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Xiao Fan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, without saying a word, he raised his hand, and a magic talisman flew out, turning into a ball of fire, shooting at the Iron Back Saber Mantis, and at the same time flying back, a black ice shield appeared in front of him.

Even so, Xiao Fan was still worried that it was not safe, so he flipped his wrist, holding the Flame Spirit Blade in his hand, slashed out, and the flames evaporated.

Facts have proved that Xiao Fan's series of defensive actions are extremely necessary.

As soon as the Flame Spirit Blade flew out, Xiao Fan heard the sound of the Black Ice Shield shattering.How powerful can this hastily condensed black ice shield be?Being able to slightly block the ghostly attack of the Iron-backed Saber Mantis is already very good.

"squeak--"

Amidst the screaming sound, the iron-gray insect shadow retreated like lightning, and suddenly it was several feet away.

The iron-backed saber mantis was too fast, and by coincidence, it crashed into the fire net cut by the flame spirit blade, and suffered a small loss.

Xiao Fan looked at his torn Tang suit, and then at the iron-backed saber mantis a few feet away, full of violence and hatred. He nodded slightly, and the figure flashed and disappeared into the illusion.

In the depths of the phantom formation, Xiao Fan inspected it carefully, and saw that there was a faint imprint left on the "Blood Blood Silkworm Soft Armor".If Ji Qingsha hadn't insisted on wearing this soft armor on him, she might have capsized in the gutter today.Although the blow of the Iron Backed Saber Mantis may not be able to seriously injure him, it is inevitable that the flesh will suffer.

The point is that he is currently at the mid-stage of Golden Core, and the iron-backed saber beetle is only a second-order spirit insect. The aura on his body is only equivalent to that of a mid-stage foundation-establishment monk, and even less than that of a late-stage foundation-establishment Dacheng monk. In a face-to-face fight, he, a Jindan cultivator with a higher realm, could be injured. If he hadn't experienced it himself, Xiao Fan would not believe anything he said.

No wonder Tao Qianqiu listed "Iron Backed Saber Mantis" at the top of his insect repelling techniques.It is considered to be the most powerful spirit insect that can still be collected in the Middle Earth Realm.Of course, according to the ranking of the Spirit Insect Sect, there are many ancient strange insects that are much more powerful than the Iron Back Saber Mantis.It's just that those are just rumors, and you can't see them in this world at all.

As a result, Xiao Fan was even more elated, hiding in the sky above the phantom formation, watching with great interest the two spirit insects slashing wildly in the phantom formation.Waving the array flag in his hand from time to time, he repaired the prohibition destroyed by the spirit insects as before.After all, the two spirit worms have no intelligence, they just rush towards the center of the phantom formation, but they don't know that the deeper they go, the stronger the power of the phantom formation.

It didn't take long for the attack strength of the two iron-backed saber beetles to weaken a lot.Started to show fatigue.

It seems that the stamina of these two spirit insects is not enough, which should be a major shortcoming of the Iron Back Saber Mantis.But it's normal to think about it. As the saying goes, "The wind never ends, and the rainstorm never ends." The Iron-Backed Saber Mantis's attack power is so terrifying in an instant. If it has amazing endurance, it can fight a protracted battle.That would be against the sky, how could it embarrass its opponent?

After rushing wildly for a while, the two spirit insects seemed to realize that something was wrong, and stopped at the same time. The female raised her head and let out a sharp hiss.

Soon, Xiao Fan heard the buzzing sound like a tide, and when he looked up, he saw a large cloud of green flying insects.Vibrating their wings, they were swarming towards this side. It was the sea of ​​mantises that Xiao Fan had seen before, with dozens of giant blue-gray mantises leading the way.

Xiao Fan's face changed slightly.

Although these praying mantises were low-level, except for the dozens of blue-gray giant mantises that could barely be regarded as first-order spirit insects, the rest were just slightly larger ordinary mantises, but the advantage was that there were too many of them.So desperate to swarm.The Peach Blossom Phantom Formation, which doesn't have much lethality, may not be able to resist it.

After finally trapping the two iron-backed saber ants in the phantom formation, Xiao Fan would never allow them to escape again.

Moreover, while subduing the Iron Back Saber Mantis.The remaining praying mantises must be dealt with first.Otherwise, even if he takes away the Iron-backed Saber Mantis, there is no guarantee that among the remaining first-order spirit insects, there will be no second-level or even third-level spirit insects.

Almost instantly, Xiao Fan made a decision, and with a wave of the formation flag in his hand, a gap was opened in the phantom formation.More than 30 blue-gray giant praying mantises flew in first and plunged into it.Raising the formation flag again, the gap closed, immediately blocking the rest of the emerald green praying mantises.

Immediately, Xiao Fan ignored the blue-gray first-order mantis trapped in the formation, and with a movement, he flew out of the dense fog, lightning arcs flashed between his ten fingers, and delicate lightning bolts shot towards the emerald green mantis. The sea of ​​insects swept away.

Immediately, the smell of burning and burnt air rose, and countless praying mantises were wiped out under the thunder and lightning. With the sweeping of the electric arc, the front of the valley was empty.

These emerald-green praying mantises are basically descendants of the iron-backed sword mantis, and they have no chance to advance to spirit insects.Not every descendant of the Iron-backed Saber Mantis has the opportunity to advance to become a real Iron-backed Saber Mantis.Just like people who are suitable for cultivation, there is no one in a million among ordinary people.

