Serpent Ancestor

The injured Core Formation cultivator took a heavy blow and was then bombarded by a large number of talismans that exploded on his face, shattering his head and causing blood to gush out.

The others, due to the formation being broken, spat blood one by one and were sent flying backward.

Nearby Foundation Establishment cultivators suffered heavy casualties, their wails echoing continuously.

In just a moment, the team that constructed the Seven Star Dragon Lock Formation collapsed completely.

Though the formation was strong, it had significant drawbacks; it required seven people to activate simultaneously, and breaking one would cause the entire formation to fail. However, once trapped, no matter how great your divine abilities, you would be in a state of temporal and spatial lock.

The cost and effect are always proportional.

Lei He looked at the devastation around him, his face dark and gloomy.

”Who did this?”

He looked toward the direction from which the attack had come, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

”I didn’t expect this serpent to have external support; it was indeed a miscalculation.”A calm voice came from beside him. It was a middle-aged man in black, with a gentle and scholarly demeanor, his face like jade, exuding a scholarly aura.

He was one of the seven who had formed the Seven Star Dragon Lock Formation.

This man was none other than the famous strategist of the Qin Kingdom, Li Si.

Originally from the Chu Kingdom, he later joined the Qin Kingdom. The Seven Star Dragon Lock Formation was his strategy to deal with Xu Hei, and even capturing an incarnation would cause significant damage.

”This time we failed, but next time, this serpent will be even more cautious,” Lei He said in a deep voice.

”No matter! Sometimes, no matter how cautious you are, it’s useless. Strength determines everything. Once the inheritance ends, I’ll have my own way to deal with him!” Li Si said nonchalantly.

On the surface, he spoke calmly, but internally he was quite heavy-hearted. As Lei He said, the cunning of this serpent far exceeded his expectations.

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Taking advantage of the time Xu Hei was buying, Xu Bai smoothly arrived at the place where the Earth God had disappeared. A halo emanated from this spot, a passage created by Hei Huang.

Xu Bai rushed in, and the halo closed, instantly teleporting her away.

At this moment.

In the place of inheritance, Xu Hei suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.

Just now, he received fragmented images sent back after his incarnation’s death. Although disjointed, they allowed him to piece together the events.

”What kind of formation was that, with such power that it completely immobilized me, preventing even self-destruction!” Xu Hei was shocked internally.

He didn’t know what the other party would do after capturing his incarnation, but it certainly wouldn’t be anything good for his true self.

Moreover, judging by the black jade slip the other party took out, they definitely had a special method targeting him.

”I was careless, made two fatal mistakes on this trip!” Xu Hei thought to himself.

He hadn’t encountered any attacks and thought no one had discovered him, or that everyone was too afraid to act.

Little did he know, the other party had set a trap, slowly tightening it until a thunderous strike! Not acting immediately was just to make him lower his guard.

That was the first mistake!

The second mistake was that after discovering the encirclement, he didn’t choose to self-destruct immediately, thinking that as an external incarnation, he had nothing to fear and could take a few down with him before dying.

The rest was history; if not for Hei Huang following, who knows what consequences he might have faced.

Of course, the reason Xu Hei was so bold was also because the old dog was following behind.

Making mistakes isn’t scary; everyone makes mistakes.

It’s precisely these repeated mistakes that have allowed Xu Hei to grow to this point! Although he hasn’t been cultivating for long, he has a strong learning ability and won’t make the same mistake twice.

”This Qin Kingdom general, Lei He, actually has such means?”

”If he had this strategy, why didn’t he use it earlier, and only now against me?”

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered, deep in thought.

Considering the unfamiliar Core Formation faces that appeared later, Xu Hei strongly suspected that the Qin Kingdom had brought in another wave of reinforcements, with someone strategizing behind the scenes.

Now, the situation was quite serious.

He didn’t know what the rules of the inheritance were, but Xu Hei’s side, including Xu Bai, only had three people in total. If having more people was advantageous, he would be at a significant disadvantage.

At this moment, a spatial fluctuation flashed ahead, and Xu Bai’s figure appeared, landing in the sand.

Xu Hei breathed a sigh of relief.

”This is your magical treasure!”

Xu Bai tossed over a Soul-absorbing Flag, which Xu Hei caught.

When they parted, he had entrusted the Soul-absorbing Flag to Xu Bai for safekeeping, while his incarnation was armed with talismans. Once his incarnation died, all the talismans would automatically fire.

And the Soul-absorbing Flag, if Xu Bai encountered danger, all the snake spirits inside would rush out to self-destruct.

It seemed she hadn’t encountered any danger.

”And here are your pills!”

Xu Bai also brought over two bottles of repaired ancient Peiyuan Pills.

Xu Hei accepted them without hesitation, then handed over his own ancient Peiyuan Pills to her for repair.

This way, each bottle of pills could be utilized to the fullest.

Of course, he only dared to consume the ones Xu Bai repaired. As for those she refined herself, he’d let Hei Huang test them first.

Xu Hei swallowed a Peiyuan Pill and began to refine it immediately.

The purer medicinal power than before swept through Xu Hei’s body, and he could clearly feel his cultivation steadily improving, his meridians filling, and the spiritual foundation within the Demon God Cauldron slowly growing.

This time, the refinement lasted for three days before the medicinal power was fully absorbed.

”Great! At this rate, the remaining Peiyuan Pills will be enough for half a year, which will definitely allow me to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and perhaps even have some surplus,” Xu Hei was overjoyed.

The unexpected surprise Xu Bai brought filled Xu Hei with hope.

As long as his cultivation could improve, he would have greater confidence in facing whatever came next.

However, Xu Hei wouldn’t get complacent too soon.

While he was in seclusion cultivating, others were also in seclusion cultivating; everyone was progressing, Xu Hei just had slightly better resources than others.

If possible, he would aim for the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Days passed one by one.

Meanwhile, while Xu Hei was in seclusion.

Outside, in Wuyou City, the Heavenly Puppet Sect successfully found the last two places of inheritance for gold and wood.

The gold inheritance naturally fell into Bai Luo’s hands, as he was originally of the gold spiritual root, and the Heavenly Puppet Sect came for him.

The wood inheritance, after a series of internal struggles, was claimed by Bai Qiushui of the Bai Family. The Bai Family sent numerous experts to guard it, and even the third-generation Ancestor came out of seclusion, forcing those who sought to seize it to retreat.

Thus, the five great inheritances were concluded.

Zhou Wendie, Bai Qiushui, Bai Luo, Xu Hei, Xu Qingfeng.

The five forces each had their targets, aiming to enhance their strength as much as possible within this precious year.

In terms of resource abundance, Xu Hei couldn’t compete with the other four, but in terms of resource quality, he was undoubtedly the best.

Many things couldn’t be bought even in the outside world.

Day after day, month after month.

Three months later, Xu Hei’s spiritual foundation had doubled, his cultivation reaching over fifty percent. He estimated that in another three months, he could attempt a breakthrough.

This oasis was nearly drained by him.

Xu Hei delved deep underground, passing through the sand layer, reaching the rock layer, and continued downward. The pressure increased with each step, and he encountered an area of extremely dense magma.

Further down, there was a membrane.

”This place is the boundary of the inheritance space,” Xu Hei thought to himself.

Through observation, this inheritance space was roughly spherical, with limits in all directions.

Xu Hei stopped at the edge of the magma area. The magma here was different from the outside, with pressure so absurdly high that it exceeded his limit.

He took out the Nine Yang Powder, a body-tempering pill originally meant for application, and swallowed it whole.