Serpent Ancestor

”Kid, who exactly are you? Why do you give me such a feeling of disgust?”

The red-haired woman, holding the Fire Phoenix Seal, was enveloped in flames as she stared at Xu Hei. She hadn’t noticed it before, but now, upon closer inspection, she felt a strong aversion towards him.

Xu Hei remained silent, focusing all his energy on forming hand seals. The Star Sword Formation descended once more, while he frantically used a gourd to collect the spiritual liquid from the spiritual pool.

”Wild Stamp!”

Gongsun Bo gritted his teeth, his palm suddenly enlarging as he slammed it towards the Fire Phoenix Seal. The void exploded like a primordial beast’s full-force collision, sending terrifying ripples sweeping across the land.

”Boom!!”

Everyone felt their ears go deaf, as if two planets had collided, threatening to collapse the cave dwelling.

Even the Fire Phoenix Seal was knocked away by this strike. The red-haired woman let out a muffled groan, countless bones fractured, and her face turned pale.

The red-haired woman was not invincible; she had her limits. After dealing with Xue Yang and others, she fought Luo Gang, took a fivefold heavy punch from Gongsun Bo, and was finally ambushed by Xu Hei’s Great Star Sword Formation.

It was already remarkable that she hadn’t fallen on the spot.If Gongsun Bo’s power boost could last a bit longer, he was confident he could finish her off. But after this strike, he was utterly exhausted, lacking even the energy to roll the dice.

His strength plummeted to its lowest point.

”Retreat!” Xu Hei transmitted his voice.

Taking advantage of the Star Sword Formation’s interception, he had already collected more than half of the spiritual liquid from the pool, gaining a substantial harvest. There was no need to linger.

Moreover, he had a premonition.

He couldn’t reveal his identity as a flood dragon in front of this woman.

Luo Gang and Gongsun Bo exchanged a glance, then simultaneously leaped towards the cave dwelling’s entrance.

”You’ve injured me like this, none of you will escape!”

The red-haired woman glared furiously, holding the Fire Phoenix Seal, as a pair of crimson wings sprouted from her back, ready to intercept at the entrance.

But how could Xu Hei’s Great Star Sword Formation be so simple? With a single thought, the sword formation formed an impenetrable net, layer upon layer, expanding infinitely, stacking over a hundredfold, blocking the red-haired woman behind, with endless sword light forming the perfect barrier.

”Break for me!” the red-haired woman shouted, slamming the Fire Phoenix Seal forward. It collided with the sword net, shattering only a dozen layers before more sword light filled the gaps.

Suddenly, a continuous cracking sound was heard overhead, and the cave dwelling began to shake violently.

Everyone was startled, looking up to see countless cracks appearing on the stone walls of the cave dwelling, magma splattering beneath their feet, the void trembling, and massive boulders finally unable to withstand the pressure, crashing down.

”Crack, crack, crack...”

The Insect Emperor’s cave dwelling was about to collapse!

This was a dwelling left by an ancient mighty figure, yet it couldn’t withstand the attacks and was on the verge of collapse.

Everyone understood that although this ancient cave dwelling was sturdy, it had aged over time and had been occupied by the Insect Emperor for many years. It had long lost its original stability under the gnawing of the Spirit-Eating Ants.

And today, after the continuous battles, the ground had turned to magma, and the power of the stars was drawn by the sword formation above, reaching a critical point.

At this moment, everyone’s expressions changed drastically, even the trapped red-haired woman showed a look of fear.

If it collapsed, wouldn’t they all be buried here?

Now, with everyone’s survival at stake, they no longer cared about fighting and rushed desperately towards the entrance.

The red-haired woman shouted angrily, ”Disband the sword formation, and I won’t kill you!”

”Do you take me for a fool?” Xu Hei ignored her completely.

Although his True Dragon Sword was still the core of the sword formation, even if he had to abandon it, he would never disband the formation.

Otherwise, this crazy woman would surely charge up and kill him.

”Swish, swish, swish...”

