Puppet insects.
They were one of the three great spirit insects recorded by the Holy Demon Sect that could be refined into king gu.
It was said that these insects controlled other creatures through soul threads. After turning their victims into puppets, they could also enter their bodies as parasites.
Not only could they inherit their victims' cultivation and strength, but they could even retain their talents, seize their memories, and wield all manner of divine abilities and spells, cultivating to immortality through their puppets' bodies.
When the Ten Thousand Gu Demon Patriarch's Celestial Immortal Avatar first came here, he had nearly fallen into their trap.
Puppet insects had attacked him as well, trying to control his Celestial Immortal Avatar.
When he sensed that he was about to lose control of his Celestial Immortal Avatar, he decisively detonated it, preventing them from taking it over.
Later, he entered Medicine Mountain many times, until on one occasion he killed an Earth Immortal Realm spirit insect.
A puppet insect escaped from its body. Only then did the Ten Thousand Gu Demon Patriarch discover the clue and learn of their existence.
Lin Fei had never imagined his luck would be so rotten that he would blunder into puppet insect territory.
"According to the records, puppet insects should be rare and few in number."
"Otherwise, all the spirit insects throughout Medicine Mountain would have become their puppets long ago."
Lin Fei glanced at the Gold-Devouring Insect King and the three Golden Immortal-Eating Gu.
Even their protective golden light seemed unable to completely block the soul threads from penetrating, and they were struggling desperately to resist.
This made him realize that among the puppet insects lurking in the shadows, there was definitely at least one that had reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
Otherwise, even the