Chapter 231: Chapter 231: Third Layer of the Insect Nest
Jiang Kai hadn't walked far when he felt the hostility of the Fearless.
The Fearless had a function to record the current map, but its map was a flat plane, and at this time, Jiang Kai's movement path had already become a tangled mess of lines, making it completely unreadable.
If it weren't for the fact that this wristwatch was bought by his big brother and Yingzi pooling money together, and he even made a great contribution last time by discovering a personal secret realm, Jiang Kai would have already replaced it.
Seeing that the Fearless couldn't provide location services, Jiang Kai simply turned off the map recording function.
"This tunnel seems to be going even deeper. Could the insect nest have a third layer?" Jiang Kai mused.
Speaking of which, when he killed the Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts above, he didn't even encounter a single elite, which was indeed a bit strange.
Maybe the more powerful Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts live deeper down.
After floating about forty to fifty meters, the tunnel led to an underground cavern.
This cavern was extremely large, and its height reached seventy to eighty meters. The surrounding walls exposed various yellow rock surfaces, perhaps it was precisely these solid rocks that could support such a grand underground cavern!
In the center of the cavern, a giant Gold-Swallowing Insect Beast was curled up in a pit at the center. Its fat body was coiled into a ball, and its head was covered with thick flesh lumps, slightly bulging, looking somewhat disgusting.
"This guy is as big as three 20-year ordinary Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts. An elite couldn't possibly be this big. Could it be… a War General!" Jiang Kai's eyes widened.
From Jiang Kai's experience of hunting so many War General level beasts, this guy enjoying such a vast space alone probably wasn't just elite level.
But strangely, Jiang Kai didn't find any treasure chests.
"Could the treasure all be in its stomach sac…" Jiang Kai couldn't help but feel nauseated, "Forget it, as long as there's treasure, stomach washing isn't unacceptable."
That giant insect didn't seem to notice Jiang Kai's presence and was curled up resting.
Jiang Kai wasn't in a hurry to strike. He observed his surroundings. Upon looking around, he broke out in a cold sweat.
The rock walls around were full of many small holes… these small holes actually weren't that small, and upon closer inspection, one could see that they were likely left by other Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts.
And among them were four or five passageways whose diameter was twice as large as the others.
"Could be left by elite-level ones."
Anyway, these bugs didn't have treasure chests, so Jiang Kai didn't need to go to elite nests to look for chests. He just needed to get their stomach sacs.
Taking a deep breath, "It stinks too much here, better kill it quickly."
"War Generals have several skills. Best to catch it off guard and kill it, to avoid trouble."
Thinking of this, Jiang Kai directly landed in front of the giant insect and used Purple Lightning Phantom Light to knock the ground.
After three or four knocks, the giant insect in front suddenly rustled and opened hundreds of eyes.
Turns out the fleshy lumps on top of its head were its eyelids. At this moment, when all its eyes opened, Jiang Kai even felt a wave of nausea.
"Zhuzi, it's really a pity you're not here!"
The giant insect, upon discovering an intruder, didn't even think and immediately opened its mouth. The huge oral cavity was like a black hole, lunging at Jiang Kai.
Strangely, this guy didn't activate any skills!
Jiang Kai was overjoyed — as long as he got swallowed, even a Commander level would die!
...
Wang Fu led more than a hundred people, quickly heading to the incident site.
Two hours later, they arrived at the destination, and at this moment, they were stunned by the scene before them.
Within a radius of several dozen square meters, the entire ground had collapsed seven or eight meters down, forming a huge pit.
"What's going on?" Wang Fu showed a surprised expression, "Even if someone accidentally entered the insect nest, it's impossible to cause such massive destruction!"
A soldier said, "This should be the insect nest below. Normally, as soon as we approach, those bugs attack us, but this time they didn't come out…"
Wang Fu frowned deeply, thought for a moment, and said, "No matter, let's go down and take a look. Maybe we'll have a chance to investigate the insect nest's information!"
After speaking, Wang Fu led the team and jumped into the deep pit.
Wang Fu took out a jade pendant, prepared for a moment, and shouted in a low voice, "Earth Spirit, Open the Mountain!"
That jade emitted a faint yellow light, then quickly sank into the ground.
Before long, with a loud boom, the ground cracked, creating a crevice about two meters wide.
Wang Fu drew a large knife and said to those behind him, "I'll open the path, follow closely!"
Half an hour later, Lü Feng led the main force to the site.
They were equally shocked by the scene before them.
"Captain, Old Wang and the others should have gone down, there's a crevice over there." A tall, beautiful woman pointed at the thick crack on the ground.
Soon, Wang Fu and the others sprang out from the ground.
Lü Feng and the others immediately went forward, "How is it?"
