Serpent Ancestor

The timing was incredibly precise.

As Liu Chengfeng appeared, he didn’t waste any words and pulled out a giant gourd, pointing it at the ground where Xu Hei was hiding.

”Boom!!”

The gourd unleashed a powerful suction, causing the earth to crack open. Countless clumps of soil and stones were sucked into the gourd, revealing Xu Hei’s hidden figure.

It was a large black snake, wearing a straw hat on its head, completely concealing its aura, making it impossible to discern its cultivation level.

Liu Chengfeng was about to make another move, but when he saw the straw hat on Xu Hei’s head, his pupils suddenly contracted.

”That straw hat is...”

His scalp tingled, and his mind buzzed, as a memory of a figure wearing a straw hat flashed through his mind.

It was the Zhou Family’s ancestor, Zhou Qing’s straw hat.

This was the strange snake that killed Zhou Qing!In an instant, Liu Chengfeng’s hair stood on end, an indescribable fear rushing straight to his head!

Run! I must run!

Without hesitation, he summoned various magical treasures to shield himself, switching from offense to defense, and stepped onto his flying sword to flee.

The reputation of this snake had long spread within the Four Sects Alliance. If encountered, one must not act rashly and should immediately report to the higher-ups, namely the Thirteenth Ancestor!

Ironically, even the Thirteenth Ancestor couldn’t protect himself.

Zhou Qing and Lei He both suffered greatly at the hands of this snake, with Zhou Qing even turned into a tree. Damn it, who would dare provoke it?

As for Shen Qingzhu and Jiang Lang, he didn’t even spare them a glance. How could others’ lives be more important than his own?

”Brother Jiang, Qingzhu, I’m sorry. I will avenge you in the future! I’ll cut this snake and dog into a thousand pieces!”

Liu Chengfeng was filled with grief and indignation, and it wasn’t just an act; he was genuinely heartbroken.

One was his close friend, the other his Dao companion, but reality was harsh. If he didn’t run, none of them would escape. Those who are indecisive don’t last long.

This scene left Xu Hei momentarily stunned.

He thought it would be a fierce battle, but the opponent got scared and ran away? Without even probing?

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered as he made a decisive decision.

—Chase!

”Whoosh!”

A streak of light shot across the sky, with Xu Hei fully unleashing his Ever-changing Fish and Dragon technique, chasing rapidly like a meteor, startling Liu Chengfeng with his speed.

This was definitely the speed of the Core Formation Stage!

For some reason, after Hei Huang appeared, Xu Hei’s courage inexplicably grew, daring to intercept even a Core Formation Stage cultivator trying to escape.

In the past, this would have been unthinkable.

At this moment, Xu Hei’s throat swelled, black True Qi compressed to a point, with thunderous energy surging in his abdomen, dragon bones vibrating, and all his bones humming with a terrifying aura about to erupt.

Liu Chengfeng’s face changed dramatically, and his speed soared again.

The next moment—

”Dragon Shatter Roar!!!”

A thunderous dragon roar erupted from Xu Hei’s mouth, shaking the heavens and earth, causing a vacuum channel to form through the Yin Sha Qi, blasting towards the fleeing Liu Chengfeng.

This was Xu Hei’s newly comprehended dragon clan ultimate skill, Dragon Shatter Roar!

Unlike traditional sonic spells, this move wasn’t an indiscriminate area attack but a targeted lock-on technique!

Its power naturally skyrocketed!

Of course, Xu Hei’s current Dragon Shatter Roar was only at the first level, the stage of shattering form, capable of attacking physical forms but unable to harm souls. Xu Hei also wanted to test its effectiveness in actual combat!

”Bang!!”

Liu Chengfeng had just escaped a thousand feet away when he was struck by the sound wave, as if hit by lightning, shattering countless magical treasures’ lights.

He pulled out a treasure umbrella to block, but it shattered as well, his form trembling violently, blood gushing out, and even his physical body on the verge of collapse, plummeting to the ground.

”What kind of spell is this!”

