As a creature of heaven and earth, it had no soul or spirit, and its body was exceptionally strong. As long as one life remained, it could recover by gathering spiritual energy from the world.
Therefore, confident in its nine lives, it did not fear the northern expedition of Yi the Archer. It spat water and fire from nine heads simultaneously, trying to trap Yi.
Yi knew it had nine lives; if he didn't kill it completely, it would surely return. So he used a连环 arrow technique, shooting nine arrows at once, not leaving a single life for Jiuying.
Afterward, to prevent accidents, Yi had its nine heads cut off, and together with the body, there were ten pieces, each hidden in a separate secret location.
Thus, Jiuying disappeared from the river of history.
"Wasn't it completely dead? Wasn't it dismembered and sealed?" Jin Hu found it hard to believe.
Jiuying had been extinct for a long time. How could it reappear? And wasn't Hei Zhe a snake demon?
Although Jiuying was snake-shaped, that was just mimicry; in reality, it was yin-yang energy. The two were different species!
People had heard of the inspirational evolution of snake to python, python to boa, boa to jiao, and jiao to dragon, but never that a snake demon could evolve into Jiuying? Evolving from physical to gaseous? That was ridiculous!
This discovery really refreshed their understanding and shocked their worldview.
"Watch out!" Huangfu Jun shouted as the huge net of water and fire came at them.
"Whoosh!" Bai Lin puffed out a breath of extreme cold. The water-fire net instantly froze and fell, shattering into pieces on the ground.
The broken ice crystals then like exploded caltrops crashed into Hei Zhe again.
Seeing Hei Zhe on the ground desperately avoiding the ice caltrops, momentarily distracted, Bai Lin condensed a larger, sharper ice spike in his mouth and shot it precisely at Hei Zhe's vital spot.
This time, Hei Zhe was truly blown apart, his skin split open, unable to resist. The ice spike drove him two inches into the ground. He twitched twice and stopped moving completely.
The ice spike flashed and turned into a chain, firmly pinning Hei Zhe to the ground.
Only then did everyone slowly descend, surrounding Hei Zhe at a distance, guarding against another outburst.
"Hei Zhe, what exactly are you? What is your purpose here?" Jin Hu asked sternly.
"Heh heh, what am I? Haven't you all figured it out? I am the ancient great demon — Jiuying! I was once majestic and mighty; now to be defeated by you juniors is truly laughable. Alas, alas!"
"Alas your grandma! Speak properly!" Jin Hu picked up a large rock and smashed it hard at Hei Zhe's head.
"I was born of heaven and earth, noble beyond compare, and now I've fallen to doing lowly labor here. The Monster Bureau was meant to gather all demons, yet it doesn't act for the demon race, consorts with humans, and even submits to human supervision—ridiculous! What use is such a bureau? Might as well overthrow it!"
Bai Lin's expression turned cold at these words. Jin Hu was so angry his breathing became heavy. He retorted, "Stop trying to sow discord among us! What evil technique did you use to break through the Sevenfold Seven-Star Array?"
Hei Zhe laughed loudly: "To deal with you, I need no evil technique! Using a single Seven-Star Array proves you have 80% confidence in suppressing the space-time anomaly at the site;
using the Sevenfold Seven-Star Array not only proves you have no chance of winning, but also exposes that you have no idea about the extent of the space-time movement. Only then would you deploy the highest-level defense system. Your ignorance is our best opportunity.
If I can perish together with you now, that would be good. I would open a path for all demons, and though I die, I would be honored! Hahahahaha!"
Jin Hu's face turned deathly pale. What Hei Zhe said was exactly the Supervision Bureau's weak point.
"Excuse me?" Huangfu Jun raised her hand.
Hei Zhe's laughter stopped, and he stared at her coldly.
"Actually, you are not the real Jiuying, nor do you possess Jiuying's strength!"
Hei Zhe's eyes flickered in panic for a moment, then he forced calm, glaring at Huangfu Jun as if spewing fire.
He abandoned all pretense of elegance and cursed: "Bullshit! A mere half-demon dares to show off before me?"
Huangfu Jun immediately perked up. "The real Jiuying was already cut into ten pieces. These ten pieces were hidden in different places, exuding spiritual energy. Over time, as the world changed, they evolved and iterated, not only to evade the Monster Bureau's pursuit but also because each piece's spiritual energy grew thinner, forcing them to transform into snake demons.
Therefore, these ten separate pieces' descendants have no connection to Jiuying's original aura.
Each generation of snake demons appears to be ordinary snake demons, but if they merge under certain conditions, they can regain the former demonic power.
However, this secret is only known to the head that serves as the main brain; the others are completely unaware. And this secret has been passed down through generations by the snake clan's lord—the main brain.
When I was researching files, I found that the other nine snakes had become sworn brothers with you before joining the Monster Bureau.
The day you met was a coincidence, but ten snakes meeting together—such a coincidence becomes a necessity. That is a pull of bloodline.
Later, you were discovered by the Monster Bureau and brought into the bureau's construction site, and the other nine snakes voluntarily followed you in. Was that just brotherly loyalty?
It's possible, but more likely, there is a factor in you that the other nine snake demons cannot refuse.
This also explains why demons eating each other does not increase demonic power, yet you swallowed the nine snake demons and underwent such a mutation."
At these words, everyone present was shocked. They had never expected an intern at the Monster Bureau to uncover a layer of logic they had all missed.
Hei Zhe gritted his teeth and sneered: "Nonsense! I am indeed Jiuying's brain; it's true that my brothers followed me through heaven and earth because of Jiuying's bloodline call. Now that my true form is complete, how am I not Jiuying?!"
Huangfu Jun raised an eyebrow and smiled. "The answer is right in front of everyone. The ridiculous one is clearly you! Oh~ no, you're not a human; you're just a laughable demon!"
Author's note:
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