231 Chapter 227: The species that nearly drove the world extinct! (1/2)
”What? How could that be?!” Duan Li exclaimed in surprise.
The Killerworm had absorbed the spiritual Qi behind his palm attack rendering it useless!
Hmm?!
Realizing that the situation was off, the little sword thought for a moment before recalling something and then trembled in panic.
”Wait.. that is no ordinary Killerworm.. it is actually a Parasitic Killerworm! It belongs to a far more superior and deadly species of the Killerworm..!” the little sword said in a horrified voice.
I should've known earlier, Killerworms could only live in the desert and not on rigid soil.. furthermore, the burrows they make is only a meter in diameter, but the holes here are bigger than that!
”Parasitic Killerworms?” Duan Li said with a hint of confusion. He had never heard of this species before.
Noting the look of bewilderment on his young master, the little sword explained, ”Parasitic Killerworms lives in damp soil, but they rarely came out to the surface and chose to live deep underground instead!”
”In contrast to the carnivorous nature of the common Killerworms, Parasitic Killerworms usually does not eat people because they feed on spiritual Qi from the Subterranean river! However, once they have expanded in numbers and their food is no longer enough for all of them, they will start to attack villages and towns!”
Hearing this, Duan Li's countenance turned grim, but he still found it weird.
”Why haven't I heard of this type of Killerworms? Surely, if they had attacked villages before, I would've heard about it..”
”That's because these Parasitic Killerworms had long gone extinct! Back in the old days, their infestations were getting out of hand and they even dared to attack towns en masse, until cities were no exceptions!” the little sword replied.
”The cultivators in that era banded together and sweped the entire continent clean of these Parasitic Killerworms, until they eventually rooted out its queen!”
He still remembered those days, as even the Endless Monarch had personally helped in containing these wretched creatures from behind the scene, effectively neutralizing the entire species!
Had it not been the case, the current Tian continent would be infested with them, and if humans were not enough as its source of food, it will suck in the spiritual Qi from animals and other monsters, until eventually the plants itself!
This was why they were called as the Parasitic Killerworms, as they would eventually drive a whole world into a state of apocalypse!
In other words, while a few of them posed no threat, their sheer numbers back then had made them the apex predator of all living things!
Duan Li had not expected that the trial this time would involve him fighting against the common enemy of mankind, and at the thought of this, he grew extremely hostile towards them!
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”But since they absorbed spiritual Qi, skill attack would not work on them, so how did the people back then managed to get rid of them?” he asked.
The little sword trembled and was hesitating to answer this, but he eventually told Duan Li anyway.
”Their skin is extremely thick, so no blunt weapon would work on them, but a sharp weapon..” he was just about to continue when Duan Li interjected because he was so slow.
”Oh? You mean like a sword? Submit yourself to me then!” Duan Li grinned.
From the little sword's reaction, he knew that somehow the little sword was quite disgusted with the Parasitic Killerworms, even phobia perhaps.
But since the little sword was the only sharp weapon he has, other than the Eternal Great Axe which was made out of lightning elements, he could only use the former in this battle.
Shingg!!
The little sword could only relented helplessly as he enlarged himself into a full one-meter long sword!
Swish!
With a vertical cut to the mid section of the Parasitic Killerworm, the latter was cleanly slashed into two pieces!
Thud! The Parasitic Killerworm wriggled on the ground for a moment before its life was snuffed out and its blood spilled the greyish soil.
Dead.
BRRRR!!