Liu Ming's eyes lit up. His figure blurred, and in the next moment, he appeared above the Blood Armored Centipede's head.
Scintillating silver light erupted from his body as a silver keratin glove appeared over his right fist. He let loose a low cry, and his fist drew a silver arc through the air before striking the crimson barrier above the Crimson Armor Centipede's head.
He poured all the magic power in his body into his fist, and a dazzling light erupted from it.
Kacha!
A series of cracks suddenly appeared on the blood-red cocoon, and then it shattered, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes that stared fixedly at Liu Ming.
Roar!
The Blood Armored Centipede let out a roar, and its two huge front claws blurred, and its nails actually detached from its forelimbs, drawing two black lines in the air, slashing towards Liu Ming's body.
Liu Ming's expression changed, and he hurriedly urged his body to shoot back.
With a "rip" sound, a black line passed close to Liu Ming's back, and a dark red mark appeared on Liu Ming's back. Blood spurted out, but at least he managed to avoid the Blood Armored Centipede's attack.
Just as the Blood Armored Centipede's sharp claws swung, a green light flashed, and Che Huan Qing Niu shot down, its huge half-corporeal hooves heavily stomping on the Blood Armored Centipede's head.
A cracking sound came from the Blood Armored Centipede's head, and its body shook as it coughed up a mouthful of grey blood.
A black shadow flashed, and Liu Ming appeared next to the Blood Armored Centipede like a ghost. The silver light from his fist drew a huge arc in the air, and the entire Infernal Prison space seemed to be illuminated.
Amid the low roar of a tiger and a dragon, the silver fist fell heavily on the Blood Armored Centipede's head.
A cracking sound even louder than before rang out, and a large hole was blasted in the Blood Armored Centipede's head.
The Blood Armored Centipede's huge body trembled violently, and the air was filled with green blood.
Che Huan roared, and his body shone with a green light, and in a flash, he turned into a huge green saber, and slashed at the Blood Armored Centipede's neck.
Crack!
The Crimson Armored Centipede stemborer's neck was severed, and its massive head flew through the air. Grey blood gushed forth in a frenzy as its long body plummeted heavily to the ground.
"Peng!" Water from the river of crushed stones splashed everywhere.
"We've finally killed this fiend!"
Liu Ming let out a long breath, although his face was slightly pale. However, the wound on his back was quickly healed by the black gas.
This time, he had used everything he had, including the Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman, the Che Huan Totem, the twelve Pearls of Mountains and Rivers, and the Infernal Purgatory. Only then did he manage to kill this Celestial Phenomenon Blood Armor Stemborer.
It was a pity that he was killed by Liu Ming before he could use many of his abilities.
Although the battle was not long, Liu Ming had used up a lot of his magic power. If the Blood Armored Centipede could survive this, Liu Ming would have to consider running for his life.
Liu Ming waved his hand, and the Infernal Purgatory disappeared. The twelve Infernal River Ghost Monarchs returned to the Pearls of Mountains and Rivers before flying back into his body.
Right at this moment, a streak of crimson light suddenly shot out of the Blood Armored Centipede's head, flying into the distance at an incredible speed.
However, not long after the streak of crimson light had flown out, a streak of azure light shot forth from the Che Huan Azure Cow, enveloping the streak of crimson light in a flash.
As soon as the streak of crimson light came into contact with the azure light, it revealed its true form. It was a small stemborer with an extremely thin body and eight tentacle-like claws.
The eight-clawed stemborer struggled as it was enveloped by the azure light, and the crimson light on its body was quickly devoured as it let loose a howl of anguish and fear.
A cold smile appeared on Liu Ming's face. He was already prepared for this. Celestial Phenomenon beings were different from Jin Dan cultivators in that their souls were extremely sturdy. Even after abandoning their physical bodies, they still possessed many profound abilities. This was most likely the reason why this stemborer was able to escape from the Heavenly Gate secret realm.
Within the azure light, the eight-clawed stemborer's body rapidly shrank, and it appeared that it was about to perish.
Liu Ming waved his right hand to release a cloud of black mist, which pulled the eight-clawed stemborer out of the azure light before imprisoning it in his palm.
"Fellow Daoist, please spare my life. I was once a protector of the Stemborer Queen, and I know many of your secret arts and techniques. As long as you spare my life, I'm willing to give you all of them …" The eight-clawed stemborer begged in the human language.
Liu Ming remained expressionless, as if he hadn't heard anything. Streaks of black light erupted from his five fingers, which enveloped the eight-clawed stemborer, and a burst of strange howling sounds rang out.
A ball of misty light slowly seeped into the eight-clawed stemborer from Liu Ming's hand; he was unleashing a soul-searching technique.
This Blood Armor Stemborer was most likely a Mystic Enlightened Realm being, so there had to be a lot of secret information about the Stemborer Race in its consciousness.
However, even though the stemborer's soul had no physical body, it was still very tenacious under the soul-searching technique. Liu Ming had to expend almost all of his energy to glean some fragmented information, and most of it was useless.
Liu Ming was quite surprised to see this. As expected of a Mystic Enlightened Realm being, there was no way he was going to return empty-handed. He gritted his teeth and spat out a mouthful of blood essence toward the stemborer's soul, which transformed into crimson spirit flames that enveloped the stemborer.
The eight-clawed stemborer's soul immediately let loose a howl of anguish, as if it were being sliced into pieces.
