Chapter 819: Silver Beetles’ Nes (2/2)
As they flew away, Yin Yanan said in a low voice, “Outsiders’ lifespans are much longer than ours. As young as that Phantasm looked, he might very well be more than a hundred years old. He might be very young among his kind, but he must be more seasoned than us three.”
Mu Biqiong frowned. “So even just the outermost ring of the Shatter Battlefield isn’t as safe as we thought.”
Nie Tian shared her view.
He had thought that they would be able to crush any opponent they might encounter in the outermost ring of the Shatter Battlefield with the help of his Bone Blood Demon and Yin Yanan’s Frost Blood Python.
Who would have thought the first opponent they encountered turned out to be so powerful?
With the help of that strange skull, that Phantasm youngster had single-handedly killed hundreds of opponents, and most of the humans he had killed had been at the Worldly and Profound realm.
This proved that his actual battle prowess had actually far exceeded the sixth grade.
Even the eighth grade Frost Blood Python had been rather apprehensive of that skull of his, which proved how formidable it was.
As their air-transportation spiritual tool flew farther and farther away, the Phantasm youngster reopened his eyes.
The skull moved out again to collect the discarnate souls that hadn’t dissipated into heaven and earth. As it did, its strength seemed to be building up.
Eyes narrowed, the youngster gazed in the direction Nie Tian and the girls had disappeared in, and chuckled weakly. “An eighth grade spirit beast, and it’s a hybrid… I can’t believe they actually went there. This is going to be interesting.”
With these words, he slowly closed his eyes again.
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Soon, sharp cries echoed out from ahead, along with loud clashes.
Upon hearing them, Yin Yanan accelerated her air-transportation spiritual tool.
Moments later, four lofty, silver mountain peaks that were about three thousand meters high entered Nie Tian’s view.
Bathed in starlight, the four mountain peaks glittered with silver light.
Wreathing each of the mountain peaks seemed to be many silver rings, from which came ear-piercing humming sounds.
Nearly a hundred figures could be seen yelling and brandishing their weapons within those silver rings, all of them enveloped in their own spiritual power wards.
Nie Tian looked over with rapt attention, and discovered that the silver rings that wreathed the four mountain peaks were in fact formed by countless silver bugs, and it was the light that bounced off their shiny exteriors that formed the ‘silver rings’.
Yin Yanan stopped her air-transportation spiritual tool when they were still a significant distance from the mountain peaks. Her expression grew grim as she exclaimed, “Silver Beetles!”
She also discovered that the four mountain peaks were actually riddled with bug holes, which made them look like four enormous beehives.
At this moment, more silver bugs were still flying out of those holes and joining the battle against the humans, who were clearly from the same sect.
“Is that Silver Beetle also a kind of insect from the Desolate Antiquity Era?” Nie Tian asked.
Yin Yanan nodded. “Like Bone-devouring Leeches and Metal-devouring Bugs, Silver Beetles are also from the Desolate Antiquity Era. Even though they’re not as powerful as Bone-devouring Leeches or Metal-devouring Bugs, they have the advantage of numbers. Back in the Desolate Antiquity Era, Ancientspirits used to fight outsider races in the Shatter Battlefield, so it’s not surprising that there are still Silver Beetles here.”
“That Phantasm youngster didn’t set us up by telling us to come here for spiritual materials that we would need, did he?” Mu Biqiong asked, growing alert.
Nie Tian frowned. “That’s actually quite likely.”
He unleashed his Heaven Eyes and observed the human Qi warriors from afar.
He discovered that those people dressed in the same garments were either fighting the Silver Beetles that filled the sky, gathering dead Silver Beetles, or capturing Silver Beetles alive with large nets.
Others were unleashing dark brown smoke against Silver Beetles. As some Silver Beetles were engulfed in the smoke, they would sway in the air and fall to the ground.
All of them seemed to have their own job. Some were fighting, while others were collecting.
Meanwhile, about a dozen dead humans could be seen at the foot of the mountain peaks, who seemed to have been killed by the Silver Beetles, as all of their flesh had been gnawed away, leaving nothing but pale-white bones.
Yin Yanan from the Beast-controlling Sect observed for a while before saying in a low voice, “They’re from the Heavenly Witchcraft Sect in the Domain of Heavenly Witchcraft. Like the Divine Seal Sect, the Heavenly Witchcraft Sect also has Saint domain experts. The reason why their domain is named the Domain of Heavenly Witchcraft is because no sect throughout the entire domain can match the Heavenly Witchcraft Sect’s strength.
“I only know about them because the incantations they practice are similar to ours.
“They like to capture insects from the Desolate Antiquity Era and use them to improve their battle prowess. The Domain of Heavenly Witchcraft is extremely far from the Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries. I’ve never been there myself, but our sectmaster has.”
Mu Biqiong chimed in softly, “Those disciples of the Heavenly Witchcraft Sect must be collecting Silver Beetles so they’ll be able to enslave them and use them in battle.”
While they spoke, a young woman, who was standing on an air-transportation spiritual tool that was floating by the mountain peaks, seemed to sense something, as the tips of her eyebrows flickered.
Instead of taking part in the operation herself, she had been calling to those who had and giving commands.
At this moment, she seemed to notice Nie Tian and the girls’ arrival. She turned around and shot them a glance from afar.
WHOOSH!
In the next moment, she flew over by herself while calling, “We’re from the Domain of Heavenly Witchcraft. I’m Fang Yingying from the Heavenly Witchcraft Sect. Where are you from?”
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