Unsealed! The Second Page of the Insect Codex!

Amid the ravaged battlefield, Zhao Zixuan stood on black earth stained with blood and filth, gathering the spoils left behind by the dead members of the Ghost Infant Sect into a pile!

Among the spoils were not only the many high-powered modified pistols left by the black-clad disciples.

There were also treasures left behind by the seven Human Tier experts from the Ghost Shadow Gate, as well as Elder Xu!

Inferior-grade Mortal Shedding Treasures, ordinary-grade Mortal Shedding Treasures.

Even Elder Xu's Strength Frenzy Scroll, which still had three uses remaining... all of them had been recovered.

Fighting to the death against so many cultivators had been incredibly dangerous!

But the rewards were astonishing, too!

Zhao Zixuan directed a Giant Mantis Beast that had crawled out of the lake to carry the bundled treasures away on its back.

By now, the gravely injured and unconscious Yang Yu had also been pulled from the lake.

Meanwhile, the remaining Giant Mantis Beasts were happily feasting on the mangled corpses of the Ghost Shadow Gate disciples!

There were many corpses, all of them cultivators.

Even the weakest had been experts at the pinnacle of mortal strength. Their bodies contained great quantities of refined cosmic force that the Giant Mantis Beasts could easily absorb... devouring them would increase the beasts' strength.

With enough luck, they might even undergo a qualitative transformation and break through their current realm!

Across the wilderness, the sounds of the Giant Mantis Beasts greedily chewing flesh were utterly chilling. Amid the crunching, the many corpses were devoured, and the traces of battle were erased along the way.

The bodies and all evidence were destroyed!

Before long, everything had been cleaned up.

Zhao Zixuan held the unconscious Yang Yu in his arms, looking down at him in the darkness.

His emotions were complicated.

Yang Yu's imprint had been indelibly branded into his very existence... that imprint made it impossible for Zhao Zixuan to oppose Yang Yu at the deepest level of his mind and soul. From the bottom of his heart, he acknowledged Yang Yu as his master, without resentment or regret!

At the same time, Zhao Zixuan still retained his memories from before his transformation.

He knew who he was, and he knew who had made him what he was now.

"From this day forward, my life will be changed forever."

"The old Zhao Zixuan is dead... I can never return to the world of ordinary people."

"Thank you, Master, for giving me such tremendous strength. In the future, I can even follow you into the cosmos, experience an unimaginably exciting life, and explore the vast universe!" Zhao Zixuan murmured with the utmost reverence.

Still unconscious, Yang Yu furrowed his brow.

A great deal of chaotic power still lingered inside his body... continually damaging him.

But he also possessed powerful life energy.

Under its protection, endless vitality surged... repairing the injuries inside Yang Yu's body again and again.

His cells shattered, and each time they were repaired, his body grew a little stronger.

At the same time, the process aggravated his injuries, bringing tremendous pain.

Yang Yu groaned.

Zhao Zixuan gave a start, instantly snapping out of his daze.

"Giant Mantis Beast Squad." Zhao Zixuan looked around and saw that the battlefield had been completely cleared.

"Take the spoils and return!"

"Move!"

After issuing his orders, he shot into the sky with Yang Yu in his arms. Bony wings naturally emerged from his back and spread wide in flight!

With Yang Yu unconscious, Zhao Zixuan, as the Blade Queen, naturally held secondary command authority over the Giant Mantis Beast Squad.

The Giant Mantis Beasts dared not defy his orders. Obediently hoisting the spoils, they followed in the direction Zhao Zixuan had departed, gradually leaving the battlefield and disappearing into the pitch-black night!

Thunder rolled across the sky... but the wind and rain gradually subsided. By the time Zhao Zixuan led the Giant Mantis Beasts back to the residential neighborhood, the torrential rain had stopped entirely. Only the occasional muffled rumble of thunder high in the clouds proved that the downpour had not been an illusory dream.

The neighborhood was now alive with voices.

Several police cars sped toward it from afar, their red and yellow lights flashing.

Many residents were pointing at Yang Yu's rented sixth-floor apartment. A gaping hole, smashed open by tremendous force, still remained in the building's sixth-floor outer wall.

The earlier battle had disturbed the entire neighborhood, drawing the attention of countless residents who had no idea what had happened!

This was the scene Zhao Zixuan encountered when he returned with the unconscious Yang Yu in his arms.

"What a nuisance!" Zhao Zixuan furrowed his beautiful brows and thought, Master still has quite a few natural treasures at home. We must take them with us... with so many people watching, we can't stay here anymore.

"Number One!" Zhao Zixuan called. An enormous Giant Mantis Beast emerged from the darkness. Twice the size of an ordinary one, it radiated a far more imposing aura, and its noticeably thicker carapace bristled with vicious spikes.

Number One was the name Zhao Zixuan had just given it.

While devouring the corpses of the Ghost Infant Sect members earlier, this Giant Mantis Beast had broken through in one leap. Not only had its strength reached earth rank, but its body had also mutated, becoming even more fearsome and powerful.

It was now the undisputed king of this Giant Mantis Beast Squad!

Hiss!

With a quiet cry, Number One, the Giant Mantis King, approached Zhao Zixuan obediently and lowered its enormous head, displaying affection and submission toward him.

"Protect Master," Zhao Zixuan instructed.

Then he placed the unconscious Yang Yu on Number One's back.

After settling Yang Yu securely, Zhao Zixuan altered the power surrounding his body, making it stranger and better suited to concealment.

The faint glow of energy around him faded away, leaving him almost impossible to distinguish with the naked eye in the darkness!

Whoosh!

In the night, Zhao Zixuan became a streak of black light, flying high through the air straight toward Yang Yu's rented sixth-floor apartment.

A night passed.

Among the mountains near Shangjing City stood a remote, rarely visited mountain.

There was a cave near its mountainside.

At that moment... a group of Giant Mantis Beasts guarded the entrance.

Deep inside the cave were piles of everyday supplies, along with a great heap of precious treasures and natural resources!

Meanwhile, a deep crimson glow flickered, alternately brightening and dimming. It spread outward from the depths, illuminating almost the entire dark cave.

At the center of that glow, a figure sat cross-legged, greedily absorbing great streams of powerful crimson energy!

The figure's face appeared intermittently in the red light.

It was none other than Yang Yu!

A pile of processed natural treasures lay together. Stimulated by a special secret art, they freely released the energy within them, pouring it all into the ancient black-bound book before Yang Yu... which was converting that energy and pouring out deep crimson power!

That ancient book was the Insect Codex!

And what Yang Yu was doing at that moment was plain to see.

He was unsealing the second page of the Insect Codex!

During the latter half of the night, after Zhao Zixuan had moved him to this cave, his injuries had already healed considerably, and he had regained consciousness.

After reviewing and sorting through everything he knew, Yang Yu disregarded his lingering injuries and immediately decided... to unseal the second page of the Insect Codex as quickly as possible!

First, he would raise his strength to earth rank!

The shadow of the Ghost Shadow Gate loomed over him like a crushing mountain. Everything had now been exposed.

Since they had already launched their first wave of attacks.

A second, third, and fourth wave were bound to follow!

Yang Yu wanted to ensure his own safety.

He had to make himself as powerful as possible before those people from the Ghost Infant Sect tracked him down again!