"That's an Earth Rank Advanced weapon, the Thunder Blade!"

Any cultivator seeing the Dragon Taming Sword for the first time would be shocked by the enormous contrast in power from that wooden sword. Even an Earth Rank Advanced weapon was sliced in one blow, so what grade had this wooden sword reached?

"Heavenly-tier weapon?"

Xiao Qiming and Chu Nian, who were watching the battle nearby, couldn't help but let a strong sense of greed twinkle in their eyes after the initial shock.

On the Tenglong Continent, Earth Rank weapons were not rare, but those that reached the Heavenly rank were extremely rare because they could only be forged by Heavenly Rank Artifact Refiners.

To become a Heavenly Rank Artifact Refiner, one must break through to the Heavenly Rank Third Realm in cultivation. Moreover, when a Heavenly-tier weapon is formed, like the birth of a Heavenly Rank Elixir, it must be tempered by the Heavenly Tribulation.

Without undergoing the baptism of the Heavenly Tribulation, it cannot be considered a true Heavenly-tier weapon. If someone at the Earth Rank Third Realm faced the ravages of a Heavenly Tribulation, they probably couldn't guarantee their life.

Even Xiao Qiming and Chu Nian, from prestigious families on the Tenglong Continent, couldn't suppress their rising greed at the thought that it might be a Heavenly-tier weapon.

At this moment, they obviously forgot their previous promises. Now, each of them wanted to pocket that Heavenly-tier weapon, without thinking whether a certain coarse-clothed youth would agree.

"Second Brother, be careful!"

Just as Xiao Qiwu and Chu Nian were filled with burning greed, Kong Qianshan's face drastically changed because he noticed that even after Kong Sihai's Earth Rank Advanced weapon, the Thunder Blade, was cut in half, that coarse-clothed youth showed no sign of stopping.

Thinking about the invincible sharpness of that wooden sword that even an Earth Rank Advanced weapon couldn't withstand, an inexplicable unease rose in Kong Qianshan's heart. After all, his brother's head couldn't be harder than an Earth Rank Advanced weapon, could it?

Unfortunately, Kong Qianshan's warning came a bit late, or maybe Kong Sihai was momentarily stunned because his Earth Rank Advanced weapon was cut in half.

This brief moment of distraction caused Kong Sihai to forever lose the chance to live. A flash of black light was followed by the scene where the head of one of Sky Thunder Valley's four Thunder Sons was propelled skyward by a jet of blood, extremely gruesome.

Even though Kong Sihai was from Sky Thunder Valley and one of its four Thunder Sons, Yun Xiao had no hint of mercy since he dared to cause trouble for him.

He wouldn't expect this guy to really retreat after showing leniency. Since the enmity was irreconcilable, why not settle it on the spot?

Thus, Yun Xiao's decision was extremely ruthless at this moment. Not only did he slice the Earth Rank Advanced weapon, Thunder Blade, in half with one sword stroke, but he also beheaded Kong Sihai seamlessly.

"Kong Sihai... died just like that?"

The scene unfolded too quickly, causing the onlooking cultivators near and far to be stunned. That was one of Sky Thunder Valley's four Thunder Sons, a dignified Origin Seeking Realm Early Stage genius, decapitated by two strikes from a coarse-clothed youth at the peak of the Qi Seeking Realm?

Even Xiao Qiming and Chu Nian were caught off guard, but Xiao Qiming, possessing a strong power of the soul, quickly composed himself. His gaze kept roaming over the wooden sword in Yun Xiao's hand, as if understanding something.

"The sharpness of a weapon is ultimately a minor way not worth much. After the initial surprise, achieving such an effect again is probably impossible!"

This was Xiao Qiming's true thought, explaining why the path of weapons wasn't the mainstream in Continental battles. True strength still depended on one's Meridian Qi cultivation.

No matter how impossibly sharp the wooden sword in Yun Xiao's hand might be, if it's used again, now that people were on guard, it wouldn't be so easy to make achievements.

"Ah!"

Compared to Xiao Qiming's reflections, Kong Qianshan finally regained his senses. Watching Kong Sihai's head fall from the sky to the ground, a surge of resentment filled his mind, never to be dispelled, causing a harrowing roar to escape his lips.

Kong Qianshan and Kong Sihai were twin brothers who were inseparable since birth, playing, growing up, and being accepted as direct disciples by Sky Thunder Valley together. Over the years, neither could live without the other.

They thought it was just dealing with an unknown peak Qi Seeking Realm ant, yet they never expected that once they met, Kong Sihai was slain with two sword strokes before he had the chance to counterattack.

Until this moment, Kong Qianshan felt like he was dreaming. None of it seemed real—how could his brother, who was a part of his life, die just like that?

"I warned you before. It was you who didn't listen, so who can you blame?"

