Wild Dogs

Xue Ming beckoned Yang Fan to walk forward, while cautiously looking around as they went.

Yang Fan didn't know what other insects were on the ground, so he remained highly vigilant.

As the black mist completely dissipated, the insects flying in mid-air also disappeared.

Just as Yang Fan breathed a sigh of relief, another rustling sound came from the side.

Yang Fan hurriedly looked to both sides of the cliff and saw a large group of strange insects crawling out from the edge of the cliff.

These insects swarmed like a tide, densely packed, and looked extremely terrifying.

"What is this?"

Yang Fan was surprised and took two steps back to the side.

These insects resemble spiders and are about a foot in size.

Their faces are remarkably similar to human faces.

"Hurry up, these are human-faced spiders, a type of corpse worm. Getting entangled by them will be a real problem."

Xue Ming's expression was rather unpleasant, and he hurriedly waved his hand behind him.

In an instant, a strange flame flew out, forming a wall of fire that blocked the human-faced spiders.

He grabbed Yang Fan and sped forward, finally managing to shake off the human-faced spiders after a long while.

Xue Ming slowed down, but as soon as he slowed down, a large swarm of insects rushed out from around him.

This time the insects were completely different; they were like centipedes, but moved extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared only a few feet away from the group.

Xue Ming could only grab Yang Fan, carry him through the air, and fly away into the distance.

In just over an hour, Yang Fan and Xue Ming were chased and killed by four or five waves of insects.

Yang Fan felt a chill run down his spine.

"Why are there so many bugs here?"

Xue Ming sighed.

"There's nothing we can do; far too many cultivators have died here over the years."

"The corpses haven't been completely eaten by the corpse worms yet; they're growing very fast thanks to these corpses."

"The four or five kinds you just saw are all corpse worms. To be honest, it's fortunate that they didn't finish eating the corpses of those cultivators."

"Therefore, the vast majority of corpse worms are not here, otherwise no one would be able to successfully infiltrate this abyss."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan was truly frightened.

"You mean after all this time, the corpses inside still haven't been eaten?"

"Yes."

Xue Ming waved his hand and continued leading Yang Fan forward.

After charging forward for almost half an hour, he finally came to a slow stop.

Clearly, the corpse worms had disappeared by this time.

At the same time, the surrounding environment gradually began to brighten.

"How strange, this is clearly an abyss, why is it so bright?"

Yang Fan looked around in surprise.

He then discovered that the cliffs on both sides of the abyss were covered with a kind of flower and grass that emitted a faint light.

In this abyss, the flowers and plants are exquisitely beautiful, like stars.

Yang Fan breathed a slight sigh of relief; things should be alright here now.

He glanced around.

"Master, is the medicinal herb you're looking for here?"

Xue Ming shook his head.

"No, this is only the outer perimeter of the Profound Abyss Secret Realm; the real test of the Profound Abyss Secret Realm has not yet arrived."

"As for these places..."

He shook his head.

"This is no peaceful place. Don't be fooled by the flowers and plants here; their ruthlessness is no less than that of those insects."

Seeing Yang Fan's confusion, Xue Ming smiled slightly.

"I'll show you how it works."

Then Xue Ming released a puppet and controlled it to rush towards the cliffs on both sides.

After a while, the puppet had reached the vicinity of one of the cliff walls.

But at that moment, the flowers and plants on the cliff face instantly pierced through the puppet like lightning.

Immediately afterwards, these flowers and plants wrapped themselves around the puppet, dragging it to the edge of the cliff.

Then, one of the flowers immediately became extremely large.

The flower's petals opened like a giant mouth, swallowing the puppet whole.

In the blink of an eye, the puppet was completely devoured and transformed into an even brighter light.

The petal then returned to its original state, appearing harmless.

Yang Fan was startled; he never imagined that the flowers and plants here could be so terrifying.

"Is this really a flower?"

Yang Fan shook his head repeatedly.

Xue Ming sighed.

"After the battles between cultivators, even the flowers and plants here have become so ferocious."

"Moreover, this is only the outer area; we haven't even reached the core region of the true Xuan Yuan Secret Realm yet."

"You'll only know what kind of trouble awaits you once you get there."

He led Yang Fan and continued onward.

Yang Fan was filled with anxiety throughout the journey. After being threatened by so many insects and plants, he had no good feelings towards this place anymore.

In his view, this place was dangerous at every turn, and something terrible could happen at any moment.

After a while, Yang Fan and Xue Ming stopped.

Ahead of them was a small, blood-red lake, but they stopped not because of it.

Instead, it was a few monks standing on the edge of the lake.

On this side of the lake, there were four or five Core Formation cultivators guarding the area.

Seeing Xue Ming pass by, these people pointed at him arrogantly.

"Kid, you can't go this way."

Although Xue Ming looked quite old, these people still mocked him.

Xue Ming smiled slightly.

"What, are you trying to block this place up?"

Xue Ming glanced at the four people as he spoke.

"Have you thought this through? We're among the first to arrive, and more people will be coming soon."

"How long do you think the traffic jam will last here?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of these people changed slightly, but they did not hesitate.

"Let's block the road for as long as we can, but I'm warning you, don't go if you don't want to die."

"To avoid ruining your cultivation, I advise you to obediently go back outside and wait."

"Just leave on your own after ten days, why waste your time?"

These people looked coldly at Xue Ming and Yang Fan.

Yang Fan breathed a sigh of relief; he wouldn't have to go any further if he was stuck here.

Unexpectedly, Xue Ming simply nodded slightly.

"Really? I'm so sorry."

He waved his hand, and dozens of puppets emerged from his storage bag.

The puppets rushed frantically towards the group of people.

"You bastard!"

The four people were startled to see that Xue Ming had released so many puppets at once.

"What's going on with you? How can you possibly control so many puppets at the same time?"

Someone shouted in surprise and hurriedly tried to escape the puppet's pursuit.

Although most of these puppets were at the Foundation Establishment stage, Yang Fan still discovered that two of them were significantly stronger than those at the Foundation Establishment stage.

It should be that it has reached the stage of pseudo-elixir or even core formation.

These Core Formation cultivators were only at the early stage of Core Formation.