Tang Yan led Zhuge Liang through the thick fog and layers of restrictions, and found the 'cemetery' deep in the holy mountain where the ancient forbidden insects slept.
Pale piles of rocks, pale earth, pale mountains.
Desolate and dry, depressed and cold.
Occasionally, you can see the white bones of Fenghua, and the air is cold and dry, making you feel uncomfortable.
Crunching, Tang Yan stepped on the sparse bone stubble and walked on the pale land. The crisp sound echoed in the white world for a long time, and a feeling of loneliness and desolation arose spontaneously.
"Sir, there seems to be one here." Zhuge Liang pointed to a white stone. The stone was only as big as a washbasin, rugged and irregular, and covered with a thick layer of white dust.
Tang Yan squatted down and wiped off the dust on the surface. Inside, a beetle shell the size of a fingernail appeared. It was dry and pale and embedded in the surface of the stone. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was a small bark.
"It's this kind of thing." The white tiger orc recognized it as a sleeping ancient forbidden insect.
Tang Yan knocked on the stone, shaken off all the dust, and found three sleeping forbidden insects on the surface of the stone. He didn't know whether they were dead or alive, but they were very hard and almost integrated with the stone. No matter how hard he knocked them, they had no reaction.
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"Let me try?" Zhuge Liang squatted in front of the stone.
But before he could greet the forbidden insect on his forehead, it had already crawled out on its own, jumped up and landed on the stone, crawling around rustling, touching this and knocking on that.
"Listen..." The white tiger orcs shrugged their ears, and could faintly hear waves of very, very subtle whistles, as if they were communicating with each other and calling them.
"Would you like to try throwing in some spiritual source liquid?" Du Yang took out two pieces of noble-level spiritual source liquid, which were his last treasures.
Tang Yan took it over and was about to put it on it when the three sleeping forbidden insects moved slightly, making a crisp friction sound on the stone surface, and their dry wings swayed obviously a few times.
"Are they awakened?" Everyone was surprised.
"Look, there are so many!" You Zhen exclaimed.
At this time, there were a lot of clicking sounds in the pale world, very subtle, but densely packed in various places, and you could see some small bumps twisting wherever you could see them.
"This is...the leader of the forbidden insect?" Du Yang re-examined Zhuge Liang's black-armored forbidden insect. It was standing on the stone and chirping, its voice was regular and very soft, and its wings continued to vibrate at a high frequency.
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Like a chirping cricket, the continuous sound waves spread across all areas.
Following its cry and call, the forbidden insects all over the mountains and plains began to wake up in groups, and one after another they ejected their bodies from the stones and the ground.
"Be careful, don't get eaten by them." The white tiger orc reminded everyone that these things are very scary, otherwise His Highness the Immortal Phoenix would not be able to seal them all.
However, it may be because they have been sleeping for too long and all their energy has been exhausted. These forbidden insects only woke up and did not move randomly. They lay quietly on the spot and continued to be silent. Even if Youzhuan touched him tentatively,
I tried several times, but no response.
"Zhuge Liang brings your forbidden insects, Du Yang, you pick three, and the rest retreat." Tang Yan gestured while holding up the stone in front of him.
The group of people quickly left the holy mountain and did not stop until they had run dozens of kilometers.
"What did you use them for? Why didn't you take them all?" You Zhen asked strangely, weren't you going to throw them all into the Cangwu Abyss? Why did Tang Yan only take six of them?
"Black-armored Forbidden Insects are taboo to the Zombie Royal Clan. Their sudden and large-scale appearance will definitely cause a stir for them, and the gain will outweigh the losses. Throwing a few of them in suddenly will only cause a certain degree of alarm, which is equivalent to diverting their attention. ." Tang Yan put the six forbidden insects together. The number was just right, no more and no less.
"I'm going to get some corpses." After the road, Zang Ba and the White Tiger Orcs all left and rushed towards the mountains to sweep away the monsters. The spiritual source liquid alone could not feed them, and they also needed the corpses of the monsters.
These forbidden insects were probably hungry. They immediately moved when they smelled the smell of corpses. They got in and refused to come out again. In this way, after two days and two nights of continuous breeding, six forbidden insects were wandering in the pile of corpses and feasting. , eating happily, it is hard to imagine that a body the size of a fingernail can accommodate such a huge amount of food, it is like a bottomless pit.
As they continued to eat, the appearance of the six forbidden insects changed significantly, from dry to smooth, from pale to black, and finally to a shiny, inky black.
But at this time, people finally saw the difference between ordinary forbidden insects and the forbidden insects on Zhuge Liang's forehead. The shells of other forbidden insects were all flat and shiny, but Zhuge Liang's had all weird black lines and tiny sprouts. of golden light.
Considering the 'summoning' scene in the center of the Holy Mountain and the scene of it attaching itself to Zhuge Liang, we can conclude that the forbidden insect on Zhuge Liang's forehead belongs to a higher level or a stronger type.
"It's time, they're almost ready." Tang Yan put the six black-armored forbidden insects into the crystal bottle.
"How to act?"
"Liuli, Lingzhi, and Zhuge Liang, the three of you will accompany me, brother Fei Dehai will help guide the way, and the rest will stay here for training."
