In the dark wilderness, Qin Shi floated aimlessly like a lonely soul.
"It hurts, it hurts so much."
After a long time, he gradually regained consciousness. As soon as he did, the first thing he thought of was pain, nausea, and the urge to vomit.
"Where am I?"
He resisted the numbness in his heart and looked around him. He looked at the absurd, desolate, and endless region.
"Wasn't I in the Chaotic Lands?"
After a long silence, a large piece of memory rushed into his mind. Qin Shi's eyes widened. "The Chaotic Lands …!"
Suddenly, the last scene before he lost consciousness replayed in front of him. His face became slightly solemn. He immediately looked into his heart.
"Hiss …!"
As soon as he looked, a trace of shock flashed across his eyes. He took a deep breath and said, "This injury is really a mess. It's shocking."
The five viscera, the six bowels, the Conception and Governing Vessels, the eight extraordinary meridians, the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams, the nine spirit veins, and the spirit crystals in his dantian. These were all things that Qin Shi could see. Even his blood and meridians were unbearable to look at.
Now, there was not a single part of his body that was undamaged. His entire body was like a broken machine.
Finally, he couldn't look at it anymore. He withdrew his vision from his body and looked at the sky numbly. Looking at the gray sky, he felt a little bitter.
"No matter what, at least I survived."
Thinking of that urgent and precarious situation, he felt a lot better. Compared to his injuries, it was more important that he survived.
No matter how serious his injuries were, at least he could recover. But if he lost his life, he really couldn't come back to life.
"I don't know what happened in the end. Are Xianhui and the others safe?" He clenched his fists, but he couldn't use any strength. In the end, he spread his hands freely.
However, in the deepest part of his eyes, there was a very strong ruthlessness that couldn't be hidden. "If anything happens to them, I will definitely kill those three old dogs in the future."
That hatred flickered in his heart. He gently sniffed the air around him and inexplicably furrowed his brows. A ferocious stench entered his nose and made him turn his head away.
"Hmm?"
Qin Shi's black eyes widened, and a look of shock flashed in his heart. From the end of the Barren Land, he saw a large number of black runes constantly spreading towards him.
"That curse mark is a Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug?"
He, who had regained consciousness, immediately recognized the identity of the seal. Then, he closed his eyes to relieve his fatigue. When he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him was clearly clearer, and this clarity made him panic even more.
About a hundred meters away, there was a huge bug. It had sixteen legs and thirty-two tentacles. It was more than a hundred meters long, and it was moving quickly toward him.
There were also two large fangs in the insect's mouth that were as sharp as a saber-toothed tiger's. Black liquid flowed from them, and when they dripped onto the ground, the ground melted.
"Hah, what a strong corrosive power."
Qin Shi was shocked. Amidst the shock, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head. It was so painful that tears flowed out of his eyes. It was as if there was an electric drill spinning in his head.
"Ah!
It hurts. How did this happen? "
He grabbed his head and raised it. Only now did he realize that it was the huge Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug. Every time the bug corroded the ground, his head would ache, and the pain would grow more intense. He couldn't help but understand a lot.
"This Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug should be planted in my body by that old dog, Yuanhao. If it's here, could it be …" A bold idea popped into his head. Qin Shi's black eyes quickly looked around, and then stopped at the direction to his west. There, he saw an extremely weak, but extremely familiar, golden light.
"Is that … the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation?"
Although the golden light was extremely weak, Qin Shi was sure that he couldn't be wrong. It was the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation in his sea of consciousness. "This is my sea of consciousness?"
Suddenly, he understood and clenched his hand. This time, he used almost all the strength in his body, but he could only condense a faint golden Soul Force. There was no spiritual power at all. Now, he was even more certain that this was his sea of consciousness.
"No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity from here. But … isn't this a little too embarrassing?"
If it wasn't for the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation, Qin Shi wouldn't have believed that this preposterous place was his sea of consciousness. It was practically a ruin.
But before he could think any further, the huge Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug was already pouncing towards him. It was extremely fast, like a human cannon. It rampaged through his sea of consciousness, causing Qin Shi great pain every time it did so.
"This beast, it's already in my sea of consciousness?"
Qin Shi clenched his teeth and tried to use his telekinesis to connect to his body. Only then did he realize that his body was completely enveloped by seals. His sea of consciousness was already his last escape route.
If this place was destroyed by the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug, he would really have nowhere to go and his life would really be lost.
