Serpent Ancestor

After meeting Xu Hei, the Flame Demon Ancestor didn’t say a word. With a flick of his wrist, a fiery whip, silver as a serpent, shot out like a venomous dragon, reaching Xu Hei in an instant.

It was the same whip that had bound Jiang Nine Phoenix in the inner hall of Guanghan Palace before!

As the Flame Demon Ancestor’s power increased, the whip’s might was incomparable to before. On the gravity-intense Dark Star, its speed was undiminished, akin to teleportation.

Xu Hei remained unfazed, the devouring power in his palm erupting as he reached out like a tiger’s claw, grabbing the whip and yanking it fiercely.

The Flame Demon Ancestor lost his balance and was pulled toward Xu Hei.

But instead of retreating, he advanced, his body glowing with a fierce blood-red light. Intense flames surged from his brow, covering his entire body, shining brilliantly like a blazing sun, crashing toward Xu Hei.

”Solar Essence Fire?”

Xu Hei stared at the flames on the Flame Demon Ancestor’s body, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. Then, the Lunar Mystic Fire surged out wildly, transforming him into a burning moon of dark flames, colliding with the sun.

”Boom!!”

The earth-shattering explosion echoed through the heavens, shaking the surroundings.Flames and a sea of mist swept out, collapsing the earth within a ten-thousand-foot radius into an abyss. The trapping formation below turned to dust, and the stone figures within shattered and flew backward, creating deep craters.

The shockwaves from the clash between the two were unbearable even for the stone figures, showing the immense power of both.

Xu Hei and the Flame Demon Ancestor were both blown back, retreating a thousand feet away.

The Flame Demon Ancestor retracted his blood flames, his expression calm and his form intact.

In contrast, Xu Hei’s body was charred, showing signs of being scorched. However, the burning sensation quickly vanished as the Demon God Cauldron refined it.

”It truly is the Solar Essence Fire,” Xu Hei said with a heavy expression.

The Flame Demon Ancestor’s flames were indeed the legendary Solar Essence Fire, the most yang fire in the mortal realm!

During the Guanghan Palace incident, the Blood Refining Sect produced Solar Essence Fire Thunder Pearls, and Xiong Yan had even used a small amount of sub-fire. Xu Hei had suspected then that the Blood Refining Sect might possess the complete Solar Essence Fire.

And today, the Flame Demon Ancestor wielded the complete Solar Essence Fire!

However, logically, Xu Hei’s Lunar Mystic Fire should be on par with it. Why was Xu Hei at a disadvantage?

”This Solar Essence Fire is peculiar, mixed with something else!” the Old Tree transmitted secretly.

Xu Hei frowned, staring at the Flame Demon Ancestor. ”Flame Demon Ancestor, why are you here?”

Though he had already guessed, Xu Hei couldn’t help but ask.

”Xu Hei, why ask when you already know?” the Flame Demon Ancestor sneered. ”You’ve offended the Jiang family of the Spirit Realm. Do you think you still have a way out?”

Xu Hei’s face darkened. ”Did that old immortal send you to hunt me down?”

”Heh, it seems you’re not stupid.”

The Flame Demon Ancestor smirked, saying slowly, ”To be honest, Mo Xingtian killed our sect’s Fire Qilin Ancestor, creating a life-and-death feud with us. But if it means the Blood Refining Sect can rise and become the first of the Seven Stars, what’s a few sacrifices?”

”Not to mention the Fire Qilin Ancestor, even if I were to fall, I’d willingly do so for the prosperity of the sect.”

The Flame Demon Ancestor’s words reminded Xu Hei of Xiong Yan.

Xiong Yan, to kill Xu Hei, didn’t hesitate to use two Divine Transformation elders as bait. To escape, he remained unfazed even if the sect members perished.

The Flame Demon Ancestor, on the other hand, was willing to risk his life for the sect, to see the bigger picture, even if it meant venturing into the unknown Dark Star.

Of course, how much of this was voluntary was unknown.

”Speaking of which, Xu Hei, I’ve been setting up here for thirty years to find out you were hiding in the Earth Rock Zone of the Oli family. You really made me search,” the Flame Demon Ancestor laughed.

Xu Hei sneered, ”Kill me, and then what? Can you leave the Dark Star? Can you witness the glory of the Blood Refining Sect? Aren’t you afraid that when the Jiang family descends again, they’ll wipe out your Blood Refining Sect?”

”Why do you trust a group of unknown Spirit Realm people?”

Hearing Xu Hei’s words, the Flame Demon Ancestor’s smile vanished, his expression turning somewhat ferocious.

”Hmph! Why? Just because Mo Xingtian’s pill brought me to the peak of late-stage Divine Transformation, giving Lady White Bone and my blood blade junior brother a chance to break through late-stage Divine Transformation.”

”Just because the magical treasure he casually bestowed is stronger than our sect’s treasured Blood Demon Seal!”

The Flame Demon Ancestor stepped forward toward Xu Hei, his body blazing with blood flames, his gaze terrifying.

”Just because the Jiang family’s power is strong enough, I have to believe, whether I want to or not!”

Of course, he didn’t say this out loud, only letting it flash through his mind.

The Flame Demon Ancestor’s aura became violent, blood vessel-like patterns appeared on his body, spreading like a spider web, with blood beads seeping out and turning into fierce flames, making the fire on his body burn even more fiercely.

Xu Hei sneered, ”Flame Demon Ancestor, it’s one thing to deceive me, but don’t deceive yourself.”

”Shut up!”

The Flame Demon Ancestor roared angrily, a small sun appearing in his palm, with a fiery phoenix bird spiraling at its center.

As the fiery phoenix bird appeared, the entire sun expanded, its power more than doubling, its dazzling light illuminating the heavens, almost melting the earth.

”This is not just Solar Essence Fire, but also a trace of Heavenly Phoenix Demon Fire bestowed by Mo Xingtian!”

”That’s a legendary strange fire on the Spirit Realm’s Heavenly Fire list. Your Lunar Mystic Fire is nothing in comparison!”

The Flame Demon Ancestor shouted, waving his hand, and the sun spun and roared out, spreading across the heavens, transforming into nine blazing suns, illuminating the earth, melting everything.

”Nine Suns Burning City!”

The Flame Demon Ancestor clapped his hands, and the nine suns roared toward Xu Hei with world-destroying force, a peak of the combination of flame law and solar law, a Second-turn Divine Ability.

Even compared to a Three-turn Divine Ability, it was not far off!

Though Xu Hei had the support of the Three-turn Divine Ability ”three-phase fusion,” in this situation, using Doomsday Meteor to counter it, even if he could block it, winning was nearly impossible!

There was only one way to defeat the Flame Demon Ancestor in one move.

Xu Hei bit his tongue, spraying blood onto his palm, where magical light flowed, revealing many mysterious runes. These runes did not belong to this world, reminiscent of those drawn by Hei Huang in the past.

As they appeared, Xu Hei’s palm slammed onto the ground, his inner demonic energy pushed to the limit, connecting with the Void, and he shouted, ”Gate of Hell!”

”Crack!”

In the Void behind him, an illusory gate slowly appeared.

The gate was entirely internal, carved with many ferocious ghosts, exuding overwhelming demonic might. As it appeared, even the light of the nine suns in the sky was suppressed, presenting a dark scene akin to Nether Hell.