The insects were only half the size of a human palm, their entire bodies a chilling snow-white. Their bodies were somewhat bloated, their surfaces covered in a greasy keratin layer that could block part of one's Dou Qi and soul power. They had three pairs of tiny white wings like cicada wings, and the noise from before had been the sound of them beating those wings.
What provoked the most visceral disgust was their heads. Tiny black dot-like eyes, and a mouthpart that took up most of their skulls, packed with countless tiny, sharp fangs. Other than that, they had no other organs.
If there had only been a few of them, these insects would not even have caught the attention of Half-Saint-level experts. But there were simply far too many of them!
As far as the eye could see, they were everywhere, blotting out the sky and sun!
Moreover, they advanced with astonishing speed, surging forward in a vast tide directly toward this group of prodigies from the eight clans.
Everyone gasped at the sight. This was their first time entering the Heavenly Tomb, and the scene before them was nothing like what they had imagined.
"Brother Xiao Yan, we need to leave quickly! These are Ancient Devouring Insects. They can devour Dou Qi, and ordinary defenses are like paper before them. Once we are surrounded, we could even be trapped here alive until we die!"
Xiao Yan did not know what Ancient Devouring Insects were, but judging from their numbers and the fact that the experts of the eight clans all fled the moment they saw them, these things would not be easy to deal with even for Half-Saints or Dou Shengs!
The sixteen people present immediately began retreating at full speed without any prior agreement.
"Damn it,