"Moreover, these insects reproduce once every ten years. Once they have completely fused with a cultivator's divine soul, there is no remedy. Only by killing the host can the insect be thoroughly eradicated—and while doing so, you must guard against it using Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell to make you its next host."
After hearing Yunxi's explanation, Luo Liu and the Luo Family disciples all sucked in a cold breath, their scalps tingling as they considered the same question: what would they do if they encountered one?
Luo Liu spoke dryly:
"Your battle back then must have been extremely difficult."
Yunxi did not deny it. She nodded solemnly.
"Because the evil cultivators of the Wuwang Ruins stopped at nothing, most cultivators invaded by Evil Insects on the battlefield chose to self-destruct and perish alongside the evil cultivators. As a result, we had no choice but to replenish the battlefield with cultivators in advance. I guarded the Ancient Battlefield for nearly thirty years, and spent eight of those years in seclusion recovering from my injuries."
Yunxi herself admired the person she had been back then. She had actually endured it all, never once considering what would happen if she failed.
Luo Liu cupped his hands.
"Luo Liu is impressed. In this regard, we truly cannot compare to the ascended cultivators of the Weiling Realm."
Yunxi sighed.
"At the time, every step was fraught with hardship. If we had not carved out a path through blood, the entire Weiling Realm would have become the territory of evil cultivators, and billions of living beings would have become nourishment for their growth. So we could only fight with our backs to the river. Fortunately, we succeeded."
"So the ascended cultivators of the Weiling Realm advance so quickly. I heard that many cultivators received Merit