"No, I have to get rid of this beast first."
Realizing this, Qin Shi didn't dare to be careless. He leaped into the air and flipped his body. He didn't want to use all his strength to escape from the Chaotic Realm, only to fail miserably here.
Whoosh!
Because of this, he retreated a hundred meters without hesitation. Fortunately, even though he was heavily injured, he hadn't lost control of his sea of consciousness. This place was still under his control.
"This beast, does it really think that this is its home?"
Qin Shi's eyes flashed with coldness. He slightly opened his five fingers, bent them, and shot five golden relics at the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug.
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in Qin Shi's sea of consciousness. Five lights exploded in the dark sky like fireworks, very dazzling.
But obviously, Qin Shi wasn't interested in enjoying this scenery. If he were to enjoy it for a while, he would probably have to move a stool and take the bus to the Earth Domain.
That wasn't what he wanted.
The five golden relics didn't have any effect on the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug. A hundred meters away from the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug, they were directly blocked by the seals. With a boom, they were completely destroyed.
"This beast, why is it so sturdy?"
He was slightly surprised. This wasn't a joke, it was a matter of life and death. He had to think of a way to break out of this deadlock. If this continued, he would die.
In his helplessness, he finally threw his gaze towards the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation that had saved him several times from dire straits. Currently, the only thing in his sea of consciousness that could contend against the Demon Devouring Spirit Insects was the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation.
"Little guy, help me one more time!"
Qin Shi waved the sword Qi formed by three layers of his soul. Although the sword Qi couldn't defeat the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug, it could still stop it.
Bang!
Taking advantage of this time, Qin Shi quickly sneaked into the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation. Only the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation could save him now.
Rumble!
The Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug quickly caught up. The places that it had passed through were all turned into ruins.
Bang!
After traveling for a thousand meters, the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug fiercely slammed into the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation. It immediately caused a huge explosion, causing Qin Shi to shake from the inside.
Fortunately, although the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug was fierce, it still couldn't break through the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation. This caused Qin Shi to let out a long sigh, "Did it manage to resist?"
However, this ease didn't last for long. Seeing that it couldn't break through the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation, the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug quickly changed its direction. Its target wasn't Qin Shi, but Qin Shi's entire sea of consciousness.
Far away from the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation, it began to eat away at the periphery of the sea of consciousness. Those souls were like nourishment for it. It constantly expanded in the sea of consciousness, and very soon, it was almost a thousand meters wide. Its strength and speed had increased by another level.
Seeing this, cold sweat dripped down Qin Shi's forehead. A trace of fear flashed across his face, "This can't go on."
Even if he could hide in the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation, if his sea of consciousness was completely devoured by the Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug, it would be difficult for him to escape death.
"Is there really no other way?"
He couldn't accept it. Could it be that the heavens were deliberately toying with him?
"Little guy, sitting and waiting for death isn't like you."
And in the midst of his despair, a voice that symbolized hope suddenly rang in Qin Shi's ears. His black eyes suddenly focused, and his face lit up with joy, "Demon?"
Wasn't that the voice of a demon?
"Haha, this appearance of yours is truly miserable."
The shadow of the demon slowly appeared in his sea of consciousness. It was a huge black qilin, domineering and mighty. The nine pairs of blood-red eyes on its forehead were extremely eye-catching.
"It's really you?" Qin Shi was so excited that his voice trembled, and his eyes slightly reddened, "You're awake?"
The demon shook its head, "No, the injuries this time used up too much of my vitality. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for me to wake up in a short period of time."
Hearing this, Qin Shi's eyes were filled with disappointment. Thinking about how Chu Deyu had pierced through the demon, he clenched his fists and said, "I will avenge you."
"Haha, of course. I've always believed in you, just like how I believed that you would definitely be able to escape from the Chaotic Realm."
The demon nodded happily. Since it could appear in Qin Shi's sea of consciousness, it naturally saw everything that had happened to Qin Shi. "However, little guy, don't be anxious. A gentleman's revenge is never too late. You are still too weak now, so you need to learn how to grow your wings."
"Then what's going on with you now?" Qin Shi raised his head and asked softly.
The demon smiled faintly and looked at the greedy Demon-Devouring Spirit Bug in the distance, "Now?
It's all thanks to that little bastard. Its body's demonic energy is very dense, so I was able to borrow it to form a virtual image in your sea of consciousness. "
"Virtual image?"