Crossing the Cultivation Realm: Two Souls Coexist

The hissing and roaring of the insect swarms almost tore the air apart, and insects of different species fought against each other driven by greed.

Broken limbs and debris rained down from the sky, piling up on the ground in a sickening, writhing carpet.

Xiao Zi breathed out dragon breath with all his might, creating two charred isolation zones at the edge of the sea of ​​insects. The scorching flames temporarily blocked some of the crazy impact.

But its breathing was already noticeably heavy, and the spiritual energy in its body was rapidly depleting like the ebbing tide.

What made it even more upset were the elusive mantises.

They are like green ghosts, retreating after one strike and never fighting to the end.

Every time the sharp sickle chopped down, it landed precisely in the gaps between Xiao Zi's scales or relatively weak joints, bringing waves of excruciating pain.

Its huge body rushed angrily through the forest, knocking down countless huge trees, trying to destroy the assassins' hiding place, but with little success.

These cunning hunters always manage to blend into the environment in advance and disappear without a trace.

When Xiao Zi was forced to narrow the range of the dragon's breath and formed a pillar of fire around the giant tree where Hu Qing was in order to protect himself.

It watched in despair as the dozen or so mantises fell lightly back to the ground, and then - like a drop of water merging into the sea, the color of their bodies instantly blended with the soil and fallen leaves, and completely disappeared from its sight again!

Then, there came a continuous stream of blunt blows and slashes from all directions!

The dull sound of the sickle hitting the scales, the stinging pain in the joints...these attacks could not really hurt it.

However, it greatly interfered with it, consuming its already limited energy and making it unable to fully deal with the swarm of insects below that were once again stirring and trying to cross the sea of ​​fire!

Xiao Zi let out an angry and tired roar, and a hint of weakness flashed in his dragon eyes.

It had to maintain the fire circle protecting Hu Qing while also dealing with these invisible harassments. Its spiritual power was about to be exhausted, but the sea of ​​insects below seemed endless...

Just when it was about to give up maintaining the circle of fire and prepare to fight to the death——

A slender, steady, yet powerful hand reached out silently from behind it.

The hand's movements seemed slow, yet they were strangely precise and calm.

It penetrated the tiny arcs of electricity and flames surrounding Xiao Zi, and gently grasped it in the void!

"Crack!"

There was a sound of bones breaking that was so crisp and teeth-grinding!

A pale green mantis that had just emerged from its invisible state and was about to raise its sickle to chop again had its slender neck pinched by this hand with incredible precision!

There was still a trace of bloodthirsty excitement in those cold compound eyes, and then the light dimmed completely.

The hand twisted casually and separated its head from its body. Deep blue blood with a strange fishy smell spurted out, covering half of Xiao Zi's body.

Xiao Zi was stunned at first, and then a huge ecstasy ran through her body like an electric current!

It didn't even bother to dislike the stinking mantis blood, and suddenly turned back -

Hu Qing had opened his eyes at some point and stood quietly behind it.

The light in his body had been restrained, and his face was still a little pale, but his eyes were brighter and deeper than ever before, as if reflecting the subtle sounds of the entire forest.

His aura became extremely restrained, yet gave people an unfathomable feeling, as if he had a wonderful resonance with the surrounding environment.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Zi." Hu Qing's voice was calm, but it carried a soothing power.

He glanced at the surging swarm of insects below and frowned slightly.

"hold head high!"

Xiao Zi hummed excitedly, as if he had found his backbone, and turned around to breathe a fierce breath of hot dragon breath at the swarm of insects below that were trying to cross the line of fire.

The fire made the insects crackle and temporarily curbed their attack.

Hu Qing's gaze did not linger on the sea of ​​insects. His ears moved very slightly, as if catching countless subtle sounds coming from the wind.

The rustling of leaves, the buzzing of insects, the faint rustle of mantises moving on fallen leaves, even the extremely subtle tremor of their muscles as they tense and prepare to exert force...

Breaking the shackles of the ears brings not only infinite enhancement of hearing, but also ultimate control and insight into sound!

Within a radius of several hundred meters, all sounds, no matter how big or small, appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness like a clear map.

Those mantises that rely on being invisible by matching the color of their surroundings have nowhere to hide in front of his ears that can "listen to the sky and observe the subtle"!

"Two behind the third broken tree on the left."

"Three are lurking under the fallen leaves on the ground in front of us on the right, and are slowly approaching."

"There's a branch overhead, one ready to pounce."

Hu Qing's lips did not move, but his clear voice rang directly in Xiao Zi's mind.

At the same time, he put his fingers together like a sword, without even looking, and lightly pointed at a certain place in the void on the left!

laugh!

An extremely condensed and silent green sword energy broke through the air and instantly disappeared behind the seemingly empty broken tree!

"Squeak!" A sharp cry of grief was heard, and two pale green mantises staggered out of their invisible state.

At the same time, a tiny hole appeared between their eyes, and blue blood flowed out. After struggling for a few times, they stopped moving.

Xiao Zi was surprised and happy, and without hesitation, she sprayed a stream of hot dragon breath towards the ground in front of her right where Hu Qing pointed out!

The flames suddenly exploded, covering a large area, and three mantises trying to drill out of the ground were instantly ignited.

It let out a shrill scream, twisted wildly in the flames, and soon turned into charcoal.

At the same time, Hu Qing did not raise his head, but just casually waved his sleeves upwards.

An invisible, highly compressed sound wave suddenly hit a thick branch above the head like a sledgehammer!

"Oh!"

Branches and leaves exploded, wood chips flew everywhere! A mantis, just emerging and about to pounce, was struck head-on by an invisible giant fist.

Its entire body suddenly flew backwards and hit a tree trunk in the distance. Its shell shattered and green juice splashed everywhere. It was obvious that it was dead.

The remaining mantises were obviously frightened by the sudden and precise attack and the instant death of their companion.

They revealed their figures, with a look of surprise and doubt in their compound eyes, and slowly retreated, as if they were beginning to have the intention to retreat.

Hu Qing didn't give them a chance. He moved his ears slightly and locked onto the positions of all the remaining mantises.

He took a deep breath, his chest bulging slightly, and then he let out a low but extremely penetrating shout towards that area!

"Bah!"

This shout is not directed at the body, but directly affects the soul and perception!

It is a preliminary application of the power of sound after the shackles of the ears are broken!

The mantises that were about to become invisible again suddenly stiffened and the light in their compound eyes instantly faded.

It was as if his brain was severely shattered by invisible sound waves, his movements became slow and chaotic, and he even found it difficult to remain invisible!