Serpent Ancestor

In the dimly lit Blood Corpse Cave, a streak of golden light pierced the sky like a meteor in the night, illuminating the surroundings.

Xu Hei accelerated continuously, his body burning as dragon scales sparked against the air, with a large amount of True Qi jetting out from behind him.

”Almost there, just ahead!”

Xu Hei could clearly sense the looming danger from behind.

Without a doubt, that woman was stalling for time to wait for Zhou Qing. She couldn’t take him down herself, so she waited for reinforcements, putting on a show all the while.

These cultivators never cared about honor or face, using any means necessary to kill their opponents.

”This woman is deeply scheming and will be a great threat in the future. She must not be left alive!”

Xu Hei’s expression was grim as he swallowed a pill and accelerated once more.

Behind him, Zhou Qing pursued relentlessly, the distance between them closing rapidly, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

”What incredible speed! This snake truly holds many secrets and cannot be left alive!”Although Zhou Qing’s vitality was waning, his cultivation was still at the late Core Formation stage. Yet, chasing a Foundation Establishment great demon for so long was astonishing, and his fervor only grew stronger.

His intuition was right; this snake was a priceless treasure in itself!

”Whoosh!”

Xu Hei accelerated again, splitting into two as he charged into two beehive-like doors. Such rooms were common in the Blood Corpse Cave, all previously ransacked.

”Hmph, playing hide and seek, are we?”

Zhou Qing was not careless. With a raise of his hand, a blood-colored flying sword shot into the room, Sword Qi spreading everywhere, indiscriminately attacking everything in the cave dwelling, even scraping the walls down.

Xu Hei was also slashed into nothingness; it was an external incarnation.

Almost simultaneously as the incarnation was destroyed, Zhou Qing stood at the entrance of the second room.

He punched into the dark entrance, and with a thunderous boom, the room collapsed, dust filling the air, the entire room destroyed by the violent punch.

For such cunning individuals, Zhou Qing usually employed full-range attacks, blasting everything to ensure the opponent’s death before approaching.

He wouldn’t even approach; he would only send an incarnation.

For a Foundation Establishment ”ant” that had survived multiple attacks, he was even more cautious.

”No movement? Again!”

Zhou Qing pointed forward once more, the blood-colored flying sword rushing into the room, Sword Qi crisscrossing, attacking indiscriminately, shaving ten meters off the walls.

The Divine Sense isolation here was extremely severe, and even he could only vaguely sense a trace of movement inside the room.

The snake seemed to have hidden inside a Magical Treasure, enduring his attacks, while inside the room, there was a faint presence of a corpse puppet, seemingly at the mid-stage Core Formation.

This made Zhou Qing inwardly sneer.

”This snake is indeed cunning. If I had rushed in, I might have been ambushed by the corpse puppet and let it escape.”

Zhou Qing felt assured.

If Xu Hei had died easily, leaving only a snake corpse in the room, he wouldn’t dare enter.

Now, seeing the opponent hiding in a Magical Treasure with a corpse puppet inside, Zhou Qing felt much more at ease.

Knowing the opponent’s plan, he had all the time to slowly wear them down.

He wouldn’t enter until the Magical Treasure was reduced to ashes and the opponent was completely annihilated.

”Ugh!”

Blood trickled from Zhou Qing’s mouth, aggravating his internal injuries, but the smile on his face grew brighter, as if he saw a chance to change his fate.

…………

Inside the room.

Xu Hei hid within the Black Dragon Pagoda, being forcefully blasted into the depths of the wall by the relentless Sword Qi.

The opponent hadn’t fallen for it, as Xu Hei had expected; it was a gamble from the start.

At this moment, he had two options.

First, use Body Swap to switch himself to the adjacent room, then escape with a Small Teleportation Talisman.

Beforehand, Xu Hei had hidden a puppet in the next room for emergencies.

Second, gamble again, taking a certain risk to lure the opponent in.

As long as Zhou Qing dared to enter the room, Xu Hei had a sixty percent chance of severely injuring him, and combined with Zhou Qing’s injuries, a thirty percent chance of killing him on the spot!

At this moment, Xu Hei looked at the sealed formation that was also being bombarded.

Inside the formation, the corpse enchantress was also looking at him.

The madness in her eyes had vanished, replaced by a hint of joy as she looked at the tower, her hoarse voice coming through: ”Senior Brother... you’ve... returned...”

From the moment Xu Hei entered, she showed no signs of going berserk, completely different from last time.

It seemed that from the moment she saw that Token, she ”awoke.”

Of course, there was still a hint of struggle in the corpse enchantress’s eyes, but it was not obvious.

”Yes, I’m back,” Xu Hei transmitted his voice. ”Your Senior Brother is being hunted. Can you deal with the opponent?”

The corpse enchantress’s gaze shifted to the door, a look of hatred in her eyes.

She sprang up, crashing into the formation, only to be bounced back.

Yes, just like that... Xu Hei nodded secretly and continued to transmit his voice: ”The opponent won’t come in, and rushing out to kill him is too risky; he might escape.”

”Senior Brother wants you to help put on a show, lure him in, and then kill him. Can you do that?”

Xu Hei tentatively asked.

This time, the corpse enchantress was stunned for a few seconds, seemingly struggling with the complex logic.

She retained only a shred of consciousness, lacking advanced intelligence, and merely nodded, ”I’ll listen to you.”

”Good, here’s what we’ll do next... just follow my instructions!”

Xu Hei briefly explained the plan.

…………

Outside the room, Zhou Qing had already launched over a hundred attacks, his injuries causing a pallor to his face.

However, he wasn’t going all out, just playing a war of attrition, and he had plenty of patience.

This might be the greatest opportunity of his life, and he couldn’t afford to lose it.

”Hmm?”

Suddenly, Zhou Qing’s gaze sharpened.

The snake seemed unable to withstand it, emerging from the Magical Treasure, its body immediately slashed by the sharp Sword Qi, bursting into blood, barely clinging to life.

Meanwhile, the corpse puppet also broke free from the sealed formation, pouncing towards the snake demon, eyes full of greed, ready to devour it.

”No!”

Zhou Qing’s expression changed drastically; this was his prey, how could it be devoured by a corpse puppet?

If it got tainted with corpse Qi, consuming it would be troublesome, not to mention the snake demon had numerous Spirit Medicines on it. One bite and it might evolve into another Red-haired Corpse King!

By then, the Red-haired Corpse King would surely hunt him down, having been attacked by him for so long!

”Damn it! I’ll risk it!”

Without much thought, Zhou Qing made a decisive move, pulling out a handful of Talismans and sticking them on himself, while donning a straw hat, blood-colored armor covering his body, surrounded by eight blood swords, fully armed, he charged into the room.

He had initially thought of using an incarnation, but the incarnation couldn’t compete with the corpse puppet, so he had to go in person.

The moment he entered the room.

”Now!”

Xu Hei’s mind moved, and Mountain-Covering Mud descended from above, smashing onto Zhou Qing’s head.

At the same time, the Ten Thousand Word Heavenly Book activated, a giant ”Stop” character flying out, appearing on Zhou Qing’s forehead.

Xu Hei ignored the corpse enchantress pretending to pounce; it was a huge risk, but Xu Hei chose to trust, he had to trust, this was the best chance to kill Zhou Qing, and he couldn’t let it slip away.