Serpent Ancestor

Hei Huang was also startled. He could see that these scales were all fired by Xu Hei.

"I told you to run, why did you come back?" Hei Huang roared angrily.

At this moment, Xu Hei was hiding underground. His tail was already half bald and bleeding profusely. He had no time to explain and instead asked, "Hei Huang, can I control that puppet?"

Hei Huang was taken aback. "You mean... the Mountain-moving Patriarch?"

"Exactly!" Xu Hei replied.

Hei Huang thought for a moment and quickly said, "You've practiced puppet techniques, so you can control it. But with your Divine Sense strength, you might collapse before you can even control it for a moment."

A Golden Core stage puppet was not an ordinary puppet. Without a powerful Divine Sense to support it, it couldn't even move, let alone cast spells.

Xu Hei's eyes were resolute. "I want to try."

"This..." Hei Huang was stunned.

He had considered letting Xu Hei control the Mountain-moving Patriarch. They both had Earth Spiritual Roots. If Xu Hei could really control it, it might work wonders.

However, Xu Hei was only at the seventh level of the Spirit Communion Stage. His Divine Sense was limited and couldn't possibly control a Golden Core stage puppet.

But in this critical moment, Hei Huang couldn't think too much. He nodded heavily. "Alright, I can assist you, but you must cooperate well. If the control isn't coordinated, we'll both be doomed!"

Hei Huang thought of a compromise: both of them controlling it together.

Xu Hei quickly approached the Mountain-moving Patriarch and imprinted his Divine Sense.

At this moment, he could feel a faint connection with the physical body.

But this faint connection felt as heavy as a mountain. Even lifting his hand was difficult, as if a mountain was pressing down on him, making it hard to breathe.

"Xu Hei, have you made up your mind? If it doesn't work, retreat. This puppet can still cast two spells, enough to cover your retreat. Make a decision quickly!" Hei Huang urged.

Xu Hei gritted his teeth and took out a green pill, swallowing it.

This pill, called the Divine Explosion Pill, could greatly enhance Divine Sense strength for a short time, but it had significant side effects, similar to the pill Chen Daoling took when chasing him.

"Boom!!"

As the pill entered his mouth, Xu Hei's head buzzed, and the heavy feeling lessened considerably.

Xu Hei tried to lift his hand, and the Mountain-moving Patriarch's arm finally rose.

"It actually... works!" Hei Huang was stunned.

One Divine Explosion Pill did the trick.

Xu Hei's secrets were even more than he had imagined!

He Luohua did not immediately attack. She first picked up the scales that had fallen to the ground one by one. She felt that these scales were extremely valuable and might be refined into a Golden Core stage Magical Treasure.

"Thank you for the materials. Now, you can die."

He Luohua raised her hand, and three Flying Swords shot out simultaneously. Although they had many nicks, their power hadn't diminished much.

Facing the incoming Flying Swords, Xu Hei's eyes were colder than ever. This was the strongest opponent he had ever faced. He couldn't back down!

"Earth Shield!"

Xu Hei shouted, and the Mountain-moving Patriarch's palms struck the ground. The earth rose to form three sturdy shields, automatically shimmering and blocking the Flying Swords.

"Thud!"

The Flying Swords embedded themselves in the Earth Shield, piercing through but getting stuck, unable to advance further.

All three Flying Swords were blocked.

"What?!"

At this moment, not only was He Luohua shocked, but Hei Huang was also stunned.

This Earth Shield was at most a second-tier spell, useful in the Foundation Establishment Stage. But in the hands of the Mountain-moving Patriarch, it displayed such terrifying power, even blocking Golden Core stage Flying Swords.

Because it was a low-level spell, the Golden Core barely consumed any energy, only about one-tenth.

Hei Huang's breathing became rapid.

However, after casting this spell, Xu Hei felt dizzy and his vision darkened, almost fainting.

"No, I can't pass out. I must hold on!"

Xu Hei gritted his teeth and took out three more Divine Explosion Pills, swallowing them in one go.

"Xu Hei, you..." Hei Huang was thunderstruck.

Was this still the Xu Hei he remembered, who was timid and cowardly?