Liu Chengfeng’s mind was in turmoil, his head buzzing incessantly, his consciousness momentarily blurred.

As a pill refiner, he focused solely on the Dao of Pills and was not adept at combat, making him relatively weak among those of the same realm.

It was only because he had numerous life-saving means that he dared to seek opportunities in the ruins. But earlier in the Earth Temple, he had sacrificed half of his magical treasures, leaving him with few trump cards.

However, Xu Hei’s cultivation was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Dragon Shatter Roar was a spell that could only be performed at the Core Formation Stage, requiring the dragon bones to be fully developed. At this moment, it was forcibly used by Xu Hei.

Although its power far exceeded the Foundation Establishment level, it was still too much to kill a Core Formation Stage cultivator.

Liu Chengfeng’s thoughts were only fragmented for a moment before he regained clarity, the Soul Chasing Nails close to his back, lifting him high and speeding forward.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished into the distance.

Xu Hei sighed, not continuing the pursuit. Just using the Dragon Shatter Roar once caused his entire skeleton to tremble violently, with all bones except the dragon bones showing slight cracks.

Killing a thousand enemies, losing eight hundred of his own!

However, the power was indeed extraordinary, capable of causing a Core Formation Stage heavily protected by magical treasures to fall into a mental halt.

In a battle between experts, even a brief pause could be fatal!

If only Xu Hei had someone to coordinate with, such a sneak attack would have been incredibly effective.

Xu Hei didn’t expect to kill a Core Formation cultivator, but through this brief encounter, he realized that the gap between him and the Core Formation Stage wasn’t as vast as he had imagined. With the right timing, location, and people, along with some special means and environments, it might not be impossible to surpass his level and win.

This gave him immense confidence.

At this moment, Ji Ying was holding a storage bag, landing nearby.

This was stolen during Liu Chengfeng’s moment of distraction.

”You finally did something right!” Xu Hei praised.

Ji Ying, however, felt like Xu Hei was scolding it, emitting a buzzing sound as if expressing dissatisfaction.

”Boom!!!”

”Boom boom boom boom boom...”

Within the formation, the sky continued to be bombarded by Yin Thunder, with Yin Thunder also erupting from underground, creating an apocalyptic scene.

Yin Thunder from the sky and Yin Thunder from the earth combined, blasting the Thirteenth Ancestor’s form to pieces, leaving him unrecognizable, not even in snake form, with only a skeleton remaining.

Yet he continued to laugh maniacally, black gas emerging from his bones, transforming into small snakes slithering nearby.

Jiang Lang was caught by a wave of earth Yin Thunder, instantly blasted to smithereens. Hei Huang, realizing this person was adept at formations, decided not to leave him any chance of survival.

On the other hand, the Purple Mist Sect’s leader, Shen Qingzhu, was still alive, but seeing the black tower standing outside, she dared not escape.

She tried using the Small Teleportation Talisman, but within the formation, even space was sealed.

”What to do? What to do?”

Shen Qingzhu was in despair.

”Hehehehe, I am immortal, immortal!”

The Thirteenth Ancestor’s eerie laughter echoed, but as the final thunderbolt struck, even his bone fragments were shattered, his voice abruptly cut off, his form completely destroyed, leaving only the swirling black gas.

”Whoosh whoosh whoosh...”

Countless black gas streams surged out, crashing in all directions.

One of the black gas streams transformed into a black light, darting into Shen Qingzhu’s forehead, causing her eyes to immediately become vacant.

In just a moment, a wisp of black light appeared in her eyes.

”Liu Chengfeng’s Dao companion, hehe, this physical body isn’t bad, huh? Why does this woman have Jiang Lang’s aura inside her?”

Shen Qingzhu voiced her confusion, her physical body rapidly contracting, transforming into a snake-like elongated form.

The next moment, Shen Qingzhu shot up from the ground, instantly breaking through the formation’s gap, moving with unprecedented speed.

As she left the formation’s range, she activated the Small Teleportation Talisman, her figure flickering and disappearing without a trace.