Serpent Ancestor

Chapter 856: To stake everything on one throw

This battle can only end in victory, failure is not an option!However, as time ticked by, apart from a slight fluctuation, there was no reaction from the space on the altar.

One day, two days, three days, four days...

Still no movement.

"Did it fail?" Xu Hei's face darkened slightly.

The followers of the Sea God Sect were also bewildered, exchanging confused glances.

Even the strongest mid-stage Elemental Infant elder had a stiff expression, unable to comprehend what went wrong.

Xu Hei's Divine Sense swept over the Sea God Sect followers and the Sea God Altar, finding no issues, everything was exactly as it had been in the past.

Where exactly did it go wrong?

The attempt to call Gongshu Zi had failed, could it be that summoning the Sea God had also failed?

They say plans can't keep up with changes, but with one plan failing after another, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured over Xu Hei.

"Xu Hei, what's going on, should we keep waiting?"

Hai Teng sent a message.

Xu Hei's face was as calm as water. After pondering for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up with a hint of madness as he thought of a solution.

The Demon Child of the extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon?

In essence, still an extraterrestrial demon. Since the Sea God Altar can't bring you here, then...

"All of you, step back. Don't come near or take action until I call for help!"

After transmitting his message, Xu Hei's eyes flashed with determination as he swiftly moved to the top of the altar, to the area of spatial fluctuation.

Xu Hei's sudden appearance caused all the Sea God Sect followers to change their expressions, exclaiming, "Messenger, there's an enemy..."

"Boom!"

With a wave of his hand, Han Te knocked all the Sea God Sect followers unconscious.

This was the boss of the Messenger, so Han Te naturally followed the boss's instructions.

Xu Hei took deep breaths, calming his body's aura to the lowest point.

At this moment, within his nine dragon veins, nine crystalline cores were slowly converging towards the center.

"Nine Extremes Return to Origin, compress the nine crystal cores into one, using the burst of Spiritual Power to break through cultivation and enter the Void Shattering realm."

"Opening the nine orifices and connecting the nine veins is the key to refining the nine crystal cores. With my nine dragon veins, the process is smooth; otherwise, it would normally take hundreds of years."

"Moreover, this method consumes a lot of Spirit Stones, and only with the Wood Spirit Clan's mineral veins as a backup do I dare to attempt it."

The Nine Extremes Return to Origin technique Xu Hei cultivated was practically tailor-made for him to break through to the Void Shattering realm. Whether it was the nine meridians, the strength of his physical body, the refining of the Demon God Cauldron, or the consumption of Spirit Stones, all conditions were met.

No one else could quickly refine nine crystal cores in such a short time.

At this moment, Xu Hei willed the nine crystal cores in his dragon veins to slowly converge towards the center dantian, merging at a steady pace.

No one knew how much time passed.

"Boom!!"

At Xu Hei's dantian, the nine crystal cores touched, and at the moment of collision, a powerful wave of Spiritual Power erupted within him, like mountains and seas roaring. This wave surpassed any Divine Transformation Stage aura, directly breaking through that barrier to reach the Void Shattering realm.

This aura belonged only to ascended cultivators, only to the Void Shattering realm.

"What?"

"What is this aura?"

Everyone hidden in the distance was shocked, their hearts in turmoil.

Daoist Sparrow said in a deep voice, "Xu Hei is attempting to break through to the Void Shattering realm!"

At these words, everyone was in an uproar.

In the Seven Star Realm, no one had ascended for 350,000 years. Could Xu Hei be about to achieve that feat, transforming from Divine Transformation to Void Shattering?

However, everyone remembered Xu Hei's transmission, not approaching or observing too closely.

At this moment, Xu Hei firmly controlled the nine crystal cores, allowing them to touch but not merge, reaching a point of balance.

Xu Hei knew it wasn't time to merge yet. Once merged, the power generated would be unimaginable! Even his physical body would suffer severe damage.

In such a state, fighting would be suicidal.

Xu Hei merely kept the crystal cores together, slowly applying pressure, but even this slight fluctuation was enough to startle those at the Divine Transformation Stage.

Time passed by the second.

The Sea God Altar where Xu Hei stood creaked under the strain, countless cracks appearing, with heavy oil seeping out.

"Why hasn't it appeared yet?"

Xu Hei showed no outward signs of anxiety, but internally he was a bit restless.

But soon, Xu Hei suppressed his impatience.

Success or failure, Xu Hei accepted it calmly, having long since put life and death aside, what was there to worry about?

Thus, he maintained this state for about seven days.

Suddenly, behind Xu Hei, the fluctuating space became more frequent, and a crack slowly opened.

Xu Hei appeared calm, but inside he was tense to the extreme.

Han Te, seeing this, retreated ten thousand feet, his pupils focused, watching the space crack intently.

"It's appearing, it's appearing, the big guy!" Han Te exclaimed internally.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The space crack widened, releasing overwhelming demonic power, unlike any ordinary extraterrestrial demon, bearing some resemblance to the Sea God of the past.

Xu Hei felt reassured, continuing to let the crystal cores touch, gradually increasing the pressure, making the Spiritual Power within him more intense.

Suddenly.

A dark golden armored demonic hand reached out from the crack, aiming for Xu Hei's shoulder.

Xu Hei remained unmoved until the hand touched his shoulder, then slowly turned his head, with a hint of bewilderment, to look at it.

It was a face identical to his own.

Except, the other was clad in dark golden armor, with three eyes on its forehead, three heads on its neck, and six arms.

The face directly facing him was Xu Hei's. The one on the left was the young face of the Demon Lord from years ago.

The right one was a completely unfamiliar face.

"Sea God!"

Xu Hei's pupils contracted. From the aura emanating from the other, Xu Hei could confirm with absolute certainty that this was the Sea God!

But the aura it emitted was far stronger than the Sea God that descended upon the East Sea years ago, seemingly perfectly mimicking Xu Hei's aura, matching him exactly.

"It's you? I remember you!"

The Sea God spoke in a sinister voice, then continued, "Gathering the remnants of the Sea God Sect, creating the Sea God Altar, even attempting a breakthrough to lure me out as an extraterrestrial demon..."

With just one sentence, it revealed all of Xu Hei's plans, as if Xu Hei's thoughts were transparent to it.

No wonder, the other could perfectly replicate Xu Hei's face, and likewise, his inner emotions.

This was the power of the extraterrestrial demon.

To some extent, once an extraterrestrial demon completed replication, it could perfectly replace the original, with no way to distinguish it without special means.