Serpent Ancestor

This time, the tremor was so intense that it created a deep abyss-like crack in the space within the seawater, resembling a void world, with seawater frantically pouring in.

Staring at the pitch-black spatial rift, everyone fell silent, their eyes filled with shock.

”What a terrifying strike, what kind of power is this?”

”It’s too frightening! Even space can be torn apart. I’ve only heard that a human’s Minor Annihilation Talisman can achieve this!”

All the demonic beasts held their breath, their eyes wide open.

After about ten breaths, the rift slowly healed, and the space returned to its original state.

The sea eel’s gaze was terrifyingly gloomy, with a clear intent to kill in its eyes.

It was a close call! If he hadn’t rescued in time, a disaster might have occurred.

This Hai Teng is a madman; he could have just dodged, but instead, he charged head-on, practically courting death!

He quickly took out a pill and injected it into the unconscious Hai Teng, instantly stopping the bleeding.At this moment, Hai Teng’s entire body was covered in tattered scales, his flesh and blood a mess, with no intact area, and his internal organs severely damaged.

”What a madman,” the sea eel cursed inwardly.

On the other side, Xu Hei was supported by Boqi, too weak to even move, his whole body limp and powerless, barely staying conscious.

Xu Hei had dragon scales protecting his body, so externally he seemed fine, but internally he was severely injured, mostly self-inflicted.

The opponent was at the late stage of the demon core, and Xu Hei had no other choice but to fight desperately.

At all costs, compressing his true essence led to such consequences. It was his first time compressing his true essence so many times.

The most severely injured part was his meridians. Except for that one dragon vein, all of Xu Hei’s other meridians were fractured, even shattered, making healing extremely troublesome.

However, to Xu Hei’s surprise, that one dragon vein seemed to show signs of opening up?

This brought him some joy, but his physical injuries didn’t allow him to be too happy too soon.

”Xu Hei, how are you feeling, are you okay?” Bopu asked anxiously.

”Are you okay?” Boqi echoed.

Xu Hei barely mustered a breath and said, ”I have a way to cure the poison affecting your elder.”

After saying this, Xu Hei fell into a state of unconsciousness.

Before passing out, he also reminded Ji Ying to rush out and kill if he encountered danger.

This was a double insurance.

”He can cure Grandpa’s poison!?” Bopu was surprised.

Bopu had no doubt about Xu Hei’s words. Anyone could see from the recent battle that Xu Hei had a significant background, rumored to be a descendant of the ancient White Emperor.

They hadn’t heard of the White Emperor, but from Hai Teng’s tone, it was clear that the White Emperor’s descendant was no ordinary person and wouldn’t lie about such things!

…………

At this moment, Hai Meng led a group of sea snakes to the scene.

Seeing Hai Teng severely injured and unconscious, they were all thunderstruck, dumbfounded.

”How could this happen?”

”How could my brother be severely injured!?”

Hai Meng couldn’t believe her eyes.

In her eyes, her brother was invincible, unmatched among his peers, the future Flood Dragon, a kingly figure, how could he be beaten into unconsciousness?

And by an unremarkable horned serpent!

Such a stark contrast brought a violent shock, making Hai Meng feel like she was dreaming.

”Senior Lei Man, what exactly happened? Why is my brother severely injured? The opponent must have had help, they must have used despicable means to ambush him, right?” Hai Meng hurriedly asked.

Lei Man, however, had no mind to entertain her, carrying Hai Teng on his back, swimming towards the dolphin group.

Seeing this, the dolphin group quickly gathered together, forming a wall of flesh, blocking the front.

”Hand him over!”

Lei Man stopped in front, uttering just two words.

”This is the territory of the dolphins, sea eels are not welcome here!” Bopu said.

”Not welcome!” Boqi echoed.

Lei Man’s face darkened, coldly saying, ”You are just a small branch of the dolphin family, and you dare to challenge me. Do you know who I am?”

”I don’t care who you are!” Bopu said.

”Don’t care who you are!”

”Who are you!”

”Who!”

A group of dolphins echoed.

Lei Man’s face twitched, revealing a row of sinister teeth, with thunderous anger brewing in his eyes. As an electric eel, his temper was not good at all.

At this moment, an old dolphin swam up behind the group of young dolphins.

”Friend Lei, apologies, but we cannot hand over this horned serpent to you!” The old dolphin’s voice was calm, yet his tone left no room for doubt.

Lei Man’s gaze shifted, staring at the old dolphin for a long time before nodding.

”In that case, I won’t insist, farewell!”

Without any extra words, Lei Man supported Hai Teng and turned to leave, leaving only a silhouette behind.

This large sea eel, twenty meters long, with a flat body and a mouth full of sharp teeth, was a bad-tempered thunder-type sea eel, definitely not one to be trifled with.

The old dolphin’s eyes were solemn, waving his fin, he said, ”Retreat, let’s go home.”

”Yes!”

The dolphins carried Xu Hei back to their territory.

The recent battle had wreaked havoc on the coral group, but fortunately, their territory was vast, with countless underwater nests and cave dwellings, all with beautiful scenery.

They placed Xu Hei in a sea cave, cared for by the siblings Bopu and Boqi, while the other dolphins returned home.

This sea cave was Boqi’s nest, filled with human objects, various emeralds, diamonds, and shiny things, placed everywhere.

There was also a moonstone hanging at the top, making the sea cave as bright as daylight.

”I don’t know what Xu Hei likes to eat, Boqi, go catch a turtle for him to nourish himself,” Bopu said.

”Okay.”

Boqi swam out to hunt, and soon brought back a snapping turtle.

The snapping turtle was still alive, placed next to Xu Hei.

”But he’s still unconscious, how do we feed him?” Bopu pondered.

Suddenly, the snapping turtle opened its mouth and bit towards Xu Hei’s tail.

”Swish!”

In an instant, a pitch-black shadow darted out from the gap between Xu Hei’s dragon scales and then darted back.

In just a moment, the snapping turtle was reduced to a skeleton.

This startled the siblings.

”What was that just now?”

”What was that?”

The siblings looked at each other in confusion, unable to see anything clearly.

…………

In the blink of an eye, a night passed.

The next day, Xu Hei slowly woke up, his whole body in unbearable pain. He took a thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, along with healing pills and meridian-repairing pills, and meditated for another half day. It wasn’t until noon that he felt rejuvenated.

To fully recover would still take some time.

The Diamond Suppression Technique, forcibly compressing true essence hundreds of times, came at a great cost, no wonder it was exclusive to body cultivators. If it were someone with a weak body, it wouldn’t just be a matter of fractured meridians.

Their entire body might collapse and die.

”Those black particles have immense destructive power, but the cost is equally great, ordinary meridians simply can’t withstand it!”

Xu Hei thought to himself, that was an ultimate technique that could only be performed when the Diamond Suppression Technique was mastered to a minor level.

At this moment, his first dragon vein showed signs of being opened, just one step away, and with a day of seclusion, he could complete it.

This was an unexpected joy.

The battle with Hai Teng had benefited him greatly.