I offered sacrifices to the gods

A terrifying surge of spiritual energy erupted, overturning layers of thick earth and stone.

This offensive, launched at the cost of the self-destruction of the great formation, was too terrifying, causing the spiritual energy in the world to become restless and turbulent.

Boom!

With a deafening roar, a violent surge of spiritual energy erupted, tearing a gap in the edge of the city wall of Xiaonan City.

Upon seeing this, the abbot made hand seals and summoned his natal magic weapon.

The Golden Flame Furnace flew out horizontally, leaving a trail of golden flames as it crashed into the gap in the protective array of Xiaonan City.

This attack completely destroyed the protective array of Xiaonan City, and a torrent of golden flames suddenly swept out of the city, engulfing a large part of the city in flames.

It should be known that these rich golden flames are mixed with the abbot's own life fire. If an ordinary cultivator were to come into contact with even the slightest bit of them, he would be burned to ashes.

However, the abbot's lifespan did not allow him to abandon these life flames, so the sea of ​​fire in the city only lasted for a short while before he withdrew his life flames.

Soon, the flames burning within the city faded from a brilliant gold to a normal fiery red.

"Let's make our move! We'll annihilate the Five Poisons Sect today!" With the abbot's command, the cultivators under his command soared out from the crowd and headed straight for the breach in Xiaonan City.

The battle broke out instantly, and the two cultivators from the Five Poisons Sect at the Visualization Realm were naturally stopped by the Sect Master and the Punishment Elder.

As for the other few guardians of the Candle Illumination Realm, they were dealt with by the inner disciples of the Golden Sun Temple.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals!

All the cultivators were caught up in the battle, and the cultivators of the Five Poisons Sect were immediately at a disadvantage after the battle began.

This place is, after all, the home ground of Jin Yang Temple. Even with the help of Tian Du Sect, the Five Poisons Sect, with its shallow foundation, will find it difficult to stop Jin Yang Temple's advance.

The true determinants of the course of this immortal war were, of course, the cultivators at the Contemplation Realm on both sides.

No matter how fiercely or one-sidedly these cultivators fight, once the battle between the higher-ups is decided, the outcome will suddenly change.

Just as the entire battlefield descended into chaos, Lin Mo, who had a mission to complete, also made his way to Xiaonan City at the last moment.

Jin Yang Temple had a large and powerful force, and he concealed himself along the way, so he basically didn't encounter any enemies.

Occasionally, someone would block his path, but he would defeat them in the shortest amount of time.

With his current strength, he is almost unmatched in the Spirit Guidance Realm.

The Lesser Completion stage of the Blood Transporting Scripture endowed him with a powerful physique like that of a demon beast. Furthermore, with the blessing of the Deeply Rooted Talisman, as long as his feet touched the ground, the spiritual power within his body would continuously recover.

In this way, a layer of stone skin condensed on Lin Mo's body surface, and he further enhanced his fists with the imperial spiritual energy, making him almost invincible on the battlefield.

As long as they are not cultivators above the Candle Illumination Realm, no one can stand a chance against him.

Meanwhile, the protector of the Five Poisons Sect was entangled with the direct disciples of the Golden Sun Temple and was unable to spare any attention, so no one on this battlefield could stop him.

In a short while, he crossed the battlefield and entered Xiaonan City, where he quickly found the headquarters of the Five Poisons Sect.

Because it had been burned by the abbot once, the place was now deserted, and the surrounding area was covered with charred marks.

"There are hidden rooms underground, so you can take whatever you see... Since the abbot is vouching for me, I have nothing to worry about."

Lin Mo murmured to himself, feeling no real tension.

After all, it was a task assigned by the abbot. If they really encountered a life-threatening danger, the abbot would definitely be the first to get restless.

Soon, Lin Mo found an underground passage to the Five Poisons Sect's headquarters. It was not difficult at all, because the abbot had deliberately left a path that had not been burned black.

Along this road, a secret passage leading underground appeared before him, almost explicitly stated.

Boom!

Lin Mo blasted open the hidden door of the underground passage with a single palm strike and strode down.

A chilling aura emanated from the dark passage, reminding him of the days he was imprisoned in the Evil Water Cave.

Before long, points of light appeared ahead. The two ends of the passage were inlaid with glowing beads, illuminating the surrounding environment.

