Serpent Ancestor

”Boom boom boom...”

Xu Hei struck repeatedly, killing the old Taoist over and over, yet the opponent kept resurrecting, and even the demonic beasts were coming back to life.

In other words, they weren’t truly resurrecting; after being genuinely killed by Xu Hei, they were recreated anew.

”It’s useless, useless! Fellow Daoist Xu, don’t you want to achieve Divine Transformation? Don’t you want to ascend?” The white-bearded elder appeared once more, questioning again.

”You think this is amusing?” Xu Hei squinted his eyes and said.

At these words, the white-bearded elder fell silent, his gaze flickering uncertainly.

Xu Hei began to understand the essence of the White Bone Dao technique.

It was about infinitely splitting a mass of flesh and blood, healing it to grow perfectly, and then infusing it with divine charm to recreate a life in the world.

If it could still be called life.

”If you can create infinitely, why not replicate two identical versions of yourself? Or even hundreds or thousands?” Xu Hei asked.The white-bearded elder paused and said, ”Given enough time, I could do it.”

Xu Hei sneered slightly.

He knew the opponent couldn’t do it. If it were a mortal, maybe, but the opponent was a late Elemental Infant cultivator, and replicating an Elemental Infant cultivator would require an enormous amount of Spiritual Qi.

Spiritual Qi doesn’t appear out of thin air; it only transfers from one target to another.

To replicate oneself would mean doubling the Spiritual Qi, which is impossible. No law of life can defy this iron rule.

This is the law of heaven, above all else.

Xu Hei’s eyes flashed as he suddenly thought of a solution.

”Drain your Spiritual Qi and see how you resurrect.”

Xu Hei reached out and grabbed the old Taoist, who didn’t resist and was captured by Xu Hei.

At the moment of capture, a devouring force erupted from Xu Hei’s palm, and the Demon God Cauldron within him operated at full power.

This was the first time Xu Hei used the Demon God Cauldron in battle!

It was an inspiration he got while using the Creation Furnace, using the method of the Creation Furnace to drive the Demon God Cauldron and forcibly absorb the target’s Spiritual Qi.

However, this method was too domineering, bordering on demonic techniques, and might have unknown side effects.

At the moment of contact, the white-bearded elder, who had been smiling, suddenly froze, feeling his Spiritual Qi being drained.

”Whoosh whoosh whoosh...”

Vast streams of Spiritual Qi flowed into Xu Hei’s palm, and the old Taoist’s true essence drained away like a waterfall, at an astonishing speed.

”Let go!”

The old Taoist’s face changed dramatically, shouting loudly as his body twisted in a bizarre way to escape Xu Hei’s grasp, but his true essence was already more than half gone, and his cultivation showed signs of decline.

Xu Hei felt the extra Spiritual Qi in the Demon God Cauldron and sneered slightly, reaching for the old Taoist again.

”Stop! Let’s talk this out!”

The old Taoist shouted in horror, but was captured by Xu Hei once more, forcibly having a portion of his Spiritual Qi extracted.

In an instant, his cultivation became unstable, and his Elemental Infant shrank by a circle, almost falling to the mid-stage Elemental Infant.

With this, he might not even be able to use the White Bone Dao technique.

”Bang!”

The old Taoist dared not linger any longer, his form exploded and disappeared on the spot.

Xu Hei ignored the old Taoist and charged at the demonic beasts fleeing within the hall, grabbing one and unleashing the devouring force.

”Whoosh whoosh whoosh...”

Streams of Spiritual Qi poured out, and after being drained of Spiritual Qi, the demonic beast instantly shattered into pieces, turning into a pile of bones, with a wooden carving falling out, the very one Xu Hei had carved.

However, the divine charm was gone, leaving only ordinary wood.

”So that’s it, drain the Spiritual Qi, and the White Bone Dao technique collapses on its own!” Xu Hei thought to himself.

He continued to act, draining the Spiritual Qi from Hai Teng, Wang Zhen, Man Jin, and all the demonic beasts and humans in the hall, turning them all into wooden carvings, with bones scattered everywhere.

After several rounds, all living beings disappeared, and Xu Hei caught up with the last one, Xiao Chou, placing his palm on his forehead, and the suction force erupted.

”Boom!!”

Streams of Spiritual Qi mixed with flesh and blood were absorbed into Xu Hei’s palm, merging into the Demon God Cauldron.

Before long, Xiao Chou was drained to a husk, collapsing powerlessly to the ground.

However, the expected wooden carving did not appear.

Xu Hei stared at the husk of Xiao Chou before him, a hint of doubt in his eyes. Suddenly, he reached out and extracted the Elemental Infant from Xiao Chou’s body.

At this moment, the Elemental Infant was completely shriveled, the physical body devoid of Spiritual Qi fluctuations, and the divine sense barely perceptible.

Xu Hei suddenly remembered that Xiao Chou had never been killed by him, nor had he ”resurrected.”

Could it be...

Xu Hei suddenly thought of a shocking possibility.

Though it seemed absurd, the facts were before him, forcing him to think this way.

”Could it be that this Xiao Chou before me wasn’t created by the White Bone Sect Master, but is... real?” Xu Hei looked at the rapidly dissipating Elemental Infant in his hand, his expression uncertain.

…………

At this moment, far away in the capital of the Le Kingdom.

In a pavilion, a woman wearing a fox mask lay on a bamboo chair, looking at a bronze mirror in front of her, covering her mouth as she giggled incessantly.

As time passed, her laughter grew more intense and louder.

She laughed until her face was flushed, almost unable to catch her breath.

”Hahahaha...”

”Hahahahaha!”

It had been a long, long time since she laughed like this, possibly one of the fastest moments of her life, worth remembering.

After laughing for a good while, she said, ”You just asked me if this was amusing?”

”Sorry, I didn’t know how to answer at the time.”

”Because it really is amusing, so amusing! Hahahaha!”

Her laughter was melodious, echoing through the bamboo forest.

…………

Inside the palace of the White Bone Sect.

Xu Hei looked at the rapidly dissipating Elemental Infant in his hand, his expression returning to calm. At this moment, a weak divine sense voice drifted out from the Elemental Infant.

”Senior Xu Hei, it really was you.”

The voice was very familiar.

This kind of divine charm had surpassed Xu Hei’s carving skills; it wasn’t carved by Xu Hei, but was Xiao Chou’s own.

The facts were laid bare.

The first time he met this guy, Xu Hei had merely considered him a test subject, indifferent to whether he lived or died.

Later, when Xiao Chou wanted to go to Chuyang City to defend his home and country, it made Xu Hei understand the meaning of defiance.

As their cultivation levels diverged further and further, he thought they would never meet again, but unexpectedly, they did, in such a manner.

Xu Hei attempted to infuse Spiritual Qi back into him, but it was futile; the person was doomed, not even a Great Golden Immortal could save him.

”Senior, move forward... don’t look back...”

Xiao Chou left his final words, and the Elemental Infant completely dissipated, leaving nothing behind.