Mortals cultivate immortality, and their IQ is playing with their heartbeats

#398 - wack

Li Chengfeng carefully examined the inkstone with his divine sense, slowly searching from top to bottom. Finally, he captured a faint aura—the aura of the "Gold-Devouring Insect."

This aura was extremely subtle. The surface of the inkstone was gnawed in a chaotic manner, indicating that the time was no more than half a year. If not for careful observation, it would have been difficult to detect.

Li Chengfeng gently extended his palm, using the "Cauldron Bottom Source" method to easily extract this aura.

A wisp of pale golden aura swirled in his palm, swaying gently in the wind, as if it would dissipate at any moment, but it was firmly drawn by Li Chengfeng's fingers.

The chief Chen Liang witnessed this scene and was speechless for a long time. His throat felt bitter, and he was secretly shocked: What kind of monster had he encountered? This person was not only proficient in insect manipulation,

but also knew the formations like the back of his hand. With a few casual strokes, he reversed the situation and trapped them in the formation. Moreover, in an instant, he devoured more than five hundred pirates, without even leaving behind their storage bags.

Now, the only survivor was him, and around him, there were more than five hundred Heaven-Devouring Insects constantly circling, emitting ear-piercing hisses that made people shudder.

Li Chengfeng said with a smile, "This is the aura of the Gold-Releasing Swarm."

"Good insects, I love these insects. Insects are where my life lies. I must find it, kill it, and seize its insect swarm."

Li Chengfeng's words were actually to conceal his true purpose, trying to mislead everyone into thinking that he was just a breeding expert like Green Kay.

Chief Chen Liang hurriedly pleaded, "Senior, the information I provide may be helpful to you.

I hope that fellow Daoist will spare my life for the sake of the information. I am willing to offer the pill formula and all the materials needed for the Soul-Guiding Pill, only begging fellow Daoist to leave me a way out."

Li Chengfeng said to himself, "You do have merit in providing this clue for me.

As long as I confirm that this is the aura of the Gold-Devouring Insect, it will be difficult for him to escape this calamity.

I'm curious, why does he want to hunt you down? If you tell me the truth, maybe I can make an exception and let you live. But if you hide anything…"

He changed his tone and said coldly, "My insects are particularly fond of the flesh and blood of Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Chief Chen Liang's heart trembled, knowing that his little tricks were useless in front of the other party. The other party's methods were unpredictable and always surprising.

He had no choice but to tell the truth: "I want to advance to the Core Formation stage, but although the pill formula for the Soul-Guiding Pill is obtainable, the materials are hard to find.

I spent more than ten years accumulating these, originally intending to occupy this island with thousands of Gold-Devouring Insects, but the island is guarded by a formation,

and sea beasts hindered me. I ultimately failed and was repelled. But this person will definitely not give up, and may come again."

He looked at Li Chengfeng and pleaded, "I hope fellow Daoist will spare my life. When he comes to make trouble again in the future, I will definitely report it in time."

Li Chengfeng heard this and sneered: "So that's how it is. Okay, you hand over the pill formula and materials to me, and you can leave."

Chief Chen Liang was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately waved his hand. A storage bag flew towards Li Chengfeng with a whoosh.

With a thought, Li Chengfeng, several insects quickly dragged the storage bag in front of him.

He probed with his divine sense and found that the bag indeed contained various rare materials, as well as a lot of wealth. Although there were many spirit stones, most of them were obtained from sea beasts.

There were also some items that he had never seen before, which was enough to prove that the other party was telling the truth.

"That Insect Demon Kang Wei must have attacked this island with his insects in order to advance to the Core Formation stage, but he was blocked by the formation and severely injured by the inkstone, resulting in failure." Li Chengfeng thought to himself, gaining a clearer understanding of the whole matter.

Chen Liang gave Li Chengfeng the things, and Li Chengfeng did not take his life. Instead, with a thought, he drove all the insects into his cloak, and then he leisurely left.

After his figure disappeared into the distance, Chief Chen Liang let out a long sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked around, feeling in his heart: The power accumulated over many years was completely disintegrated in an instant.

The Insect Demon's strength had allowed the pirate group of more than three hundred people to run rampant in the ten thousand miles of water, and no one dared to confront them.

Now, everything had vanished. Even the formation had not been set up, and three sea beasts had already died. The other party's thoroughness was like plucking feathers from a passing goose.

However, Chief Chen Liang only sneered and flew quickly in one direction, stopping and going along the way, looking around and constantly changing positions, using concealment techniques, and finally arriving at a desolate sea area.

Sea beasts were scarce here, and spiritual energy was even more lacking. He stood on a reef and shouted loudly: "Senior! This junior has come to seek an audience!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sea water automatically parted, and a man slowly walked out.

His body was shrouded in black mist, obviously suffering from a curse. The magical power and the power of the curse in his body were fiercely fighting against each other. His hands, feet, and body were tightly locked by five iron chains, and runes flickered on the iron chains, leading directly to a mysterious place below.

Under the sea island, a magic circle was connected to the iron chains. It was this magic circle that absorbed all the spiritual energy.

This person's appearance was terrifying, half human and half ghost, his hair was messy, his face was difficult to distinguish, and his face was full of pain.

"Waste!" He scolded angrily, "Can't even handle such a small matter? Where is the treasure I gave you? I can't sense its aura. Could it have been destroyed?"

Chief Chen Liang respectfully replied, "I encountered a powerful Insect Demon whose strength far exceeded Kang Wei.

I used the inkstone to repel Kang Wei, but I was defeated by this Insect Demon, and the treasure was also destroyed.

I beg senior to take action personally. The insects of that Insect Demon are extraordinary and may be able to help senior break free from the shackles."

The strange man sneered and said, "You are really a waste. Saying you are a waste is still praising you.

You still expect me to encourage you? You clearly suffered a loss and want to instigate me to work for you."

He continued, "You want me to give you a treasure so that you can kill the opponent, avenge yourself, and take back the pill formula and the materials for refining the Soul-Guiding Pill. Am I right?"

With a "thump," Chief Chen Liang kowtowed his head until it bled, and said, "Senior, you are right.

I am confident, but I am also doing this for senior.

Although Kang Wei has many insects, most of them are first-order Gold-Devouring Insects. There are basically only one or two second-order Gold-Devouring Insects, which cannot meet senior's requirements at all.

But this person's spirit insects are very powerful. They are all second-order spirit insects, and their devouring speed is extremely fast, not inferior to Kang Wei's Gold-Devouring Insects at all."

The strange man interrupted, "Shut up, you are really self-righteous. When it comes to spirit insects, I know better than anyone else.

In the entire world, the only treasure that devours everything is the Gold-Devouring Insect, but his insect breeding technique is too despicable and cannot cultivate powerful Gold-Devouring Insects at all.

If his insects could all be cultivated to the third order, the chains locking me might be gnawed and scrapped, and I could escape.

I have never heard of the kind of insects you are talking about.

Although it is powerful, it cannot bite off the chains locking me, so it is useless."

He then ordered, "The task I gave you was to capture Kang Wei, and then suppress him with the inkstone, so that he becomes your slave.

When his spirit insects become powerful, they will naturally be able to gnaw at the chains.

I will naturally be able to escape because of this. And the power of the curse on my body is getting stronger and stronger. Even a half-step God Transformation cultivator cannot break these chains with brute force.

The magic circle below it is connected to the dragon veins of the entire Profound Light Continent. Who can easily hold it steady, and who can easily break it?"