Just at that moment, a yellow light flashed on the ground, and with a "whoosh," a yellow figure emerged from underground, none other than the bearded man.

The stone armor on his body was now riddled with holes, but he was uninjured, merely panting heavily, obviously finding the underground travel difficult.

"This is not a place to linger. The ice wall that I and Stone Friend set up won't be able to block the fire-age fireflies outside for long. Let's head deeper in!" Su Anqian took a deep look at Han Li before turning and walking into the cave.

The others immediately reacted and hurriedly followed.

Han Li also followed closely, his gaze sweeping outside, a strange color flashing in his eyes.

The sudden agitation of the swarm of insects outside must have a reason. Unfortunately, he didn't know much about fire-age fireflies and couldn't guess the reason.

The cave was filled with a rather strange power of restriction, limiting the spread of divine sense. Coupled with the pitch blackness, the field of vision could not see too far.

However, with the fire-insect army behind possibly catching up at any moment, everyone dared not stop, moving forward in silence. Su Anqian and Han Li took the lead in casting spells to resist the occasional small groups of fire-age fireflies that appeared around them, and they dared not go too fast.

Fortunately, the further they went, the fewer insect holes there were on the surrounding walls, and the fewer fire-age fireflies there were, making it easier for everyone.

After traveling a certain distance in this way, the group arrived at a huge cave space.

The fire-age fireflies that had been chasing them closely stopped at this point, circling outside the cave, but not taking half a step into the cave space.

Seeing this, everyone was first surprised, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Li glanced at the swarm of insects outside, and quickly withdrew his gaze, looking around.

This cave space was thousands of feet wide. Half of the area was a lake of red magma, constantly churning with fiery red bubbles, filled with terrifying heat, and waves of heat washed over them.

The scarlet flames emitted by the magma illuminated the entire cave into a scarlet world.

Above the magma lake was a red platform. At the end of the platform was another passage, which was also pitch black, with faint, dark red light shining from within.

The other half of the cave area was an open space, with sharp red stone pillars standing on the ground, like stone stalagmites.

After sweeping their gazes across the cave, the group looked at the stone stalagmites at the same time.

Because three of the largest stalagmites had three dark red beehives hanging on them, each several feet high, each beehive flashing with flame-like light, and even emitting a wave of the law of time.

These three forces of the law of time were extremely huge, but not condensed. On the contrary, they were very scattered, surging in the cave space.

The scarlet flames in the magma fluctuated with the waves of the law of time, rising and falling, and the entire void buzzed rhythmically.

Han Li looked at the three beehives from afar, his pupils shrinking slightly.

If he guessed correctly, these three beehives should be the birthplace of the fire-age fireflies outside the cave. Perhaps the fireflies outside dared not approach because of some kind of rule, treating this place as some kind of holy land and daring not approach it.

This kind of "holy land" seemed calm, but it certainly wouldn't be without any defense.

In addition, the power of time emitted from these three beehives, coupled with their dormancy here for so many years, had transformed them into an extremely rare time spirit object.

While Han Li was looking at the three beehives, Su Anqian, Jin Liu and others, like Han Li, cautiously observed the surrounding environment. Most people's eyes were filled with greed, but they also dared not act rashly.

However, in the face of treasures, there was never a shortage of those who were eager for success.

With three whistling sounds, three figures shot out almost simultaneously, rushing towards the three beehives.

One was a gray-haired youth, another was a black-robed young woman. Both were from the loose cultivator group. The third was the bearded man.

"Brother Lu, Fellow Daoist Qi, don't be reckless!" The golden-haired youth in the loose cultivator group's expression changed, and he shouted, but it was too late.

The gray-haired youth and the black-robed young woman had already pounced near the beehive, each emitting a beam of light to wrap around the beehive, and lifted it up.

On the other side, the bearded man also flew to another beehive, landing more than ten feet away, and stomping on the ground.

The ground near the beehive flashed with yellow light, and a stone man condensed from red rock emerged, more than ten feet tall, with a rocky hand grabbing the beehive and pulling it up.

Unexpectedly, all three beehives were lifted up without any difficulty.

The bearded man and the other two were first stunned, and then overjoyed. They pinched their fingers, intending to collect the beehives.

But at that moment, an unexpected change occurred!

The scarlet light on the three beehives suddenly increased greatly, and the power of the law of time that originally filled the entire cave suddenly retracted, gathering near the three beehives.

Almost in an instant, a vortex of dark red light and shadow appeared in the void within tens of feet around the three beehives, enveloping the bearded man and the other two.

The three of them were obviously prepared and were about to use methods to resist, but their movements stagnated, as if trapped in a quagmire, their actions slowed down more than tenfold.

At this time, in the eyes of Han Li and others, these three people were in the vortex of dark red light and shadow, as if in slow motion, indescribably strange.

Just at this moment, a light flashed suddenly at a seemingly ordinary place above the stone wall on the roof of the cave, outlining a shape the size of a millstone.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart was startled, and Su Anqian and others also gasped.

