Serpent Ancestor
Chapter 571: Old Snake has not yet awakened

The formation, condensed from a hundred thousand souls, spells death for anyone who dares to challenge it!

The defensive power of Ghost City stands at the pinnacle of the outer battlefield!

Xu Hei, having lost all sense of reason, was driven by the most primal instincts of a beast, with only one thought in mind—devour!

After consuming the zombies, Xu Hei set his sights on Ghost City. Without hesitation, he charged forward, smashing through the city gates and swallowing three cultivators in the process.

Regardless of whether they were alive or dead, once the cultivators entered his body, they were swiftly digested and absorbed into the Demon Seed, becoming nourishment.

"Soul-Devouring Ghost Slash!"

Daoist Minghe, along with five elders guarding the city, raised their arms in unison and slashed down. Three thousand souls within the city vanished instantly, transforming into a phantom ghost blade that struck Xu Hei's body.

"Crack!"

Xu Hei's physical body was sliced open, dragon scales were severed, and flesh shattered, revealing golden bones. His entire body was nearly cleaved in two.

Xu Hei was knocked to the ground, collapsing a row of houses, and dark demonic blood gushed out.

This was the first time Xu Hei had been injured since losing his reason.

"Hahaha, as expected of the Hundred Thousand Ghosts Formation. Once unleashed, it spells death for anyone, even those at the Divine Transformation Stage!"

A sinister old man, half-human and half-ghost, laughed wildly, gaining immense confidence from heavily injuring Xu Hei.

This was the benefit of sacrificing living beings.

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In truth, after slaughtering Tianhen City, Xu Hei had ample time to eradicate the souls completely.

However, doing so would prevent those deceased from entering the cycle of reincarnation, leaving them restless even in death.

Those innocent people had perished under the joint bombardment of him and Qin Xuanji, their spirit stones plundered. Xu Hei's goal had been achieved, and there was no need to go to extremes, not even sparing their souls.

Yet, this small act of mercy sowed the seeds of disaster, now being used against him as a deadly blade!

"Slash again!"

Led by Daoist Minghe, another dragon-slaying blade formed, fueled by the sacrifice of five thousand souls, taking shape in the sky.

"Slash!"

A more powerful strike sent Xu Hei flying, leaving a gruesome wound on his abdomen, crashing into the ruins of the city.

"Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour the Heart!"

Daoist Minghe pointed forward, and tens of thousands of evil spirits surged towards Xu Hei, burrowing into his wounds, gnawing at every inch of flesh and bone, intent on devouring him completely.

At this moment, Bai Luo and others had arrived, but they could only stand outside the city, powerless.

"Ah!!"

Suddenly, the souls that had entered Xu Hei's body let out piercing screams, being eerily absorbed clean, all drawn into the Demon Seed.

The black flower bud within Xu Hei had already bloomed halfway, transforming into an extremely vibrant demonic flower, though its shape was bizarre.

"What is this thing?"

Daoist Minghe was about to investigate when blood tears streamed from his eyes, and with a scream, he flew backward.

"There's something inside him!"

Daoist Minghe pointed at Xu Hei, his face filled with shock.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

At this moment, fountain-like demonic energy erupted from the demonic flower, filling Xu Hei's wounds.

An astonishing scene unfolded as Xu Hei's wounds rapidly healed, flesh regrowing, forming a hideous scab.

Everyone was taken aback, and before they could react, Xu Hei resumed his massacre, like a tiger among sheep, swallowing countless cultivators, refining them alive to become nourishment for the demonic flower.

Daoist Minghe, left with no choice, sacrificed another five thousand souls, slashing out again, carving a hundred-meter-long gash in Xu Hei, even cracking the dragon bone.

But this time, as the demonic flower grew, Xu Hei's injuries healed in an instant.

"No, we must strike hard!" Daoist Minghe gritted his teeth.

Seeing Xu Hei devour hundreds more, Daoist Minghe clapped his hands, redirecting the ghosts within the formation to attack the city's cultivators instead of Xu Hei.

The other elders understood immediately, launching attacks to slaughter the city's cultivators, sacrificing their bodies to the formation.

In an instant, Ghost City turned into a living hell, with both Xu Hei and the City Lord's side killing and sacrificing. It was a stark contrast to Tianhen City.

Yet, the effect was remarkable, nourishing all the evil spirits, making their phantom forms more solid. The spirits gathered into a rope, binding Xu Hei's body tightly, suspending him in mid-air.

Daoist Minghe raised a hand, and within the Hundred Thousand Ghosts Formation, harrowing screams echoed as countless souls burned in sacrifice.

One thousand, two thousand, five thousand... ten thousand... fifty thousand!

This time, over eighty thousand souls were sacrificed, with the power of fifty thousand souls condensing into a colossal axe, standing tall as if it could tear the sky apart.

The change in quantity led to a qualitative transformation, causing ripples in the void, as if unable to withstand such power, on the verge of breaking apart.

The people outside the city were stunned.

"This strike has reached the level of Divine Transformation!"

"This is the power of laws!"

The qilin of the Skynet exclaimed in shock.

After unleashing this strike, the shadows of Daoist Minghe and the five elders became ethereal. They intended to burn all hundred thousand souls at once, but they couldn't withstand it themselves.

However, it was enough to deal with Xu Hei.

In the next moment, the colossal axe descended upon Xu Hei!

"Heaven-Splitting Divine Annihilation!"

This slash was unprecedented in the history of Ghost City, an earth-shattering strike.

Xu Hei, bound and unable to move, and without his senses, knew no fear and made no attempt to dodge.

"Slash!"

The ghostly slash fell, and with the support of fifty thousand souls, Xu Hei's body was finally cleaved in two, splitting from the middle.

Everyone stared intently at Xu Hei's falling figure, and after two seconds of shock, their eyes shone with intense light.

"Did it work?"

"Did we finally slay this flood dragon?"

The crowd exclaimed in joy.

"Be careful, he's not dead yet!"

Daoist Minghe warned.

Sure enough, Xu Hei's massive body, after falling, began to sprout black threads from the severed parts, connecting them together.

The crowd quickly acted, forming another Soul-Devouring Ghost Slash, splitting him apart again.

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This was the most severe injury Xu Hei had ever suffered.

Without reason, driven only by the instinct to kill, he was like the Old Snake from the mountain village before gaining enlightenment, knowing no fear, only that when hungry, he must eat people.

Yet no matter how many he devoured, hunger always lingered, compelling him to keep devouring, endlessly.