Two suns hung in the sky, scorching the earth.
The dense forest was damp and stifling.
Murky puddles of sludge reflected glimmering light. Clusters of tiny red insects formed balls, swaying like waterweed. Tangled vines intertwined and crisscrossed, forming a giant "spiderweb" over Insect Valley. Now and then, two vividly patterned green snakes coiled around it, flicking their forked tongues.
Young talents from the Nine Forts and countless great strongholds across the Southern Border, packs on their backs and Spirit Weapons in hand, leaped from every point along the cliffs into Insect Valley. Using true force to cleave through the vine "web," they slowed their descent. The enormous commotion startled flocks of birds from the woods, blotting out the sky in a dark and dense mass.
Above everyone's heads—
A beam of seven-colored Rainbow Light drifted through the boundless expanse, cutting across Insect Valley for a thousand li with astonishing majesty.
The Southern Border's unique King Insect Ritual scattered its radiance.
The Gu insects throughout Insect Valley stirred restlessly, their spiritual workings colliding without end. In unnoticed corners, terrifying mutant Gu insects were being bred one after another. If an ordinary person accidentally stepped into this place, even a mosquito landing on the back of their hand would mean certain death!
At the cliff's edge, several dozen Perfected Elephant experts ascended a high platform and overlooked Insect Valley.
Green Pattern Valley, Hundred Grass Ravine, Heavenly Cavern...
The familiar Perfected Elephant experts of the Southern Border's Nine Forts gathered in twos and threes, their hierarchy clearly divided. Several members of the Five Poisons, Nine Gu, Twenty-Four Fiends had come, while the Perfected Elephant experts from the other great strongholds gathered together, boasting about the renowned young talents of their own villages.
Whether they truly thought highly of one another in their