More than two days after Xiao Yan made up his mind, just as he steeled himself to charge headlong through the sea of insects, the turn he had been waiting for finally came!
Boom—
A huge, muffled impact sounded in the distance and reached Xiao Yan's ears clearly. It had come from the front of the swarm!
"What's going on?"
Xiao Yan was surprised the moment he heard it. What could have caused such a commotion among the insects?
Aside from the insects, the only ones on this first level were the prodigies of the Eight Ancient Clans who had just entered. But they could not possibly have the strength left to attack the swarm, and there should not have been any other survivors near him.
Even as he considered this, Xiao Yan stopped concealing his soul power. It spread outward like a vast tide. The disturbance had thrown the swarm into rare disarray, finally allowing his soul power to penetrate it. What he saw was spectacular.
Ahead of the place toward which the swarm surged stood an extraordinarily broad curtain of energy. A formidable pressure emanated from it. This was the passage to the next level of the Heavenly Tomb. The noise had come from the swarm's leading edge entering the curtain.
Xiao Yan's heart leaped. If the insects were entering the curtain, he could use the chance to escape. He needed to reach the next level too, but shaking off the swarm mattered far more. This was the perfect opportunity he had been waiting for. If he did not run now, when would he?
He stopped conserving his Dou Qi and tensed every muscle. Just as the section of the swarm surrounding him was about to reach the curtain, he unleashed the Red Lotus Star Flame with all