"Someone's controlling these Demon-Faced Mosquitoes?!"
Hearing Mu Chen's voice, Wen Qingxuan, Luo Li and the rest were startled. In the next instant, Wen Qingxuan's lovable face turned cold as she said, "It's definitely the people from the Wu Clan. They want to obstruct us!"
"Is there any way to capture the mastermind?"
Wen Ziyu looked at Mu Chen. If that person was allowed to continue causing trouble, then even if they could get out of this sea of Demon-Faced Mosquitoes, they would have to expend quite a bit of energy.
Mu Chen's gaze flickered as he swept his gaze across the sea of mosquitoes. "These Demon-Faced Mosquitoes communicate with each other through sound waves. So the mastermind should be using sound waves to control them."
"Big Sister Ling Xi, can you construct a Sound Wave Spiritual Array?" Mu Chen asked as he looked at Ling Xi.
The majority of the Spiritual Arrays that he had grasped were used for slaughter, causing their effectiveness to be much weaker. However, Ling Xi was different. She had focused on cultivating and mastering Spiritual Arrays. Her foundation in this aspect was absolutely not something that Mu Chen could compare to.
Therefore, when Ling Xi heard his words, she nodded her head. With a light flick of her slender jade-like hand, Spiritual Seals rapidly integrated into the surrounding space. In the next instant, spiritual light blossomed as an exquisite Spiritual Array appeared before her.
A light silhouette surged within the Spiritual Array, looking like a huge drum.
Boom!
As the Spiritual Array was activated, the large drum violently vibrated. Instantly, a low and deep thunderous drum sound suddenly resounded across the sky. In an instant, even the buzzing sounds of the mosquitoes that filled the sky were suppressed.
Buzz!
As the drum sound resounded, the sea of mosquitoes instantly became restless. The Demon-Faced Mosquitoes that were fearlessly launching deadly attacks at Mu Chen and the rest were stunned at this moment as they started to scatter in all directions.
"Let's go!"
Seeing this, Mu Chen immediately grabbed onto the opportunity and activated his Spiritual Energy barrier.
Boom!
Dong!
The sound of the drum continued to echo as the Spiritual Energy barrier passed through the sea of mosquitoes. About a few minutes later, the dark sky returned to normal and Mu Chen's group charged out of the sea of mosquitoes.
At this moment, they turned their heads and saw the endless sea of mosquitoes spreading out in all directions. That messy appearance was no longer as orderly as before.
"There really is someone controlling it." Wen Qingxuan's face grew colder when she saw this.
Mu Chen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the dense sea of trees below him. Shortly after, his gaze shot towards a direction in the north. There, he sensed a trace of extremely fine Spiritual Energy ripples.
Bang!
Just as Mu Chen looked in that direction, a silhouette suddenly retreated, shuttling through the forest in an attempt to escape.
"Want to leave?!"
Long Xiang's gaze sharpened as he stomped his feet and his silhouette turned into a bolt of lightning as he shot out, causing the air beneath his feet to explode.
When Long Xiang shot into the forest, a violent Spiritual Energy fluctuation soared into the sky. Ten-odd breaths later, Long Xiang returned with a grey-clothed silhouette in his hand. But judging from the latter's appearance, he had already lost his vitality.
"That fellow is truly ruthless. Seeing that he was about to be captured by me, he actually committed suicide by swallowing poison." Long Xiang threw the corpse out as he spoke in astonishment.
To be able to groom such a death warrior, it wasn't something that an ordinary force could accomplish.
"That's a Martial Servant of the Wu Clan."
Wen Qingxuan recognized him with a single glance. Her beautiful eyes stared coldly at the depths of the mountains and said, "I know who the Wu Clan has sent this time."
"Who?" Wen Ziyu immediately asked.
"Wu Tong."
Wen Qingxuan's tone was cold as she continued, "A Martial Servant of this level is considered precious even in the Wu Clan. There aren't many that can mobilize them, and Wu Tong is one of them."
"It's actually that fellow!"
Wen Ziyu's face changed with a flash of fear in his eyes. Evidently, he wasn't unfamiliar with Wu Tong's name.
"Wu Tong is the most outstanding person in this generation of the Wu Clan. Rumour has it that he has already been appointed as the next Patriarch of the Wu Clan. His talent is outstanding, and he has already reached the Perfected Earth Sovereign Realm after cultivating for dozens of years. Even in the Wu Clan, he's ranked amongst the top. Furthermore, he's ruthless and not easy to deal with." Wen Qingxuan turned around and explained to Mu Chen and the rest, who had no idea about the Wu Clan's situation.
However, Mu Chen casually nodded his head, since he had never heard of Wu Tong's name. But regardless of how troublesome Wu Tong was, he still had to fight him the same way he should.
"Looks like the Wu Clan is determined to obtain the Spirit-Butterfly Legacy this time."
Wen Qingxuan pursed her lips as she stared at the depths of the mountain and coldly snorted, "But no matter what, it's not as easy as you think to snatch the treasure from me, Wen Qingxuan!"