At the end of this underground passage, the sound of flowing water could be heard.

"This is... an underground river?!"

Looking at the underground river at the end of the passage, Lin Mo frowned deeply. He hadn't seen any underground chambers along the way, but at the end of the passage, an underground river appeared before him.

"The abbot wouldn't speak without reason. Since he has shown me this underground passage, it means there is indeed a secret room here."

After thinking for a while, he believed there were two possibilities.

Jump into this underground river and follow the current; perhaps you can find the location of the underground chamber.

The second possibility is that he missed something along the way, causing him to miss the location of the secret room.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo recalled the scene after he came in.

Glowing pearls!

"This underground passage is hidden in the Five Poisons Sect's headquarters. Since it is so well hidden, it means that those qualified to enter it must be at least cultivators at the level of protectors."

"But cultivators at the Candle Illumination Realm don't need lighting in the dark, so the existence of these luminous beads seems somewhat redundant."

Almost instantly, Lin Mo understood the key point.

The luminous beads, which only exist in the latter half of the underground passage, are rather out of place; there might be some hidden secret within them.

With this thought in mind, Lin Mo immediately turned back.

Upon closer inspection, there are a total of thirteen luminous beads on both sides of the passage, with one extra one on the left side of the stone wall!

dong dong!dong dong!

After tapping it twice, Lin Mo smiled and then pressed the extra luminous pearl back in.

Sure enough, there was a trap here!

Rumble!

The stone wall began to shake, and one section of it slowly descended.

shhhhhh!

Before he could rejoice for long, several sharp arrows shot out from behind the wall.

Stone Skin!

In an instant, a layer of earth elemental energy condensed on Lin Mo's body, forming a layer of stone armor that blocked all the hidden arrows.

"The arrowhead is infused with a special spiritual metal, and simply using spiritual power to protect the body might not be enough to withstand it... Moreover, the arrowhead is also poisoned, so one wrong move and you could really die here."

Lin Mo bent down and picked up a hidden arrow. The arrowhead shimmered with a faint colored halo, clearly indicating that it had been coated with some kind of deadly poison.

With the intention of not wasting any, he pocketed all these hidden arrows.

After doing all this, he strode into the dark room.

However, what was inside was somewhat different from what he had expected. There were no mountains of spirit stones, nor any rare materials or treasures.

There was only white spider webs covering the ground, making it very difficult to walk.

"That's right. With storage bags on their bodies, why would cultivators from the Five Poisons Sect carelessly leave valuables piled up here?"

"But if there's nothing valuable inside, why dig this secret room and set up a poisoned arrow trap?"

Lin Mo muttered to himself in confusion, then continued walking forward. The next moment, his pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw dozens of insect eggs lying quietly in a corner at the end of the pile of spider webs!

One of the insect eggs was particularly peculiar, as it was seven-colored.

"The insect eggs that the Five Poisons Sect could hide here must be quite valuable."

Lin Mo narrowed his eyes and took two more steps forward. His feet shook the spider web covering the ground, and the closer he got, the more restless the insect eggs became.

Judging from this reaction, these are definitely insect eggs!

As for what kind of spirit insect it was, he couldn't quite tell.

"Never mind, take all these spirit insect eggs!"

This was also his mission for this trip. If he failed to complete it, he didn't know what kind of backup plan the abbot would leave for him.

Lin Mo strode forward, and when he was only a step away from the spirit insect eggs, many of the white eggs unexpectedly broke open and hatched.

In an instant, dozens of tiny black spiders appeared in the darkness, each covered in sticky fluid.

"Oh no... they hatched ahead of schedule!" Lin Mo thought to himself, and just as he was thinking of a solution, the little black spiders gathered at his feet.

"There are a whopping twenty-eight baby tarantulas!"

Lin Mo exclaimed in surprise, these wolf spiders were clearly the offspring of the spirit insect born from the Five Poisons Sect Master.

That's a third-tier poisonous insect, capable of rivaling a cultivator in the Visualization Realm.

Although its direct combat strength is not ideal, the deadly poison within its body would make even cultivators at the Visualization Realm extremely wary.

What surprised Lin Mo the most was that these young wolf spiders showed no hostility towards him, as if they regarded him as their mother.

Seeing this, Lin Mo's eyes gleamed with enthusiasm, but there was no hostility. This meant that taming him would be quite easy and would hardly require much effort.

