Chapter 385 Insect (3500 monthly ticket for additional updates)
Good news, they have walked a long distance again, but so far, Zhou Qing and the others have not encountered an illusion that they cannot see through.
Those traps that swallowed the body and absorbed the soul were all avoided because of their caution.
But there is also bad news.
They have actually walked a long way since entering the door, but this passage still has not reached the end, and there is no end trend in sight.
"This tomb is really weird." Zhou Qing sighed with emotion.
"Ning Wan, you have more experience. Have you ever had such an experience before?"
"Or can you tell what level the owner of this tomb was during his lifetime? Strong?"
Ning Yuan shook his head, "Although I have seen a lot of things, this is my first time entering the Tomb of the Dead."
"If this is not the mission of the headquarters, I am sure. Won’t come.”
"Wow!"
At this moment, a sound like water suddenly sounded in front of them, making Zhou Qing and Zhou Qing immediately become serious, standing still and staring ahead.
Then they saw dense black water flowing towards them at an extremely fast speed.
But after taking a closer look, Zhou Qing's expression changed. This was not water, but...
Sea of insects!
That's right, the insects that were coming towards them were all black bugs, the size of an adult's fist. They were so densely packed that there was no limit to them, they were endless.
It makes my scalp numb and makes me suffer from trypophobia.
"What is this, a corpse insect?"
Zhou Qing swung his sword, and the sword energy passed through, and black blood suddenly spattered, killing many insects directly.
As far as a single force is concerned, this insect corpse is not strong.
But there were too many, and the insects that Zhou Qing killed with his sword were immediately covered by those behind them, and he vaguely saw that the dead insect corpses were not eaten.
"There are many insects, and the cemetery is the best place for them to breed. This insect is probably one of them."
Ning Yuan looked solemn, and the insect sea tactics were very scary. It would be even more terrifying if it were an endless sea of insects.
While talking, Zhou Qing had already released Yang Fire.
The sun fire turned into a fire dragon and roared directly forward, and then there were constant crisp sounds, as if the bugs were being roasted.
The sun fire was burning brightly and was not extinguished. The corpse insects continued to die in units of thousands.
But in addition to the crackling sound, the crawling sound of insects was still obvious and did not stop.
Death does not scare these bugs, they are still rushing towards Zhou Qing and the others.
“Hoo!”
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, and Ning Yuan’s soul power surged out, and a small storm appeared, blowing forward.
The wind assisted the fire, which made Zhou Qing's Yang Fire more powerful and covered a larger area.
At this time, a strange smell came from the front.
Zhou Qing frowned slightly, "These corpse bugs didn't even leave corpses, and they even carried out scent attacks."
"It's a bit troublesome." Ning Yuan said:
"If the insect tide lasts for too long, it will cause us a lot of consumption, and we may even be unable to deal with the insect tide."
With that said, Ning Wan took out two more jade bottles from the space bracelet and handed them to Zhou Qing.
She explained, "The red elixir can be used to restore true energy, and the green elixir can be used to restore soul power."
"We must prepare for this insect wave in a short time Preparation that it will not end within a short period of time.”
Ning Yuan’s guess was accurate. As expected, this endless insect wave did not end in a short time.
Both of their faces were a little pale and their eyes were dim.
Maintaining a large-scale, indiscriminate attack for a long time is too expensive.
In the process of intercepting the insect tide, Zhou Qing and his two men did not think of other ways.
For example, they tried to go back to the location of the previous ground trap, trying to use the potholes below to deal with the insect tide.
But these corpse insects actually chose to pass through the walls on both sides and avoided the trap hole.
People have no choice but to eliminate the insect swarm head-on.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Suddenly, there was a roar from the other side of the passage, and then an even larger corpse insect appeared.
The corpse bug just now was the size of an adult's fist, but the one that appeared now was as big as an adult elephant!
If the appearance of the two were not exactly the same, Zhou Qing would not think that they were the same creature.
Like an elephant, can this be called an insect?
"Elephants" crawled rapidly on the passage, rushing towards Zhou Qing and the others. The air of corpses filled the air, making people very uncomfortable.
“These big guys are not weak in strength.” Zhou Qing said solemnly:
“Unlike those little bugs just now, they can be solved casually.”
The only one The good news is that after the "elephant" came out, those little bugs disappeared.
“Go straight up and kill them!”
Ning Wan did not hesitate, and with the long sword on her body, which was also a top-grade Yuanwu weapon, she jumped forward.
Zhou Qing immediately followed, with intense sword energy. At the same time, the two of them also used various Taoist means to assist in the battle.
Elephant-like insects were chopped down by the two of them. Both of them had body protection skills to defend themselves and avoid being splashed with insect blood.
Charging all the way, Zhou Qing and the others were attacked by the giant insects and advanced a long way, until in the distance, they saw a light that was completely different from this passage.
This made the two of them feel happy.
"That's the exit?"
"You'll know if you kill it and take a look!"
"Chi!"
