Serpent Ancestor

”My insights begin in Wuyou City and end in Wuyou City. The so-called ’worry-free’ is meant for humans, not demonic beasts. I will let you experience this journey as a human, but you might become lost and never awaken.”

”Young dragon of the dragon clan, are you sure you want to do this?”

Mo Wuyou’s voice came again, unusually serious.

Xu Hei had no hesitation, saying, ”A bird is reborn as a phoenix through nirvana, a flood dragon becomes a true dragon through tribulation crossing. The Nine Transformations of the True Dragon, each transformation is a matter of life and death. I am ready!”

One transformation, one life and death—this is the essence of the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon, a destined path.

”Good! I await the day you awaken!”

Mo Wuyou’s voice carried a tone of relief.

”Buzz!”

A ball of light rapidly expanded, like a mass of cotton, completely enveloping Xu Hei’s body. His consciousness plunged into a fantastical world.

Wuyou City, bustling and lively, with streams of people and vehicles.This was the five-hundredth year since the founding of Wuyou City, a time of peak prosperity.

A small life was born in the Xu family.

”It’s born, it’s a boy.”

People gathered around, and the midwife slapped the baby boy’s bottom, trying to make him cry, but he remained motionless, his eyes filled with confusion and vigilance as he looked at the surrounding crowd and his parents.

”Wow! This kid can bite!”

”What strength!”

”Haha, this child is naturally combative, with a black mark on his forehead. Let’s call him Xu Hei.”

…………

Wuyou City.

”Boom!!”

A loud explosion echoed from afar, and a figure in white was blasted away, crashing heavily into the bricks and stones, blood spraying, head broken and bleeding.

Xu Hei’s avatar happened to be passing by. He looked closely and realized it was Bai Qiushui, the young master of the Bai family.

”Why is Bai Qiushui fighting with someone?”

Xu Hei had some impression of him and quickly deduced the cause and effect.

The Heavenly Puppet Sect had launched a siege on all inheritors, including Bai Qiushui.

In the distance, a young man in white chased after him, holding a Five Elemental Seal in his hand, within which wind, rain, thunder, and lightning roared and rotated endlessly.

”Bai Qiushui, surrender. I don’t want to make things difficult for you!”

Bai Luo’s voice came from afar. With a grip of the Five Elemental Seal, countless vines shot out, stabbing toward Bai Qiushui.

Bai Qiushui, however, did not dodge, letting the vines pierce through as his body soared into the air, throwing a punch at Bai Luo. The shadow of his fist grew denser, like a storm, striking out thousands of times in an instant.

”Boom boom boom...”

Fists struck the void, shaking the heavens and earth. Bai Luo blocked all the attacks with just a large shield, and as a bolt of lightning struck, countless leg shadows descended at tricky angles. Bai Luo, clad in silver armor, only emitted a dull sound, unharmed.

A look of disdain flashed in his eyes. This outdated way of fighting could only be taught by the Bai family.

”The Bai family’s Fusion Fist and Lightning Leg are mastered to perfection by you, worthy of being the Bai family’s young master. But we are all cultivators; such physical combat is useless!”

Bai Luo summoned four flying swords, forming a sword formation that instantly slashed Bai Qiushui, causing blood to flow and leaving countless wounds on his body, like rain falling.

Xu Hei watched in astonishment.

It was the first time he had seen a human cultivator use such a purely physical fighting style. Even the body cultivators of the Iron Mountain Sect had tempered their bodies countless times, their bodies as strong as refined iron. Tie Xiong and Tie Niu each possessed their own third-tier magical treasures.

Bai Qiushui looked like an ordinary martial artist without any cultivation.

No magical treasures, an unremarkable physical body, relying solely on leg techniques—could he defeat a cultivator?

”Boom!!”

Bai Qiushui fell from the sky, leaving a human-shaped imprint on the ground, his body covered in blood and bones shattered.

Bai Luo’s eyes showed disdain, but he still generously advised, ”Stop now, and I can pretend nothing happened before.”

Even among the Chosen, there are different levels.

In his view, the gap between him and Bai Qiushui was at least three Zhou Wendies, completely not on the same level.

