"After it!"
Gu Chen and Zhu Huan had failed in their joint attempt, leaving them slightly startled by the insect's abilities. They immediately pursued it in the direction it had fled. If such a powerful creature was not killed now, it would become extremely troublesome in the future.
"It's incredibly fast. That bloated physical worm body is over a hundred meters long, yet it can extend and contract freely. Releasing it and drawing it back into its body both happen in an instant."
The two followed the swiftly moving aura beneath the ground. Gu Chen remained in his unsealed state, his right hand held in a grasping gesture. The instant he locked onto the worm's position below, he would make an upward grabbing motion.
Each attempt caused a bloody geyser to burst from beneath the ground, but he had yet to strike the young man with the worm body, whose senses were extraordinarily sharp.
"Damn it, I can't catch it!"
Gu Chen's power was entirely different from Jin Geng's. Blood was never associated with speed; it represented heaviness and viscosity. Thus, he was somewhat unable to keep up with the agile worm's movements.
"Gu Chen, keep chasing it. I'll see if I can pull it out of the ground..."
Zhu Huan estimated that they were already close to the central area. If he did not use an extraordinary measure now, the other party would likely escape for good. As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Huan abruptly stopped, dropped to one knee, spread all ten fingers, and pressed his palms to the ground. A ripple spread out from his hands, swiftly passing beneath Gu Chen's feet and sweeping toward the young man ahead.
The entire surrounding ground gave off a faint tremor.
"Bone Purgatory."
Fine bone spikes grew from within