Serpent Ancestor

Xiong Yan, after sweeping away Jiang Nine Phoenix, ignited the entire sea of blood, turning it into a boiling sea of fire. Before long, a pale figure fled from the sea of blood—it was the androgynous Xiong Yan.

”This woman is peculiar!”

Xiong Yan spat out a mouthful of fiery blood, transformed into a slender streak of blood light, and fled into the distance without looking back, leaving behind a pool of burning blood on the ground.

Xu Hei’s eyes flashed with a serious expression.

This birdman is truly difficult to deal with. Unless he can be killed in one blow and his bones ground to dust, it’s best to avoid fighting him.

At this moment, the sea of blood quickly burned out, leaving only a burning sphere, like an eggshell, with Jiang Nine Phoenix lying inside.

The previously declining aura was rapidly rising; it was the Nirvana Fire.

Xu Hei decided not to linger and quickly retreated.

He glanced at Xu Bai unintentionally and found that Xu Bai was also looking at him.

In those snake-like eyes, Xu Hei saw a myriad of emotions: joy, reluctance, nostalgia, melancholy...What a complex gaze, revealing all the joys and sorrows of humanity.

”Xu Bai?” Xu Hei tentatively sent a voice transmission.

Xu Bai looked deeply at him, nodded, and a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes.

Xu Hei was stunned. It was really Xu Bai and not the Green Emperor?

At this moment, on the tombstone, the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon had been corroded to the point where only a remnant of its body remained. Its destruction was only a matter of time.

”The one who kills the target, I can assist you in breaking through to the Divine Transformation Stage.”

At this time, a distant voice drifted into everyone’s ears—it was the Tomb Elder speaking.

Upon hearing this, the previously hesitant crowd immediately became excited, their eyes filled with eagerness.

The Tomb Elder had made such a promise; whether true or false, who could refuse such temptation? Even the most steadfast person couldn’t resist.

”Attack!”

Ling Wushuang’s sleeve released countless flying swords, like a storm, slashing toward Xu Bai. He was the first to make a move.

Sun Wuxiang also acted simultaneously, casting several talismans, each with a different divine ability.

The others were not to be outdone, all unleashing their divine abilities, attacking Xu Bai.

Xu Bai looked at Xu Hei, the nostalgia in her eyes faded, replaced by a strange look.

At that moment, without her saying anything, Xu Hei understood.

The Green Emperor had awakened.

Taking advantage of the moment when Xu Hei was fighting Jiang Nine Phoenix, the Green Emperor broke free from the Spirit Bind state, her body rapidly transforming from a white snake into a woman in white.

She held a green lotus in her hand, green light rippling out like ripples on a calm lake, releasing a terrifying divine power that intercepted all attacks outside.

”Clang, clang, clang...”

Ling Wushuang’s flying swords shattered, and as soon as they were touched by the ripples, countless cracks appeared, disintegrating into nothingness.

Sun Wuxiang’s talismans also turned to ashes, leaving no trace.

The puppets released by Ji Shu exploded one by one after being hit by the ripples. Fortunately, he retreated in time; otherwise, he would have been injured himself.

As for the other rogue cultivators, they were even more vulnerable, their True Qi flowing backward, causing them to spew blood and fall to the ground.

”This is... the power of the Wood Law!” Wu Yuan exclaimed in shock.

The laws, a terrifying divine power only mastered at the Divine Transformation Stage.

Unfortunately, the laws of the Outer Battlefield are incomplete, harming oneself while hurting the enemy. Just like Xue Yang, using incomplete laws would inevitably lead to backlash.

After this strike, Xu Bai’s face turned pale, and one of her arms turned into wood.

At this moment, the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon had mostly disappeared, its screams becoming weaker. It could only last for about ten more breaths before vanishing completely.

The second wave of attacks arrived.

Ling Wushuang took out a giant sword, employing his most adept heavy sword technique. The sword expanded, transforming into a mountain a thousand feet high, making everyone else seem like ants in comparison.

”Heavy Sword Technique, Abyss Fall!”

With a low shout, Ling Wushuang’s Abyss Fall Sword descended, causing the space to tremble, destroying everything with overwhelming force.

”Five Elemental Dao Techniques: Sharpness, Brambles, Whirlpool, Nether Fire, Falling Star!”

Sun Wuxiang also revealed one of his trump cards, the Five Elemental Dao Techniques. He possessed a rare special constitution, the Five Elemental Dao Body. He had five spiritual roots simultaneously, yet it didn’t hinder his cultivation, allowing him to master the power of the Five Elements with ease.

