Serpent Ancestor

”Secret art to enhance divine sense?” Xu Hei’s eyes narrowed.

Qing Shuang didn’t hesitate for a moment.

She sat cross-legged, touched the center of her brow, and a pattern of a green leaf appeared there. Immediately, she took out a pill and swallowed it.

The moment Xu Hei saw the pill, he instantly recognized it as the Revitalizing Heavenly Heart Pill!

Among the pills left by the Green Emperor, there was this kind of pill, used to repair divine sense.

Xu Hei still had two of them on him!

After taking the Revitalizing Heavenly Heart Pill, Qing Shuang activated her secret art, and the power of her divine sense rapidly surged. When she opened her eyes again, they shone like stars, and her divine sense was already on par with, if not superior to, that of human cultivators outside.

She walked over to the formation flags, closed her eyes, and infused them with her divine sense.

In an instant, waves of strange ripples were released from the formation flags, impacting the miasma.

As soon as the miasma touched the ripples, it quickly dissipated.”It works!” Qing Xuan exclaimed with delight.

The Flame Demon Ancestor didn’t dare to slack off and quickly infused his own divine sense, making the ripples release more frequently, causing the miasma to dissipate even faster.

”You, aren’t you going to help?” Qing Xuan’s gaze was fixed on Xu Hei.

The Night Sky of the Shadow Clan and Wang Dashan also looked over.

Seeing everyone staring at him, Xu Hei had no choice but to release his divine sense and infuse it into the formation flags.

”Buzz, buzz, buzz...”

The ripples accelerated more than twice over, splitting the miasma in front and slowly revealing a passage leading inward.

”The restriction is about to be broken!” Qing Xuan said excitedly.

Qing Shuang bit her red lips and pushed her divine sense with all her might.

Xu Hei appeared to be exerting himself too, but secretly held back a little.

Gradually, the restriction was mostly broken, nearing its end, and the miasma was about to completely dissipate.

Suddenly, a sharp red light shot out from the formation flags, targeting Xu Hei’s divine sense.

”Hmph, I’ve been waiting for you!” Xu Hei’s expression didn’t change as his divine sense transformed into a steel blade, slashing toward the red light.

”Slash!”

The red light shattered upon contact, but then various lonely souls and fierce ghosts emerged from the formation flags, rushing to tear at Xu Hei.

”Courting death!”

Xu Hei’s face darkened, about to retreat, when suddenly the Flame Demon Ancestor clutched his head and let out a scream.

The lonely souls and wild ghosts vanished as soon as they touched Xu Hei.

”Spurt!”

The Flame Demon Ancestor spat out a mouthful of blood and flew straight out, his face pale.

Xu Hei’s divine sense also withdrew from the formation flags, retreating several steps, pretending to be injured.

The Flame Demon Ancestor pointed at Xu Hei, his voice trembling, and his finger shaking, ”You, you... you have another divine sense hidden within you!”

Earlier, while the two were clashing with their divine senses, the Old Tree had secretly sabotaged him.

Xu Hei ignored him and turned his gaze to the miasma.

At this moment, the miasma, having lost the suppression of the flags, was slowly closing in again.

”Quick, get inside!”

Qing Shuang shouted.

As soon as she spoke, Qing Shuang, Qing Xuan, Wang Dashan, the Night Sky of the Shadow Clan, and Han Te all rushed into the depths of the valley.

Xu Hei didn’t dare delay, stomped his foot, and flew in.

The Flame Demon Ancestor also flew in.

Not long after everyone entered the valley, the miasma slowly closed up.

…………

The environment inside the valley was completely different from the outside.

Although there was no restriction blocking the way, inside, there were space cracks everywhere, like a shattered mirror, ready to collapse at any moment.

”Strange, why are there so many space cracks here?” Qing Shuang wondered.

Xu Hei, seeing the Flame Demon Ancestor enter, originally intended to make a move, but upon seeing so many cracks, he dismissed the idea.

If the two of them fought and accidentally touched these cracks, it would be disastrous.

And the group beside them wouldn’t just let the two of them fight here.

”The space here is very unstable. To cause such destruction, it’s most likely the work of that legendary ascended cultivator,” Qing Xuan said slowly.

”Ascended cultivator...” Xu Hei fell into thought and transmitted, ”Old Tree, what do you think?”

”Look with your eyes,” the Old Tree replied in the same manner.

”Damn it, can you be serious?” Xu Hei cursed.

The Old Tree chuckled and said, ”Xu Hei, hypothetically! I’m saying hypothetically, if there really was an ascended cultivator here, what would he most want to do?”

”Of course, ascend to the Spirit Realm,” Xu Hei answered without hesitation.

”Then here’s the problem. In a ghostly place like Dark Star, where even leaving is extremely difficult, how could one ascend to the Spirit Realm?” the Old Tree laughed.

Upon hearing this, Xu Hei, thinking of the chaotic space and the numerous cracks, had a bold guess in his heart.

”Is he trying to open a passage to the Spirit Realm?” Xu Hei asked tentatively.

”Heh, open a passage to the Spirit Realm? Something the five Superior Immortals couldn’t do together, how could an ascended cultivator achieve it? Do you think he’s a True Immortal descending to the mortal realm?” the Old Tree sneered.

Hearing the Old Tree’s words.

Xu Hei immediately thought of a second possibility.

Since he couldn’t open it himself, he must be looking for one.

In other words, this place might be a passage to the Spirit Realm or to the outside world?

However, seeing the chaotic space and the space cracks everywhere, this path might have serious issues.

”Look quickly!”

Suddenly, Qing Xuan’s urgent voice came from ahead.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a cave in a sunken basin ahead, seemingly an entrance to another place.

And at the entrance of the cave, there was a broken restriction, but due to its age, it was about to fail.

Unlike the miasma outside, this restriction was clearly left by the cave’s owner in a hurry.

”There’s someone in the cave!” Qing Xuan said with a serious expression.

Everyone stopped at the cave entrance, looking at each other, but no one stepped forward.

”Even if there is someone, after so many years, could they still be alive?” the Flame Demon Ancestor snorted.

Night Sky looked at Xu Hei and smiled, ”Fellow Daoist Xu, why don’t we join forces and explore inside?”

Night Sky’s attitude made Xu Hei feel a bit strange.

When he was hiding before, Night Sky had been watching him, even being reminded by the Old Tree.

Among the outside cultivators, there were three in total, so why focus on him alone?

”Let’s wait and see if there are other entrances,” Xu Hei said.

”Hmph! Why hesitate? With so many of us, what is there to fear?” the Flame Demon Ancestor grew impatient, raised his hand, and struck the cave entrance.

The ancient restriction shattered with his strike.

Then, ignoring everyone’s expressions, he was the first to step into the cave.

But the next second, the Flame Demon Ancestor rushed out in a panic, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

A beast-like roar echoed from within the cave, reverberating through the valley.

”Leave, everyone leave! No one come near!”