Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The corpse beetle king was different in appearance from the other beetles. Although its skin was also golden, there was a faint hint of purple within the gold. At the same time, faint electric arcs flickered on its body, making it seem strange.

After shattering the blue ice ball, the corpse beetle king let out a long howl, and then led the golden beetles behind it, rushing towards Chen Tian and the others like a tide.

Seeing this scene, Chen Tian quickly glanced at the flounder eel beside him. After launching two consecutive attacks, the flounder eel looked listless and lay weakly on the ground, as if it was running out of strength.

Chen Tian knew that this flounder eel was just an undead creature, and its strength was far less than when it was alive. It had already exhausted the limited amount of demonic power in its body from dealing with Daoist Nanxian before and now these golden beetles. If he were to force it to fight again at this time, the result would only be a greater loss than gain.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian immediately waved his hand and put it into his wide sleeve. Then, without any hesitation, he turned around and fled.

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Yang, what time is it now? How can you still be in the mood to joke with me?" Lu Sheng couldn't help but smile wryly after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "Seriously, what do you think we should do next?"

Having witnessed Chen Tian's cleverness just now, Lu Sheng had unconsciously made his opinion the main one, so he asked Chen Tian first.

After hearing this, Chen Tian also immediately put away the smile on his face and glanced behind him.

The golden beetles, led by the corpse beetle king, were rushing over at an incredible speed, constantly closing the distance between them and Chen Tian and the others.

At the same time, a look of angry red light was faintly visible in their eyes, as if they wanted to swallow Chen Tian and Lu Sheng alive. Chen Tian knew that if they were not careful, the fate awaiting them would be instant death.

Surrounded by so many corpse beetles, Chen Tian and Lu Sheng might not even have the strength to resist, and they would be eaten clean immediately.

"What to do?"

While fleeing, Chen Tian's mind raced, thinking of a solution.

Suddenly, a fork in the road appeared in front of Chen Tian, leading in two different directions.

"I've got it!" Seeing this sudden fork in the road, Chen Tian's eyes lit up and he exclaimed in surprise.

"What is it? Fellow Daoist Yang, tell me quickly!" Chen Tian's exclamation instantly attracted Lu Sheng's attention. He hurriedly turned his head and asked Chen Tian.

Chen Tian smiled slightly and pointed to the fork in the road ahead, saying, "Fellow Daoist Lu, we are too conspicuous appearing here together, so why not split up and divert some of the golden beetles? What do you think?"

"This..." After listening to Chen Tian's suggestion, Lu Sheng frowned and pondered for a moment, but soon, as if he had made up his mind, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll split up and meet in the large cave we agreed on earlier."

"It's a deal," Chen Tian nodded.

Seeing Chen Tian's statement, Lu Sheng's expression suddenly became firm. Then, he turned to the side and flew towards the left fork.

Chen Tian glanced at the golden beetles chasing closely behind him, and without any hesitation, he accelerated sharply and rushed into the right tunnel.

Lu Sheng and Chen Tian, one to the left and one to the right, but fortunately, the roads in this space were all connected, and they would eventually meet in the large cave where the corpses were located. In this way, they had nothing to worry about.

Seeing Chen Tian and Lu Sheng flee in different directions, the corpse beetle king was stunned. After thinking for a moment, it seemed to have made a choice, and with a roar, it led the golden beetles and chased after one of the tunnels at top speed.

However, the corpse beetle king's choice was not Chen Tian, but it was actually heading towards Lu Sheng.

Of course, Chen Tian hadn't noticed this at this time. He was just fleeing for his life.

However, after flying for a while, Chen Tian saw the souls he had released earlier gradually emerging from the surrounding walls, wandering aimlessly.

It was only then that Chen Tian realized that the corpse beetle king had not chased after him, but had pounced on Lu Sheng.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian's heart immediately rejoiced. Then, he turned his gaze to the surrounding ghosts.

These ghosts were all composed of soul power. For the golden beetles that specialized in devouring essence, they were the most delicious food.

Therefore, Chen Tian knew that keeping them would definitely be useful in the future.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian immediately took out a soul banner and collected the wandering ghosts in the tunnel one by one.

Only after collecting the last ghost into the soul banner did Chen Tian smile with satisfaction, and then put it into his storage ring.

At this time, Chen Tian's face darkened again. He knew that the golden beetles could return at any time, so now was not the time to relax his vigilance. So Chen Tian suddenly accelerated and continued to fly forward.

Fortunately, Chen Tian did not find any beetles chasing after him along the way, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief.

After flying for a while, Chen Tian arrived at the large cave he had agreed to meet Lu Sheng in earlier. However, after entering it, Chen Tian couldn't help but be surprised.

Because in this cave, besides the dozens of corpses lying on the ground, there was no sign of Lu Sheng, which meant that Lu Sheng had not returned yet.

After wondering for a while, Chen Tian sat cross-legged on the ground, and then spread out his spiritual sense to search for Lu Sheng's whereabouts.

After searching for a while, Chen Tian finally found Lu Sheng's figure, but after just one glance, Chen Tian couldn't help but smile wryly.