Wang Fu brushed the dirt off his body, then looked at Lü Feng with a confused face, "There's indeed an insect nest below. We found traces of battle, many tunnels were destroyed, but strangely, we didn't encounter a single Gold-Swallowing Insect Beast!"
Lü Feng didn't show much surprise, "We didn't see any Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts either on our way here. That means someone killed them all in the nest?"
"That's impossible…" Wang Fu said in surprise, "Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts have extremely strong defenses. Killing them on the surface is already very difficult, let alone in their nest."
"Once intruders enter their nest, the number of bugs is hair-raising. When we first entered the nest, so many experts nearly got wiped out."
Lü Feng frowned tightly, "I know that, but if not, then there's no way to explain the current situation."
"The insect nest was destroyed like this, but where are the bugs? Not a single one in sight!"
Wang Fu pondered hard for a long time but couldn't think of another explanation. He could only sigh, "Could it be that one of the Ten Great War Gods of Huaxia came?"
"Impossible, they're not in this area." Lü Feng said firmly, "Who exactly did this…"
"Let's not think too much. Let's use this chance to thoroughly explore this insect nest!"
Just as Lü Feng finished speaking, the ground suddenly collapsed again.
This time, the collapse was even more exaggerated than before, with an even larger area of the ground sinking violently. The area under their feet directly collapsed dozens of meters!
"What's going on!" Lü Feng shouted, "This insect nest is abnormal! It might cover the entire map!"
"Get up! This place is going to completely collapse! Everyone, leave the epicenter!"
At the border sentry of Taiping Mountain, many soldiers personally saw a huge section of forest in the distance directly collapse!
"Oh my God, what's happening over there?"
"No idea… Is the map boss launching a siege?"
"This is serious, report to the higher-ups, quick!"
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After Jiang Kai successfully lured and killed the War General-level Gold-Swallowing Insect Beast, countless Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts swarmed in through those tunnels!
Not only that, more Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts opened new passageways. The entire underground cavern was like being filled with formation points, and countless Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts surged toward Jiang Kai.
"Damn, this, this many!" Jiang Kai's eyes widened, "No good, why are there so many bugs!"
The divine might aura's flames danced quickly in the cave. Even though Jiang Kai fought desperately, the insect tide was endless — the more he killed, the more came!
A Gold-Swallowing Insect Beast clearly larger than other elites swallowed Jiang Kai in one bite.
Jiang Kai originally thought the ignition could kill it, but when the fire ring touched the inner wall of its mouth, it turned out it had formed a layer of rocky armor on its mouth's inner wall!
This guy's defense could extend inside its body!
Fortunately, Jiang Kai was in ghost mode and directly passed through its body to escape.
But before he could stabilize himself, a Gold-Swallowing Insect Beast in the distance opened its mouth and released a strong whirlwind.
Jiang Kai was rapidly pulled toward it.
In ghost mode, his resistance to such suction was far inferior to before.
As he was being rapidly pulled, Jiang Kai felt like his body was going to be torn apart!
"This is bad, these elites each have their own abilities, and some already possess skills that threaten me!" Jiang Kai seized the right moment and directly shot the King Yama bomb into the elite's mouth.
However, more and more bugs surged from all directions. The dome had already started collapsing. If Jiang Kai got buried, he might not have enough time to deal with the Gold-Swallowing Insect Beasts suddenly jumping him.
"Gotta run fast!" Jiang Kai had realized the danger and was about to flee upward.
Suddenly, a gigantic body smashed through the entire cave wall!
Its head burst through the earth, and Jiang Kai was almost scared out of his wits!
That thing's massive jaws were like a black hole — thirty meters in diameter!
"King level!" Jiang Kai's eyes widened round, "Now I've really poked a hornet's nest!"
It opened its mouth, pressing down from above. That massive body, like a giant dragon, stirred the entire cavern into chaos!
Jiang Kai didn't dare to try passing through the king-level Insect King's body and quickly turned around, madly escaping underground.
However, Jiang Kai could burrow — and so could the Insect King, and it was faster!
In just a few seconds, the Insect King swallowed Jiang Kai in one bite…
The whole world finally went quiet.
However, after more than ten seconds, a ghostly figure emerged from deep underground.
Jiang Kai panted, terrified. Luckily he used Fraud Substitute to trick the Insect King, otherwise he would've died here for sure.
But now Jiang Kai didn't dare run around. Who knew if the Insect King was still above his head?
Better to lay low for now.
During the descent, Jiang Kai unexpectedly found another passageway.
"Hm? There's another tunnel here?"
"Third layer of the insect nest?" Jiang Kai thought, "That Insect King just chased me… if below is its nest, could there be treasure?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Kai, who had intended to hide and play it safe, felt stirred into action again.
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