Chapter 720 Disgusting Bugs

The Martial Kings from the Martial Soul Hall had discovered this days ago.

In the ruins of the Blood Sect, the members of the Martial Soul Hall held a natural advantage, as the Blood Corpses and Blood Beasts all acted purely on instinct.

As long as the members of the Martial Soul Hall didn't provoke the Blood Corpses and Blood Beasts, the creatures wouldn't attack them at all.

Others might not have been aware of this, but Chu Qingyun knew it with perfect clarity.

The last time he was in the Blood Sect ruins, he had encountered members of the Martial Soul Hall. They had been destroying an Array Base right in front of numerous Blood Corpses and Blood Beasts, yet the creatures had acted as if they hadn't seen a thing.

However, Chu Qingyun didn't mention this to anyone.

Revealing it wouldn't change anything; it would only place a great deal of unnecessary psychological pressure on the others.

The members of the Martial Soul Hall and the disciples from the various sects, separated by a great distance, continued to advance into the depths of the Underground Space.

Everything around them was deathly quiet, with only the soft sound of their footsteps.

They were surrounded by complete darkness, and their sense of distance and time felt greatly diminished.

There was no telling how long they had been walking.

Suddenly, one of the Sect Disciples stopped and asked in alarm, "Did you guys... hear something?"

The others immediately stopped as well, straining their ears to listen.

Seeing them halt, the members of the Martial Soul Hall stopped as well.

With the footsteps gone, the surroundings became even more desolate, leaving only the sound of soft breathing and the occasional drip of water.

It was so quiet in the space that many could clearly hear their own heartbeats.

Soon, Chu Qingyun heard it too. Ahead of their group, there was a faint scraping sound, as if something was dragging along the ground, steadily drawing closer.

"There's something. There's definitely something, and it's coming this way!"

"Strange... I can't detect any fluctuations in its Qi. We have to rely on our hearing..."

"Everyone, quiet! Expand the light from your Primordial Power and illuminate the space ahead!"

The Primordial Power in many of their hands flared. They intentionally focused the light forward, instantly bathing a large area ahead in a brilliant glow.

Others shot out beams of Primordial Power, sweeping them back and forth in search of the sound's source.

However, the scraping sound continued to draw nearer, though it was clearly still some distance away.

On the other side, someone beside the Martial Soul Hall's special emissary whispered, "Lord Emissary, should we speed up and lose them?"

"No need to rush. Let's wait a moment and see just what that thing is."

The Martial Soul Hall emissary shook his head and halted as well, turning his gaze toward the Sect Disciples.

Soon, the scraping sound was very near.

A flat, washbasin-sized object that looked something like a head appeared in the illuminated area.

But the thing seemed to despise the light. It changed direction, circled around, and tried to approach Chu Qingyun and the others from the darkness.

Of course, Chu Qingyun and the others weren't about to let it succeed.

The group immediately shifted their light, illuminating that spot once more.

After several more attempts, all of which failed.

A sharp, furious roar echoed from the darkness. The creature no longer paid any mind to the light of the Primordial Power. Wriggling its body, it crawled completely into the illuminated area.

Now, Chu Qingyun's group, as well as the members of the Martial Soul Hall on the other side, finally got a clear look at the thing's entire form.

It looked like a fat, fleshy maggot, about a meter in diameter and nearly three meters long. Underneath its body were two rows of tiny, almost invisible legs, which it used to drag its bloated form forward, producing the scraping sound.

The bug was a deathly white all over, a nauseating sight. Along both sides of its body, however, were two rows of round, dark-red eyes. The pupils, seemingly agitated by the light, spun constantly, giving it a savage and bizarre appearance.

The washbasin-sized object was at the very front of its body. It appeared to be the hardest part of its entire form, something like a head.

The bug's movements were slow, its body quivering as it crawled forward.

Watching this disgusting thing crawl toward them, everyone, including Chu Qingyun, felt their scalps tingle. A sense of revulsion welled up in them uncontrollably.

As for Deng Xuan and the few other female disciples, they couldn't stop themselves from backing away, covering their mouths as if they were about to be sick.

"Disgusting thing! Get away from me!"

An Inner Sect Disciple from the Tianya Sect waved his hand, sending a blast of Primordial Power toward the disgusting bug in an attempt to kill it.

For now, aside from its revolting appearance, the bug didn't seem to pose a threat to Chu Qingyun's group, as they couldn't detect any fluctuation of Primordial Power or Qi from it.

The potent Primordial Power of a Martial King Realm cultivator instantly slammed into the bug.

BANG! A head-sized wound exploded open on the upper part of its body.

A pale-yellow liquid oozed from the wound. As it dripped to the ground, it made a SIZZLING sound, corroding a hole into the hard stone.

Having been attacked, the bug immediately stopped moving.

Then, it abruptly reared up the front third of its body. The underside of that section split open, revealing a massive mouth filled with fine, dense teeth, and it let out a piercing shriek.

In the glow of the Primordial Power, they could even see several smaller bugs writhing inside its mouth.

At this nauseating sight, the female disciples at the back could no longer bear it. With a "BLECH," they immediately threw up.

Chu Qingyun and the male disciples were slightly better off, but their stomachs were also churning, and they had to fight back the urge to vomit.

"You disgusting thing, just die!"

Xiao Qingsheng of the Purple Cloud Sect couldn't stand it any longer. A golden light flashed on his arm, coalescing into a gigantic golden finger over ten meters long that descended from above and slammed down on the bug.

SPLAT!

It was like crushing a piece of rotten meat.

Under the power of that finger, which contained immense Primordial Power and the force of the Intention Realm, the bug instantly ruptured and was crushed, spraying large amounts of the pale-yellow liquid everywhere.

But just as the large bug was crushed, even more smaller bugs burst out from its shattered corpse, screeching as they charged toward Chu Qingyun and his group.

These smaller bugs were roughly the size of a person's foot, but they were much faster than the large one had been. The fastest among them even left afterimages in their wake.

"Damn it! Attack! Stop them!"

"So disgusting! Kill them! Kill them now!"

The sudden swarm of smaller bugs threw everyone into a panic, and they immediately unleashed their Elemental Power Soul Techniques.

These bugs were so utterly revolting that the Sect Disciples, including Chu Qingyun, felt they would rather take two sword slashes than be touched by one of them!