Serpent Ancestor

”Wait, what is he trying to do?!”

A look of astonishment flashed in the eyes of the Thorn King.

The deeper underground in the Dark Star, the higher the pressure, and it doesn’t increase gradually but multiplies!

Moreover, the density of the Dark Star is already high, and the pressure here is unbearable even for a Void Shattering Stage cultivator!

”Stop!”

The Thorn King promptly severed the law, halting his movement.

Xu Hei also stopped descending, put away the Star Compass, and retreated from the spatial passage.

When the two returned underground, they found themselves in a sea of blue magma.

This blue magma, like flowing diamonds, created a bizarre yet magnificent scene with immense pressure and extreme heat.

This wasn’t even the core of the Dark Star, just near the mantle.If it were the core, it would be even more terrifying.

A golden bell shield formed around the Thorn King’s body, keeping the magma at bay. He looked at Xu Hei and said, ”Do you think bringing me here means I’m no longer your match?”

”Though some of my techniques are indeed hard to perform here, what can you do in this environment?”

He had survived in the Dark Star for countless years, and while he might not know it inside out, his adaptability far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators.

Did Xu Hei really think such high pressure and temperature would intimidate him?

Xu Hei stood amidst the magma, his physical body carbonizing over large areas upon contact, flesh peeling away. Even with his body’s strength, the environment was harsh.

Seeing this, the Thorn King let out a cold smile.

But the next moment left the Thorn King stunned.

Xu Hei took a deep breath, and a rock imprint appeared on his forehead, spreading across his body—it was the Earth Law.

Then, the heat and Spiritual Qi in the magma were drawn towards Xu Hei’s body at a terrifying speed.

Xu Hei’s nearly depleted Spiritual Power surged rapidly, his frail body expanding wildly. Flesh and blue magma fused, becoming more solid, denser, forming a crystalline state.

Like a mountain growing larger and taller!

This move was called... Earth Core Transformation!

”Rumble...”

Like an unprecedented earthquake, countless energy storms were devoured by Xu Hei, absorbed and integrated into his body.

”Roar!!”

A beast-like roar erupted from Xu Hei’s throat, his body crystallizing visibly, from head to toe, inside and out.

This was the ultimate use of the Earth Law, the display of the strongest power!

”How is this possible?!”

The Thorn King was dumbfounded.

Absorbing the power of the earth core and using it for himself—how did he do it? Even with such a Divine Ability, how could he withstand the power of the Dark Star’s core?

The stronger the earth core’s power, the stronger Xu Hei’s Earth Core Transformation became. This was his first time using this move, showing unparalleled results.

”Did you really think I was afraid of you? Not your match?”

Xu Hei’s voice was like muffled thunder, like steel, like the solid earth.

His previous display of weakness was merely to lull the opponent into a trap.

This was a path he had prepared long ago.

Now, when those wisps approached again, they couldn’t diminish his power in the slightest. Whatever was drawn, Xu Hei replenished from the earth core.

Infinitely growing, infinitely strong!

This was not only the merit of the Earth Core Transformation but also the refining effect of the Demon God Cauldron and the application of the White Emperor Sutra. The combination of the three created such a heaven-defying form.

Before long, everything calmed down.

After Xu Hei absorbed all the energy, the magma turned to dust, disintegrating into nothingness. Around Xu Hei, an empty area appeared, a miracle in the depths of the Dark Star.

”Phew!”

Xu Hei exhaled deeply.

Now, he stood over a hundred feet tall, like a towering giant peak, his body crystallized like diamond, with a faint black sheen on the surface, the True Essence condensed to the extreme.

On his chest, there was an object resembling a crystal core of the stone spirit clan, an energy core formed after the Earth Core Transformation’s absorption.

His chest and back were covered with thick dragon scale-like crystals, forming armor.

Xu Hei looked at the Thorn King and said slowly, ”That was just a warm-up! Now, this is my strongest form. I wonder if you, as a Void Shattering Stage cultivator, can take a few moves from me!”

The Thorn King’s pupils shrank to a point.

Without hesitation, he turned and fled, becoming a straight line, his speed astonishing.

In response, Xu Hei merely struck a few poses.

Clench fist, retract fist, swing!

”Ha!!”

A simple, fluid motion.

But in the next second—

”Rumble!!”

In the direction Xu Hei punched, the ground was directly pierced, space trembled, sweeping across thousands of miles, the void ahead shattered, turning into a void zone.

The laws of heaven and earth descended, suppressing Xu Hei’s power, preventing greater destruction.

The Thorn King, hit directly by the punch, was shattered, blasted towards the surface, flying tens of thousands of miles away!

A single punch, from underground to the surface.

”Snap!” Xu Hei stomped his foot, soaring into the sky, chasing after the shattered Thorn King.

”Today, if I don’t grind you to dust, I won’t be called Xu!” Xu Hei roared in anger.

At this moment.

Amidst the debris ahead, an invisible fluctuation descended, locking onto Xu Hei’s distance.

Xu Hei moved upward, and so did it, never closing the gap.

”Again with this law? Do you really think I can’t handle your law?”

Xu Hei’s eyes turned blood red, the Demon God Cauldron appeared in his palm, aimed forward, directly activated. The Demon God Cauldron devours laws!

”Crack!”

The locked spatial distance shattered instantly, Xu Hei surged forward, reaching the debris, raising his hand for a palm strike.

”Boom!!”

The debris scattered again, wood fragments flying.

By now, the two had burst from underground to the surface.

”What is that?”

”What a giant!”

”Where’s the Thorn King? Turned to dust?”

The wood spirit clan in the distance was dumbfounded.

Hai Teng, Leaf King, Qing Shuang, Han Te, and all those trapped, gazed in shock at the distance, their hearts in turmoil.

They only knew Xu Hei was beaten by the Thorn King and fled underground.

But who would have thought, not long after, the two reappeared.

Only now, the roles reversed, the Thorn King became the fleeing one.

Xu Hei transformed into a hundred-foot-tall crystalline giant, while the Thorn King turned into wood debris, still being pursued!

”Whoosh whoosh whoosh...”

As Xu Hei emerged, four giant wooden planks grew around him, a large lid appeared overhead, a coffin lid.

This move, Xu Hei had seen used against Hai Teng, seemingly called Thick Earth Burial.

In this area, Xu Hei indeed felt the threat of death. If these coffin planks closed, trapping him inside, Xu Hei’s primordial spirit would perish instantly.

This Divine Ability was likely not a simple Three-turn Divine Ability! Its intricacy far surpassed what was used before, reaching the pinnacle!

However, no matter how intricate the Divine Ability, was it useful?

”I finally understand how the White Emperor defeated so many powerful enemies! It was through sheer strength!”

Xu Hei unleashed a seemingly ordinary palm strike, the opponent’s carefully prepared ambush, the trap triggered upon emergence, was directly shattered by a single palm!