Chapter 2: The Giant Insect (Part 2)

Li Ran said, “Let’s go, get another one… If there’s hostility, we’ll be in trouble.”
The group continued flying ahead with Li Ran, as the Rift began to glow, indicating that their destination was near.
As the Rift’s light grew brighter, Li Ran’s expression improved significantly. If they could find a weak point, entering the next world would be much easier, and the Rift wouldn’t suffer too much damage—just a little replenishment of Soul Beads would suffice.
Qi Wu Zhen suddenly cried out, “Wait… Stop!” Before anyone could react, she used eight purplish-red chains to block their path.
Li Ran paused, summoned the Rift back, and asked, “What’s the matter? Uh…” His gaze fell into the distance, and he exclaimed in surprise, “Come over…” A dark silhouette appeared in the distance. Due to the great distance and the grayish air, its shape couldn’t be made out clearly.
The group gathered together. Guo Shier Two cast a vision-enhancing spell on himself and said, “What is it? A mountain range? Or… I can’t tell.”
Li Ran said, “Let’s fly a little further… As long as it’s not a living creature.”
They flew forward slowly, hiding the glow of their talismans as they quietly approached the massive creature.
As they got closer, they saw the object floating in the air—a giant insect of unimaginable size. They had never seen such an insect before. Even Guo Shier Two, who had lived through three lifetimes, had never encountered anything so strange. It had eight translucent wings and was several kilometers long from head to tail. Floating in the air, it resembled a mountain range, terrifying in its enormity.
Ge Ha asked, “Is it… the thing that flew by earlier?”
Ha Lechi said, “Oh my god… This thing is huge. I guess it can’t even see us. To it, we’re probably not even dust.”
The group was stunned. Guo Shier Two exclaimed, “Exactly! I agree. Unless we make a lot of noise, that thing definitely won’t pay any attention to us.”
Li Ran pondered for a moment before finally nodding. “Actually, we can find out by just testing it. Fly quietly onto its back and see if it reacts. It’s so big that we’re not even as big as a hair on it.”

Qi Wu Zhen said, “That’s good too. Let’s go up from the tail. Everyone has seen the head already—this bug has an extremely long mouth, about one-third as long as its body. I don’t know if it can see us. By going from the tail, we won’t have to face it.” She was usually bold, but even she felt some fear of this mysterious bug.
Guo Shier nodded. “That’s good too. I don’t want to face the bug either; it looks terrifying.”
The group could now see the bug clearly and flew toward its tail. The bug wasn’t aware of these sneaky people at all and remained suspended in the air, as if floating in water. Once it went still, it showed no sign of life, resembling a huge rock and giving off a very strange feeling.
As they stepped onto the bug’s body, it felt like landing on a mountain range. The thorns on its body were like a dense forest, each one as thick as a human arm. Its skin was peculiar, uneven like weathered rock, with folds that resembled ravines.
Guo Shier pointed at a large pit and said, “Incredible. I never thought the bug’s skin surface could be so dirty and messy. This pit stinks terribly…” Inside the pit was a layer of black sludge emitting a foul smell—whether it was secretions or dirt was unclear, but it certainly wasn’t pleasant.
They bypassed the large pit, about ten meters in diameter, and continued forward. No one flew; instead, they stepped slowly from the tail toward the head.
Li Ran sighed bitterly. “Damn it, what bad luck… The weakest point in space is right ahead, and the bug is facing it. We can’t use the boundary-breaking technique in front of the bug—it would be too obvious. Unless we get the bug to move away.”
Everyone was stunned. In the world of spells, they might have had the confidence to drive away this bug, but in this world, they didn’t dare to act. They couldn’t fully utilize the altar or sacred treasures here, and the bug was too huge—they had no confidence in fighting it.
Buzz!
The bug’s wings suddenly vibrated, the sound almost deafening. Fortunately, everyone was a top-tier professional. If they were ordinary people, such a wing vibration would have sent them bleeding from all orifices.
Li Ran said, “Bad news! We need to get down quickly!”
Qi Wu Zhen shouted, “It’s too late!” She raised her hand and sent several purplish-red rune chains to anchor the group to the thorns on the bug’s body. Instantly, a loud buzzing sound arose, and a powerful gust of wind hit them—the bug actually took off into the air.

Only by attaching themselves to the insect could they realize just how fast it was flying—massive gusts of wind hit them, and without Qi Wu Zhen’s virtual talisman chains holding them in place, they wouldn’t have been able to stand at all. Everyone immediately activated their own rune defenses and cast their virtual talisman chains, wrapping them around the thorny, tree-trunk-sized creature.

Li Ran’s soul trembled slightly as he said, “Don’t move. Follow it… We’ll leave once it stops.” It would be difficult for them to move even if they wanted to; flying at such high speeds, breaking away would be extremely dangerous.

