Space blurred, and Li Yan and Zhao Min appeared on a ruined rooftop below. Dense waves of rustling reached their ears.
Everywhere they looked, the yellow sand on the ground stirred and bulged. Then a scalp-prickling sight unfolded.
Tiny, earth-yellow insects burrowed out of the sand, leaving pits that fine sand immediately filled again.
They resembled thin, withered bamboo twigs, each no larger than a maggot.
A pair of tiny eyes gleamed viciously atop each insect's head. Their mouths looked like horizontal knife slashes across the tops of their bodies, giving them an ugly, savage appearance.
These hideous yellow insects numbered in the tens of thousands, packed so densely that they almost blended into the yellow sand. Without a close look, it was impossible to distinguish them.
"They're crossbow insects!" ??
Zhao Min spoke softly.
The jade slip Su Hong had given them had already explained most of the conditions here. Crossbow insects were among the Demon Beasts people least wanted to encounter in the underground secret caverns.
Like the Snow Mosquito race, their individual combat strength was only average. But once they attacked in a swarm, even Golden Core Realm cultivators wanted nothing to do with them.
The crossbow insects also attacked in a highly unusual way. Their massive barrages of ranged attacks caught people unprepared, and Li Yan and Zhao Min had become targets for every arrow while flying just now.
However, they had remained alert to their surroundings, sensing the danger instantly and evading the ambush.
After suddenly losing their targets, the crossbow insects looked around and spotted Li Yan and Zhao Min on the rooftop again.
Each insect abruptly arched its body and opened the horizontal slit of a mouth at its top, exposing a dense row of sharp teeth. Streaks of yellow light blotted out