Serpent Ancestor

No wonder Xu Fu was so furious earlier and immediately took action—it turns out his Elemental Infant was being targeted, which is his lifeline. If it were him, he wouldn’t be able to resist striking either.

Xu Hei remained silent, his body writhing, and the sound of countless mouths chewing could be heard, enough to make any normal person shudder with just one glance.

The Nightmare Demon Lord glanced at the butcher again, frowning secretly.

He didn’t know what had happened to Ye Kong, but the other party’s mental state seemed problematic. Of course, it might also be an act.

”Hmph.”

The Nightmare Demon Lord pressed down with his hand, and the butcher was immediately crushed to the ground by a gravitational force, his bones creaking and cracking.

This was the spiritual pressure of an Elemental Infant stage cultivator, and Xu Hei couldn’t withstand even the pure spiritual pressure.

The Nightmare Demon Lord raised his hand again and slashed, sending the butcher’s two arms flying, but then two new arms grew back immediately.

”Hmm? Interesting.”

The Nightmare Demon Lord squinted his eyes and continued to attack with precision, striking just at the edge of severe injury. However, the butcher’s healing ability was so strong that after several rounds, he remained unscathed.Throughout this process, Xu Hei didn’t move a muscle, showing no reaction.

The Nightmare Demon Lord pondered briefly, then ignored the butcher and said to the evil cultivators in the distance, ”Take everyone away.”

”Yes!”

The evil cultivators immediately took action, chaining the captured people and taking them away one by one, flying into the distance.

The Nightmare Demon Lord also left, quickly disappearing from sight.

In an instant, Xu Hei was the only one left on this pitch-black island.

Xu Hei hurriedly got up, picked up the severed limbs from the ground, reattached them, and sat cross-legged to heal quickly.

Although the place was deserted, Xu Hei could feel a sense of being watched, indicating that the Nightmare Demon Lord was still monitoring him.

Unbeknownst to him, a brand had appeared inside the butcher’s body, located at Ye Kong’s brow.

Although the brand was extremely subtle, Xu Hei still noticed it—it was left by the Nightmare Demon Lord.

”Is he trying to test me?” Xu Hei thought to himself.

Clearly, the Nightmare Demon Lord had developed a strong interest in the butcher, which was obvious.

But Xu Hei didn’t want to be used as research material. If things went wrong, he could be locked up and dissected, which would be disastrous.

Xu Hei needed to avoid this situation at all costs, but he didn’t know the Nightmare Demon Lord’s temperament.

His only advantage at the moment was that his true form had turned into a sword, and no one knew, not even the Nightmare Demon Lord, who only detected Ye Kong as a living being.

He naturally assumed Ye Kong was Xu Hei’s true form.

Ji Ying was also locked within the sword, and due to the special nature of the Corpse Beetle, it too went unnoticed.

Xu Hei did nothing, sitting quietly to absorb the spiritual qi from the underground spiritual vein. The spiritual qi here could be directly extracted, making it a good place for secluded cultivation.

”If it really doesn’t work, I’ll have to abandon the butcher and escape on my own. That’s the last resort,” Xu Hei thought to himself.

Although the butcher was just a puppet, it had followed him for quite some time and had been continuously strengthened to have combat power from mid-stage to late-stage Core Formation. He didn’t want to give it up easily.

Moreover, Xu Hei had a feeling that even if he had another batch of corpses and a Transformation Pill, he might not be able to create a second butcher.

How the butcher was born, he had already forgotten.

As Xu Hei secluded himself, days passed by.

A week had passed since Xu Hei was captured.

When the news of the Twin Islands spread from the East Sea, it caused a huge uproar, like a tidal wave.

The Twin Islands, one of the three major islands in the East Sea, was attacked by the Sea God Sect, deploying two protectors and almost being wiped out.

Hearing this news, no matter which faction, everyone was shocked.

Although the Twin Islands narrowly escaped disaster, it gave the world a deep understanding of the Sea God Sect’s power.

