Xue Yunzi went deep into the southwest, passed through several palace walls, gates and corridors, and the surrounding environment gradually lost the neat and solemn style of the palace.
The wide and square road became rugged and winding, and a thin layer of light red silk threads appeared all over the roof of the temple, covering the entire wall like a spider web.
As he went deeper, Xue Yunzi's eyes grew increasingly uneasy. At this point, his spiritual sense seemed to be obscured by a layer of fog, and even when he used it, he couldn't see clearly.
"rustle--"
Suddenly, a slight friction sound was heard in the silence. Xue Yunzi's eyes focused and he immediately approached the sound.
Just after flying a few feet away, a red light suddenly appeared in the darkness.
On the stone wall, a huge disc showed a honeycomb-shaped light, and a dense swarm of blood-red insects suddenly occupied the entire field of vision.
The swarm of insects were as small as mosquitoes and flies, and were countless in number. Their sharp mouthparts rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound.
The moment Xue Yunzi approached, all the insect swarms stopped, and thousands of compound eyes looked at Xue Yunzi, with murderous intent like a tide.
Xue Yunzi's face changed drastically and he turned around and fled without saying a word.
But the sandworm was so fast that it flew behind Xue Yunzi in less than a blink of an eye, easily broke through the shield and pierced his skin.
Xue Yunzi groaned miserably, and a layer of flesh and blood on his back disappeared in an instant, leaving only skin and bones.
"What the hell?!"
He was so horrified that he had no time to get angry. Without saying a word, he threw Xiang Sheng deep into the nest. When the swarm of insects turned around, he turned into a streak of blood and quickly escaped.
Xiang Sheng had been prepared for a long time. His eyes were calm and he immediately took off his bloody clothes as soon as he landed on the ground. He drilled madly into the ground. At the same time, the "Breath Concealment Technique" was running frantically, covering his whole body and concealing his breath.
The ground of the sandworm's nest is not like the bluestone surface of the palace, but sand, which is very soft.
Xiang Sheng gathered all her strength and in less than half a breath, she had drilled her whole body under the ground, startling many sandworms sleeping in the sand. She didn't care about being scared and kept drilling down, taking out the Yuanquan and pouring it into her mouth.
The sandworms flying in the air did not expect that Xiang Sheng would burrow into the ground as if seeking death. The swarm of insects only stayed there for a moment, then flew out of the nest and followed the scent in the direction where Xue Yunzi escaped.
Beneath the surface—
The awakened sandworms quickly followed the blood trails in the sand and chased after them from all directions.
But there are a large number of sandworms sleeping in the sand, and only a few of them have awakened, and their chasing speed is far slower than that of those flying in the air.
Xiang Sheng didn't look back, nor did he think about whether there were sandworms chasing him. He just kept drilling in the sand, getting deeper and deeper.
With the Breath-Concealing Technique in effect, the sandworm could only chase Xiang Sheng by following the blood trail left by him. It was always one step slower, leaving at most shallow wounds on Xiang Sheng's legs before losing track of its prey again.
The two sides chased each other like this for half a minute. After that, Xiang Sheng's injuries improved rapidly, the wounds on his body recovered, and the blood on his body had long been wiped away by the sand.
The bloodstains completely disappeared, and the chasing sandworms suddenly became like headless flies.
Xiang Sheng made a few slight turns in the sand and shook off all the "pursuers".
The feeling of suffocation became more and more severe. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she began to rise towards the ground again.
The closer to the surface, the more sandworms were sleeping in the sand. But this time, no matter how Xiang Sheng moved underground, he couldn't wake them up.
After trying a few times, Xiang Sheng became bolder, quickly climbed to the ground, and carefully revealed his eyes.
I saw the red light around the nest flickering rhythmically, as if the nest itself was sleeping. The nest was also quiet, without the previous "rustling" sound.
After waiting for a while, Xiang Sheng climbed out of the pit and stood up openly, her eyes fixed on the nest in front of her. If there was any movement, she would escape back to the ground.
This time, there was still no movement in the nest.
Xiang Sheng seemed to be thinking about something. He approached a sandworm that was not asleep and waved his hand boldly, but the sandworm remained unmoved.
Could it be that... these sandworms rely on scent to catch their prey, and these eyes are just for decoration?
While she was thinking, Xiang Sheng suddenly heard a buzzing sound coming from outside the nest. She walked to the edge of the nest and immediately saw a ball of red mist flying back.
It’s the group of sandworms chasing Xue Yunzi. Is Xue Yunzi... dead?
Xiang Sheng frowned slightly.
Xue Yunzi must be hating her to death at this moment. If she wasn't dead, wouldn't she be torn into pieces by him immediately if she went out like this?
If he died, there was still Yuan Zhong around, and she would still not be his match.
Xiang Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the rapidly approaching red mist, and suddenly a dangerous idea emerged in his mind.
She took a step to the left and stood sideways at the edge of the nest, her eyes revealing extreme calmness.
Buzz buzz buzz——
A swarm of blood-colored insects flew in and landed everywhere, completely ignoring Xiang Sheng. A few sandworms even hit Xiang Sheng's clothes directly, shook their heads, and flew away again.
His guess was confirmed, and Xiang Sheng became even bolder.
She walked out of the nest, touched the blood ring with her finger, took out a new set of black clothes and put them on.
Then, she bent down, grabbed a handful of stones, and threw them hard into the nest. At the same time, she released the breath-concealing technique, turned around and ran away!
The sandworms that had just returned to their nest were suddenly attacked and immediately became more violent. They gathered into a larger ball of blood mist and chased after it.
The blood mist was so fast that even if Xiang Sheng ran at full speed, in less than a blink of an eye, the blood mist was less than ten feet behind him.
Just as the sandworms stretched out their mouthparts and were about to attack, the breath-concealing technique instantly took effect, and the human figures in their compound eyes disappeared.
The red mist stayed there blankly, buzzing around for a moment, and Xiang Sheng's breath reappeared dozens of feet away.
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