202: swarm of barn insects

Gu Qinghan's campaign against these insect beasts lasted an entire day.

There was no sun here; he didn't know where the light came from.

As time passed, the sky gradually darkened, and the insect eggs on the ground began to emit light.

Although it looked a bit eerie and disgusting, at least there was some light.

Gu Qinghan tallied his gains and found that his harvest today was quite good.

He had collected 6 skill upgrade scroll fragments, 12 insect master class scroll fragments, and 8 Sword Master fragments.

However, as time went on, Gu Qinghan noticed that the insect beasts seemed to have hidden away somewhere.

The structure of the cave was very complex, with some sections even dropping straight down.

He didn't let his Skeletons jump down, as it was hard to say what might be below.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen how these insect eggs appeared here all day.

Do these insect eggs drop anything?"

Gu Qinghan shifted his attention to the insect eggs, but after continuously killing a dozen or so, he decided to give up.

Most of these insect eggs contained a foul-smelling, viscous liquid.

And most importantly, these insect eggs had no attributes before hatching.

He continued to have his Skeletons kill the scattered insect beasts while Gu Qinghan prepared to eat something.

He hesitated for a moment, then took out a piece of insect meat, tore off a small strip, and tasted it.

"Ugh!"

It was just as unpalatable, no different from the insect meat he had obtained outside the gate of calamity before.

Gu Qinghan rinsed away the disgusting taste with water and took out a piece of bread to eat.

He had already prepared for a long battle here.

Fortunately, he had plenty of food and water, so he could stay here until he died without a problem.

Time passed slowly. Just as Gu Qinghan's Skeletons brought him back some more insect meat, some sounds came from the sky again.

Gu Qinghan showed no surprise; it must be the Winged Insects returning.

However, when he looked up, through the dim light, he saw some dark figures rapidly approaching from the horizon.

Although he couldn't see their exact appearance, based on his day of fighting, Gu Qinghan recognized them as a group of Cang Worms.

Not just one or two, but a whole group!

Gu Qinghan's heart sank. One Cang Worm usually carried at least a hundred Zhan Insects.

So what if it was a group of Cang Worms?

The dense swarm of Cang Worms, like a fleet from a sci-fi movie, quickly approached the basin.

Then, upon reaching the area above the basin, countless Zhan Insects dropped from their bodies.

No need to think, the number was at least over a thousand!

"I'm rich!"

Gu Qinghan's heart filled with joy. A flood of Skeletons appeared by his side, directly charging towards the Zhan Insects.

However, the number of Cang Worms far exceeded Gu Qinghan's imagination.

Like traffic congestion at a busy intersection, these Cang Worms gathered in this area.

Their purpose here seemed to be to completely eliminate the anomaly in this place.

And the target they wanted to eliminate, without a doubt, was Gu Qinghan.

At the edge of the basin above, Kim Taeyong looked at the sky-darkening swarm of Cang Worms and said with a trembling gaze:

"How many insects are there in this secret realm, exactly?"

During the day, he had also cooperated with Meina to try and kill a lone Zhan Insect.

It wasn't that they wanted to help Gu Qinghan relieve pressure, but rather they wanted to get a general understanding of the insect's strength.

After testing, Kim Taeyong realized that these insects were definitely very troublesome.

Zhan Insects seemed to be born for battle; every inch of their carapace could be used for offense.

Especially their two extremely sharp foreclaws, which made him feel a trace of pressure every time they struck his shield.

It should be known that almost all of his professional abilities were defensive; if it were someone else, they might truly be sweating profusely.

And if he were in Gu Qinghan's position, Kim Taeyong felt he wouldn't last two minutes.

Or rather, in less than a minute, he would be overwhelmed by the insect swarm.

In this situation, unless one had powerful area-of-effect skills, almost no one would be able to contend with such a large number of insect swarms.

Even Gu Qinghan couldn't.

"Something in this place seems to be controlling all of this!"

Gu Qinghan quickly realized this problem. Among his current abilities, if he had to name a large-area skill, it would probably only be poison.

However, while poison was a feasible method, its effect was very slow.

Gu Qinghan believed he might fall sooner than these Zhan Insects died out.

He glanced around but still didn't summon the Death Swordsman again.

At this time, no matter how strong a single combatant was, it wouldn't change the tide of battle.

There must still be people observing his every move, so Gu Qinghan had to preserve some strength.

However, with so many monsters here, Gu Qinghan didn't want to leave directly.

His mind raced, and he quickly thought of a solution.

He retreated towards the edge of the basin while having his Skeletons fight these Zhan Insects.

However, the number of Zhan Insects had now reached a terrifying level.

They advanced slowly through the sea of Skeletons, like harvesting wheat.

"Get down here!"

Gu Qinghan gritted his teeth and roared, condensing a Bone Spear and shooting it towards a Cang Worm in the sky.

The Bone Spears, which had been stored on the ground for an unknown period, now transformed into white light, strengthening this long-planned attack.

And as Gu Qinghan expected, this strike directly pierced through the body of that Cang Worm!

The Cang Worm's body stiffened for a moment, and the next moment, its massive body fell limply from the sky.

One-shot kill!

Although this attack had been brewing for an entire day, the visual impact at this moment was still very strong.

However, after this strike, Gu Qinghan immediately ran towards the edge of the basin.

The Crow King carried him, ascending directly, seemingly to climb to a position above the basin.

At this moment, Gu Qinghan looked back and used Corpse Impact on the enormous Cang Worm corpse.

His mana instantly dropped a segment. The Cang Worm corpse, which had knocked down a large group of Zhan Insects, suddenly stood up again.

It continuously spewed black Death Poison Mist and crushed the surrounding Zhan Insects.

Many Zhan Insects were immediately crushed, some even breaking their bodies.

But many Zhan Insects reacted instantly and joined the attack against their former kin.

However, in doing so, they fell into the Death Poison Mist released by the corpse.

"Go ahead and take a good bath in the Death Poison Mist..."

Gu Qinghan had tested this Death Poison Mist before; as long as one was in it, their vitality limit would continuously decrease.

Gu Qinghan landed above the basin and used a Crippling Curse on the area below.

He was about to use Corpse Impact on the corpse of a Cang Worm he had killed earlier when he suddenly heard footsteps not far away.

He stopped what he was doing and narrowed his eyes, looking in that direction.

The person who had been observing him all this time, was he finally going to make a move now?