After walking farther in,
the strange rustling sounds grew more frequent.
In the gray-black fog, bizarre creatures appeared from time to time.
Poisonous insects with vivid colors and strange patterns on their bodies, whose mere sight could make even Nascent Soul Realm cultivators dizzy.
Disgusting monsters with fat bodies and rough skin, writhing like maggots, their hideous mouths lined with sharp, stubby teeth and dripping thick, yellowish, foul-smelling fluid.
Divine birds of incomparable grace, their bodies wreathed in purple flames, yet when they flapped their wings and flew through the fog, they let out a series of grating "caws."
And strange creatures with square heads, purplish-red eyes, pitch-black bodies, and long, slender limbs and torsos, flashing through the mist from time to time...
Far too many.
Vivid, disgusting, bizarre...
Most of these strange creatures had developed all sorts of unfathomable abilities because of the harshness of their surroundings.
But a small number had been affected by the fragments of Tai's essence when he fell.
Those were the most dangerous beings in all of Qingxu.
Even Profound Penetration and Truth Insight Realm cultivators couldn't necessarily guarantee their safety if they encountered the latter.
When it came to the level of "Immortals" and "Ancestors," many things became highly "unreasonable."
Take that poisonous insect with its vivid patterns, for instance.
Its aura was quite weak, not even reaching Foundation Establishment.
But who could have guessed that such a tiny poisonous insect would contain a toxin potent enough to kill someone at Profound Penetration, or even injure someone at Truth Insight?
A mere Foundation Establishment creature could actually injure someone who had glimpsed the world's true nature and seen through the myriad phenomena of the cosmos?
It was simply beyond belief!
But with Tai's essence involved, it became possible.
Squeak, squeak~!
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