Before long, Huo Hai reached the habitat of another kind of spirit insect. This was home to one of the spirit insects in the Bright Yang Kingdom best suited for refining fire-attribute essence. They were weak, but plentiful, and possessed a rich fire attribute.
Once he arrived, Huo Hai saw the creatures called Fire-Spitting Insects. They had no wings, only relatively hard red-and-black shells. They were slow enough that even ordinary people could easily catch them.
These Fire-Spitting Insects were roughly at the Spirit Bone Realm, but that was only because of the enormous amount of spiritual power inside them. The insects themselves were pitifully weak. Many ordinary bugs posed a far greater threat to people. In the past, some locals had even caught Fire-Spitting Insects and taken them home to use as fire-starting tools.
Later, however, feeding them proved troublesome, and since they were living creatures, they would often escape if not watched carefully. After they caused several fires, the locals stopped coming to catch them.
Only people seeking fire-attribute essence would come here to capture a few Fire-Spitting Insects. Seeing them for himself, Huo Hai finally understood what these insects were all about. They had only one ability: spitting out a tiny flame.
Their sole means of protecting themselves was to make their flesh taste so foul that even birds would refuse to eat them. Together with their decent breeding ability, that was the only reason they had not gone extinct. Huo Hai shook his head. He only wanted to stockpile a few supplies. With a wave of his hand, he put some Fire-Spitting Insects into his inner space, then left without lingering.
Huo Hai descended the mountain and soon reached the passage leading out. Once he passed through it, he could leave Chainflame Mountain. He remembered being