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Moreover, the Fire Refining Insect, being among the top ten strange spiritual insects, is extremely rare across the entire Tianwu Continent. Even in Qin Chen's previous life in the Martial Domain, he had only heard of it and had never seen it in person.

So for a moment, he could not recognize it.

This left Qin Chen astonished. Where did this cloaked man obtain so many strange spiritual insects?

The Devouring Ant, the Seeking Spirit Insect, the Fire Refining Insect—each one of them is extraordinary, and once cultivated to their ultimate mature form, they could dominate the entire Martial Domain. Even an ordinary Nineth Level Martial God would not dare to engage them unless they were an extraordinary figure among the Nineth Level Martial Gods, capable of dealing with these fully matured strange spiritual insects.

What puzzled Qin Chen the most was how the cloaked man managed to sustain these strange spiritual insects?

Just the Devouring Ant alone needed to absorb a significant amount of true energy at regular intervals. Simply absorbing the true energy from the world would not suffice; it needed a large quantity of true stones for nourishment as well.

Even if these Devouring Ants were only in the primary stage, the amount of low-grade true stones consumed each month was not a trivial sum.

As for the Seeking Spirit Insect, it was even more exaggerated, requiring a massive amount of rare treasures, essentially a bottomless pit for resources that one could hardly afford.

Now, with the Fire Refining Insect just cultivated, it was equally extravagant; even if the current Fire Refining Insect was still at the lowest level.

With so many Fire Refining Insects, even a sect would find it hard to support them because the Fire Refining Insect not only needs to absorb the power of flames but also devours a substantial amount of metal; otherwise, it cannot reproduce at all.

Fortunately, the quality of metal devoured by the Fire Refining Insect in its primary stage does not need to be too high. In the later stages, especially when it can kill a Martial King, Martial Emperor, or even a Martial God, the metals consumed will likely need to be of the eighth or ninth grade.

Let alone individuals; even a top-tier sect might not be able to sustain them.

And now, the cloaked man was somehow raising so many strange spiritual insects alone, which greatly shocked Qin Chen.

Fortunately, the other party only appeared in a remote place like the Dàiwēi Dynasty.

Qin Chen was certain that if the other party were in the Martial Domain, supported by a top-tier sect to cultivate strange spiritual insects, it wouldn't be long before a terrifying insect monster capable of instilling fear in the Martial Domain would appear.

At that time, it would be a disaster for the entire Tianwu Continent.

"Eh, you actually know that this strange spiritual insect is a Fire Refining Insect?"

Qin Chen was shocked, and the cloaked man was also taken aback.

The strange spiritual insects he nurtured had gone unrecognized in the Dàiwēi Dynasty for so long, but unexpectedly, this kid from the Five Nations recognized everything.

If it weren't for Qin Chen being so young and indeed hailing from the Five Nations, he would even suspect that the other party was some hidden ancient monster of the Tianwu Continent.

"Hehehe, since you recognized that I'm controlling a Fire Refining Insect, why don't you hurry up and surrender?"

After his initial surprise, the cloaked man immediately began to chuckle eerily. "I never expected you could refine my Green Lotus Blood Spirit Fire. Do you think having strange fire means you can defeat my Fire Refining Insect?"

"Since you recognized it as a Fire Refining Insect, you should understand that these Fire Refining Insects have actually been cultivated relying on the aura of this Green Lotus Blood Spirit Fire. In other words, the Green Lotus Blood Spirit Fire in your hand cannot incinerate my Fire Refining Insects at all. Since that’s the case, what are you waiting for? Do you need my Fire Refining Insects to gnaw you down to nothing before you’ll surrender?"