"The Queen Devouring Bug!"
In the original novel, Xiao Yan obtained an Ancient Devouring Bug Queen Devouring Bug, whose strength had reached the Half-Saint realm and was in a dormant period, from within the crystal wall of the Heavenly Tomb.
Xiao Xuan later refined it into the Ancient Bug Emperor Armor, a special defensive Dou Technique capable of withstanding attacks from Half-Saint level expert without being destroyed, and gave it to Xiao Yan.
"The crystal walls here seem exceptionally hard, and even the color is much richer than what we've encountered before..." Gu Xun'er said in a deep voice, stroking the Emerald Crystal Wall in front of her.
Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan quickly withdrew his gaze from the fist-sized jade pupa inside the crystal wall, a fleeting glint of fervor flashing in his eyes.
The Half-Saint Queen Devouring Bug is a good thing.
It is currently in a dormant state, so Huo Xuan can easily take it away. Once it awakens, it will silently burrow into its body and secretly absorb its Dou Qi. Unless a Dou Sheng Expert intervenes, it would be impossible to extract it from its body...
Although it is somewhat dangerous, that does not prevent it from being a good thing.
Who would complain about good things?
Anyway, Huo Xuan won't mind!
"Get out of the way!"
Huo Xuan pushed Gu Xun'er aside, causing Gu Xun'er to look away from the crystal wall. If Gu Xun'er discovered the Queen Devouring Bug, the Queen Devouring Bug might eventually fall into her hands.
Huo Xuan a deep breath, took a step forward, and his fist was enveloped in Strange Fire. He swung his fist, creating a scorching wind. The scorching whistling sound rang out shrilly in the passage.
"Bang!"
The fist, enveloped in Strange Fire, slammed heavily onto the emerald-like crystal wall. A deep, resounding boom echoed throughout the passage, and a violent ripple of energy spread rapidly outwards from the Huo Xuan, causing the entire passage to shake...
"Click!"
Under everyone's tense gaze, a small crack suddenly appeared on the crystal wall. The crack then rapidly expanded, and finally, to everyone's surprise and delight, it exploded with a bang.
The crystal wall shattered, and in an instant, Huo Xuan reached out and grabbed from the scattered crystal fragments, and something as warm and cool as jade landed in his hand!
That thing must be the Queen Devouring Bug. At this moment, Huo Xuan had neither the mood nor the time to examine it closely, and quickly put it into his Storage Ring.
All of this happened too quickly. Everyone's attention was drawn to the shattered crystal wall, and they didn't notice the Queen Devouring Bug at all. In any case, they had obtained such a treasure as the Half-Saint Queen Devouring Bug. Now that they had it, no one would be allowed to hand it over today!
"Hurry up!"
Having shattered the final crystal barrier, the group stomped heavily on the ground and raced away in a frenzy...
In the blink of an eye, everyone rushed out of the passage, and then, an endless expanse of gray land appeared in their field of vision...
This land was extremely vast, stretching as far as the eye could see. There wasn't any overly dense energy mist swirling around it. As soon as everyone stepped into this place, they could feel streams of pure energy continuously seeping into their bodies through the soles of their feet. This discovery stunned everyone, and then an uncontrollable look of surprise quickly spread across their faces. This Heavenly Tomb Third Layer was indeed far superior to the first two levels. With this kind of energy infusion, even if they didn't search for other Energy Core, they would likely achieve good cultivation results.
"So this is the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer...?"
The group looked around with joyful expressions; the feeling of surviving a disaster made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"Buzz!"
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a loud buzzing sound suddenly came from the huge light screen behind them, which seemed to connect to the end of the sky. This scene startled everyone, and they quickly retreated.
"Buzz!"
Just as everyone was retreating, from within the crystal wall passage that had been forcibly broken open earlier, waves of snow-white water, accompanied by a series of buzzing sounds, rushed towards them like lightning.
"Ancient Devouring Bug! How did they manage to track us down?"
Upon seeing this, Gu Qingyang and the others' expressions immediately changed, and they quickly retreated.
Huo Xuan found the actions of the Ancient Devouring Bug quite normal; Queen Devouring Bug, it would be strange if they didn't rush out and fight him to the death.
"Buzz!"
A white wave surged forth, overwhelming everything. However, just as these Ancient Devouring Bug broke through the Energy Crystal Wall, their flying bodies abruptly stopped. Then, to everyone's astonishment, with a soft "poof," they turned into a cloud of white powder and scattered...
"Pfft pfft pfft!"
In the next minute, a continuous stream of Ancient Devouring Bug fearlessly surged out of the passage. However, when they broke through the light barrier to within a ten-foot radius, they were as if resisted by a strange force, silently exploding into white powder. Eventually, this powder accumulated to a height of nearly several meters in front of the energy light barrier...
"What are these Ancient Devouring Bug doing?"
Everyone stared in astonishment at the Ancient Devouring Bug that kept pouring out despite knowing that the outside was a dead end, and their brows furrowed slightly.
"Does that mean they don't want us to escape?" one of them said with a wry smile.
"If they didn't want us to escape, they wouldn't be fighting so desperately. This is pure suicide, and a futile one at that..." Gu Qingyang shook his head and frowned.
While everyone was deep in thought and puzzled, Huo Xuan rubbed the Storage Ring on his finger. He was now even more certain that what he had just taken away was the Half-Saint Queen Devouring Bug.
These Ancient Devouring Bug were quite brave in their efforts to save the Queen Devouring Bug.
However, Huo Xuan would not pity these Ancient Devouring Bug and return such a precious Queen Devouring Bug to them.
"Buzz!"
The suicidal attack of the Ancient Devouring Bug lasted for nearly ten minutes, and the white powder covered the area around the crystal wall with a thick layer. Fortunately, this suicide did not continue indefinitely. After countless Ancient Devouring Bug turned into powder, the speed of the attack finally slowed down considerably, and eventually disappeared completely. Obviously, this ineffective suicide finally made them choose to give up.
"Let's go..."
Seeing these Ancient Devouring Bug retreat back into the crystal wall, Gu Qingyang shook his head and spoke.
Upon hearing this, the Gu Clan members immediately snapped out of their shock at the Ancient Devouring Bug's frenzied suicide and flew away into the distance.
After the Gu Clan left, the Hun Clan and the Shi Clan also left one after another. In just a few minutes, almost everyone had left the place.
"Lei Dong, Yao Tian, what are your plans now?"
Huo Xuan looked at the two people who were standing there and asked in a deep voice.
"This..."
"And you? What are your plans?"
Yao Tian countered with a question.
Upon hearing this, Huo Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Don't you know what my plans are?"
"That's deep inside the Heavenly Tomb. It's easy to encounter eight-star or nine-star Energy Body there. If you encounter one or two, it's fine, but if you encounter too many, it will be extremely dangerous. Moreover... there might even be Energy Body at the Dou Sheng level deep inside. If you encounter them, it will truly be a matter of life and death."
"Of course I know that." Huo Xuan looked at Lei Dong and Yao Tian in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You probably don't have the strength to go deep into the Heavenly Tomb yet... Less than a year has passed since the three years in the Heavenly Tomb began. How about... you find a place to cultivate for a while, and then when the agreed time comes, we'll go to the Third Layer together."