Chapter 732

Chapter 732: Old Friends

"What a beautiful little spark, but it’s still not big enough," said the Dark Snake Beast King.

Before Xu Fan arrived, he hadn’t prepared much for this. He had only crafted a few weaker "artifacts" as backups, never expecting they would actually come in handy.

At that moment, the Dark Snake Beast King’s communication artifact buzzed, filled with messages inquiring about his safety. Some were notifications that Dark Snake City had been reduced to rubble.

The Dark Snake Beast King pretended to be sorrowful as he replied one by one.

"Leader Snake, our main city is gone!" one Dark Snake Clan member exclaimed with grief and anger.

It was known that Dark Snake City had gathered nearly half of their clan’s high-end fighting strength, and this explosion felt like they were thrown back to square one.

"Don’t worry, with me here, our Dark Snake Clan will not fall," the Dark Snake Beast King said, a hint of sorrow in his eyes.

This was what Xu Fan intended to perform, but it happened naturally and without pretense.

He then suppressed the true spirit and intentions of the Dark Snake Beast King.

"Yes, we have Leader Snake in our Dark Snake Clan," the dark snake shifted from sadness to joy.

The Dark Snake Clan was just an ordinary large family, with only six beast kings among them.

In the entire snake race, they could barely be considered above average.

"Now, we must go to the Extreme Void Domain to find those artifacts. After returning, I will resign from Four Phase City and work to revive our Dark Snake Clan," the Dark Snake Beast King declared with ambition.

According to the memories Xu Fan had obtained, there were only two dark snakes in the entire demon race who had just advanced to beast king.

Now, the only one who could lead the clan was the Dark Snake Beast King.

"I believe Leader Snake will lead our clan to become the top-tier in the demon race," the dark snake said excitedly.

"Still calling me Leader Snake?" the Dark Snake Beast King raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, respected clan leader!"

The Dark Snake Beast King nodded with satisfaction.

Just then, the Dark Snake Beast King suddenly looked towards the direction of Heavenly Snake Star, revealing a strange smile.

At that moment, on Heavenly Snake Star, in the Snake Clan’s Sacred Hall, there was a blood-spewing seven-star snake demon, one of the few beast kings in the snake clan who specialized in the art of divination.

In the sacred hall, the seven-star giant snake rolled on the ground, occasionally spitting out blood, fear evident in its eyes.

"This matter must not be investigated, or it will surely bring about the destruction of our snake clan," said the seven-star snake, who had finally stabilized.

"Such a level of existence is beyond our meddling; if the Dark Snake Clan is destroyed, so be it," the seven-star beast king said, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

"Then this matter must be set aside," the clan leader of the snake race said helplessly.

Whether in the cultivation world or the demon race, there has always been a consensus: whatever a diviner says after spitting blood must be heeded.

The more blood they spit, the more truthful their words are.

The snake race’s clan leader viewed the seven-star snake as the hero who could save their clan based on its current blood loss.

Three months later, the giant beast race warship carrying the Dark Snake Beast King arrived safely near the Cross-Boundary Teleportation Formation provided by Ming Kong. The journey was smooth, even profitable, as they discovered an artifact-level spirit ore star, much to the delight of the Dark Snake Beast King’s crew.

"Wait here; I won’t be long," the Dark Snake Beast King instructed his subordinates. He then transformed into his true form, emerging outside the warship and soaring towards the Extreme Void Domain like a majestic dragon.

"Odd, the clan leader’s flying style seems different from before," one subordinate remarked. "Maybe it’s faster this way?" another speculated. By the time they finished speaking, the Dark Snake Beast King was already a thousand miles away.

"This spot should do; the truth will be clear soon," he said, waving his hand to summon a large array disk that expanded into a detection formation. He then added a concealment formation around it. As the formation’s spirit light activated, an invisible wave radiated from its center.

Observing the formation’s feedback, the Dark Snake Beast King smiled. "The Cross-Boundary Teleportation Formation must be nearby; the spatial energy waves are too strong otherwise," he noted. Suddenly, a purple flash from the formation caught his attention.

"The intel was spot on," he muttered, extracting a strand of spatial energy. As he prepared to analyze the formation’s code, a familiar figure appeared nearby.

"Just as the Heaven Stone Grandmaster predicted, the human race would investigate the teleportation formation’s aura," the figure said. "But few in the human race are skilled in possession and control. Which Elder Council member are you?" the Purple Jade Flood Dragon asked arrogantly, seemingly seeing through all human schemes.

Intrigued, the Dark Snake Beast King retracted the energy and observed the dragon calmly. "I expected just any beast race, perhaps an ordinary Invincible Beast King. But you? This is unexpected," he said. "You think such trivial matters are beneath you, don’t you?"

Before he could finish, a massive dragon claw descended towards him. The Purple Jade Flood Dragon, clearly irritated, had no patience for banter. A dark flame appeared, blocking the claw, and then exploded, engulfing the area.

"Small tricks," the dragon scoffed, grabbing and crushing the dark flames effortlessly. "Hardware’s not up to par," the Dark Snake Beast King thought. "Time for special measures," he decided, as flames flickered in his eyes.

His true form began to crack, oozing snake blood like lava, and an enormous Dark Flame True Snake emerged behind him. The Purple Jade Flood Dragon, now calm, mocked, "A human controlling a dark snake to summon the dark flame true form? Amusing."

"Wait for what’s next," the Dark Snake Beast King chuckled. Assuming a ritualistic pose, he chanted in ancient snake tongue, drawing spatial energy towards him, diverting it from the teleportation formation. His tail sketched a formation, linking to the teleportation formation.

Realizing the danger, the Purple Jade Flood Dragon attacked fiercely, but it was too late. The Dark Snake Beast King had already used the formation’s power to enter a special space. "With my sacrifice, I summon the snake to descend!" he declared in ancient snake tongue. The Dark Flame True Snake solidified as the Dark Snake Beast King merged into its spectral form.