"Buzz buzz buzz~!"
Dense sounds kept coming, and they were getting closer and closer.
Under Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao's gaze, a large swarm of dark things flew from the passage ahead.
"Big... Big brother, it looks like flying bugs! There are so many of them..." Xiao Xiao's face was a little anxious, and with a twist of her hand, she was about to use fire elemental arcane energy to condense flames, but was stopped by Ye Feng.
"Big brother?"
Xiao Xiao turned her head, looking at Ye Feng with a confused expression.
"Xiao Xiao, this passage contains hydrogen sulfide and coal gas. If there is an open flame, it's easy to cause a big explosion..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly. With a flash of light in his hand, his Tang saber instantly appeared. He planned to dig a hole and hide to see the situation.
"Bang~! Bang~!"
"Ka~! Kaka!~"
At this moment, the rock layer above Ye Feng's head suddenly vibrated, and a large amount of soil and rocks collapsed and disintegrated, falling rapidly.
"Holy shit!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng immediately canceled his original plan, otherwise he would be buried alive.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng frowned, feeling quite surprised.
Because he found that the soil and rocks falling from above were clearly long strips, not a collapse, and it looked like someone had deliberately caused it.
The dense flying bugs seemed to have sensed something as well. Instead of attacking Ye Feng, they flew towards the gap revealed after the rocks collapsed above, seemingly wanting to leave.
At the same time,
A certain distance above the ground where Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were located,
"Dad, what is Han Xianxing doing, attacking the ground?"
Xu Xun, sitting on Wen Jie Jie's back, looked at Xu Kuang with confusion.
Xu Kuang also frowned, not quite understanding the intention of Han Xianxing and Han Qiuli in creating a large gap in the ground.
"Hmm?"
Xu Kuang's expression suddenly changed, "Be careful behind!"
"Boom~!"
"Bang~!"
Before Xu Kuang could finish speaking, a mass of something exploded in the air behind him and Xu Xun, emitting a huge blast wave.
"Zzzzla~ Zzzzla~"
"Buzz buzz~!"
Xu Kuang's electric wings flapped a few times, flying far away. Wen Jie Jie, carrying Xu Kuang, also rapidly retreated.
Behind them, a figure with two large fleshy wings slowly emerged. It was Xu Xiong, who had transformed into a pterosaur.
On Xu Xiong's back sat a lean man in a black robe, Ying Bing.
"Ying Bing, is it? It's only been a few days, and your invisibility, enhanced by the chameleon reinforcement serum, has improved!"
"But that's all!"
Xu Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, "The bomb you just threw wasn't very powerful. You wasted such a good opportunity!"
Xu Xiong glanced coldly at the other party, did not answer, but flapped his wings and flew towards Han Xianxing below.
"Dad, we..."
"Buzz buzz buzz~!"
As Xu Xun was about to speak, the dense vibration of flapping wings suddenly came from below.
Then, a swarm of dense black-green insects flew out of the large gap in the ground that Han Qiuli had just created with earth elemental arcane energy and swooped towards Xu Kuang and Xu Xun.
"This powder... the bomb just now... was it powder made from arcane origin stones?"
"This direction... the insects flying from below..."
Xu Kuang touched the dust clinging to his body, his face changed drastically, "Could those insects be...?"
"Bang!~"
At this moment, a gunshot rang out. It was Xu Xun firing a fire elemental arcane energy rifle at the approaching swarm of insects.
"Xu Xun, stop! Those are not ordinary insects, you can't use the arcane energy rifle!"
Xu Kuang reacted a beat too late. After Xu Xun fired, a large ball of flames erupted in the swarm of insects, but it did not cause effective damage. Instead, the fire elemental arcane energy flames produced by the explosion were completely surrounded by the swarm and then consumed all the flames.
After devouring the fire elemental arcane energy flames, the black-green insects evolved at a visible speed, growing armor, and many of them even carried flames...
"Dad... Dad, what kind of monsters are those... insects? How can they absorb fire elemental arcane energy?"
Seeing this, Xu Xun was a little panicked and raised the arcane energy rifle, ready to fire again.
