Serpent Ancestor

”Is this the Corpse King of this place?”

Xu Qingfeng’s expression was grave as he quietly took out the Ten Thousand Word Heavenly Book.

A corpse puppet of this level not only had a formidable physical body but also terrifying spells, and even a hint of intelligence, making it ten times harder to deal with than ordinary mindless corpse puppets.

”Leave, leave...”

The Red-haired Corpse King murmured hoarsely, repeating the same two words over and over.

At this moment, the rogue cultivators from behind also caught up.

Seeing Xu Hei ahead, their expressions changed dramatically. One young cultivator pointed at him and said, ”Seniors, it’s him, he killed Yu Hao and the others, please...”

”Shut up!”

A middle-aged man beside him immediately pulled the young man aside, covering his mouth.

The young cultivator was puzzled and looked at his elder.”Fool! He just killed someone, do you think the Chu Tian Alliance wouldn’t know? And he’s standing at the forefront, walking alongside the Chu Tian Alliance, don’t you understand?” the middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

The young cultivator suddenly realized, his face turning a mix of green and red, looking extremely embarrassed.

The middle-aged man said no more, quickly retreating and pulling the young man away.

As rogue cultivators, they weren’t foolish enough to truly consider themselves part of the Chu Tian Alliance. They were merely borrowing the name to intimidate some demonic path cultivators.

Along the way, they had gained quite a few benefits, and their safety was assured. If they dared to push their luck, it would be courting death.

After all, aside from Xu Qingfeng, the leader of the Chu Tian Alliance, the other members were not good people.

”Amitabha!”

Kuxuan started with a meaningless phrase, looking at Xu Hei with a smile, ”Benefactor, your good deed just now, this humble monk saw it. Are you planning to take refuge in my Buddha?”

Good deed... Xu Hei pursed his lips and said, ”Let’s deal with this Corpse King first.”

Being recognized at a glance didn’t surprise Xu Hei. He just couldn’t tell if this Kuxuan was a Buddha or a demon.

At this moment, the Corpse King’s gaze grew fiercer. Emerging from the ground, he walked out of the seal, murmuring ”leave” repeatedly.

His entire body was covered in red hair, towering like a giant. Even in ancient times, he would have been extremely rare. As he walked, a whirlwind of red hair swept through the heavens and earth.

The sky darkened, a chilling wind howled, producing ghostly wails, and a powerful oppressive force swept out, sending shivers down everyone’s spine.

Xu Qingfeng’s expression was heavy as he clasped his hands and said, ”Senior, we only wish to use this place...”

”Non-sect alchemists are forbidden to enter, leave! Leave...”

The Red-haired Corpse King continued to murmur, stepping out of the seal, a torrent of corpse Qi surged forth, nauseating and maddening. Xu Qingfeng immediately raised an invisible wall to block the corpse Qi.

”Non-sect alchemists...”

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered imperceptibly.

At this moment, a startled cry came from the side, murmuring, ”Impossible! This is impossible!”

Everyone looked over to see Zhao Wenzhuo holding a tortoiseshell, his eyes filled with shock, as if he had calculated something unbelievable.

”What happened?” Xu Qingfeng asked.

”Someone has been here before us!” Zhao Wenzhuo said gravely.

At these words, everyone was stunned, unable to believe it.

Zhang Tie quickly asked, ”Are you sure?”

”It can’t be false! But I’m not sure if it’s a person or something else,” Zhao Wenzhuo said with a heavy expression.

”Perhaps it’s just a corpse puppet.”

The vulture beside them interjected.

Despite this, they didn’t plan to dawdle any longer. Someone had entered before them, and the situation could develop unpredictably, so they had to act quickly!

”Take action!”

Zhang Tie’s body transformed, swelling to ten meters tall, becoming a towering giant, wielding the Star-shattering Hammer, and smashed it towards the Corpse King’s forehead.

”Clang!”

