Ye Lin stood silently with his hands behind his back, watching the Blood Worms outside the barrier.
He was waiting, waiting for Lu Daosheng to trigger a mechanism, or perhaps a Formation.
He was 100% certain there was a Formation shielding this place; otherwise, how could a small mechanism block the search of a Nascent Soul Realm Immortal Master? That was impossible.
When a Nascent Soul Realm Immortal Master's Divine Thought was unleashed, it could detect conditions tens of thousands of meters underground, which was truly terrifying.
"How is there a hole here?"
Suddenly, Lu Daosheng, who was beside Ye Lin, let out a soft exclamation, then walked forward.
Upon arriving, Lu Daosheng slowly squatted down, looking at the perfectly flat ground in front of him, then reached out to pry at the ground.
As Lu Daosheng's fingers moved faster and faster, a gap was pried open in the originally flat ground.
Within the gap, a Talisman lay quietly, emitting a faint glow.
"A Talisman?"
Looking at the Talisman in front of him, a hint of doubt flashed in Lu Daosheng's eyes, and then he grabbed the Talisman.
The next moment, the entire ground began to tremble violently, and as the ground shook, the surrounding earth began to collapse, and both Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng instantly fell into the ground.
Immediately, the surrounding Blood Worms became incredibly frenzied, surging madly into the hollow below; there was no other sound in the world, only the noise of the Blood Worms flapping their wings.
Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng fell for more than ten seconds before safely landing.
All around them was a huge cavern, with damp walls and puddles of water on the ground.
And above their heads, a terrifying swarm of insects rushed madly towards Ye Lin and Lu Daosheng.
One by one, the Blood Worms opened their enormous mouths and began to gnaw wantonly at the golden barrier.
"Se-Senior, what in the world is this place?"
Lu Daosheng looked around, his expression stunned.
But looking at the increasing number of Blood Worms above his head, his scalp tingled.
As time passed, the number of these Blood Worms grew, so much that even he felt a chill.
If not for Ye Lin's golden barrier, he might have been instantly devoured by these Blood Worms.
After all, even a Nascent Soul Stage Great Cultivator coming here wouldn't dare to say he could leave safely.
"I don't know either. Let's go and see."
After Ye Lin finished speaking, he walked forward with his hands behind his back. Although there were many Blood Worms, in his eyes, they were just mere ants.
No matter how many ants there were, they could all be wiped out with a single hand.
He only needed to find the Queen Worm now.
Once the Queen Worm was destroyed, these Blood Worms would collapse on their own.
What Lu Daosheng discovered just now was very likely the Formation core.
Every Formation has a Formation core; once the Formation core is destroyed, no matter how terrifying the Formation, it will collapse on its own.
However, the higher the grade and the larger the Formation, the more Formation cores it has, and the more concealed they are.
Destroying just one would have no effect whatsoever.
As the two of them moved faster, the surrounding Blood Worms became even more ferocious; clearly, someone was getting anxious.
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz.
Suddenly, a sound of wings flapping in the air came from the front.
However, this sound was very different from the sounds made by the surrounding Blood Worms.
Even amidst the extreme noise, Ye Lin could clearly discern that the things in front were not Blood Worms at all.
This was the power belonging to a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.
As the sound grew louder, several head-sized insects also entered Ye Lin's vision.
And in front of these obviously huge insects, the surrounding Blood Worms all made way.
These insects were very peculiar: plump bodies, extremely small wings, and huge mouths full of fangs.
"Hiss, Senior, hurry! These are Soul Devouring Insects. I didn't expect that after a thousand years, the Queen Worm actually bred these guys."
Upon seeing these insects, Lu Daosheng was filled with fear and began to urge Ye Lin.
But the next moment, these creatures, which Lu Daosheng called Soul Devouring Insects, opened their mouths wide and bit at the golden barrier.
With a crunch, the originally incredibly sturdy golden barrier was bitten into a huge gap by the Soul Devouring Insects, as if it were tofu.
Seeing this, Ye Lin was somewhat surprised. He then formed a sword with both hands and slashed at the Soul Devouring Insects in front of him.
Immediately, an incomparably sharp Sword Qi appeared.
However, the Sword Qi, which could instantly kill a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, vanished into thin air the moment it touched the Soul Devouring Insects.
"What in the world are these things?"
Ye Lin casually set up another golden body-protecting light and said with a frown.
He could clearly feel that his previous attack had been absorbed by the Soul Devouring Insects in front of him; yes, it was absorbed.
It was almost instantly absorbed.
This couldn't help but make his expression turn serious.
"Sword One, Sword Cleaves the Sky."
Ye Lin's entire body surged with Spiritual Qi, and then he slashed out another sword, but the next moment, the Sword Qi disappeared again after touching the Soul Devouring Insects.
However, this time, it wasn't absorbed instantly; the speed was clearly a bit slower.
And the Soul Devouring Insects, after absorbing Ye Lin's two Sword Qi, had almost doubled in size, and their attack power became even stronger.
The next moment, another huge gap was bitten into the golden barrier, and dense swarms of insects rushed towards the two of them.
"World Suppressing Treasure Pagoda, suppress."
In an emergency, Ye Lin sacrificed the World Suppressing Treasure Pagoda. Instantly, the World Suppressing Treasure Pagoda transformed into a three-meter-high giant pagoda, covering the two of them.
No matter how the Blood Worms outside attacked, they could not shake the World Suppressing Treasure Pagoda in the slightest.
What a joke! An Earth Rank High Grade Spiritual Artifact was something that even a Combined Dao Stage True Lord would have to expend great effort to forcibly break through. How could this group of small insects outside possibly break it?
"What in the world are these things?"
Ye Lin asked Lu Daosheng, looking at the Soul Devouring Insects attacking the pagoda body outside.
And after seeing that there was no danger, Lu Daosheng's tense expression finally relaxed, and he began to explain.
"Senior, these are Soul Devouring Insects, an extremely terrifying kind of insect, a nightmare for Cultivators."
"These insects can absorb anything that contains Spiritual Qi, including heavenly treasures and attacks."
"As long as your attack is transformed from Spiritual Qi, then for the Soul Devouring Insects, the attack is equivalent to tickling, and the Soul Devouring Insects can also absorb the Cultivator's attack to strengthen themselves."
"Soul Devouring Insects can continue to grow through this."
"A Soul Devouring Insect that has grown to its extreme is the nightmare of the entire Cultivation world."
"And this kind of insect once appeared in the ancient era, wreaking havoc throughout the Cultivation world. At that time, countless living beings died at the hands of the Soul Devouring Insects. Ultimately, because this creature was too overbearing, it provoked the wrath of all races."
"All races sent out their great powers, and at the cost of sacrificing eight Tribulation Transcendence Stage peerless great powers, they annihilated the Soul Devouring Insect race."
"A thousand years ago, the reason why the major forces wanted to eradicate Blood Taoist was because Blood Taoist's ambition was too insane; he vainly attempted to revive the Soul Devouring Insects from the ancient era."
"At that time, everyone thought Blood Taoist had failed, but they didn't expect that after a thousand years, this kind of insect was really bred."
"If there's one, there are two; if there are two, there are three. If the Queen Worm isn't found soon, she might breed even more Soul Devouring Insects. At that time, the tragic events of the ancient era might be repeated."
"Moreover, the reproduction speed of Soul Devouring Insects is extremely terrifying..."