Supreme Sword God

Chapter 552: Chapter 551: Spirit-Eating Maggot, Great Tomb Opportunity Awaits!

”Brother Ye Chen, that guy named He Qiu just now, he shouldn’t be weak, right?”

After walking some distance, Mu Qingqing finally voiced her doubts, saying, ”And judging by his appearance, he doesn’t seem like a bad person either. Why did you refuse his offer to travel with us?”

Ye Chen replied calmly, ”He does seem decent at a glance, but with such a brief interaction, it’s impossible to fully trust him. Moreover, people from East Desolate City inherently carry a sense of pride, which makes them opinionated and difficult to manage.”

Traveling with someone inherently proud can be troublesome. When situations arise, he’ll have his own opinions, and nobody can convince the other. It’s better not to have such trouble in the team.

Mu Qingqing nodded, seeming half-comprehending, saying, ”So, I have no opinions. Whatever Brother Ye Chen says goes!”

The little girl giggled, feeling quite pleased with herself, not seeing it as a problem at all.

At this moment.

A wisp of Ye Chen’s thought entered the Sword Tomb to contact Master Legs.

”Master Legs, where did the person immune to all poisons, whom you said played themselves to death, die?”

There’s a wealth of opportunity within the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb, but the only certain point now is the fall site of Master Legs’ friend from his youth. According to Master Legs, although the guy’s cultivation was not high at the time of his death, reaching only the Peak of Unity Realm, his skills in poisons were unsurpassed.

Finding the location of his fall could yield the Scripture of Ten Thousand Poisons, the culmination of his life’s work!

Ye Chen wasn’t interested in poison arts.

His interest lay in the secret techniques recorded within the Scripture of Ten Thousand Poisons on how to evolve immunity from all poisons to immunity from a thousand poisons and then to immunity from ten thousand poisons.

Ye Chen had already experienced some benefits of having an immunity to all poisons. Last time in Frost City, if it weren’t for this immunity, being bitten by the Netherworld Blood Snake might have meant the end for him.

”It’s still far away. You’re currently in the outer tomb of the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb. Talk about it when you get to the inner tomb.”

”Master Legs, do you have any knowledge of the layout within the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb?”

”I don’t. When I came in back then, my cultivation was only at the Unity Realm. I didn’t have the means to explore the secrets of the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb.”

Ye Chen withdrew that wisp of thought. For matters concerning the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb, consulting Master Legs was of no use. He’d have to rely on himself!

Another half day later.

As Ye Chen continued delving deeper into the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb, he suddenly frowned and said softly, ”Be careful!”

As he spoke, the sword in his hand suddenly turned into a flash of cold light, unsheathing and slashing towards the ground.

The ground was rent open by sword energy, creating a fissure!

A green worm, with a diameter of about a meter, was split into two by Ye Chen’s sword, writhing within the crevice.

The green worm, if its two halves were pieced together, would be at least four meters long.

Its abdomen was covered in hair-raising legs.

Mu Qingqing watched this scene, her body covered in goosebumps. As a girl, she had an instinctive fear of bugs, especially this disgusting large green worm, from whose severed part green ooze was flowing abundantly.

”Zizi, hurry up and eat this worm!” Mu Qingqing shouted, her face pale.

”I’m not a little bird, I don’t eat bugs!” Little Phoenix was infuriated, its feathers standing on end.

”Spirit-Eating Maggot!”

Ye Chen immediately said, ”This type of monster primarily lives in colonies, and their power has a strong corrosive effect on spiritual power, and they can also devour spiritual power, which is a Spirit Master’s nemesis.

Zizi, refrain from using spiritual power next!”

”Brother Ye Chen, you’re amazing for recognizing this!” Mu Qingqing looked at Ye Chen with a face full of admiration.

Ye Chen: ”On the way here, Hall Master Shi gave a detailed introduction about some of the more common monsters within the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb. You weren’t listening at the time.”

Mu Qingqing: ”...”

It seemed so, as she was only focused on looking at Brother Ye Chen’s handsome side profile the entire way!

And at this moment.

More Spirit-Eating Maggots were already crawling out from both sides of the fissure in the ground.

