After seeing Yuan Yao successfully claim her treasure and get teleported away, Xiao Yu began to act as well.
He opened his mouth and spat out nine Golden Bamboo Divine Thunder Swords, which emerged one after another.
Golden light flashed around the flying swords as they combined into a giant sword some ten feet long.
"Slash!" Xiao Yu commanded in a low voice.
The giant sword whistled down onto the light barrier. With a thunderous bang, a visible storm of spiritual power rippled outward in all directions.
Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes and drove the magical power within his body. With a soft pop, a ten-foot-long fissure appeared where the giant sword met the barrier. His eyes lit up, and with a flicker of movement, he slipped inside.
He carefully studied the jade bottles and jade boxes floating in the air for quite some time, but could find no difference between them.
That meant whatever he obtained would depend entirely on luck.
Another look at their arrangement revealed that they were scattered haphazardly, without any pattern whatsoever.
"In that case, I'll pick the ones in the very center!" Xiao Yu muttered, then patted his Spirit Beast Bag.
Golden blossoms flew out, and the hum of beating wings immediately filled the entire space within the barrier. Xiao Yu had released tens of thousands of Gold-Eating Insects at once!
After forming several hand seals and reciting a few incantations, he sent the airborne Gold-Eating Insects flying onto his body one by one.
In the blink of an eye, they covered him from head to toe, packed so tightly that not a single gap remained, turning Xiao Yu into a glittering "golden man."
Then the Gold-Eating Insects opened and closed their mouthparts, letting out shrill cries as they devoured great mouthfuls of the