Serpent Ancestor

Both individuals realized that the masked cultivator was using a pun to insult them.

”Heh, fellow Daoist, you really know how to joke.”

Tianji Shangren forced a smile, his expression not looking too pleased.

Xu Hei ignored the two of them, stopped feeding the corpse puppet, and with a swift movement, dashed deeper into the cave dwelling.

”Old Taoist, how many Children of Destiny is this now?” Liu Buqun asked sarcastically.

”None of your business!”

Tianji Shangren snapped, waving his horsetail whisk and stepping onto a cloud to follow.

Liu Buqun pondered for a moment and said, ”Old Taoist, how do you rate my aptitude?”

”You’ll be like this for the rest of your life, just wait for death.”

Tianji Shangren mocked.Liu Buqun’s mouth twitched, and he said no more.

Tianji Shangren’s speed gradually increased, but he found that Xu Hei ahead was even faster.

Suddenly, Xu Hei stopped moving.

Tianji Shangren caught up, only to see Xu Hei’s figure quickly blur and dissipate, leaving only an afterimage.

As for Xu Hei himself, he was already nowhere to be found.

”An afterimage?” Tianji Shangren’s face turned alternating shades of green and white.

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At this moment, Xu Hei left behind a series of afterimages, moving through the cave dwelling at an incredible speed.

The appearance of these two made him feel a sense of crisis.

With Tianji Shangren here, the Zhou Family, Bai Family, and some hostile forces were probably not far behind. Once they arrived, the Chu Tian Alliance would definitely be unable to maintain control.

As for those fifty or so rogue cultivators, they were just a rabble.

They were good at taking benefits, but if you asked them to fight the Heavenly Puppet Sect to the death, they’d run faster than anyone.

Xu Hei needed to grab as many benefits as possible and then retreat completely, avoiding involvement in the high-level conflicts.

Before long, Xu Hei reached the front line of the group.

The space here was vast, with a dome reaching a thousand feet high, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people without feeling crowded.

The stone walls emitted a bright light, as if inlaid with Night Pearls, illuminating the cave dwelling brightly and clearly.

The crowd resembled a swarm of flying insects, racing through the air, diving into beehive-like small rooms.

There were many of these small rooms, presumably the residences of disciples from years past. People came and went, and occasionally the roar of corpse puppets and the sounds of fighting could be heard.

The corpse puppets seemed endless, constantly emerging from the ground, requiring constant vigilance to avoid being ambushed.

”Boom!!”

Zhang Tie punched open a room door, and a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out. The remaining people surged in.

Xu Hei casually found an open room to investigate, discovering it was an abandoned medicinal garden. The medicinal herbs had long been scavenged, and even most of the soil had been taken away.

”The open ones have almost all been searched; I must find one that hasn’t been opened yet.”

Xu Hei quickly made up his mind.

He left the room, setting his sights on a sealed door ahead.

At this moment, five rogue cultivators were gathered there, attacking the door together.

Xu Hei flew forward, arriving nearby.

The group immediately stopped their actions, and a middle-aged cultivator looked over, saying coldly, ”This fellow Daoist doesn’t seem to be under the Chu Tian Alliance, does he?”

”That’s right,” Xu Hei nodded.

”Then get lost!” the middle-aged cultivator shouted coldly.

The others also looked unfriendly, moving closer. Their rule was internal unity, but if outsiders dared to snatch treasures, they would kill without mercy.

Xu Hei glanced around, noticing many people could see this place, and made a decision in his heart.

”Alright.”

Xu Hei nodded and quickly backed away.

”Hmph, doesn’t know what’s good for him,” the middle-aged cultivator snorted coldly.

”I know that guy. We asked him before if he wanted to join, and he actually refused. Never seen someone so stupid,” a thick-browed, big-eyed cultivator sneered.

”Not joining is good too, one less person to compete with,” another laughed.

At this moment, the group once again joined forces, striking the door.

This time, the door instantly opened, shattered into pieces.

The moment the door opened!

A dark shadow darted inside at an incredibly fast speed, and they only felt a gust of wind pass by, not even knowing who it was.

”Not good, someone got in first!”

”Chase!”

Everyone’s expressions changed, and they all rushed into the room.

According to the original plan, someone should have stayed at the door to guard against corpse puppets appearing from behind, but now that someone had gotten ahead of them, they couldn’t care less and all surged forward.

Inside the room was an untouched pill refining room.

A thick layer of dust covered the floor, but the equipment was well-preserved, and an ancient seal still remained on one of the counters.

They looked around but found no sign of anyone.

Xu Hei was already standing behind them, blocking the exit.

”It’s you!”

The thick-browed, big-eyed cultivator’s pupils shrank.

The middle-aged cultivator wasted no time, attacking the moment he saw Xu Hei, a large seal falling from above, smashing towards Xu Hei’s head.

This situation was one he had encountered many times, always striking first. Whoever hesitated would suffer, clearly an experienced person.

”Ji Ying, leave no one alive!”

Xu Hei said coldly, just a fraction slower than the man, as he needed to set the seal and block the exit.

”Ah!!”

The middle-aged cultivator screamed, clutching his head and falling to the ground, convulsing, foaming at the mouth, quickly having his brain devoured by Ji Ying, the large seal falling powerlessly.

The remaining people were horrified, but their actions were not slow, launching various attacks at Xu Hei.

Xu Hei’s figure instantly disintegrated, his physical body smashed to pieces, leaving nothing behind.

But before they could celebrate, they saw Xu Hei appear once again.

What had just disappeared was only an afterimage.

”Falling Stars!”

Xu Hei unleashed a spell at the peak of Foundation Establishment, meteors falling one by one, crashing onto their heads, but various magical treasures emerged, water rippling, light shields endlessly cycling.

This spell, capable of killing at the peak of Foundation Establishment, didn’t kill a single person!

Xu Hei gradually realized that the rogue cultivators who made it here were no ordinary people, each having some skills, their combat power not to be underestimated.

Countless attacks came once again, but Xu Hei’s Ever-changing Fish and Dragon was masterful, leaving behind hundreds of afterimages, none of which were hit.

”Kill!”

Xu Hei’s figure flashed, charging at one person, simultaneously releasing three flying swords: Breaking Spirit, Burning Heaven, and Extreme Freeze.

Even the Mountain-Covering Mud from before was thrown out by Xu Hei, flung towards a cultivator.

After reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, Xu Hei’s True Qi had increased significantly, allowing him to use various magical treasures simultaneously.

”Thud!”

Three flying swords instantly pierced through one person, but Xu Hei himself missed, crashing into the wall, the opponent using some trick to disrupt Xu Hei’s movements.

The remaining three, seeing Xu Hei was not easy to deal with, all ran towards the door at the same time, intending to escape.

They were just a rabble, and when faced with a strong enemy, no one wanted to fight to the death; they all chose to flee.

”Ji Ying, stop eating and kill them for me!” Xu Hei cursed angrily.

At this moment, Ji Ying, still gnawing on the brain, reluctantly rushed out, once again drilling into someone’s ear, that person not even realizing what happened before convulsing and falling.

The remaining two, the thick-browed, big-eyed cultivator was held back by the Mountain-Covering Mud, unable to advance.

The last person finally reached the door, easily breaking the seal with a flying nail.

At this moment, behind the seal, a tall, twisted figure rose from the ground, blocking the way—it was the butcher!