As I urged the crane onward, I furrowed my brows, wondering what Hao Xi was trying to do. Then the eight-legged mount let out a sound like an old ox. After its mooing faded, strange creatures roughly the size of human heads suddenly began flying up one after another from its mountain-like back. They then flew toward me and the crane!
My expression changed drastically. The moment I saw those enormous, ferocious insects, my heart sank halfway. These things clearly weren't benevolent creatures; they were definitely on the same level as the Mountain-River Ants. As the saying went, too many ants could bite an elephant to death, and too many crabs could bite a crocodile to death. With such a terrifying number, it was utterly insane. It was as though I were seeing the Mountain-River Ants laying siege to a city all over again!
Moreover, when they began pouncing on the crane, even it hastened its steps.
These flying insects were incredibly fast, unquestionably faster than the high-mountain beasts. They also seemed to obey Hao Xi's commands completely. She kept directing them from behind, and soon the insects had spread throughout the surroundings, forming a battle formation as they surrounded and pursued me!
I truly hadn't expected Hao Xi to obtain such a terrifying epic-level high-mountain beast in the short time since she had come down here. This high-mountain beast even came with an apparently endless swarm of horrifying flying insects. If the crane were surrounded, it would probably be eaten down to a skeleton!
No wonder the high-mountain beast was so enormous. These flying insects survived by gnawing on the Qiongtian energy excreted from the beast's pores!
I definitely couldn't turn back now. I had the crane accelerate, but at that moment, Myriad Qi Immortal Lord caught up as