Serpent Ancestor

Listening to the distant shouts, Xu Hei paid no heed and continued to use teleportation.

He first teleported ten thousand miles to one side to avoid the spatial storm fanned by the opponent, then directly closed in, teleporting three times in succession, reaching Zhao Nanqi in an impossible manner!

”How is this possible?”

Zhao Nanqi was dumbfounded, his heart filled with shock. He immediately burned his primordial spirit, flames igniting at the center of his brow, revealing a pitch-black fork-shaped law imprint.

”Devour it for me!”

Xu Hei didn’t care what law the opponent was using. The Demon God Cauldron roared forth, unleashing its devouring power, while the Star-Moon Sword flew from his hand, teleporting in a flash, aiming straight for Zhao Nanqi’s brow.

”Heaven and Earth Divide!”

With a flick of his finger, Zhao Nanqi emitted a straight, thin line from his brow, a line that divided heaven and earth into two.

Xu Hei felt the distance between him and Zhao Nanqi infinitely expanding, growing further and further apart. The Star-Moon Sword could never hit its target. Yet, with the frenzied devouring of the Demon God Cauldron, this distance was constantly shrinking, locked in a stalemate.

”Something’s strange.”Xu Hei was quite surprised. This series of attacks was a tactic he had pondered over for a long time, yet it failed to instantly defeat the opponent.

But to Zhao Nanqi, it was undoubtedly a stormy sea. He had already burned his primordial spirit, so why couldn’t he shake off his opponent?!

It’s known that burning the primordial spirit for a Divine Transformation cultivator is already a desperate move.

What was that bizarre cauldron? Why could it even devour his dividing law?

Seeing the stalemate, Xu Hei was about to burn his primordial spirit to perform Nine Dragons Unite.

”Everyone, stop!”

Suddenly, Daoist Sparrow and Night Owl arrived in an instant.

Night Owl changed his hand gesture, and the shadow beneath him rapidly spread out, covering the sky and earth in pitch blackness, rendering even divine sense perception useless. Nothing could be seen or felt.

Daoist Sparrow clapped his palms together, and a formation spread from the center of the plaza to all directions, expanding to cover a million miles, forming a cage of heaven and earth that enveloped everyone within.

Both were seasoned Divine Transformation cultivators, and Xu Hei’s actions were instantly obstructed, unable to even locate Zhao Nanqi.

Knowing his assassination attempt had failed, Xu Hei could only retreat, landing on the plaza.

”I still underestimated the opponent! Would it have been better if I had used my killing move directly?” Xu Hei pondered internally.

His plan was to catch everyone off guard and instantly kill Zhao Nanqi, but the result was not as he had anticipated.

The battle between Divine Transformation cultivators was vastly different from that of Elemental Infant cultivators, completely unlike before.

The use of divine abilities, spells, magical treasures, and laws was vastly different from the Elemental Infant stage.

Especially the burning of the primordial spirit, which was different from burning life force before. The amplification brought by the primordial spirit was terrifying, causing the power of laws to surge and evolve to a new level.

That bizarre dividing line, splitting heaven and earth, even the Demon God Cauldron couldn’t devour it for a moment, causing Xu Hei to miss the best opportunity.

Xu Hei still lacked experience and judgment.

”Xu Hei, stop!”

In the pitch-black sky, nothing could be seen except a pair of sharp eyes, like those of an owl, staring straight at him. It was Night Owl.

This was the first time Xu Hei had seen Night Owl truly take action, revealing his own laws.

Xu Hei said calmly, ”This is a personal vendetta.”

”I don’t care what grudges you have. This time, you attempted to assassinate the Grand Elder in public. What does that make of the sect? Stop immediately!” Night Owl’s voice was stern.

Xu Hei shrugged indifferently, saying, ”Fine! I’m not someone who acts impulsively. As long as Zhao Nanqi returns what he took from me, I can let it go.”

Not impulsive or easily angered?

No one present would likely believe that.

Night Owl was certain that Xu Hei wouldn’t rest until one of them was dead, but causing internal strife in front of so many people would bring shame if word got out. It could even destabilize the morale, giving the Sea Star people a chance to exploit.

”Zhao Nanqi, did you hear that?” Night Owl looked at Zhao Nanqi.

”Fine, I’ll return everything to him.”

Zhao Nanqi was scared out of his wits. Since reaching Divine Transformation, he had never suffered such a loss, and it was the first time he burned his primordial spirit, not for battle, but to save his life.

This made him deeply aware of Xu Hei’s terrifying nature, someone he absolutely couldn’t provoke! Even more frightening than those old Divine Transformation cultivators who had lived for countless years.

Immediately, a storage ring flew out from the darkness and landed in Xu Hei’s hand.

Xu Hei didn’t take it but pointed at it from the air, causing the storage ring to shatter, scattering countless spirit medicines into the sky, most of which were top-tier fourth-grade, with a few fifth-grade ones.

”There are even fifth-grade spirit medicines?”

Xu Hei remained expressionless on the surface, but internally, he was taken aback.

In fact, spirit medicines don’t have strict grades. Whether fourth or fifth grade is just an informal classification.

Generally speaking, if it benefits Divine Transformation, it’s considered fifth grade, but most fourth-grade spirit medicines, if aged enough and cultivated properly, can benefit Divine Transformation.

According to Xu Hei’s observation, these spirit medicines were all aged and excellently cultivated, resulting in mutations that reached fifth grade, rather than being inherently rare.

”Were these all cultivated by Jiang Nine Phoenix?”

Various thoughts flashed through Xu Hei’s mind.

Having been away for a hundred years, Xu Hei didn’t know how much he had lost. He just coldly shouted, ”Not enough! These don’t even cover thirty percent of my losses!”

”What did you say?”

Zhao Nanqi’s face turned black, ”Xu Hei, I’ve already returned all the spirit medicines to you. Don’t push it!”

”Elder Zhao!” Night Owl interrupted him, sternly saying, ”To my knowledge, you gifted at least one fifth-grade spirit medicine to every Grand Elder. Am I right?”

Zhao Nanqi, exposed in public, could only grit his teeth and say, ”That’s right! I... I can compensate with other things!”

Immediately, Zhao Nanqi painfully took out two Supreme Spirit Stones and tossed them over.

Divine Transformation cultivators can only use Supreme Spirit Stones for cultivation, showing he was already sacrificing everything.

Xu Hei took the Supreme Spirit Stones, coldly saying, ”What you stole from me is more than this. I also had a spirit insect with ancient bloodline!”

Zhao Nanqi’s face changed upon hearing this, ”Xu Hei, don’t slander me. There were only spirit medicines in your cave dwelling, no spirit insects!”

”Grand Elder, Sect Master, heaven and earth can testify. I swear by my primordial spirit, there were only spirit medicines in Xu Hei’s cave dwelling. I took nothing else!”

Zhao Nanqi spoke with conviction, simultaneously producing a jade slip, ”I recorded everything I did that day in this jade slip. You can see for yourselves.”

Night Owl pointed at the jade slip, and an image appeared, showing Zhao Nanqi looting Xu Hei’s cave dwelling.