Yun Xiao didn't spare a glance at the headless corpse of Kong Sihai that fell to the ground with a thud. He flicked the Dragon Taming Sword, which had not a trace of blood on it, and his words pulled everyone out of their stupor.

"Bastard, I, Kong Qianshan, swear that from this moment on, we will be undying!"

Kong Qianshan's eyes moved sorrowfully over his brother's corpse and head. His voice was filled with undisguised venom, and anyone could feel the resentment erupting from the depths of his heart.

"If you dare to make a move, your fate will be no different from his!"

Having heard such threats so often over the years, Yun Xiao's ears were practically calloused, and seeing him turn his head coldly, his words made Kong Qianshan explode on the spot.

In fact, although Kong Qianshan was venomous and angry, he hadn't lost his sanity. Just as Xiao Qiming thought, at that moment, he too thought that this coarse-clothed boy merely had a sharper weapon and caught his brother off guard, allowing him to slay Kong Sihai with two strikes.

If he was careful and prevented that wooden sword from touching him, what could this boy, with only the cultivation at the peak of the Qi Seeking Realm, do? No matter how sharp the weapon was, if it couldn't touch the enemy, what use was it?

"Wretched child, I guarantee, you will pay the price!"

A cold voice came from Kong Qianshan's mouth, and the next moment, strands of silver thunder wrapped around him, enveloping his entire body in a glow of silver light.

Although Kong Qianshan and Kong Sihai were twin brothers, his thunder attribute physique hadn't mutated. Therefore, compared to his brother's thunder and fire dual attributes, his thunder attribute aura was undoubtedly more pure.

Kong Qianshan, known as the Three Thunders disciple in Sky Thunder Valley, had a talent in cultivation only slightly weaker than the top two. Even compared to Ye Suxin from Killing Heart Sect, there wasn't much of a gap.

However, such strength was not significant in Yun Xiao's eyes at the moment. This time, Yun Xiao did not rely on his sharp wooden sword; instead, he sheathed it on his back.

"What is he trying to do?"

In everyone's eyes, a coarse-clothed youth at the Qi Seeking Realm acting so fearlessly must rely on that extremely sharp wooden sword. But why would he abandon his greatest trump card now?

Whoosh!

Yun Xiao, having sheathed the Dragon Taming Sword on his back, next moment stretched out his right hand, and suddenly a flash of fiery red light appeared, immediately colliding head-on with a bolt of Thunder Power summoned by Kong Qianshan.

At first, all the spectators, including Xiao Qiming, thought that was some kind of Fire Attribute Meridian Techniques performed by Yun Xiao. After all, the fiery red light emitted a blazing heat that everyone sensed.

Thus, everyone was not optimistic about that fiery red light. A youth at the peak of the Qi Seeking Realm daring to collide with a strong opponent from the Seeking Origin Realm in meridian techniques was like an egg smashing against a rock.

However, the next moment, everyone's eyes widened again because that fiery red light seemed to tear through the fierce like dry weeds, directly overpowering the thunderbolt summoned by Kong Qianshan. Moreover, its momentum unimpeded, it continued to charge at Kong Qianshan's body.

"That's not a meridian technique; it's... a Vein Demon? No, it's a Meridian Spirit!"

At this moment, Xiao Qiming, whose power of soul was the strongest, finally saw through the true nature of that fiery red light. It wasn't a Fire Attribute Meridian Techniques, but a Meridian Spirit summoned from Yun Xiao's body.

The being emerging from Yun Xiao's body was, in fact, the young bird Red Feather of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. Having reached the Eighth Rank Low Level, Red Feather's combat capability was probably no less than some human cultivators at the Origin Seeking Realm Middle Stage.

Therefore, breaking Kong Qianshan's Thunder Meridian Techniques cost no effort at all. Holding such a trump card, Yun Xiao didn't want to waste too much energy; the easier the better.

Yun Xiao certainly knew that the Dragon Taming Sword could only be used once, but how could his trump cards be limited to just one? Besides, he had the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu and Red Feather as super aides within him, not considering the whereabouts of Chi Yan.

Since the Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu sometimes didn't follow orders, Yun Xiao used Red Feather more often. This Ancient Heavenly Phoenix chick, which had considered him family from birth, never defied his words and had helped him overcome several formidable enemies in the past.

"Not good!"

Seeing the fiery red bird-like Meridian Spirit rushing toward him at great speed after breaking his thunder strike, Kong Qianshan was struck by a profound terror.

Fortunately, with the thunder attribute supporting him, Kong Qianshan's reactions and speed were extremely swift. In this critical moment, he abruptly sidestepped two to three inches to the left, narrowly avoiding Red Feather's strike to his vital chest area.

However, even though Kong Qianshan saved his life, something else could not be saved.