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Chapter 110 Spreading the Insect Swarm (Please Subscribe)

The mountain path was rugged, filled with strange rocks, and a constant, chilling wind blew. Although Lin Jingchu and Song Yu were physically superior to ordinary people, they still found it extremely difficult.

Just as the two of them worked together to climb over a huge boulder blocking the road, Lin Jingchu's ears twitched, and he keenly caught a heavy, slow footstep mixed in with the howling wind, each step causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Lin Jingchu gestured for Song Yu to be quiet, and the two of them carefully peeked out from the edge of the giant rock, looking towards the mountain path ahead.

In the distance, on an even steeper mountain path, a colossal creature, over thirty feet tall, was slowly moving.

Its entire body was covered with thick, grayish-white bone armor, with countless menacing grayish-black bone spurs growing at the seams and joints. At the ends of its two forelimbs were giant claws several meters long; with a casual swipe, hard mountain rocks would crumble and fly away like tofu.

Its head resembles that of a monitor lizard, but it has only one huge, upright eye that coldly scans the surroundings, seemingly searching for prey.

Even from a distance, one can feel the suffocating oppression emanating from this behemoth. It is no ordinary beast that can be contended with.

With a thought, Lin Jingchu summoned a swarm of Heavenly Crystal Ants that silently emerged from beneath his robes. The stream formed by nearly ten thousand Heavenly Crystal Ants appeared so small before the colossal Yin Beast, which resembled a mountain.

The ant colony clung to the rugged ground and the shadows of the rocks, like a living fluid, silently spreading towards the unsuspecting giant shadow beast.

Their target was clear: the gaps where the giant Yin Beast's joints were connected.

Soon, the vanguard ant swarm reached the giant's hind leg joints. They opened their mandibles and began to gnaw at the indestructible fascia between the joints. The faint rustling sound was drowned out by the howling wind.

However, the giant beast's pale, vertical eyes suddenly snapped open in fury. It let out a low, violent roar and raised its claws to stomp downwards.

A gray-black circular ripple suddenly swept outwards. Wherever the ripple passed, hard rocks turned to dust, and more than a hundred of the Celestial Crystal Ants, which had actively flown forward to absorb the shockwave from their joints, were instantly reduced to dust.

The ant colony seized the opportunity and began to gnaw rapidly, creating a continuous rustling sound.

The deafening roar, the sound of bone spikes shooting out and splitting rocks, the heavy thud of giant claws stomping, even the howling wind seemed to be briefly suppressed by this violent commotion.

In an instant, the earth shook and rocks fell like raindrops. This battle between two people of vastly different sizes lasted for about half an hour.

Finally, with a mournful cry filled with resentment and weakness, the enormous creature moved more and more slowly, and finally crashed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

The ant swarm successfully breached the giant Yin Beast's joints, devouring its vital internal organs. However, the Heavenly Crystal Ant swarm also paid a heavy price, its numbers dwindling to less than three thousand.

"The losses are considerable—" Lin Jingchu thought to himself, "It seems we need to rest here for a while and let the ant colony multiply and grow stronger."

Lin Jingchu immediately ordered the ant colony to continue gnawing on the giant beast's carcass, while he and Song Yu searched for a place to take shelter nearby. Soon, they discovered a natural depression on the side of the mountain wall.

The two wielded their Dragon Scale Sword and Autumn Water Sword, channeling their strength into them, and began to carve inwards with a series of clanging sounds.

The sword was incredibly sharp, and even though the black rock was very hard, it was like a wooden stake. In no time, they dug out a cave about five zhang deep.

By the time the cave was dug, the swarm of Heavenly Crystal Ants outside had already devoured the giant Yin Beast. The ants brought back a fist-sized high-grade Yin Beast Crystal and presented it to Lin Jingchu.

Immediately, under the queen's command, the ant swarm surged into the depths of the cave. More than a thousand of the Celestial Crystal Ants approached each other, and their bodies began to melt and intertwine, forming a purple crystal tower about three feet high in just a few dozen breaths.

