Upon hearing the Insect Mother's words, something suddenly stirred in Song Wen's heart.
The Void Beetles were not native creatures of the Profound Realm!
But where, exactly, had they come from?
Could it truly be as that fifth-tier Void Beetle had once claimed—that they came from the void?!
But could living creatures truly exist within the void?
Moreover, as a creature of the void, why did the Insect Mother loathe Source Qi so bitterly?
Could it be that the void, too, had been invaded by Source Qi?
Song Wen was filled with doubts and could not make sense of it no matter how he pondered it. Yet the Insect Mother remained tight-lipped, utterly unwilling to reveal the origins of the Void Beetle race.
As for Ying Wu—
After hearing the Insect Mother's words, the corners of her lips lifted into a smile.
"Insect Mother, who said Void Dragon Vine can only convert spiritual qi into Source Qi? Watch carefully—"
The nine tentacles of the late ninth-tier Void Dragon Vine suddenly moved, plunging into the torrent of Source Qi continuously transformed by the early ninth-tier Void Dragon Vine.
The torrent of Source Qi had originally been meant to flow into the lake of Source Qi behind the giant insect phantom and corrode its body. Yet now, the nine tentacles forcefully siphoned it away and drew it into the late ninth-tier Void Dragon Vine.
The torrent of Source Qi was immediately cut off.
Pure spiritual qi began to rise in curling wisps from all around the late ninth-tier Void Dragon Vine.
"This... this is..."
The Insect Mother's voice was thick with uncertainty and shock.
"Could it be... that this Void Dragon Vine can also convert Source Qi into spiritual qi?"
Ying Wu answered in a proud tone.
"Of course. The Void Dragon