Facing the full-force attack of the two, Xu Bai still raised her hand, rotating the green lotus, and activated the Wood Law!

The space trembled more violently, like turbulent seawater forming overlapping waves, sweeping forward. During this process, Xu Bai’s other arm also rapidly turned to wood.

The giant sword turned into a wooden sword, and the Five Elemental spells were surrounded by a forest, quickly decaying.

Even an incomplete Wood Law was not something that the divine abilities of the Elemental Infant stage could withstand; the two’s attacks were once again dismantled.

Xu Hei realized that Xu Bai was trying to buy time until the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon was completely destroyed.

But the cost was that both her arms turned to wood, which was clearly more than just losing an arm. If it were just a severed arm, with the Green Emperor’s medical skills, a single pill would suffice for healing.

”Should I make a move?” Xu Hei’s eyes flashed with hesitation.

What was his stance?

Helping Xu Bai now meant standing against everyone, openly challenging the Tomb Elder, and it implied that he had discovered the secret, making him a target for the Tomb Elder.

For Xu Hei, it meant putting himself in danger, losing all the benefits promised by the Tomb Elder, and offending the mastermind behind the scenes.

Moreover, was this person still Xu Bai?

Ji Shu’s gaze was fixed on the three fighting ahead, a resolute look flashing in his eyes. He took out a golden talisman and stuck it on his arm, then raised his arm, gathering dazzling white light.

The puppets around him fell one by one as he transferred all their power into his own body.

This was a very risky move; for a puppet master, only in a life-and-death situation would they use their true body.

As the golden talisman burned, a spatial crack appeared in his palm in an instant, with True Essence compressing rapidly, its sharp brilliance dazzling, causing the Void to shake violently.

Another law, this was the Gold Law.

To kill Xu Bai, he disregarded the backlash and used a trace of the law’s power.

And to counter this strike, Xu Bai, or rather the Green Emperor, had no choice but to use more of the Wood Law to withstand it.

Xu Hei could already see Xu Bai’s physical body rapidly turning to wood, starting from her legs and slowly transforming into wood, a backlash effect of the Wood Law.

At the same time.

Ji Shu’s body was also turning into metal, his physical body disappearing, a backlash effect of the Gold Law.

”To survive, I’ve given everything. Before leaving the Void Realm, I must break through to the Divine Transformation Stage. I have no choice! I can only fight!” Ji Shu’s eyes flashed with a sharp gleam.

If he didn’t break through to the Divine Transformation Stage, he would have no way out after leaving the Void Realm!

He had only this one path to take!

No matter who the opponent was, no matter what he faced, he had to transform. Otherwise, once outside, if the Divine Puppet Sect discovered his body snatching, he would surely die!

Ji Shu’s determination surpassed anyone present. When the sharp light in his palm reached its peak, a brilliant golden beam shot toward Xu Bai like the sun.

The scorching sun illuminated everything, melting the black earth, and this blast could pierce through stars!

Xu Hei sighed. In the end, he still moved. Just a second before the opponent fired, he waved his hand, releasing tens of thousands of Spirit-Eating Ants, swarming forward to block the beam.

At the same time, he also moved, charging toward Ji Shu’s true body.

Xu Hei didn’t know why he made this choice.

He just thought of a scene, where Xu Bai transformed into the Green Emperor and fought the sea god.

”Xu Bai is my companion. What is there to hesitate about?”

Xu Hei’s eyes were clearer than ever, as if he had found his path.

He had nothing to hesitate about; this was his truest inner thought.

”Boom!!”

Tens of thousands of Spirit-Eating Ants desperately devoured spiritual energy, but the power of this strike was too strong, scattering them in an instant, with more than half dead or injured. However, the blast’s power was also reduced to its lowest.

Simultaneously, Xu Hei reached Ji Shu, the Star-Moon Sword slicing through the brilliant star river, hanging like a waterfall in the sky, slashing toward Ji Shu’s forehead.

Xu Hei acted in advance, and Ji Shu noticed him, but he made no evasive moves, resolutely firing that blast, clearly having a backup plan.

”Clang!!”

Suddenly, a purple figure appeared before him, intercepting Xu Hei’s Star-Moon Sword with an unremarkable large blade.

The quasi-fifth-tier magical treasure, the Star-Moon Sword, its brilliant star river was halted halfway.

Xu Hei looked at the person before him, stunned.

