Warmth of Body Temperature

The twenty-one-person team was split into two sections.

The front section consisted of ten people, protected by the Spirit Crown released by the tall, pale team member from Wu Hen's group.

The back section consisted of ten people, protected by a man with a brown scarf wrapped around his face from Cai Jinlin's group.

Little Stutterer stood in the very middle of the team, holding the Spirit Candle so that both the front and back groups could see if the Spirit Crowns were still being maintained.

"I... I am maintaining the Spirit Crown," the pale man said immediately. To prove his innocence, he unleashed the Spirit Crown even more intensely, to the point where it was visible to the naked eye.

Captain Qin Sheng immediately realized that it was the man with the wrapped face at the back of the team—he wasn't releasing his Spirit Crown!

"No, Ming Yi, Fei Ying, there's a ghost on your side!" Qin Sheng roared.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Spirit Candle held by Little Stutterer flickered out!

"Click-clack, click-clack, click-clack~~~~~~~~~~"

Dense swarms of White Bone Yin Ants began to gather in a terrifying manner. Although each one was as small as a grain of sand, they possessed strength a thousand times greater than their size. Even a single tiny White Yin Ant could strike with the force of a bullet!

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!!!"

At the very back of the team, the body of a man carrying a backpack who hadn't Awakened was pierced through and began to fester in just a few seconds. The Yin Ants on the ground climbed up his body frantically, beginning to gnaw through the small holes, their speed terrifyingly fast...

Before long, a stark white skeleton stood there. Even as a skeleton, one could still feel the pain and despair he had experienced before his death through the posture of his body!

"What are you dazing off for? Hurry and release your own Crown to protect yourselves!" shouted a burly man with a black headband.

There were naturally Awakened individuals among the ten people at the back of the team. Upon realizing they weren't covered by a Spirit Crown, they immediately released their own...

But they had underestimated the power of the White Bone Yin Ants. These were fundamentally different from the Gravel Locusts outside. When the brightness of a Spirit Crown wasn't intense enough, the ants could simply use their combined bodies to cover the Spirit Crown and devour its radiance!

The release of a Spirit Crown, from dim to bright, required a process.

In fact, by the moment they realized they had no protection, the White Bone Yin Ants had already swarmed around their feet and surroundings. Even if they released their Spirit Crowns immediately, they were devoured clean before the light could reach the necessary concentration to repel the ants!

And so, one skeleton after another appeared, from the very end of the team toward the middle.

Without even a moment to react, five team members were swallowed by the White Bone Yin Ants!

"It's too late, come to me!" Captain Qin Sheng hurriedly released his own Spirit Crown, hoping to expand the protected area.

At this moment, the White Yin Ants surged from all directions like a tide. Even those covered by a Spirit Crown dared not move a single step, fearing that an exposed arm or hand would be gnawed down to the bone.

Ming Yi and One-Eyed Sister were both in the unprotected group at the back.

They reacted quickly and immediately ran toward the position where Qin Sheng and Wu Hen were.

But the Yin Ants seemed to possess intelligence; they rapidly piled up into a white Tomb Wall, sealing Ming Yi and One-Eyed Sister off outside the Spirit Crown...

"No, no, I don't want to die!!" a woman in the team with Night Gloom strength screamed.

A wisp of Spirit Crown bloomed from her body, like a faint candle flame flickering amidst the dense, white Yin tide.

However, the powerful Evil Breath and the relentless demonic momentum of the White Bone Yin Ants surrounding them made the Awakened feel like damp candles. Not only was the process of igniting their Spirit Crown exceptionally difficult, but even if they managed to release it, it would be extinguished instantly!

The woman with Night Gloom strength only held on for a few seconds. In the end, her entire face was covered in White Bone Yin Ants. These cruel otherworldly insects burrowed into her orifices, stripping away her skin and flesh, leaving behind only a skeletal frame!

Ming Yi glanced back, catching a glimpse of this horrifying scene.

She took a deep breath, her eyes blooming with a bright radiance as she scanned the surging Yin Ants all around...

Ming Yi realized that releasing her Spirit Crown now would not protect her. She discovered that the white Tomb Wall built up in front of her had completely sealed off the path, but she also noticed that the street buildings to the side were becoming sparse!

Possessing spiritual perception, she could clearly see the dynamic "rendering" of these White Yin Ants. In fact, their numbers in any given area were limited. The towering Tomb Wall built in front of them hadn't appeared out of thin air; it had been drawn from the surrounding "Yin Province architecture"!

"Fei Ying, follow me!" Ming Yi grabbed the one-eyed woman's hand and darted toward the side street!

The white Tomb Wall was as imposing as the walls of an ancient palace; at first glance, it seemed impossible to climb over.

But as Ming Yi and Fei Ying moved laterally for about a hundred meters, they saw that this wall of death actually had a weak section—a spot where the layer of White Bone Yin Ants was thin!

"Blast it open!" Ming Yi said to Fei Ying.

"Alright!" Fei Ying was not one to panic in a crisis. She extended her palm, which was rapidly covered by a layer of mechanical material.

The mechanical glove began to heat up. With a fierce shout from Fei Ying, her entire palm erupted with high-temperature flames. The fire, like a giant red python, surged toward the thin wall ahead!

At the same time, the white ancient path beneath their feet had turned into the long tongue of a Man-Eating Heavenly Demon. Countless Yin Ants swarmed onto their bodies, their bodies exploding with the force of bullets, making Ming Yi and Fei Ying feel as if they were on a battlefield under a hail of gunfire.

