit at the lake bottom paid, facing a foe two small realms higher, it seemed he had but one path.

That is to forcefully borrow the power of the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu and see if he can elevate his cultivation one more small realm, or else the situation today would be a dead end.

Yun Xiao knew clearly in his heart that just over ten days ago, he had borrowed Xiao Wu's power, helping him recover to his peak state, but Xiao Wu only awoke from sleep.

There was a mystical connection between Xiao Wu and Yun Xiao's bodies. When they fought alone, they relied on their own cultivation, but once their powers fused, the explosive power was incomparable.

However, the lingering consequences of power fusion were extremely serious. Yun Xiao had previously borrowed Xiao Wu's power thoroughly in the Yulei Mountains, and it took over two months to fully recover to his peak.

This time Yun Xiao had used the enhanced version of the Thunder Winged Giant Dragon, extracting Xiao Wu's power completely, as previously when he borrowed Xiao Wu's power, the latter would not fall into sleep due to power exhaustion.

If it weren't for the fact that Yun Xiao miraculously broke through to Half-step Heavenly Rank while refining that Spirit Crystal, he might not have been able to recover to peak so swiftly.

According to Yun Xiao's understanding, the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirits recovering their strength within the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array could at most condense into Intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirits, and even that required a great cost.

But unexpectedly, that Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit turned out to be so frantic. Even if unknown about You He's situation, Yun Xiao could speculate that this Advanced Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit was likely its final measure.

A Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit recovering within the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array cannot condense into Golden Grade Heavenly Spirits, which are equivalent to the human Lingyun Realm avatars, undoubtedly.

Moreover, under the means of this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, it could only allow some Lower Ranker Strange Spirits to reach Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit level. This can be observed from the continuous battles where no Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit appeared.

Yet Yun Xiao didn't expect that the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit harbored such strong killing intent for him, even condensing an Advanced Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit that might damage its cultivation foundation.

"Human, you destroyed my Dao Foundation; today, I will repay with your flesh and blood!"

Indeed, after Yun Xiao's thoughts settled, a calm voice emanated from You He's mouth. It seemed that given the circumstances, it realized that more anger and fury would be futile.

From Yun Xiao's previous skills, You He had recognized some things; that the Intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit might not subdue this cunning human youth.

There's even a possibility that the human youth might seize an opportunity to completely obliterate the avatar of Intermediate Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit unexpectedly.

If that happened, even if You He wanted to condense an Advanced Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit again, it might be powerless, because every strand of energy in this avatar was meticulously condensed.

At this moment, this Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit undoubtedly held some resentment toward the constraints of the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array. If not for these bounds, its original body could easily emerge from the lake; even with just a single strike, it could annihilate that loathsome human youth.

Thinking of this, You He glanced towards the last unsealed array point, a chilling speculation suddenly arose in his heart.

"Could that human youth be doing it deliberately?"

Upon this thought, even You He found it a bit unbelievable, but the more it pondered, the more likely it seemed. If this were true, then the human youth's intellect was truly terrifying.

Because once Yun Xiao sealed this last array point, the Sealing Array would explode with powerful force and destroy the so-called Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array entirely.

If that human youth came to break the array, why leave the last array point unsealed?

Reflecting on this, You He felt a pang of regret, secretly scolding himself for acting impulsively earlier; perhaps it was too reckless.

At that time, You He clearly didn't think much; it only knew that this Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array was painstakingly arranged and persevered for over a year, unwilling to let it fail.

Now it seemed, the youth purposefully leveraged its attack opportunity to keep the last array point unsealed, subsequently creating Heavenly Spirit avatars that continuously drained its original body energy.

Consecutively condensing two avatars now, and this one even reached the Advanced Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit level, You He realized it was caught in Yun Xiao's grand scheme, nearly spewing old blood in frustration.

"Finally realized it? Unfortunately, it's already too late!"

Seeing You He's shifting aura, Yun Xiao couldn't help but flash an odd smile, and the words from his mouth finally confirmed the speculation in the latter's heart.

Indeed, Yun Xiao's prior action of breaking the array was misleading. As soon as You He couldn't hold back and made a move, his purpose was half accomplished.

After all, on the Dragon Continent, the one most versed with the Thousand Stars Blood Gathering Array was not Ling Kong Island's Heaven Rank Middle-level Array Master, nor the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit that arranged the array, but Yun Xiao, the mere twenty-year-old youth.

Although Yun Xiao sensed the terrifying aura of the Advanced Silver Grade Heavenly Spirit at this moment, he knew clearly that his goal had been perfectly achieved, even surpassed.

What lies ahead is the toughest and most decisive high-stakes battle.