Light-Eating Worm, Sudden Ambush

It was like passing through a soft barrier of flowing water. Then, endless dazzling colors burst before their eyes!

White, gold, red, blue... all kinds of brilliant auroras sped along the walls of the crystal-like passage.

As countless streams of light flashed past, Qi Yuan and the others could not help feeling as though they had entered a dreamlike passage through time!

"Th-this is so beautiful!"

"There's actually such a beautiful place inside the Small World."

Hugo's group could not help marveling at the dreamlike scene before them.

Only after a long while did everyone gradually come back to their senses.

"Let's go. We should keep moving. The Aurora Stones required for the mission are probably only found in the upper regions of the Aurora Corridor."

At Hugo's command, the group immediately flew forward through the shimmering Crystal Passage.

The inner passage of the Aurora Corridor was roughly a thousand kilometers wide, and the entire corridor spiraled upward in a helix-like shape.

At the same time, openings of varying sizes branched off from the corridor walls.

Some of those openings were barely large enough for one person to pass through, while the largest could reach a diameter of over a thousand meters!

The branching paths were not entirely separate either, intertwining with other passages deeper within.

It could be said that the entire Aurora Corridor was actually an enormous, dreamlike labyrinth formed by countless winding crystal passages!

After advancing through the main passage for nearly two days, Hugo's group finally picked one of the larger side tunnels and entered it.

For the following days, they rapidly traveled through and explored the winding passages.

However, several days passed in succession. Let alone Aurora Stones, they had not even seen a single living soul.

"Damn it, the information only says there's a chance to obtain Aurora Stones in the Aurora Corridor. It doesn't say how to find them. If we keep wandering around blindly and relying on luck, the chances of finding one are way too low!"

Hugo could not help becoming dispirited.

The Aurora Corridor had seemed beautiful and dreamlike when they first entered, but after staying inside for so long, it now felt unbearably dull.

The dazzling auroras that constantly flashed and darted around made their eyes sting and their heads spin.

"Master, according to information I found online, Aurora Stones seem to be more common where Light-Eating Worms appear. If we encounter a Light-Eating Worm, we should gain something!"

Old Wu conscientiously shared the information he had gathered beforehand.

"I know there'll be Aurora Stones where Light-Eating Worms appear, but where are we supposed to look for them?"

Just as Hugo was about to reply, suddenly—

Rumble~~~

The entire Crystal Passage began to shake violently. The auroras racing along the four walls seemed to be disrupted by some unknown force, becoming chaotic and disorderly.

Crash~~~

A large amount of shattered crystal suddenly fell from the stone wall above the passage several hundred meters away.

Immediately afterward, a huge disc-shaped, grotesque mouthpart covered in countless sharp barbs over half a meter long violently burst through the outer crystal wall and thrust directly into the passage!

Then, a section of a snow-white segmented body emerged from the crack above. It glowed with a semi-transparent bluish-white light, and countless tiny abdominal legs grew along its underside.

"N-no way, are we really this lucky?"

Hugo hesitated for only an instant before immediately screaming out an order in excitement.

"Quick, quick, quick! Attack! A Light-Eating Worm—we've encountered a Light-Eating Worm!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As Hugo spoke, Old Wu and the two Wuxia Race guards simultaneously controlled their Psionic Weapons, sending them shooting toward the snow-white body protruding from the stone wall.

The strange creature with the segmented body had originally been standing there in a rather humanlike daze.

But upon sensing danger, it seemed to be enraged, instantly raising its disc-shaped mouthpart covered in vicious spikes.

Bzzz~~

As a sound like the hum of electric currents rang out—

Several intensely concentrated, blinding multicolored beams instantly shot from its mouthpart.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The extremely condensed colored beams slammed into Old Wu and the others' Psionic Weapons, warping the trajectories of their attacks.

Pfft! Pfft!

The Psionic Weapons, having lost their aim, scraped across the creature's snow-white body. Aside from cutting through a shallow layer of skin and flesh, they caused no substantial damage.

Chirp, chirp~~

The snow-white creature let out strange low cries. Then, its disc-shaped mouthpart covered in hard spikes began spinning rapidly like a drill.

Rumble~~~

The hard inner wall of the Crystal Passage was effortlessly torn apart by that grotesque mouthpart as though it were tofu.

Then the strange creature twisted its body and plunged headfirst back into the crystal barrier above, moving at an absurd speed!

"Follow it! Don't let it get away!"

Hugo shouted as he directed them.

"Pursue it!"

Old Wu acknowledged the order and was about to ride his flying Psionic Weapon after it when, in the next second, his face suddenly turned deathly pale—

"Not good! Protect the master!"

He let out a frantic roar and was the first to control his golden disc-shaped Psionic Weapon, instantly blocking behind Hugo!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Several streaks of light struck the disc-shaped Psionic Weapon in rapid succession, making it tremble continuously. Yet it narrowly managed to block every attack.

But before he could relax, the streaks of light that had been blocked abruptly changed direction—

"Watch out for Psychic Masters!"

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Cold flashes shot through the air, and blood splattered—

When those streaks of light finally retreated for the moment, six slave guards on Hugo's side had their heads blown apart and lay dead on the ground forever!

Among them were two Zhalin Race warriors who had reached Star Traveller Tier 9!

In the blink of an eye, more than half the team had been wiped out!

Qi Yuan, however, had been near the two Wuxia Race Psychic Masters just now, and thus narrowly escaped disaster.

"Protect the master!"

Old Wu, who had reacted the fastest, grabbed the still somewhat dazed Hugo and pulled him behind himself, staring gravely toward the passage from which they had come.

The surviving guards hurried forward as well, forming a protective circle around them.

"Heh, seven Star Traveller Tier 9s, and three of them are Psychic Masters. That's quite different from the information our employer gave us."

"San Yan, you'd better tell the boss afterward that we need more money for this job!"

As the flippant voice fell, one figure after another wearing identical standard-issue black Battle Armor rapidly appeared in the team's sight.

At their head was a cold-looking young man with three eyes and mysterious purple patterns at the corners of his eyes.

On either side of him stood the burly Four Arms and a silver-scaled youth with a Golden Little Snake coiled around his neck.

Behind them, ten more figures in black armor, each with a different build, floated in the air.

Moreover, the aura of every one of them had reached Star Traveller Tier 9!

"Th-thirteen! We're finished."

Old Wu's heart sank at the sight, and he was already prepared for the worst.

Yet Qi Yuan, standing behind them, saw his eyes light up as a vague plan instantly arose in his mind.

The opportunity has come!

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