Serpent Ancestor

At the moment of contact, Zhao Nanqi, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly turned pale.

Jiang Nine Phoenix looked at the wooden sword, her expression also filled with shock, and her eyes turned red.

”Boom!!”

A thunderclap out of nowhere! At the point where the wooden sword touched the barrier, crimson lightning erupted instantly, with heavenly fire burning in the void, and waves of destructive thunder crashing down from the sky.

”Boom!!”

The heavenly tribulation struck the contact point, igniting a towering heavenly fire, dyeing the lightning crimson. The entire barrier was bathed in a glow, with countless spiderweb-like cracks appearing, on the verge of shattering!

Xu Hei finally understood why there was no heavenly tribulation when the magical treasure was forged; it had been accumulating until now!

”You court death!”

Finally, Zhao Nanqi revealed a ferocious expression.

With a flick of his finger, at the same time the barrier shattered, countless black dots emerged from the sky and ground, all aimed at Xu Hei.Upon closer inspection, these were pinhole-sized cannon muzzles.

”Swish, swish, swish...”

Countless thread-like objects shot towards Xu Hei, their speed comparable to teleportation. Xu Hei, wielding the Star-Moon Sword, immediately used the sword light teleportation technique, dodging the lethal strike while thrusting towards Zhao Nanqi.

”Slash!”

Zhao Nanqi’s chest was pierced by a single sword.

A single sword, an instant kill?!

However, Zhao Nanqi remained motionless, not a drop of blood flowed from his chest, and a cold smile still hung on his lips.

Instead, Xu Hei, after executing the teleportation, found his body frozen. Thin lines appeared all over him—on his face, hands, legs, front, and back—everywhere.

These lines were neat and straight, and gradually, blood seeped out, as if he had been sliced into countless pieces.

”The teleportation technique, not bad, not bad! But unfortunately, the faster you move, the quicker you die. Junior Brother Xu, you’re too inexperienced to act without knowing your opponent’s capabilities!” Zhao Nanqi sneered.

Xu Hei then realized that the entire basin where Zhao Nanqi was located was filled with invisible threads.

These threads were everywhere, above and below, made of tough material, extremely strong, and not easily broken, yet capable of silently slicing fast-moving objects into countless pieces.

Anyone who ventured in and touched these threads would be cut into pieces, especially those who moved quickly with teleportation—it was a guaranteed death!

In fact, Zhao Nanqi had started setting this up as soon as Xu Hei appeared.

All he wanted was to kill Xu Hei effortlessly, because he gradually realized who was behind the scenes.

He didn’t want to exhaust himself dealing with Xu Hei, only to be taken advantage of by someone else.

”Crash!”

Xu Hei’s body was torn apart, turning into countless pieces scattered on the ground.

And as Xu Hei fell, he encountered more threads, being further sliced into over a thousand pieces, shattered beyond recognition.

”This...”

In the distance, Jiang Nine Phoenix, along with all the imprisoned people, were stunned.

Jiang Nine Phoenix stared at the shattered Xu Hei, her eyes vacant, unable to believe that Xu Hei had died just like that.

”No, it’s impossible! How could he die so easily? I don’t believe it!” Jiang Nine Phoenix shook her head vigorously, unable to accept that Xu Hei, whom she couldn’t defeat even with all her might, had died so easily.

Zhao Nanqi, however, thought it was only natural.

A new disciple at the late Elemental Infant stage, knowing teleportation and a few tricks, but in the face of real high-level techniques, was nothing but a small fry. What’s strange about dying? Not dying would be abnormal.

Zhao Nanqi looked towards the horizon, sneering, ”Junior Brother Shen, we’ve been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, can’t you just take a break? Look, you’ve wasted another pawn, what a pity!”

At this moment, two figures flew swiftly from the flying boat on the horizon.

It was the expressionless Shen Shaopeng and the incredulous Ji Qian.

Shen Shaopeng glanced at Xu Hei’s ”corpse,” his mouth twitching, inwardly cursing Ji Qian for being foolish. With such skills, how could he expect them to both suffer losses? Ridiculous.

He should have stepped in earlier to warn Xu Hei about the opponent’s methods, so Xu Hei wouldn’t have fallen into the trap and died like this.

”Senior Brother Zhao, I was just passing by and heard the commotion here. I came to see who was foolish enough to provoke you, nothing more.” Shen Shaopeng said with a slight smile, shaking his folding fan.

Seeing him say this, Zhao Nanqi responded with equal sarcasm, ”Haha, then I must thank Junior Brother Shen for your concern. Speaking of which, if it weren’t for your efforts in obtaining Yuan Kai’s token, I wouldn’t have been able to enter Xu Hei’s cave dwelling and find such good resources. I owe my potential Divine Transformation to you, Junior Brother Shen.”

Zhao Nanqi pointed to Jiang Nine Phoenix and the others, his smile extremely bright.

”This is your opportunity, Senior Brother Zhao, what does it have to do with me? I dare not take credit!”

Shen Shaopeng maintained his smile on the surface, but inwardly, he was extremely gloomy.

Yuan Kai was the previous envoy of Tian Nan City, and his token was transferred to Zhao Nanqi through other channels by Shen Shaopeng. The information about Xu Hei was also provided by him to Zhao Nanqi.

The plan was to lure Zhao Nanqi into trouble with Xu Hei, hoping they would fight to the death, allowing him to reap the benefits.

But the result, with Xu Hei dying so pathetically, was beyond his expectations.

It was all Ji Qian’s fault for providing incorrect information, exaggerating Xu Hei’s abilities, when he was actually a waste.

”Alright, Junior Brother Shen, I need to repair the formation and recuperate for a few days, so I won’t be undergoing Divine Transformation for now. If you have no urgent matters, please leave.” Zhao Nanqi said with a smile.

At this moment, Shen Shaopeng looked at the motionless Zhao Nanqi, then at Ji Qian beside him, his eyes flickering with uncertainty.

Should he make a move?

Ji Qian gave a signal, indicating that if they didn’t act now, when would they? If Zhao Nanqi truly underwent Divine Transformation, it would be too late!

Shen Shaopeng nodded slightly, smiling, ”Senior Brother Zhao, your formation is so severely damaged, repairing it must be troublesome. Let me lend you a hand!”

With that, Shen Shaopeng waved his hand, and countless mosquitoes flew out from his sleeve, rushing towards Zhao Nanqi.

These mosquito-like black dots were only the size of a fingernail, with round abdomens.

”Pop, pop, pop...”

When the mosquitoes flew into the basin, they touched the invisible threads in the air and were sliced apart. Their abdomens burst open, spraying liquid that emitted a thick smoke. Upon contact with the threads, a sizzling sound was heard as they rapidly corroded away.

More bizarrely, the liquid from the dead mosquitoes followed the threads, climbing towards Zhao Nanqi’s body, locking onto the owner of the threads.

At this moment, Zhao Nanqi still had a sword embedded in his abdomen, Xu Hei’s Star-Moon Sword.

”Is this how Junior Brother helps me repair the formation?”

Zhao Nanqi sneered, patting the Creation Furnace behind him.

”Clang!”

The Creation Furnace trembled slightly, then unleashed a terrifying suction force.