The sound of metal clashing rang out as strands of red hair grew along the hammer, and red hair began to sprout on Zhang Tie’s hand.

”Purify!”

A ”purify” character appeared above Zhang Tie’s head, dispersing the red hair, but he was sent flying, crashing into the stone wall, spitting blood.

Xu Qingfeng unfolded the Ten Thousand Word Heavenly Book, spat a bit of essence blood onto the scroll, and shouted:

”Azure clouds and white robes, draw the long arrow and shoot the Sirius!”

In an instant, azure light filled the sky, enveloping his body. On the scroll, a phantom of a bow-drawing archer appeared, shooting an arrow that hit the Red-haired Corpse King right between the eyes.

”Roar!”

The Corpse King let out a low roar, his body was shot and pinned to the stone wall, but the red hair whirlwind grew fiercer, forming a tornado storm, roaring forward, shaking the entire ground as if the sky was about to collapse.

Everyone was horrified and retreated rapidly.

Two slower rogue cultivators were merely grazed by the storm, and their bodies were immediately covered in red hair, turning into monstrous creatures, losing their sanity, and biting at others.

Kuxuan flicked his finger, sending out a golden light, and the two were instantly reduced to ashes.

Even a slight touch from the red hair whirlwind would spell doom!

Xu Hei’s face was ashen as he retreated rapidly. Even among Core Formation stage cultivators, the gap between each small realm was like a chasm, insurmountable from early to mid-stage, and mid to late-stage.

He originally thought of trying to use the female corpse’s token to sneak in, but decided against it, too dangerous!

And at this moment.

Xu Hei suddenly felt a chill, a strong sense of crisis coming from behind, making his scalp tingle.

This was a feeling from his true self, a cold stream rushing from his spine to his crown, causing his mind to buzz.

”Ever-changing Fish and Dragon!”

Xu Hei instantly used his movement technique to dodge to the side.

The next moment, a terrifying blood-colored handprint came crashing from behind, rumbling as it passed, turning people into blood mist, smashing them into meat paste.

Even the narrow passage was widened by the impact.

Although Xu Hei dodged in time, he was still affected, half of his puppet’s body was gone, and his true self spat blood, almost crashing into the rock wall.

Taking advantage of the attack’s gap, Xu Hei saw the person approaching from behind.

It was an old man wearing a straw hat, his face expressionless, with no detectable aura, completely concealing himself.

If not for the lingering sense of crisis, Xu Hei might have mistaken him for an ordinary old man.

”Late Core Formation stage!”

Xu Hei’s pupils contracted, a thought like lightning flashed through his mind, immediately recalling the person who had used a shocking handprint on him in Wuyou City.

That handprint had appeared without warning, crashing down from the sky, covering all possible positions he could be in.

If not for his innate sense of danger, that palm would have surely taken his life!

Now, that person had appeared once again.

”Hmph!”

The straw hat elder remained expressionless, walking forward, raising his hand to unleash countless handprints, causing the rogue cultivators to explode into blood and flesh, shattering into pieces.

This was indiscriminate killing.

Zhou Qing, late Core Formation stage.

He hadn’t followed the main group, but instead advanced at full speed, surpassing everyone, making him the first to arrive.

Zhou Qing didn’t know who the target was, only guessing that the person might be seeking protection from the Chu Tian Alliance, hiding among the rogue cultivators.

This made it simple, kill everyone, leave no one alive.

It was an undeniably simple and effective method.

Although it might offend some people, he was nearing the end of his lifespan, relying on the Longevity Pill to survive, so he wasn’t afraid. Moreover, he had hidden his identity.

Along the way, countless rogue cultivators had died at his hands, but he hadn’t found the suspected target.

”Poof!”

Suddenly, his handprint struck something soft like cotton, losing most of its power.

This made Zhou Qing pause, and he looked closely to see a white-bearded elder holding a horsetail whisk, squinting at him.

”Zhou Family’s ancestor, don’t overdo it, beware of karmic retribution,” Tianji Shangren said coldly.