Mountain Warfare Beyond the Mountains, the Great Sage Displays His Might!

Legends said.

In ancient times, the great shaman Wu was ordered to govern eight hundred volcanoes. He accidentally came into contact with a strange insect that dwelled in the magma deep within one of the volcanoes. The strange insect fed on the great shaman's flesh, marrow, and even soul. It had a small appetite but was lively by nature, darting around inside Wu's body all day long.

Every time it moved, it triggered pain like a drill boring into his heart, gnawing through his bones, and shattering his soul.

The strange insect had two sharp pincers. Even the great shaman's body could not withstand them. It could also shift between substance and illusion, making it impossible to restrain.

There were almost no methods capable of suppressing it, and it was extremely difficult to eliminate.

Its power was not great, and its reproduction was subject to many restrictions, so its numbers were exceedingly scarce. The marrow, flesh, and even soul-thoughts it consumed could not keep pace with the great shaman's normal growth and strengthening.

Thus, it was not fatal.

But there was one thing—

Pain!

Inexpressible pain!

Wu screamed in agony for forty-nine days and nights without pause, until he could endure it no longer. The dignified great shaman could not outlast that pain and exploded himself, seeking release.

It horrified the ancient world.

The strange insect resembled an ant, no larger than a grain of rice. Because it gnawed at its prey, a faint tiger's roar could be heard whenever it moved. And because the great shaman Wu had indirectly died by the strange insect's bite, people came to call this strange insect—

the Yanxiao Devouring Wu Ant!

The great shaman Wu died in his self-detonation, which also blasted the ancient strange insect into dust. Only a trace of its