Moreover, a large number of Spirit-Eating Maggots were emerging from the surrounding ground as well.

The dense chewing sound of Spirit-Eating Maggots made one’s scalp tingle.

”Boom!”

Without hesitation, Little Phoenix unleashed a burst of phoenix flames to protect Mu Qingqing.

With a thought, Ye Chen unleashed all the sword essence within him, which transformed into Sword Qi, shooting in all directions, slaying those Spirit-Eating Maggots that dared to approach!

However.

The number of Spirit-Eating Maggots kept increasing.

They smelled the scent of fresh spiritual power and became extremely frantic. Even though Ye Chen’s kill rate was quite high, he couldn’t carve out a path. The surrounding Spirit-Eating Maggots even formed a swarm, blocking this area like thick walls!

”Zizi, protect Qingqing with all your might!” Ye Chen commanded softly.

Little Phoenix’s size instantly grew larger.

The phoenix flames enveloping its body surged, and the frightening temperature turned any Spirit-Eating Maggot that came near into ashes instantly.

Mu Qingqing lay obediently on Little Phoenix’s back. She tried using a bit of spiritual power just now, and sure enough, once it left her body, it was eroded and devoured, making her spiritual seal techniques unusable in such a situation!

”Big brother, these damn bugs are actively attacking my sea of consciousness!” Little Phoenix yelled.

Mu Qingqing also shouted, ”My sea of consciousness is under attack too...”

Even though these Spirit-Eating Maggots are rather low-level monsters, their immense numbers give them terrifying lethality. They cannot approach the phoenix flames, and their power gets burned by the phoenix flames, but the sheer number of Spirit-Eating Maggots is overwhelming...

It wasn’t just Mu Qingqing and Little Phoenix; Ye Chen was also facing the problem of his sea of consciousness being invaded.

He, however, was unafraid; his sea of consciousness barrier was sturdier than Mu Qingqing’s, a Tier Six Celestial Seal Spirit Master, but Ye Chen was growing anxious as well.

One could say he could fight his way out alone, but he must ensure Mu Qingqing and Little Phoenix’s safety too!

Almost at the instant this anxiety arose, Ye Chen immediately suppressed the panic!

In perilous situations, one must remain calm!

A burst of pupil power erupted from Ye Chen’s eyes!

An illusion immediately enveloped Little Phoenix and Mu Qingqing.

He set up the illusion without using spiritual power, so it instantly bewildered the nearby Spirit-Eating Maggots, causing them to temporarily abandon their attack on Mu Qingqing and Little Phoenix!

Meanwhile, Ye Chen unleashed powerful sword essence as Sword Qi to slay the approaching Spirit-Eating Maggots while using Martial Arts Heavenly Eye to observe his surroundings.

Spirit-Eating Maggots, being low on intelligence, must be under some controlling power for such a scene to unfold. Only by locating the force behind this control can this crisis be resolved!

If it were other individuals, even those at the Peak of the Unity Realm, they could only harden their resolve and fight, as it’s incredibly challenging to identify the source of controlling power among so many Spirit-Eating Maggots without using spiritual power.

But with Ye Chen wielding the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye, it became much more convenient.

And at this moment.

Far from the massive swarm of maggots.

A graceful young man stood with his hands behind his back, watching this unfold indifferently.

Behind him stood two other individuals.

”I wonder which unlucky souls got surrounded by so many Spirit-Eating Maggots. Still outside the tomb, and they’re already going to die in the mouths of these disgusting maggots.”

”Young Master Su, we should move further away. If we get caught in this swarm, it’ll be a huge hassle.”

The young man standing in front with his hands behind his back, smiled faintly, ”Such a vast Spirit-Eating Maggot swarm here means there must be a significant tomb. Though this area belongs to the outer tomb section of the Celestial Extinction Ancient Tomb, there’s still a chance for substantial opportunity to appear in the outer tomb region.

Once those unlucky souls in the swarm die, the Spirit-Eating Maggot King will surely appear, then we’ll act, destroy the Spirit-Eating Maggot King, and excavate the great tomb here!”