"Whoosh!"
The sea of fire spread out, and the corpse-eating armored spiders were immediately set ablaze. Strangely, there seemed to be a layer of energy on their bodies, blocking part of the flame's power. The burning was very slow, seemingly unafraid of the flames.
Amidst the endless flames, the corpse-eating armored spiders still charged forward desperately, fearless of death.
"These corpse-eating armored spiders have powerful earth-element energy within them, and the flames do not restrain them." Mo Nian explained.
"Puff puff puff... Long
Chen flicked his finger, and a series of fiery arrows shot out, piercing through the bodies of several corpse-eating armored spiders.
"Pa pa pa...
Several corpse-eating armored spiders fell from the void. Long Chen slashed open one of them and found its shell was over three inches thick.
"What strange creatures." Long Chen was a bit surprised. The Corpse-Eating Armored Spider could actually block most of the flame power, a very strange ability.
However, when their bodies resist the flames, their defense drops significantly, so Long Chen's flaming arrows can easily kill them.
Strangely, the dead corpse-eating armored spider didn't immediately burn to ashes, but slowly shrank until it shrank to the size of a fist, completely deformed, and finally turned to ashes.
"Such powerful vitality." Long Chen was startled. Even though the corpse-eating armored spider was dead, the life force hidden inside it was still resisting the flames. Only when its vitality was exhausted would it turn to ashes.
While surprised, Long Chen was also delighted. He reached out and tossed the corpse of the corpse-eating armored spider from the ground into the black soil of the chaotic space.
Just as Long Chen predicted, the corpse-eating armored spiders were devoured by the black soil and immediately released a large amount of life energy.
What Long Chen didn't know was that these corpse-eating armored spiders were an ancient species. They specialized in feeding on corpse essence and stored astonishing vitality within their bodies.
Moreover, they have long lifespans—each corpse-eating armored spider has lived for tens of thousands of years. It can be said that they have no natural enemies.
They only devour corpses and rarely attack living creatures, so they don't disrupt the balance of the world.
According to Mo Nian's understanding, these corpse-eating armored spiders would only attack unless someone had invaded their feeding area. But Mo Nian couldn't figure out why so many corpse-eating armored spiders had gathered here.
Moreover, there had been fights here before, so why did they not attack them? Why specifically target the two of them?
"Puff puff puff puff...
Amidst the endless flames, the defense of these corpse-eating armored spiders weakened. Mo Nian's bowstring trembled, arrows shot out, and the spiders lined up in a straight line were all killed one after another.
With every strike from Long Chen's Dragonbone Evil Moon, the corpse-eating armored spiders exploded in large swathes. While killing the spiders, Long Chen collected all their corpses.
Mo Nian couldn't understand: "Why are you collecting their bodies?" You want to refine poison pills? "
I don't have time to refine poison pills. These corpses are for me for other purposes." Long Chen said.
As the corpse of the Corpse-Eating Armored Spider continuously flowed into the chaotic space, after the decomposition of the black earth, a massive amount of life force was released, and the Tianlin Demon Tree within the Star Space began to grow again.
Long Chen's flames couldn't directly burn these corpse-eating armored spiders to death, but within the fiery domain, killing them became much easier.
The corpse of the corpse-eating armored spider on the ground was already piled up like a mountain. Long Chen slashed and collected at the same time, struggling to keep up.
After killing for an hour, Long Chen estimated that the number of corpse-eating armored spiders they had slain must have reached several million.
These corpses were thrown into the chaotic space, where the three hundred Tianlin demon trees had grown from just over ten zhang tall to over twenty zhang.
Their growth rate was far too slow, and it consumed an enormous amount of vitality. However, the Tianlin Tree Demon did not disappoint Long Chen; with every zhang it grew taller, it increased its vitality by a vast amount.
Originally, the vitality generated by three hundred Tianqin tree demons, each over ten zhang tall, was equivalent to half the total life of the entire adult World Tree at that time. Now, these Tianqin tree demons had surpassed the original World Tree Forest.
You have to know, these Tianqin tree demons are only a little over twenty zhang tall, just a bunch of tiny saplings.
A truly mature Tianlin Demon Tree can reach tens of thousands of li in height. If all the Tianqin Tree Demons were fully grown, that would be an unimaginable sight.
"Whoosh!"
Mo Nian fell from a great height. He had just sprinted with all his might, attempting to ascend once but only flew several thousand zhang before being killed back.
Because Long Chen's flame domain was only a few thousand zhang high. Leaving the flame domain, those corpse-eating armored spiders became terrifying. He didn't dare to rush into the current sea of insects, as without Long Chen's flame protection, he would be easily killed.
"How is it?" Long Chen asked.
"Damn it, we're surrounded by a sea of insects, our spiritual sense is blocked, and we can only see with our eyes. Anyway, the whole world is full of corpse-eating armored spiders, and we can't see the end at all." Mo Nian said somewhat dejectedly.
