Mortal Seeking Immortal

As soon as Ye Zhou and his companions stopped, the desert beneath their feet began to shake, and the desert behind them was turbulent, with hundreds of sand waves tens of feet high appearing out of thin air.

The huge dead tree where Ye Zhou and his companions had just stopped had disappeared, and a huge black pit appeared in its place, with the surrounding yellow sand falling into the pit.

The wind howled, rolling up the yellow sand all over the sky, and the surrounding sky and earth were covered with yellow sand, becoming dim.

All this happened in an instant.

Lin Yunshan and his companions' faces changed drastically. In addition to being thankful, they all looked at Ye Zhou with gratitude. If Ye Zhou had not reminded them in time, they would have probably fallen into the black pit.

Having escaped a disaster, Ye Zhou did not show any relief on his face, but instead released his spiritual sense to explore the surrounding environment with a solemn look.

When Ye Zhou's spiritual sense detected the yellow sand that was slowly sinking in the surrounding area, Ye Zhou's face changed and he hurriedly said, "Go!"

Ye Zhou took the lead and ran forward, and Lin Yunshan and others followed closely behind him.

After running forward for a full quarter of an hour, Ye Zhou stopped.

Lin Yunshan and others stood behind Ye Zhou and released their spiritual sense to explore the yellow sand behind them. They saw that there was nothing behind them.

Feng Mo looked at Ye Zhou and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ye, what did you find in the yellow sand just now?"

Before Ye Zhou replied, Lin Yunshan's face changed, and Xu Zhuo, who was standing next to him, exclaimed, "Look!"

The yellow sand in the distance was surging, as if a huge monster was coming out of the yellow sand.

The faces of several people turned pale.

In the blink of an eye, a Yuanying realm piercing spirit rat as big as a hill appeared on the yellow sand in the distance.

Lin Yunshan looked at the piercing spirit rat and murmured, "How could there be a Yuanying realm spirit insect here?! What happened in the Ghost Desert?"

As everyone knows, Yuanying realm spirit insects usually only appear in the inner area of ​​the Ghost Desert, and rarely appear in the outer area. Team C led by Lin Yunshan has patrolled out of the city many times, but has never encountered a Yuanying realm spirit insect in the outer area.

Xu Zhuo said, "This piercing spirit rat is injured."

As soon as Xu Zhuo finished speaking, the piercing spirit rat opened its mouth and let out a shrill wail, and drops of dazzling blood flowed from the mouth of the piercing spirit rat.

The breath of the piercing spirit rat was weak, and it seemed to be seriously injured.

The ears of the piercing spirit rat moved, and a misty yellow light flashed on its body, and its body shot away like an arrow.

Before the piercing spirit rat ran a hundred feet away, the yellow sand under the piercing spirit rat was seen surging again, and a huge black black-scaled fire python rushed out of the yellow sand and wrapped around the piercing spirit rat with lightning speed.

A breath of the late Nascent Soul was released from the black-scaled fire python.

A blazing flame was released from the black-scaled fire python, wrapping the piercing rat in it.

A yellow light was released from the piercing rat to resist the flames. As time passed, the already seriously injured piercing rat was at the end of its strength, and the yellow light released from its body flickered.

In just a moment, the yellow light on the piercing rat dissipated, and the flames spread rapidly on the piercing rat. The piercing rat let out a series of shrill howls, and its huge body kept struggling, with spikes all over its body whizzing at the black-scaled fire python.

The scales of the black-scaled fire python released a black light, and the spikes shot at it were all blocked by the scales.

The dying attack of the piercing rat did not cause any injury to the black-scaled fire python, but instead accelerated its death.

But in a moment, the piercing-eared spirit rat died in the mouth of the black-scaled fire python, and its body, as big as a hill, was swallowed by the black-scaled fire python.

The black-scaled fire python that swallowed the piercing-eared spirit rat was about to go back to the yellow sand to rest, but unexpectedly a huge deep pit suddenly appeared under the black-scaled fire python, and a huge mouth full of sharp fangs drilled out of the deep pit and swallowed the black-scaled fire python into its mouth.

The black-scaled fire python, which was in the late stage of the Nascent Soul, died in the mouth of the mysterious creature under the yellow sand before it even had time to struggle, which shocked everyone.

The huge mouth that swallowed the black-scaled fire python drilled back into the yellow sand again and disappeared without a trace, and the yellow sand returned to calm again.

After a moment, Lin Yunshan looked at Ye Zhou and said, "The piercing-eared spirit rat moved quickly in the yellow sand. I didn't expect you to detect the breath of the piercing-eared spirit rat in advance."

It can be seen that Ye Zhou's spiritual consciousness is far superior to Lin Yunshan.

Lin Yunshan looked at Ye Zhou with admiration in his eyes.

Ye Zhou did not tell Lin Yunshan that he did not detect the breath of the piercing spirit rat, but he noticed that there was a breath lurking under the yellow sand that made him feel very scary, so he reminded everyone to leave quickly.

Now that I think about it, that terrifying breath should be released by that huge mouth full of fangs.

Ye Zhou said calmly: "The spirit insects with the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Realm have all run to the periphery of the Ghost Desert. Now the periphery is not safe either. It seems that some changes should have occurred in the inner periphery of the Ghost Desert. We need to speed up patrols and return to the city as soon as possible."

Several people nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, how far are we from the first location marked by Baili Yu where we need to capture spirit insects?"

Ye Zhou looked at Lin Yunshan and asked. He had just arrived in Xianliu City and was not familiar with the Ghost Desert.

Lin Yunshan glanced at the surrounding environment and said to Ye Zhou: "When we were running just now, we went in the wrong direction. If we go at full speed, we will be about half a day away from the first location."

Ye Zhou frowned slightly when he heard this. Baili Yu had marked eight locations for catching spirit insects in the jade slip. At this speed, if he wanted to catch all the spirit insects that Baili Yu needed, it might take more than ten days.

Lin Yunshan might have seen what Ye Zhou was thinking, and said to him, "Fellow Daoist Ye, although Baili Yu has marked many locations, many of them are very close to each other. At this speed, we can return to Xianliu City in less than ten days."

Ye Zhou's frown relaxed when he heard this.

According to the formation arranged by Lin Yunshan, several people rushed to the first location marked by Baili Yu at full speed.

However, in less than half a day, Ye Zhou and his friends arrived at a rocky forest.

This stone forest stretches for hundreds of miles, and black stone pillars of different postures stand on the yellow sand like towering trees.

Lin Yunshan and his companions stopped at the edge of the stone forest. Looking at the stone forest in front of them, Lin Yunshan said to Ye Zhou and his companions, "This is the first place for catching spirit insects that Baili Yu marked in the jade slip. Everyone, go and look for traces of spirit insects separately."

Lin Yunshan and his companions dispersed and walked into the stone forest, releasing their spiritual consciousness to carefully look for traces of spirit insects.

After a while, Xu Zhuo, who was deep in the center of the stone forest, suddenly sent a message to inform them that he had found traces of spirit insects. Ye Zhou and his companions quickly moved closer to Xu Zhuo's location.