Serpent Ancestor

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

The research on the Ancient Formation had made no progress. Even the most skilled formation masters were at a loss, left only to marvel at the wisdom of the ancients.

”When will this be resolved?”

”Let’s wait a bit longer. If it doesn’t work, we’ll have to forcibly destroy the formation!”

Many experts gathered to discuss.

During these days, quite a few people had arrived. Almost all the renowned experts from the outer battlefield were present, waiting for the formation to be broken so they could continue their excavation.

As time dragged on, the pressure increased. There were always some impatient individuals who would forcibly enter and cause disruptions, making it difficult to guard against them.

Xu Hei’s flying sword refining was also nearing its end.

Inside the artifact refining furnace, the spine of the True Dragon Sword emitted a four-colored radiance, representing gold, wood, water, and fire.

Only the final element, Breath Soil, was needed to complete the last step, the earth’s blessing.The gathering of the Five Elements was extremely rare in flying swords. In Xu Hei’s experience, he had never heard of such a thing.

”If I didn’t possess the five spiritual roots, it would be impossible to refine this Five Elemental Sword.”

”Just one last step!”

Xu Hei’s Breath Soil transformed into a black dot in mid-air, faintly emitting sword light, attracting the flying sword.

Xu Hei took a deep breath, focusing his mind to the utmost. With a thought, the black dot moved closer to the flying sword, inching nearer, about to merge into the sword’s spine, completing the final link of the Five Elements.

Suddenly, the void trembled, and dark clouds seemed to gather on the distant dome.

Xu Hei’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly halted his actions.

”No, if I forge the Five Elemental Sword now, it might trigger a heavenly tribulation. Better to wait and see.” Xu Hei had a premonition that this tribulation would be even more intense than when the Spirit Beast Ring was formed.

There were too many people gathered here now; he needed to find the right moment.

Xu Hei set aside the Five Elemental Sword and took out a large number of stolen flying swords, planning to reforge them.

He needed to set up a stronger Star Sword Formation to withstand the magical treasure tribulation.

…………

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed since Xu Hei’s arrival.

As he predicted, the friction near the new mine pit became increasingly frequent. Seeing the Ancient Formation still unbroken, everyone lost patience.

The cultivators here came from the Central Plains, the Northern Desert, the Southern Barbarian, and even the distant Western Mountain. They had traveled great distances and couldn’t afford to wait here indefinitely, neglecting their own enterprises.

They needed to see results quickly.

”Let’s break the formation by force. I can’t waste any more time here!”

”Exactly, it’s just an ancient formation. What’s there to study?”

”Start breaking the formation now!”

Led by the Blood Refining Sect of the Central Plains’ demonic path, a group of rogue cultivators joined in, deciding to forcibly break the formation.

The conservative factions, seeing the unstoppable momentum, had no choice but to abandon analyzing the formation and opted to break it by force.

”No, if this formation is forcibly broken, it will undoubtedly trigger a great calamity. It must not be done!” Wu Yuan tried to stop them.

But by now, even Wu Yuan’s words held no sway.

Even if you are at the Divine Transformation Stage, so what? There were plenty of Divine Transformation Stage sects present, each with their own prominent figures.

”Wu Lao, you should step aside. You don’t have the final say here.”

”We’ve given you over two months with no results. Continuing is just a waste of time.”

Two cultivators stepped forward, approaching Wu Yuan.

One was dressed in a red robe, with a rosy complexion and lips as red as blood, appearing neither male nor female, quite sinister. This was Xiong Yan, the demon of the Blood Refining Sect, known as the Heart-Devouring Demon.

The other was deathly pale, devoid of any blood, with a greenish face and glowing green eyes, like a corpse. This was the Grand Elder of the Ancient Tomb Sect, the Three Corpses Daoist, Gu Yunsong.

In terms of reputation and strength, these two were not inferior to Wu Yuan.

Looking across the entire outer battlefield, there were only a handful who could match them.

Seeing the conservative factions behind them silent, allowing these two to step forward, Wu Yuan’s heart sank to the bottom.

”Fine, fine! If that’s how it is, I won’t interfere. Let’s see how you handle the consequences!”

Wu Yuan put away the formation disk and the formation flags planted around, snorted coldly, and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Once he left the mine pit’s range, he set up a Minor Teleportation Formation, activated it, and vanished instantly.

”A Minor Teleportation Formation?”

Xu Hei squinted his eyes. It was the first time he had seen someone other than Hei Huang who knew how to set up a Minor Teleportation Formation.

Although teleportation formations weren’t as lost as other formations, very few knew how to set them up.

”Something’s not right. Master Wu leaving in such a hurry must mean something terrible is about to happen.”

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered. His true self put away all the flying swords and sealed the half-refined Five Elemental Sword, collected the formation flags, and quickly tunneled away.

He only left an external incarnation to observe from the edge of the mine pit.

At this moment, the crowd had already begun breaking the formation.

Since it was a forced break, they only needed to focus their attacks on one point.

Under the guidance of several formation masters, they pinpointed the weakest spot, and everyone gathered their strength to strike with full force.

However, some shared Xu Hei’s view. Realizing something was amiss after Wu Yuan left, they also withdrew.

But such people were few.

Withdrawing meant giving up the opportunity here. Once the Ancient Formation was broken, rushing to mine the stones was the right path.

”Boom!” ”Boom!” ”Boom!”...

Various spells and magical treasures bombarded the Ancient Formation at one point, causing the formation to shake and produce numerous fine ripples.

An ancient aura from millions of years ago spread from within, permeating the void and reaching beyond the nine heavens.

Even though Xu Hei only left an external incarnation, he still felt a sense of unease.

His true self had retreated far away, already outside Chaos Star City. Only when the sense of unease completely disappeared did he stop and emerge from the ground.

”Buzz!”

Suddenly, an aged figure appeared beside Xu Hei, sighed, and cursed, ”Ignorant! Ignorant and foolish!”

Xu Hei looked closely and saw that the aged figure was none other than Master Wu Yuan.

”You, young friend, judge for yourself...”

Wu Yuan glanced at Xu Hei and had just begun to speak when Xu Hei suddenly retreated far away, moving swiftly as if avoiding the plague.

Wu Yuan didn’t even have time to finish before Xu Hei had vanished.

”...” Wu Yuan was left speechless. Why did he run away?

Xu Hei circled around to another direction of Chaos Star City.

He didn’t want to interact with anyone now. His Five Elemental Sword was about to be forged, and it would undoubtedly attract a heavenly tribulation. The fewer people who noticed him, the better.

He hid in a mound, leaving only his eyes exposed, watching Chaos Star City.

At that moment, a distant explosion resounded, sending an invisible ripple towards the sky, straight into the void.

Xu Hei’s external incarnation also focused on the mine pit.

The Ancient Formation had vanished!

But the ancient ripple from millions of years ago had entered the void, reaching beyond the nine heavens.

”Heh, it’s gone just like that?” Xiong Yan, the Heart-Devouring Demon, sneered.

”A bunch of cowardly rats, wasting so much time here. We should have broken the formation by force from the start. What a waste of my time.” Gu Yunsong, the Three Corpses Daoist, echoed.

Xiong Yan raised his hand and grabbed a handful of rubble. Most of it couldn’t be stored in a storage bag, indicating there was something inside.

Other cultivators also landed, scrambling to dig up the stones.

But just then, the sky suddenly rumbled with a thunderous sound, like a storm brewing.

Everyone looked up at the sky and was instantly stunned.

”Oh my god!”

”What is... that?”