The insect-man youth still retained his half-human, half-insect form, but his body was covered in dense, intricate patterns that flickered with an eerie gleam.
Qin Zhen had extraordinary attainments in puppet refining and recognized at once that these patterns were curse markings. Like talisman markings, formation markings, and artifact markings, they were all foundational manifestations of Dao markings. Her nine-tailed fox puppet bore several curse markings as well and could unleash the corresponding curse arts and divine abilities!
However, the patterns on the insect-man youth were clearly far more profound and unfathomable. They were even constantly changing, merging and giving rise to new markings. Evidently, this person's attainments in the Dao of Curses had reached an inconceivable level.
As the ominous bloodlight poured into the insect-man youth's body, the scene within the honeycomb village was revealed as well.
There were no living creatures left in the village, only corpses that had died in the most miserable ways...
Some had been drained of flesh and blood, becoming shriveled corpses wrapped in skin and bones. Some were covered in wounds, their blood and organs evaporated clean away. Some had turned into pools of foul, reeking sludge, while others were covered in dense poisonous sores.
Clearly, they had all died beneath vicious curses!
At this sight, Qian Xiaofeng, Qin Zhen, and Wei Wenyun could not help but feel chills run through their hearts.
Especially since the insect-man youth before them possessed unfathomable cultivation. Merely looking at him filled them with an indescribable terror. The instincts they had honed through years of cultivation kept warning them that this person was exceedingly dangerous.
"Run!"
The three instantly abandoned their original plans and each employed escape arts, fleeing into the distance.
"Since you have come, then stay behind!"
The insect-man youth let out a murmur like