#604 - Ghoul Bug
With a point of Su Chen’s finger, the Xuantian artifact bloomed with dazzling light. The fire sea below began to boil and continuously split apart, dividing into two and revealing a spacious and solid rocky bottom.
At the bottom of this fire sea, a wisp of purple flame burned quietly, only the size of a palm, accompanied by twinkling purple starlight, looking quite enchanting.
It was this small, inconspicuous flame that brought immense pressure to Su Chen and his group, causing their hearts to palpitate. They could vaguely feel the extremely terrifying power contained within.
“Heaven-Ranked Strange Fire, Purple Star Flame!”
Qing Ling and Gu Ruoxi's eyes lit up with surprise.
Heaven-Ranked Strange Fires are quite rare and hard to come by. They are spiritual objects nurtured by heaven and earth, possessing terrifying power. Once fully unleashed, the power is unimaginable!
“Go ahead, this Heaven-Ranked Strange Fire is destined for you.”
Su Chen patted Qiao Yun’s head.
Qiao Yun nodded obediently, activated her cultivation technique, released the power of her Divine Phoenix bloodline, and carefully contacted the Purple Star Flame to communicate with it.
Heaven-Ranked Strange Fires already possess initial spirituality. Unless it is the top Heavenly Gods, it is impossible to subdue them by force.
Once the Heaven-Ranked Strange Fire is stimulated, it will autonomously erupt, and even a Heavenly God Realm expert will not be able to withstand it.
Qiao Yun has extremely high attainments in the Law of Fire. The Divine Phoenix bloodline she possesses also made the Purple Star Flame feel close and not reject her, allowing Qiao Yun to gradually approach and collect it.
【Ding, the host intercepts the Purple Star Flame, the plot changes, the Child of Destiny Gu Changsheng’s fortune is damaged, and 150,000 Fortune Value is obtained】
【Total Fortune Value: 3,396,300】
When Qiao Yun collected the Purple Star Flame, a system notification also sounded in Su Chen’s mind.
In addition to the Purple Star Flame, there was also a piece of stone emitting purple light under this underground area, crystal clear, like jade, containing pure flame power.
This is the Purple Star Flame’s symbiotic ore. Over the long years, it has absorbed the flame and aura emitted by the Purple Star Flame. It is a Heaven-Ranked ore, a rare and precious item for warriors who cultivate the Great Path of Fire. It can assist in cultivation and is extremely valuable.
Su Chen asked Qiao Yun to collect these ores as well.
【Ding, the host intercepts the Purple Star Flame symbiotic ore, the plot changes, the Child of Destiny Gu Changsheng’s fortune is damaged, and 25,000 Fortune Value is obtained】
【Total Fortune Value: 3,421,300】
A system notification sounded in Su Chen’s mind again.
After taking away the treasures here, Su Chen and his group turned around and left this place.
Su Chen and his group continued to advance in this Great Wilderness. Relying on the Stone of Destiny replicated by the Myriad Manifestation Divine Eye, Su Chen could always accurately discover various natural treasures along the way, which amazed Gu Ruoxi and Ying.
Two and a half days later, Su Chen and his group arrived in a dense mountain forest.
This place was overgrown with weeds, but a rotten aura wafted from afar, accompanied by a pungent bloody smell.
As Su Chen and his group advanced, they soon saw many corpses on the road, lying scattered all over the place, their deaths very miserable, gnawed on by some unknown creature, their flesh and blood blurred.
“They are… disciples of the Dustless Sect!”
Ying narrowed his eyes and saw the badge mark of the Dustless Sect from the relics and remaining clothes of these corpses.
Qing Ling and the others also became vigilant and immediately grasped their weapons and magical treasures.
These corpses were still very fresh, having died not long ago, which meant that the danger in this place was likely still present and had not dissipated!
From the remaining power aura of these corpses, it was not difficult to distinguish that these people were not weak, with the lowest cultivation being in the True God Realm, and there was even a Origin God Realm First Level expert among them!
As Su Chen and his group continued to advance, they soon saw several new corpses, which were disciples of the Changyang Prefecture.
In addition, there were also many皑皑 white bones scattered, not of the human race, but the skeletons of various ferocious beasts, which seemed to have died for many years and had almost decayed.
“Save… save me!”
Su Chen and his group soon encountered another incomplete corpse, but the other party was not completely dead. There was still a last wisp of weak aura on his body, his eyes wide open, and a bloody arm stretched towards Su Chen and his group.
Before Su Chen and his group could approach, a slight cracking sound suddenly came from his body, his head tilted, and his last vitality also dissipated.
This scene made everyone's heart heavy, because this person was a Origin God Realm cultivator, not weak, but he left so uneasily, and even everyone did not know where the danger came from.
“Retreat!”
Suddenly, Ying stepped forward, his figure flashed, and he directly blocked in front of Su Chen and his group, raising the red curved blade at his waist.
From the head of the corpse in front, a black spot shot out like lightning, the speed was too fast, very sudden, and pounced towards Su Chen and his group.
At the critical moment, Ying held up the curved blade in his hand and accurately blocked the black spot.
The collision between the two actually made a “clang” metallic tremor, sparks flew everywhere.
Clang—
In the next moment, Ying held the handle of the knife with his right hand, the red curved blade was unsheathed half an inch, a ray of blood-colored blade light flashed and disappeared, directly splitting the black spot in half.
Everyone then saw clearly that this black spot was actually a bug, only the size of a fingernail, as black as ink, and its appearance was extremely strange and hideous, simply as frightening as a demon.
“It was it that killed a Origin God Realm expert?”
Everyone was secretly surprised, staring carefully at this bug.
But even Gu Ruoxi and other Spirit Race true disciples, who were knowledgeable, did not recognize what this bug was after some observation. It was very unfamiliar.
Only Ying narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression became a little dignified, and said: “Be careful, this kind of bug is called a Ghoul Devouring Bug. It is difficult to deal with. It lives in groups and does not act alone. Whenever you encounter a Ghoul Devouring Bug, it means that there are at least tens of thousands nearby!”
Gu Ruoxi couldn’t help but mutter to herself: “Ghoul Devouring Bug… Why haven’t I heard of such a terrible insect race?”
“Because this is not a creature naturally born in the God Realm.”
Ying said in a deep voice: “Ghoul Devouring Bugs, I have only seen them in the Outer Heaven.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked again.
According to Daoist Changyu, the Outer Heaven is the most terrifying and dangerous forbidden area in the God Realm, which can make the six overlord-level sect forces join forces to defend, which shows how extraordinary it is.
It is conceivable that the insect race that only appears on the Outer Heaven battlefield is definitely very terrifying.
Only Su Chen was not surprised, and already knew what kind of dangers and opportunities there were in this place.
For safety's sake, Su Chen directly activated the Xuantian artifact, and the hazy light enveloped everyone, merging into the void, concealing all traces and auras, and quietly moving forward.
Sure enough, everyone continued to move forward, and soon found some Ghoul Devouring Bugs among the corpses on the ground again.
A quarter of an hour later, at the end of this mountain forest, there was actually a broken canyon, with banded black mist floating, gloomy and dim, and even everyone's divine sense could be blocked, and the situation in the canyon could not be seen clearly.
