Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 26 The Light-Eating Worm is Suddenly Attacked
It was like passing through a gentle, flowing barrier, followed by an explosion of endless vibrant colors before my eyes!

Streaks of white, gold, red, blue—all sorts of dazzling aurora borealis—were rapidly flowing along the crystal-like walls of the passageway.
As countless streaks of light flashed by, Qi Yuan and the others couldn't help but feel as if they had entered a time tunnel!

"So, so beautiful!"

"Such a beautiful place exists in this little world."

Hugo and his group were all amazed and full of admiration at the dreamlike scene before them.

It wasn't until much later that everyone gradually came to their senses.

"Let's go, let's keep moving forward. The aurora stones needed for the mission are probably only found in the upper part of the Aurora Corridor."

At Hu Ge's command, the group immediately flew forward along the shimmering crystal passage.

The internal passage of the Aurora Corridor is approximately thousands of kilometers wide, and the entire passage spirals upwards in a spiral-like manner.

Meanwhile, there are branching openings of varying sizes on the four walls of the passage.

These openings range in size from small ones that can only accommodate one person at a time to large ones that can reach a diameter of over a thousand meters!
The forks in the road are not completely separate; they intersect with other passages within themselves.

It can be said that the entire Aurora Corridor is actually a huge, dreamlike maze composed of winding crystal passages!
After traveling along the main passage for nearly two days, Hugo and his group randomly chose one of the larger side tunnels and crawled inside.

In the following time, they began to quickly explore through the winding passages.

However, several days passed, and they didn't see a single aurora stone, let alone a ghost.

"Damn, this information only says that there is a chance to obtain Aurora Stones in the Aurora Corridor, but it doesn't explain how to find them. The probability of finding Aurora Stones by just wandering around blindly and hoping for luck is too low!"

Hu Ge couldn't help but feel a little dejected.

The aurora corridor felt beautiful and dreamlike when I first entered, but after spending a long time there, it just felt incredibly boring.

The dazzling aurora borealis, constantly flashing and darting, was so bright that it made people feel dizzy and disoriented.

"Master, according to the information I found online, Aurora Stones seem to be more common in areas where Light-Eating Worms appear. If we can encounter Light-Eating Worms, we should be able to make a profit!"

Old Wu diligently shared the information he had gathered in advance.

"Of course I know that there are aurora stones where the light-eating worms appear, but where do we look for them?"

Hugo was about to answer when suddenly—

"Boom~~~"

The entire crystal passage began to shake violently, and the rapidly flowing aurora on the four arms of the passage seemed to be interrupted by an inexplicable force, becoming chaotic and disordered.

"Wow~~~"

Suddenly, a large number of shattered crystals fell from the stone wall above the passage, hundreds of meters away from them.

Immediately afterwards, a huge, disc-shaped, menacing maw covered with countless sharp barbs over half a meter long burst through the crystal wall and plunged directly into the passage!

Immediately afterwards, a segment of snow-white, semi-transparent bluish-white fluorescent body with countless short abdominal legs appeared in the upper crack.

"No, really? Are we that lucky?"

Hugo hesitated for only a moment before immediately shouting the order wildly:

"Quickly, quick, act fast! Light-Eating Worms, we've encountered Light-Eating Worms!"

"Chi!" "Chi!" "Chi!"

As Hugo spoke, Old Wu and the two Mist Clan guards simultaneously controlled their psychic weapons and shot them toward the snow-white body that emerged from the stone wall.

The strange creature with its segmented body was in a state of human-like daze.

However, sensing the impending danger, the strange creature seemed to be enraged and instantly raised its disc-shaped mouthparts covered with ferocious spikes.

“Zizi~~”

With a sound like an electric buzzing, a series of extremely concentrated, dazzling beams of colored light shot out from the mouthpiece.

"Ding!" "Ding!" "Ding!"
One after another, beams of colored light, condensed to their maximum intensity, struck the telekinetic weapons of Lao Wu and his companions, distorting their attack trajectories.

"Poof!" "Poof!"

The telekinetic weapon, having lost its aim, grazed across the creature's snow-white body, causing no real damage beyond cutting a shallow layer of skin and flesh.

"Chirp, chirp~~"

The snow-white creature emitted strange low moans, and then its disc-shaped mouthparts, covered with hard, sharp spikes, began to spin rapidly like a drill.

"Boom~~~"

The hard crystal tunnel walls were easily torn apart by those ferocious maws, just like tofu.

Then the strange creature turned around and plunged headfirst back into the crystal barrier above, its speed was simply outrageous!
"Keep up with him, don't let him get away!"

Hugo was shouting and giving orders.

"Chase"

Old Wu received the order and was about to pilot his flying telekinetic weapon to give chase, but in the next second, his face suddenly turned deathly pale—

"Oh no! Protect Master!"

He roared wildly and took the lead in manipulating the golden disc-shaped telekinetic weapon to block Hu Ge's back!
"Ding!" "Ding!" "Ding!"
Several streaks of light struck the disc-shaped psychic weapon in succession, causing it to tremble violently. Fortunately, they managed to block all the attacks.

However, before he could relax, the blocked streaks of light suddenly changed course—

Beware of spirit mediums!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"
A flash of cold light, and blood splattered—

When those streaks of light finally faded away temporarily, six slave guards on Hugo's side had their heads blown off and lay on the ground forever!
Among them were two Zhalin Clan warriors who had reached the ninth level of the Stellar Realm!
In the blink of an eye, the team had lost more than half its members!

Qi Yuan, however, was fortunate enough to escape unscathed because he was near two Mist Clan spiritualists.

"Protect Master!"

Old Wu, who reacted the fastest, pulled the still somewhat dazed Hugo behind him and looked solemnly in the direction of the passage they had come from.

The surviving guards rushed forward to protect them in the center.

"Heh, seven ninth-tier Stellar-level beings, and three of them are Spiritual Masters. This is quite different from the information our employer provided."

"Three-Eyes, you'd better tell the boss later that this mission deserves extra pay!"

As the nonchalant voice faded, one after another, figures clad in identical black standard combat armor quickly appeared in the team's line of sight.

The leader was a cold-looking young man with three eyes and mysterious purple patterns at the corners of his eyes.

On either side of him stood four burly men with muscular arms and a silver-scaled youth with a small golden snake coiled around his neck.

Behind them, ten figures in black armor, each with a different physique, hovered in the air.

Moreover, the aura emanating from each of these figures had reached the ninth level of the Stellar level!

"Ten, thirteen! It's over."

Upon seeing this scene, Old Wu's heart sank, and he had already prepared for the worst.

Qi Yuan, who was behind the group, suddenly brightened up when he saw this, and a vague plan instantly formed in his mind.

"The opportunity has arrived!"

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