In the dim underground passage.
A gaunt man in tattered clothes used his dark hands like blades, mechanically shoveling and digging at the rock before him.
At a certain moment, the black sheen on the gaunt man's hands abruptly vanished.
Crack!
A dull sound rang out.
The gaunt man's fingers immediately bent backward and broke.
Yet his eyes remained vacant, his expression unchanged as he continued pounding at the rocky wall.
Before long, both hands were completely crippled and broken.
"Trash!" Xin Ya's small figure floated in midair, his face dark.
With a wave of his hand, a speck of fluorescent light flew from the man's head. It was a tiny flying insect, entirely transparent and resembling a miniature butterfly.
Once the insect left, the gaunt man collapsed to the ground with a thud.
In his final moments, a trace of awareness appeared in his eyes, only to quickly fade as his breathing stopped.
"Wei Donglai, for the sake of this Two Forms Life-Generating Forbidden Technique, more than eighty percent of my Insect Puppets have been destroyed. If we still can't break through, you can dig the tunnel yourself!" Xin Ya glared, his green eyes filled with viciousness.
"Fine, I'll dig it myself." Wei Donglai suddenly laughed.
Xin Ya felt fury surge within him.
The three clusters of ghostly green flames floating behind him abruptly flared brighter.
But Wei Donglai did not even look at him. Standing before the rock blocking the way, he threw a punch at the air in front of him.
Invisible force burst from his fist at once, like a giant spiderweb suddenly spreading over the entire tunnel wall, some ten to fifteen feet high.
Boom!
A muffled explosion sounded.
The earth and rocks blocking their path suddenly exploded.
A pitch-black cavern appeared before the two