Serpent Ancestor

Humans have this kind of mentality.

Once you invest money and get a step closer to your goal, you’ll keep investing. With sunk costs, you won’t give up halfway, even losing your rationality and numbing yourself.

These human cultivators perfectly embody the gambler’s mindset.

Mortals do it for money, cultivators for opportunities and fortunes; essentially, there’s no difference.

So much so that at this moment, they all firmly believe they are right.

They’ve given so many treasures, nearly exhausted their Spirit Stones, and can’t accept failure.

At this moment, the Earth God’s gaze swept over the crowd, and he said loudly, ”Thank you all for your gifts. May you all achieve perfect merit and have your wishes come true. Farewell!”

His gaze dimmed and he turned back into an ordinary Earth God statue.

In an instant, the scene froze for a long time.

The imagined place of inheritance did not appear.Everyone stared at each other, their minds buzzing, unable to think, as if they were dumbfounded.

”Did I... hear wrong?”

The Thirteenth Ancestor couldn’t believe it.

”No way.”

Liu Chengfeng also didn’t believe it, suspecting that a step was missing.

The four present were convinced that their choice was correct, that this was how the place of inheritance was opened.

”Earth God, where is my inheritance?” The Thirteenth Ancestor tried to suppress his anger, keeping his voice low.

”Inheritance?”

The Earth God opened his eyes again, a lump of dog feces appeared in his hand, and he flung it onto the Thirteenth Ancestor’s face.

”This is the inheritance of the earth, the breath of the land. Please comprehend it well, don’t waste such a great fortune.” The Earth God’s voice carried a hint of laughter.

The entire scene fell into a dead silence.

The statue had actually thrown a lump of dog feces onto the Thirteenth Ancestor’s face! Such an absurd scene left the Thirteenth Ancestor stunned.

Xu Hei’s mouth twitched slightly; he already understood who this Earth God was.

It was the Mountain God from the Mountain God Temple, carved from the same mold!

As for the Mountain God... who else could it be?

”Too dark, never seen anything so dark! This is pure fraud!”

”This group of people was scammed out of everything, they’re probably going to be furious.”

Xu Hei internally mocked, no wonder he found it familiar, so that’s how it was.

Suddenly, a chill ran through his heart as he sensed something off about the Thirteenth Ancestor’s mental state. He quickly retreated, ready to dodge at any moment.

At this moment, the Thirteenth Ancestor was silent for a long time before his eyes regained their luster. Without a word, he reached out his withered hand, wiped the lump of earth’s breath off his face.

Then, he glanced at the black dog sitting on the prayer mat and the many worshippers burning incense.

”Historical Projections?” The Thirteenth Ancestor’s cold voice rang out.

These so-called historical projections all stopped their actions and looked over in unison.

Such a bizarre scene would usually send chills down one’s spine.

But at this moment, the Thirteenth Ancestor’s face gradually twisted, his chest heaving, initially slowly, but increasingly violently. An uncontrollable, overwhelming killing intent began to spread from his heart, like a volcano about to erupt.

Liu Chengfeng, initially furious at being deceived, couldn’t help but take two steps back after seeing the Thirteenth Ancestor’s condition.

”Fuck, turns out it’s a scam! I can still be rational, but this Thirteenth Ancestor is probably going to go crazy, better smash that statue!”

Liu Chengfeng’s eyes flickered; he was also angry, but more so apprehensive.

The other party could create historical projections to deceive; how could this be something ordinary people could do? Liu Chengfeng asked himself, he couldn’t afford to provoke such an existence.

Moreover, as a young pill refiner, as long as he focused on making money, he could naturally make up for the loss over time.

But the Thirteenth Ancestor was different; that was his life’s savings, his last opportunity in this life.

Gone, truly gone!

Who understands the pain of losing everything?

”You all go to hell! Go to hell! Go to hell!!”

The Thirteenth Ancestor was utterly enraged, his arm suddenly shot out, extending dozens of meters, transforming into a giant python, opening its mouth to bite the statue, swallowing it whole.

From within his body, countless venomous liquids shot out, corroding all the historical projections, turning the area into a sea of poison.

But the big black dog alone kept dodging, barking incessantly.

Even its illusory figure was gradually becoming solid.

”So it was you!!”

The Thirteenth Ancestor suddenly realized, this damn thing wasn’t a historical projection, this black dog was real.

”You little beast, I’m going to skin you alive, gnaw your bones clean, and turn your soul into an oil lamp to burn for a thousand years!”

The Thirteenth Ancestor’s face twisted with rage as he flew up to grab it, looking like a fierce ghost, shrieking sharply.

Liu Chengfeng and the other two quickly retreated, planning to leave first, but their backs suddenly hit an invisible barrier, bouncing them back.

”What?”

The three turned to look, only to see that within a five-hundred-meter radius of the Earth Temple, there seemed to be an invisible wall isolating the area.

”Formation?” Jiang Lang exclaimed.

He was deeply versed in formations and quickly saw that waves of Spiritual Qi were surging from the merit box, drilling deep underground.

Vaguely, these Spiritual Qi formed a massive formation base, encompassing the area.

At this point, how could he not understand!

The Spirit Stones and treasures they threw in earlier were all used to set up the formation.

”You old coot, not caring for animals, you’ll get your retribution!”

The black dog shouted as it fled, its speed fast and movements agile, playing the Thirteenth Ancestor like a fool in such a small area, always evading capture.

Finally, the Thirteenth Ancestor launched an all-encompassing attack, hundreds of snakes shot out from his body, surrounding the black dog from all sides, finally capturing it.

”Help! Murder!”

The big black dog, entangled by the snakes, wailed loudly, shouting to the outside, ”Little Xu, don’t just watch! This is your relative, quickly persuade him!”

Xu Hei’s face turned dark.

Relative, you have the nerve to say that?

Damn it, don’t call me when you cause trouble! I’m just passing by!

The Thirteenth Ancestor also looked outside, but just as he turned his head, a thunderbolt crashed down from above, striking his forehead.

”Boom!!!”

Black light exploded, and the Thirteenth Ancestor’s skull shattered like a watermelon, but no blood spurted out, only eerie ghostly energy spread.

”Boom!!”

Another black thunderbolt fell, striking his headless body, knocking him to the ground.

This divine thunder from the heavens was different from ordinary lightning; it was Yin Thunder, condensed from intense Yin Sha Qi, possessing the same world-destroying power.

Nine Nether Yin Thunder Formation!

This formation was costly, requiring a large number of Spirit Stones to set up, with the merit box as the formation’s core.

”Ow!”

The Thirteenth Ancestor let out a hideous roar, his broken body stood up, still moving.

Constantly, black energy emerged from his broken body, and the snakes emanating from his body immediately turned into skeletal forms, yet this body that should have long been dead continued to move.

”Quick! Hurry!”

Liu Chengfeng was scared out of his wits, urgently urging Jiang Lang to break the formation.

He also took out various magical treasures to attack.