Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 475 No Way to Escape

Xiao Jiu didn't say anything more, but simply pointed at Xu Tian, ​​and the gold-devouring insects swarmed towards him.

Xu Tian could clearly see the rapidly approaching Gold-Eating Insects. His face turned pale and bloodless. His gaze swept over the thick emerald light barrier around him, and his heart sank to the bottom.

He was trapped, with nowhere to escape, like a turtle in a jar!

With a determined effort, he suddenly spat out a purple talisman.

With a "bang," the talisman exploded.

A cloud of purple mist suddenly spread out, completely enveloping his figure.

At this moment, the dozens of gold-devouring insects pounced in without hesitation and were instantly engulfed by the purple mist.

But no sound came out.

Xiao Jiu's expression changed, and she suddenly raised her spirit beast bracelet. Dozens of gold-devouring insects flew out again, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced on a void in front of her. Her figure disappeared from the spot in a flash of green light, and when she reappeared, she was already beside Yan Qing.

This escape technique was so exquisite that it slightly surprised Yan Qing.

As a result, the space in that void rippled, and Xu Tian's figure appeared. However, as soon as he appeared, he was pounced on by the Gold-Eating Insects that had come ahead of time, and their sharp mouthparts began to tear at him.

"Ah!" The protective aura had no effect whatsoever, and Xu Tian immediately let out a shrill scream.

"You still want to ambush me with your escape techniques right in front of me? I, Xiao Jiu, am the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng. Even before I took human form, my escape techniques were so exquisite that most Nascent Soul cultivators were helpless against me. Although your realm is much stronger than mine, in terms of escape techniques, even with the help of talismans, you are still somewhat inferior." Xiao Jiu looked calmly at Xu Tian, ​​who was now preoccupied with driving away the Gold-Eating Insects on his body, and spoke with a leisurely and exceptionally confident tone.

But the gold-devouring insect's limbs were like sharp scythes, tightly gripping him, making it not so easy to drive away.

He repeatedly tore it off with his hands, tearing off pieces of flesh and blood along with it. Crimson blood flowed from the wounds, making the scene even more gruesome.

Moreover, the Gold-Eating Insect's body was so tough that it could be described as indestructible. He couldn't kill it at all, and could only throw it far away. It was just a desperate struggle.

After missing its target, the gold-devouring insects released earlier flapped their armored wings and charged at him aggressively once again.

More gold-devouring insects had already sliced ​​through his body and entered his body.
"Lord Xutian!"

Watching Xu Tian being enveloped by the golden beetle and turned into a ball of insects step by step outside the light screen, Mu Ying trembled and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

The other four spirit generals were also horrified. Those golden beetles were simply too terrifying; even Xu Tian Xuan Ling had little power to stop them.

Just as the Spirit Clan members' eyes flickered and they began to consider retreating, they suddenly turned their heads to look back. Dozens of miles away, two astonishing beams of light, one yellow and one black, were shooting towards them.

"It's Huang Liang Lingjun and Huan Cangqi!" someone blurted out, their face grim.

"With our strength, we are simply unable to rescue Lord Xutian, and it seems that Lord Xutian will not be able to hold on for much longer." Mu Ying glanced at the golden insect ball, and the screams coming from inside were much weaker than before.

"We are no match for cultivators at the Void Refinement stage, so there is no point in staying here any longer. Let's retreat now while no one is watching us!" she calmly ordered.

Upon hearing this, the other four spirit generals naturally had no objection. They all shone with spiritual light, and with the five elements of spiritual light merging into one, they immediately fled into the void in an uninhabited direction.

The five of them, working together, were so fast that they were almost as fast as Huang Lianglingjun and the two Void Refinement cultivators who were on their way to the location.

Xiao Jiu glanced at the departing Spirit Clan member once before looking away and no longer paying attention.

Her mission was to protect the Azure Shuttle and ensure that her master's cultivation was not disturbed, so she naturally couldn't afford to neglect hunting down the Spirit Clan members.

A moment later, the insect ball flashed with golden light, and hundreds of gold-devouring insects scattered, circling around Xiao Jiu before disappearing into the spirit beast bracelet.

The place where Xu Tian had originally stood was now completely empty, except for a few traces of blood and a storage bracelet; it had vanished from this world.

At the same time, without Xu Tian's encouragement, the blood-red clouds that filled the surroundings also rolled back and disappeared into the blood-red lotus.

After Blood Lotus finished doing this, its magical power seemed to be exhausted, and it fell from the sky.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Xiao Jiu's face. She waved her hand at the storage bracelet and the blood lotus, and the two items fell into her small hands.