"Just a few of you?" Du Yang frowned.
"We are operating in secret, not fighting. The fewer people there are, the fewer people there will be."
Du Yang pointed at Tang Yan's eyes, meaning everyone should go in. Otherwise, if there was an accident, they could also provide reinforcements and support.
"No, we have enough. Brother Baihu will contact Holy Lord Chu Qian for me. If our experiment is successful, it will really cause a sensation among the corpse royal family. In the future, the Holy Mountain can be developed and utilized, but it must be developed secretly and must not be leaked. The sound of the wind."
After Tang Yan made the arrangements, he moved overnight and headed straight to the Cangwu Abyss thousands of miles away.
The five of them hid their traces and sneaked at full speed, traveling day and night, increasing their speed to the extreme.
The territory ruled by the Corpse Royal Clan is larger than that in the southeast. Although the Corpse Royal Clan is the dominant family in that area, there are hundreds of large and small power organizations, a large number of secret lands and ancient cities, many of which are supported by the Demon Clan. , groups controlled by monsters, and various monitoring organizations.
Like other ancient tribes, no one has absolute control over the place, and the wars and threats brought by the demon and demon tribes are always with them.
Cangwu Abyss is the real territory of the Corpse Royal Clan. With Cangwu Abyss as the center and surrounded by the famous ‘Ten Miles Broken Soul Slope’, it is the outskirts of the Corpse Royal Clan’s territory and is guarded by a huge group of people.
Tang Yan's goal was not to directly go deep into the Cangwu Abyss, but he had to reach the interior of Shili Soul-Desolating Slope and choose a suitable place to release the black-armored forbidden insects.
Five days later, the outermost edge of the Ten Mile Broken Soul Slope.
"How to act?" Tang Yan and the other two looked far away at the cold and dim front. Even from a long distance away, they could still feel the gusts of wind blowing towards their faces, which was creepy. They could vaguely see faint cries floating in the darkness. Like the entrance to hell.
Fei Dehai introduced: "Shili Duanhun Slope is a forbidden area for living people. It is said that there are not only guards from the Corpse Royal Family, but also a large number of corpses. They all once broke into Shili Duanhun Slope and died tragically inside.
People, or the corpses of the Zombie Royal Clan's own people, are left in Duanhun Slope and sink into the mud after death. Affected by the death energy of Duanhun Slope, they will turn into a kind of terrible zombies, and they will subconsciously hate and destroy all life.
breath."
"Are they very sensitive to life?"
"It is said that it is full of mud swamps and buried with countless corpses. They are the natural guard line of Shili Duanhunpo."
"Zhuge Liang, can you control the corpse-eating insects?" Tang Yan noticed that the black-armored forbidden insects on Zhuge Liang's forehead became active, vibrating the armor, as if he liked the smell in front of him very much.
"Try?" Zhuge Liang himself was not sure.
"Try it." Tang Yan took out the six Forbidden Insects. They spun around a few times and rushed towards Shili Soul-Desolating Slope. They didn't look like they were being controlled.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Liuli rolled them back and said, "We can't let them be wasted on ordinary corpses. It's best to send them directly across the Broken Soul Slope, close to the Cangwu Abyss, and then throw them in. The effect will be more significant.
Otherwise, the Forbidden Insects will only eat some broken corpses if they stay in the swamp of Duanhun Slope. When will they finish eating? When will they attract the attention of the Corpse Royal Family? We have no time to delay, we must fight quickly."
Fei Dehai also said: "It's best to blame other forces, but it can't be too obvious."
Tang Yan pondered: "Does the Ten Mile Broken Soul Slope surround the entire Cangwu Abyss? Is there no other entrance?"
"This should be."
"Let me try." Lingzhi understood Tang Yan's purpose of bringing him here, but it was not convenient for him to say it.
Tang Yan shook his head: "No, I originally wanted you to sneak under the ground, but Shili Duanhun Slope can detect the breath of life, and all zombies are buried underground. It is too dangerous for you to go there."
"I can only take action, who else can do it? I will try my best to get through from the deepest part of the ground, and leave as many clues as possible to make the corpse royal family mistakenly think that I am a demon." Lingzhi's body specialties are different from those of humans, and now it is just right.
Take advantage of this.
Tang Yan hesitated, it was too risky after all.
"I'll do my best this time, but I won't be able to appear in front of outsiders for a long time, otherwise the Corpse Royal Family will follow the clues and contact you."
Tang Yan was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and nodded: "After the matter is completed, you will enter the new world, completely retreat into death, and wait until you merge with the heart of the ancient tree that reaches the sky to reappear."
"Another point is that the corpse royal family's secret method is very terrifying. They rarely waste prisoners. They basically refine corpses, and the refined corpses will not only be used by them, but they can also learn many secrets through the corpses. So, there are
It may not sound nice to say it now, but..." Fei Dehai hesitated for a while, then lowered his voice and said: "You either succeed, or you dismember and self-destruct without leaving any traces."
Lingzhi stared at the dark and cold Broken Soul Slope in front of her and adjusted her breathing. This might be the most difficult mission in her life. Any carelessness would bring destruction to herself and Beast Mountain.
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