Serpent Ancestor

Star Island’s western bay.

A giant serpent with azure scales stood proudly in the void, riding the clouds and mist. Below, torrential rain poured down, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Countless shattered shipwrecks floated on the sea’s surface, along with numerous bodies, rising and falling with the storm.

The serpent coiled in the clouds, its massive head raised high, gazing down at the vast sea. Behind it, the storm raged, creating a phenomenon like a Dragon King summoning wind and rain, instilling fear in all who beheld it.

The commotion caused by the Whale Hunting Gang attracted many onlookers, all watching from a distance, their eyes filled with shock.

Ten of the Whale Hunting Gang’s docks had already been destroyed, leaving only three main docks.

This was the Sea Serpent Clan’s number one Chosen, Hai Teng!

Hai Teng’s power seemed even more terrifying than imagined!

”Finally, they’ve arrived.”

Hai Teng looked towards the approaching powerful aura in the distance, taking a deep breath. There was no trace of fear in his eyes, only a fierce killing intent.

Around him appeared the phantom of the sea, with a Dragon King rising from the ocean, soaring through the heavens.A phenomenon of heaven and earth, the Dragon King Patrolling the Seas!

”I am the Dragon King, destined to slay all enemies!”

Hai Teng roared towards the sky, stirring the storm, charging towards Ye Hai. Simultaneously, the Dragon King phenomenon also surged forward, soaring through the heavens, unleashing wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, determined to flatten everything.

On the distant shore, an old man watched and shook his head silently: ”Such talent, but brave without strategy, doomed to perish here. What a pity.”

His words drew agreement from many around him.

Hai Teng was too young, with plenty of opportunities for revenge in the future. Why risk his life now? The opponent not only had the leader Ye Hai but also the Whale Hunting Gang’s elite, all at least in the late Core Formation stage.

Going up now was no different from seeking death.

”Hmm? What’s that?”

At this moment, the crowd showed expressions of surprise.

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Cave Dwelling behind the Immortal Pavilion.

The heavy oil lake had dried up. Apart from a portion that was consumed, most had been collected by Xu Hei and stored in barrels.

Such work would have cost anyone else half their life, but Xu Hei could ignore the heavy oil’s pollution, easily refining it with the Demon God Cauldron.

The energy from the heavy oil was much richer than that of spirit stones.

However, the side effects were also significant. Xu Hei looked around the cave dwelling’s environment and shook his head helplessly.

This place was no longer suitable for living. It was polluted everywhere, pitch black, with no grass growing.

Not only had the cave dwelling become a dead zone, but even the surrounding area for a thousand feet had become barren, with all the plants and trees withered, and the underground well water turned black and undrinkable.

Though heavy oil was good, its side effects were too great. Apart from being harmless to Xu Hei himself, it was devastating to other living beings.

Even Xu Hei’s Blood Killing Sword was affected by the pollution, stained with marks that were hard to remove just from a touch of the heavy oil.

Of course, there was one thing that seemed unaffected by the heavy oil.

—The Corpse Beetle!

At this moment, Ji Ying was also at the final breakthrough stage. After devouring the head of a Great Perfection Core Formation cultivator, Ji Ying’s body emitted a dense black light, releasing an extremely sinister aura that climbed steadily to its peak.

Xu Hei observed silently from the side.

Before long, the sinister aura completely receded, and everything returned to calm.

Ji Ying’s compound eyes flickered with a ghostly light, vividly examining Xu Hei.

”Ji Ying actually broke through too.”

Xu Hei was secretly amazed.

He considered his cultivation speed fast enough, with almost no bottlenecks thanks to the Demon God Cauldron. With sufficient resources, his progress was naturally smooth, and he had never seen anyone faster than him.

For Ji Ying to keep up with his speed was truly extraordinary.

After Ji Ying’s breakthrough, its gaze lingered on Xu Hei, more lively than before.

Xu Hei withdrew his gaze and spat out an object from the Void Stone, placing it on the ground.

It was a storage bag belonging to Boss Liu, with a powerful seal on it that Xu Hei had never attempted to open.

Xu Hei strongly suspected that the reason the other party targeted him, besides his hasty departure from the Sea Commerce Guild, was this storage bag.

He dared not take the storage ring to avoid such troubles, but he was still targeted.

”Still not cautious enough. From now on, whether it’s storage rings or storage bags, I can’t take them lightly. Who knows what kind of trouble they might bring?” Xu Hei sighed inwardly.

In fact, Xu Hei overlooked one point.

If he had taken the storage bag and immediately fled far away, never appearing before the other party, they would never have discovered him.

But Xu Hei passed by in front of others, naturally drawing attention, which was the key factor.

Xu Hei pondered for a moment and set up a sealing formation on the storage bag. Then, he spat out lightning, striking it with a blow.

”Boom!!”

The storage bag exploded, and a beam of blood-red light shot into the sky. Fortunately, Xu Hei was prepared, and the formation activated, intercepting the blood light.

Ji Ying flashed by, devouring the blood light completely.

”Despicable person, even in death, you won’t rest, still trying to harm me,” Xu Hei cursed inwardly.

He didn’t know what the blood light was, but it was obviously not something good.

Luckily, he almost suffered a great loss with Zhou Qing’s storage bag last time, which made him cautious this time. These were valuable experiences.

Now, the storage bag was open, and its contents scattered on the ground.

Xu Hei focused his gaze and was momentarily stunned.

Inside the storage bag was a pile of magical treasures, totaling over a dozen, each one a third-tier treasure.

Besides the Sea Demon Flute and Sword-Swallowing Gourd, there were also various other magical treasures like a zither, bell, umbrella, cauldron, fan, and armor, all bizarre and unseen before.

Xu Hei casually tried a fan, and after refining it, discovered it was a third-tier intermediate magical treasure called the Iron Thread Fan, with hidden needles laced with poison, a deadly weapon.

He also tried an ancient lamp named Dream Return, used for interrogating prisoners.

Though most were third-tier intermediate treasures, with few third-tier advanced ones, and not very useful to Xu Hei, their variety might come in handy occasionally.

Besides, what caught Xu Hei’s attention the most was.

In this person’s storage bag, there was actually a jar filled with three hundred top-grade spirit stones.

This was a fortune. Xu Hei’s top-grade spirit stone count had reached nine hundred!

Xu Hei’s breath quickened.

He took out another storage bag, this one belonging to the recently deceased Ye Lu. This person died too quickly to have tampered with the storage bag.

Xu Hei took a deep breath and, full of anticipation, opened the storage bag, scanning it with his Divine Sense. He skipped all miscellaneous items, heading straight for the spirit stone count.

Top-grade spirit stones, one hundred and fifty!

”Enough, a thousand top-grade spirit stones!” Xu Hei’s eyes shone brightly.

He had planned to exchange for some top-grade spirit stones, but now it seemed unnecessary. He had already gathered a thousand, enough to unlock the next dragon clan secret technique.