Chapter 556: Flying Ants
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The moment the blue figure appeared, it released a strong aura causing the winds to raise and stone and sand to fly.
With the exception of Chen Wuhui and Chen Zikuang, no one else there could fight the woman in terms of cultivation. Even Xia Kunqian, the Great Elder of the Intentionless Sect was slightly weaker than her. If the woman was just a little stronger, then she would be an intermediate Golden Elixir realm practitioner.
Furthermore, this woman was very young. She was so young that some people felt it must be unreal. Yin Banshuang was the top genius of the Green Ancient Mystery Dimension, but this woman was obviously stronger than her.
“Who are you?”
“It’s you!”
Chen Wuhui and Yin Banshuang spoke at almost exactly the same moment. Chen Wuhui was wondering who the young woman was while Yin Banshuang’s expression was dark. Why was it this woman again!
“I’m interested in the treasure down in the darkness. Nobody knows what’s happening down in the abyss. Why don’t we form a team? The strength of one more is better than the strength of one man less.” Jin Ying smiled beautifully. Both her disposition and character were tough so it was rare to see such an expression on her.
Even though she was speaking with Chen Wuhui, she was looking at Mo Wen. She smiled thoughtfully when she saw that Mo Wen remained calm and did not look surprised.
She had still been uncertain earlier, but now she could be sure that he had discovered her when he had glanced in her direction. They had been so far apart, yet he had known she was there. This had somewhat surprised her.
“All right, since you are willing to team up, there’s nothing to object to.” Mo Wen smiled in agreement before Chen Wuhui could say anything. The woman was right. Since they were going to the abyss, then having one more person would be safer than having one less. The woman was capable and as for what they would do when they reached the bottom of the abyss, they could discuss that later.
“Decisive. I like meeting people like you.” Jin Ying raised her brows and looked at Mo Wen imperiously.
“Since it is decided, then let us get on our way. Miss Banshuang, please take the lead. I hope you were not lying to me.”
Since Mo Wen had agreed, Chen Wuhui would naturally not object. Furthermore, with his skills, he could tell that Mo Wen, Yin Banshuang and the woman in blue already knew each other.
Yin Banshuang harrumphed. She did not wish to work with Jin Ying, but this was not a good time to say anything. She walked to the cliff with a cold expression and then, after a quick glance around, she found a hole and jumped into it.
Mo Wen did not speak and immediately followed Yin Banshuang. Chen Wuhui and the others from Intentionless sect did not hesitate to follow, one after another, when they saw how much Mo Wen trusted Yin Banshuang.
“How interesting. Why is he so close with a sect like Intentionless Sect?” A thoughtful look flashed in Jin Ying’s eyes. She followed after she saw that everyone had gone down.
At first, she had thought that a man who could join the Vermillion Bird Palace Hall was not ordinary. Otherwise, why would there be a special case like him? A small sect like the Intentionless Sect was obviously not significant enough for Huatian palace to make such an exception.
One could not see the bottom of the abyss. It was completely dark. Golden Elixir realm ancient martial art practitioners could naturally float in mid-air. But in the deep abyss, even they dare not walk heedlessly. They might be swept into the hurricane and might possibly end up shattering all the bones in their body.
Yin Banshuang knew all facets of the hurricane. The group of people followed her and they did not encounter any. She seemed to be able to judge the direction of the hurricane, and no matter where the wind blew, it did not pass through where she was.
Even Chen Wuhui looked at Yin Banshuang in surprise. If one did not have a thorough understanding of the movements of hurricanes, it was practically impossible to make such accurate judgment. Chen Zikuang, however, followed behind Yin Banshuang thoughtfully. He observed the changes in the hurricane around him and he suddenly seemed to understand the secrets behind the movement of the hurricane.
The group went down another 500 meters and did not encounter hardly any danger at all.
Of course, other than the hurricane in the abyss, the monstrous beasts living in it were even scarier. Lady luck could not smile on them forever.
Roar! An enormous figure circled above them, casting a dark shadow and looking like a dark cloud. It was an odd monstrous beast that looked like an eagle but had two sets of wings and a tiger’s head. The monstrous beast was ten feet wide and had a terrifying aura. Its claws seemed to be able to hold a small mountain.
The tiger head of the monstrous beast roared and it pounced down. A talon clawed at Chen Zikuang’s spiritual shield, looking extremely fierce. The wind started blowing wildly around the beast, forming an enormous tornado that trapped the group of seven.
“Beast, you’re seeking death.” Chen Zikuang did not expect that the monstrous beast would face him boldly and he glared angrily at the beast, his eyes wide. He forcefully threw the Great Mountain Inkstone which he had been carrying. The inkstone immediately grew bigger and increased to the size of a loft, colliding against the monstrous beast’s sharp claws viciously.
Crash! There was a loud crash. The Great Mountain Inkstone only stopped for a moment before it was tossed away. It was obviously no match for the fierce monstrous beast.
Chen Zikuang’s body was also tossed about five to six steps backward. His blood boiled.
“What a powerful monstrous beast.” He looked at the monstrous beast with some surprise. The monstrous beast was much stronger than he had expected. The Great Mountain Inkstone was a precious treasure of Intentionless sect and was a rare mid-level spiritual weapon. This treasure would allow him to go up against an intermediate Golden Elixir realm ancient martial arts practitioner. He had not expected to lose the upper hand in the first round against this monstrous beast.