"This blood lotus looks like Xu Tian's true form. Xiao Jiu, you're really lucky to have obtained a spiritual treasure so easily, and it seems quite powerful." Yan Qing said with some envy after glancing at the blood lotus and storage bracelet, which had shrunk to the size of a fist.

The Blood Lotus is Xu Tian's true form. Although Xu Tian's fall inevitably weakened this treasure somewhat, its power is still greater than that of most spiritual treasures.

Furthermore, as one of the eight great spirits of the artifact spirit race, Xu Tian has been at the Void Refinement stage for countless millennia, so his wealth must be extremely substantial.

As his storage bracelet, one can imagine that it must contain many rare and precious items.

Either of these would be a great gain and a great opportunity even for a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage, let alone for Xiao Jiu, who was at the early Nascent Soul stage. Even as a member of the Heavenly Fox Royal Family, she was extremely envious of it.

"I'm just a Nascent Soul cultivator, how could I have such great abilities? Fellow Daoist Yan saw it for yourself, I was able to kill Xu Tian entirely by the power of the spirit insects, not by luck." Xiao Jiu's innocent face beamed with joy as she put away the storage bracelet and the blood lotus in a very good mood.

"Spirit Insect, Xiao Jiu, was the one you released before really a mature Gold-Eating Insect?" Having only heard rumors about this insect, Yan Qing still asked with some uncertainty.

“Otherwise, how could Xu Tian, ​​a Void Refinement cultivator, be helpless against even a hundred spirit insects and be devoured alive? It's also Xu Tian's fault for being too confident, thinking that Nascent Soul cultivators are easy to bully, and voluntarily entering the light barrier. Otherwise, as long as he wasn't trapped, he would still have a chance to escape from the insects' mouths.” Xiao Jiu chuckled. “However, this time was still extremely dangerous.” Hearing this, Yan Qing shook his head slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, Xu Tian is a member of the Spirit Clan and doesn't possess any top-tier wood or stone treasures. Otherwise, with just a hundred or so spirit insects, he could have temporarily trapped the Gold-Eating Insects with wood or stone treasures. Even if he could only trap them for a moment, that would have been enough time for him to kill us. Xiao Jiu, you should be more careful when using the Gold-Eating Insects to fight in the future."

Sensing the good intentions in her words, Xiao Jiu nodded thoughtfully, seemingly agreeing with her.

Just as Yan Qing smiled with satisfaction, Xiao Jiu suddenly spoke:
"Most spirit insects rely on numbers to gain an advantage, and the Gold-Eating Insects are no exception. A hundred Gold-Eating Insects might be able to be restrained, but if thousands or tens of thousands are controlled at once, even a Nascent Soul cultivator trapped in them would only perish."

Yan Qing's smile froze on her face. It was unclear whether Xiao Jiu had spoken casually or truly possessed as many gold-devouring insects as claimed. However, she quickly regained her composure and slowly said:

"I have heard that many years ago, a swarm of mature Gold-Eating Insects appeared in a corner of the Thunder Continent. Their numbers once reached tens of thousands. As a result, three or four small tribes in the area where the swarm passed were easily wiped out."

"If it weren't for a certain super clan that used the Xuan Tian treasure 'Heaven-Breaking Hammer' to forcefully open a spatial rift and exile the swarm of insects into the void outside the Spirit Realm, perhaps even more races would have suffered this fate."

"The swarm of tens of thousands of gold-devouring insects forced the Xuan Tian Treasure to take action. If we calculate it this way, tens of thousands are indeed enough to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator."

The words had barely left her lips when one of her guards, his expression shifting, spoke up:

"I am quite interested in spirit insects and know more about the Gold-Eating Insect. Cultivating Gold-Eating Insects is a very demanding task, and it takes countless generations of effort to succeed. As one of the most difficult spirit insects to cultivate, being able to cultivate over a hundred at once is already a great stroke of luck."

“Cultivating Gold-Eating Insects is indeed very difficult. Since they advanced to maturity, no matter what rare and precious materials the master feeds them, they haven’t changed much.” Xiao Jiu thought for a moment and nodded her little head unconsciously.

“A mature Gold-Devouring Insect. My clan’s Heavenly Fox King is also very interested in this spirit insect. Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiu, I wonder if you are willing to trade the Gold-Devouring Insect you have? If you are willing, I believe my clan’s Heavenly Fox King will certainly not let you suffer a loss.” At this moment, Yan Qing couldn’t help but propose a trade again.

She saw so many wonderful things on this trip, and all of them came from Nie Zhaonan, which gave her a real sense of mystery.

