Chapter 182: Chapter 160: Encounter and Kill
Inside his mind, in his Spiritual World, his Spiritual Power was being rapidly consumed.
Spiritual Power Talent—Spiritual Surge!
"Twenty meters..."
Not far away, the gravel on the ground began to vibrate.
"Now! Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, kill!"
Han Ning’s eyes snapped open. A glint of cyan light flashed across his pupils.
At the same time, the Spiritual Energy auras around Yin Yi and Egg Pancake flared violently.
"SKREEEAR!"
Egg Pancake’s eyes were filled with madness as it let out a low, deep growl.
Its tense limbs suddenly launched it into the air. In an instant, it shot forward like a bolt of lightning. It swung its long tail in mid-air, crashing down on the Fierce Fire Mantis like a heavy tank.
BOOM!
A dull thud of impact resounded.
Caught completely off guard, the Fierce Fire Mantis took the full force of Egg Pancake’s heavy tail whip. It let out a muffled grunt and stumbled backward.
Egg Pancake stabilized itself and landed nimbly.
It immediately opened its mouth, and a long, mud-slicked tongue shot out like a cannonball, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound.
SPLAT!
The tongue pierced the Fierce Fire Mantis’s relatively soft abdomen, and thick mud surged through the tongue into its body.
In an instant, large amounts of mud gushed from the Fierce Fire Mantis’s body. It trembled uncontrollably, as if under immense gravity.
The flames burning on its body were suddenly streaked with strange black smoke. Like a fire doused by water, they sputtered a few times and went out completely.
"Good. They haven’t formed up yet. Attack their Beast Master!" Han Ning gripped his Silver Scale tightly, his eyes wide, his face visibly pale.
Meanwhile, Yin Yi took advantage of the moment Egg Pancake drew everyone’s attention. It darted out from a dark corner and unleashed the Cyan Wood Radiance it had been storing, firing it directly at the three Insect-men in the rear!
BOOM!!
Surging Wood Type Particles spun at high speed around the beam, making even the air it passed through tremble slightly!
"HISS!"
The form of the Cyan Wood Radiance was reflected in the three Insect-men’s enormous pupils.
At almost the same instant, the three Burning Fire Moths that had been bathing in lava flapped into the air. A vortex of crimson flame gathered before them, forming three giant, burning fire moths that actually managed to block the Cyan Wood Radiance completely.
On the other side, Egg Pancake, boosted by Spiritual Surge and the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, had transformed into a terrifying Giant Beast. It swelled to over six meters tall, its forelimbs a pair of claws wreathed in roaring flames, simultaneously blocking the attacks of the Heavy Rock Moth and the Fire-Swallowing Insect.
Then, a series of dull heartbeats suddenly echoed from within Egg Pancake’s body.
"THUMP, THUMP-THUMP, THUMP!"
In an instant, all the Insect-men and their Soul Beasts felt their hearts seize, their blood flow coming to a sudden halt.
"Hmph!"
The three Insect-men grunted, their bodies swaying.
Just then, three spheres of electricity shimmering with magenta light shot out from a nearby shadow. They flew at an extraordinary speed, hurtling toward the three Insect-men’s heads.
The electric spheres streaked through the dim cavern. Before anyone could react, they flew past the Heavy Rock Moth, the Fire-Swallowing Insect, and the three Burning Fire Moths battling Yin Yi, landing a precise hit on the head of the female Insect-man in the rear.
In that moment, her head exploded like a watermelon. The electric sphere shattered, transforming into a roiling current that instantly electrocuted the female Insect-man, turning her into a motionless, charred corpse.
"AHH!!"
A terrified scream echoed through the cavern.
The other two Insect-men were more alert. They quickly ducked behind their Soul Beasts and hastily pulled out two instruments resembling xuns, and began to play.
"Wooooo~"
A strange melody echoed through the cavern, carrying far into the distance.
Immediately after, the faint sound of crawling could be heard from the nearby caves.
At the same time, the Fire-Swallowing Insect in front of them coiled up, its crimson compound eyes glowing with fiery light.
A bowl-shaped, blazing Fire Shield spread out, blocking the two remaining incoming electric spheres.
’In a wild battle, always attack the enemy Beast Master first!’
Only then did the two Soul Beasts at the side react, both moving to shield their Beast Master. However, their path was blocked by a muscular, knotted figure.
Surging Blood Qi and strange black smoke coiled around their bodies, directly suppressing and sealing their ability to sense Spiritual Energy.
Egg Pancake’s figure flashed again.
