Sea of Insects, Gu Mountain

Shen Yi hurriedly circulated his true astral force and drew upon primordial qi. In an instant, he condensed a hurricane, churning the onrushing sea of insects into a black tornado. With a tap of his foot, invisible ripples spread outward as he swept A' Yue toward the eye of the storm, rising against the current!

Yet the sea of insects surrounding the gale seemed to have been provoked. It desperately converged toward the hurricane's center, crushing inward.

"Shen Yi, look!"

A' Yue raised a hand and pointed.

Above their heads, dense black Gu insects had already blotted out the sky and sun.

As the insects writhed, they condensed into an enormous, terrifying human face. Its mouth opened and closed, and the Witch God's voice rolled forth:

"You entered my Gu Mountain and killed my guardians."

"And you still wish to leave?!"

Shen Yi did not slow.

Instead, he charged straight into the enormous mouth in the sky:

"If we want to leave, no one can stop us."

With that, he thrust his palm forward. An invisible palm phantom shot forth, swelling with the wind until it covered the heavens and blotted out the sun, nearly matching the boundless sea of insects.

A' Yue lightly tapped with her delicate fingers, and a wisp of yin flame coiled through the air, instantly draping the massive palm phantom in a layer of blazing violet fire.

Boom!

The boundless palm phantom slammed into the terrifying face formed from the sea of insects, erupting with a deafening crash!

Violet flames blazed, and the palm force surged like a torrent.

The face upon the endless sea of insects collapsed and scattered in an instant. The palm force pressed onward, directly stamping an enormous palm print into the insect sea.

Though this strike appeared incomparably mighty, Shen