"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"
As the Spirit-Devouring Bees poured out in an overwhelming swarm, their vibrating hum resounded across the entire sky.
Since they had already begun fighting, there was no reason for Ji Yuan to run anymore!
What was more, the move he had initially believed would secure victory had not only failed to kill this Hundred-Insect Immortal, but had also allowed him to discover that Ji Yuan was a body cultivator.
That made fleeing even less of an option.
If he did not kill him to silence him, once news of his body cultivation spread, not only Cangluo Continent but perhaps even Abyssal Continent would hunt him down without rest until one side died!
Not only had he opened up the dead-end road of body cultivation, he had also reached the Sinew Tempering Realm, enough to contend with Golden Core Cultivators.
And he could cultivate both Dharma and body.
What cultivator would not be tempted by that?
Back to the present... strange insect against strange insect.
Ji Yuan, who had already been standing atop the mountain, leaped up and landed on the Rift-Splitting Flying Boat. In an instant, he burst out of the Formation. With a thought, he activated the Soul-Calming Bell within his sea of consciousness, having it protect his Divine Soul while summoning the Peak-Grade Spirit Artifact flying dagger, Fire Willow.
A fiery red streak shot up from the ground like a long arrow piercing the sun, flying straight toward Hundred-Insect Immortal in midair.
"Hehe, merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator."
"How could a mayfly dare shake a great tree?"
As Hundred-Insect Immortal spoke, he raised his right hand and pointed forward.
In an instant, a golden protective radiance appeared before him. Amid its overflowing glow, it steadily blocked Fire Willow.
"What?!"
Ji Yuan could not help widening