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"Chrysanthemum remains, wounds all over the ground..."

Yun Luo hummed a happy tune, leisurely collecting spirit plants on the ground.

Following the Treasure Seeking Mouse, they discovered this patch of Profound-tier Crying Blood Chrysanthemums.

Its flowers were palm-sized, with pale yellow petals and red stamens. When withered, they would secrete red blood dew, hence the name Crying Blood Chrysanthemum.

Using its blood dew instead of cinnabar to draw talismans could increase their power by twenty percent.

It wasn't on the sect's mission list, so anything they found belonged to them.

"Ah... Crying Blood Chrysanthemums, my chrysanthemums..."

Chu Li wished she could dive in and roll around.

So many Crying Blood Chrysanthemums were enough for her to use for decades.

Yun Luo almost burst out laughing at her suggestive words.

She bit her lip hard to hold back her laughter.

"Senior Sister, Little Junior Sister, if you don't want them, give them to me. I'll give you spirit stones," Chu Li said.

Most cultivators knew the simplest talismans, but their demand was clearly not as high as hers, a Talisman Cultivator.

Yun Luo gave her all the ones she had picked.

"Second Senior Sister, no need for spirit stones."

Chu Li often gave her good things, so she couldn't possibly charge her spirit stones for these Crying Blood Chrysanthemums.

Qin Mushuang and Su Xanyu also gave her all the ones they had picked.

Chu Li was so touched she almost cried.

"Wuwuwuwu... I'm so moved. Don't worry, I'll cover all your talismans from now on."

The four of them picked all the Crying Blood Chrysanthemums. Yun Luo also dug up a few more plants and put them into her Spirit Bracelet space.

She had dug up several plants of the spirit plants they encountered these past few days, wanting to see if they could grow outside.

This way, they wouldn't have to wait for the secret realm to open.

After finishing these tasks, Yun Luo released the Treasure Seeking Mouse again.

It landed and circled the ground a few times before running off in one direction.

However, strangely, this time it ran less decisively than before, with some hesitation.

It was as if it couldn't confirm if there was really treasure ahead.

"What's wrong with it?"

Chu Li bent down and poked it.

"Could it be that it's too tired these past two days and its nose has gone bad?"

Yun Luo squatted down and picked it up, thinking Chu Li's words made sense.

"Maybe. Why don't we let it rest, and we'll look for it ourselves?"

They had already obtained enough things this time anyway.

Qin Mushuang and the others had no objections. Yun Luo raised her hand to put the Treasure Seeking Mouse into her Spirit Bracelet space, but it suddenly let out a sharp cry, its fur standing on end as if electrocuted.

"Squeak squeak squeak..."

Its cry was shrill, and Yun Luo's heart tightened, a bad premonition rising.

"What is that thing?"

Su Xanyu pointed at the sky ahead.

The sky, which had been clear blue with white clouds, suddenly darkened, and a swarm of unknown creatures was flying towards them.

"It's a beast tide, run!"

Qin Mushuang quickly rode her sword, pulling Yun Luo up with her.

A sky-obscuring swarm of spirit beasts, even if they were all only at the Foundation Establishment stage, could keep Nascent Soul experts busy.

The four sisters didn't dare to look back, pushing their sword-riding speed to the limit.

But even so, the dark mass of demonic beasts behind them was getting closer and closer.

Yun Luo couldn't help but look back and almost fainted on the spot.

It turned out to be a swarm of flying cockroaches.

Most of them were the size of gas canisters, and their demonic patterns indicated they were in the Qi Condensation stage.

The medium-sized Foundation Establishment cockroaches were as big as single-door, three-layer refrigerators.

The Golden Core cockroaches flying in the middle were as large as mammoths, and there were over thirty of them.

The most disgusting thing was that they actually had human faces.

The sight made people's San value plummet.

Yun Luo was from the north in her past life and had only ever seen cockroaches the size of a fingernail.

This was her first time seeing a flying cockroach.

She immediately felt dizzy.

"Stand steady!"

Qin Mushuang pulled her, her tone urgent.

Sensing something was wrong with Yun Luo, Qin Mushuang quickly looked back.

Her usually calm pupils contracted.

"Ahhh... damn it, what is this thing?"

Chu Li's scream echoed.

Chapter 27 Flying Cockroaches (Page 2/2)

Su Xanyu looked back, her body shuddering, goosebumps covering her neck.

