Serpent Ancestor

”It’s you!” Xu Qingzhi also noticed Xu Hei.

Compared to when he was outside Wuyou City, Xu Hei had undergone significant changes, but Xu Qingzhi recognized him at a glance. This snake was the very culprit who slaughtered the elders and disciples of the Snake Catchers Sect!

In the past, he would have acted without hesitation, killing Xu Hei on the spot. Even now, he felt the urge to do so.

If he killed Xu Hei, he could achieve a perfect Nascent Soul formation. The opportunity was just right, with Jiang Chong holding off the others, he could personally take action—a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

”Don’t dawdle, hurry!”

Jiang Chong’s voice came just in time.

Xu Qingzhi took a deep breath, suppressing the anger and restlessness in his heart. The most urgent task was to obtain the inheritance; everything else could wait.

Once he obtained the inheritance, Xu Hei would still be doomed.

”Today is my lucky day, good things come in pairs!”

Xu Qingzhi brandished his sword and rushed towards the direction of the sensation.However, just because he didn’t make a move didn’t mean Xu Hei would let him go. At the moment Xu Qingzhi sidestepped, Xu Hei suddenly opened his mouth, letting out a deafening roar that charged straight at him.

”Dragon Shatter Roar!”

This dragon roar directly penetrated his mind, causing Xu Qingzhi’s face to change dramatically. The jade at his chest shattered, and his body was sent flying backward.

Fortunately, he had been prepared; otherwise, this strike would have severely injured him.

”Whoosh!”

Xu Hei, gaining the upper hand, was relentless. His body shot forward like a sharp sword, and midway, a layer of white shark bone armor appeared outside his head, rapidly extending from his spine to envelop him completely—it was the White Tooth Armor!

Xu Qingzhi raised his large blade and slashed down, but Xu Hei neither dodged nor evaded, crashing straight into it.

At the moment the blade met the white bone, the blade’s light shattered, and Xu Hei’s form crashed into Xu Qingzhi’s body, unstoppable and overwhelming.

”Ugh!”

Blood spurted out as Xu Qingzhi was sent flying like a sandbag, with most of his bones shattered.

”What?!”

Jiang Chong could hardly believe it. Xu Qingzhi, who was half a step into the Elemental Infant stage, was defeated in a single strike.

The situation was completely unexpected. Jiang Chong reacted swiftly, raising his spear and charging forward like a flood dragon emerging from its cave, aiming at Xu Hei. Xu Hei remained unfazed, shouting, ”Star Sword Formation!”

”Swish, swish, swish...”

Twelve flying swords appeared from the void, rotating on the ground, forming the phantom images of beast heads—the first level of the Star Sword Formation, the Twelve Zodiac.

This sword formation naturally couldn’t trap Jiang Chong, at most only delaying him slightly.

The question was, how long could it delay? A cup of tea’s time? Or just a breath or two?

Xu Hei didn’t know if he could deal with Xu Qingzhi in this short time, but he could only do his best.

”A noble sect, yet you ally with the Demon Cult. Have you no shame?”

Xu Hei shouted angrily, attacking both physically and mentally, as he charged at the heavily injured Xu Qingzhi, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

As for Jiang Chong, upon hearing Xu Hei’s angry rebuke, his spear trembled slightly, showing a moment of hesitation. Although it was only an instant, Xu Hei keenly caught it, proving his suspicion was correct.

Xu Qingzhi was careless.

If he had used the Dragon Slaying Sword earlier against Xu Hei, he wouldn’t have lost the initiative and ended up in such a miserable state.

Hesitation leads to defeat, especially when his strength was clearly inferior to Xu Hei’s. Otherwise, even if ambushed, he could have handled it calmly.

Unknowingly, in the two years since Xu Hei’s escape, he had grown to an incredible level.

Back then, he needed the Heavenly Demon Mirror to hold Xu Qingzhi at bay.

But now, he could defeat him single-handedly!

