Serpent Ancestor

”Boom!”

Pill Thunder struck continuously, landing right where Xu Bai was.

Xu Hei asked worriedly, ”Is Pill Thunder rare?”

”It’s quite common, nothing to fuss about. They just haven’t seen much of the world, don’t follow their example,” Hei Huang replied.

Xu Hei nodded.

At this moment, the Pill Thunder kept striking the green cauldron, tempering the Golden Essence Pill within the lightning, emitting a golden glow, no longer resembling a typical Golden Essence Pill.

The two people nearby stopped their pill refining, intending to wait until the storm passed.

”So this is how Xu Bai refines pills,” Xu Hei mused.

Just then, Xu Bai grabbed the green cauldron from a distance, suddenly stood up, and walked towards the center area.

As she moved, the Pill Thunder followed, striking wherever she went.”What is she doing?” Liu Chengfeng’s face changed drastically.

The closer Xu Bai got to the center, the closer she was to them.

At that moment, the Pill Thunder struck again, splitting a bolt that headed straight for Liu Chengfeng.

”What!!”

Liu Chengfeng screamed, using his physical body to block the Pill Thunder to prevent his pill from shattering.

”Ugh!”

Liu Chengfeng spat out blood, severely injured once more.

The lightning fell again, splitting and striking towards the two people nearby.

”Damn it!”

Tianji Shangren felt his scalp tingle; this was the power of heaven and earth, not something human strength could withstand, and he could only avoid its sharpness.

Xu Hei then realized that Xu Bai was doing it on purpose.

”Damn, Xu Bai is crafty too! Who did she learn this from?” Xu Hei was stunned.

Before long, Xu Bai stood in the center, and with the Pill Thunder descending there, no matter where the other two hid, as long as they didn’t leave, they would keep getting struck by lightning.

This heavenly thunder tribulation was a tempering for her pill but a destruction for others.

Tianji Shangren calculated with his fingers and saw a Pill Thunder strike down, turning his pill into ashes.

Looking at the scene before him, Tianji Shangren’s face turned as black as coal.

”I give up!”

He was very decisive, leaving the circle immediately and returning to the Zhou Family’s position.

Zhou Wendie glanced at him, puzzled.

”No worries, it’s not over yet,” Tianji Shangren said.

Not long after, Liu Chengfeng couldn’t hold on either, and his pill shattered all over the ground.

Failing in pill refining resulted in a deduction of one point, regardless of your rank. Liu Chengfeng could only give up, prepared to be scolded.

The Pill Thunder lasted a whole day before it ended.

Xu Bai’s green cauldron didn’t have a single crack, and the pill was perfectly preserved.

There was no need for evaluation; even if it was a trash pill, the other two had failed, so naturally, she won first place.

Despite this, Mo Wuyou still evaluated it and said, ”A Golden Essence Pill, yet not quite like one. What is the effect of this pill?”

He couldn’t discern the pill’s purpose and had to ask Xu Bai.

”It enhances cultivation, but it’s meant for special demonic beasts,” Xu Bai answered truthfully.

”Special demonic beasts...”

Mo Wuyou didn’t pursue further, nodded slightly, and announced the result.

Xu Hei’s score shot up to fifteen points, tying with the Zhou Family for first place.

Heavenly Puppet Sect had fourteen points, and Chu Tian Alliance had thirteen.

The Bai Family kept losing, their single-digit score negligible.

No one expected the final round to end up like this, with Xu Hei jumping from fourth to a tie for first, leaving the Zhou Family in an awkward position.

Tianji Shangren calculated again and said, ”Don’t panic, the main event is yet to come.”

A tie for first wouldn’t just be left as is.

There could only be one true inheritor.

”All rounds have ended, but due to a tie, there will be an extra round,” Mo Wuyou said, his gaze sweeping over the Zhou Family and Xu Hei’s direction. ”Both sides will engage in a duel, rules of your choice.”

”No need to choose, a life-and-death battle, no holds barred, until one side falls!” Zhou Qingxuan stepped forward, his eyes filled with killing intent. ”What do you think?”

Xu Hei frowned, about to refuse, but Hei Huang shouted, ”Sure! Who’s afraid? Let your Zhou whatever her name is fight our Xu the Butcher. Loser kneels and kowtows!”

Zhou Qingxuan’s face darkened; he had planned to fight himself. With his mid-stage Core Formation cultivation, wouldn’t he be able to handle it easily?

”I agree.”

Zhou Wendie stood up, her eyes swirling with a mix of ice and fire, burning slowly in her pupils.

After a year, facing Xu Hei again, there was no fear in her eyes, only confidence, the confidence of being an unparalleled arrogance.

Tianji Shangren’s eyes lit up; this was the moment he had been waiting for.

Zhou Wendie and Xu Hei would determine the first place.

But Bai Luo of the Heavenly Puppet Sect didn’t show much anxiety, standing with his hands behind his back, quietly observing.

...

Outside the ancient relic.

In the capital of the Qin Kingdom, within the imperial city.

A golden token flew over from the horizon, shrouded in a divine aura, like a flying dragon, exuding a terrifying pressure akin to a Superior Immortal’s arrival.

Qin Xuanji appeared immediately, respectfully catching the token in his hand.

At this moment, a phantom figure appeared on the token, its features indistinct, only two eyes shining brightly.

”With this decree, eliminate Mo Wuyou!”

The phantom figure spoke only one sentence, accompanied by a majesty comparable to the Divine Transformation Stage, enveloping the sky.

Qin Xuanji’s expression remained unchanged as he bowed respectfully, ”As you command!”

”The Demon Lord deceives the heavens and cultivates in secret; someone will handle him. You just follow orders.”

”Within a month, I want results!”

The phantom figure returned to the token, which Qin Xuanji held in his hand.

At this moment, even Qin Xuanji’s arm trembled slightly. Despite his usually unshakable demeanor, he couldn’t suppress his emotions, trembling with excitement.

This was his opportunity, the greatest opportunity of his life!

He had bet correctly!

”Contact the Divine Puppet Sect. Nine deaths and one life, who would have thought, not only did you survive, but the Divine Puppet Sect also responded.”

A white-bearded elder appeared beside him, one of their Elemental Infant ancestors, known as Ancestor Xingtian.

”They are very concerned about the third-generation ancestor, urging me to eliminate him quickly. There must be a big secret involved; I’m just going with the flow,” Qin Xuanji said.

The Divine Puppet Sect, to this day, remained one of the top sects on the cultivation star, with a Divine Transformation Stage expert overseeing it. For their small Heavenly Puppet Sect, without a major event, disturbing them would be courting death.

Qin Xuanji had risked his life on this gamble.

”No wonder the third-generation ancestor harbors such hatred for the Divine Puppet Sect, even forbidding entry into the Wu Mountain area. It’s a blood feud to the death!” Ancestor Xingtian sighed.

Qin Xuanji wasted no more words and immediately gathered all the elites of the Heavenly Puppet Sect.

”Everyone, move out immediately, surround Wu Mountain, and don’t let even a mosquito escape!”

”Yes!”

The deafening response echoed throughout the imperial city and beyond.

No one knew how many disciples and elders the Heavenly Puppet Sect had, only that their puppet army was invincible, breaking through all obstacles, the most terrifying force in the world.

Wherever they pointed, even if it was a demonic beast’s territory, they could carve out a path.

That day, dense clouds gathered in the sky, setting out from the Qin Kingdom, drifting towards Wu Mountain in the Chu Kingdom, the vast and boundless army of the Heavenly Puppet Sect.

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[The second volume is wrapping up, the relic is about to end, entering the third volume.]