Chapter 1 Arousing

Dragon, Pig, Dog, and Horse Zodiac Tablets appeared simultaneously, rising from the ruins and standing tall in four directions, reaching a hundred zhang in height.

The tablets emitted golden light, covering the entire Xichuan Town. The ancient and vicissitudes of time swept through, as if returning to the ancient years, creating a distant and desolate feeling.

Many people excitedly rushed towards the four tablets, because based on the previous experience with the Tiger Zodiac Tablet, these four tablets would definitely have inheritances appearing.

And the first person to touch the tablet would also receive a mysterious golden light into their body, directly evolving and raising their cultivation by a small realm.

"Rumble..."

Like a high-speed train starting, Zhang Ji dragged his enormous serpent body, charging wildly and brutally through the ruins, arriving first in front of the Dragon Zodiac Tablet.

The people around him, seeing him, scattered in terror, cursing their bad luck inwardly and hurriedly heading towards the other three tablets.

The Dragon Zodiac Tablet was magnificent and tall, just emerging from the underground ruins, the edges of the tablet still covered in mud. The tablet surface was carved with patterns of ancient ancestors cultivating the land, with the starry sky above. A giant dragon roamed in the universe, its huge body entwined around the stars, inhaling and exhaling starlight, incomparably majestic.

Zhang Ji touched the tablet with his snake tail.

However, the tablet did not respond. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, but he was not surprised. He turned to the other three tablets to try, but it was still the same.

Back in the West District, Bei Liu saw Zhang Ji's gloomy face and mustered his courage to say, "Respected Demon King, are you worried about why the Zodiac Tablets didn't give you an inheritance?"

Zhang Ji looked at him, "Do you know the reason?"

Bei Liu instantly felt as if he had found his value, his face glowing. He hurriedly replied, "I have read some of the Holy Temple's scriptures. You seem to be following the path of aberrant evolution, not the traditional evolution, which is different from us."

"In the eyes of those old monsters in the Twelve Divine Kingdoms, you are an alien race, a forbidden creature. How could they give you an inheritance?"

"You must know that in the distant past, creatures like you were called the Fallen Ones, intolerable to them. Every time one appeared, it would be exterminated."

Zhang Ji sneered: "I am an alien race? I am a Fallen One? I am a forbidden creature?! What grand titles!"

"The Twelve Zodiacs are backed by the Twelve Divine Kingdoms?"

Bei Liu nodded, with a look of emotion, and said, "Yes, the Twelve Divine Kingdoms were once incredibly glorious and powerful, occupying the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Seas and the Origin Continent. Even the Great Wilderness was their captive meat farm and source of blood."

"They had powerful legions that arbitrarily conquered the universe and the starry seas, invincible wherever they went."

"But later, for some unknown reason, they were destroyed. It is said that some of the old ancestors of the Twelve Divine Kingdoms are still suppressed on the Black Prison Planet, unable to be free. Only some remnants wander the edge of the universe, vainly trying to revive the Twelve Divine Kingdoms and rescue their imprisoned ancestors from prison."

Bei Liu pointed to the four golden Zodiac Tablets in the distance and said, "These Zodiac Tablets should have been created by the surviving old monsters of the Twelve Divine Kingdoms."

"They exist in other ruins and ancient lands."

"No one knows their specific purpose, but they must have a big plan. Therefore, the Great Wilderness Holy Temple has always wanted to destroy these ruins and ancient lands, fearing that the Twelve Divine Kingdoms will rise from the ashes."

His eyes flickered with shrewdness as he told Zhang Ji everything he knew, intending to prove his value and live a few more days.

At this moment, strange fog surged, and a fog tide struck. A gloomy chill filled the air, and everyone immediately beastialized and mutated, becoming monsters and beasts.

This was the last day to be human. There was no turning back. From now on, they could only be beasts.

The survivors of Xichuan Town felt a wave of sadness and desolation.