The remaining Crystal Ants clung to the surface of the crystal tower, channeling all the energy they had accumulated during this time into the tower.

The queen ant flapped her wings and flew into the crystal chamber at the top to lay her eggs. In just a few moments, more than ten thousand tiny eggs, each the size of a sesame seed, had accumulated beneath her.

On the other side, Song Yu began to clean off the dust, and then used the animal hides of the monsters he had hunted along the way to spread on the narrow stone bed that had been carved out.

After tidying up the cave, she sat on the edge of the bed, gazing absently at the strange, faintly glowing crystal tower.

After a long pause, Song Yu suddenly spoke in a low voice, her voice somewhat ethereal: "Junior brother—don't you think that your senior sister is useless?"

"Since we've come here, you have to protect us in everything, and we have to rely on your spirit insects, which have only become a burden to us."

Lin Jingchu was taken aback when he heard this. He turned to look at Song Yu and saw that she had lowered her eyes, looking less aloof than usual and more pitiful.

He scratched his head, thought for a while, and then said, "How could that be? Just like the animal skin clothes we're wearing, they're soft and fit perfectly. Isn't that your handiwork, Senior Sister?"

Upon hearing this, Song Yu's mood instantly plummeted even further.

Seeing her like this, Lin Jingchu took a step in front of her. Before Song Yu could react, he lowered his head and kissed her forcefully.

Senior sister, when did you become so depressed? Let your junior brother give you a good talking-to and help you cheer up.

The queen ant, who was laying eggs inside the crystal tower, seemed to sense something, paused her actions, turned her head curiously, and looked through the crystal wall at the two intertwined figures outside.

"Ugh—wait—" Song Yu struggled, glancing at the crystal tower out of the corner of her eye, "Little Crystal—"

Before she could finish speaking, she was forced down onto the stone bed covered with animal hides.

Several pieces of animal skin clothing, still warm from body heat, were thrown through the air, landing perfectly and completely covering the crystal tower.

Luoyun Sect, the main peak above the sea of ​​clouds.

A streak of blue light landed in front of a quaint and secluded courtyard, revealing the figure of Peak Master Song. Her brows furrowed with lingering worry as she quickly entered the courtyard.

Beside a stone table in the courtyard, an elderly man with silver hair, dressed in a simple Taoist robe, was pouring tea by himself.

"Senior Uncle Cheng," Peak Master Song said, barely suppressing his anxiety.

Cheng Tiankun pointed to the stone bench opposite him: "Sit down. Are you here again because of the changes at the Boundless Sea?"

"Yes." Peak Master Song sat down as instructed, and without bothering with formalities, said urgently, "I have searched through numerous ancient books and ancient cultivators' notes, and made inquiries from various sources, but I still have no clue about the strange black mist that suddenly appeared in the Boundless Sea that day and devoured Yu'er, Jing Chu, and another disciple of our peak. What exactly is that black mist? Where did it come from? Senior Uncle, you are experienced and have a wide circle of friends, have you found any clues?"

Cheng Tiankun slowly shook his head and sighed, "Junior Brother Lü and I have also asked many patriarchs of our close sects and senior rogue cultivators. However, the Boundless Sea is vast and boundless, and it is also a place devoid of spiritual energy, so very few cultivators have ever explored it since ancient times. As for that strange black mist, none of us have ever heard of it or seen it before."

Seeing the increasingly worried expression on Peak Master Song's face, Cheng Tiankun comforted him, "The soul lamp of the other female disciple—although it has been extinguished—still has a faint flame left in the soul lamps of Yu'er and Jing Chu."

"This means that their lives are not in danger. Perhaps they are trapped in some special secret realm, or perhaps they are too far away."

"In short, don't worry every day. Yu'er and Jingchu are blessed with good fortune. They support each other and may be able to turn bad luck into good and find their way back."

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