Chapter 75

The cloud layer, having been subjected to such a powerful soul attack, immediately slowed down, and a satisfied smile finally appeared at the corner of Xiao Yan's mouth. This modified Netherworld Heavenly Wrath was indeed not comparable to the previous Netherworld Heavenly Wrath. The current Netherworld Heavenly Wrath had almost reached perfection, with an extremely formidable power. Even a Two-Star Sovereign level powerhouse would probably have to temporarily avoid its sharp edge.

"This thing is pretty good," Xiao Yan muttered, smiling. However, he noticed that Long Yi had stopped moving forward. He quickly turned around, and what he saw in front of him left him utterly shocked.

Before him was a vast, dark expanse, with countless shadows writhing on the vast land. Each shadow was at least several dozen feet long, and Xiao Yan's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Damn, we've run into a nest of insects..."

Xiao Yan stopped, looking down at the countless colorful giant insects below. Although their auras were not very strong, the dense, writhing mass was terrifying.

Xiao Yan's expression tightened; this ancient ruin was indeed not easy to navigate.

At this moment, a series of roars came from behind, causing Xiao Yan's heart to tremble once again.

In the blood-red cloud layer behind him, countless long shadows appeared. The appearance of these long shadows seemed to have caught the attention of the many insects below. They all raised their massive heads and let out piercing roars as they charged towards the shadows coming from a distance.

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. Now, the beasts in the cloud layer were chasing him, and it seemed they had invaded the territory of the insects below. This might be an opportunity.

However, Xiao Yan also knew that his current position was still extremely disadvantageous. If the two sides started fighting, he would definitely be caught in the crossfire. But this was still an opportunity.

Long Yi's dragon body seemed to have grown too large, so Xiao Yan had Long Yi transform into human form. With a serious expression, Xiao Yan carefully observed the surroundings, examining every bit of the terrain.

He was now caught between two massive groups of countless beasts and insects. A direct breakthrough was clearly impossible. Xiao Yan carefully observed the insects below and noticed that they never strayed from their territory. Could it be that these insects could only move within this area?

This caught Xiao Yan's attention; the situation was quite bizarre. He continued to look around, his gaze shifting to the center of the insect mass. In the center, the number of insects was significantly higher than in the surrounding areas, and the insects in the center were much larger, emitting a terrifying aura.

"Hisss—"

A snake-like beast from the cloud layer was already in front of him, and more snake-like beasts were appearing around it. Xiao Yan extended his large hand and directly burst one of them. These snake-like beasts were extremely strange. Although they looked like ordinary snakes, each one had something similar to demonic blood energy swirling around it, which might be what formed the massive cloud layer.

These snake-like beasts were not very powerful, but their sheer numbers would eventually overwhelm anyone. Even ants can kill an elephant.

Long Yi was also helping to block the incoming snake-like beasts.

The auras of these snake-like beasts and the countless insects were quite low, equivalent to the initial level of a One-Star Sovereign. Xiao Yan could burst one with a single palm strike. Even with the formidable physical strength of beasts, if the power difference was too great, it couldn't be resisted by physical strength alone.

Thus, the resistance to Xiao Yan and Long Yi was not significant, but the numbers were too great. Even if Xiao Yan exhausted his battle qi, he couldn't kill them all. What Xiao Yan was more wary of was the hidden aura among the snake-like beasts. He could sense that this aura was far more powerful than his own. If the snake-like beasts and the insects below started fighting, it would definitely affect him, which was not a good situation.