A strong gust of wind swept past. The Fierce Fire Mantis took heavy steps, desperately circulating its Spiritual Energy to counteract the negative effects of the Dark Seal. It flung out arcs of flaming blade light, trying to use its own body to withstand the powerful enemy’s assault.
At this moment, Egg Pancake was empowered by Han Ning’s Spiritual Surge and the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm’s Blood Qi Burst. The Spiritual Light on its body pulsed violently, and its intensely surging Blood Qi formed the phantom of a ferocious Giant Beast, looking down on all living things below.
The two beasts opposite had just used their Soul Techniques when a red shadow suddenly leaped before them.
Egg Pancake swatted away the Flaming Blade Light as if it were a fly. Then, moving with incredible agility in the tight space, it shifted to the Heavy Rock Moth’s side.
Its tail whipped out, striking the Heavy Rock Moth square in the face.
BANG!
The Heavy Rock Moth couldn’t withstand the force and was sent flying backward.
Facing the Fire Shield, Egg Pancake opened its mouth again.
WHOOSH!
In just half a second, three Mud Missiles, each the size of a basketball, rapidly expanded in the air to a three-meter diameter. Trailing pale yellow flames, they struck the Flame Shield one after another with perfect accuracy.
CRACK~
The Fire Shield offered almost no resistance and shattered instantly. The momentum of the giant projectiles carried them forward unabated, striking the Fire-Swallowing Insect behind it.
The aftershock of the explosion even knocked the two Insect-men hiding nearby to the ground.
SPLAT! SPLAT!
In just one or two exchanges, Egg Pancake had beaten back the three Soul Beasts. Its terrifying Blood Qi fluctuations and Dark Seal ability brutally suppressed their powers, leaving them unable to move.
Its long tongue shot out, and two more sounds like bursting watermelons followed.
In just a few seconds.
All three Insect-men were decapitated.
"Yin Yi, Egg Pancake, finish off the remaining Soul Beasts, quick! I’m... about to collapse."
Han Ning grunted, his face deathly pale, as he sent the warning via a Spiritual Power message.
He had never tried to empower two Soul Beasts at once before. Even with his Tier One Spiritual Power, it was proving too much to handle.
"CHEE CHEE!"
Egg Pancake nodded repeatedly. The three Electric Fire Cannon Insects beside it simultaneously fired three electric spheres, hitting the immobilized Fierce Fire Mantis and Fire-Swallowing Insect.
Using the electric spheres’ brief paralyzing effect, Egg Pancake extended its two thick forelimbs and struck the Fierce Fire Mantis’s head in a lightning-fast flurry.
"SKREEE-HISS!"
The Fierce Fire Mantis let out a painful wail. A large hole had appeared on its red, triangular head. It was clearly not going to survive.
Dealing with the next one in the same fashion, Egg Pancake grabbed the Fire-Swallowing Insect’s relatively slender body with its claws. It gripped the head with its left claw and the tail with its right, and pulled hard.
A shower of blood sprayed everywhere.
Having dealt with the two Soul Beasts, the Heavy Rock Moth at the back finally broke free from the Blood Qi and Dark Seal.
Just as it staggered into the air, it suddenly saw a ghostly, blood-red shadow pouncing toward it.
BANG!
The Heavy Rock Moth’s vision went black. The next moment, a fist the size of a millstone rapidly grew larger before its eyes.
A single iron fist arrived first, followed by a dense curtain of punches like a violent storm.
Egg Pancake clenched its claws into fists and, with all its might, unleashed a torrent of punches onto the Heavy Rock Moth’s head.
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
The Heavy Rock Moth’s head was beaten to a pulp. The high-density rock beneath it was even dented a few centimeters deep. It was completely still.
Meanwhile, Yin Yi was still battling the three most powerful Burning Fire Moths.
Each of these three Burning Fire Moths was at least Extraordinary III or higher. When together, their flames could stack on top of each other. For a time, even Yin Yi, empowered by Spiritual Surge, could only barely suppress them.
’Fire seems to have a suppressive effect on Wood Type Energy.’
The blood-red Giant Beast phantom above Egg Pancake’s head let out a silent roar at one of the Burning Fire Moths. Egg Pancake leaped up, its thick tail sweeping out like a steel whip, sending that Burning Fire Moth flying backward.
With Egg Pancake and the three Puppet Electric Fire Cannon Insects joining the fray, the brief stalemate was finally broken.
This time, it was Han Ning’s side that had the numerical advantage. In less than a few dozen seconds, all three Burning Fire Moths were killed.
Despite the swift victory, Han Ning’s expression didn’t relax. He tilted his head, listening to the approaching crawling sounds, and hurriedly said to Yin Yi and Egg Pancake, "Quick, let’s get out of here!"