The Xu Hei who would arm himself to the teeth just to go out, was now this madman?

This was completely different from the Xu Hei he remembered.

After taking three Divine Explosion Pills, Xu Hei's mind cleared up a lot. His eyes were bloodshot, staring at the old woman in front of him with extreme madness.

"Hei Huang, I don't know why, but this is my instinct, my instinct!"

Xu Hei focused his mind. The Mountain-moving Patriarch pressed his palms on the ground and shouted, "Earth Spike!!"

He Luohua's face changed dramatically, feeling a sense of crisis.

"Not good!"

She flashed backward, only to see a sharp stone pillar shooting up from the ground, almost grazing her face as it soared into the sky.

Even with her reaction speed, her face was scratched, her nose broken, and blood spurted out.

"Is this the Earth Spike?"

He Luohua stared at the stone pillar in front of her.

No! This couldn't be called a stone pillar anymore; it was practically a mountain, reaching a height of a hundred feet! Could the Earth Spike be this terrifying?

"Boom!!"

Before she could think further, another stone pillar shot out, straight into the clouds.

He Luohua kept retreating, and the Earth Spikes kept emerging. In just a few breaths, over a dozen stone pillars had shot out. Her arm was hit once, blood flowing, and she had more scratches on her body. One of her Magical Treasures was even destroyed.

He Luohua decisively crushed a golden shield Talisman, blocking an attack, then took out a wind sail. Riding the wind, she flew up to five hundred meters in the air.

At such a height, the Earth Spikes couldn't exert their power.

He Luohua panted heavily. She had underestimated her opponent, ending up in such a sorry state.

But now, it was time to end this.

"Rain of Pear Blossoms!"

He Luohua took out a handful of flying needles and scattered them in the air, like a torrential downpour, shooting towards Xu Hei and Hei Huang.

Xu Hei immediately raised a shield to block the flying needles.

"Let's see how long you can hold out. The Mountain-moving Patriarch's Golden Core must be nearly exhausted by now."

He Luohua sneered coldly. She could see the opponent's weakness clearly.

These two demonic beasts had been able to entangle with her for so long only because they relied on the Mountain-moving Patriarch's corpse.

Any spell would consume Spiritual Qi, and the source of this Spiritual Qi, to match her, could only be the corpse's Golden Core.

A Golden Core that had been dead for countless years and was already shriveled—how could it compare to her?

He Luohua was right.

Although Earth Element Spells consumed less, the Golden Core had shrunk by another third in just a short while and couldn't hold out much longer.

"Xu Hei, what do we do?"

At this moment, Hei Huang actually asked Xu Hei.

Unknowingly, he no longer saw Xu Hei as a junior but as an equal.

"Take a gamble!"

Xu Hei gritted his teeth, recalling the super spell he had just learned.

Mountain Severing Abyss!

This spell was the most powerful Earth Element Spell in the Purple Mist Sect, with considerable power even in the Golden Core stage. But with Xu Hei's cultivation, he couldn't possibly cast it.

But with the Mountain-moving Patriarch's physical body, it might succeed.

"I only have the first half of Mountain Severing Abyss. The rest, I can only think and create myself."

Before Xu Hei arrived, he had anticipated this moment and had already simulated it in his mind.

Xu Hei's talent and understanding in spells were rare in the world. Any spell, he could grasp instantly and master quickly.

Earth Spike and thick earth armor were successfully cast on the first try.

Now, he had no choice. In this life-and-death moment, Xu Hei perfectly displayed his exceptional talent, even surpassing his limits, reaching the pinnacle.

Create, create!

In this brief instant, a complete spell gradually formed in Xu Hei's mind, filling in the missing half!

Xu Hei opened his eyes, his gaze resolute and mad.

He took out a handful of Divine Explosion Pills and swallowed them. The Demon God Cauldron in his body operated, frantically refining the pills, bringing his waning spirit back to its peak.

"Old hag, if you don't leave today, it will be your death day!"

Xu Hei's eyes were blood-red as he shouted.

"Mountain Severing Abyss!"

The Mountain-moving Patriarch's palms pressed on the ground. The Golden Core within him shrank rapidly, visible to the naked eye, until only a tiny bit was left in an instant.