In just a moment, Halechi cried out anxiously, “Look! That’s where we came from… So fast!”

The giant beast that resembled a continent they had seen earlier was still there, and the insect was heading straight for it.

Guo Shier said in shock, “Uh… Is this insect trying to challenge the giant beast?”

The insect skillfully landed on the ground, that is, on the body of the giant beast, causing almost no disturbance, which left everyone in awe—this creature was truly formidable.

What happened next left everyone speechless.

Once the insect stabilized itself, Li Ran firmly ordered, “Go!” As soon as he spoke, there was a sound of water, and the insect sprayed a large amount of green liquid from its long, sharp mouth, which landed on the ground. The green liquid immediately emitted a faint wisp of smoke as a strange smell spread out.

Without time to marvel, everyone flew off the insect and quickly hid to the side.

More and more green liquid was sprayed from the insect’s long mouth. The liquid rapidly corroded the scales, forming a huge pit over a hundred meters in diameter, and it continued to erode downward. The insect’s long mouth acted like a high-pressure water pump, pouring large amounts of liquid into the pit.

Li Ran and the others hid at a distance, staring at the strange insect, not understanding what it was doing.

A single scale of the giant beast covered an area of thousands of square miles, so a small pit meant nothing. Soon, the insect stopped spraying green liquid. It moved slightly, and its long, sharp mouth suddenly pierced into the pit.

A bone-chilling sound came as the long, sharp mouth dug deep into the scales.

Guo Shier couldn’t help but shout, “Damn it! Is it… attacking?”

Li Ran said, “No… not attacking. There must be another purpose. It definitely wouldn’t dare attack such a massive giant beast.”

As soon as he spoke, the insect’s long mouth plunged deep into the scales, reaching all the way to the root. Immediately, a wave of blood smell erupted, and the green liquid turned purplish-red as thick streams of blood gushed out.

Guo Shier immediately realized what was happening and said, “Blood sucking? It’s sucking blood!”
A gurgling sound came from the insects sucking blood, truly deafening. Yet the giant beast remained motionless, seemingly unaware that it was being drained of blood. Perhaps its massive size made it incapable of sensing such minor damage.
As the scent of blood spread, Ezekiel and Meili both swallowed hard. Their eyes gleamed as Ezekiel said, “Wow… what a wonderful smell!”
Meili added, “I really want to eat it…”
Everyone was speechless. The reactions of these two showed that, though they had human appearances, they were essentially alien beast spirits. Ezekiel murmured, “Such strong vitality… can you feel it?”
Everyone could sense the powerful vitality that came with the blood. It was undoubtedly something remarkable. Zhen Wuji said, “We can collect some and purify it… perhaps we can obtain many unique Blood Essence Beads.”
As the insect’s belly swelled, the ground trembled slightly. Li Ran said, “Let’s move further away first!” He had a strong sense of danger—a intuition shared by every professional. With a soul as powerful as his, he could accurately predict threats.
The others also felt the danger. As masters of the soul, none objected to Li Ran’s suggestion, and they immediately flew away.
They continued flying until they could no longer see the insect before landing. Li Ran said, “Ezekiel, don’t be reluctant. In a day, we can go back. That pit will still be there. Hehe, then we can draw the giant beast’s blood.” He was also interested in the beast’s blood—this life-filled blood was extremely precious and could be used to create excellent Blood Talisman Pills.
Everyone sat down and waited patiently. Guo Shier studied the giant beast’s scales in detail. He was extremely curious about just how large the beast was. Each scale represented a world of its own—so vast that it was impossible to see the whole picture. Their group was like bacteria on an elephant, and the giant insect they had seen earlier was merely a tiny flying mosquito, utterly insignificant to the elephant.
Guo Shier went to the edge of the scale, where there was an arc-shaped deep groove hundreds of meters deep, filled with countless rocks and soil. Li Ran flew over to him and, looking at the groove, said, “This is a gap in the scale. It’s incredible. Once we’ve collected the blood, let’s leave quickly. This place…” Clearly, he also feared this place greatly.

Suddenly, the earth trembled. The once dead silent world began to experience gentle winds, and the stones on the ground started to jump, as if there were an earthquake. The stones jumped faster and faster. Li Ran exclaimed in surprise, “The giant beast is moving! Everyone, come quickly!”
The people rushed into the gaps in the scaled armor. In an instant, fierce winds blew, throwing large amounts of debris into the air, creating chaos everywhere. They activated their defensive runes and stared in shock at the sky. In horror, they watched as the mist disappeared suddenly and light poured down from above. Li Ran smiled bitterly and said, “It’s moved—by at least several hundred thousand miles… What kind of monster is this?”