But just as he finished speaking, Bai Qiushui charged again, indifferent to his injuries.

”Boom!”

Bai Qiushui was knocked down again, his injuries worsening, but he charged again at an even faster speed, his eyes filled with fierce light.

Three times, four times, five times... ten times!

Blood stained the ground, wounds deep enough to see bone, spitting out blood-stained organs, yet Bai Qiushui seemed like an undying war god, constantly falling, rising, charging, falling again, and rising again.

Each time he rose, his combat power grew stronger, and the fierceness in his eyes intensified.

As time passed, at first, Bai Luo thought the other had taken some pill, but gradually, he realized something was wrong.

”Something’s not right!”

Bai Luo squinted his eyes.

Why couldn’t Bai Qiushui be defeated?

Instead, the more severe his injuries, the stronger his combat power?

Not only him, but the onlookers from afar were also full of astonishment. Bai Qiushui was like an ancient war god, endlessly falling and rising, never dying.

”The Etheric Undying Body, this was the physique of the White Emperor back in the day. I didn’t expect to see it today.”

Behind Xu Hei, Hei Huang’s voice was filled with surprise.

”What is the Etheric Undying?” Xu Hei asked.

”It means you can’t be killed. Who knows what fortune this kid obtained in the wood element area to gain the Etheric Undying Body. It’s much more formidable than that Zhou family’s girl’s Ice and Fire Dual Pupils!”

Hei Huang clicked his tongue, ”But just being unkillable is useless. True Qi will eventually run out. It still needs to be paired with other cultivation techniques to unleash its power.”

In just a short moment.

Bai Qiushui had already fallen a hundred times. Bai Luo had also tried using sealing and binding magical treasures, but they were ineffective, always being broken free.

”Hmph, don’t blame me then!”

Bai Luo’s gaze turned cold, and the four flying swords beside him shot out like lightning, aiming to sever Bai Qiushui’s limbs and turn him into a human stick.

”Ding!”

Suddenly, the flying swords seemed to strike refined iron, rebounding from the thick spiritual power.

At this moment, Bai Qiushui’s body was like glass, his skin crystal clear and transparent, as if a layer of water rippled within, exuding a terrifying pressure that was no weaker than the Core Formation Stage!

Bai Luo’s calm eyes finally changed.

Everyone’s expressions shifted simultaneously, looking at Bai Qiushui with waves of shock in their hearts.

”Diamond Suppression Technique?” The Bai family’s Grand Elder exclaimed in astonishment.

The Diamond Suppression Technique, by repeatedly compressing True Qi until it becomes solid, achieving power comparable to True Essence!

Once solidified, it can still be compressed again. Each compression strengthens it a bit. Compressing ten times strengthens it tenfold!

This was a cultivation technique created by the Bai family’s ancestor, and until now, no one but that war god had mastered it.

Bai Qiushui became the second person.

With Diamond Suppression, a Foundation Establishment cultivation can challenge Core Formation.

And with the Etheric Undying Body, all the previous beatings were part of the compression process. After so many compressions, Bai Qiushui’s True Qi was compressed to an unimaginable degree.

It turned out that his previous beatings were intentional, hiding his true purpose, all for this moment of reversal!

”Boom!!!”

Like a human cannonball, Bai Qiushui shot into the sky, launching an assault on the aloof and proud Bai Luo. His previously unremarkable fists and feet were now the strongest spells! The strongest magical treasures!

A mortal slaying an immortal, a Foundation Establishment challenging Core Formation, the weakest Chosen striking a fatal blow against the self-proclaimed strongest Chosen!

”Useless!”

Suddenly, three figures blocked the way. One was blown apart by a punch, but the other two simultaneously acted, locking Bai Qiushui’s fists from left and right, and sealing formations appeared instantly beneath his feet.

In an instant, Bai Qiushui’s compressed True Qi was rapidly sealed, his aura plummeting!

Xu Hei’s pupils shrank to a point.

These three figures, he had seen them before, were three of the seven in the Seven Star Dragon Lock Formation! Their cultivation had reached the Core Formation Stage!

These three appeared without warning, as if out of thin air, blocking in front of Bai Luo.

There was only one explanation.

These three were puppets!