Serpent Ancestor

”What’s going on? Why is this body not responding as it should?” The Nightmare Demon Lord was shaken to his core, yet his expression remained calm and emotionless.

Every mouth on the bloated physical body cracked into a smile.

In the sky, countless enormous eyes appeared, spinning wildly. Indescribable phenomena emerged, the body twisted, internal organs decayed, and a stench of blood and rot assaulted the senses. The horror was so overwhelming that anyone witnessing it would go mad.

Yet Xu Hei remained unfazed.

”Butcher, what are you standing there for? Get over here!” Xu Hei shouted.

The Butcher moved slowly, actually taking a step toward Xu Hei.

The Nightmare Demon Lord’s expression finally changed, his heart in turmoil.

”How is this possible?!”

The Butcher was crafted by Xu Hei, bearing an indelible mark that even Xu Hei himself couldn’t replicate.

Not even the powerful Nightmare Demon Lord could create such a puppet.It was all due to a miraculous coincidence, a miracle in itself.

Previously, Xu Hei’s Divine Sense couldn’t control it, nor could he wrest control of the Butcher from the Nightmare Demon Lord. But now it was different.

From Core Formation to Elemental Infant, it was a qualitative leap. Xu Hei’s Divine Sense had surged, no longer the prey he once was.

However, the Nightmare Demon Lord was no weakling. A viscous black substance oozed from his eyes, covering the Butcher’s body completely. In that instant, Xu Hei lost control of the Butcher once again.

”This is what I’ve been waiting for! True Dragon Sword, slash!”

Xu Hei’s eyes flashed, and a sharp sword shot out, traversing the void like a teleportation, piercing straight into the Butcher’s forehead, penetrating through.

He knew the Nightmare Demon Lord’s essence wasn’t the Butcher, nor the previous body, but this mass of black substance! This was the lifeline of the protector!

”Slash!”

The True Dragon Sword pierced through the black substance like thunder breaking the sky, simultaneously piercing through the Butcher’s forehead.

”Ah!!”

The Nightmare Demon Lord let out a scream. This sword not only struck the physical body but also the soul, even cutting through his very essence. The pain of this sword came from the depths of the soul.

All his eyes were fixed on Xu Hei, exclaiming, ”It’s you!”

Though Xu Hei had transformed into a Flood Dragon, the eyes were unmistakable; it was the same boy he had captured!

He never expected that in just three years, Xu Hei would grow to such a level!

Xu Hei remained expressionless, the True Dragon Sword turned, slicing off half of the Butcher’s head, then thrust forward again! The flying sword forged by Yu Jianqiu, besides having its own three intents, had the strongest trait of speed!

So fast it could pierce through the void, leaving the opponent no chance to dodge!

Another sword strike, just as the Nightmare Demon Lord moved, his chest was pierced, and the black substance retracted, the Butcher’s half body fleeing at high speed.

In the blink of an eye.

Under Xu Hei’s continuous attacks, the Nightmare Demon Lord’s body, having just swallowed Ghostface, found a moment to breathe.

Ignoring the burning body, he compressed the Elemental Infant within him to a point, then let out a low shout: ”Explode!”

”Boom!!!”

The Elemental Infant exploded, Ghostface self-immolated.

A bounty hunter, doing the job for money, but no one expected Ghostface to choose such a way to complete a task.

He didn’t ponder the meaning of his actions.

As the Nightmare Demon Lord said, as long as one is human, there will be emotions, and it’s impossible to remain cold and rational forever. This was Ghostface’s flaw, and also the reason he killed himself.

The Butcher’s shattered body was blown to pieces, turning to dust, dissipating into the sky with a heart-wrenching scream.

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the countless eyes and twisted scenes vanished. The terrifying scenes on Twin Islands disappeared as well.

Though most people went mad, died of fright, or lost their minds, as long as they were alive, there was hope.

Xu Hei killed the Nightmare Demon Lord with just two sword strikes. The Nightmare Demon Lord’s true form was destroyed, forcing him to parasitize the Butcher, which gave Ghostface the opportunity.

”Nightmare Demon Lord, a colossal figure of the past, now fallen like this, but...”

Xu Hei grew cautious, relying on his keen intuition, he stared at the shattered void.

”Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a black light shot out, at an unimaginable speed, rushing to the other side of the battlefield—

Where Jiang Chong and Jiang Ying were fighting!

”Not dead?”

Xu Hei’s face darkened, letting out a Dragon Shatter Roar, but the black light twisted, traversing space, crossing the battlefield, flying a thousand miles away, and drilling into Jiang Ying’s forehead.

”You won’t escape!”

Xu Hei also moved instantly.

Accompanying him was his sword, the True Dragon Sword!

”Slash!!”

The sword light once again teleported, directly slicing off Jiang Ying’s head, sending it flying.

To prevent the black light from escaping again, Xu Hei struck with a claw, smashing Jiang Ying’s head to pieces, leaving nothing behind.

But an astonishing scene unfolded.

In just a breath, Jiang Ying’s corpse suddenly disappeared, reappearing intact in another space.

After appearing, she turned to flee without a word.

”Still trying to escape?”

Xu Hei hesitated for just a moment, then summoned twelve flying swords, forming the Star Sword Formation, trapping her from behind.

