"Buzz buzz buzz...
Long Chen was shocked to find themselves here. The depths of the forest trembled, and then the whole world instantly dimmed.
"There are mosquitoes!"
someone exclaimed.
Mosquitoes are common and not worth making a fuss about, but here the mosquitoes are about the size of a fist, with mouthparts shining with divine light, making just one look enough to send chills down one's spine.
Most shocking of all, their bodies were covered in strange runes and carried an ancient aura—it was obvious at a glance that they were an ancient exotic species.
"Run!"
Long Chen immediately sensed danger and called for Feng You to lead his men to charge forward at full speed, while the others also rushed forward frantically.
But the mosquitoes moved as fast as lightning, catching up in an instant. Some even wielded knives and swords and slashed at them.
"Puff puff puff ..."
"Clang dang dang ..."
As the blade sliced through the mosquito's body, it was instantly cut in two, but when the blade struck the mosquito's mouthparts, it emitted a sound like metal ringing together.
"Ah..."
A strong warrior was bitten on the neck by a mosquito. He couldn't help but let out a piercing scream, then abruptly stopped. His body shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After the mosquito sucked the blood, a mass of blood immediately appeared in its semi-transparent belly. As the blood spread throughout its body along the runes, its aura instantly increased several times stronger.
"Long Chen, this is the Nine Deaths Passage. You have to pass through it to enter the Illusory Spirit Realm." Feng You looked terrified.
Although she knew about the Nine Deaths Passage and had heard rumors about it, the scene seemed even more terrifying than the rumors.
"Ahhh..."
Amid the chaos, countless powerful beings screamed in agony. Whether human or beast, if bitten by that mosquito, they were instantly sucked into dried corpses.
The rest of the powerful warriors charged forward like madmen, but there were too many people here—some fast, some slow. For a moment, the scene was extremely chaotic.
From all directions, the rumbling of mosquitoes filled the air, a sound like a vengeful ghost seeking a life, making one's soul tremble.
In the endless dense forest, there was only a glimmer of light ahead. Clearly, that was the exit, and all the powerful warriors sprinted forward frantically.
"Puff puff puff...
At that moment, a white-boned warhorse pulled the bronze war chariot and galloped forward. Countless powerful warriors blocking its path were crushed by the horse.
And those terrifying mosquitoes couldn't do anything to the bone-skeletal warhorse, because it had no blood to suck on.
The White Bone Warhorse charged forward first, countless powerful figures following the shockwave it created, racing at high speed.
"Long Chen, should we follow him?" Feng You's eyes lit up at the sight.
"Forget it. That guy in the car is really sneaky. He definitely hasn't come up with any good ideas. We'll go our own way, you guys go ahead, I'll cover the retreat." Long Chen said.
After speaking, Long Chen pushed open the boundless sea of fire, enveloping everyone. They rolled forward like fireballs, striking swiftly.
At first, some mosquitoes actually ignored Long Chen's sea of fire and rushed over, only to be killed one after another by Feng You and the others.
Long Chen immediately switched to several types of flames. Finally, when he summoned the Ice Soul Divine Flame, the chilling flames made the mosquitoes wary, and in the end, they did not come to trouble the Fusion Beast Clan again.
Long Chen and the powerful members of the Beast Fusion Clan did not charge at the very front. Although Long Chen didn't know the origin of the Nine Deaths Passage, his intuition told him that charging to the front might not necessarily be a good thing.
Long Chen maintained a distance of tens of thousands of miles from the front-line experts—this was the optimal distance. If anything went wrong, they would still have time to react.
When Long Chen turned around, he saw countless powerful figures appearing one after another. Many had just entered and hadn't even understood what was happening before being sucked dry by a few mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes were endless, gathering more and more, but more and more people entered the passage, each charging forward desperately. At this point, survival was no longer closely related to strength; most of it depended on luck.
Because the further you go, the fewer and fewer strong ones become, making it hard to form effective defenses. It's estimated that when the last group comes in, eight or nine out of ten will be fed mosquitoes.
Screams, cries for help, and cries were incessant. The path of cultivation was brutal—mosquitoes swarmed everywhere, endless and impossible to kill. To survive, the only way was to use others' cover to break through.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, an explosion erupted ahead. The once silent forest stirred, and countless vines shot toward the rushing crowd atop the massive trees.
Meanwhile, on the ground, tree roots coiled around people like monstrous pythons, with the white bone warhorse bearing the brunt, wrapped in countless vines.
"Hiss!"
The skeletal warhorse let out a long neigh, countless runes swirling on the bones, and any vines that touched its body instantly vanished into nothingness.
At the same time, divine radiance radiated from its body; any vine that touched that radiance would shatter with a thunderous crash.
As it charged, countless powerful figures closely followed behind. As long as they stayed behind the bronze war chariot, their pressure would be much lessened.
But the vines were terrifying. Others didn't possess the divine radiance of the White Bone Warhorse. Anyone entangled by the vines would be instantly dragged into the dense forest.
Someone used a sharp blade to cut the vine, finding it hard and tough, making it extremely difficult to cut. If the first strike failed, there was no chance to strike again.
"Huff, huff, ..."
As the Beast Fusion Clan experts entered the vines' attack range, countless vines passed through the wall of flames and instantly burned all over. However, they continued to attack the Beast Fusion Clan warriors, and the vines were surprisingly able to withstand the burning Ice Soul Divine Flame.
"Crack, crack... "
Crack, crack But once the vine spread out in front of everyone, it became extremely fragile. A slight touch would shatter it apart, posing no real threat to everyone.
Feng You had been extremely nervous; the comprehensive strength of the Fusion Beast Clan experts here was at best second-tier.
Even with Feng You present, they weren't qualified to join the ranks of first-class powers, yet Long Chen forcibly led them to stand shoulder to shoulder with the top factions.
But strength is strength. Without Long Chen, even if they were the first to rush here, under the attack of those terrifying mosquitoes and vines, they would have been wiped out instantly.
Now, with Long Chen here to escort them all the way, all the powerful members of the Beast Fusion Clan were filled with gratitude.
Feng You looked at the other forces and found that either they changed formations or had powerful figures blocking attacks on the perimeter. Those terrifying mosquitoes and vines couldn't do anything to them.
"Jiji ji..."
Suddenly, a piercing scream came from ahead, followed by a group of monsters. These creatures were small in size, with long arms and legs, just like a monkey.
However, they have no fur on their bodies, strange scales, no eyes on their heads, only a huge mouth, and jagged fangs covered in sticky saliva.
Their arms and soles were covered in bone spikes, and sword teeth grew on their backs. It seemed they had been waiting for a long time. When the crowd arrived, they burst out from the dense forest and lunged at them madly.
"Hiss!"
Suddenly, the white-bone warhorse charging at the front let out a neigh, and a shocking scene unfolded: the monsters trembled and actually made way for the bone-skeletal warhorses.
"They are of the same kind,"
Long Chen's heart pounded wildly. Those monsters had actually gone easy on the white bone warhorse, but as soon as the horse passed, the monsters frantically attacked the powerful figures behind the chariot.
"Damn it, I knew this idiot wouldn't be so kind. That way, he could be the first to rush out." Long Chen cursed inwardly.
"Feng You, cover the retreat. Brothers of the Fusion Beast Clan, charge with me." With a sharp shout, Long Chen's blood-red long blade shone once again as he charged at the monsters.