208: Battle against the Gold Beetle

Qin Shilei frowned and said, "This leader is indeed a Golden Realm five-star insect."

An Qian suggested, "Why don't I try to subdue it?"

Qin Shilei shook his head and said, "The Gold Beetle's cultivation is higher than yours, and it's surrounded by many insects. We don't need to take such a risk yet."

He paused, then added, "You go catch a Silver Beetle first and see if you can successfully make a contract."

"Okay."

An Qian finished speaking and spread her Phoenix Wings, flying towards a Silver Beetle a few hundred meters away.

As soon as she left the range of the hidden formation, she immediately attracted the attention of many beetles at the bottom of the valley, who all raised their heads and launched energy attacks at her.

Several large meat lumps nearby also opened their huge mouths, aiming at An Qian in the air.

An Qian, like a flash of lightning, arrived in the blink of an eye before the Silver Beetle she had chosen as her target.

She clenched her right hand into a fist and continuously threw several punches, each landing on the Silver Beetle's head.

The Silver Beetle was instantly knocked unconscious by An Qian before it could even react.

Before the surrounding beetles could react, An Qian picked up the Silver Beetle and flew rapidly back towards Qin Shilei and the others.

"Quick, over here."

When An Qian flew nearby, Qin Shilei suddenly deactivated the hidden formation, revealing himself.

Then, he reactivated the hidden formation, making the three of them and the Silver Beetle disappear from the sight of the pursuing group of beetles.

Qin Shilei took the Silver Beetle and said, "Let's leave here first."

A moment later, the three of them had left the valley, moving over a thousand meters away.

Qin Shilei threw the Silver Beetle to the ground, then took out a contract scroll, tore it open, and threw it towards the beetle.

The contract scroll transformed into a white light that enveloped the Silver Beetle.

After the white light entered the Silver Beetle's body, Qin Shilei's mental power instantly connected with the Silver Beetle.

With the help of the contract scroll, Qin Shilei's mental power surged irresistibly into the depths of the Silver Beetle's mind, preparing to leave a controlling imprint on it.

The Silver Beetle's mental power was inherently weaker than Qin Shilei's, and it had already been knocked unconscious by An Qian, so it couldn't organize any effective resistance.

Just as Qin Shilei was about to fully subdue the Silver Beetle, a golden-yellow beetle phantom suddenly appeared in the Silver Beetle's mind.

As soon as the Gold Beetle phantom appeared, it roared and charged towards Qin Shilei's mental power.

Qin Shilei's mental power, like a sharp arrow, shot towards the phantom.

The Gold Beetle was indeed a Golden Realm exotic beast; its mental power was subtly even higher than Qin Shilei's.

However, what appeared in the Silver Beetle's mental sea at this moment was only an imprint it had left behind, so it couldn't possibly contend with Qin Shilei.

It was quickly shattered and disappeared like fragments.

Qin Shilei was about to leave his mental imprint in the Silver Beetle's mind, but the Silver Beetle's mental sea suddenly vibrated violently. Immediately after, his mental power was ejected from the Silver Beetle's mental sea.

He looked down and saw that the Silver Beetle had already died, bleeding from all seven orifices.

Just then, Zhang Xiaoli's anxious shout came to his ears: "Qin Ge, that Gold Beetle is charging towards us!"

"I'll go meet this Gold Beetle." An Qian still couldn't resist wanting to test her current strength.

Floating Light Shadow!

Her figure instantly crossed over a hundred meters, appearing on the Gold Beetle's path.

In the eyes of Qin Shilei and the others, An Qian's fiery red figure immediately became entangled with the Gold Beetle's massive body.

Dust rolled, and sword qi crisscrossed.

The Scythe Beetles and Silver Beetles around them immediately suffered greatly.

They were either cut in half by An Qian's sword qi or crushed into meat paste by their leader.

Zhang Xiaoli asked with some worry, "Qin Ge, will An Qian be alright?"

Qin Shilei frowned and said, "An Qian should be fine. However, she has only just advanced to the Golden Realm; her cultivation is not only weaker than the opponent's, but she also hasn't fully mastered her own strength, so she probably can't defeat the Gold Beetle."

Just as Qin Shilei said, An Qian was currently being pushed back steadily by the Gold Beetle.

Her sword qi did little damage to the Gold Beetle's astonishing defense, but the Golden Wheel Slash unleashed by the Gold Beetle was extremely lethal to her.

Furthermore, she had to guard against other beetles charging up from around her, so she quickly fell into a disadvantage.

An Qian once again used Floating Light Shadow to retreat twenty meters away, raising her longsword high.

Dragon Soaring Phoenix Dance!

A lifelike, ten-meter-tall phoenix phantom emerged from her sword.

As An Qian slashed forward, the phoenix phantom, burning with purple flames, fiercely crashed into the charging Gold Beetle.

Boom!

A huge sound erupted, like two high-speed vehicles colliding.

The Gold Beetle's massive body was also knocked back a few meters, and a deep sword mark appeared on its body.

The flames inherent in the phoenix phantom instantly spread over the opponent's body, covering the Gold Beetle entirely in the blink of an eye.

A golden light flashed on the Gold Beetle's body, quickly extinguishing the flames on it.

Dragon Soaring Phoenix Dance: A Golden Realm ultimate skill from Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, forming a giant phoenix phantom to strike the enemy.

Perhaps intimidated by the power of An Qian's move, the Gold Beetle actually opened its mouth and let out a loud roar.

Immediately, all the beetles in the entire valley started to move, surging to surround An Qian.

An Qian consecutively unleashed three Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix attacks, killing thousands of beetles.

However, the number of beetles in the valley didn't seem to decrease at all, and she couldn't get close to the Gold Beetle, which had retreated far away, again.

Seeing that more than half of her internal vital energy had been depleted, An Qian had no choice but to use Void Walk to leave her original position and return to Qin Shilei and the others.

The three of them used the hidden formation to change locations and hide again.

"If it were a one-on-one fight, I could still try to kill the Gold Beetle. But in this Insect Valley, it's impossible to kill it, let alone capture it."

An Qian said with a frown.

Qin Shilei comforted her, "It's okay. When we're stronger, we'll come back to deal with it."

He paused, then added, "Let's try to catch another Silver Beetle."

After speaking, he handed the hidden formation to Zhang Xiaoli and instantly appeared beside a Silver Beetle.

The unsuspecting Silver Beetle was quickly wounded by Qin Shilei, then knocked unconscious and brought back.

"An Qian, you make the contract this time." Qin Shilei took out a contract scroll and handed it over.

One minute later, this Silver Beetle also died, bleeding from all seven orifices, and the Gold Beetle once again charged over, following the vanished mental imprint.

Qin Shilei said helplessly, "Let's go back first."

After speaking, the three of them returned to the cave with the Space Rift, passing through the gaps between the many insects.

Zhang Xiaoli suggested, "Qin Ge, why don't we blow up this cave and bury the Space Rift in the ground? Then those insects won't be able to find the Space Rift and won't be able to go to Blue Star, right?"

Qin Shilei shook his head, "I've blocked the exit on Blue Star twice before, but I couldn't stop these insects."

"So even if we blow up this place, those insects will dig out another passage."

"If we could capture the Gold Beetle and make it lead the insects of Insect Valley to guard this Space Rift, then it would be foolproof."