Everyone rushed out of the gate simultaneously, running upwards, while the red-haired woman felt an unprecedented rage, on the verge of losing her mind, gritting her teeth, ”None of you will escape!”

She fixed her gaze on the distant Insect Emperor, saying, ”Kill them all, especially that ordinary-faced brat, don’t let him get away!”

The Insect Emperor opened its eyes, and the message was sent out.

Just as everyone exited the Insect Emperor’s cave dwelling, they saw a vast swarm of black shadows sweeping towards them from the horizon. Upon closer inspection, it was an army of Spirit-Eating Ants.

On the walls, the unhatched stone eggs all emitted cracking sounds, and one by one, the young Spirit-Eating Ants emerged, immediately lunging at the group.

”Join forces and charge out!” Luo Gang shouted.

With a wave of his hand, the sand in the ground obeyed his command, forming a sea of sand. Any Spirit-Eating Ants that entered were trapped and buried in the quicksand.

Xue Yang, under the apocalyptic phenomenon, turned all insects and ants into skeletons wherever he went, falling like rain.

The others also used their various methods, gathering together to fend off the Spirit-Eating Ants’ assault.

They were relatively fortunate, but Xu Hei was in dire straits. He was clearly being targeted, with Spirit-Eating Ants coming at him from the front, back, and even beneath his feet, attacking from all directions.

In fact, just by taking the spiritual liquid from the pool, he had become the target of everyone’s ire.

Luo Gang waved his hand, turning the ground beneath Xu Hei into sand, swallowing all the approaching insects.

But then, a swarm of tiny flying insects surged in. These insects were only the size of fingernails but moved incredibly fast.

Following that, Ghost-Faced Stone Spiders from behind sprayed webs and venom, all targeting Xu Hei alone.

The goal of these creatures was singular—Xu Hei!

”Fing Hell, you’re asking for it!”

Xu Hei formed hand seals, changing the sword momentum of the Star Sword Formation from trapping to killing, directing it towards the red-haired woman.

The trapping Star Sword Formation could form a hundred layers of sword light defense, but when transformed into a killing formation, the sword light became sharp and lethal, attacking the red-haired woman.

She was already at the end of her strength, and now, being attacked again, she was wounded even further, as if being sliced by a thousand cuts, with wounds deep enough to see the bone.

”You little beast, how dare you harm me! I’ll have your life!”

The red-haired woman was nearly driven mad with rage.

If she hadn’t taken two heavy punches from Gongsun Bo, how could Xu Hei have harmed her?

If she hadn’t underestimated him and walked into the sword formation, how could she have been wounded?

If she hadn’t been in continuous battles, consuming so much energy, how could she have been hurt by such a small fry?

Xu Hei’s cultivation was clearly insignificant, not even worth a glance, yet she fell into his trap.

Her pride would not allow it!

Behind the red-haired woman, a pair of flaming wings unfurled, and a feathered robe of blazing flames appeared on her smooth skin. When the sword light attacked again, it was completely deflected by the robe.

But her complexion grew even paler, and the flames dimmed.

”I will kill you with my own hands!”

Her eyes burned like fire, summoning all her blood energy, ready to strike.

But just then.

”Boom, boom, boom!!”

A massive boulder fell from above, crashing onto the sword formation. Immediately after, as if triggering a chain reaction, endless rocks rained down, burying the Star Sword Formation completely, along with the red-haired woman.

Xu Hei could no longer afford to counterattack the woman, rushing towards the passage above, only to see more and more swarms of insects coming at him, densely packed, covering the sky, making his scalp tingle.

The scale of it was enough to make everyone despair.

”Fellow Daoist Xu! What do we do?”

Luo Gang’s face changed, seeing so many insects, how could they possibly break through?

Xu Hei’s mind raced, quickly making a decision.

”You all go first, I’ll divert the swarm,” Xu Hei said seriously.

Without waiting for Luo Gang’s response, he turned back, heading into the Insect Emperor’s cave dwelling.

Xu Hei’s gaze shifted, locking onto the Insect Emperor, which was continuously sending out signals, and charged directly at it.