Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

At this moment, only Li Guanqi and Han Feng remained beneath the surging sea of insects.

They were enveloped by a dense mass of Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects.

The two stood back to back, Li Guanqi wielding his sword with both hands, feeling immense pressure.

There were simply too many insects... they blotted out the sky and sun, obscuring the light, so numerous they were beyond counting.

"Fellow Daoist... I'll hold them off for a breath, you... go."

Han Feng swung his sword with all his might, now at the end of his strength.

Yet his expression was calm, his eyes smiling.

He protected the remnant soul in the candlestick with one hand, while frantically swinging his sword with the other, each strike sharp and precise.

Immortal Essence surged, and the man's aura began to rise at an incredible speed, wanting to use his last strength to send Li Guanqi out...

How could Li Guanqi willingly accept this?

His heart roared.

"Damn it!! Pengluo! Think of a way!"

Pengluo suddenly emerged, its scalp tingling at the sight of the dark mass of Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects before it.

But without the slightest hesitation, it closed its eyes and transformed into a stream of light, merging with Li Guanqi.

Boom!!!

Li Guanqi's aura instantly soared to the peak of the fifth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!!

This terrifying amplification shocked even Han Feng.

Some changes occurred on the mask, with a faint purple mysterious pattern slowly spreading across the brow of the red and black grim ghost mask.

A powerful spatial fluctuation surged around Li Guanqi.

The purple light quickly enveloped the two of them.

Buzz!!!

Sizzle!!!

A three-foot-long spatial rift appeared out of thin air before them, and in the next moment...

Two figures instantly disappeared into the rift!!

Splash! Splash!!!

The two fell into a cold pond, surrounded by darkness, unsure of their location.

The icy water contained some special power, chilling to the bone, causing Li Guanqi to open his eyes with a jolt.

Pengluo also fainted due to overexertion.

He grabbed the green leaves on top of Pengluo's head and pulled him up.

Who knew he'd used too much force, plucking off a leaf...

Li Guanqi collected it somewhat awkwardly, then immediately saw Han Feng falling into the dark depths.

He swam quickly, grabbing the man in his hand, and rushed upwards.

Whoosh!!

Li Guanqi threw Han Feng aside, discovering that the guy's body was full of toxins!

He looked at the green leaf in his hand, and while Pengluo was still unconscious, he directly stuffed the emerald leaf into the man's mouth.

Immortal Essence circulated, dispersing the water vapor.

He took out healing pills and stuffed them into his mouth.

From beginning to end, the man's hands tightly held onto the candlestick.

Li Guanqi sighed as he looked at him, not regretting risking his life to save him.

He sent Pengluo into the sword coffin, then turned to look around.

The pitch-black cave seemed cold and damp, and he stood up and reached out to touch the stone wall.

He discovered that these stone walls were covered with pitted and uneven dents.

The pond shimmered with a faint light, and Li Guanqi realized that many Soul-Guiding Butterflies were perched on the stone walls around the water's surface.

Suddenly!!

Swarms of Soul-Guiding Butterflies flew back from outside the cave.

Seeing the dense mass of Soul-Guiding Butterflies swarming like a sea of butterflies, Li Guanqi's heart jumped, and he unhesitatingly dragged Han Feng into the cold pond!!

This cold pond was a hundred zhang in size, incredibly wide.

Li Guanqi hid underwater, watching the dense Soul-Guiding Butterflies circling above the pond.

The Soul-Guiding Butterfly swarm spiraled upwards, like a blue storm, the wind howling, and the stirred pond water rippling violently.

However, at this moment, Li Guanqi suddenly noticed that the fluctuations within the cave were becoming increasingly intense.

Then a buzzing sound rang out, and Li Guanqi's face suddenly changed!

"Crap, the Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects are back!"

Sure enough, thousands upon thousands of Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects swarmed back.

Li Guanqi cursed inwardly, this Pengluo... actually sent them into the nest!!

Helpless, Li Guanqi was even prepared to take Han Feng into the Sumeru Treasure Hall.

But he wanted to see more...

Something must be amiss, now that all the Soul-Guiding Butterflies in the valley are gathered here, there must be a problem.

Sure enough!!

When the Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects returned, Li Guanqi swallowed hard, he finally knew what the dents on the wall were.

The size and shape, weren't they Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects!!

The Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects above the dome awakened from their slumber, coupled with the returning insect swarm, the number was so large that it made one's scalp tingle.

But the next scene made Li Guanqi completely unable to understand.

The insect swarm surrounded the Soul-Guiding Butterflies from the outside, followed by a feast of devouring!!

The insect swarm frantically gnawed at the bodies of the Soul-Guiding Butterflies, and in the blink of an eye, the Soul-Guiding Butterflies flashing blue light were devoured.

The buzzing and hissing of the insect swarm echoed within the cave.

There were also Soul-Guiding Butterfly limbs and fragments falling on the water's surface, causing ripples.

After all the Soul-Guiding Butterflies were devoured, Li Guanqi saw a layer of transparent carapace fall in front of him.

Then came the pattering sounds, countless insect shells falling on the lake like molted skin.

The cave was shrouded in a strange white fluorescent light, and Li Guanqi's heart pounded, his heart tense to the extreme.

In this situation, if he mobilized even a little Immortal Essence, he would probably be discovered!

He could only hold his breath and concentrate, stopping the flow of blood under his inner breath, daring not to move in the slightest.

However, at this moment, all the Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects released a wisp of spiritual light.

These spiritual lights condensed together, turning into a dreamlike and mysterious cloud of mist.

This cloud of mist was between solid and void.

It presented a deep azure color, as if gathering the light of the most brilliant stars in the night sky.

There were countless tiny light spots jumping in the cloud of mist, as if each drop contained indescribable power.

Li Guanqi widened his eyes, daring not to have the slightest emotional fluctuation!

"Soul-Nourishing Spiritual Nectar!!!"

Pat!

Pat! Pat! Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter!

One Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insect after another fell into the cold pond.

The dense insect swarm was like raindrops in a rainstorm, their corpses falling into the cold pond.

Just a rough calculation showed that there were more than ten thousand of these insects.

The corpses of the insects floated on the water's surface, almost completely covering the entire pond.

Just as Li Guanqi was preparing to snatch the Soul-Nourishing Spiritual Nectar, an accident occurred!!

Large pieces of rock peeled off the dome of the cave.

Gravel fell into the pond.

The Soul-Nourishing Spiritual Nectar, transformed from all the Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects after their death, was now about ten feet in size.

In Li Guanqi's shocked gaze, after the dome's gravel peeled off, a light golden Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insect was revealed!

That insect was the size of a palm, two full circles larger than the previous black Xuanjia Bone-Corroding Insects.

A white bone jade plate grew on the carapace of that insect's back, emitting a fluorescent light, looking more like white jade than bone.

That insect shook its head, slowly opened its eyes, and its light golden small eyes vigilantly scanned its surroundings.

The pressure emanating from its body was comparable to a cultivator in the seventh level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!!

But Li Guanqi could feel that this insect was very weak now.

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, feeling his mouth dry.

"Insect King?"

Buzz!!!

That insect had four pairs of light golden translucent wings on its back, and its mouthparts were as sharp as large pincers.

It flew unsteadily towards the Soul-Nourishing Spiritual Nectar in mid-air.

Seeing this, Li Guanqi stuffed Han Feng into the Sumeru Treasure Hall, and then burst out instantly!!!