Serpent Ancestor

”Crack!”

The Gate of Hell slowly opened a crack.

From within that crack, black flames surged out like a tide, merging into Xu Hei’s Lunar Mystic Fire. Once combined, the Lunar Mystic Fire underwent a transformation, turning into an indescribable Yin Demon Fire.

At this moment, when Xu Hei conjured the Death Meteor again, its surface was entwined with the Yin Demon Fire, resembling the eye of an abyss, gazing upon the world.

”This move is called... Black Fire Meteor!”

Xu Hei gripped the Black Fire Meteor and hurled it towards the nine blazing suns in the sky. The meteor flew out, rapidly expanding in mid-air, growing larger and larger like a violently swelling star.

In the blink of an eye, it covered the nine suns.

”What kind of technique is this?!”

The Flame Demon Ancestor was shocked and horrified, watching as the shadow above spread rapidly, covering the heavens.

”Whoosh!”There was no terrifying explosion, only a silent annihilation. The fusion of the lunar and solar, the clash of demonic and magical flames, and in an instant, the victor was decided.

The nine suns in the sky were directly swallowed by the black star, which then plummeted towards the Flame Demon Ancestor.

The Flame Demon Ancestor dared not hesitate, immediately burning his primordial spirit. His arm extended a hundred feet, transforming into a ferocious giant demon hand, and struck out at the black star.

”Boom!!”

Blood splattered as the Flame Demon Ancestor’s arm exploded, and the black star was shattered by the blow. He spat out blood, his body flying straight back, his aura instantly withering.

”I miscalculated! Xu Hei possesses such strength; I can’t take him down today. I must plan carefully.”

With thoughts racing, the Flame Demon Ancestor quickly made a decision.

—Retreat!

He changed direction, spat out a mouthful of old blood, and shot away like a cannonball, instantly moving ten thousand feet away, about to leave the area.

Suddenly, a large swarm of Black Needle Ants emerged from the ground, their black stingers firing in unison, attacking like a violent storm.

The Flame Demon Ancestor’s face darkened, and a transparent rune appeared in his hand. With a fierce grip, the space around him began to twist rapidly, like a bent string.

The black needles that were aimed at him all veered off course, brushing past his form without hitting him!

”Whoosh!”

Among the black needles was a Star-Moon Sword, its blade turning sharply to slash across his back, leaving a deep sword mark.

But the Flame Demon Ancestor’s speed did not decrease in the slightest. Blood sprayed again, and his figure instantly moved a thousand miles away, flickering several times, disappearing without a trace.

In just a moment, the Flame Demon Ancestor was gone!

This escape technique, known as Blood Shadow Escape, is the Blood Refining Sect’s top escape technique, sacrificing vital blood to unleash several times the speed.

Even if one’s realm is equal, or even slightly higher, it’s not easy to stop an opponent using this technique.

Xu Hei had witnessed it on Xiong Yan before and was already on guard against it. He had even set up an ambush of five thousand Black Needle Ants on the Flame Demon Ancestor’s escape route.

Yet, the Flame Demon Ancestor not only had a faster escape technique but also seemed to possess a space-distorting rune treasure, rendering the Black Needle Ants ineffective.

”He actually got away!”

Xu Hei landed on the ground, staring in the direction the Flame Demon Ancestor had fled, his expression darkening.

”This person has a magical treasure given by a Spirit Realm cultivator; killing him won’t be easy. Moreover, I strongly suspect he has more tricks up his sleeve.”

Old Tree reminded, ”Otherwise, with just these means, why would that old Spirit Realm geezer believe he could take you down?”

Xu Hei’s abilities were witnessed firsthand by Mo Xingtian, who saw Xu Hei even slay Jiang Liuyu.

Now, with Mo Xingtian sending such a character to hunt Xu Hei, he must have given him some extremely powerful trump cards, confident in his ability to kill Xu Hei.

Only then would it make sense.

”No matter what trump cards he has, as long as I can keep getting stronger and break through to the late-stage Divine Transformation! Not just one Flame Demon Ancestor, even if Elder Mo himself comes, I can escape unscathed!” Xu Hei declared.

The urgent task now is to acquire Spirit Stones.

Only by continuously growing stronger can Xu Hei have the confidence to kill the Flame Demon Ancestor and possibly leave this damned place.

At this moment, the Gate of Hell disappeared.

Xu Hei shifted his gaze to the group of stone men from the Chi family.

With the trapping formation broken and the Flame Demon Ancestor beaten into retreat, the Chi family’s mindset underwent a dramatic change, their sneers replaced by deep fear.

”Senior, it’s a misunderstanding, we were just following orders, it has nothing to do with our Chi family!” Chi Lian said in a panicked voice.

”Die!”

Xu Hei didn’t listen to his nonsense, directly striking down with a palm.

The seemingly ordinary Mountain-Crushing Palm, an earth-element Divine Ability, under Xu Hei’s powerful three-phase fusion, became like a world-destroying handprint, pressing down from above, covering the sky and obliterating everything.

”Quick, attack!” Chi Lian shouted.

The two stone men of the Chi family had just risen to intercept when Xu Hei slapped them into the ground, creating two large pits.

Then, Xu Hei stomped his foot, triggering the Earth Pulse.

The originally unbreakable hard ground spewed a destructive heat flow, shattering the two Chi family stone men into pieces, their forms annihilated in the torrent pulse.

Two mid-stage Divine Power beings, instantly killed!

Xu Hei’s strength had reached such an astonishing level.

”Escape!”

The Chi family stone men scattered, fleeing in different directions.

The previously dying Yan family members also began to beat the fallen, capturing a Chi family stone man and attacking him.

Xu Hei caught up with another, striking out with a palm, smashing the person into pieces.

…………

Half an incense stick later.

Except for the strongest Chi Lian who escaped, the five mid-stage Divine Power stone men of the Chi family were defeated one by one under the joint attack of Xu Hei and the Yan family cultivators, shattered into pieces.

The primordial spirits of the stone spirit clan are fragile; once the physical body is destroyed, it is basically equivalent to death.

Unlike external cultivators, whose physical bodies can be destroyed but still have primordial spirits to perform body snatching, with remnants of souls that can last for thousands of years.

As for the escaped Chi Lian, it wasn’t that Xu Hei didn’t want to pursue.

It’s just that his three-phase fusion had lasted too long, and once it ended, he would enter a weakened state. There was no need to risk increasing the danger just to chase down one stone man.

A late-stage Divine Power stone man is much harder to kill than a mid-stage one. Even if caught up, it’s not something that can be resolved in a few moves.

If the opponent held out too long, and Xu Hei’s augmentation ended, and the opponent brought in a few more helpers, it would be a great humiliation if Xu Hei were to be counter-killed.

Xu Hei returned to the original spot, with only three Yan family cultivators remaining, led by Yan Feng, along with two early-stage Divine Power grunts, all in a heavily injured state.

Oli also survived, just more weakened than before.

”Thank you, senior, for saving us. If it weren’t for your intervention, we would have been wiped out.”

Yan Feng glanced at Xu Hei, noticing the latter’s gaze fixed on the cart, quickly realizing something, and hurriedly said, ”This batch of goods will be split with senior, no, seventy percent to you, we’ll just take thirty percent.”