A breeding ground for evil! Insect eggs are devouring the dragon vein!

As soon as they landed, they sensed that something was unusual about this place.

The air was thick with a violent and chaotic Spiritual Qi.

The surrounding trees grew abnormally tall, blotting out the sky and cutting the moonlight into fragmented pieces.

From the darkness, hair-raising beastly roars echoed from time to time.

“The environment here... it seems to have been polluted by something.”

Su Li gripped the longsword in her hand, a trace of solemnity appearing on her cold face.

“Indeed.” Ella also summoned her knight's lance, golden Holy Light swirling around her body, dispelling the surrounding darkness and ominous Aura. “There is an evil power in the air.”

Just then!

“Roar—!!!”

A violent roar suddenly exploded from the dense forest not far away!

Immediately after, a massive black shadow, carrying a fishy wind, pounced madly toward the group!

It was a Mutated Black Bear with a body size exceeding ten meters!

Its eyes flickered with a bloodthirsty red light, its body was covered in hideous bone spikes, and its originally thick fur had become as black and hard as steel!

Its Aura had actually reached the Mid-stage of the Transcendent Aura Realm!

“Watch out!”

Gu Ningxue gave a soft cry, her figure flashing like a fluttering butterfly, instantly appearing at the side of the black bear!

In her hands, at some unknown point, a pair of Curved Blades as thin as cicada wings had appeared!

“Swish!”

The blade light flashed, precisely slashing toward the neck of the Mutated Black Bear!

“Clang—!”

However, the expected scene of flesh and blood flying did not occur.

When the Curved Blades struck the black bear's neck, they actually produced the sound of clashing metal, leaving behind only a shallow white mark!

“What tough hide!”

A flash of surprise crossed Gu Ningxue's face.

The Mutated Black Bear, feeling the pain, became even more violent!

It jerked its head, and its massive bear paw, carrying the power to shatter mountain stones, swept fiercely toward Gu Ningxue!

At this critical juncture.

“Ice Seal.”

Su Li's cold voice rang out just in time.

An extreme chill instantly enveloped the Mutated Black Bear!

“Crack! Crack!”

That massive bear paw was instantly frozen in mid-air by a thick layer of solid ice!

The Mutated Black Bear's movements suddenly stalled!

Now's the time!

“Holy Light Judgment!”

Ella's figure leaped high into the air!

The knight's lance in her hand erupted with dazzling golden Holy Light, like a spear of judgment descending from the heavens, fiercely stabbing into the Mutated Black Bear's head!

“Puchi—!”

This time, that hard skull finally failed to block it!

The lance pierced straight into the brain!

“Awooo...”

The Mutated Black Bear let out a mournful cry, its massive body crashing to the ground.

However, the battle was not over yet.

“Roar!”

“Hiss!”

In the jungle from all directions, pairs of crimson eyes lit up one after another!

Dozens of strangely shaped mutated Vicious Beasts surrounded them!

The strength of each one was no weaker than the black bear from just now!

The expressions of the girls instantly became incredibly solemn.

Just as they were preparing to stand back-to-back and form a formation for a fight to the death.

A lazy voice came from behind them.

“Finished fighting?”

Lin Yuan yawned, appearing as if he had just woken up.

He glanced at the surrounding snarling beasts, his brow furrowing slightly.

“So noisy.”

In the next second.

He merely stomped his foot lightly.

“Buzz—”

A golden ripple invisible to the naked eye, centered on his foot, instantly spread out in all directions!

Everywhere the ripple passed.

Time seemed to stand still.

The bodies of those dozens of aggressive mutated Vicious Beasts suddenly stiffened, and the red light in their eyes instantly extinguished.

And then... “Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Their bodies, like punctured balloons, exploded one after another without warning!

They turned into a mist of blood that filled the sky!

In an instant.

The entire world went quiet.

Lin Yuan clapped his hands as if he had only done a trivial little thing.

He looked up toward the deepest part of the jungle; that faint Aura seemed to have become clearer.

But at the same time.

An even more evil and massive Aura also faintly emanated from that direction.

For the first time, Lin Yuan's brow quirked slightly.

“Interesting.”

“It seems there is more than one guest.”

Lin Yuan's words caused the hearts of the girls, who had just recovered from their shock, to tighten again.

More than one guest?

What did that mean?

“Let's go.”

Lin Yuan didn't explain much, leaving them with only his back as he walked toward the depths of the jungle.

The group didn't dare to delay and hurriedly followed.

The deeper they went, the more eerie the environment became.

That evil and chaotic Aura in the air became increasingly dense, even beginning to affect one's mind.

Gu Ningxue felt her breathing become somewhat hurried, and for no reason, a bloodthirsty impulse rose in her heart.

“Concentrate and calm your mind.”

Su Li's cold voice rang out by her ear.

A stream of icy True Qi was transferred through her arm, instantly clearing her head.

Gu Ningxue exhaled a breath of turbid air, lingering Fear in her heart.

“What powerful pollution...”

Even someone at the Peak Huagang Realm like her had almost fallen for it.

On the side, Ella's situation was much better.

Her body was enveloped in a faint layer of Holy Light, isolating all those evil Auras outside.

Meanwhile, Chen Ruoxi, the weakest in the team, appeared completely unharmed at this moment.

Hanging on her chest was that small metal cube Lin Yuan had given her earlier.

Right now, that cube was emitting a faint glow, forming an invisible barrier that firmly protected her.

The group traveled several more kilometers forward.

Along the way, they didn't encounter any more living creatures.

