Serpent Ancestor

As long as a formation spirit is a formation spirit, it can never escape the limitations of the formation, relying solely on it and unable to compare with a real person.

Without the support of spiritual qi and the control of its master, the formation spirit will also dissipate.

”September, hang in there a little longer!”

”Our Melodic Sect is counting on you!”

The sect leader of the Melodic Sect, Lin Miaoyu, sat at the formation’s core, her hands forming seals, biting her red lips, struggling to hold on.

Her once black hair had turned completely white, and her smooth skin was aging, clearly having used a secret technique that sacrificed her lifespan.

Including her, many elders were depleting their lifespan to charge the formation, hoping to sustain it a bit longer, even though they didn’t know the purpose of doing so.

”Slash!!”

September’s cat claw swung, its sharp claw light tearing through the earth. The three Elemental Infant cultivators formed a battle formation and charged head-on. With a thunderous boom, the three cultivators only took a few steps back, while September’s figure became even more illusory.

All the cultivators of the Melodic Sect spat blood, their faces growing paler.September didn’t have much affection for the Melodic Sect.

She didn’t even know why she persisted like this.

She was like a walking corpse, forever confined to one place, repeating mechanical tasks every day, unable to find any meaning in living.

Until one day...

An old dog spun her a beautiful dream, saying that one day, a brave and mighty man would ride the wind and take her away from this place forever, to live in the world she longed for.

That man was her destined partner, their fates intertwined, brought together by the matchmaker, a perfect match made in heaven.

His name was Xu Hei.

To prove his words were true, the old dog asserted that Xu Hei would break into the Melodic Sect within three days, cause chaos at the Demon Extermination Assembly, and come and go freely, unstoppable.

Later, Xu Hei indeed accomplished it.

And before leaving, he promised her that he would definitely take her away.

This made September firmly believe that as long as she continued to wait, that day would come, and Xu Hei would surely come to take her.

This wait lasted two years.

Two years, for a formation spirit, was not originally long, but these two years felt like a century to September.

But as long as there was hope, not to mention two years, even ten years, twenty years, a hundred years, five hundred years... she was willing to wait, until she grew old, until she vanished into thin air.

But unfortunately, it seemed she could not wait any longer.

Under the siege of three Elemental Infant stage elders, all the cultivators of the Melodic Sect were severely injured, exhausted, and September also began to feel powerless, her consciousness slowly fading.

She was originally not afraid of death.

But now, she was very afraid, because that would mean she would never see Xu Hei again.

It was precisely this will to survive that allowed her to break through in battle, enabling her to fight until now!

The three elders of the Sea God Sect all showed expressions of surprise.

”Strange, why is a mere formation spirit so tenacious?”

”A formation spirit should be emotionless, but why does she have a desire to survive?”

The three Elemental Infant stage cultivators couldn’t understand.

They exchanged glances, a fierce look flashing in their eyes.

”Let’s not drag this out, finish it quickly!”

The three of them each took out a black orb, holding it in their palms. The orbs transformed into a longbow, an arrow, and a bowstring, merging together.

This was their combined divine ability, the God-Slaying Arrow, reaching the fourth-grade middle rank! With one arrow, not to mention a formation spirit, even an Elemental Infant mid-stage cultivator would die on the spot if hit.

The three simultaneously formed seals, drew the bow, and aimed at the formation’s core of the Melodic Sect, targeting the illusory nine-tailed cat.

September still stood there, her four tails wrapping around her body, forming a protective stance.

Thinking back.

She had only spoken one sentence with Xu Hei.

She didn’t even know why she liked someone she had only spoken one sentence with, someone she didn’t even know.

But does that need a reason?

She was like a muddleheaded being, suddenly having a goal, and it was this goal that kept her alive until now.

She absolutely could not die!

”Whoosh!!”

The God-Slaying Arrow shot out, leaving a deep black mark in the air, shooting straight toward September’s body.

From that arrow, she felt life slipping away, consciousness fading.

If this arrow hit, would she die?

”Xu Hei, I might... not be able to wait for you, it’s all my fault.”

In her final moments, September’s mind held no blame; she only thought it was all her fault.

If only she could be a little stronger.

The arrow shot toward September’s illusory body. As it approached, all the disciples of the Melodic Sect spat blood and were flung away, their true essence dissipating, heavily injured.

The formation spirit September was rapidly vanishing.

She did not fear death.

Her only fear was leaving regrets behind.

The arrow was merciless, the God-Slaying Arrow, the final strike to take her life, and Lin Miaoyu seemed to see the demise of the Melodic Sect.

”Crack, crack, crack...”

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the space in front of September, the space rippling like water, violently undulating, the crack growing larger, as if something was about to emerge.

Everyone’s gaze was drawn to it.

”What is that?”

”It seems like... a teleportation array?”

The three Elemental Infant stage cultivators sensed the aura of a teleportation array, causing their expressions to change. Apart from the Sea God Sect, they had never encountered anyone else using a teleportation array.

However, it didn’t seem like a teleportation array, as there was no formation landing point here.

