A few days later, in the underground crack outside the Immortal City …
Looking from above, this underground crack looked like a huge canyon. On both sides of the canyon were steep cliffs and crisscrossed rocks.
Some pale green fluorite stalagmites were hiding among the rocks and embellishing this pitch-dark gorge. Tall underground ferns were growing in the gorge. Occasionally, hot air with sulfuric smell would spurt out of the crevices and hot springs of the gorge. On one side of the gorge, a dark red magma river was slowly flowing.
There were some cracks in the canyon that were tens of meters or even hundreds of meters wide. It was dark and endless, leading to an even deeper underground.
One by one, the Mantis Blade Bugs crawled out from the cracks in the canyon and surged toward the surface.
This was the most lively Black Wind Canyon outside the Immortal City. Black Wind Canyon was a well-known battlefield outside the Immortal City. The huge canyon was tens of thousands of kilometers long, winding and continuous. There were various maze-like caves and complicated terrains in the canyon. This became one of the main battlegrounds of the Summoners and the Zergs in the Immortal City.
Most of the Mantis Blade Insects that appeared here were Six Sun Realm Mantis Blade Insects. Occasionally, there would be Seven Sun Realm or Netherpassage Realm Insects that appeared.
In the darkness, flashes of spells and flames could be seen in the distant sky or on the ground from time to time. They flickered like artillery fire on the battlefield. There were Summoners fighting with the Zergs.
Over the years, countless Summoners had died here. Along the way from the Immortal City to here, the tombstones of the fallen Summoners could be seen everywhere.
But even so, it couldn't stop the footsteps of the Summoners who were still alive.
Of course, there were even more Zergs that were killed here.
If one wanted to join the Ten Thousand Gods Sect, become a disciple of the Ten Thousand Gods Sect, and obtain the extremely rare Saint Master Realm Pearl, they had to prove it with battle results and strength.
The Mantis Blade Insects here, in addition to Insect Crystals, also had various rare Realm Pearls. Therefore, some Summoners who came here weren't even disciples of the Ten Thousand Gods Sect. They just treated the Immortal City as their base and came here to hunt Zergs to obtain Realm Pearls. The Immortal City welcomed such Summoners very much.
Xia Pingan had been here for an entire day.
When he left the Immortal City the day before yesterday, he flew to Black Wind Canyon with many Summoners. After arriving here, other than a few fixed groups and acquaintances, everyone was fighting for themselves. They were all strangers, and they were all on guard against each other. If they were forced to stay together, no one would feel at ease, so they might as well search for their own opportunities.
Xia Pingan was sitting on a stalagmite more than twenty meters above the ground in the valley. He looked somewhat aloof. He used an illusion to conceal his figure. Ordinary people could only see the stalagmite high above the ground and not him.
Below the stalagmite was a large patch of grayish-white mushrooms. Near the mushrooms, there were a few cracks that led underground. Even in the cracks of the nearby rocks, there were body parts of the Mantis Blade Insects that had been killed. However, those body parts looked like they had been there for a long time.
Xia Pingan didn't look for the Mantis Blade Insects. He just waited here for the Mantis Blade Insects to come to him, just like fishing.
The environment here indicated that there would be Mantis Blade Insects around. It was considered a "nest", so he didn't have to bother looking everywhere. He just had to familiarize himself with the surrounding terrain and wait. This was Xia Pingan's tactic.
In this unfamiliar Black Wind Canyon, it was actually more dangerous to wander around randomly. It was actually wiser to find a familiar place to be his "home ground".
The illusion of Fire Beacon Trick could only make it difficult for other Summoners to discover him, but it was useless against the Mantis Blade Insects. Xia Pingan had already experienced it. As long as a Mantis Blade Insect appeared nearby, it would definitely discover him.
After sitting here for a day, Xia Pingan rested and honed his energy. His entire person's condition was already at its peak.
There was always a reward for waiting …
Just as a blinding ball of fire exploded in the sky hundreds of miles away, Xia Pingan's ears heard a slight creaking sound coming from the underground crevice more than 200 meters away from him. Just by listening to that sound, Xia Pingan's mind imagined a Mantis Blade Insect climbing up from the underground crevice step by step. The Mantis Blade Insect's three pairs of legs were inserted into the crevice of the rock wall like knives. It was climbing up rapidly with an agility that didn't match its size.
The hard and rugged rock wall of the underground crevice was as soft as tofu under the Mantis Blade Insect's legs. With a light stab, the Mantis Blade Insect's legs could silently sink half a foot into the rock wall.
There were also some densely packed holes in the rock wall. Those were the "footprints" left behind by other Mantis Blade Insects. As long as the Mantis Blade Insect behind stepped on these holes, it would be easy for it to climb up.
Seeing that the Mantis Blade Insect was getting closer and closer to the hole, Xia Pingan finally moved. With a leap, he jumped off the stalagmite like a bird and landed directly near the crevice that the Mantis Blade Insect had crawled out from.
The Mantis Blade Insect that had just crawled out of the underground crevice saw Xia Pingan the moment it crawled out of the ground.
The Mantis Blade Insect didn't hesitate. It opened its ferocious mouth full of sharp teeth and stabbed its two sword-like forelimbs toward Xia Pingan's chest like a charging tank.
