Published: November 30, -0001
What the hell is this?
Qin Chen clearly felt that after taking out the black gourd, the angry expression on the cloaked man's face instantly vanished, replaced by a sinister cold smile.
This made Qin Chen’s heart sink. The cloaked man clearly saw the black gourd he pulled out and recognized it as a threat, one that could even lead to his complete demise.
"Slash!"
Without hesitation, Qin Chen directly activated the mysterious rust sword and slashed down fiercely at the black gourd in the cloaked man’s hand, intending to take the initiative.
However, before Qin Chen's sword light could descend, the cloaked man suddenly let out a cold laugh and cast several hand seals.
The previously calm black gourd suddenly erupted with a roaring sound like a flood, continuously expanding, and in the blink of an eye, it grew into a giant gourd measuring two meters long and one meter wide, and it kept getting larger.
Looking at the dark gourd opening, Qin Chen's unease intensified, and he pushed the power of the mysterious rust sword to the limit.
Boom!
The dazzling sword light instantly transformed into a massive blade, seemingly ready to split heaven and earth in half.
Seeing Qin Chen's fierce move, the cloaked man surprisingly didn’t react; he simply waved his hand without any hand seals, and countless dense black threads shot out from the gourd.
These black threads moved at an astonishing speed, and as soon as they appeared in the air, they emitted a piercing shrill sound, like a flowing black mist, wrapping around the mysterious rust sword that was descending, instantly engulfing it mid-air.
Boom!
Qin Chen had put immense force into that previous sword strike; the brilliant sword light could split even a piece of profound iron in two, but when it struck this black mist, it was as if a stone sank into the sea, not even causing a ripple.
At that moment, Qin Chen was horrified to discover that his control over the mysterious rust sword, which was manipulated by his soul power, felt as though it had sunk into a quagmire, becoming incredibly difficult to move, and the true energy on it was rapidly being consumed, dwindling to an almost imperceptible level.
If it weren’t for the fact that the mysterious rust sword was controlled by soul power, should it be controlled by true energy, he would have lost contact entirely.
At this moment, Qin Chen’s heart turned cold, and he quickly focused his gaze, and in an instant, he finally understood what the mist made of black threads was.
It was neither a treasure nor a type of true energy; it was actually a swarm of insects.
These insects were pitch black all over, and aside from a red dot on their foreheads, their bodies shone with a metallic black, covered with shells. They had a pair of wings, and beneath their mandibles were sharp teeth. Strangely, these insects had only one eye, also black like tiny black gems.
Blood Insect Demon, what a fitting name for this Blood Insect Demon!
Qin Chen felt utterly speechless; the cloaked man truly lived up to this nickname. The number of spiritual insects on him was simply staggering.
Back in the Martial City, he had unleashed the Devouring Ants to break through the fifth-level grand formation set up by the Zhu family, and when they had just started tracking him, he had used the Spirit-Searching Insect. Now, he had unleashed such disgusting insects again—this guy had an astonishing variety of strange spiritual insects.
Moreover, Qin Chen had a feeling that the peculiar black insect with a red dot on its head was even more powerful than the Devouring Ants he had slain and controlled.
These insects moved with extraordinary speed, densely packed, and increasingly numerous, threatening to completely devour the mysterious rust sword. He could even hear the sounds of their mandibles gnawing at the sword, a series of fine creaking noises.
Damn it!
Qin Chen's face darkened; these insects seemed to be ever-increasing, growing larger in an instant. He felt that controlling the mysterious rust sword was becoming increasingly difficult, with less power available.