The first step in carrying out their mission was to investigate whether the Zero Silver Lamp Master the scholars had theorized about truly existed.
They needed proof with absolute certainty!
The scholars of the Sky Fortress investigated the Zero Silver Lamp Master from two different angles: the Four Great Temples and the Silver Lamp Masters. Black Cloak Jiali still chose to work with Humble Scholar Xixido, and they set out to investigate the Four Great Temples.
This time,
instead of picking some small city at random and aimlessly poking around the Blood God Temple, the two headed straight for the main temple of the strongest god: the Thousand-Faced God.
The teddy dog and the fat cat passed by a mother nest shaped like a giant pineapple.
By now, Jiali and Xixido had all but adopted the same way of life as the Blood-Derived.
The fat cat casually plucked a few giant aphids from a crack in the mother nest, which stood more than two meters tall and resembled a giant pineapple, then chewed them with relish. Their sweet juices slid down its throat.
It seemed to be getting fatter with every bite along the way.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz.
The mother nest had been attacked. A swarm of giant aphids poured out of the pineapple-shaped nest.
Like caterpillars, they were covered in fine hairs laced with powerful neurotoxins. The swarm sprayed these fibers into the air; if they touched the skin or entered the respiratory tract, the results could be disastrous. But Xixido ignored them completely, and the fat cat swaggered away.
Seeing this, Jiali's eye twitched. He had experienced firsthand how terrifying those giant aphids were.
"You're immune even to this kind of neurotoxin. What kind of monster are you? It's hard to imagine that even you barely scraped