"Ugh~"

Seeing the cockroaches getting closer, escape was impossible, so they could only fight.

"Little Junior Sister, let's fight together."

Chu Li jumped onto Su Xanyu's sword and handed her a handful of talismans.

High-power talismans couldn't be brought in, only defensive ones.

She affixed acceleration talismans to two swords and then, as if they were free, began throwing them at the cockroach swarm with Yun Luo.

"Ahhh, they're too ugly, I can't take it."

"Senior Sister, more talismans, ugh~"

The two women threw talismans while retching until Chu Li ran out of them.

At this point, Su Xanyu had to step in. She took out a lotus-shaped spirit artifact, and thousands of silver needles rained down like fine mist.

Qi Condensation stage demon beasts that were touched instantly died.

The speed of the Foundation Establishment Realm cockroaches also noticeably slowed, but the Golden Core stage cockroaches were completely unaffected.

The demon beast cockroaches were naturally poisonous and thus possessed a certain resistance to toxins.

Su Xanyu used all her magic artifacts, but the cockroach swarm had decreased by less than a tenth.

"You two, ride your swords."

Seeing the three struggling, Qin Mushuang had no choice but to have Chu Li and Su Xanyu ride their swords, while she unleashed several sword energies towards a few Golden Core stage demon beasts.

Yun Luo also took out her Black Iron Sword and unleashed sword energy towards the Qi Condensation stage cockroaches.

Her sword intent grew more solid with each kill.

Chu Li had already sent out a distress call to disciples from other peaks, but they were scattered across the land and couldn't arrive in a short time.

Seeing the two struggling, she had to draw talismans while riding her sword, using Tai Xu Yin Xing and dipping it in the dew of the Crying Blood Chrysanthemum.

Her face quickly turned pale as she focused on two tasks.

This time, she drew only offensive talismans, and with the enhancement of the Crying Blood Chrysanthemum, the cockroaches' offensive slowed down.

"Roar..."

The largest Golden Core stage cockroach let out a roar, clearly annoyed by the endless stream of magic artifacts and talismans from the four.

Furthermore, one of its tentacles had been severed by Qin Mushuang's sword energy.

Unbearable!

Following its roar, all the cockroaches' wings flapped into afterimages, and their attacks became even fiercer.

"Eldest Senior Sister, that's a forbidden zone ahead!"

Su Xanyu shouted in alarm.

Yun Luo's eyelids twitched, and she began to release her spiritual energy shield.

A dozen Golden Core stage cockroaches slammed into the shield, and she felt it tremble.

She couldn't help but curse Lin Ting in her heart.

Each activation of the spiritual energy shield consumed energy that required a certain amount of time to recover.

The last time she activated it for a day and a night, its energy was already depleted.

It hadn't even been three days, and the energy recovered by the bell was simply not enough to withstand this swarm of cockroaches.

If Lin Ting hadn't hired assassins, the spiritual energy shield could have easily lasted until Senior Sister Huo Mei and the others arrived.

Another dozen Golden Core stage cockroaches crashed into the spiritual energy shield, its golden light dimming slightly.

Looking at their dark brown human-like faces up close, Yun Luo had become immune.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

The cockroach legs scraped against the protective cover, emitting a piercing sound. Qin Mushuang's expression was grave.

"We can't hold on much longer. Let's go to the forbidden zone."

Chu Li hesitated, but the overwhelming swarm of cockroaches seemed to leave them no other choice.

"Go!"

She quickly used the blood dew from the Crying Blood Chrysanthemum to draw two acceleration talismans and affixed them to her swords.

The two swords shot directly towards the misty forbidden zone.

"Junior Sister, hold on tight to me."

Yun Luo was practically pressed against Chu Li's back.

They were entering the gray forbidden zone marked on the map. Besides demon beasts, this area also contained all sorts of natural formations.

There were offensive, restrictive, illusionary, and teleportation formations.

Teleportation formations were the most numerous, randomly sending people to any corner of the secret realm.

This included the red forbidden zone.

According to cultivators who had ventured in, the red forbidden zone was littered with high-level magical treasures and did not suppress a cultivator's cultivation.

However, it also housed high-level ferocious beasts and natural killing formations.

Even Void Refining cultivators found it difficult to emerge unscathed.