"Crackling!" The body of the evil spirit insect was as fragile as ceramic, shattering into pieces when cut by a blade, leaving only a void inside, with wisps of dark aura floating around.
As the two giants battled, three smaller creatures stood together watching, excitedly discussing something. Beibei was the most outrageous, occasionally using her golden sword image to attack the evil spirit insect.
The Shura statue clearly had the upper hand. After a fierce brawl, the evil spirit insect's body was mostly destroyed, leaving a pile of black armor shards on the ground, with only a quarter of its body remaining below the head.
"Wuwu!" Dragging its broken body, the evil spirit insect flew into the air, emitting a sound from its mouth. Surprisingly, the black armor shards on the ground quickly vanished, turning into wisps of black mist that the evil spirit insect consumed. Its broken body rapidly regenerated, returning to its original state in the blink of an eye.
"Ah! How did the big bug revert?" Higanbana exclaimed in surprise.
"So powerful meow! Bug filled up its health again!"
"...” Kawaii Umbrella remained silent, but her scrutinizing gaze revealed she was contemplating something.
"The big one is stronger than the big bug, keep attacking it!" Higanbana clenched her fist, indignantly commanding.
"Roar!" It seemed the Shura statue was influenced by its master's emotions and roared while raising the war spear in its hand.
Shura Flash! A flash of bloodlight sparkled on the raised war spear, swiftly shooting out like lightning across the sky, piercing through the evil spirit insect's head.
"Crackling!" The evil spirit insect's head shattered and fell, but quickly regenerated as if time had reversed.
"So annoying! Why can't the big bug die?" Complained Higanbana, pouting.
"The big bug is so cool!" Beibei, looking puzzled, stared at the evil spirit insect with admiration for its ability.
"The big one isn't slacking off, hit it hard!" Higanbana ordered the Shura statue impatiently.
"Roar!" The Shura statue's roaring voice seemed changed, as if feeling quite helpless. It questioned the point of going all out against an opponent that could regenerate. Hadn't it already been working hard enough?
"Wuwu!" The evil spirit insect ceased the physical brawl with the Shura statue and gathered many dark auras in its mouth, preparing a different attack.
"Shura Slash!" Stimulated by Higanbana once again, the Shura statue merged its swords into one, a flash of swordlight passing through and stopping the dark energy aggregation of the evil spirit insect.
Although its body was now in two parts, the evil spirit insect remained alive. Its shattered body fragments turned into black mist, ready to coalesce once more. However, at that moment, a dark shadow swiftly appeared from the side, snatching something from the broken body of the evil spirit insect. The reformed evil spirit insect instantly shattered completely, disappearing without a trace.
The black shadow was controlled by the puppet under Kawaii Umbrella’s command, holding in its hand a black aura the size of a child's head. This was the core of the evil spirit insect, its sole weakness.
The structure of the evil spirit insect's body was unique, relying on consuming matter to solidify its surface. No matter how damaged, it could not be fatally injured. Only by taking away its core, the evil spirit insect would self-destruct!
"Wow! Little Umbrella is amazing! It defeated the big bug in one shot!" Bi'an Hua happily hugged Little Umbrella, who was one size smaller than her, then Beibei hugged both of them and rubbed their faces with hers to celebrate their victory.
The evil spirit worm was just a small episode, a weak creature that could be easily killed with one blow by Bexia once its weakness was known. But just to satisfy the playful nature of the three little ones, Bexia let them handle it.
The core of the evil spirit worm became Bi'an Hua's spoils of war, but after playing with it for a while, she lost interest and it became a treasure in Beibei's treasure trove.
After leaving the Demon Soul Forest, Bexia and the others proceeded forward. Apart from a few unlucky souls they had encountered before leaving, they seemed to have not run into any other cultivators. It was unclear whether the Ancient God Battlefield was too vast or if they were among the first to enter, resulting in fewer encounters.
Within the Ancient God Battlefield, time had no concept, and the group did not know how long they had traveled. Along the way, they encountered many divine and demonic souls of varying strengths. They also found other Demon Soul Forests, and collected some decent divine medicines along the way...
"Big Brother, wait a moment…" Luo Ningxian suddenly spoke as they walked.
"What's wrong?!" Bexia asked, turning back.
"It seems that the Luo Book is showing some reaction!" Luo Ningxian said, taking out a half of the Luo Book. Unlike before, this time the Luo Book emitted a faint glow when taken out.
"A reaction! Can you sense the location of the other half?" Bexia was also pleasantly surprised, as their main goals upon entering were to find the Luo Book and the Soul-Nourishing Wood.
"The reaction is very weak. Let me try adding the River Chart..." Luo Ningxian reached out with her other hand and summoned the River Chart.
For some reason, before activating the River Chart, intense reactions occurred with continuous flashes and tremors of light!
