Serpent Ancestor

Countless figures surged out from the black seawater, cackling eerily as they charged toward the people on Martial Arts Island.

At this moment, Penglai Island had already activated its protective formation, encasing it from all directions like an impenetrable eggshell. Martial Arts Island was the only breach.

”Kill!”

The crowd roared in fury, rushing towards the cultivators of the Sea God Sect.

The two sides quickly clashed, the terrifying aura of slaughter spreading in all directions! The scale of this battle was unprecedented, with over a thousand participants, most of whom were at the Core Formation Stage.

Those with lower cultivation levels didn’t even qualify to participate; they could only retreat to the rear, maintain formations, or serve as support, treating the wounded.

The sounds of killing, roaring, screaming, and magical treasures clashing filled the air. As time passed, one by one, renowned experts fell to the ground.

Once the pride of the heavens, once familiar teammates, once elders guarding a region—all joined the battle, either emerging bloodied or falling dead.

Tragic and magnificent!

These Core Formation cultivators, who could be considered powerful figures outside, were nothing but insignificant cannon fodder in such a large-scale battle, falling like wheat, their magical treasures crushed, dying like ants.The true outcome of the battle lay in the sky above Martial Arts Island.

That was where the high-level battle took place.

Just like last time, the Soul Refining Demon Lord was shrouded in shadows, but his eyes were even brighter, as if they could see through everything.

”Yu Jianqiu, transferring your power to a clone before your death was a clever move, but it’s just prolonging the inevitable. Can you still strike a single sword now?” the Soul Refining Demon Lord sneered.

At this moment, a third eye appeared on his forehead—this was the Eye of the Sea God.

”Whoosh!!”

A water arrow shot forth, but the Soul Refining Demon Lord retreated in advance, pressing a palm filled with lightning against the water column. The terrifying lightning transformed into a long snake, shooting back and striking the Water Kylin’s forehead.

”Smack!!”

The Water Kylin retreated a hundred feet, its face charred black.

With just a simple probe, it was injured.

”How can this be?” the Water Kylin was incredulous.

The opponent’s palm lightning was completed the moment it made a move.

It was as if its actions were anticipated, and countermeasures were prepared in advance, using palm lightning to counterattack, perfectly executed.

”Boom!!”

The scholar charged forward, muscles bulging, robes bursting, fists like mountains pounding out like a storm, but the Soul Refining Demon Lord flickered continuously, evading every attack in advance.

”Scholar, you’re too slow!”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord precisely struck a palm through the gaps of the scholar’s fists, hitting its chest. The scholar, as if struck by a heavy blow, spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying back.

Meanwhile, a sword light from Yu Jianqiu was easily deflected by a golden bell, neutralizing it effortlessly.

All their attacks seemed to be anticipated!

”Do you know? The Eye of the Sea God can foresee the future. I’ve seen your fate—death!”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord looked at the three figures, delivering a judgmental voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Soul Refining Demon Lord shot out like a cannonball, countless chains flying from his body, binding the Water Kylin. Simultaneously, his arm swelled a hundredfold, transforming into a massive handprint, slamming down on the scholar.

On one side of his body, countless formation patterns appeared, precisely blocking Yu Jianqiu’s incoming sword.

”Thud! Thud! Thud!”

The three figures were simultaneously injured.

Everything the Soul Refining Demon Lord did seemed as if he could truly see the future, seeing everyone’s fate.

Seeing the high-level combatants falling behind, everyone’s hearts sank.

What plunged them into further despair was that anyone from the Sea God Sect who got injured would jump back into the polluted seawater for a while and immediately recover.

Even injuries that should be fatal, like severed limbs, decapitation, or shattered Golden Cores, would be healed in a short time once they returned to the seawater, coming back in full strength.

How could they fight like this?

Unless they obliterated the opponent in one move, leaving no trace, the opponent would immediately be back to full vigor.

”Hai Teng, the person you just killed has revived again,” the Nine-Headed Worm transmitted.

”I saw.”

Hai Teng’s gaze was fixed on a distant elder, his expression extremely grim.

He had killed the opponent three times, and each time the opponent could stand up again, injuries healed, true essence replenished, utterly unkillable.

Xiong Dabao and Bai Qiushui were fighting even more desperately. They excelled in close combat, but against the tactic of exchanging life for injury and group assault, they were helpless.

Bai Luo was the most relaxed; he alone was like an army, leading over a hundred puppets, overwhelming a group, the enemy unable to get close.

However, he also found it difficult to kill the enemy completely, only able to protect himself, maintaining a balance.

Among the Chosen, the only one holding the upper hand was Xu Bai!

”In that case, devour them completely.”

Xu Bai’s fighting style was simple; she turned the surrounding hundred miles into a sea of plants. These plants had strong binding power, were poisonous, and could devour opponents, turning them into nutrients for the plants.

Her position was one of the few battlefields where they held the upper hand.

Elsewhere, the Sea God Sect used their immortality advantage to repeatedly crush several teams. They dared to fight desperately, knowing they could revive, while those from Penglai Island, once dead, were gone forever.

With this shift in balance, Penglai Island, which initially had a numerical advantage, lost half its people in just the time it takes a stick of incense to burn.

In contrast, the Sea God Sect lost only one-fifth.

The mid and lower-level battles were like this, and the high-level ones were also in dire straits.