The giant insect's head fell to the ground, and black blood splashed into the passage. Up, down, left, and right, adding some strange feeling. This was the last giant insect. Zhou Qing estimated that it had about the strength of the Bone Refining Ultimate, but it still died under the swords of two people.
Ning Wan's physical martial arts is at the bone refining level, that's for sure.
“Hoo!”
The two men breathed a little more quickly. Looking back, they saw corpses of corpse insects behind them, covering the passage.
The black blood has gathered into a stream, winding towards the way they came.
“Fortunately we did not separate.”
Ning Wan was somewhat thankful for the decision she made outside the three stone gates.
Based on everything they experienced after entering the stone gate, if the two of them acted separately, it would be much more difficult and much more time-consuming to get here smoothly. It would be too dangerous.
It’s just that this tide of insects, if it’s a person, is really possible to be dragged to exhaustion by them.
It would be too dangerous to be exhausted in such a dangerous place.
“Do you want the corpses of these insects?” Zhou Qing asked:
"If you want, I can help you collect it."
"..."
Ning Wan's chest heaved and she was speechless.
She is not a rag collector!
"Thank you, but no more. These corpses have little value."
Zhou Qing nodded, and the two of them slowly walked out of the passage. What appeared in front of them was a large pit, which was very deep.
With the two of them now as the starting point, there are two suspended roads attached to the walls on both sides of the pit, one on the left and one on the right.
At the end of these two roads, there are two more stone gates.
There are no other cave entrances seen on these two roads, which means that the other two of the three stone gates that the two met last time most likely do not lead here, and should go somewhere else.
“This is an insect nest.”
Ning Wan murmured, her eyes falling on the big pit below.
I saw that the large pit was covered with layers of dense insect eggs, which were very small, only about the size of a thumb.
The eggs are slightly transparent, and it is very bright here. With the eyesight of two people, they can see what the creatures inside the eggs look like.
It was the larvae of those bugs they met just now.
“What a generous move.” Zhou Qing whispered:
"If all these eggs hatch, then we are likely to be forced out."
Because the pit is filled with insect eggs, they cannot judge how deep the pit is.
But combined with the experience just now, it must be a very grand scale.
Under the gaze of the two people, there were still insect eggs that had just hatched, and then something horrifying happened.
The newly hatched corpse worms went directly to fight with other corpse worms, and the winner directly devoured the other party's corpse.
From thumb-sized larvae to fist-sized adults, and even elephant-sized mutants, it's hard to imagine how many of the same species they will consume in this process.
In the underground tomb where there is no food, fellow humans are the food.
"Zhou Qing, I want to take these eggs away." Ning Yuan said.
Zhou Qing secretly admired that she was worthy of being the proud daughter of the Wanxing Chamber of Commerce. She could be so calm in the face of such uncomfortable and disgusting things, and still think about their value.
Thankfully, Zhou Qing is now a cultivator. Both physically and mentally, he has undergone many transformations and is able to overcome many instincts. Facing these insect eggs, he no longer has any special feelings.
Otherwise, if a mortal saw the scene here and asked him to collect insect eggs, he would probably be driven crazy.
But these eggs are indeed valuable.
Insect control is also a relatively powerful field among monks, provided that ferocious enough insects can be found.
The way to control insects is basically to use the insect sea tactic.
Zhou Qing asked: "There are too many eggs, can your space equipment hold them?"
Ning Wan said: "You can take some of it away."
"Then let's go together."
"Sorry to trouble you."
Ning Wan handed Zhou Qing one Some unique space bags.
“The insect bag is specially used to hold spiritual beasts and spiritual insects.”
Normal space bags cannot contain living creatures such as spirit beasts and spirit insects. It can be seen that she is well prepared.
I guess I had the idea to come here to buy goods from the beginning.
On the left and right of the big pit, there are two stone steps leading to the bottom of the pit. Zhou Qing and the others can follow there to retrieve the eggs.
The two of them separated, and one person went to a stone staircase, but they had just collected the eggs once, and something changed again.
A large number of insect eggs actually moved and gathered together, and then those insect eggs were grouped together. The appearance was what this kind of corpse insect looked like after it hatched, and it was very large, probably as big as Zhou Qing's previous life. The size of a bus!
This shocked the two of them. What kind of operation was this? !
Then the giant insect egg beast pounced directly on Ning Yuan.
Zhou Qing immediately pulled away, left the pit, and then ran towards Ning Yuan while talking about the road beside the wall.
The aura of this giant insect egg beast is very strange and chaotic, but its power...
Marrow Cleansing Realm!
"Bang!"
The insect egg monster hit Ning Yuan, and she flew out directly, using the wall behind her to stop her retreat.
The sword light roared, Zhou Qing launched a direct attack, and shouted at the same time:
"Are you okay?!"
Ning Wan shook his head, there was nothing wrong, but His eyes were a little cold.
"Let's get rid of it together!"
The giant insect egg beast withstood Zhou Qing's sword, and some of the insect eggs on its body exploded, but what was shocking was that some of the insect eggs in the big pit immediately Climbing up it made up for what it lacked.
This shocked Zhou and Qing. What is this?
(End of this chapter)