Chapter 3450: 吞天鼠

After they left, the low-rank Grade 8 dragon spiders returned to normal. They looked towards where the Yuanji Stone had been, but it was gone.

The ground shook violently as a huge mound of earth appeared, moving rapidly towards them.

"You seek death!"

The dragon spiders opened their massive maws and sprayed countless fine spider silk strands, striking the earth mound.

With a thunderous roar, the earth mound burst open. An entirely yellow giant rat, with yellow eyes, a small head, and a bulky body, emerged from underground. Its aura indicated it was a mid-rank Grade 8 demonic beast.

As soon as it appeared, a large patch of golden spider silk shot towards it. The giant yellow rat's eyes lit up, and each sprayed a hazy yellow light beam, hitting the golden spider silk. The golden spider silk quickly petrified, then broke, turning to dust.

A hazy golden sound wave swept over, followed closely by a golden ray of light. Above, the void rippled, and a giant dragon claw materialized out of thin air, striking at the giant yellow rat.

"Haven't eaten in a long time; I can have a full meal now," the giant yellow rat spoke in human tongue. It opened its massive maw and spewed a vast expanse of yellow mist, swallowing all the incoming attacks completely unharmed.

The yellow mist enveloped an area of ten thousand feet, and the entire void twisted, warped, and rapidly shrank.

The bodies of the three dragon spiders visibly shrank, were caught by the yellow mist, and vanished into the giant yellow rat's mouth.

It suddenly inhaled, and all the fruits on the trees detached, flying into its mouth and disappearing.

It sniffed a few times and said, "There are two more; after eating them, I can have a good sleep."

Its body glowed with intense yellow light, and it burrowed underground, disappearing.

***

A narrow, elongated valley lay before them, utterly barren of vegetation. Numerous grayish-white stones were visible, and the stone walls on both sides of the valley were rough and uneven, entirely grayish-white.

Several animal bones lay on the ground. A few hundred feet into the valley, there was a humanoid skeleton, its right hand bone wearing a golden storage bracelet.

Wang Yulan, Wang Yuanwei, and Wang Defeng stood outside the valley, their expressions grave.

Wang Defeng shook his sleeve, and a gleaming golden talisman flew out. The golden talisman had a humanoid figure on its surface.

He channeled a spell, and the golden talisman immediately shone with dazzling golden light, transforming into a burly man in golden robes. Runes flickered across its body, and its eyes were empty. This was a talismanic soldier.

Wang Defeng separated a wisp of his spiritual sense, attaching it to the talismanic soldier's body. The soldier strode into the valley. As soon as it entered, it stopped, its legs trembling.

"The gravitational pull is too strong. Never mind, I'll summon the Yellow Turban Strongman Talisman!"

Wang Yulan shook her sleeve, and a yellow-glowing talisman flew out. This talisman also had a humanoid figure on its surface. She channeled a spell, and the yellow talisman immediately shone brightly, transforming into a burly man in yellow robes, with runes flickering across his body.

The Yellow Turban Strongman Talisman is a type of talismanic soldier, possessing immense strength. "Go!"

Wang Yulan made a hand seal, and the yellow-robed man strode into the valley as if on flat ground, moving relatively fast. After walking more than fifty steps, the yellow-robed man's speed slowed.

Wang Yulan snorted coldly and made a hand seal. The yellow light on the yellow-robed man's body surged, and he quickened his pace, reaching the humanoid remains. He picked up the storage bracelet and walked out.

Returning to Wang Yulan, he handed her the storage bracelet.

Wang Yulan gently shook her wrist. After a sweep of golden light passed, a large pile of items appeared on the ground: five mid-grade Spirit Treasures, over 300 million spirit stones, some artifact refining materials, dozens of jade slips, and a golden beast hide.

They carefully examined the contents of the jade slips but found no record of the person's identity. The jade slips contained much information about the Azure Glass Sea, as well as a cultivation technique called the "One Qi True Origin Art," created by a late-stage Integration cultivator. It could be cultivated up to the Mahayana stage, but the cultivation methods beyond that were missing.

Wang Yulan picked up the golden beast hide, which depicted mountains and water, with some places marked with text.

"Tanyuan! Could it be the Tanyuan Fruit?" Wang Yulan gazed at the two small characters on the map, full of curiosity.

"That's a possibility, but there's no record of his route map. The dao field is so vast; it won't be easy for us to find this place," Wang Defeng said with a frown.

