"Then let's go take a look!" Hua Chenglu said with curiosity and excitement.
"What, you're not afraid anymore?" Li Qingshan asked in confusion.
"Hehe, don't I have you?" Hua Chenglu grinned. Her teeth were like shellfish, and her nose wrinkled. She seemed rather childish, which made people want to pinch her cheeks.
Li Qingshan thought about the time he met her by chance. Back then, she seemed to only be thirteen or fourteen years old. She ran away from home and even used a mechanical ship to flatten the Island of Cherishing Flowers. She could be regarded as quite adventurous. As if he thought of something, he suddenly smiled.
"Oi, what are you smiling for?" Hua Chenglu felt uneasy under his gaze.
"I remember when we first met. Compared to you, you were much more serious back then." Li Qingshan waved his hand with a smile, and a cloud rose up from beneath his feet, lifting them up.
"I've always been like this. Ah!"
With a swish, the cloud shot through the air, leaving behind a long trail.
Hua Chenglu cried out. The fierce wind blew over, and she charged headfirst into the darkness. She grabbed Li Qingshan's hand before letting go in a hurry. Her cry turned into a soft cheer.
Before long, the view before them suddenly widened. They had arrived in a huge cavern. Daemon qi filled the entire cavern, and there was a deafening crunch. Li Qingshan now knew that it was the sound of chewing.
A huge, white burrowing mite wriggled about as it munched away at the banyan tree.
The tremendous daemon qi made it rather difficult for Hua Chenglu to breathe. A faint, blue barrier of light enveloped her. Just Now, she let out a sigh of relief and cast a grateful glance at Li Qingshan.
"This tree sure is unlucky. It's being eaten by insects, and now it's being entangled by vines."
"Yeah, it really is unlucky, but what can we do?"
Li Qingshan's eyes narrowed, and his body tensed up, as he did not say that, nor did it come from the strange insect before him. It rang out from everywhere at the same time, echoing through the space. The voice was ancient and aged.
Li Qingshan quickly calmed down and cupped his hands. "I'm Li Qingshan. Who are you? Why don't you come out and meet me!"
The burrowing mite that was focused on eating the wood was also startled. It suddenly turned around. In fact, its head and tail looked almost the same. Only its ferocious mouthparts could be used as a basis for judgment. It kept opening and closing, dripping transparent saliva.
A primal and cold murderous aura swept towards Li Qingshan. The burrowing mite's body shrank rapidly, a sign that it was about to attack.
Li Qingshan had already made his judgment when he saw the burrowing mite.
It was a Demonic General, a carapace-type Demonic General that was rather difficult to deal with. Yet, it only reacted after hearing Zhang Xuan's words, which meant that its senses were very weak and its intelligence was very low. Even though it had survived a Heavenly Tribulation, it probably didn't even know how to shapeshift. Thus, Zhang Xuan didn't think too much of it.
The burrowing mite's shrunken body suddenly extended, and a thick, green liquid shot out from its mouthparts.
A wall of water rose up out of nowhere, blocking the green liquid like a dam. However, it corroded away a huge hole in the blink of an eye. However, with the obstruction, the green liquid became a spent force. It landed on the ground and kicked up a cloud of white smoke filled with a sour smell.
Li Qingshan said, "No wonder it can eat such tough wood!"
Seeing how the acid was useless, the burrowing mite directly charged over. Who knew how many legs it had moved together, like a charging train.
Hua Chenglu felt like the huge insect had arrived before her in the blink of an eye. Before she could react at all, she felt her waist tighten. She leapt over the burrowing mite's colossal body before landing safely on the ground.
Li Qingshan rested the Traitorous Demon sword on his shoulder and looked back. Carapace-Type daemons truly were very powerful in terms of physical strength. At such a close distance, a simple charge was probably something that most Foundation Establishment cultivators would not be able to react to.
The burrowing mite missed and came to a sudden halt. A thin crack appeared in the centre of its colossal body, rapidly expanding from head to tail.
Faced with an attack riddled with openings, Li Qingshan did not even use his Evil Eye. He only swung his sword casually and cut it in half.
However, the burrowing mite's daemon qi did not vanish. It did not even decrease by much. The cut did not flow out. Instead, it rapidly grew until it healed, turning into two smaller burrowing mite that turned around and charged over.
"What a powerful life force!" Hua Chenglu said in surprise.
"Interesting. This must be its second innate ability!" Li Qingshan lowered his head and smiled at Hua Chenglu in his arms. "Didn't you not see it clearly earlier? I'll let you see it clearly this time! Let's see how much it can split apart. "
Before Hua Chenglu could even reply, her body began to move with him. Her vision blurred. All she saw was the dance of the sword, leaving behind sharp slashes in her vision that lingered for a very long time.
The colossal burrowing mite was constantly split into four, then eight, and they surged over with their mouths opening and closing. In the blink of an eye, who knew how many burrowing mite there were around him, turning him into a sea of insects. Every single one of them was the size of a wild boar. They constantly wriggled about, still charging over tirelessly.
After refining the new Three Absolutes Calligraphy, Li Qingshan gained a new understanding of the path of the sword within it. Perhaps it was because of his constant cultivation, but his ability to comprehend was much better than before. He could use the burrowing mite to practice his sword style. He planned on massacring Si Qing's lackeys once he left this place.
Every single swing of his sword contained countless variations. It could be heavy and forceful, or light and graceful, but it all merged into one, concealing everything. The burrowing mite that did not know how to dodge was the best target.
With Hua Chenglu in his arms, he advanced and retreated through the surging sea of insects like he was taking a leisurely stroll. He was at ease, constantly splitting apart the sea of insects. At this moment, his eyes suddenly narrowed. He saw a burrowing mite the size of a porcupine rapidly fleeing towards the cave.
"Insects actually know how to flee. Looks like survival is the instinct of all creatures!"
Azure-blue light surged from Li Qingshan's body, and he suddenly charged out of the sea of insects. He grabbed the burrowing mite and crushed it forcefully, but it did not explode. Instead, it split into even smaller burrowing mite.
The countless burrowing mite behind him seemed to be alarmed at the same time. They all lunged over, exploding into balls of acid in the air with a series of bangs.
Li Qingshan placed down Hua Chenglu and the Traitorous Demon sword and pushed backwards with his left hand without even looking back. At the same time, he grabbed a ping-pong ball-sized burrowing mite with his right hand. With a gentle squeeze, a milky-white daemon core appeared. It constantly trembled, wanting to fly away.
Li Qingshan used the power of the spirit turtle and immediately suppressed it, tossing it into his hundred treasures pouch. The thousands of burrowing mite dispersed, and the ancient voice rang out once more.
"Oh my, don't let them escape. They're going to keep gnawing at us!"
Li Qingshan thought of something. With a wave of his hand, a stream of water flew out, splitting into thousands of water streams and pinning all the burrowing mite on the spot.
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