The thing the size of a millstone was actually a giant firefly, its body structure roughly the same as the fire-age fireflies outside, except that this insect had a flame-shaped pattern on its carapace.

This insect perched here as if it had merged into this small world, so that everyone, including Han Li, had not noticed the slightest clue.

The giant firefly opened its mouth, and three red firelights shot out from it like lightning, pulling out trails of afterimages, hitting the three people at an incredible speed.

The gray-haired youth and the black-robed young woman didn't have time to react at all. Their bodies were pierced by the red firelight, and they turned directly into two fire men, burning with raging red flames.

The bodies of the two melted quickly, turning into ashes in a blink of an eye.

The bearded man was much stronger than the gray-haired youth and the other two. Under the great release of yellow light on his body, he supported a small spiritual domain with a diameter of half a foot, barely shooting backwards under the cover of the power of the law of time.

But the speed of the red firelight was too fast, and he didn't completely dodge it. His left arm was still pierced.

A ball of red flame appeared on the bearded man's arm, burning fiercely. Half of the bearded man's arm turned directly into ashes.

Between the burning of the red flame, it quickly spread upward, about to spread along his arm to his body.

The bearded man's expression changed greatly. He stepped back and formed a palm knife with the other hand, slashing towards his shoulder.

But at this moment, he was still in the dark red light and shadow of the beehive, his movements were slow, obviously a step slower, and he was greatly anxious.

Just at that moment, a golden sword shadow arrived like lightning. With a "poof" sound, it slashed on the bearded man's shoulder, cutting off his left arm at the shoulder.

As soon as the arm left the bearded man's body, it was swallowed by the red flame with a poof, and quickly turned into ashes.

Hundreds of feet away, Han Li silently retracted his fingers.

The bearded man breathed a sigh of relief. The yellow light on his body brightened again, and the speed of shooting backwards increased sharply. He instantly flew out of the light and shadow range of the beehive, nodded gratefully to Han Li, and then took out a yellow and red pill and swallowed it.

In an instant, blood and flesh sprouts intertwined at the bearded man's broken arm, and a brand new arm emerged.

The giant firefly looked at Han Li, made an angry cry, and with a movement of its feet, fell straight down from the top of the cave, landing on the head of the stone man summoned by the bearded man.

The scarlet firelight flashed under its claws, and it waved them gently.

Several crescent-shaped red light blades flew out from its claws. Each light blade emitted a strong wave of the law of time, easily cutting the stone man's body into several sections.

The stone man's body immediately collapsed, and with a "crash," it turned into a pile of rubble.

The three beehives flashed with light and returned to their original places.

The giant firefly squatted on a rock, looking at Han Li and others, its eyes flashing with ferocity.

"This should be the Fire-Age Insect King. It can skillfully control the law of time, and its strength is many times greater than that of ordinary Fire-Age Fireflies!" Su Anqian narrowed her beautiful eyes and reminded loudly.

The Fire-Age Insect King suddenly looked at Su Anqian, as if it could understand her words. Immediately, its figure moved, suddenly turning into a red phantom, rushing towards this woman with lightning speed.

It waved its two front claws, and two crescent-shaped red rays shot out with extreme speed, one slashing at Su Anqian and the other slashing at Han Li next to her.

The speed of the crescent-shaped red rays was unbelievably fast, and they appeared in front of the two in a flash.

Han Li's body swayed left and right, and then disappeared from the spot out of thin air. The next moment, he appeared hundreds of feet away, causing the Fire-Age Insect King to be stunned.

Although Su Anqian's cultivation was high, she didn't have the ghostly speed of Han Li. She tapped her feet and quickly floated backwards, barely pulling a little distance, while waving her jade hand.

With a "whoosh" of water, a piece of blue water light appeared in front of her, spinning around to form a blue vortex, spinning rapidly, and the surrounding void was also driven.

The red light blade slashed on the blue vortex, being slightly resisted for a moment, but it immediately broke through it. With a "chi la" sound, it slashed the blue vortex open and continued to shoot forward.

However, the red light blade was also deflected a bit by the blue vortex, flying past Su Anqian's body, slashing into the ground with a "poof" sound, and hitting a light blade-shaped black hole. It was dark and deep inside.

When the others saw this scene, their expressions changed greatly and they scattered in a panic, fleeing away from the Fire-Age Insect King.

"Everyone attack together, don't give it a chance to breathe!" A few drops of cold sweat appeared on Su Anqian's smooth forehead, and she shouted delicately.

The cultivation of everyone present was considered high. Now that there were pursuers behind and interceptions ahead, they naturally understood their situation. Before Su Anqian's words fell, immortal artifacts flew out one after another, transforming into various attacks, sweeping towards the location of the Fire-Age Insect King.

(Wang Yu has something to do during the day and it is inconvenient to upload, so I can only update two chapters together at night^^)