The Strongest Dandy in the City Chapter 2436 - 2425: Heart-devouring Insect
Previously on The Strongest Dandy in the City...
Extending all senses outward.
Not missing a single spot in the room.
Everything here seemed to have nothing special.
Ye Chenfeng gently pressed on the walls around the room, wanting to see if any hidden mechanisms were there.
After walking around the room, he didn’t discover anything significant.
As he was about to retrace his steps.
His gaze fell on the four stone chairs surrounding the stone table.
Lost in thought.
He approached the stone chair and tried to lift it off the ground, but it was tightly attached, completely immovable.
Attempting to turn the stone chair to the right, he found it immovable.
When turning the stone chair to the left, it moved. After turning it as far as it would go.
Ye Chenfeng then turned the other three stone chairs to the left to their limits.
After all four stone chairs were fully turned.
A thin crack appeared on the wall to Ye Chenfeng’s right.
A continuous "ka! ka! ka!" sound echoed.
The crack on the right wall kept widening, and from the center, the wall slowly shifted to the sides.
A secret passage finally revealed itself to Ye Chenfeng’s sight.
The passage was very dark, making it impossible to see inside clearly.
If he retraced his steps, he would have to pass through the square with those many fiery red stone figures to leave the True Fire Hall.
It would certainly be unpleasant to be attacked by so many stone figures.
Should he risk entering this secret passage to see what lies within? How dangerous might it be inside?
After hesitating for a moment.
Ye Chenfeng decided to enter the secret passage.
Upon stepping into the passage.
It was a spacious, straight corridor, and he walked straight forward along it.
The further he went.
The wider the corridor became, and the silence was absolute, without the slightest sound.
Suddenly.
A continuous "sizzling" sound reverberated through the air.
At the same time.
The entire corridor instantly brightened, with walls made of a special stone emitting soft light.
Ye Chenfeng reached the end of the corridor, and the path was blocked again. The continuous sizzling sound in his ears gave him a bad premonition.
Scanning his surroundings, he finally looked up. The sizzling sound came from above.
The ceiling of the corridor was covered with finger-width holes, densely packed and very uncomfortable to look at. The sizzling sounds emanated from these holes.
Above.
There was a distinct stone brick, and Ye Chenfeng guessed it was the switch for a mechanism; otherwise, there was no way out.
As Ye Chenfeng was about to rise into the air to press the stone brick.
Footsteps echoed in the air, and soon cultivators arrived at Ye Chenfeng’s location.
The cultivators in the square had fled in different directions, and some entered the True Fire Hall, naturally discovering the secret door inside.
After passing through the secret door and entering the stone chamber.
The puzzle in the stone chamber had already been solved by Ye Chenfeng, allowing them to proceed smoothly.
The cultivators who arrived were at least Half-step Divine Venerable level.
A Ghost Venerable with their face concealed under a hood was also among them.
Upon seeing Ye Chenfeng, Ghost Venerable emanated a sinister aura. Previously in the Medicine Saint Hall, Ye Chenfeng displayed exceptional alchemy talent, leading him to suspect Ye Chenfeng had inherited from a supreme alchemist.
Later.
The Medicine Saint Hall’s ancestor inexplicably paid favors to Ye Chenfeng, leaving Ghost Venerable with no opportunity to act.
Now, seeing Ye Chenfeng again, Ghost Venerable’s heart was naturally delighted.
However.
Just as Ghost Venerable intended to seize Ye Chenfeng without hesitation.
The sizzling sounds from above intensified.
Suddenly.
Numerous purple dots descended from the small holes in the ceiling, countless and densely packed.
Very soon.
Ye Chenfeng and the others saw the true appearance of these purple dots.
These were worm-like creatures resembling caterpillars, but they were definitely not caterpillars, merely similar in appearance.
As the worms descended.
Old White Wu Fengxian quickly said, "Little one, these are Heart-devouring Insects. They can burrow into a cultivator’s body and love to devour hearts. If you encounter a small number of them, a strong Divine King could kill them, but there are so many here, even a Divine Venerable might struggle."
"Quickly have the Green Flame envelop you; Heart-devouring Insects fear the Heaven and Earth Flame the most. As soon as they encounter it, their bodies melt quickly."
Hearing this.
Ye Chenfeng immediately had the Green Flame envelop him.
The Green Flame had evolved into a four-colored flame now, with a temperature capable of burning a Mid Divine King Realm.
As Ye Chenfeng was enveloped in the four-colored flames of the Green Flame.
Ghost Venerable suddenly sensed a familiar aura, an aura belonging to his own Heaven and Earth Flame. His chilling gaze under the hood fixed on Ye Chenfeng.
He sensed a trace of Ice-Fire Blue Flame from the flames on Ye Chenfeng.
Was his Ice-Fire Blue Flame devoured by Ye Chenfeng’s Heaven and Earth Flame?
Seeing the four-colored flames on Ye Chenfeng, Ghost Venerable felt both anger and joy. His killing intent toward Ye Chenfeng surged rapidly because Ye Chenfeng’s Heaven and Earth Flame surpassed his Ice-Fire Blue Flame in grade—this was a genuine four-colored flame!
"Boy, my Ice-Fire Blue Flame, you devoured it?" Ghost Venerable roared.
As Ghost Venerable roared.
The Heart-devouring Insects descending from the holes drew closer to the cultivators below.
With the protection of the Green Flame, the falling Heart-devouring Insects avoided Ye Chenfeng as much as possible.
But the density of the insects was like a rainfall of them, and many still fell towards Ye Chenfeng.
However, when the Heart-devouring Insects neared Ye Chenfeng, they quickly dissolved in the air upon encountering the Green Flame and could not even touch Ye Chenfeng’s body.
The other cultivators weren’t as fortunate.
Heart-devouring Insects burrowed crazily into the bodies of cultivators they landed on, and they possessed incredibly sharp teeth, easily tearing through the flesh of any cultivator below the Peak Divine Venerable realm.
Filled with Heart-devouring Insects burrowing into their bodies, the cultivators let out painful screams, desperately circulating their spiritual energy to expel or kill the insects.
...(To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to cast your recommendation and monthly votes on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