With Xu Hei’s current cultivation, the Star Sword Formation of twelve flying swords could be deployed with a single thought.

”Kill!”

”Swish swish swish...”

The sword light attacked, Jiang Ying was sliced into pieces, her body obliterated, turning to dust from head to toe, even the tiniest speck was ground away!

But in just a few breaths, the just-killed Jiang Ying reappeared intact within the sword formation.

This made Xu Hei’s pupils contract, thinking he was seeing things.

”What’s going on? An illusion?” Xu Hei squinted his eyes.

Jiang Ying appeared, coldly glancing at Xu Hei, standing motionless.

Xu Hei was sure he hadn’t seen wrong, Jiang Ying had been obliterated from head to toe, how did she resurrect?

At this moment, Jiang Chong arrived in mid-air, glanced at Xu Hei, then looked at the fallen Jiang Ying, sighed, and said, ”Fellow Daoist, leave it to me.”

Xu Hei didn’t trust Jiang Chong much, recognizing him as the one who had colluded with the Sea God Sect at the Netherworld Mine, the spear-wielding cultivator.

He could hide his appearance, but not his spear technique.

Jiang Chong ignored Xu Hei’s gaze, holding a long spear, he entered the Star Sword Formation.

”Ying Ying, I’m sorry!”

With a shake of his wrist, the silver spear surged forward like a tidal wave, piercing Jiang Ying’s chest with precision under Xu Hei’s watchful eyes.

Simultaneously, he drew a short sword, stabbing it fiercely into his own Elemental Infant.

Jiang Ying’s expression remained indifferent, her eyes fixed on the spear-wielding man, but a tear rolled down her cheek.

But then, a sharp voice came from within her: ”What are you doing? Stop! Stop it!”

”Jiang Chong, I promise you, anything, just don’t be impulsive!”

Xu Hei heard the voice clearly; it was the Nightmare Demon Lord’s scream.

However, Jiang Chong’s gaze was resolute, piercing his own Elemental Infant with a sword, embracing Jiang Ying, the two frozen in the air forever.

”Whoosh!”

A breeze blew by.

Jiang Chong and Jiang Ying, like dust, their bodies turned ethereal, slowly disappearing, scattered by the wind.

And this time, Jiang Ying didn’t resurrect, they vanished forever, leaving no bodies behind, only a blue long spear, a testament to their existence.

Xu Hei watched the two disperse, a sudden understanding dawning in his heart.

”Twins live and die together, so this is the intent of the Twin Islands’ two masters.”

Xu Hei realized that as long as one of them lived, the other wouldn’t die, Jiang Ying’s death would always become an illusory bubble, resurrecting again and again.

The intents of this world were indeed bizarre and varied.

What moved Xu Hei even more was that he had thought Jiang Chong had already joined the Sea God Sect, using a special intent to never die, with a bright future ahead. But in the end, the other sacrificed himself to kill the Nightmare Demon Lord.

In fact, Jiang Chong’s will, like his spear, had never wavered.

”Twin Islands, it’s over.”

Xu Hei exhaled deeply, retracting the True Dragon Sword.

Though the matter here was resolved, it was far from over.

Twin Islands was just the beginning.

Xu Hei could have chosen to leave, but having found his own path, he couldn’t stop!

Even if the opponent was the Sea God Sect.

What Xu Hei didn’t know was that after killing the Nightmare Demon Lord, strands of black substance were absorbed into his body. The Demon Seed within him, as if nourished, was beginning to sprout.

…………

Deep in the East Sea.

Beside a pitch-black undersea altar, there was a Five Elemental mark.

At this moment, the gold mark suddenly cracked, then shattered with a ”crack.”

”The Nightmare Demon Lord has actually fallen?”

A surprised voice emerged from the altar.

According to calculations, no extra variables should have appeared on Twin Islands; the Nightmare Demon Lord’s power had reached the late Elemental Infant stage, Ghostface couldn’t have killed him.

Unless...

”Heavenly Demon Scattered Person, was it you?”

”Hehe, things are getting more interesting, hehe.”

Sinister laughter echoed around the altar.

…………

Star Island.

Compared to the fearsome intent on Twin Islands, the slaughter here was even more brutal and bloody.

Star Island was the largest island in the East Sea, ten times the size, with eight major forces stationed, complex and intertwined. Even the Sea God Sect would have to invest a lot of power to destroy it.

Two Demon Lords, hundreds of Demon Cult monsters, including most elders and deacons, gathered on Star Island, surrounding it from outside to inside, determined to uproot it completely.

Melodic Sect.

As one of the top three of the eight major forces, it dispatched three Elemental Infant stage elders and ten deacons, setting up an extermination formation, leaving no survivors.

The Melodic Sect’s Ancestor had already died half an hour ago, killed by three Elemental Infant stage attackers.

And the disciples of the Melodic Sect suffered heavy casualties in battle.

However, their formation spirit remained.

The Melodic Sect’s formation spirit, named September, was a nine-tailed cat. Originally an ordinary formation spirit, it suddenly awakened, possessing mid-fourth-tier combat power, comparable to the mid-Elemental Infant stage.

This barely held the line, facing the siege of three Elemental Infant stage attackers without defeat. All disciples also barely held on under the protection of the formation.

Yet everyone knew this was merely delaying the inevitable.

Formations were not living beings; they had flaws, and so did formation spirits!