Meanwhile, Liu Ming continued to chant as the mist from his hand seeped into the stemborer's head, and as time passed, he would nod with furrowed brows from time to time.
Only after a long while did he open his eyes, and his expression changed indeterminately. He then abruptly clenched his hand into a fist, and the Eight-clawed Stemborer let loose a howl of anguish before its soul was completely obliterated.
He had indeed obtained some information from the memories of the eight-clawed stemborer, but most importantly, he had finally figured out the origins of the Stemborer Race.
As it turned out, the Stemborer Race had once lived in a certain insect realm, and they were a branch of the ancient insect race. Generally speaking, only after reaching a certain level of cultivation would they be able to take on a human form and become a powerful Stemborer Race.
However, a Stemborer Queen had suddenly been born among these stemborers, and it was extremely powerful. Furthermore, it was far more powerful than the average Arcane Insight mighty figure, and it was virtually invincible in that realm.
What was even more terrifying was that it could devour all types of energy between heaven and earth, thereby allowing it to become more powerful in virtually any environment. Some of its descendants had inherited this ability, but of course, they weren't as fearsome as the Stemborer Queen.
However, as the number of Stemborers continued to increase, the amount of energy between heaven and earth they could devour also increased, and the Stemborer Queen soon began to clash with the other insect races in their original realm, resulting in a war that lasted for tens of thousands of years.
With its powerful reproductive ability and ability to devour energy between heaven and earth, the Stemborer Queen and its countless descendants were able to consolidate their position in the war, eventually defeating the allied army of the other insect races.
Following the conclusion of the war, the Stemborer Queen began to slaughter and devour the other insect races. The other insect races were no longer able to stop the Stemborer Race, and the remaining ones were forced to flee to other realms.
The victorious Stemborer Race was no longer a threat to them, and their numbers began to grow at an exponential rate.
However, there was a limit to how much energy they could replenish, and the Stemborer Race quickly slaughtered all of the other living beings in their original realm, then devoured all types of energy between heaven and earth, resulting in the collapse of the realm.
Prior to the collapse of the realm, the Stemborer Queen led its countless descendants to invade neighboring realms.
Through their relentless reproduction, the Stemborer Queen was able to repeat what they had done in the original realm.
Finally, after the Stemborer Queen had destroyed several realms, several dozen Arcane Insight mighty figures from other realms joined forces to attack the Stemborer Queen. In order to ensure the safety of their own realm, several dozens of Arcane Insight mighty figures from other realms joined forces to attack the Stemborer Queen. After several months of intense battle, the Stemborer Queen was only able to severely wound the Stemborer Queen and fall into a state of deep sleep. The Arcane Insight mighty figures were also unable to eradicate the Stemborer Queen due to their severe injuries.
Without the Stemborer Queen's powers, the Stemborer Race was unable to invade other realms as they pleased. Due to the energy in the realms they were in, some of the Stemborers were unable to bear the hunger and began to slaughter their own brethren.
A few decades ago, the Bloodshell Stemborer managed to escape back to its own realm, only to encounter the Stemborer Queen, who had temporarily awakened and immediately informed it of what had happened in the human world.
The Stemborer Queen hated the other realms to the core, and after a while, it finally locked onto the coordinates of the Midheaven Continent in the human world and opened a spatial passageway to invade the human world …
An indecisive look appeared on Liu Ming's face, and only after a long while did he heave a long sigh. He waved his hands through the air, releasing a burst of black light that enshrouded the carcass of the Bloodshell Stemborer Queen, then made a grabbing motion.
A small portion of the carcass exploded amid a dull thump, and a shimmering crimson bead flew out from within, giving off powerful magic power fluctuations before landing in his hand in a flash. This was none other than the Heavenly Elephant Stemborer Queen's core.
Just this Crystal Core alone was extremely valuable.
Liu Ming inspected it for a moment before stowing it away into his spatial ring, then turned his attention to the incomplete carcass of the Bloodshell Stemborer.
Right at this moment, the Che Huan mutant beast let out a low roar.
Liu Ming's brows furrowed as he waved his hand, tossing the carcass over to the Che Huan mutant beast.
The Che Huan let out an excited roar before opening its mouth to expel a cloud of azure gas, which enveloped the carcass of the Bloodshell Stemborer.
The carcass of the Bloodshell Stemborer rapidly shrank within the azure light, and was swallowed by the Che Huan mutant beast in less than a minute.
The Che Huan mutant beast circled around Liu Ming with great satisfaction, then let out another roar before disappearing into Liu Ming's left shoulder as a streak of azure light.
Liu Ming's body shuddered, and a powerful burst of heat flowed from the Che Huan tattoo into his spiritual sea.
His nearly depleted spiritual sea was quickly replenished, and in the blink of an eye, all of his magic power had been restored.
Liu Ming was ecstatic upon seeing this.
This phenomenon had also happened in the Southern Barbarians. The Che Huan totem devoured a large amount of the Stemborer Queen's essence, which would be converted into magic power and integrated into his body.
This kind of thing was not mentioned in the secret manual of the Che Huan totem. Could it be that the Che Huan totem underwent some kind of mutation?
Liu Ming pondered for a moment, but he couldn't come up with a conclusion. He shook his head, and a black mist appeared around his body, and after a few flashes, he disappeared into the distance.
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