Continuing downward, the stench grew more and more pungent...
The Purple Light in Luo Yan's eyes flickered faintly as she quietly warned, "Brother, there's danger. Slow down."
As she spoke, Luo Yan lightly tapped the tip of her foot, shifting her sword downward by one body-length.
If danger erupted, she could block in front of Luo Zheng at the first possible moment...
Seeing Luo Yan's tiny action, Luo Zheng was both amused and exasperated. Surely he wasn't that fragile in his sister's eyes?
After descending another five hundred zhang, everyone finally saw the source of the stench clearly.
"My heavens, a giant worm is dead!"
"So the body of this giant worm has rotted!"
Ordinary giant worms were entirely pure green, like cabbage caterpillars whose bodies had been magnified tens of millions of times.
But the giant worm before them had already turned grayish brown. The hard shell covering its body was damaged everywhere, riddled with holes of all sizes.
"Why did this giant worm die?" someone asked curiously.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Just then, everyone suddenly heard a series of sounds slicing through the air from above.
It turned out to be the Sword Clan disciples who had arrived afterward.
After Sword Mastiff, who led the group, arrived, his gaze swept around and soon landed on Luo Zheng and Luo Yan. He smiled faintly and nodded at Luo Zheng.
Luo Zheng did not know about Sword Without Trace's arrangements, but he knew that the Sword Clan was standing with Yu Taibai this time. He nodded in reply.
"These larvae are the larvae of Ruo Ling Giant Worms. It takes dozens of Divine Eras for them to hatch from larvae into adults. While they're in worm form, they won't move at all." Sword Mastiff glanced at the rotting worm, his brows