Wang Yu
Chapter 1052 Running the Fastest
Wang Yu nodded, looking at the bones, lost in thought.
At that moment, he suddenly turned his head to look behind him.
"Su Anqian, Jin Liu, and the others are coming. Tihun, hide in the Flower Branch Space first, don't let them find you," Wang Yu's eyes flashed, and he immediately opened the entrance to the Flower Branch Space.
Tihun responded and flew into it.
Wang Yu then immediately soared into the air and flew in one direction.
A moment later, rays of light of various colors appeared in the sky behind them, heading in a direction slightly off from Wang Yu.
Wang Yu looked at the escaping lights and immediately went to greet them.
The lights immediately changed direction and flew toward him, and the two sides soon met.
Wang Yu stopped, and the lights landed nearby. After various flashes of light, Su Anqian, Jin Liu, and others appeared. There were only thirty or forty people, much less than before.
However, Valley Master Fu and other Taiyi realm existences were still there, but almost all of these people were injured, looking quite embarrassed.
Wang Yu's mind flickered, and he immediately guessed their encounter.
"I remember you're Daoist Shi, who was by Daoist Yu's side, right? You're still alive? Why are you alone? Where are the others?" Su Anqian sized up Wang Yu and asked.
"After we entered the golden gate, we encountered many metal beasts. Daoist Yu Kuohai and the others all died in the mouths of those metal beasts. I and a few other Daoists managed to escape in the chaos, but we all got separated later. Daoist Su, Daoist Jin, it's good to see you," Wang Yu said with a look of lingering fear.
Although the others had a premonition, their expressions darkened when they heard this.
"Then you're really lucky." Jin Liu saw Wang Yu looking timid and a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes as he said sarcastically.
"Daoist is right. Fortunately, I've always been quite lucky, otherwise I would definitely have died in the mouths of those metal beasts now," Wang Yu seemed not to hear Jin Liu's sarcasm and nodded in agreement.
Jin Liu paused, glared at Wang Yu, and stopped saying sarcastic words. Instead, he asked, "Shi Mu, your team entered the golden gate first. There should be some treasures inside, right? What are they? Who has those things now?"
As he said this, a fiery light flashed in his eyes.
"Alas, the golden gate is empty everywhere, there are no treasures at all. Moreover, as soon as we entered there, we were attacked by metal beasts, and then we desperately escaped, and got nothing," Wang Yu was startled and immediately shook his head.
"Is that so?" Jin Liu raised his eyebrows, obviously doubting Wang Yu's words.
"Daoist Jin, we agreed before that after entering the golden gate, the treasures obtained inside would belong to us. It seems inappropriate for you to question others like this," Valley Master Fu suddenly said.
"Valley Master Fu, don't misunderstand, Jin doesn't mean to rob other people's treasures. I just wanted to make a deal with this Daoist Shi. Since there's nothing inside, then forget it," Jin Liu said with a haha laugh.
"If you want to make a deal, wait until you leave this Years Tower. Daoist Shi, you arrived on this second level earlier than us. Have you discovered anything?" Su Anqian glanced at Jin Liu and asked Wang Yu.
"No, I've been wandering around here for a long time, and I haven't encountered anything except sand," Wang Yu shook his head.
"Since that's the case, let's continue to explore forward," Su Anqian frowned slightly after hearing this, and then said.
The others had no objections, and the group did not stay here any longer and continued to fly forward.
In a blink of an eye, another half a day passed.
Some changes finally appeared in the desert below, and some thick stones began to appear. Real low mountains appeared in front.
Along the way, the further forward they flew, the more of those strange weathered bones appeared on the ground below.
Wang Yu hung at the back of the team, his eyes flashing, and he felt more and more uneasy.
Su Anqian and others also noticed the bones on the ground, but they all thought they were ordinary corpses and didn't pay much attention to them.
As the group was flying, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the sky in front. At first, it was very slight, but after a few breaths, it became deafening.
"What's going on!"
Su Anqian and the others stopped one after another, and their divine senses probed forward. As a result, their faces turned pale.
Just now, their divine senses sensed a huge dark red cloud mass appearing in the distant sky, pressing towards the group extremely quickly.
In the scarlet red cloud mass were dark red little bugs the size of rice grains, burning with scattered red flames, densely packed, no one knew how many there were.
"These are Fire Year Fireflies!" Wang Yu quickly saw the true form of the red cloud. It was the Fire Year Fireflies he had encountered in the Zhenyan Sect forbidden area, and he was immediately shocked.
At the same time, he also understood the origin of those bones. They were killed by Fire Year Fireflies. No wonder they were so weathered.
Wang Yu did not hesitate at all and immediately turned into a golden rainbow and flew away.
Back then, in the Zhenyan Sect, Chi Rong released nearly ten thousand Fire Year Fireflies, which already made them rush around in a fluster. The number of Fire Year Fireflies in front of them was many times more than before, and they could not fight them head-on at all.
