Serpent Ancestor

Xu Hei’s body suddenly expanded, and the keratin layer on his skin grew wildly, forming a thick, circular shell that blocked all spells and restrictions from the outside.

This was precisely the whale vertebra that Xu Hei had fused with.

The vertebra came from the corpse of a giant whale in the trench, which ordinary demonic beasts couldn’t refine. Xu Hei had spent a long time integrating it into his body. Meng Hao clearly hadn’t used his full strength, and Xu Hei easily blocked him.

”You want to poison me? Then you die first!”

Xu Hei’s eyes were cold as four octopus tentacles shot out, instantly piercing through Xu Sheng’s body, aiming to extract his Golden Core.

”I didn’t...”

Xu Sheng seemed to want to explain something, but Xu Hei didn’t give him a chance. The holes on his face were blocked, leaving him unable to speak, and the Golden Core was already pulled out by a tentacle.

In fact, Xu Hei didn’t know if he had been poisoned.

However, he sensed a faint hostility.

Fishman Drunk was so expensive that after detoxifying Bonan three times, the Dolphin Clan finally brought it out to entertain him. It was sold at a high price of a hundred top-grade spirit stones at the auction.This person, just a steward of an evil faction, with a meager monthly salary, would he really be willing to offer it to him?

Drinking a year’s salary in one gulp was no exaggeration.

Offering unsolicited kindness is either treacherous or thieving! Tianji Shangren and Xu Fu both proved this point, and Xu Hei, being naturally wary, had no good feelings toward the cultivators here.

Moreover, he never drank alcohol and didn’t know how to refuse.

Xu Hei seriously suspected that if he refused, the other party would spout some nonsense like ”not giving face” or ”the newcomer doesn’t know what’s good for him,” so he might as well strike directly and skip the intermediate steps.

”Bang!”

A Golden Core was pulled out, about to be taken by Xu Hei.

Xu Sheng’s face turned pale, his life rapidly fading.

”Buzz!”

Suddenly, from Xu Sheng’s brow, an illusory hand reached out, grabbing at the Golden Core that Xu Hei had just extracted. The tentacle was engulfed in raging flames, sizzling and smoking, accompanied by various illusory ghostly figures rushing forward.

”Yehuo?!”

Everyone was shocked; this was the move of the Yehuo Demon Lord, Xu Fu’s technique!

This place was the territory of the Nightmare Demon Lord, so why was Xu Fu’s hand reaching here?

Meng Hao had intended to continue his attack, but upon seeing the Yehuo, he stopped, his eyes flickering as he retreated far away.

”The person I want to kill, you can’t stop!”

Xu Hei shouted coldly, and the flying sword behind him instantly unsheathed, transforming into a golden stream of light, cutting through the illusory ghostly figures. The ghostly figures let out a shrill scream and vanished one by one.

From Xu Sheng’s brow emerged an illusory face, kind-eyed and round-faced, it was Xu Fu.

”Ye Kong, show mercy when possible, you...”

Before Xu Fu could finish, Xu Hei swung his sword, slicing off Xu Sheng’s head, along with Xu Fu’s illusory face, splitting it in two.

The Golden Core naturally fell into Xu Hei’s hand and was quickly refined into the butcher’s body.

This was merely a divine sense left behind by Xu Fu, hidden within Xu Sheng. After releasing the Yehuo, it vanished into thin air.

Such a situation was completely unexpected for Xu Hei, but he was quick-witted and immediately guessed something, his eyes growing colder.

”Kill!”

Xu Hei’s tentacles shot up, grabbing Xu Sheng’s corpse, absorbing it into his body, and merging it as one.

Before long, Xu Sheng’s various body parts, hands, feet, face, etc., emerged from Xu Hei’s corpulent body, in a gruesome death state.

This scene made the three people nearby gasp, their eyes nearly popping out.

They couldn’t have imagined that Xu Hei’s method of killing was like this. Even though they had been subordinates of the Nightmare Demon Lord for years and were used to all sorts of horrific methods, the butcher before them still overturned their understanding!

Meng Hao was the only one who remained calm. He reacted quickly, immediately taking out a soul banner, waving it in the air, and countless light spots floated in from all directions, converging to form Xu Sheng’s image.

This was Xu Sheng’s soul body.

But his eyes were lifeless, clearly having lost consciousness.

”Explain what happened!” Meng Hao said coldly.

Killing and questioning the soul was a method unique to Meng Hao, who was originally an elder of the Overseas Yin Demon Sect and had only joined the Sea God Sect last year.

The emergence of Xu Fu’s divine sense within Xu Sheng was extremely abnormal.

Xu Sheng’s soul body said dully, ”The Yehuo Demon Lord bribed me to find an opportunity to eliminate the newcomer Ye Kong.”

”To be safe, I planned to first build a good relationship with him, gain his trust, and then make a move while mining at sea, where I had set up a Soul Fixing Array.”

Xu Sheng’s response matched Xu Hei’s suspicions.

This person was indeed acting under Xu Fu’s orders.

But he underestimated Xu Hei’s vigilance; any abnormal behavior would arouse Xu Hei’s suspicion. More fatally, once Xu Hei decided to kill, he acted without hesitation, skipping all steps and leaving the opponent no chance to react.

Although there was a possibility of killing the wrong person, Xu Hei had never failed.

”What about that cup of wine?”

Meng Hao was taken aback, looking at the cup of wine on the ground that no one had drunk.

”I didn’t poison the wine; he slandered me.”

Xu Sheng said numbly, his consciousness about to dissipate.

Meng Hao’s mouth twitched slightly as he glanced at the calm Xu Hei, saying no more, and absorbed Xu Sheng’s soul body into the soul banner.

Xu Hei had just arrived on his first day, and such an incident had already occurred, making Meng Hao’s expression extremely unpleasant.

”How did you figure it out?” Meng Hao asked.

”He harbored murderous intent toward me, and my intuition is quite sharp,” Xu Hei explained.

This explanation was quite far-fetched, leaving Meng Hao momentarily speechless, but the facts were before him, and he couldn’t pursue it further.

”In any place, rules must be followed! You acted without evidence and killed someone, which has already violated the Sea God Sect’s rules.” Meng Hao said coldly, holding the soul banner.

Xu Hei stared at Meng Hao for a moment, then suddenly a slight smile appeared at the corners of his dozen mouths.

Meng Hao’s whole body tensed, retreating a few steps as if facing a formidable enemy, ready to deploy his magical treasure at any moment.

”I don’t believe in evidence; I only trust my judgment. And you, if you show hostility toward me again, as long as you’re not an Elemental Infant cultivator, I’ll still make a move.”

Leaving behind these words, Xu Hei put away his token and left the room.

The cup of wine on the ground was wrapped up by his tentacle and stored in his storage bag, to be sold for money in the future.

Yun Yan and Xiao Ran had maintained a spectator’s stance from beginning to end.

In fact, they had long noticed something amiss; under normal circumstances, who would use Fishman Drunk to welcome a newcomer?

But neither of them asked a single question, nor did they show any surprise. When Xu Hei made his move, they quickly retreated, not getting involved.

They’re just here to earn money, why risk their lives?