Primordial Star Scripture

This demon wind swept in at an incredible speed!

Upon closer inspection, Ye Chen was startled to find that this demon wind was composed of tiny glowing insects!

God-Devouring Caterpillars.

Ye Chen knew that these little insects were definitely the exotic beasts of this fourth territory—"God-Devouring Caterpillars"!

These God-Devouring Caterpillars flew out from the corpses of the deceased Blood Wing Clan members. It was clear that the nine deceased Blood Wing Clan members were truly killed by the "God-Devouring Caterpillars"!

Ye Chen observed rapidly.

The demon wind composed of countless God-Devouring Caterpillars swept in just as swiftly.

By the time others could barely react, this demon wind had already swept right in front of them.

"Be careful!"

In that fleeting moment, Ye Chen didn't have time to activate the two divine objects, the "Copper Gong" and the "Wooden Hammer." He could only manage to shout this warning, as countless "God-devouring Demon Pests" bit into the protective divine light of everyone present.

A horrifying scene unfolded.

Among the group, two of the weakest members of the "Nine Flames Clan" had their protective divine light bitten through by numerous "God-Devouring Caterpillars." With a buzzing sound, these demon bugs abruptly flew into their bodies.

Subsequently, the two crashed to the ground with a roar, the divine light on their bodies quickly vanishing. In the end, just as the vitality in their bodies disappeared, countless demon insects once again flew out from within them.

In a blink of an eye, two out of Ye Chen's group of seven were killed on the spot.

The way these two died was identical to that of the nine previously deceased Blood Wing Clan members, their faces filled with terror!

And the "God-Devouring Caterpillars" that flew out from their bodies shone even more brightly.

After killing two people, these bugs flew towards others, joining their brethren to attack everyone else!

On Cai Meng'er's side, over ten thousand of the grain-sized "God-Devouring Caterpillars" were swarming and gnawing at her.

Originally, Cai Meng'er's defensive power wasn't even stronger than those two who died. If not for Ye Chen's "Star Blue Divine Garment" for defense, she would likely already be a corpse!

Fortunately, the "Star Blue Divine Garment," refined from countless divine objects, boasted extraordinarily powerful defense, so strong that even "God-Devouring Caterpillars," which could destroy the divine body, divine power, and divine soul of an upper immortal divine venerable, couldn't break through its defenses at all.

Every time the "Star Blue Divine Garment" gently shook, it would shake off tens of thousands of "God-Devouring Caterpillars."

In her immense panic, Cai Meng'er remained unharmed.

But the other members of the Nine Flames Clan were chilled to the bone!

They witnessed their two companions die before their eyes, and the manner of their deaths was terrifying. This plunged them into the ultimate horror!

What froze them even more was the realization that, although their defenses had not yet been penetrated by the "God-Devouring Caterpillars," their protective divine light was growing weaker.

If things continued this way, they would all eventually die at the hands of the "God-Devouring Caterpillars."

Just when they were about to scream in horror, they noticed a series of incredibly divine celestial lights targeting the "God-Devouring Caterpillars" gnawing at them.

Each streak of celestial light left in its wake the carcasses of "God-Devouring Caterpillars" falling to the ground, and upon those carcasses flickered a strange gray flame that burned them into the void.

After several dozen breaths, the over hundred thousand grain-sized "God-Devouring Caterpillars" attacking Cai Meng'er and the other three members of the Nine Flames Clan were all slain!

Cai Meng'er and the surviving three looked towards the source of the stellar light, and saw that it was none other than Ye Chen who had rescued them!

Although Ye Chen hadn't initially had time to activate the "Copper Gong" and "Wooden Hammer" to restrict these "God-Devouring Caterpillars," by activating the stellar power from the fifth layer of the Stars Tower and executing the Origin Slash, he was still able to rapidly kill all those "God-Devouring Caterpillars!"

Regrettably, two people still perished.

"Ye Chen."

"Ye Chen!"

Escaping death, the remaining few flew to Ye Chen's side, still in shock.

Seeing the bodies of their fallen companions nearby, all their eyes turned red: "Daoist Ning Mang and Daoist Chi Lian have fallen!"

This was the first time, since they'd ventured into the "Ancient Forbidden Grounds," that companions beside them had fallen, and it was in such a manner. This was a profound shock to them.

"Ye Chen, what should we do? After these 'God-Devouring Caterpillars' died, no 'beast spirit' appeared, which means we haven't completed the task to obtain the 'God-Devouring Caterpillar' beast spirit. That means there are still 'God-Devouring Caterpillars' here!"

Thinking of this, chills ran through their bodies.

They encountered only a small swarm of "God-Devouring Caterpillars," yet nine Blood Wing Clan members and two of their companions died thereafter.

If they encounter more "God-Devouring Caterpillars," they cannot imagine the consequences.

Ye Chen's expression turned exceedingly solemn: "This fourth territory might not be as easy to traverse."

"Not only are these 'God-Devouring Caterpillars' extremely fast, but it's impossible to prepare in advance against them, you can only rely on personal defense to resist their bites."

