Serpent Ancestor

The surging True Essence expelled from Xu Hei’s body, purifying a large area of pollution. However, not long after he left, the black substances gathered again.

Only within a hundred-mile radius of Xu Hei was there a purified area.

Seeing the situation behind him, Xu Hei calmed down and quickly pondered.

”Since the Sea God Altar is the source of the pollution, can I find the source’s location by tracking the speed of the pollution?”

”As long as I find the source, no matter how deeply the Sea God Altar is hidden, it can be discovered!”

As Xu Hei’s eyes flickered, the Flood Dragon behind him attacked once more. Countless ice spikes appeared in the surrounding seawater, shooting toward Xu Hei.

It was the fourth form of the Azure Dragon Immortal Spell, Condense Ice!

Xu Hei had to be cautious now. A layer of White Tooth Armor appeared on his body, covered by thick earth to form the Earth Armor. Then, he accelerated, breaking through the ice encirclement, and with a move called Dragon Raising Its Head, collided fiercely with the Inner Demon Flood Dragon.

”Poof!!”

The Flood Dragon was shattered again, with half of its body flying into the murky seawater, disappearing from sight.Xu Hei knew that as long as the pollution remained, the Inner Demon could never be truly killed. He had to locate the altar in the brief moment the opponent was repelled.

”The speed of the pollution...”

With a thought, Xu Hei unleashed True Essence dozens of times more powerful than before, surging from the Dragon Vein, forming visible waves that swept in all directions, clearing a large area of the polluted sea.

During this process, the black pollution constantly clashed with the True Essence.

Then, Xu Hei stopped expelling True Essence, and the blackness invaded from all directions. Observing his surroundings, he found the speed at which the blackness approached was almost the same.

”No! That’s not right, the source’s pollution must be faster, it can’t be the same speed!”

”The reason I didn’t notice is that my perception isn’t strong enough!”

Xu Hei took out the blindfold Yu Jianqiu had given him and put it on, carefully sensing.

He blocked out his five senses, leaving only the perception of the pollution’s strength.

Under such meticulous observation, after just a moment, Xu Hei removed the blindfold and aimed southeast. It was there that the pollution approached slightly faster.

Even though it was just a slight difference, Xu Hei keenly noticed it.

”There!”

Xu Hei’s figure flashed, shooting toward the southeast.

At this moment, the Sea God, at the center of the battlefield, raised an eyebrow and unexpectedly glanced at Xu Hei.

”Oh?” The Sea God withdrew his gaze and glanced at Hei Huang, saying, ”Did you notice something?”

”What are you talking about? I don’t understand,” Hei Huang replied expressionlessly.

”Not you?” The Sea God’s eyes narrowed.

If it wasn’t Hei Huang pointing the way, then who could it be? Could it be that the ant discovered it on his own?

The Sea God immediately left the battlefield, rushing toward Xu Hei’s direction.

”Boom!!”

Suddenly, the Sea God was struck heavily, knocked back as if he had hit an invisible wall, bouncing back directly.

With a slightly surprised look, he glanced at Hei Huang.

At this moment, Hei Huang’s dog-shaped physical body disappeared, reverting to a shadowy outline without a tangible body.

This was the true form of the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon!

The extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon had no form, only appearing as a shape by mimicking external creatures.

The Sea God stared at Hei Huang for a long time, then suddenly burst into laughter, ”Hahaha, Heavenly Demon Scattered Person, this is the real you, you’ve finally reverted back, haven’t you? Hahaha!”

Returning to an intangible form, Hei Huang’s Inner Demon was broken without attack, dissipating into nothing.

Only tangible forms could be copied; intangible forms could not be copied, thus eliminating the Inner Demon.

”As you wished, isn’t this the day you’ve been waiting for?”

Hei Huang’s head revealed a row of sharp fangs. Despite being intangible, his outline remained in a dog shape.

”Hahaha, I haven’t been this excited in a long time. If I devour you, I should be able to evolve once more!” The Sea God trembled with excitement.

”Who devours whom is yet to be seen!” Hei Huang sneered.

”Then let’s find out!”

The Sea God’s figure flashed, rushing toward Hei Huang. Hei Huang advanced instead of retreating, colliding like a ghost, his sharp limbs clawing frantically, shaking the space, yet the seawater remained unaffected.

Their battle seemed not to belong to this world, visible only as a projection, without any residual shockwaves.

If not for the constant spatial tremors, one might think they were merely acting.

…………

After advancing for a while, Xu Hei released a massive amount of True Essence again, parting the seawater to reconfirm, finding his direction was correct.

The closer he got, the more he sensed the acceleration of the pollution.

After a short time passed.

Xu Hei arrived at an empty seabed.

At this moment, he could see in the void ahead a continuously emitting black outlet. As soon as True Essence approached and cleared the blackness, new blackness would immediately appear.

This was where the Sea God Altar was located, the source of the black pollution!

Xu Hei approached a little more, and with a burst of True Essence, he summoned wind and rain, two Divine Abilities colliding in the void ahead.

”Boom!!”

With a loud explosion, an invisible stone brick appeared in the seawater ahead. Xu Hei focused his gaze and indeed saw a pyramid-shaped object, only concealed by a Formation.

