Serpent Ancestor
Chapter 586: The Mystery of the Furnace

All the nearby liquid was sucked into the furnace, even the mosquitoes in the air were uncontrollably drawn in, falling into the furnace one after another.

Even the Spirit-Eating Ants released by Xu Hei were sucked in, turning it into a chaotic stew.

The devouring force grew stronger, a fierce wind whipped through the basin, sweeping up all sorts of debris and sending it flying towards the Creation Furnace. Even Xu Hei's fragmented body on the ground was lifted and flew towards the furnace.

"Damn it!"

Jiang Nine Phoenix saw this and was extremely anxious.

She didn't know why she felt anxious; Xu Hei was clearly a demon, her mortal enemy, and if she had the power, she would definitely kill him herself.

But when she saw Xu Hei break through the barrier with the Wutong wood sword, she found herself inwardly pleading for him not to die, to win at all costs.

"No, I must do something, I have to do something!"

Jiang Nine Phoenix was burning with anxiety, her body sealed, unable to do anything, and the burning of Nirvana's blood could only happen at the brink of death.

Jiang Nine Phoenix took a deep breath and rammed her head against the cage, trying to kill herself.

Repeated impacts left her head bleeding, but this level of injury was far from enough to activate Nirvana's blood.

At this moment, she wished she had a knife, so she could bring herself to the brink of death.

Suddenly, Jiang Nine Phoenix's expression shifted as she saw a wooden sword stuck in the distance, the very Wutong wood sword that broke the barrier.

Jiang Nine Phoenix reached out, but it was too far to grasp.

"Feng Ge, can you hear me?" Jiang Nine Phoenix shouted, "If you can hear me, please come over!"

The wooden sword remained motionless.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Hei was sucked into the furnace.

At this moment, the battle had reached a fever pitch. Once the Creation Furnace was activated, any approaching spell attacks were absorbed.

Shen Shaopeng and Ji Qian each used their techniques but couldn't harm Zhao Nanqi, who stood motionless under the furnace, as if in an invincible position.

"Junior Brother Shen, the spiritual liquid in this furnace is enough for both of us to undergo Divine Transformation together. Why not stop and sit down to break through together?" Zhao Nanqi smiled brightly.

"Hmph, such a grand gesture, I can't possibly accept it!" Shen Shaopeng glanced at Ji Qian and exchanged a look.

Ji Qian understood, raised his hand, and a golden bowl soared into the air, expanding rapidly to a width of a thousand feet.

Ji Qian continuously cast spells, and the golden bowl, attracted by the furnace, spun and whistled to the top of the Creation Furnace, then pressed down fiercely.

"Seal the Stars!"

With a loud shout, Ji Qian slammed the golden bowl down, pressing it onto the Creation Furnace.

Zhao Nanqi squinted his eyes, "Is that the Star-Sealing Bowl? Quite the grand gesture!"

"Boom!!"

With a thunderous roar, the Creation Furnace was sealed, and a golden glow emanated from the edge of the bowl, completely enveloping the furnace to prevent Zhao Nanqi from controlling it.

Simultaneously, Shen Shaopeng threw a golden bean, which quickly transformed into a menacing giant mouth, rushing towards Zhao Nanqi, a quasi-fifth-tier puppet, the Heaven-Devouring Hound.

"Heh, interesting."

Zhao Nanqi's expression turned cold. He moved his fingers, and countless invisible threads shot out. With a sudden pull, the threads sliced through the menacing giant mouth, reducing it to fragments.

"Reassemble!"

Zhao Nanqi's hands danced like a performer, and with a wave of the threads, the fragmented giant mouth in the air was reassembled into two rows of golden teeth, biting towards Shen Shaopeng.

In an instant, he neutralized the attack and turned it to his advantage.

Shen Shaopeng's lips curled into a sneer, his hand gestures shifted, and he uttered a low shout.

"Thousand Mechanisms Technique, Lightning Summoning Art!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Suddenly, the golden teeth exploded, releasing hidden thunderous true essence, igniting the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, shaking the void, and summoning the Void Divine Thunder.

The space shook violently, the heavens and earth roared, the universe trembled, a power far beyond the Elemental Infant stage.

This was not a divine ability, but a law, the Law of Thunder!

The Heaven-Devouring Hound was merely a feint; the law-imbued divine thunder within was the true killing move.

"Swish!"

At the moment the law formed, the lightning raced along the threads towards Zhao Nanqi. He hurriedly let go, but the lightning moved like teleportation, striking him instantly.

"Boom!!"

With a thunderous explosion, Zhao Nanqi's body burst apart, his limbs blown away, and the threads disintegrated into nothingness.

"Kill!"

With a successful strike, Shen Shaopeng's face turned pale, but he had no time to rest. He immediately charged with Ji Qian, simultaneously holding a second law-imbued talisman, ready to strike again regardless of whether the opponent was dead.

Inside the Creation Furnace.

Xu Hei's flesh and blood mixed with the spiritual liquid, rising and falling with it.

However, his consciousness remained, exceptionally clear.

"This Heavenly Demon Technique is truly peculiar. Luckily, I used it in time, or I would have been in real trouble," Xu Hei thought with relief.

The first form of the Heavenly Demon Technique, the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method, allowed the physical body to split into countless fragments, each connected to his Divine Sense, even splitting the Elemental Infant, maintaining immortality—a true wonder of the world.

Though not as powerful as the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon, in terms of peculiarity, Xu Hei couldn't find anything comparable.

But there was a side effect: the pain of the body splitting was real, beyond description.

Moments later, Xu Hei's Elemental Infant reassembled into a pitch-black young dragon, but his flesh remained mixed in the spiritual liquid, not daring to move.

These two were old foxes, surely aware that to kill someone, one must destroy the body completely to prevent resurrection.

Thus, Xu Hei suspected that being sucked into this Creation Furnace was Zhao Nanqi's deliberate plan to completely refine his remaining body parts, preventing any unforeseen events.

Unfortunately, Zhao Nanqi was destined to be disappointed.

Xu Hei didn't need to resurrect; he wasn't dead, nor was he seriously injured.

"I wonder if Shen Shaopeng sealed this lid to prevent me from escaping?"

Xu Hei's eyes moved, staring at the massive golden bowl above, deep in thought.

If Shen Shaopeng suspected he wasn't dead and sealed the lid deliberately, it would be troublesome. He worried that any rash movement might cause the two to turn against him immediately.

Xu Hei tried to extend his Divine Sense, discovering that the golden bowl blocked it, leaving him clueless about the outside.

"Speaking of which, the function of this Creation Furnace is somewhat similar to the Demon God Cauldron," Xu Hei thought, staring at the pool of spiritual liquid.