"Get lost, you bastards!" Ming Yi's temper flared. Crystalline armor, thin as Silkworm Wing, emerged over her skin, glowing with vermilion flames!

The surging tide of Yin Ants was unstoppable; other Awakened couldn't last more than a few seconds before turning into white bones, but the power Ming Yi unleashed could briefly contend with this frenzy of ants.

Ming Yi swung her arms, which flapped like a pair of massive flaming wings. The raging crimson fire transformed into a Fire Hurricane, colliding with the army of Yin Ants that had turned into a giant demonic tongue!

In an instant, the Yin Ants were reduced to ash. The white ants along the entire road were wiped out, and the buildings on both sides, constructed from Yin Ants, were ignited, making the side street look charred and broken, as if it had been ravaged by a fire!

"Ming Yi, they are constantly gathering to form a wall!" Fei Ying released high heat from both palms.

But after the high heat destroyed the outermost layer of the wall, the entire Tomb Wall quickly converged again...

The Yin Ants from other parts of the wall were shifting laterally to this weak spot. They seemed to possess a high-level hive mind, capable of rapid coordination!

"Watch me, I'm going to break this wall no matter what!" Ming Yi took another deep breath. She raised her hands high, concentrating all the scorching power in her body above her head!

Brilliant fire breath gathered like feathers, and in an instant, a majestic Fire Sparrow manifested above Ming Yi!

With eyes like torches fixed on the front, Ming Yi hurled the Fire Sparrow forward with all her might!

The Fire Sparrow whipped up a scorching breath of flame, slamming into the solemn white Tomb Wall.

The outermost layer of Yin Ants turned to ash the moment they touched the Fire Sparrow.

Yet, a massive number of Yin Ants continued to swarm toward this spot without hesitation. Layer after layer was incinerated, only for more layers to pile up in their place!

The Fire Sparrow's body sank more than halfway into the Tomb Wall; one could almost see through to the other side. But a white web of ants was woven rapidly, and immediately after, more Yin Ants covered it, turning it into a thin wall once again.

From all directions, a vast sea of Yin Ants continued to charge forward, wave after wave, filling the gap in an incredibly short amount of time. A moment later, the heavy wall of the tomb reappeared, once again presenting a scene of despair!

"Krr-krr-krr~~~~~"

Hundreds of millions of Yin Ants emitted a chilling, resonant sound, like the shrill laughter of demons.

Clearly, they were using this method to tell the Awakened who had stepped into Yin Province that no matter how outstanding their strength, they could not escape death!

"Quick, this way!!"

Suddenly, Wu Hen's voice rang out from the original position.

"Get inside my Spirit Crown!" Captain Qin shouted.

That area of the Tomb Wall was indeed thick and indestructible, but that also meant the Tomb Wall on the main path was weaker.

Ming Yi had never expected to break the wall after releasing the Fire Sparrow; she had grabbed One-Eyed Sister and bolted back toward their original location!

At this moment, the deathly Tomb Wall on the original path had already become quite thin, and the crown released by Captain Qin Sheng had become very dense. As he walked toward the thin white wall, those white Yin Ants were driven away...

Wu Hen and Captain Qin were also running toward Ming Yi and Fei Ying. Ming Yi and Fei Ying understood the plan perfectly, sprinting toward each other!

"Krr-krr-krr~~~~~~~~~"

The Yin Ant hive mind was likely having its CPU fried by the actions of this group of humans!

They experienced a brief moment of chaos. One could see the white wall in front shaking, its movements clearly no longer uniform.

But soon, the massive army of Yin Ants gathered in the other area realized the humans were using a feint. In their panic, they deconstructed and reshaped themselves. Finally, they transformed into a gaping black maw, abandoning their original "wall-building" form, and lunged toward Ming Yi and Fei Ying!

Unfortunately, despite their massive momentum, they were still a step too slow.

Ming Yi and Fei Ying successfully reached Captain Qin Sheng and Wu Hen, their bodies quickly submerging into the area shrouded by the dense Spirit Crown...

"Krr-krr-krr~~~~~~~~~"

The gaping black maw was within arm's reach, turning the area surrounding the four of them into a tomb of white ants. The radiance of the Spirit Crown was like a torch in a cave, illuminating an area just large enough to hold the four of them.

Moreover, the light of the Spirit Crown flickered, as if it could be blown out by the terrifying army of Yin Ants at any moment. Yet, the surging, cruel Yin Ants stopped. Even though the darkness was boundless, they still held a sense of awe toward the Spirit Crown's area and did not encroach upon it by even an inch.

One-Eyed Sister Fei Ying let out a long sigh of relief.

Finally, they had escaped with their lives.

She couldn't help but glance at Ming Yi.

It was fortunate that Ming Yi was at the Thunder Radiance realm; her combat prowess was astonishing, allowing her to hold out for a while even under the assault of this terrifying swarm of Yin Ants. Otherwise, they would have ended up like the other eight members of the team, reduced to dry bones within seconds.

Wu Hen gently patted Ming Yi's soft shoulder, comforting her, "Stay close to me, it's alright, it's alright."

To the side, Captain Qin's eyes revealed a hint of confusion as he said, "I've released the Spirit Crown; what good does staying close to you do?"

Wu Hen immediately explained, "Captain, that's a bit of a chauvinistic mindset you have there. For a woman, while a house and a car to shelter her from the wind and rain are certainly important, the warmth and care a man can provide at any moment are what truly soothe a girl's heart."