"What's even more terrifying is, I discovered that the more these 'God-Devouring Caterpillars' devour the divine body, divine power, and divine soul within a Martial Artist, the brighter their bodies shine. Precisely because they shine, we can clearly see them."

"It's very likely that these 'Divine Devouring Moths' are inherently 'invisible entities'. If they've never devoured a Martial Artist's divine power, they might be undetectable. In that case, encountering these 'Divine Devouring Moths' would be even more dangerous!"

Ye Chen's words made the remaining few shiver in mind and spirit.

They were already struggling to fend off the visible 'Divine Devouring Moths'. If they truly couldn't see the original forms of the 'Divine Devouring Moths', it would be even more perilous. If they were careless, the 'Divine Devouring Moths' might drill into their bodies.

The consequences of being infiltrated by the 'Divine Devouring Moths' were dire, as they had witnessed. It would devour all of their Divine Body, Divine Power, and Divine Soul!

"What should we do?!"

"Ye Chen, what should we do?!"

The few asked Ye Chen anxiously.

Ye Chen fell silent.

If he could detect these 'Divine Devouring Moths' earlier, he would have already activated his means to annihilate them promptly.

However, the earlier deaths of the two from the Nine Flames Clan had made Ye Chen realize that this fourth type of Exotic Beast, the 'Divine Devouring Moths', was not so easily dealt with. While he had the power to protect himself, he couldn't be certain of saving others in the blink of an eye from the sudden attacks by the 'Divine Devouring Moths'.

"Here's the thing." Ye Chen thought for a moment and then spoke up, "We've come this far. Everyone should see by now that obtaining the 'Unsurpassed Divine Fire' from that ancient temple is no easy feat. It's very likely that everyone might return empty-handed, or worse, die on the path through the nine domains."

"If you're not absolutely confident in advancing, it's best to leave the adventuring area quickly and head to a safe area."

Upon entering the 'Heavenly Ancient Forbidden Land', the ancient stele that everyone encountered made it clear that advancing would involve facing attacks by nine types of Exotic Beasts in nine domains.

If they were not confident in their exploration, they could activate the 'Ancient Heavenly Cauldron Order' in their possession. The 'Ancient Heavenly Cauldron Order' would instantly teleport them to a safe area, and when the 'Heavenly Ancient Forbidden Land' closed, those in the safe area would be automatically transported out.

At this moment, Ye Chen prompted the few from the Nine Flames Clan beside him to begin making their choice.

The few hesitated.

To leave just like that, they were not willing.

In past visits to the 'Heavenly Ancient Forbidden Land', with the care of nine-star Sovereigns, they might have obtained one or two Divine Objects.

This time, the abnormal changes in the 'Heavenly Ancient Forbidden Land' were entirely different from previous explorations.

Having come this far, they hadn't obtained any useful Divine Objects, so leaving like this would mean missing out on this opportunity in the 'Heavenly Ancient Forbidden Land'.

Of course, they were unwilling to give up.

However, the thought of continuing to venture filled them with immense fear.

Even at the fourth domain, the danger was already so grave, and they had no idea how much further they could go.

Finally, an Upper Immortal Divine Venerable cautiously spoke to Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, just now we managed to hold off the 'Divine Devouring Moths' for a moment, thanks to your assistance. We managed to escape the crisis."

"This shows we have a brief moment of resistance against the 'Divine Devouring Moths'.

"How about... you lead us a little further, giving us a hand when it matters? Once we truly can't manage or if we find one or two Divine Objects, we'll immediately withdraw."

Ye Chen glanced at the other two members of the Nine Flames Clan, who were also looking at him and nodded with some anticipation.

Looking at their expressions, Ye Chen knew they were not willing to leave just like that.

Ye Chen then looked at Cai Meng'er, who seemed to be entirely willing to follow Ye Chen's arrangements.

"Alright, since everyone isn't ready to leave yet, let's keep moving."

"However, let me say this up front: if you're attacked by the 'Divine Devouring Moths' and I can't assist on time, should you be killed, don't blame me," Ye Chen warned.

Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, the remaining few changed their expressions, but eventually, they all nodded.

"If we truly die here, it's due to our greed, and we definitely won't blame Ye Chen," they said.

Ye Chen sighed inwardly.

Ye Chen's party originally had seven members, with two having perished, leaving five.

The five continued on their journey.

Ye Chen looked around the plaza, where many had perished. He noticed that the surroundings of the plaza were filled with numerous ruined temples.

After searching several temples and finding nothing unusual, Ye Chen approached the tallest ruined temple near the plaza.

As soon as they neared the ruined temple, dozens of gusts of fierce wind suddenly blew towards them.

They could only feel the blowing winds but saw nothing within them. Nevertheless, Ye Chen's expression changed drastically.

Because, at this moment, an Upper Immortal Divine Venerable by his side had his protective divine light torn apart by the winds, and he fell to the ground, screaming.

Ye Chen knew these fierce winds were definitely composed of the 'God-devouring Demon Pest'!

Moreover, this time, there were dozens of times more 'Divine Devouring Moths' than they had previously encountered!

And these 'Divine Devouring Moths', having not yet devoured anyone else's Divine Body Power, were completely invisible and moved even faster than those Ye Chen had killed before!