"Stop!"
Xu Kuang flapped his electric wings, instantly appearing in front of Xu Xun and snatching the arcane energy rifle from him. "These insects are energy-devouring locusts, specializing in devouring things containing arcane energy!"
"If you shoot them with an arcane energy rifle, you'll only make them more ferocious and help them evolve!"
"Damn it, we've been outsmarted by Han Xianxing!"
Xu Kuang cursed as he shook his body, trying to shake off the arcane origin stone powder clinging to him, but the powder was mixed with something and stuck to him firmly.
"Buzz buzz buzz!~"
A large number of energy-devouring locusts continuously flew out of the ground rift created by Han Qiuli and pounced on Xu Kuang and Xu Xun.
In a short while, a large shadow appeared in the sky, which was the dense swarm of energy-devouring locusts.
"Father... This... There are too many energy-devouring locusts..."
Han Qiuli looked at the swarm of energy-devouring locusts that had coiled around Xu Kuang and the other two countless times above their heads, and couldn't help but swallow, looking very shocked.
"Below this area should be the arcane origin stone vein of the Red Shore Ruins. Judging by the number of energy-devouring locusts, the entire vein has probably been eaten clean..."
Han Xianxing's face also showed surprise.
Immediately, he said to Han Qiuli and the others, "Lili, Xu Xiong, Tie Shan, take this opportunity to quickly clear out these fire elemental arcane energy monsters!"
"Roar~!"
Before he finished speaking, Han Xianxing had already charged into the pile of arcane energy monsters, stomping several Blazing Head Leopards, Flame Maw Dogs, and Giant Fire Scorpions into meat paste, smashing them apart, or biting them to death...
"Whoosh~ Zzzla~ Zzzla~!"
Han Qiuli's hand flashed with light, and two bright Nepalese knives instantly appeared. With a swift movement of her hand, she dealt with two Blazing Head Leopards and quickly ran to Han Xianxing. "Father, these monsters with arcane energy will definitely become targets for the energy-devouring locusts later. Why are we rushing to deal with them? This doesn't fit our original plan!"
"Bang bang!~"
"Crack~ Pfft~!"
At this moment, Xu Xiong and Tie Shan, who had just dealt with several Giant Fire Scorpions, also came to Han Xianxing's side. They also looked at Han Xianxing with confused eyes.
"It's that person called Wen Jie Jie!"
"Roar~!"
Han Xianxing swept his tail, batting away a pack of Bloodfire Apes and Blazing Head Leopards that were pouncing on him. "I don't know how Xu Kuang found that person. That person is an extremely rare Soul Controller, capable of controlling arcane energy creatures!"
"This large pile of fire elemental arcane energy monsters should have been brought here by him to ambush us."
"According to our original plan, by playing along, we could lure out the energy-devouring locusts and easily deal with the fire elemental arcane energy monsters brought by Xu Kuang. This way, even with fewer ice elemental arcane energy rifles, it wouldn't be a big problem, and it could also restrain Xu Kuang..."
"But that Wen Jie Jie..."
"Moreover, after Xu Kuang transformed into an electric-winged crocodile, ordinary bullets are difficult to penetrate, and those energy-devouring locusts cannot inflict fatal damage on it!"
"The worst thing is, because of that Wen Jie Jie, those energy-devouring locusts might turn and attack us..."
Han Xianxing's voice was quite deep. As he spoke, he charged towards the fire elemental arcane energy monsters again.
Hearing this, Han Qiuli, Xu Xiong, and Tie Shan also began to kill the arcane energy monsters with more effort.
Although Han Xianxing didn't finish speaking, they understood clearly that the energy-devouring locusts, originally intended to deal with the fire elemental arcane energy monsters and Xu Kuang, might turn against them under Wen Jie Jie's control.
"Zzzla zzzla~!"
Suddenly, above Han Xianxing and the others, which was completely blocked by the swarm of energy-devouring locusts, a dense black mass suddenly emitted a loud crackling sound of electricity.
And the entire black mass formed by the energy-devouring locusts exploded from the middle, with electric light surging out from within.
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