Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

In the dimly lit corridor.

Upon seeing the result of his severed arm, the middle-aged cultivator's already pale face turned even paler, and a wave of fear washed over him.

After quickly taking the medicine to heal his wounds and stop the bleeding, he looked at Zhu Youzhi with gratitude and said tremblingly.

"Thank...thank you!"

Zhu Youzhi shook his head, stepped forward to retrieve the wooden ring, and picked up the pair of transparent wings.

The wings of the two-winged venomous centipede are a rare and valuable medicinal ingredient.

"The two-winged venomous centipede is a rare poisonous creature, and I never expected it to exist in this secret realm!"

Thankfully, it only has two wings; if it had four, you would probably be dead in an instant.

Then he turned to the several vassal cultivators and said coldly:

"I'll say it one last time: no one is allowed to act without authorization! If there's a next time, I'll chop off your heads."

At this moment, Lu Zaian took the bottle of pills from the severed arm's hand, opened it, smelled it, and suddenly realized what was happening.

"As expected... I knew it had a strange smell. This is a Beast Spirit Pill specially made for raising spirit pets."

Lu Zaian inherited Xiao Fenlin's knowledge of alchemy. Although he had never refined pills, he was instinctively familiar with various kinds of pills.

The jade bottle in my hand was sealed and preserved very well. After countless years, the Beast Spirit Pill inside was still within its shelf life.

Suddenly, Lu Zaian's expression changed as if he remembered something, and he looked up at the rows of jade bottles in the secret room.

The strange smell lingered in the air for a long time; it couldn't have been caused by just one bottle.

In other words, all the jade bottles here are filled with Beast Spirit Pills!

And the number of spirit pets that require so many Beast Spirit Pills to raise is definitely not just one!

At this thought, a bad premonition flashed through Lu Zaian's mind, and goosebumps suddenly rose all over his body. He quickly whispered urgently:

"Quick, let's go! This isn't an alchemy room at all, it's a petting zoo! There's definitely more than one venomous centipede here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone snapped out of their daze and hurriedly ran towards the front of the corridor!

The formation changed, with Zhu Youzhi at the forefront.

The injured middle-aged monk was hanging at the very back.

Now these vassal cultivators realized the gap between themselves and the disciples of powerful forces.

In terms of both cultivation and knowledge, he was far inferior to Zhu Youzhi and Lu Zaian.

They dared not utter any more reckless words or do anything out of line, and simply followed Zhu Youzhi and Lu Zaian silently.

Buzz buzz buzz!!!

Hiss! ! !

And what you fear most is exactly what happens.

All that could be heard from the open, secret rooms on both sides of the corridor were dense buzzing and hissing sounds.

Lu Zaian felt a chill run down his spine as he saw countless flying, winged, venomous centipedes swarm out of the secret chamber in the blink of an eye!

Pairs of tiny, eerie green eyes, like will-o'-the-wisps, frantically approached the group!

"Oops!"

The once spacious corridor was suddenly teeming with poisonous insects!

It surged forth like a tide, from all sides, from the ceiling to the ground!

The middle-aged cultivator at the very back trembled violently, let out a roar, and swung his left hand to unleash a beam of earthy yellow light!

However, those two-winged, venomous centipedes flap their wings extremely quickly and can suddenly change direction in mid-air.

The yellowish-brown beam of light only struck three centipedes, which was negligible against the surging centipede army.

Not to mention that two of them, despite being hit on half of their bodies, still struggled and lunged forward!

"Use fire! This poisonous insect is most afraid of fire!"

With a solemn expression, Zhu Youzhi shouted loudly, raised his hands, and the wooden ring magic weapon in his hands shot out like an arrow!

In the blink of an eye, the wooden ring rapidly expanded in mid-air, transforming into a massive cyan halo as tall as a person.

"Wood and Fire, Double Ring Sweep!"

Zhu Youzhi muttered incantations.

As soon as he finished speaking, the huge cyan halo split in two, lying across his front!

A blazing blue flame rose from within the blue halo, resembling a circular curtain of fire.

Those venomous centipedes that tried to fly over the double ring of flames were instantly burned to ashes by the firelight.

Not even a trace of residue remained!

At this point, Zhu Youzhi dared not hold back any longer in collecting any more Frost Wings.

"Come at me!"

Zhu Youzhi, pushing the ring of flames with both hands, took the lead at the very front, and the others also unleashed their trump cards.

The middle-aged cultivator reluctantly pulled out a valuable flame shield talisman from his robes and covered himself with it.

With this blessing, the two-winged, venomous centipedes dared not easily pounce on him.

The old man with the wood element then took out a low-grade gourd-shaped magic weapon that was pitted and uneven.

Each time he raised his hand, a burst of red flame would shoot out.

The other old man was a fire-elemental cultivator. He formed hand seals and created a fine fire net, trapping the venomous centipede that tried to pounce on him.

Only the plump female cultivator to Lu Zaian's left looked panicked.

"I...I don't have any fire-type magic weapons!"

Several venomous centipedes flapped their wings and pounced, but she wielded a blue water-based magic sword, only to miss repeatedly!

Seeing the poisonous creature about to pounce on her, the plump female cultivator couldn't help but show a look of despair.

raging!!

Suddenly, a blazing fireball shot out from the right, aimed directly at the venomous centipede in mid-air!

The several venomous centipedes tried to dodge, but the fireball suddenly exploded, engulfing them in an instant.

"Take it, use it sparingly!"

A deep voice came from the right. The plump female cultivator, who had escaped death, looked to the right in astonishment.

The weakest formation master was now shrouded in a thick, menacing black armor.

What he casually shoved at me was a stack of fire-attribute talismans!

"I am deeply grateful... I have no way to repay your life-saving kindness..."

The plump female cultivator quickly accepted it, her red lips pursed as she was about to say something nice, but she was rudely interrupted.

"Stop talking nonsense! Focus on defending your side!"

Lu Zaian, his expression serious and impatient, spoke from behind his mask.

The appearance of the venomous centipede forced him to unleash his Black Rhinoceros Armor.

Although it's not a fire-type magic weapon, its top-tier first-grade defensive power means that these two-winged, venomous centipedes can't bite through it in a short time.

At the same time, if he hadn't been thinking about preserving the team's fighting strength and having someone disperse the danger on the left, he wouldn't have given that female cultivator a stack of fire talismans.

When the three people behind witnessed this scene, their eyes turned bloodshot and their back teeth were clenched to powder.

Damn it, a Qi Refining Level 4 array master is wearing a top-tier Tier 1 armor, and it's completely airtight.

He can casually pull out a stack of talismans and give them away!

We are different, everyone has different experiences... If they knew how, they would probably be singing right now.

Zhu Youzhi, who was ahead, was also very pleased.

The worst thing about leading a team is encountering a burden.

Lu Zaian's performance in terms of formations, quick wit, and financial resources has relieved a lot of his pressure.

He's a rare and excellent teammate!

Just as Zhu Youzhi was feeling comforted, a loud commotion came from the side room behind him.

Buzz! ! !

Dozens of two-winged, venomous centipedes parted to create a path, like soldiers in formation, and escorted a much larger black shadow to appear!

Everyone turned around to look.

The shadowy creature was over five feet long, its mouthparts like giant pincers opening and closing, its dark arthropods gleaming coldly, and its tentacles probably numbering in the thousands, wriggling densely. It had four wings on its back, which flapped rapidly, creating a gust of cold wind!

"Four wings?!"