It was obvious that the beast was a mid-seventh rank monstrous beast, and it was not an ordinary one at that.
“Let’s strike together to bring this monstrous beast down.”
Chen Wuhui harrumphed. His figure shimmered and he leaped at the beast directly. There were many beasts in the abyss and if they could not get rid of this beast quickly, they might attract even more.
Chen Zikuang was not slow either. He waved his hand and the large Great Mountain Inkstone flew back. He flew upwards, slapping his hand on the Inkstone. The large Great Mountain Inkstone sped up and hurtled towards the vicious monstrous beast once more.
At the same time, the other two elders of Intentionless Sect struck simultaneously. Two terrifying forces sped towards the beast that was flying in mid-air.
On the other side, Jin Ying flicked her finger. A thin golden whip flew out from her sleeve. The golden whip curled up slightly in mid-air and wrapped itself around the monstrous beast. The beast had wanted to avoid it, but it paused as if it was suddenly stuck.
The next moment, five or six attacks landed on the monstrous beast one after another.
Crash! There was a loud crash. The monstrous beast fell into pieces when faced with so many terrifying attacks. Large pieces of flesh fell into the dark abyss. The strong mid-seventh rank monstrous beast had died at the blink of an eye.
“Let’s leave this place quickly. The scent of blood will attract the flying ants in the abyss.”
Other than Mo Wen, only Yin Banshuang had not struck from the beginning to the end. She was frowning. She immediately changed her mind about their route and deviated from their original path, flying downwards.
The others knew what would attract the flying ants, and their hearts grew cold. They immediately followed without another word.
Flying ants were the most terrifying monstrous beasts in the deep abyss. Even though it was not large, and one could even say that they were weak and tiny, they were herd beasts, and they were numerous. One could almost never kill them all. Should one attract a group of flying ants and become surrounded, even a practitioner of the later Golden Elixir realm would find it hard to emerge alive.
Indeed, they had not managed to fly out too far after deviating from their original path before hearing buzzing sounds from afar. Then, a dark patch flew towards them, covering everything before them.
The corpse of the monstrous beast that had fallen into the abyss had not even fallen far before it disappeared bit by bit in the dark cloud. It disappeared completely in mere seconds.
“What terrifying swallowing power.” Mo Wen took a breath of cold air. The beast was a mid-seventh level strong monstrous beast and one could imagine how strong its body was. A warrior in the Qi Nucleation realm would find it hard to even hurt the skin of the beast. Those flying ants did not look strong, but their swallowing power was startling.
“The flying ants in the abyss only appear in the upper level,” Yin Banshuang said gravely. “They usually do not appear in the mid and low levels. Actually, sometimes, the upper level is the most dangerous because once a person encounters a group of flying ants, the probability of them surviving is too low.” She looked at the dark cloud that had still not dispersed.
There were three levels altogether in the abyss. There was the top, mid and low level. The flying ants only moved about on the top level. Otherwise, it would be more dangerous for them to go to the low level of the abyss.
The group continued downwards and they encountered a number of monstrous beasts. Fortunately, they were not herd beasts and they had not encountered any late seventh rank beasts that were terrifying existences. As such, they were very safe.
“Eh, that’s?” Chen Zikuang made a sound of surprise and he looked at a spot. Not far away, at the bottom, was a strong energy ripple. There seemed to be living things fighting. Upon looking carefully, they could see a few human warriors were going against a monstrous beast. The fight was intense on both sides.
“They’re from the Weapon Forging Sect. The person leading them should be the deputy sect leader and the Sect Great Elder,” Chen Wuhui said dispassionately. He was naturally familiar with the great sects and powerhouses of the Ancient Green Mystery Dimension. The Weapon Forging Sect’s deputy sect leader, Yan Tao, was a powerful person who was a practitioner in the intermediate Golden Elixir realm. He was not any weaker than Chen Wuhui and might even surpass him.
The other Sect Great Elder was also a practitioner in the intermediate Golden Elixir realm and was called Yuan Chaoguang. He had become renowned in the Ancient Green Mystery Dimension several decades ago. He was still famous even when placed amongst other practitioners in the intermediate Golden Elixir realm. His combat abilities were also not any weaker than Chen Wuhui’s.
The Weapon Forging Sect ranked third amongst the Eight Major Influences. Their overall strength was higher than Intentionless Sect, and even Sacred Flame Sect was much weaker than them.
“Jiang Gujian!” Yin Banshuang was focused on the only youth in that group of people. She frowned subconsciously. Jiang Gujian was here as well.
Mo Wen’s gaze landed on Jiang Gujian. He had not thought that they would meet him again so soon after they had parted.
“Isn’t that the Winged Demonic Leopard? They found the Winged Demonic Leopard!”
Xia Kunqian exclaimed. He pointed at the monstrous beast that the people of the Weapon Forging Sect were fighting. What was it if it was not the Winged Demonic Leopard that was holding the Green Primordial Mirror? No one had expected that those from the Weapon Forging Sect would actually go against the Winged Demonic Leopard.
“Sect leader!” Second Elder Wang Qiusheng looked at Chen Wuhui somewhat excitedly. The Green Primordial Mirror was a legendary top grade spiritual weapon. Once they got it, the Intentionless Sect’s power and influence would soar greatly.
This temptation was one that not a single sect could resist. Of all the treasures in the Luofeng Sect, the Green Primordial Mirror was the most important one.