If Lin Bai had only seen this strange insect for the first time, he might have mistaken it for something else. But after seeing that the glowing insect really could explode, there was basically no mistaking it.
"Sure enough, it's a Spirit-Exploding Insect."
"These insects never appear alone. Whenever they appear, they usually come in swarms—tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands."
"This insect first appeared in the ancient Spirit World. In the past, over a million Spirit-Exploding Insects exploded simultaneously, directly killing a Great Mystic Art User and shaking the entire Spirit World."
Lin Bai activated the protective barrier formed by the Crimson Lotus Sword Intent, and a layer of scarlet light enveloped his entire body.
He looked toward the space ahead again and saw that the glowing insects originally scattered throughout the area seemed to have been drawn in by the explosion of that one insect. They began swarming toward Lin Bai and Shen Yunfan.
"These insects don't have much intelligence. They act entirely on instinct."
"Moreover, they possess an extremely powerful chain-reaction ability. Once one insect explodes, all the other insects nearby will explode along with it!"
"Run!"
Seeing more and more insects flying toward them, the light flickering in the pouches at their tails began to stir. As the radiance grew stronger and stronger, Lin Bai immediately realized that something was wrong.
He hurriedly summoned his escaping light, and a streak of black-and-red light shot rapidly downward.
The place where he and Shen Yunfan had appeared was in the uppermost region of this space. Above them was the gray, hazy smoke at the top.
At that moment, Lin Bai guided his escaping light toward the bottom. Shen Yunfan did not dare hesitate and hurriedly followed.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Just after Lin Bai and Shen Yunfan guided