Although the others didn't recognize the Fire Year Fireflies, they were shocked to see the power of the red insect cloud and immediately turned around and fled into the distance.
Among them, there were naturally many people represented by Jin Liu, who sneered at Wang Yu for being a timid and cowardly person who hid at the back and ran the fastest.
The Fire Year Firefly insect swarm also seemed to sense the existence of Wang Yu and others, and the roar became louder, making excited squeaks, like sharks smelling blood, chasing after everyone.
The speed of the insect cloud's movement was astonishingly fast, and it seemed to be unaffected by the time restriction here. Although everyone was at full speed, they were still not fast enough, and the distance between the two sides was slowly shortening.
The last few loose cultivator Gold Immortals were quickly caught up by the insect swarm.
"What kind of ghost bugs are these? I don't believe they are so powerful!" Among them, a red-faced man roared and stopped.
A scarlet light flashed on his body, and a raging scarlet-gold flame burned, spreading out and covering an area of hundreds of feet, forming a sea of scarlet-gold fire.
An indescribable burning sensation spread from the scarlet-gold fire sea, and the nearby void trembled violently, as if it was about to be directly ignited.
The red-faced man opened his mouth and spat. With a rise of the scarlet-gold fire sea, it turned into a huge fire wave hundreds of feet high, rushing towards the insect swarm and rolling in, instantly engulfing thousands of Fire Year Fireflies.
The scarlet-gold flames rolled, and the Fire Year Fireflies that were wrapped in it immediately tumbled up and down, sizzling. The other insect swarms nearby were also disrupted by the fire wave.
A hint of joy appeared on the red-faced man's face, but this joy only lasted for a short moment before it disappeared without a trace.
Because those Fire Year Fireflies wrapped in scarlet-gold flames somersaulted a dozen times, spread their wings, and immediately stabilized their bodies, flapping their wings and pouncing on the red-faced man, looking undamaged. In the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the man.
The red-faced man's face was full of shock and anger. He shouted loudly and waved his hand to sacrifice a fire-red scroll, emitting amazing flame spiritual power fluctuations. It was obviously a high-quality Immortal Artifact.
He pinched his fingers urgently with both hands and struck a series of magic formulas into the Fire Phoenix scroll.
The scroll "whooshed" and turned into a brilliant fire curtain, protecting the red-faced man's body.
The next moment, countless Fire Year Fireflies flew over, wrapping the red-faced man and the scarlet fire curtain, forming a huge insect cocoon.
Then, one Fire Year Firefly after another flew down, hitting the scarlet fire curtain. The dark red flames on their bodies burned fiercely and merged into the scarlet fire curtain.
The scarlet fire curtain suddenly brightened, and then quickly shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, it extinguished and disappeared, turning back into the scarlet scroll with a puff.
But the scroll was a million times older, and wrinkles and cracks appeared on the surface, with no spirituality left.
Countless Fire Year Fireflies then flew down, wrapping the red-faced man inside, biting on the man's body like countless mosquitoes. The man's body-protecting flames had no effect and were easily broken through.
The red-faced man screamed miserably, struggling desperately. The flames on his body rolled, turning into flame hands, quickly grabbing and scraping on his body, trying to drive away those Fire Year Fireflies, but it was useless.
The man's originally radiant cheeks quickly became old, with wrinkles appearing, and his red hair quickly turned white.
In just a moment, the red-faced man turned into a skinny mummy, and his clothes became decayed and fell down.
The insect swarm also lost interest in him, letting him fall to the ground, flapping their wings and pouncing on the others.
The other people at the back were quickly caught up by the insect swarm and submerged in it.
A few miserable screams came from inside, but they were immediately swallowed and annihilated.
"Fire Year Fireflies! I remember, those bugs are Fire Year Fireflies. They are born with the power of the law of time, and can spit out the flames of years, burning the lifespan of other creatures! They leave no grass behind wherever they go. They are extremely terrible spirit insects. There are so many here!" Jin Liu saw the scene behind him, shuddered, and shouted.
Hearing this, the others' faces changed drastically. They each used some acceleration secret techniques, and their speed increased by 20-30%, flying forward, basically keeping pace with the insect swarm behind them.
"Fire Year Fireflies are extremely sensitive to the aura of flesh and blood. Cover up the aura of your body and fly to the side to avoid the frontal peak of the insect swarm!" Su Anqian said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, the others hurriedly concealed the aura of their bodies and flew towards the left front.
Hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on Wang Yu's face, and he immediately activated the Myriad Apertures Emptiness Technique to conceal the aura of his body.
As a result, the insect swarm behind them was in an uproar, seeming to lose their sense of Wang Yu and others, and did not change direction to chase after them.
The group breathed a sigh of relief, but the tragic deaths of the red-faced man and others were still vivid in their minds, making them dare not take it lightly and continued to accelerate as much as possible.