Chapter 265 - Chapter 265: Chapter 258: Echo Worm_1 (2/2)

Having witnessed Qin Niu’s methods, Master He Shan’s attitude toward him had greatly changed.

Even the tone of speaking had become much more polite.

This somewhat flattered and astonished Qin Niu.

After all, he was currently just a third-class soldier, whereas Master He Shan was the Chiliarch in charge of the Insect Master camp.

In terms of both status and strength, they were not on a level playing field.

Strength was respected everywhere.

Qin Niu had displayed powerful strength, earning Master He Shan’s respect.

The two hurried forward quickly.

Along the way, bloodsucking leeches occasionally attacked them, but they posed no threat to either of them.

A true expert was entirely capable of handling these bloodsucking leeches with ease.

After dashing forward for a bit more than three hundred meters, they sequentially came across the bodies of five bodyguards.

One by one, they lay in tragic death, fallen on the road leading to those ships.

Master He Shan leapt down from the back of his mighty lion to examine the corpses.

On their bodies, no obvious wounds were found.

But the mouths of the five corpses were wide open, the expressions terrified, and three of the bodies had their own hands dug into their throats. Dark red blood flowed out from their eyes, nostrils, and ears.

“They might have been killed by voice-imitating insects!”

Master He Shan’s tone was serious, with a hint of solemnity.

“It feels like they were killed by insects burrowing inside their bellies. What are these voice-imitating insects?”

Qin Niu didn’t know much about some strange and unusual insects.

“I’ve never seen what they actually look like myself. I only know that Nie Kun, the leading disciple under Elder Jiu Yin, and the Gang Leader of the Nine Insect Gang, both have a kind of insect called voice-imitating insect. These insects move at the sound and feed on human hearts. They are one of the notorious murderous insects.”

Even Master He Shan didn’t know the details of this ferocious insect.

Qin Niu silently raised his vigilance, staying alert.

“Don’t worry too much, if we encounter voice-imitating insects, as long as we don’t speak, we will be fine.”

Although Master He Shan said not to worry too much, he still took out a mask from his bosom and put it on.

Qin Niu did the same, donning the face armor of the King Pig Leather Armor.

The defensive capability of the face armor was relatively weak, but it was better than nothing.

They could faintly hear the sounds of fighting ahead.

But they couldn’t see any figures at all.

Qin Niu followed behind Master He Shan, rushing toward the location from which the sounds of combat came.

Suddenly, Master He Shan disappeared before his eyes.

What followed was a dense fog that made it impossible to see any figures.

“Not good, we might have entered the enemy’s trap of an illusionary formation!”

A sense of dread sank in Qin Niu’s heart.

This sudden fog seemed suspicious and unnatural, unlike a regular mist arising from the riverside.

“Qin Niu, Qin Niu, where are you?”

Master He Shan’s calling voice came from ahead.

Qin Niu was about to respond when he suddenly remembered the five dead bodyguards, each meeting a gruesome end at the hands of voice-imitating insects.

In this uncertain situation, it was best to remain cautious.

With this thought, he kept silent.

Instead, he made his way toward the source of the sound.

“Qin Niu, come over here quickly!”

Master He Shan’s voice came again, sounding quite anxious.

Although Qin Niu had only interacted with Master He Shan for a short time, he knew him to be a composed person.

Whether speaking or acting, he was very level-headed, and even when besieged by seven Taiyin Yaoyao, he hadn’t sought help from anyone.

The sudden urgency of hurrying Qin Niu now was highly abnormal.

Yet the voice sounded so real.

It was no different from Master He Shan’s voice.