”Great, I finally found it!”

Xu Hei’s eyes were filled with excitement.

Without hesitation, he rushed toward the Sea God Altar. According to Hei Huang’s previous guidance, he only needed to reach directly above the altar and place the Formation plate Hei Huang had given him to completely destroy the altar.

Now that he had found the altar, his goal was halfway achieved, and the Sea God was truly being held back.

But at this critical moment.

Suddenly, a sharp light flashed ahead. Xu Hei barely dodged, only to see a sharp sword standing in his path.

With one sword strike, it triggered a chain reaction, countless sword shadows falling from the sky, forming an impenetrable sword net, slashing toward Xu Hei.

”Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...”

Xu Hei could only activate his armor to defend, but after just a few breaths, his armor shattered, the heavy earth-element True Essence sliced open, and even the bones of White Tooth were severed.

Sword Qi struck Xu Hei’s dragon scales, producing a clanging sound. Each sword strike carried Sword Qi into his body, forcing him to spit out a mouthful of blood, sending him flying.

Xu Hei looked up, stunned.

Above and below, a total of thirty-six flying swords stood in his path, perfectly enveloping the altar. Anyone daring to approach would fall within the sword formation’s control, becoming a living target.

It was the familiar Star Sword Formation!

It was the strongest Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Star Sword Formation Xu Hei could currently deploy.

”Damn it!”

Xu Hei’s face darkened.

He saw a pitch-black Flood Dragon coiled at the center of the Heavenly Gang Star Sword Formation, acting as the formation’s controller, looking down at him.

”I already guessed you were searching for the altar’s location, so I prepared a surprise for you. How does it feel?”

The other ”Xu Hei” had a calm expression, giving Xu Hei no chance to catch his breath, controlling the sword formation to attack again.

Xu Hei immediately understood that this Inner Demon could not only replicate his form but also his personality, his caution, even his flying swords.

He could think of a way to find the altar, and so could this Inner Demon.

He could find the altar and destroy it. This Inner Demon could arrive at the altar in advance, set up the Star Sword Formation, and defend it.

Setting up the Star Sword Formation required time, and Xu Hei couldn’t use the same formation to counterattack, putting him at a disadvantage.

Sword Qi crisscrossed, sword light howled, sealing all escape routes.

”What a troublesome opponent!”

Xu Hei was repeatedly forced back by the sword formation, his armor shattered beyond recognition. The opponent seemed to know the armor’s weaknesses, targeting the vulnerable spots, even the Sword Qi aimed at the gaps between his dragon scales.

The opponent knew him completely!

In just a few breaths, Xu Hei was covered in wounds, and the opponent’s displayed strength was not inferior to his own.

This made Xu Hei suspect that the Inner Demon had been feigning weakness earlier to lower his guard, making it easier to set up the sword formation and trap Xu Hei.

”Boom!!”

Infinite True Essence surged from Xu Hei’s body again. Although the Demon Lord’s True Essence couldn’t be used by him, it could be released mindlessly.

In an instant, the approaching sword light was repelled.

The Inner Demon didn’t have the Demon Lord’s True Essence, which was one of Xu Hei’s advantages.

However, the opponent also had omnipresent demonic essence as a supplement. Unless it could be defeated in one move, it would quickly recover, which was the Inner Demon’s advantage.

Both sides were evenly matched, if not for being trapped in the Star Sword Formation.

Xu Hei took healing pills while continuously expelling True Essence for defense.

”Let me think, what other advantages do I have?”

Xu Hei knew that his Magical Treasures, Divine Abilities, physical strength, etc., could all be copied. What couldn’t be copied seemed to be...

Xu Hei suddenly thought of the Demon God Cauldron.

But the Demon God Cauldron didn’t seem useful in combat, mostly serving auxiliary roles like speeding up healing, accelerating cultivation, and providing poison immunity...

”Wait, poison immunity?”

Xu Hei’s eyes lit up.

The poisonous insects he raised could even poison himself! Although his poison resistance increased after breaking through to the Elemental Infant stage, Ji Ying had also consumed many poisonous substances, becoming stronger.

Moreover, even if it couldn’t take effect immediately, over time, as long as there was a slight effect, the balance of victory would tilt.

However, if he could think of this, could the opponent also think of it?

After all, the Inner Demon had the same mind as the original.

Regardless, Xu Hei decided to give it a try.

He didn’t retreat, immediately taking out thirty-six flying swords, which floated in the air, reinforcing the outside of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Star Sword Formation.

”Setting up a sword formation at this time, what are you trying to do?” Inner Demon Xu Hei frowned.

His attacks didn’t stop, the sword light continuously charging, but being repelled by the Demon Lord’s True Essence each time. In the case of infinite True Essence, such attacks couldn’t get close.

Such a shameless defensive method, extremely wasteful of True Essence, could only be used by Xu Hei.

”What, do you intend to attack me this way?”

Inner Demon Xu Hei thought.

Suddenly, within the Sea God Altar, the speed of the black pollution surged tenfold, a hundredfold, clashing with Xu Hei’s vast True Essence, rapidly annihilating each other.