The entire jungle was terrifyingly silent; not even the sound of an insect could be heard.

The soil on the ground had also changed from a normal brown to a disturbing dark red.

It was as if it had been soaked in endless blood.

Just then.

Lin Yuan, who was walking at the very front, suddenly stopped.

He looked up, gazing ahead.

The group followed his gaze, and their pupils all contracted.

They saw that a hundred meters ahead of them, a massive, sunken basin had appeared.

And in the center of the basin, the sight was even more appalling.

There was actually a gargantuan embryonic 'nest' piled up from countless bones and flesh!

Countless viscous, dark red flesh tissues were like vines, entangling the bleached bones and still slightly writhing; it looked disgusting to the extreme.

And at the very top of that flesh nest.

An insect egg, entirely pitch-black and only the size of a basketball, was pulsing rhythmically.

“Thump... Thump... Thump...”

Each beat was like a massive heart, emitting a dull sound.

Streams of extremely pure evil energy were surging incessantly from deep underground beneath the nest, being devoured madly by it!

“It's... devouring the Earth Vein Qi!”

For the first time, a look of horror appeared on Su Li's face!

She came from an ancient martial arts family and understood the theories of Feng Shui and Dragon Veins better than most.

These Hundred Thousand Great Mountains had been the gathering place of Longxia's Dragon Veins since ancient times, containing majestic Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi!

And now!

This Dragon Vein, which had slept for a thousand years, was actually being used as nutrients by this evil insect egg, being sucked dry bit by bit!

No wonder... no wonder the surrounding environment had become so eerie!

No wonder those Vicious Beasts had undergone such terrifying mutations!

This place was being transformed by it into a dead zone suitable for the survival of the Zerg!

“We can't let it continue!”

Ella's face was filled with anger and determination!

The knight's lance in her hand radiated intense Holy Light!

“It must be purified!”

However, at the very moment she was about to act.

“Roar—!!!”

A roar ten times more terrifying than any previous beastly roar suddenly erupted from beneath the flesh nest!

“Boom!”

The ground shook violently!

A massive monster, over thirty meters in size and with eight scythe-like limbs, suddenly drilled out from the nest!

Its appearance still vaguely resembled a saber-toothed tiger.

But now, its entire body was covered in a layer of pitch-black carapace, two pairs of rotting fleshy wings had grown from its back, and it was spitting out pitch-black poisonous mist!

Its Aura was violent, chaotic, and evil!

It was already infinitely close to the Juyuan Realm!

This was the Beast King of this region!

Now, it had been completely corrupted by the insect egg, becoming its most loyal guardian!

“Hiss...”

Seeing this monster, even Gu Ningxue couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Just by standing there, the pressure this thing emitted made them feel a sense of suffocation!

“I'll take the lead!”

Su Li gave a soft shout, without the slightest hint of Fear!

The True Qi within her body erupted without reservation!

A brilliant sword light soared into the sky, carrying a sharpness that could cut through anything, and was the first to slash toward the monster!

“Holy Light Protection!”

Ella also acted at the same time, a massive golden light shield instantly appearing in front of the group, blocking the poisonous mist the monster spat out.

“Hee hee, count me in too!”

Gu Ningxue's figure disappeared from her spot once again.

In the next second, countless lethal blade lights, like a rainstorm, enveloped the monster's entire body from all directions!

Even the most timid, Chen Ruoxi, pulled out a large handful of runic spheres flashing with lightning from her storage bracelet and threw them with force!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

For a time.

Sword light, Holy Light, blade light, lightning light... various magnificent attacks exploded violently in front of that flesh nest!

The entire basin shook violently because of it!

However... when the light dissipated.

That monster was still standing in place, completely unharmed.

Only some fine cracks had appeared on its carapace, but in an instant, they were completely restored under the nourishment of that evil energy!

“It's useless.”

Lin Yuan's indifferent voice rang out behind them.

“As long as the energy source below is still there, it has an immortal body.”

The hearts of the girls instantly sank to the bottom.

An immortal body?

How were they supposed to fight this?

“Then what should we do?” Gu Ningxue asked urgently.

Lin Yuan didn't answer.

He only slowly raised his right hand.

Then, he made a pressing motion toward the flesh nest and the ground beneath it.

“Too noisy.”

“Disappear together.”

The moment the words fell.

“Buzz—!!!”

A massive palm, condensed from pure golden Protective Aura and capable of blotting out the sky, appeared out of thin air above the basin!

Upon that palm, runes swirled and divine light was dazzling!

The pressure it emitted made the entire Hundred Thousand Great Mountains tremble violently!

It was as if a Heavenly God had brought down divine punishment!

That insufferably arrogant mutated Beast King was as small as an ant before this giant palm!

The madness in its eyes was instantly replaced by endless Fear!

It wanted to flee!

But it was already too late!

“Boom—!!!!!”

The golden giant palm, carrying power that could destroy everything, fell ruthlessly!

That massive flesh nest, along with the Juyuan Realm Beast King and the Dragon Vein beneath the basin that was being devoured... everything was instantly and completely wiped out under this single palm strike!

On the ground, only a bottomless giant palm print remained!

The edges of the palm print were as smooth as a mirror!

The entire world once again fell into a death-like silence.

However.

At the moment the energy source was completely destroyed.

That black insect egg, which had originally been floating at the top of the nest, was not destroyed!

Having lost its energy supply, it suddenly fell from mid-air.

“Crack...”

The crisp sound of an eggshell cracking was exceptionally piercing in the silent basin.

That black insect egg... had actually split open!