Chapter 1624: Master Devourer!
Beneath the dust-choked surface, Jiang Feng battles for his life against two monstrous insects!
The people above cannot see the gruesome scene below; all they can see is the billowing dust towering like mountains, enveloping the sky and earth!
The surface constantly cracks and stretches, accompanied by the unique muffled roars of the worms, causing the entire ground to incessantly tremble.
Mu Qiuyi’s heart was in her throat!
She was truly worried for Jiang Feng, but at this moment, she couldn’t go down to check, and could only fret anxiously!
"Luo Chunqiu, you’ve got some nerve!"
Suddenly, the Hall Master, his breath as weak as a thread, turned his gaze towards Luo Chunqiu, then grimly smiled and took one menacing step forward at a time.
"To think I placed so much trust in you, nurtured you, promoted you to elder, and this is how you repay me?"
His voice was filled with malice: "To secretly collude with this monstrous kid, to conspire inside and out, to overthrow the Netherworld Hall? You dared to play the double agent right under my nose?!"
"Hall Master, that’s not true..."
Luo Chunqiu’s face was full of bitterness.
To speak the truth, the Hall Master really had been kind to him.
Because they were both Chinese, he and the former Tuoba Yan were given special attention by the Hall Master, occupying two seats among the nine elders.
The Hall Master always regarded him as a trusted confidant.
But to say he colluded with Jiang Feng was inaccurate since it was only today that he had first met Jiang Feng.
"Still daring to argue? You were planning to take that little bastard to the Book Pavilion to steal all the secret books, weren’t you?"
The Hall Master’s voice became more intense, his whole body resuming its Killing Aura, as Nianya sneered: "You’ve really got guts! I’ve guarded against everyone but never expected I couldn’t guard against my own people, almost ruined by you in the end!"
"Even the foreign elders are more loyal to me than you!"
Seeing the Hall Master approaching step by step, intent on executing the traitor!
Mu Qiuyi immediately stood out, stepping in front of Luo Chunqiu.
Luo Chunqiu now had no means of self-defense, likely unable to withstand even a single move by the Hall Master, and she had the duty to protect someone so intricately linked to the Dragon Group!
"Hmm?"
The eyes behind the Hall Master’s mask squinted slightly, staring at Mu Qiuyi: "Almost overlooked there’s also you!"
"It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a promising Chinese woman!"
"You’re pretty enough, but with your showy but impractical skills, what are you planning to do? You also won’t leave my clutches alive today!"
Mu Qiuyi’s expression remained cold, without a word, her whole aura similarly brewing, ready to explode!
"Heh, you aren’t in a low Realm either! You must not be an unknown figure in China, are you aligned with that little bastard too? Later, I will ravage you first, then send you down to accompany him!!"
Said the Hall Master fiercely, preparing to rush forward, intending to crush and subdue both Luo Chunqiu and Mu Qiuyi!
But at the same time, suddenly beside him "Boom!!!" a deafening crash sounded as a massive chasm exploded open, and a gigantic worm body soared into the air, its maw pointed skyward, absolutely menacing!
"Hahaha, the Insect Queen has emerged! I’d reckon that kid has already been devoured by the Insect Queen!!!"
Seeing this, the Hall Master was overjoyed, wanting to strike a pose as if ready to give a big embrace!
However, in the following second, he couldn’t laugh anymore!
Because he saw clearly, what flew up into the sky was not the complete Insect Queen, but only the... upper half of it!!
In other words, the Insect Queen had been blasted into two pieces, and only the upper half was blown up!
"I... I damn!!!"
The Hall Master hadn’t been this shocked in years, incredulous at the sight before him!
Even the Insect Queen was killed?!
Surely he was dreaming, right?!
Then, following a whistling sound through the air, Jiang Feng himself leaped up from below the surface, completely unscathed, standing atop the remaining half of the Insect Queen, still bleeding profusely!
Next, the rest of the Insect Queen’s substantial body also limply flew out, crashing to the ground, with large masses of its insides and various fluids spilling everywhere, unbearably stinking!
Thump thump thump!
The Hall Master’s face turned ashen, retreating directly!
This Jiang Feng, how did he manage to do it, to battle the Insect Queen barehanded in the main battlefield underground??!
"Awoooo!!!"
Suddenly, with a mournful cry, the Insect King burrowed up from below, madly spewing venom and electric nets at Jiang Feng!
The Insect King was utterly deranged now!
It had lived with the Insect Queen under this desolate desert for hundreds or even thousands of years, in true mutual devotion!
But now, Jiang Feng had killed its mate, driving it to insanity!
The venom from its mouth began indiscriminately spraying everywhere!
Yet Jiang Feng, moving effortlessly, naturally wouldn’t let it hit him, mocking as he leaped toward the Hall Master, then again bounded away with a high step.
But the Hall Master hadn’t anticipated Jiang Feng pulling such a move, and when Jiang Feng rose and fell swiftly, there was no time for him to dodge!
Right before him was the enormous open maw of the Insect King, and the venom capable of corroding everything!
"No, Insect King!!!"
The Hall Master screamed desperately, trying to awaken the Insect King’s awareness, but by then, the Insect King recognized no allies, as a mouthful of venom sprayed directly, hitting the Hall Master’s legs.
"No!!!"
The Hall Master probably never dreamed he would be hit by the Insect King’s venom!
Those fine legs were instantly corroded away, his whole being plunged as if into a sulfuric acid pool, melting into the venom below.
"Save me, help!!!"
Under the unbearable corrosive agony, the Hall Master erupted into a hysterical howl, yet it was all in vain.
His entire form quickly sank, directly melting into the venom below!
In a moment of crisis, Luo Chunqiu suddenly discarded his wooden stick, unleashed all his potential, and dashed forward on one leg without hesitation!
His hands grabbed the Hall Master, using all his strength to pull the Hall Master out of the venom, dragging him swiftly to one side!
Luo Chunqiu’s actions first aimed to keep Jiang Feng’s desire for a living witness, since Jiang Feng had explicitly said he wanted to unmask the Hall Master to determine his identity.
Secondly, he couldn’t bear to see the Hall Master dying in such agony, it was truly tragic beyond description...
"Ahhhhhh! Luo Chunqiu, kill me, kill me now!!!"
However, the Hall Master was already to the point of agony-induced delirium!
His entire lower body, from the waist down, had already been completely corroded away by the venom, with viscera and blood leaking out below, a pain beyond human endurance!
Desperately clutching Luo Chunqiu, he seemed about to burst, pleading for Luo Chunqiu to grant him swift death!