Fu Ku suddenly bit through the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which merged into the void before him!
"Buzz buzz buzz—!"
The poison cloud abruptly solidified, transforming into the phantom of a gigantic venomous insect the size of a house—jet-black all over, with a hundred legs and a thousand eyes, hideous beyond compare!
The aura emanating from the insect phantom had astonishingly reached the threshold of the Longevity Realm! Though illusory and unstable, its towering ferocity and deadly poison made the air throughout the Hundred Herbs Garden thick, rancid, and foul!
Seeing this, Netherfire Venerable stopped holding back as well.
He extended both hands. Pale flames poured from every pore of his body, gathering and compressing before him.
At the heart of the flames, a point of profound darkness slowly emerged, like an entrance leading to the Nine Nether hells.
"Nine Nether Underworld Fire: Yellow Springs Beckon."
His voice became hollow and ethereal, as though it drifted from the underworld.
That point of darkness rapidly expanded, becoming a pitch-black vortex over three meters wide. Pale flames burned along its rim, radiating a terrifying suction force that devoured all life and drew souls into ruin!
The vortex had locked onto Lu Chen!
Shen Qiu also forced up his true essence, ignoring his injuries as he once again activated the emerald-green pearl. Drawing upon the remaining power of the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Array, dozens of ghostly green chains shot out like venomous pythons leaving their dens, winding toward Lu Chen from every angle—ground and sky alike—to restrict his movements!
The three great experts had finally unleashed their trump-card forbidden arts!
A venomous insect phantom at the threshold of the Longevity Realm! A Yellow Springs vortex that lured souls into damnation! And the full suppression of