This was the second Mantis Blade Insect that Xia Pingan had encountered. Compared to the first Mantis Blade Insect, it wasn't inferior at all. Its movements seemed to be even faster. However, Xia Pingan didn't know if it was because his eyesight had improved or because his Soul Power had increased too much, but when he looked at the Mantis Blade Insect that was charging toward him again, he felt that the Mantis Blade Insect's movements were clumsy and slow. He didn't feel that oppressive feeling anymore. Xia Pingan's movements were much faster than this Mantis Blade Insect's.
Xia Pingan's eyes flashed. He didn't cast any spells. The moment the Mantis Blade Insect charged over, he flipped over and landed on the Mantis Blade Insect's back at a speed faster than the Mantis Blade Insect's. Then, Xia Pingan's soul weapon appeared in his hand — the Seven Star Sword Whip.
The sword whip was still in the shape of a giant sword. It was powerful and sharp, flashing with a layer of dim light. The sword body hummed without moving, making a soft buzzing sound as if it was thirsting for blood and battle.
With the long sword in hand, Xia Pingan didn't even think about it. He stabbed the long sword viciously toward the bottom of the Mantis Blade Insect's head.
Puchi …
The Mantis Blade Insect's carapace, which was as hard as alloy armor, seemed to have turned into a thick paper shell at this moment. It was pierced through by Xia Pingan's giant sword almost without any resistance. The giant sword sank about a meter deep into the Mantis Blade Insect's neck, leaving only the thick sword hilt stuck to the Mantis Blade Insect's neck. The tip of the sword, which was as sharp as a snake's tail, directly pierced through the Mantis Blade Insect's neck, dripping with blood.
The Mantis Blade Insect was stunned!
Xia Pingan was stunned as well. He didn't expect his soul weapon to be so terrifying. It only took one sword strike to pierce through the Mantis Blade Insect's hardest carapace.
Not only that, when the giant sword pierced through the Mantis Blade Insect's body, Xia Pingan felt his hands, which were holding the long sword, heat up. Waves of comfortable warmth flowed from the sword hilt into his body, madly replenishing his Qi and blood.
This Seven Star Sword Whip soul weapon could actually absorb the Mantis Blade Insect's life force?
Xia Pingan was delighted.
That Mantis Blade Insect had already gone crazy. It let out a shrill cry and waved its two terrifying front limbs, one on the left and one on the right, towards Xia Pingan's body.
Xia Pingan, who had succeeded in one strike, was invigorated. The fear he had for the Mantis Blade Insect instantly vanished. Seeing the Mantis Blade Insect's two sharp front limbs stabbing towards him, he pulled out his long sword. The long sword struck the Mantis Blade Insect's neck, instantly creating a huge wound that was more than three feet long. The Mantis Blade Insect's green blood spurted out more than five meters high.
Xia Pingan jumped up from the Mantis Blade Insect's back with his sword. He aimed at the joint of one of the Mantis Blade Insect's front limbs and slashed at it.
Another gush of fresh blood spurted out from the Mantis Blade Insect's body. That Mantis Blade Insect's front limb was directly chopped off by Xia Pingan's sword, and it flew more than ten meters away. The attack from the Mantis Blade Insect's other front limb also missed.
"Get down …" Xia Pingan's leaping figure landed fiercely. One of his legs, which was wearing a combat boot, directly stepped on the Mantis Blade Insect's head.
Kacha!
That Mantis Blade Insect's six legs were directly embedded into the rocks on its back under the huge force. The Mantis Blade Insect's huge body and head were also directly stomped onto the ground by Xia Pingan's foot. Soil and rocks flew everywhere.
Before that Mantis Blade Insect could get up again, the huge sword in Xia Pingan's hand once again stabbed into the wound on the Mantis Blade Insect's neck. Xia Pingan pressed on the hilt of the sword as his body flew down from the Mantis Blade Insect's back. The huge sword was like a guillotine as it ruthlessly cut through the other side of the Mantis Blade Insect's neck.
"Boom …"
The rocks under the Mantis Blade Insect's head were instantly smashed into pieces. The huge sword blade transformed from the sword whip directly circled around the Mantis Blade Insect's neck.
The Mantis Blade Insect's ferocious head immediately rolled off …
The Mantis Blade Insect whose head had fallen off did not die instantly. Or rather, it did not realize that it had already died. Its ferocious mouth was still open, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth. It bit towards Xia Pingan's feet.
As for the Mantis Blade Insect's body, it was lying on the ground in an instant. Its six legs were twitching and swinging, and its only remaining forelimb was waving unconsciously.
Where the Mantis Blade Insect's head and neck had been cut off, green blood spurted out violently like water from a pipe, splattering all over the ground.
Xia Pingan lifted his leg and stepped on the Mantis Blade Insect's head into the rocks under his feet. The Mantis Blade Insect's huge body twitched twice before it stopped moving.
Faced with such an outcome, Xia Pingan was stunned for a moment. It was as if he could not believe that he had relied only on the strength of his physical body, completely like a martial artist, to kill a Mantis Blade Insect that had chased him until he pissed his pants a few days ago …
The power of the soul weapon in his hands was completely beyond his imagination.
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