The purple figure was none other than Han Te.

”Fellow Daoist Xu, my apologies, but this person is my patron. You cannot kill him!” Han Te said with a slightly apologetic smile.

Xu Hei’s pupils contracted, seeing Han Te holding an unremarkable large blade, seemingly made of ordinary iron, rusted and devoid of any spiritual power fluctuations.

It was more like a rectangular iron slab than a blade, yet it blocked Xu Hei’s star river.

”Get out of my way!”

Xu Hei kicked out, hitting Han Te’s abdomen. Han Te spat out a mouthful of blood, flew out, and crashed into the ground, creating a large pit, lying motionless like a dead dog.

Xu Hei was once again stunned.

His full-force strike was blocked, yet a casual kick sent Han Te flying. How did Han Te suddenly become so weak?

The contrast was too great, almost unreal.

”Han Te, keep fighting!” Ji Shu roared.

”Ouch, my stomach hurts, it hurts so much!”

Han Te clutched his stomach, curling up like a shrimp, spitting out another mouthful of blood, his face pale as paper, as if gravely injured.

”The opponent is too strong, I can’t hold them off unless...” Han Te lamented.

Ji Shu’s mouth twitched, taking out a storage bag and tossing it over.

The supposedly gravely injured Han Te suddenly sprang up, caught the storage bag, glanced at it, and discreetly put it away.

Then he became lively again, standing in front of Xu Hei, resting the large blade on his shoulder.

Such a bizarre scene left everyone speechless.

”Swish!”

Suddenly, Han Te made a move. As he picked up the large blade, he unleashed a slash that tore through the sky and earth, forming a terrifying arc that swept toward Xu Hei.

”Star-Moon Nine Transformations, Nine Swords as One!”

Xu Hei unleashed the strongest divine ability of the Star-Moon Sword to date, the nine-in-one strike, colliding with the arc.

”Boom!!”

A world-shattering strike shook the Void, the ground beneath exploding, sending up a massive wave of air. Two nearby rogue cultivators spat blood, heavily injured by the impact.

Xu Hei was also knocked back, while Han Te retreated again, landing in front of Ji Shu, who quickly took out another storage bag.

Xu Hei gritted his teeth and said, ”Han Te, you work for money, right?”

”Cough, cough, as a bounty hunter, it’s my duty.” Han Te said earnestly.

Xu Hei pondered for a moment, taking out a crystal and placing it in his palm.

As soon as this item appeared, the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth surged, turning into a milky white halo.

It was the only Supreme Spirit Stone Xu Hei had!

Han Te’s pupils shrank, his eyes fixated.

”Will this make you act?” Xu Hei asked coldly.

Han Te nodded vigorously.

”Fellow Daoist Xu, no, Senior Xu, whatever you command, I will do!” Han Te’s voice trembled with excitement, almost incoherent.

This was a Supreme Spirit Stone, something many people never saw in their lifetime, and Xu Hei had taken it out.

Xu Hei remained expressionless, pointing at Ji Shu, ”Take him out, and the Supreme Spirit Stone is yours!”

”Well...” Han Te looked troubled, ”He’s also my esteemed guest. How can I betray an esteemed guest? You’re putting me in a difficult position! Unless...”

Unless more money is added, right?

Unfortunately, Xu Hei had no more money to add. Otherwise, he wouldn’t mind adding some to take out Ji Shu. This person could use the Gold Law against Xu Bai, showing his decisive nature, not an ordinary opponent.

Having offended such an opponent, it’s best to eliminate him, which was Xu Hei’s style.

”Then take them out!” Xu Hei pointed at Ling Wushuang and Sun Wuxiang.

”Alright, no problem.”

Without hesitation, Han Te charged at Ling Wushuang and the others.

This group, originally attacking Xu Bai, changed their expressions when they saw Han Te coming and had to give their full attention.

Xu Hei waved his hand, recalling the remaining swarm.

Out of ten thousand insects, three thousand died, and three thousand were heavily injured, the result of that Gold Law blast.

However, Xu Hei still had a thousand elite Ghostface Stone Spiders and fifteen queen insects, including one mutated queen.

He took a deep look at Ji Shu but ultimately didn’t attack, to avoid drawing Han Te’s attention. Ji Shu’s body was already half-metal, making movement difficult, clearly not a threat.

Xu Hei immediately charged at Ling Wushuang and the others.

Ji Shu stood motionless, his eyes filled with intense unwillingness.