Jade Firmament Blessed Land.
White essence qi erupted from below like a torrential downpour, saturated with dense metal-aspect spiritual qi, sharp as blades. The gushing white essence qi was like billions of fifth-rank flying swords, crisscrossing and shooting wildly through the void.
Piercing shrieks rang out without end, surging through all eight directions.
Amid the razor-sharp white essence qi were billions of crimson flying insects. Each was barely an inch long, shaped like an ant, with three pairs of crimson wings.
The crimson flying ants flew even faster than the white essence qi and could change direction freely in midair. Billions upon billions of crimson flying ants gathered and scattered around the white essence qi, devouring all the white essence qi around them.
"God-Eating Insects."
As Shui Mingxia watched the billions upon billions of crimson flying ants, her expression grew a touch more grave.
"These bugs are pretty formidable..." Gao Xian did not know the crimson flying ants' name, but he could tell that they possessed the power of third- and fourth-rank cultivators.
They naturally could not compare to true Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivators, but tens of millions of insects gathered together could easily devour cultivators of the same rank.
The main issue was that the God-Eating Insects flew far too fast. Their teeth could shatter metal-aspect primal qi as sharp as flying swords; no defensive spell of a cultivator at the same rank could withstand such vicious insects.
Shui Mingxia explained, "Teacher, these insects are called God-Eating Insects. The name means they can devour even immortals and gods, emphasizing how formidable they are. Their six wings are sharp as blades, their mouthparts carry deadly venom, and their bodies are extraordinarily hard. They fear no spell."
Although Shui Mingxia had never visited the Jade Firmament Blessed Land, Bai