"Buzz~" Just as Li Jijie stood stunned, the remaining several hundred flying creatures spread their wings and took flight. Their eyes glowed blood-red as they lunged at the dozen or so Golden Core cultivators!
"Spirit... Spirit Devouring Insects!" Suddenly, Qi Ming, whom Dexun had just berated, cried out. His voice was hysterical, as though his parents had died!
"What? Th-this is a Spirit Devouring Insect??" Hengming and the others were greatly alarmed! Spirit Devouring Insects were ancient exotic insects, ranked second in the Insect Scripture. They were precisely the nemesis of Daoist cultivators. How could these Golden Core cultivators possibly not have heard of their fearsome name? Yet they had only heard of them; almost none had ever seen one!
"Impossible!" Xiong Huasong shouted. "Spirit Devouring Insects are spirit insects half the size of a fist, and their fangs are extremely long... Their wings also emit a faint golden glow..."
"These are Spirit Devouring Insect larvae! When Qi was young, I saw them in a damaged copy of the Insect Scripture. There can be no mistake!" Qi Ming's face had turned pale, and he could no longer maintain his refined composure. He cried out desperately, "Quick, we must flee for our lives! Even if they are larvae, they are absolutely not something Golden Core cultivators like us can withstand! Spirit Devouring Insects can only be dealt with using things beyond the Five Elements, such as heavenly lightning! This is the Sword Tomb, where ten thousand thunders cannot arise. Even if there were experts from the Thunder Control Sect here, they would be useless! Even all our spells will be devoured by the Spirit Devouring Insects! And if we use our spells recklessly, we will only be feeding these Spirit Devouring Insects spiritual qi and attracting... even more Spirit Devouring Insects..."