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After throwing the last relatively intact fragment of the tortoise shell into his storage space, Chen Guan dusted off his hands.

"Awooo..."

A weak, feeble cry came from beside Chen's coffin.

Leopard lay sprawled on the ground, its belly rising and falling slightly, its body shimmering with purple light, clearly still digesting the immense energy from the crystal core.

It lifted its eyelids, looked at the coffin, then at the fragments of tortoise shells, its golden vertical pupils filled with a sense of utter despair, as if saying, "I can't eat anymore, I really can't eat any more."

This is no longer just fainting from carbon monoxide poisoning; it's indigestion.

"Alright, I know you're stuffed." Chen Guan squatted down and chuckled as he scratched its furry chin. "Keep the rest; you can train with it later."

The leopard squinted comfortably, making a contented purring sound in its throat, its tail tip swaying gently.

"This Void Crystal Turtle is quite a troublesome opponent here," Li Yan said as he walked over. "Its regenerative abilities can wear down most opponents of the same level. You dealt with it quickly."

Chen Guan could hear the approval in his voice.

"I was lucky; I managed to control it." Chen Guan stood up and said modestly.

He knew that Li Yan didn't want to see him use tricks, but rather his strength in a head-on confrontation.

That rapid, relentless attack just now was his answer.

"This isn't the academy; there's no luck here." Li Yan shook his head, saying nothing more, his gaze sweeping towards the faintly visible signal tower in the distance: "Let's go; the real trouble is yet to come."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked deeper into the island.

Chen Guan picked up the still-malfunctioning Leopard and followed.

The further you go in, the stronger the sweet, rotten smell in the air becomes, and the fleshy fungus carpet on the ground becomes more slippery. You can even see the vascular tissue pulsating slightly under the carpet.

The entire island is like a giant, living thing that is breathing.

"Heh heh, kid, can you feel it?" Baal's lazy voice rang out: "It's quite lively up ahead."

Even without His reminder, Chen Guan's spiritual power had already sensed the dense, chilling life force emanating from ahead.

It was not one or a few powerful individuals, but a vast, intertwined group.

After walking a few hundred meters, the two stopped in front of a wide basin.

The basin was filled with fleshy, tuberous plants that were half a person tall and constantly opening and closing. The surface of these tubercles was covered with wrinkles, and at the top was a dark mouthpart that was expelling pale purple spores with each breath.

At the base of these fleshy plants, on the ground, there were wriggling, earthworm-like creatures.

They are completely black, only as thick as a baby's arm, yet several meters long. They have no facial features, only rings of sharp teeth, which are constantly gnawing at the fungal carpet on the ground, making a grating rustling sound.

There are tens of thousands of them, and you can't see the end of them.

"Void worms are generally considered to be among the lowest-ranking void creatures. They lack independent consciousness and act based on instinct."

Li Yan's voice unusually carried a hint of solemnity.

"But this is a different case. They have mutated here, possessing an almost infinite ability to regenerate, and they are a single entity."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the worms in the basin seemed to receive a unified command and stopped eating in unison.

The front halves of thousands of worms rose high, their faceless heads all turning towards Chen Guan and Li Yan, the two uninvited guests.

"Awoo?"

The leopard in Chen Guan's arms sensed the threat and finally snapped out of its gluttony. It jumped off Chen Guan's arms, arched its body, and let out a low, warning growl.

The purple electric arcs on its surface became active again.

"Aww!"

Before Chen Guan could give the order, the provoked leopard could no longer contain itself. It opened its mouth, and a beam of purple lightning, thicker than ever before, slammed into the densest part of the insect swarm.

boom!

The lightning exploded, instantly vaporizing hundreds of worms and clearing a large, scorched area.

However, before Leopard could even show a smug expression...

The surrounding worms swarmed towards the clearing like madmen, and from beneath the scorched ground, even more worms burst forth. In just a breath or two, the cleared area was filled again, even more crowded than before.

"It's useless," Li Yan said in a deep voice. "Unless you can burn the entire basin to ashes in an instant, no matter how fast you kill, you can't keep up with its regeneration rate."

Different regions of the Void Realm have different characteristics, which guide the mutation of these monsters. This region, in particular, has taken the regeneration speed to the extreme.

Therefore, this area has always been a headache for Li Yan. He may have to deal with the seventh-tier monsters himself, making it very difficult to clear them out.

Leopard refused to believe it and hurled several more bolts of lightning, but the result was the same as before: the number of insects did not decrease at all.

It grew impatient, and the roar in its throat carried a hint of anger.

For the first time, it realized that its attack was like throwing stones into the sea, achieving nothing but splashing water.

"Don't waste your energy," Chen Guan said, stopping Leopard.

"Keep quiet and just watch."

Leopard stopped, reluctantly retreating to Chen Guan's feet, rubbing its head against his trouser leg, and whimpering pitifully.

This pile of sausages is too tough to chew and won't cook properly; it's too unfair to the leopard.

Chen Guan ignored him, took two steps forward, and stood on the edge of the basin.

He raised his head, looked at the endless expanse of black, writhing flesh, and then closed his eyes.

Li Yan's gaze fell on him, and he didn't say a word, but his mountain-like figure stood even straighter.

He wanted to see how this student, who always brought him surprises, would handle this seemingly unsolvable situation.

After a while, Li Yan noticed a gentle breeze blowing through his hair.

The wind picked up.

No! That's not right!

Li Yan quickly realized, where did the wind come from?

Then it can only be...

He turned his head sharply and looked towards the source of the wind.

Countless worms in the basin also turned their gazes toward the source of the wind: the coffin.

They sensed a threat, an instinctive fear of predators.

The next moment, all the worms seemed to go mad, transforming into waves of black energy that surged toward the coffin at the edge of the basin.

They want to devour the source of this threat.