Serpent Ancestor

In a certain mountain peak of the eastern wasteland.

Jiang Nine Phoenix, dressed in a fiery red feathered robe, glanced at the token in her hand, a cold glint flashing in her eyes as she moved to intercept Xu Hei’s path.

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After leaving the Central Plains, Xu Hei headed east, aiming directly for the ruins of Windless Valley.

To avoid falling into the opponent’s formation, Xu Hei occasionally changed his direction, making it difficult for his pursuers to predict his movements.

Two days into his journey, he suddenly felt the temperature rise. From underground, a crimson shadow shot towards him, its sharp claws capable of tearing the sky apart.

”Not this bird again!”

Xu Hei’s Star-Moon Sword flashed beneath his feet, instantly widening the distance, causing the attack to miss. Jiang Nine Phoenix, without a word, activated a phenomenon of heaven and earth, turning the sky red with a myriad of birds rushing towards Xu Hei.

Xu Hei, having regained memories of the Void Realm, naturally remembered his battle with Jiang Nine Phoenix.

He hadn’t expected Huang Yifan to contact Jiang Nine Phoenix. If he got entangled with her, it would be troublesome for a long time.Xu Hei no longer held back. With a thought, his hair turned white as if burning his life force, pushing his speed to a new peak!

”Void Escape Technique!”

Xu Hei moved like a stream of light, seemingly freezing time. In an instant, he broke through the phenomenon of heaven and earth, escaping the encirclement and speeding into the distance.

Not only were Huang Yifan and the others stunned, but even Jiang Nine Phoenix was taken aback.

”This man holds a great secret; we can’t let him escape!” Huang Yifan shouted.

Without needing his words, Jiang Nine Phoenix increased her speed once more. All the firebirds gathered back, and the wings behind her expanded to a thousand feet, stirring wind and clouds as she pursued him with wind, fire, and lightning.

At such speed, Windless Valley grew closer and closer.

In the following journey, Xu Hei took only an hour to reach the outskirts of Windless Valley.

Looking back, the pursuing troops were long gone, but Xu Hei could still sense the approaching fiery aura, as if the opponent had locked onto him.

Indeed, Xu Hei could feel a divine sense mark on him.

Windless Valley was a site where the Tianhen Sword Sect produced supreme spirit stones. It appeared calm on the outside, but having extorted them once before, Xu Hei didn’t believe they would be unguarded.

After waiting quietly for a moment, Xu Hei’s figure flickered as he entered Windless Valley, using Earth Concealment Escape to burrow underground to the center point.

”The fifty million spirit stones I asked you to prepare last time, are they ready?”

Xu Hei shouted, his voice rolling through the air.

Before long, a middle-aged phantom identical to the last time appeared, cupping his fists towards Xu Hei, ”Friend, the fifty million spirit stones have long been prepared, just waiting for you to collect them.”

He pointed ahead.

Xu Hei scanned with his divine sense and discovered five mountains of spirit stones arranged on an open plaza, each mountain containing ten million spirit stones.

”Oh?” Xu Hei raised an eyebrow, ”Pack those spirit stones into storage bags and hand them over to me.”

”Friend, I am merely a formation projection and have no storage bags. These spirit stones were prepared in advance; there’s no one else here, feel free to take them.” The middle-aged phantom said helplessly.

Xu Hei looked around and indeed saw no one.

He sneered, ”Fine, I’ll trust you this once, but if you dare trick me, my reinforcements will arrive soon and flatten this place!”

”We wouldn’t dare. Our Tianhen Sword Sect always keeps our promises. We hope that after you take the spirit stones, you’ll also keep your promise and not reveal the secrets of this place.” The middle-aged phantom said respectfully.

Xu Hei nodded, silently estimating the time, then moved forward to the center point.

He looked at the mountain of spirit stones, confirming several times that they were real and indeed fifty million.

”Is the Tianhen Sword Sect really this generous?” Xu Hei pondered.

These fifty million spirit stones seemed too easy to obtain.

However, Xu Hei didn’t immediately take them. Instead, he released an external incarnation, which went forward, collected twenty million spirit stones into a storage bag, and returned, transferring them to his main body.

The middle-aged phantom squinted his eyes, frowning, ”Why only take half?”

”Fifty million is too much; taking it all would make me feel guilty. The remaining thirty million will be left for a few of my friends.”

Xu Hei smiled slightly, then burrowed underground, heading deeper.

”What did you say?”

The middle-aged phantom was initially stunned, then his face changed dramatically as he sensed something.

At that moment, two powerful auras were rapidly approaching, one in front and one behind, precisely Jiang Nine Phoenix and Huang Yifan.

”He’s underground, chase him!”

Huang Yifan roared, rushing to where Xu Hei had disappeared, using a talisman to instantly travel a thousand miles, arriving at the location of the Spirit Gathering Formation.

Jiang Nine Phoenix also arrived, ready to continue the pursuit.

Suddenly, both of them paused, noticing the anomaly of the place.

Needless to say, the first thing that caught their attention was the thirty million spirit stones and the humanoid phantom nearby. The traces of the Spirit Gathering Formation here were also striking.

”Yan Dao Sect?!”

The phantom stared at Huang Yifan, pondering for a moment before understanding everything, instantly becoming furious.

Who didn’t know that the Tianhen Sword Sect and the Yan Dao Sect were mortal enemies? Now that the enemy had come to their door, it was obvious that Xu Hei had led them here, and he might have already revealed the secret to the Yan Dao Sect!

”Bastard! You’ve forced my hand; all of you will die!”

The phantom clapped its hands, its body rapidly burning. In an instant, the thirty million spirit stones melted away, transforming into a dense whirlwind of spiritual qi that merged into the earth.

The void of this place was locked, shattering layer by layer like glass. A terrifying gravitational force erupted from the center, like a black hole, swallowing everything towards the center.

The entire space shattered, revealing a scene like the entrance to the Void Realm, with everything around being pulled towards the center, leaving no escape!

He intended to destroy everything here, erasing all traces!

”Not good, there’s a trap here!” Huang Yifan’s face changed dramatically, as if seeing ghosts.

At this moment, he couldn’t worry about losses, desperately burning his life force, activating a talisman to shrink the ground, moving a short distance before being forcibly dragged towards the gravitational center.

His talismans had already been mostly consumed during the chase with Xu Hei, leaving him in a dire situation now.

In contrast, Jiang Nine Phoenix was much more composed. With a flap of her wings, she forcibly tore a gap in the confined space, using flames to carve a path and escape. The devouring formation here couldn’t trap her, showing her strength far exceeded others.

Just then, Xu Hei’s ghostly figure suddenly appeared right in front of her, smiling slightly.

”Get back in there!”

Xu Hei struck with a palm, his hand transforming into a dragon claw, the Sky-Tearing Claw, smashing towards Jiang Nine Phoenix’s face.