Thinking of this, he immediately used the insect master inheritance he had previously obtained to plant spiritual contracts on several young wolf spiders, taming them with his own spiritual power.

As expected, these young tarantulas were easy to tame, and he tamed five or six in no time.

But at that moment, a terrifying pressure descended.

boom!

The spiritual pressure of the visualization state!

Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat, and disbelief flashed in his eyes.

"How is this possible? Weren't the two Visualization Realm cultivators from the Five Poisons Sect blocked by the Abbot and the Elder of Punishments?"

"Could it be that we've been defeated?!"

A great terror descended upon his heart, and the spiritual power within Lin Mo's body seemed to stagnate under this pressure.

We cannot linger here. With the abilities of a cultivator at the Visualization Realm, killing him would only take an instant.

Just then, another familiar aura swept over Lin Mo, neutralizing the powerful spiritual pressure.

"You dare to be distracted while fighting against me? Fellow Daoist Poison Wolf, you are far too arrogant."

hum!

Between heaven and earth, sharp metallic spiritual energy surged up like a tide.

Lin Mo took a deep breath and, without hesitation, put the remaining untamed baby wolf spiders into his arms.

Finally, his gaze fell on the unhatched, colorful spirit insect egg in the corner.

This insect egg is very strange. Even through the layer of the egg, Lin Mo could sense a very powerful life force inside.

If the creature inside hatches, it might become a truly extraordinary spirit insect.

Thinking of this, he hardened his heart and snatched the colorful spirit insect egg into his pocket.

Since living creatures cannot be placed in the storage bag, he could only stuff it into his bosom.

After gathering everything, Lin Mo continued his escape towards the underground passage, and then plunged headfirst into the ever-flowing dark river.

Pfft!

This was the only way out he could think of. At the exit of the passage, the abbot and the Five Poisons Sect Master were fighting. Going up there rashly would be extremely dangerous.

"I wonder how the battle went. This time, they took away all the Five Poisons Sect's insect eggs. I'm sure the Five Poisons Sect Master will be furious."

"Fight! The fiercer the better. Ideally, none of them should survive."

Although he didn't know where this underground river led, it was his only way to survive.

If the abbot were to die at the hands of the Five Poisons Sect Master, he could escape and live a life free as a bird in the sky and a fish in the sea.

No more constraints!

Just as Lin Mo was fantasizing about a bright future, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his arms.

Although the underground river was icy cold, it meant nothing to him.

But the newly hatched wolf spiderlings are different; these juvenile venomous insects are not very resilient.

In just a short while, quite a few had drowned in the underground river, and the remaining little wolf spiders probably wouldn't last much longer either.

Now is not the time for regrets. Lin Mo's eyes were incredibly determined as he continued to swim vigorously in the dark river.

He used both his qi and blood and spiritual power, and his whole being was like a nimble fish, moving at a speed that was not slow at all in the water.

Just when Lin Mo thought he could escape so easily, he suddenly felt a slight stinging pain in his chest.

This startled Lin Mo so much that he choked on some water. At first, he thought he had been bitten by a dying baby wolf spider.

But then I thought again, something didn't seem right. These baby wolf spiders had just hatched; how could they possibly bite through his body?!

"No, no, it's that colorful insect egg!!!"

Lin Mo was horrified. The spirit insect inside the colorful egg had hatched at some point and even bit him on the chest.

Soon, a tingling sensation spread across his chest, and that area seemed to have lost all feeling.

poisoned!

At this critical juncture, the poisoning, and the fact that it's an unknown and highly toxic substance, could have some terrible consequences.

The underground river surges and flows, its destination unknown.

If you faint here, it's no different from being dead.

Lin Mo felt a chill run through him. He lifted his shirt, looked at his purplish chest, and his face turned extremely pale.

On his chest, a small, seven-colored silkworm was biting him tightly.

Let's go all the way and tame them!

Because of his blood, Lin Mo chose the blood pact this time.

He focused intently on planting the blood pact mark, attempting to tame the seven-colored silkworm with his own blood essence.

However, this seven-colored silkworm was of a very high level, and it had been impossible to tame it successfully several times. It was far superior to those little wolf spiders.

Just when he was extremely anxious, he was caught off guard and bumped his head on a hidden reef.

As the poison spread, Lin Mo's consciousness finally gave way and he passed out.

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