Although the Spirit-Eroding Fungus King had been captured, no one yet knew where its nest was.
To his utter surprise, the Dragonized Insect Queen actually knew—and even wanted to take him there.
Such urgency meant there had to be something, some treasure, inside the nest.
Since that was the case, Xu Changqing naturally did not refuse. He said excitedly, "Lead the way."
The Dragonized Insect Queen twisted its massive body and instantly changed direction. With a series of wriggles, it reached an open area, then began digging straight into the ground.
In an instant, dust billowed and shattered stones flew everywhere.
Honestly, its digging speed and efficiency were astonishing.
Before long, its huge body burrowed into the earth and continued downward.
Xu Changqing deliberately waited a while before following. As man and insect kept descending, they soon passed a depth of a hundred meters, then several hundred, and finally more than a thousand meters.
Good thing he possessed an Earth Spirit Root. Otherwise, he would have been in for a miserable time.
The dense Earth Qi brought abundant earth spiritual qi, but it also carried immense pressure.
As they went deeper and deeper, the Dragonized Insect Queen suddenly changed direction and began moving straight to the left.
Its speed underground was even faster than Xu Changqing's, despite his Earth Spirit Root.
Even solid rock could be broken apart with effortless ease.
And so, who knew how much time passed.
A crisp crack suddenly sounded from ahead.
It sounded as though the Dragonized Insect Queen had broken through something.
Xu Changqing followed behind. After a while, the view before him suddenly opened up, and he found himself inside an underground cavern.
It was not completely dark here. A faint green phosphorescence glimmered all around.
The only problem was the poor air