117: Ancient Devouring Insect, the third level of the Heavenly Tomb!

Chapter 117: Ancient Devouring Worms, The Third Level of the Heavenly Tomb!

"Run first. The range of this energy storm is extremely vast. It's likely that the entire second level is within its scope. Therefore, we must enter the third level to avoid it."

Seeing this, Xun'er calmed down and said in a deep voice.

"Hmm? There are others?"

As Gu Qingyang's gaze swept backward, he suddenly saw shadows, swift as lightning, rushing over, arriving one after another.

"Haha, I didn't expect the Gu Clan's people to be so fast, they've already arrived here!"

The two figures in the lead, one male and one female, were precisely Huo Xuan of the Yan Clan and Huo Zhi, the red-clothed woman with a veil covering her face. At this moment, Huo Xuan's gaze also fell upon Xun'er and the others ahead. His expression immediately brightened, and he laughed as he sped up.

"The Yan Clan's people aren't slow either!" Xun'er replied with a smile.

"This energy storm has swept through the entire second level of the Heavenly Tomb. To avoid it, we must enter the third level. We're not far from the third level now. If we push ourselves, we should be able to enter the third level before the storm arrives." Huo Xuan smiled slightly and said, "During this time, perhaps we can look out for each other. What do the friends from the Gu Clan think?"

"Good!"

Hearing the Yan Clan's words, the Gu Clan immediately agreed without hesitation.

To escape the energy storm, everyone sped up, almost running for their lives.

In the distant sky, a massive energy light curtain poured down from the horizon, finally reaching the ground vertically, like a wall of heaven.

The energy light curtain to enter the third level had become substantial; Dou Qi bombardment clearly wouldn't break through it. So, Xun'er and Huo Zhi, both possessing Heavenly Flames, unleashed their full power.

As the energy storm swept over, everyone finally dug a hole through it, managing to avoid the energy storm. However, at this point, they could only continue moving forward.

"Chh!"

Rumbling sounds continuously echoed through the passage.

Suddenly, a faint, unusual sound quietly entered Xun'er's ears, causing her to open her eyes again and look towards the crystal wall on her left.

Touching it with her hand, she actually discovered a faint layer of energy liquid seeping out from within the crystal wall.

Gu Qingyang's expression also turned much graver at this moment. He also mimicked Xun'er, unleashing two streaks of energy.

Upon careful sensing, he indeed detected a subtle pressure being transmitted back along the energy streaks.

"Damn it, what kind of cursed place is this!"

Seeing Gu Qingyang's expression, everyone's scalps tingled, and some couldn't help but curse out loud.

The crystal wall there suddenly cracked open, and faintly, countless dense, snow-white things wriggled within, with some liquid-like substance seeping out.

Then, the liquid covered the surface of the crystal, rapidly solidifying, and surprisingly formed another extremely thin layer of substantial energy.

"These things are secreting energy to repair the crystal wall."

Watching this scene, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

If that's the case, this energy light curtain, standing between heaven and earth, was actually... created by these snow-white little worms?

Considering the size of these small worms, how terrifying must their numbers be to create such a massive light curtain?

"Ancient Devouring Worms?"

Hearing Gu Qingyang and the others' murmuring, the rest were also slightly startled.

"These are small magical beasts that lived in ancient times. Their bodies are extremely tiny, but their numbers are endless. Ancient Devouring Worms, as the name suggests, can devour everything and then continuously secrete pure energy. Originally, these creatures should have been extinct, but I didn't expect to encounter them here..." Xun'er explained softly.

"This light curtain should have been created by these Ancient Devouring Worms... I didn't expect that we've actually stumbled into a worm's nest!"

Gu Qingyang's expression was also somewhat solemn as he spoke.

Evidently, encountering these Ancient Devouring Worms in such a place was completely beyond the expectations of their Gu Clan.

Next, everyone had no choice but to speed up their attacks, using Heavenly Flames to melt it. Otherwise, once the crystal arm closed, all of them would die. Under this pressure of death, everyone exerted their full strength, and their speed naturally increased significantly.

"Eh? What's this?"

Xun'er's gaze suddenly fixed on the center of the crystal wall. There, vaguely, was a fist-sized, reddish-hued, spherical object, which from a distance looked like a strange cocoon!

She beckoned with her hand and grabbed the object.

"Crack!"

Under everyone's tense gaze, a tiny crack suddenly appeared on the crystal wall. The crack then rapidly expanded, and finally, to everyone's joyful surprise, it burst open with a 'bang'.

The moment the crystal wall burst open, Xun'er didn't have much time to examine the strange object she had grabbed. She directly put it into her Storage Ring.

"Go!"

Shattering the last crystal wall, everyone quickly exited.

...

This land was extremely vast, so much so that one couldn't see its end.

The third level of the Heavenly Tomb wasn't enveloped in overly dense energy mist, but when their feet touched the ground here, they could feel streams of pure energy continuously seeping into their bodies through the soles of their feet. This discovery immediately stunned everyone.

Immediately, an uncontrollable look of surprise quickly appeared on everyone's faces. This third level of the Heavenly Tomb was indeed far superior to the previous two levels.

With this kind of energy infusion, even without searching for other energy cores, they would still be able to achieve good cultivation results.

"So this is the third level of the Heavenly Tomb!"

Everyone looked around with joyful expressions. The feeling of surviving a calamity made everyone breathe a huge sigh of relief.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a violent buzzing sound came from the massive light curtain behind them, which seemed to connect to the end of the sky.

Within the crystal wall passage that had been forcibly broken open earlier, waves of snow-white creatures, accompanied by loud buzzing sounds, shot towards everyone like lightning.

"Ancient Devouring Worms, how did they chase us out!"

Seeing this, Gu Qingyang's expression immediately changed, and he quickly retreated.

"Buzz!"

White waves surged out, covering the sky and earth. However, just as these Ancient Devouring Worms rushed out of the energy crystal wall, their flying bodies abruptly stopped.

To everyone's astonishment, those numerous worms, with a 'puff', turned into a cloud of white powder and scattered.

"Puff, puff, puff!"

Over the next minute, an endless stream of Ancient Devouring Worms fearlessly rushed out of the passage.

However, when they rushed out a meter from the light curtain, they would, as if resisted by a strange force, quietly burst into white powder.

Eventually, that powder accumulated to a height of nearly several meters in front of the energy light curtain.