Within the empty Sword Pool valley, wisps of white cloud drifted in from the valley entrance. Nalan Ruoxue had been cultivating atop a huge boulder not far from Luo Bei's side, her robes fluttering like those of a celestial maiden, lending the entire valley an abundance of spiritual aura. At that moment, Luo Bei's body suddenly shuddered and his brow twitched sharply. The instant Nalan Ruoxue sensed the abnormal fluctuation of magical power from him, she immediately opened her eyes.
"What is it?"
The moment Nalan Ruoxue opened her eyes, she saw three streams of dark-golden light flash and vanish into Luo Bei's hand. Meanwhile, an extraordinarily ancient and profound pattern appeared on Luo Bei's forehead. Like a tattoo, it was a vivid fiery red, giving off the sensation of glowing hot.
Those three dark-golden streaks that had flashed around Luo Bei were the three Primordial Spirit Locusts. Their bodies were as tough as primordial refined gold. Even the Natal Sword Essence could not shatter them upon impact, only force them back. They could also devour true essence and numb the meridians. Whether refined into gu insects or other magical treasures, they were exceedingly formidable. Although Luo Bei had acquired these three Primordial Spirit Locusts before, he had never possessed an excellent technique for refining them. Now that he had obtained the Great Black Heaven Demonic Art from the Blood Sarira, Luo Bei had spent the past few days using its methods to sacrifice-refine the three Primordial Spirit Locusts.
Ordinary Poisonous Gu Arts merely used medicinal substances or a thread of divine sense to control gu insects. But the refinement method within the Great Black Heaven Demonic Art fused one's blood and qi with the Primordial Spirit Locusts, effectively replacing their blood, qi, and divine sense with one's own. The