"At least we found something. Let's look around; maybe we can find the location marked on the map," Wang Yuanwei suggested.

They divided the items on the ground and left. An hour later, they appeared in a dense forest where the trees were lush with branches and leaves, blocking much of the sunlight, and the fallen leaves were several feet thick.

The silver-skirted girl walked ahead, followed by the three of them, their faces full of vigilance.

A tiger's roar echoed, and a giant red tiger flew from the distance. It had a pair of red fleshy wings on its back, its body was covered in blood, and white bones were visible in many places, appearing severely weakened.

A clap of thunder sounded, and two massive purple mayflies appeared above the dense forest, their bodies enveloped by countless purple electrical arcs.

As soon as they appeared, two thick purple lightning pillars descended from the sky, striking the red giant tiger.

After a tragic beast's roar, purple lightning engulfed the red giant tiger.

"Purple Lightning Mayflies! Oh no, run!" Wang Yulan exclaimed.

Before they could escape, clusters of purple lightning lit up, and Grade 7 Purple Lightning Mayflies appeared, gathering together.

A deafening clap of thunder sounded, and dense purple lightning bolts struck them.

They quickly moved to block the attacks. Thunderous roars sounded, and dazzling purple lightning illuminated the dense forest, making it very conspicuous.

A scream was heard, and two spiritual lights glowed outside the dense forest, revealing the figures of Wang Defeng and Wang Yuanwei. They had used their life-substituting treasures; otherwise, they would have perished.

A huge purple cloud floated high in the sky, consisting of hundreds of thousands of Purple Lightning Mayflies, with thirty Grade 7 ones among them.

A streak of escape light flew from the distance and stopped in the void, revealing Wang Yulan's figure. Her body was covered in blood, emitting black smoke, and her aura was weak.

Wang Yulan's body glowed intensely silver, her wounds rapidly disappeared, and her aura returned to normal, leaving no scars.

Nirvana Divine Light!

"I'll stay to cover your retreat, you run! These things are for my descendants." Wang Defeng took off the green storage ring from his hand and threw it to Wang Yuanwei. He then spat out a long, green-glowing blade and slashed it towards the void. A greenish blade qi swept out, meeting the Purple Lightning Mayflies.

Wang Yulan was a Spirit Body possessor, and her talismans-crafting skills were far superior to Wang Defeng's. Wang Defeng understood Wang Yulan's importance.

Wang Yulan and Wang Yuanwei frowned. If they stayed to fight the Purple Lightning Mayflies, they would all die. One person covering the retreat could maximize the chances of preserving the other clan members.

Wang Yulan and Wang Yuanwei landed on the ground. The Purple Lightning Mayflies excelled at lightning magic, so earth evasion was the best option to shake them off.

Thunderous roars sounded, and two thick purple lightning pillars descended from the sky, striking at them.

A greenish blade light swept over, destroying the two purple lightning pillars.

"Vicious beasts, come at me!" Wang Defeng said solemnly, wielding the green long blade, releasing a sky full of green blade qi, slashing towards the Purple Lightning Mayflies.

Piercing thunder sounds echoed as the Purple Lightning Mayflies all released thick purple lightning bolts, meeting the attack.

A massive explosion sounded, and the green blade qi was completely shattered.

Dense purple lightning bolts streaked across the sky, striking at Wang Defeng and the other two. Wang Defeng swung his green long blade in a horizontal slash. Swirling greenish tornadoes swept out, blocking the purple lightning bolts. Green light and purple light intertwined.

A clap of thunder sounded, and a thick purple lightning pillar descended from the sky. Wang Defeng swung his blade to meet it. Dazzling lightning engulfed his figure, and a scream was heard.

At this moment, Wang Yulan and Wang Yuanwei had also escaped by earth evasion. The Purple Lightning Mayflies prepared to cast spells to attack the ground.

A miniature Nascent Soul flew out of the body, its face ferocious. "Vicious beasts, your grandpa is here!"

The miniature Nascent Soul roared and exploded, transforming into a massive ball of green light that soared into the sky, engulfing an area of several tens of miles. A large number of low-grade Purple Lightning Mayflies were annihilated.

As the green light dispersed, Wang Defeng was gone.

A huge purple cloud floated high in the sky. Large numbers of Purple Lightning Mayflies fell from high altitude, but the Grade 7 Purple Lightning Mayflies were largely unaffected. They moved into the distance and disappeared into the dense forest.