"Let's go, we have to make the best use of our time and reach the Spirit-Butterfly Legacy as soon as possible!"
As she spoke, Wen Qingxuan took the lead and flew out with Mu Chen and the rest following behind. They turned into streaks of light and flew towards the depths of the mountain that was enveloped in the miasma.
After Wen Qingxuan and the rest left, the shadow of a huge tree in the forest below started to squirm. In the end, it gradually formed into a blurry figure.
This figure's entire body was shrouded in a strange and evil aura. Just by standing under the tree, the tree was rapidly withering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It was so much so that even the surrounding Spiritual Energy was fleeing from the area where that silhouette was.
A pair of dusky eyes that were filled with an endless deathly aura looked in the direction that Mu Chen and the rest had left in. Thereafter, he grabbed a handful of soil and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing a few times, he swallowed it in the end.
A strange glint seemed to flash across those grey and dim eyes. Soon after, a strange and hoarse evil laughter slowly resounded across the empty forest.
"As expected, a Devil Emperor has fallen in this land. This taste is truly delicious!"
He strangely smiled as his silhouette fluctuated and disappeared into the shadows.
The figures of Mu Chen and the rest rapidly streaked across the sky above the sea of trees. At this moment, they had also started to test exactly how much danger was contained within this region that was enveloped by the poison miasma.
Ever since they had charged through the sea of mosquitoes earlier, they had met dozens of waves of attacks from various poisonous creatures. Those poisonous creatures were extremely cunning. If they had not remained cautious, it was likely that their group would have been attacked by someone who could reduce their injuries.
Fortunately, they managed to make it to the deepest part of the mountain range after a lot of danger.
"That's our destination, the Spiritual Butterfly Ruins!"
Atop a mountain, Wen Qingxuan pointed her jade-like finger into the distance, only to see that the mountain peaks there seemed to have been melted before, forming an incomparably gigantic cave dwelling.
The cave was in the shape of a butterfly spreading its wings, which was extremely strange. Furthermore, there was spiritual energy that seemed to be substantial erupting from it, making it an excellent place for cultivation.
"If this place wasn't in the Primordial Sacred Abyss, it would be a good place to establish a sect."
Looking at the Spiritual Butterfly Cave, Mu Chen couldn't help sighing. With such a blessed land and the miasma's protection, it was practically a natural cultivation ground.
Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan nodded their heads in agreement.
"Our target is right before us, let's move out."
Wen Qingxuan retracted her gaze and looked at Mu Chen's party. When everyone nodded their heads, she nodded her head and everyone turned into streaks of light, charging into the massive Spiritual Butterfly Cave.
When they entered the Spiritual Butterfly Cave, Mu Chen and the rest realised that the interior of the cave was even brighter than the outside world. The interior of the cave was also extremely spacious with numerous paths stretching out before them, leading to the depths of the cave.
But facing this situation, Mu Chen and the rest did not recklessly split up. Instead, they chose a path to the left and carefully entered.
The path was dark and they travelled for roughly ten-odd minutes before they saw a stone palace at the end of the path.
Stepping into the stone palace, the first thing that entered their eyes were ten stone beasts that were lying on the ground. They were guarding the only exit of the stone palace as if they were guardians.
Looking at the ten stone beasts, Mu Chen and the rest stopped their footsteps. Although there weren't any Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from those stone beasts, they could sense that those stone beasts weren't simple.
Sure enough, when their footsteps came to a stop, the ten stone beasts slowly opened their eyes. Within their eyes, there was an astonishing spiritual light surging.
Roar!
They unleashed a deep roar that was akin to thunder as it resounded in the stone palace, sweeping up a gale.
"Those are Pill Beasts?!"
Looking at those stone beasts, Wen Qingxuan squinted her eyes as she exclaimed.
"Pill Beasts?" Mu Chen was stunned, since he wasn't familiar with this term.
"They're a type of puppet, but their power isn't Spiritual Energy, but Divine Pellets. Look at their eyes, they're formed by Divine Pellets!" Wen Qingxuan said.
With her reminder, Mu Chen abruptly recovered from his shock. Taking a closer look, he realised that the eyes of those stone beasts were actually formed from elixirs that flickered with spiritual light.
"Look at the stone beast at the centre!" Suddenly, Wen Qingxuan exclaimed.
Everyone hurriedly looked over, only to see an exceptionally large stone beast at the centre. It looked just like a dragon, and its eyes flickered with a crystalline lustre, while an extremely mysterious fluctuation radiated from it.
"That stone beast is so powerful!"
Mu Chen was startled by the pressure coming from that stone beast, since it was comparable to a genuine Perfected Earth Sovereign!
"The strength of those stone beasts depends on the grade of their Divine Pellets!"
Wen Qingxuan looked at the eyes of that stone beast with a blazing gaze and pursed her lips into a smile. "If I have not guessed incorrectly, the eyes of that stone beast should be something that Wen Ziyu and Long Xiang have been yearning for!"
Wen Ziyu and Long Xiang's pupils constricted, and they exclaimed in unison.
"Its eyes are Divine Spirit Pellets?!"
(To be continued.)