No matter how Yu Jianqiu and the others attacked, the Soul Refining Demon Lord could see through it, and the traps they set were easily seen through.

Intent, magical treasures, and physical combat—all useless.

No solution, absolutely no solution!

The Eye of the Sea God, combined with the bizarre polluted seawater, allowed the Sea God Sect to firmly hold the upper hand, leaving them clueless on how to break the stalemate.

”I know you’ve prepared many methods to counter Divine Sense attacks. As soon as I use a Divine Sense attack, I’ll fall into your trap.”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord glanced at the ashen-faced crowd, a cold smile curling at his lips, ”Unfortunately, I’ve seen through your tricks.”

”Soul Absorbing Formation? Soul Locking Pearl? What else, oh? So it’s the Soul Severing Sword.”

He listed the methods of the three, causing a storm in the scholar’s heart.

The Soul Refining Demon Lord was undoubtedly most skilled at Divine Sense attacks, yet today, he hadn’t used it even once.

What he used was the purest form of physical combat.

This was unexpected for everyone.

Abandoning what he was best at and using another method, yet still so terrifying, even suppressing the scholar, all of this stemmed from that third eye.

”Can he really foresee the future?” the Water Kylin said solemnly.

”Don’t believe his nonsense!” the scholar gritted his teeth.

To this, the Soul Refining Demon Lord merely gave a cold smile, ”My next move, you might die, do you believe it?”

His third eye rapidly contracted, conducting a swift deduction.

The next second, he vanished from his original spot, like a glimmer of light, charging towards the scholar’s position.

In his vision, he saw the Water Kylin coming to the rescue, Yu Jianqiu using the Star Sword Formation to bind him, and the scholar desperately self-destructing.

These were his deductions!

The three’s responses were very correct; sacrificing the scholar’s life to injure or even severely wound him was the best counter-strategy.

However, did they really think he had no other means?

No matter how severe his injuries, as long as he returned to the seawater, even someone as powerful as him could instantly recover. This was his trump card, enough to plunge everyone into despair.

The polluted seawater could heal even a guardian like him, and that was the key!

”Let’s take down the scholar first!”

Just as the Soul Refining Demon Lord made this decision.

Suddenly, his third eye turned again, revealing a new scene.

It was a scene of him severely injured, preparing to fall into the seawater for healing.

During this process, a pitch-black flood dragon suddenly emerged from somewhere, intercepting him on the way, swallowing him whole with its devouring mouth.

At this point, the deduction reached its limit and was forcibly interrupted.

”Something’s wrong!”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord’s face darkened, his previously advancing figure halting instantly, retreating a thousand feet away, staring intently at the seawater below.

That flood dragon, he didn’t know where it came from, but although he couldn’t see clearly who it was, the threat it posed was real.

”Mo Xuan? I almost forgot about you.”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord coldly smiled, his third eye beginning another deduction.

The Eye of the Sea God granted him a special ability, allowing him to conduct infinite deductions based on his powerful Divine Sense!

There was nothing he couldn’t see through.

Although this ability had its limits and couldn’t be used indefinitely, finding Mo Xuan was enough.

”There!”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord grabbed the air, tearing open space, pulling out a pitch-black old flood dragon, gripping its neck.

This flood dragon was the hidden Mo Xuan.

Mo Xuan’s tail was already severed, leaving only a remnant body, long past its prime.

This was why he never wanted to leave his cave dwelling; he didn’t want anyone to see how pathetic his severed body was.

”Star Sword Formation!”

Yu Jianqiu gave a low shout, seventy-two flying swords unsheathed simultaneously, manifesting a sword formation in the sky. Mo Xuan’s physical body took advantage of the situation, entwining for a final strike, a deathly strangle!

”Crack!!”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord’s body was twisted apart, the sword formation instantly forming, and the scholar and Water Kylin also charged into the fray, delivering their strongest blows to his face.

”Smack!!”

The scholar’s fist landed, caving in the Soul Refining Demon Lord’s chest, the Water Kylin’s tornado cannon blasting into the cavity, exploding with a roar, scattering flesh and blood, then gathered by the Star Sword Formation, not allowing a single drop of blood to escape.

The coordination of the four experts was seamless! Directly shattering the Soul Refining Demon Lord into pieces!

”A nice counterattack, a perfect tactic! To reward you, I’ll give you a big gift!”

The Soul Refining Demon Lord sneered, and from his blood and flesh fragments, countless formation patterns were engraved, each drop of blood burning with flames.

He had long prepared for being shattered.

These flame patterns were inscribed in advance.

”Blood Kill Explosion!”

At this moment, the Soul Refining Demon Lord’s blood exploded instantly, the inscribed patterns expanding, transforming into endless flames, illuminating the heavens and earth.

”Not good! Retreat quickly!” the scholar shouted.

In the nick of time, as all the high-level combatants were about to be shattered, the Water Kylin merely sighed softly.

”Too late!”

The Water Kylin closed its eyes, its flesh and blood disintegrating, forming a vast water wall, blocking all the expanding flames, absorbing most of the impact.

The Water Kylin, in the end, couldn’t withstand it all.

And Mo Xuan, who was closest, his physical body bore the brunt, incinerated by the flames, leaving only a head, blasted away, landing on Martial Arts Island.

If not for the Water Kylin sacrificing itself to become a water wall, blocking all the flames, even this one head would have been burned to ashes.

The Water Kylin and Mo Xuan fell.