There were so many Corpse-Eating Armored Spiders—unimaginably numerous. These spiders were simply endless. Long Chen's tens of thousands of miles of flame domain was like a small island in the ocean, seeming so small.
"This can't go on. This must be a trap set by Ye Ming and the others to stop us from rescuing Yun Tian. If you ask me, we should go all out and break out of this sea of insects in one go." Mo Nian suggested, saying that being trapped like this puts Yuntian in danger.
"You know this is a trap set by Ye Ming, but have you ever thought about what it would be like to use double or chain traps?" Long Chen said.
"What do you mean?" Mo Nian was taken aback.
"If we charge out from here, even if we do, who knows how much precious energy it will use.
What if Ye Ming, Zhao Ritian, and the others were waiting for us over there at this moment? Long Chen asked.
"This ..." Mo Nian was left speechless.
"If we think even worse, if this is a chain trap, we'll break out of the insect sea and fall into the beast sea or bird sea. The situation will definitely be even more severe than now. It's a trap, and we can't follow the route Ye Ming designed." Long Chen said.
"So what should we do? Are we just going to wait like this? Mo Nian frowned and said.
"Yes, just wait like this, waiting for our reinforcements to arrive." Long Chen said.
"Reinforcements?" Where did we get reinforcements? You mean the Dragonblood Legion? Mo Nian slapped her thigh and said.
Long Chen smiled slightly and said, "I've already sent out a distress signal. Just wait, they'll be here soon." "
Aren't you afraid that Ye Ming has schemed against them too?" Mo Nian said.
"Don't be afraid. First, there's simply no time to set it up. A single trap on a line is already his limit.
Moreover, if he wanted to deal with the Dragonblood Legion, they would have to send out two super strongmen; otherwise, they wouldn't be enough.
If he split into two, it would be a huge joke—Yun Tian would definitely kill the rest. Long Chen said with a smile.
"You're really that confident?" I'm not trying to discourage you, but they only need to send out Zhao Ritian to stop the Dragonblood Legion. Mo Nian shook his head.
"Do you think the Dragonblood Legion is still the same as before? If Zhao Ritian dares to act alone, I guarantee he will never be able to take advantage of the day again—he will only be able to do so. Long Chen laughed heartily, his laughter full of confidence.
"Puff puff puff..."
The two of them kept killing corpse-eating armored spiders in the fiery domain without expending their stamina.
"Boom boom boom... Long
Chen flicked his fingers, and tiny flame lotuses burst forth. The lotuses weren't large, only the size of a dragon's eye, but the moment they exploded, all the corpse-eating armored spiders within a radius of hundreds of miles were killed alive.
"Damn, what kind of trick is this?" Did you study on the ghost ship? Mo Nian was startled.
The lotuses Long Chen flicked out were miniature World-Destroying Fire Lotuses. Mo Nian had seen Long Chen wield them before, and their power far surpassed these.
But what surprised Mo Nian was that Long Chen wielded this miniature World-Destroying Fire Lotus so effortlessly, without needing to charge up at all. With a single strike, it could effortlessly kill a fourth-step Tongming Realm expert.
"Now that you say that, I remember if you got any treasure on the ghost ship?" Mo Nian asked.
"Hehe, keep it secret. I'll show you another day—I want to see how jaw-dropping you look." Long Chen chuckled, as sinister as could be.
"Wretch!"
"Your old man!"
"My only old man is your old man. I'll tell your old man that you call him a wretch."
Mo Nian: "..."
Mo Nian refused to reveal what he had gained, and naturally felt awkward asking Long Chen what he had gotten. As for the matter of the Great Emperor, Long Chen didn't want to say more, lest he bring karma to Mo Nian.
As time passed, just as Mo Nian had said, no matter how many corpse-eating armored spiders the two killed, they could never finish them all.
Every so often, Mo Nian would jump up to take a look, and every time he looked, he saw an endless sea of insects with no end in sight, not knowing how many corpse-eating armored spiders were there.
Moreover, as the two kept killing, the corpse-eating armored spiders began to change. Some had golden mouthparts, as if forged from gold, while others even had wings and moved as fast as lightning. Mo Nian nearly got bitten again, his face turning pale with fright.
A bite from this creature causes unbearable pain and slows reactions, which is extremely dangerous.
However, Mo Nian and Long Chen maintained a calm attack state, keeping their stamina at its peak, fearing someone might ambush them at this moment.
A full three hours passed. Long Chen collected countless corpse carcasses of the Armored Spider Corpses. The Tianlin Demon Tree in the chaotic space had grown to fifty zhang tall.
Long Chen could feel the vast sea of life force within each Tianlin tree demon. This was the only comforting aspect of being trapped here.
"Boss, don't panic. The peerless handsome man, the second best in the world, the Divine Armor Warrior Guo Ran has come to rescue you."
Above the void, Guo Ran's metallic trembling howl echoed as a blood-red figure descended from the sky, landing in the sea of insects.