After a large number of killings by the Taohuazhai protective formation, the number of these ordinary praying mantises has dropped sharply, and less than [-]% of the [-]% are left. Now that they are swept away by Xiao Fan, there are not many left, sparse and imposing. Depressed by it.

The pill that Xiao Fan placed in the worm king's bowl had a miraculous effect on the real iron-backed sword mantis, but it was much less attractive to ordinary mantises. Seeing that the front became a sea of ​​thunder and lightning, there were not many of them left. The praying mantises were terrified, and retreated into the dense forest one after another, not daring to show their heads again.

In the phantom formation, there was an extremely angry and sharp neigh of the iron-backed saber mantis.

Xiao Fan smiled slightly, returned to the phantom formation, waved the formation flag, separated more than thirty blue-gray first-order mantises, and exerted the five-element restraint power, within half an hour, these first-order mantises were caught dry. Clean and clean, all of them were collected into the spirit beast ring.

These blue-gray first-order praying mantises are only equivalent to the fifth or sixth floor of the Qi training period. Although they also inherited the innate supernatural power of the iron-backed saber mantis, they are two big realms behind Xiao Fan. Without the power to resist, he was captured by Xiao Fan.

The two iron-backed saber beetles quieted down at the same time, as if they also sensed some kind of danger, and wanted to recover their physical strength before trying to find a way to rush out of this phantom formation.

But Xiao Fan definitely wouldn't give them such an opportunity, he immediately poured mana into the worm king's bowl, and the fishy smell rose, which immediately stimulated the two exhausted iron-backed saber beetles into rage again.

A full two hours passed, after Xiao Fan's repeated teasing, the two second-order strange insects were so tired that they lay there, no matter how Xiao Fan lured them with the insect king's bowl and medicine, they didn't respond at all. Only the tentacles on the top of their heads vibrate occasionally, indicating that they are still alive.

Only then did Xiao Fan nod his head slightly, holding the insect king's bowl, slowly entered the phantom formation, and appeared not far from the male mantis.Although it seemed that the male mantis had exhausted his last ounce of physical strength, Xiao Fan still did not dare to take it lightly, and secretly communicated with the body talisman hidden in the phantom array.The vitality of insects is extremely strong, and no one can predict what kind of terrifying power these strange insects will burst out in an extremely dangerous situation.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Fan appeared, the male praying mantis, who was lying there motionless, suddenly straightened up, raised its iron-gray forelimbs, and stared fiercely at Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan smiled slightly, with the middle and middle fingers of his right hand pointing like a halberd, and pointing forward, a five-element restraining force flew out.

The male praying mantis' eyes were full of fierce light, and the iron gray figure flashed towards Xiao Fan.However, the praying mantis at this moment has indeed reached the end of its strength. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, its movement is still as fast as lightning, but compared with a few hours ago, when the female praying mantis gave Xiao Fan a thunderous blow, it is far from it. Compared with Xiao Fan's own wind escape technique, it is slightly inferior.

After several successive strikes of the five-element restraining force, the male mantis seemed to break into the extremely sticky swamp suddenly, and his movements suddenly became extremely slow.If the male mantis had just been trapped in the phantom formation, Xiao Fan used the power of the five elements to deal with him, it would be an act of absolute courting death.But now, things are completely different.

"Certainly!"

With a low shout, Xiao Fan shot out another five-element restraining force.

The male praying mantis, who was still struggling, suddenly stopped, and then froze in mid-air, unable to move anymore.At this moment, Xiao Fan clearly saw some kind of anthropomorphic fear in its compound eyes.

Xiao Fan raised the worm king's alms bowl in his hand, and with a "swish", the body of the completely imprisoned male mantis suddenly became smaller and was put into the alms bowl.

After collecting the male mantis, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

The female praying mantis, who was isolated not far away by the phantom formation, had obviously sensed that the male mantis had been captured, and suddenly became irritable and squeaked.

It is clearly recorded in Tao Qianqiu's insect repellent technique that iron-backed sword mantises are dominated by female mantises. At the same level, the ability of female mantises is slightly stronger than that of male mantises.Sure enough, Xiao Fan's subsequent process of collecting female praying mantises was far less easy than collecting male praying mantises.The female praying mantis, who was already at the end of her strength, was in a hurry and broke out with amazing fighting power, forcing Xiao Fan to use a immobilization talisman, combined with the mysterious ice magic power of the ice soul flying knife, it took a lot of effort to finally kill this mantis. The first female praying mantis was subdued and included in the bowl of the king of insects.

Xiao Fan looked at the two spirit worms in the alms bowl, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, nodded in satisfaction, raised his hand, and several array flags and array disks flew up. It returned to its original appearance.

Although this trip was hard work, he managed to capture two Tier [-] Spirit Insects and over thirty Tier [-] Praying Mantises, which was a rewarding experience.

Back in Peach Blossom Village, without hesitation, Xiao Fan set up a magic circle in a small cave in the village, and temporarily changed it into a cave. According to the insect repelling technique recorded in the bamboo slips by Tao Qianqiu, he recognized the master by dripping blood on all the praying mantises.

The recognition ceremony of the thirty-odd first-order praying mantises went quite smoothly.The recognition ceremony of the two second-order spirit insects took a lot of effort, and it took a full day and one night to finally recognize the master successfully.

A few days later, Xiao Fan and Ji Qingsha both left Peach Blossom Village.