The process seemed slow, but everything happened in an instant.

The space cracked open, and a pitch-black figure emerged from the rift, coincidentally landing right in the path of the God-Slaying Arrow.

”Snap!!”

A Flood Dragon’s claw precisely caught the God-Slaying Arrow, like a giant iron clamp, holding it firmly, motionless.

The scene fell silent.

A single claw had caught the God-Slaying Arrow; what kind of terrifying existence was this?

September’s eyes widened, staring intently at that Flood Dragon claw.

At this moment, her once lifeless eyes suddenly brightened.

At this moment, the owner of the Flood Dragon claw, most of his body still within the rift, had only extended a claw, and those eerie pupils, observing the outside world.

This Flood Dragon was Xu Hei.

”Crack!”

Xu Hei’s dragon claw clenched, and this fourth-grade middle-rank divine ability, the God-Slaying Arrow, was directly snapped in half by his claw!

”Get back!”

Xu Hei grabbed the God-Slaying Arrow and flung it back along its original path. The arrow shot back with unimaginable speed.

”Not good!”

The three’s expressions changed drastically, raising the God-Slaying Bow to collide with the arrow. With a boom, the arrow shattered, and the God-Slaying Bow also crumbled into nothingness. The three spat blood, flying backward, landing in the distance, their hearts filled with terror.

Xu Hei had not even fully descended, yet with just a casual strike, he had put the three Elemental Infant early-stage cultivators at a disadvantage.

What kind of existence was this?!

At this moment, Xu Hei emerged from the rift, descending in front of September, though his expression was not very pleasant.

He had listened to Hei Huang’s nonsense about activating some Great Teleportation Formation, claiming it could cross vast distances and directly descend on Star Island.

However, the landing point was random.

Xu Hei thought, Star Island is so big, a random point doesn’t matter, as long as it saves travel time.

As a result, as soon as he appeared, he landed right in the path of someone else’s attack.

If he hadn’t reacted quickly, using the Sky-Tearing Claw to catch the arrow in time, he might have been hit by the arrow and injured upon landing.

”Damn Hei Huang, so unreliable! Saying it’s random teleportation, how could it be such a coincidence? Landing right in the path of someone else’s attack, and it’s even a divine ability.”

Xu Hei’s face was gloomy, seriously suspecting the old dog did it on purpose.

But now, cursing Hei Huang was useless, better to deal with the current target first.

At this moment, the three Elemental Infant stage cultivators saw clearly that it was a Flood Dragon that had descended, at the early Elemental Infant stage.

”It’s actually a Flood Dragon, an ancient variant!”

The short cultivator on the far left showed surprise.

”Be careful, such ancient beasts are often stronger at the same realm, we three need to join forces!”

”Hmph! What is there to fear, with the Sea God as our backing, what is a Flood Dragon? We can destroy it with a flip of our hand!”

The leading black-robed elder, though speaking disdainfully of Xu Hei, secretly took out a communication jade slip to notify the higher-ups.

He wasn’t a fool; this Flood Dragon’s appearance was very strange, whether it was crushing the God-Slaying Arrow or the way it descended, it defied common sense.

His words of disdain were merely to make the opponent lower their guard.

”Whoosh!”

In the next second, Xu Hei suddenly disappeared, appearing in front of the three like a teleportation.

Without any nonsense, Xu Hei exhaled a fierce wind, blowing over the three’s bodies, forming a violent storm, precisely the Azure Dragon Immortal Spell, Summon Wind!

The divine ability, instantly cast!

”Be careful!!”

The black-robed elder’s face changed dramatically, and just as he reacted, the short cultivator beside him was hit by the Summon Wind, half of his body disappearing instantly.

”Ah!!”

Only then did a scream come, but it was too late as Xu Hei slapped him into a pulp.

At the same realm, a one-hit kill, this Flood Dragon was even stronger than imagined!

”Next!”

Xu Hei’s figure flashed again, another instant cast divine ability, Summon Wind!

The black armor that had just appeared on the person was blown away like sand, his physical body annihilated, directly blown into nothingness.

Witnessing the instant cast divine ability, the black-robed elder had no thought of resistance; he immediately used the blood escape technique, fleeing a hundred miles away, already outside the Melodic Sect.

This escape speed even caught Xu Hei by surprise.

”Trying to run?”

A sword appeared in Xu Hei’s dragon claw, the True Dragon Sword!

”Swish!”

In the eyes of the black-robed elder, the speed of the True Dragon Sword was like teleportation!

No exaggeration, it was teleportation; as soon as Xu Hei took it out, the elder’s vision blurred, and he saw his headless body falling from the sky.

And his Elemental Infant was also picked out with a sword.

”How... is this possible...”

The black-robed elder murmured.

Too strong! It was like crushing dry weeds!

From Xu Hei’s appearance to the killing of the three Elemental Infant elders, it took only two breaths.

Even an Elemental Infant mid-stage cultivator would need at least ten breaths to kill an elder, definitely not so easily.

This only indicated one thing—

Xu Hei’s true strength had already surpassed the Elemental Infant mid-stage!