The red hair rain in the sky fell even harder, mixed with traces of white hair, like snowflakes.

White hair, which had never appeared before.

Zhang Ji's eyes narrowed, and he stretched out his claws to catch a few strands of the newly appeared white hair. Like living creatures, they kept squirming, trying to drill into his flesh and blood, but were blocked by his scales.

"What is this thing?!"

Zhang Ji was surprised and suspicious.

At this moment, a burst of excited cheers came from the surroundings. It turned out that when these white hairs fell on the beastialized people, they were surprised to find that they could actually speak.

They no longer had to communicate by gestures like before, which was much more convenient.

Immediately, one by one, they rushed towards the Zodiac Tablets, for inheritance and to survive, but more people were crying and saying goodbye.

Because the appearance of the Zodiac Tablets meant that someone else had to enter the Zodiac Tablet Secret Realm to participate in the trial of life and death. It was hard to say whether they could survive.

Last time, when the Tiger Zodiac Tablet Secret Realm opened, more than half of the people in Xichuan Town born in the year of the Tiger died. This time was no exception. Everyone was grief-stricken, desperate, and helpless, shedding tears.

"I hate my boss. Why did he have to send me to Xichuan Town on a business trip, trapping me here? I miss my wife and daughter!"

"Damn strange fog, it's all because of it, otherwise my parents wouldn't have died!"

"Forcing us to evolve again and again, and then forcing us to participate in the Secret Realm Trial. We are not their toys. Who can save us!"

Cries, sobs, and hysterical roars echoed everywhere, filling people's hearts with grief.

Zhang Ji was silent.

This may be the purpose of the strange fog, like raising Gu, eliminating the weak and leaving the strong. If you don't evolve, you die.

He was very grateful that he had hardened his heart from the beginning to eat meat and drink blood to evolve. Otherwise, he would definitely be as grief-stricken, desperate, and helpless as they were now.

"One day, I will kill my way out of the strange fog, escape from this hell, and make these guys who created the strange fog pay their blood debts!"

Zhang Ji's scarlet vertical pupils flashed with cold, brutal ferocity.

He did not forget that his father, Zhang Zhishan, died because of the strange fog, being dragged into the sinkhole.

And if it weren't for this strange fog, he might have already found a girlfriend, married, and had children, his family living happily ever after. How could he be like this now, living a life of drinking blood and devouring others?

"There is no turning back. Having been a snake for too long, I have almost forgotten that I was once a human..."

Zhang Ji sighed, his voice complicated.

The road ahead was destined to be filled with blood and fire, mountains of bones, and seas of wronged souls.

"But even if all living beings are destroyed, I, Zhang Ji, must survive! Whoever blocks me, I will devour them!!!"

Zhang Ji raised his three heads, his scarlet eyes as bright as red lanterns.

At this moment.

On the street, a large group of monsters and beasts came running through the fog in the distance.

"Snake Lord!"

"Welcome Snake Lord back!"

It was Liu Youshan, Hu San, and others, leading the hall masters and helmsmen of the Heavenly Serpent Gang's twelve halls, as well as other members, a total of more than five hundred people.

They looked at Zhang Ji one by one, their eyes filled with excitement and fear. Many gang members knew for the first time that the notorious king cobra was actually their Snake Lord. They hadn't recovered yet and were very shocked.

No wonder joining the Heavenly Serpent Gang was safe and secure. It turned out that Snake Lord, the gang leader, was the king cobra.

Snake Lord had hidden too deeply.

Zhang Ji raised his head and looked down at them, his snake mouth speaking human words:

"The four Zodiac Tablets have appeared. Soon, people of the corresponding zodiac will enter the Zodiac Tablet Secret Realm to compete for inheritance. But it is full of danger. Creatures from other realms will descend and fight and kill you.

You are so weak. After entering the Zodiac Tablet Secret Realm, will you have a way to survive?"

His eyes were cold and deep.