“The Gold-Eating Insects I have belong to my master, and I have no right to trade them. If you really want them, you should talk to my master directly. However, my master values ​​Gold-Eating Insects very much, unlike millennium-old spiritual herbs that can be traded casually. Your chances are slim.” Xiao Jiu frowned slightly and shook her head.

"More important than Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiu?" Yan Qing discerned something from Xiao Jiu's expression.

"I am merely a servant girl to my master, handling miscellaneous tasks. The Gold-Eating Insect is a powerful weapon in my master's hands, so naturally I cannot compare to it." Xiao Jiu was relieved and let out a slight breath as she spoke.

"In that case, there's really no hope for trading the spirit insects." Yan Qing's voice held a hint of regret, as if he had given up on the matter.

"By the way, please keep the matter of the Gold-Eating Insects a secret and don't mention it to anyone else, lest someone overestimate themselves and cause trouble. Master dislikes dealing with trouble the most." Remembering something, Xiao Jiu's expression turned serious, and his gaze swept over the four demons.

"Little Jiu, you can rest assured. My Heavenly Fox Clan is the most trustworthy, and we will never spread this matter." Yan Qing smiled faintly, and the guards behind her naturally had no objection.

"It would be best to keep it a secret, but if not, it'll just be a minor inconvenience at most," Xiao Jiu suddenly said in a relaxed tone, seemingly unconcerned.

At this moment, Yan Qing wanted to ask something, but Huang Liang and Ling Jun had already arrived in front of the Azure Spirit Shuttle, and a voice came from them:
"Fellow Daoist Yan Qing, who is the young fellow Daoist beside you?"

The person asking the question was none other than Huang Liang Lingjun, whom Yan Qing introduced:

"This is Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiu, Senior Nie's maid."

"What advice do you two have for me?" Xiao Jiu asked calmly, looking at the two of them.

"Who did you just kill, fellow Daoist?" Huan Cangqi ignored the disrespect in her words and asked directly.

Huang Lianglingjun's face also showed a hint of curiosity.

The two of them were quite far away from this place. Although they were able to see what was happening here with their Void Refinement level divine sense, they arrived late and only saw a golden insect ball. Moreover, with the light barrier blocking their view, they naturally could not detect any more subtle details.

"Xuanling Xutian." Xiao Jiu opened her mouth without thinking, her tone completely flat.

"What! Impossible!" Huan Cangqi's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Even when he and Huang Lianglingjun joined forces in Chaos Valley, they couldn't gain any advantage over Xu Tian. The two sides were evenly matched, and they even suffered a small loss without realizing it.

He simply couldn't believe that the person killed by the swarm of insects was Xu Tian!
"Fellow Daoist Yan Qing." Huang Lianglingjun also looked somewhat uneasy, his eyes turning to Yan Qing with a questioning gaze, appearing quite anxious.

“It is Xu Tian Xuan Ling.” Yan Qing gave an affirmative answer.

Seeing the two of them hovering in the air in a daze, exchanging glances and still looking incredulous, Xiao Jiu spread out her tiny three-inch-long hand, and a blood-red lotus flower appeared in her hand as it spun around.

Huang Liang and Ling Jun's eyes narrowed, and they no longer questioned anything, but they were extremely shocked and speechless for a moment.

The two of them also witnessed that Nie Zhaonan did not make a move, but Xiao Jiu killed Xu Tian with just the spirit insects.

Doesn't this mean that the Nascent Soul stage girl on the other side could also kill the two Void Refinement stage cultivators just like she killed Xu Tian by simply releasing spirit insects?

The fact that they have erased the enormous power gap between the Nascent Soul stage and the Void Refinement stage is truly astonishing!
"You two seniors have come here because of Xu Tian? If so, Xu Tian has already been destroyed, so there's no need for you to stay any longer. After all, my master is currently in seclusion and it's not convenient for him to entertain you." Xiao Jiu flipped her hand and put away the Blood Lotus, making no attempt to hide the intention to send them away.

"Hahaha, Xu Tian spoke disrespectfully to Fellow Daoist Nie before, and now he has fallen at the hands of Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiu. It is truly fate, and it should be so. However, Fellow Daoist Xiao Jiu is wrong about one thing. We came here not for Xu Tian, ​​but for the divine blood that was taken by a human cultivator. Since Fellow Daoist Nie is not willing to disturb us, we two also need to pursue the divine blood, so we will take our leave first." Huang Liang Lingjun showed no displeasure at all, but instead laughed heartily, appearing very happy.

After nodding to Xiao Jiu and Yan Qing, he and Huan Cangqi followed the trail left by the first strand of green hair and chased after it.

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