”Clang!”

Jiang Chong’s spear broke through the air, colliding with the void ahead. The twelve flying swords collectively blocked it, their light forming an overlapping force that stopped the spear.

Jiang Chong’s famous technique, Thousand Waves, could break through this sword formation in one strike, but he dared not use it, fearing exposure of his identity.

However, he couldn’t just watch Xu Qingzhi be killed; he had to use some strength to save him.

”Break for me!”

Jiang Chong struck again with his spear, causing the twelve sword shadows to tremble, cracks appearing on the sword bodies, about to give way.

Xiong Dabao, the Nine-Headed Worm, and Xu Bai all joined in, either casting spells, entangling with willow branches, or fighting with their bodies, charging into the sword formation to entangle Jiang Chong, preventing him from breaking the formation.

Xu Qingzhi took a deep breath and pulled out the Dragon Slaying Sword.

And at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

The paintings on the walls began to wriggle down, emitting a faint light that shone on Xu Qingzhi, or more precisely, on the Dragon Slaying Sword.

It was an intent, the intent left by the Divine Transformation cultivator—a dragon-slaying intent!

Xu Qingzhi’s blood ignited within him, his bones healing in an instant, thanks to the dragon blood’s healing power. He looked at his hands, and the once lifeless eyes reignited with flames as he laughed maniacally.

”Hahaha, heaven is helping me!”

”Today, I shall inherit the will of the predecessors and slay the flood dragon here!”

With a roar, Xu Qingzhi raised the Dragon Slaying Sword, transforming it into a blood-red rainbow, slashing down towards Xu Hei’s head.

In an instant, blood light soared into the sky, countless dragon blood converging above Xu Qingzhi’s head. His eyes were like those of a dragon-slaying war god, his aura reaching its peak, unstoppable, even surpassing Jiang Chong.

”This is...” Jiang Chong was stunned.

Xu Qingzhi truly was the inheritor of the Dragon Subduing Sect, even the intent on the murals was attracted and controlled by him.

Once he obtained the Dragon Subduing Sect’s inheritance and killed Xu Hei, Xu Qingzhi would undergo a transformation, becoming the strongest at the early Elemental Infant stage!

His future prospects were bright, just thinking about it made one’s scalp tingle.

The slash was too fast, and Xu Hei, already in a forward-charging posture, couldn’t dodge. He hadn’t even thought of evading.

”Clang!!”

The head of the White Tooth Armor was split open, the blade light piercing down, landing on the single horn on Xu Hei’s forehead, slicing through his reverse scale.

The power of this slash had already exceeded Xu Qingzhi’s cultivation limit. With the intent from the murals, even someone at the Elemental Infant stage could be cut in two.

However, he was facing Xu Hei!

An enraged flood dragon!

”Dragon Battle in the Wild, transform!”

Xu Hei roared fiercely, his body igniting with the blood of the battle dragon, forming a raging flame on his body, dyeing the heavens and earth red.

The dragon’s might was vast, its courage world-shaking. Facing the all-powerful dragon-slaying intent, he did not retreat, just like the flood dragon in the murals, he would not back down!

”Buzz!!”

The body of the flood dragon shone with a brilliant light, a distant and profound intent flying out, landing on Xu Hei.

His White Tooth Armor was covered with an earthy gray, muscles and skin growing on the white bones, triangular dragon scales forming on the skin.

Xu Hei’s body also transformed, growing a towering back and four claws under his belly, turning into an earth flood dragon identical to the one in the murals.

Xu Qingzhi and Xu Hei stood before the ancient mural.

The cultivator from the Dragon Subduing Sect in the mural also wielded a Dragon Slaying Sword, slashing at the earth flood dragon.

The same posture, as if traversing time, returning to ancient times.

It was a brilliant era.

The reason that earth flood dragon still had an intent remaining.

It was because it was the only demonic beast among the 108 paintings that survived the battle with the cultivators of the Dragon Subduing Sect.