The Nightmare Demon Lord alone could suppress two mid-stage Elemental Infants, almost killing them both with his own strength. The gap in power at the same realm was astonishing.

Yehuo Demon Lord Xu Fu fought alone against a thousand, even while hiding his cultivation, and easily destroyed a fourth-tier formation spirit.

If not for the appearance of a mysterious old dog that repelled the two demon lords, the Twin Islands might have ceased to exist, and not a single resident would have survived.

Jiang Chong and Jiang Ying were unconscious for a full week before waking up.

Although their cultivation hadn’t regressed, they were severely weakened, with their primordial spirits injured. This wasn’t a simple wound that could heal easily; it was a serious injury affecting their foundation.

Recalling the events of that day left the two of them with lingering fear.

”Even with the two of us working together and the protective formation, we could fight a late-stage Elemental Infant, but against that demon lord, we had no chance to retaliate,” Jiang Chong said gravely.

”Lack of intelligence, caught off guard. Next time we meet, we won’t be so helpless,” Jiang Ying replied.

On this day, a guest arrived at the Twin Islands.

The visitor was a middle-aged man in a red robe, exuding a strong vitality as he walked, with a large knife at his waist engraved with a blood-gold dragon pattern. The blood energy was overwhelming, and the surrounding space had a faint red hue.

Although this man’s cultivation hadn’t reached the Nascent Soul stage, he had shed the Golden Core and was on the verge of the Elemental Infant stage, known as the false infant realm.

This red-robed middle-aged man was none other than Xu Qingzhi, the head of the Snake Catchers Sect.

He came to the East Sea with only one purpose: to hunt down Xu Hei!

The Blood Source Tracking Technique had failed due to the distance, but at the moment of his breakthrough, he sensed Xu Hei in the far east, in the East Sea.

That’s why he pursued him all the way here.

The reason he hadn’t successfully formed a Nascent Soul wasn’t due to a lack of ability but because he deliberately suppressed it.

”The blood of others’ dragon slaying is not my path. I want to slay the dragon myself, bathe in the blood of a Flood Dragon, and achieve a perfect Nascent Soul, reaching the Great Perfection of intent!”

Xu Qingzhi’s eyes were fierce.

His previous defeat by Xu Hei was like a knot in his heart, constantly disturbing him. How could he break through with the mindset of a loser?

”What brings you to the Twin Islands, fellow Daoist?” Jiang Chong appeared before Xu Qingzhi and asked.

”I am Xu Qingzhi, head of the Snake Catchers Sect. I came to the East Sea to track down a person, or rather, a snake!”

Xu Qingzhi took out a picture and handed it over.

Jiang Chong glanced at it. The picture depicted several things.

There was the ugly butcher with dozens of faces on his head and a horned serpent covered in Black Gold Scales.

Below the two pictures were illustrations of magical treasures Xu Hei had used.

The Black Dragon Pagoda, Heavenly Demon Mirror, ivory flying sword, Blood God Armor, and more—none were missing.

Even Hei Huang, who killed the Fifteenth Ancestor in the final battle, and Xu Bai, who appeared during the pill refining session, were depicted. Any clues related to Xu Hei were not overlooked.

”Does the City Lord recognize these?” Xu Qingzhi asked with cupped fists.

Jiang Chong looked through it all, his expression turning strange, and said, ”I’ve heard of the Snake Catchers Sect. Is this your first time in the East Sea?”

Xu Qingzhi nodded, ”First time here.”

The Twin Islands, being one of the three major islands in the East Sea, was his first stop to expedite his search, avoiding smaller places.

”Is this your enemy?” Jiang Chong’s tone turned cold.

Xu Qingzhi’s eyes showed confusion, but he nodded, ”Naturally, a mortal enemy. Does the Island Lord have any information?”

Jiang Chong’s face instantly hardened, a cold gleam in his eyes, and his right hand rested on his storage bag.

”You have one breath’s time to get off the Twin Islands!”