The crowd did not know the purpose of Zhang Ji's words, and they looked at each other blankly.

Hu San of the Dog Hall was the first to shout loudly: "There is a way to survive. Snake Lord is our way. Following Snake Lord, we will eventually be honored and invincible in the world!"

His voice was firm. No matter what the purpose of Snake Lord's question was, he would flatter him first.

Liu Youshan reacted and cursed inwardly that this dog thing had said what he wanted to say. He rolled his eyes and hurriedly said, "This subordinate fears neither mountains of knives nor seas of fire, because this subordinate has Snake Lord behind him!"

"If Snake Lord says there is a way, then there is a way!"

The gang members from the other halls also hurriedly expressed their opinions: "There was no road on the ground, but a road appeared after Snake Lord walked it!"

A smile appeared in Zhang Ji's scarlet eyes, and he said, "That's right. Follow the path I point out, and at the end of the road, you will all be honored!"

After a pause, he shouted:

"Dragon Hall, Horse Hall, Dog Hall, Pig Hall, four halls, step forward!"

Immediately, more than a hundred people walked out of the queue, standing in four rows, with the hall masters of the four major halls in front.

"Last time, when the Tiger Zodiac Tablet Secret Realm opened, Zhu Tiandao brought back a Tiger Clan inheritance light sphere from the Secret Realm. I liked it very much. This time, I hope you can also bring back inheritance light spheres for me."

Zhang Ji's eyes coldly stared at the four major halls, "For this, I will bestow upon you powerful strength, allowing you to survive in this secret trial."

The crowd was excited to hear this, and at the same time curious about how Snake Lord would bestow strength upon them.

At this moment, Zhang Ji's highly raised front body fell, and the White-Eyed Wolf King head emerged, its fangs opening and closing, saying: "Come one by one, come into my mouth!"

The crowd was terrified, their faces pale.

Was Snake Lord going to eat them?

Hu San was also taken aback, but he still gritted his teeth and mustered his courage to come forward.

"Whoosh~"

The fangs of Zhang Ji's wolf mouth fell, spitting out a fishy smell, and bit Hu San's neck.

Hu San screamed in pain, but instantly felt a stream of hot liquid pouring into his limbs and bones from the bitten wound.

In an instant.

His blood and energy rumbled, his bones crackled, his body quickly grew, swelling to about a hundred meters, and his four claws became black and sharp, emitting a metallic cold light.

Strange black lines appeared in his pupils, and a cold and evil aura emanated from his body.

He was originally a Labrador Retriever, although ferocious, but because his bloodline was too low, he was always lacking something. Now he suddenly became terrifying, like a hellhound, making people shudder.

"Snake Lord, I..."

Hu San was somewhat surprised and incredulous.

Snake Lord bit him, and he seemed to have become countless times stronger. His claws were full of power, and he could tear the stone bricks on the ground by gently touching the ground.

Bei Liu looked shocked and trembled, "This is bloodline modification. You turned a Labrador dog with an ordinary bloodline into a wolf dog!"

"No, this is not an ordinary wolf dog, it is a hellhound with an evil seed aura!"

"Oh heavens, you are creating evil, this is the means of an evil god!"

Bei Liu trembled in fear. He had seen relevant ancient records in the Holy Temple's scriptures and thought they were legends, but he didn't expect it to be true, and it was happening right in front of him today.

Zhang Ji's three heads were so strange, not the evolutionary direction of the Xiangliu Nine-Headed Serpent. He had been curious before, but now he suddenly understood.

The three heads each had their own uses, not only for convenient eating, but also for the evil god's way of survival: creating evil, spreading fear, and spreading darkness.

"In the future, there will be a great calamity..." Bei Liu's voice trembled. He could imagine what a disaster it would be once Zhang Ji grew up and entered the Great Wilderness.

No wonder such creatures were intolerable to the Twelve Divine Kingdoms and were called alien races, fallen ones, and forbidden creatures, because they themselves were the source of disaster.