Serpent Ancestor

”Everyone, leave now! No one is allowed inside!”

The moment they heard this voice, everyone felt a terrifying killing intent sweeping out from the cave.

It seemed that if they dared to enter, they would be attacked by a violent storm.

”Flame Demon Daoist, who is inside?” Qing Shuang hurriedly asked.

The Flame Demon Ancestor quickly replied, ”It’s that ancient human cultivator, and...”

Before he could finish, he leaped back at full speed.

Immediately after, everyone saw a pair of glowing green eyes appear in the cave, stepping forward with each step shaking the earth, accompanied by overwhelming murderous aura.

If it were just one person, the Flame Demon Ancestor wouldn’t be so tense.

Then, they saw a second pair, a third pair, a fourth pair of eyes...

These figures appeared, emitting a ghastly green glow all over, like zombies after death, with an aura reaching the Great Perfection in the Divine Transformation stage. Without a word, they charged at the crowd.”Retreat quickly!”

Everyone’s faces changed drastically, and they fled backward at the fastest speed.

And these zombies, mercilessly, chased after the crowd.

”Who are these people...”

Xu Hei retreated while focusing his gaze backward.

Among them, one wore a gray robe, an elderly human with a weathered appearance. Xu Hei could immediately tell that this was a human cultivator!

Very likely the senior who descended on Dark Star back then!

The other five figures were covered in withered branches and leaves, or entangled in thorns, or resembled vines, or had turned into withered trees. They were clearly the masters of the Wood Spirit Clan who had fallen here back then.

After their deaths, their cultivation not only didn’t decline but under some strange power, they had the aura fluctuations of Great Perfection in the Divine Transformation stage.

Even as zombies, they were still a threat!

”Leave, leave!”

The human senior charged towards the Flame Demon Ancestor while murmuring.

The other figures each chose their targets and pursued them.

Qing Shuang looked anxious and shouted, ”Everyone, this is not a suitable place for battle. These corpses are not fast. Let’s shake them off first.”

”Alright!”

Everyone had the same thought and fled at high speed.

Although these corpses had strong auras, they were ultimately dead objects, unable to burn their primordial spirits, and didn’t understand the divine abilities and secret techniques from their lifetimes, nor did they have magical treasures to assist them. Naturally, they were slower.

However, during their escape, spatial rifts frequently appeared ahead, dividing their paths.

Thus, after fleeing for a while, everyone was scattered.

The zombies chasing them also spread out, each pursuing their own target.

”Everyone, let’s split up and shake off these corpses first, then regroup at the cave entrance,” Qing Shuang signaled to everyone.

”I agree,” the Flame Demon Ancestor said.

The others also gave affirmative responses.

There must be a big secret inside the cave!

Especially since the Flame Demon Ancestor was the first to enter voluntarily, he might have discovered something.

No one present would be willing to leave empty-handed.

Moreover, the retreat path behind them was sealed by a miasma restriction, unless they used a flag to disperse it again.

”So these seniors all died here, and their treasures might have been left in the cave.”

”In that case, the Flame Demon Ancestor’s motive makes sense.”

Xu Hei’s mind was filled with thoughts.

In any case, he also needed to shake off the pursuers quickly and return to the cave to see if he could gain anything.

However, judging by the words of the deceased senior, there might be big trouble in the cave. Whether to go in alone required careful consideration.

”Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

Xu Hei flickered continuously, leaving a Wood Spirit Clan corpse far behind, only a small black dot remained when he looked back.

”Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a spatial rift appeared in front of the Wood Spirit Clan member, and he didn’t dodge or evade, crashing straight into it.

”Crack!”

The space shattered like glass, and half of the Wood Spirit Clan member’s body was sliced in two by the space.

He quickly transformed from human form into a withered tree split in half.

Such terrifying destructive power made Xu Hei secretly click his tongue. If he had crashed into it, he would have met the same fate!

However, the withered tree continued to move, its roots like countless legs climbing, still pursuing Xu Hei.

”This corpse seems to lack intelligence, not even knowing to dodge spatial rifts.”

”In that case, maybe I can use the special environment here to kill this Wood Spirit Clan member.”

Xu Hei’s eyes flickered as he scanned the area and found a massive spatial rift.

Xu Hei glanced at the Wood Spirit Clan member, then flickered behind the massive spatial rift.

This was a very risky move; no one could predict the changes in spatial rifts. If luck was bad and the rift suddenly moved to Xu Hei’s face, he would be done for.

But such situations rarely occurred.

After Xu Hei moved, the severed Wood Spirit Clan corpse continued to pursue in a straight line.

Without dodging or evading, a few breaths later, it crashed into the massive spatial rift.

”Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...”

The Wood Spirit Clan corpse was sliced into countless pieces, the remains scattered all over, struggling a few times before gradually calming down.

Only a pile of withered branches and leaves remained.

Xu Hei didn’t approach but released puppet threads to collect the withered tree corpse pieces one by one.

Although this person was dead, being a late Divine Power stage Wood Spirit Clan member, even the corpse fragments were valuable.

After finishing this, Xu Hei glanced at a shadow in the distance and said, ”Have you seen enough?”

”Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xu, what a brilliant method to deal with the pursuers like this. You’ve opened my eyes!”

The shadow rose into the air, transforming into a human shape, with only the outline of a pair of eyes visible.

This person was Night Sky, who had been following all along.

He was the only one not pursued earlier, showing his strong concealment abilities, even the Great Perfection in the Divine Power stage zombies couldn’t sense him.

”You didn’t come to flatter me, so just say what you want.” Xu Hei’s eyes were wary.

This person’s attitude had been strange before, and now following him, there must be something.

”Fellow Daoist Xu, no need to be so unfriendly. I mean no harm.”

Night Sky smiled and said slowly, ”I heard Hei Xuan died at your hands?”

”Oh?” Xu Hei raised an eyebrow, vaguely guessing something, and said, ”That’s right, Hei Xuan was hired to plot against me, and I killed him in return. Is there a problem?”

”Hei Xuan sought his own death, so there’s no problem with you killing him.”

Night Sky’s eyes flashed, and he said leisurely, ”However, the two treasures on Hei Xuan belonged to the Shadow Clan. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xu could part with them and sell them to me?”