Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 444: Straggler
A subtle cracking sound came, and Mo Wuji's heart sank. The newly hatched Yin Flame Centipedes could actually bite the warship's outer surface.
Mo Wuji's divine sense landed on the surface of the Immortal Ferry, and sure enough, there were some tiny marks. These were still newly born Yin Flame Centipedes. Once these Yin Flame Centipedes grew up, and there were so many...
Mo Wuji didn't dare to think further. He was sure that once the warship was bitten to pieces, none of them would survive.
"Fellow Daoist Tong Sheng, you control the warship. I'll go out and destroy these things." Mo Wuji immediately made up his mind.
"Fellow Daoist Mo, you absolutely can't do that. These things are not Colorless Leeches. I suspect they are Yin Flame Centipede eggs..." Grandmaster Pu immediately said. If they were Yin Flame Centipede eggs, you couldn't solve the problem with flames.
Yin Flame Centipedes not only liked Yin energy, but also liked flames. It was a contradiction, but Yin Flame Centipedes were precisely this kind of contradictory being.
Mo Wuji saw it even more clearly than Grandmaster Pu. He said calmly, "If I don't go out, none of us will survive. Grandmaster Pu is right, these are indeed Yin Flame Centipede eggs, but I discovered that these Yin Flame Centipede eggs are attached to the surface of the warship. Because the spiritual energy is abundant, they will soon hatch. These hatched Yin Flame Centipedes also have a method, which is that they can gnaw at the outer protective shield of the warship. Once the outer shield of the warship is gnawed away, we have no way to live."
Mo Wuji's words silenced everyone. They had only heard of the terror of Yin Flame Centipedes, but had never seen them.
Tong Sheng said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Mo, Grandmaster Pu is right. If it really is a Yin Flame Centipede, flames probably won't solve the problem. Yin Flame Centipedes are fire-type demons, and flames can even further enhance their strength."
Mo Wuji nodded. "I know, but everyone also knows that my flames are not ordinary flames. And even if Yin Flame Centipedes are not afraid of flames, that's only adult Yin Flame Centipedes. These are just insect eggs. I don't believe I can't destroy some insect eggs."
After Mo Wuji finished speaking, he directly pulled on the cabin door handle.
In Mo Wuji's view, even if these Yin Flame Centipede eggs were not afraid of flames, he would use flames to burn these insect eggs to death.
After all, these were just insect eggs. It was like when you were hungry, you could eat. Eating a bowl of rice could save your life and even improve your energy and spirit. If you forced a hungry person to eat more rice than their stomach could hold, they would still die. Besides, was the Azure Cloth Heart an ordinary flame? It was a Heavenly Flame.
Unfortunately, he didn't know any water-type or ice-type spells, otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to take out the Azure Cloth Heart to burn these fire-type insect eggs.
With a soft "crack!" Mo Wuji appeared outside the Immortal Ferry. Countless insect eggs pounced on his Azure Cloth Heart shield. The azure flame shield transmitted a rustling sound. No matter how many insect eggs there were, they were all turned to ashes upon touching the azure shield.
Mo Wuji breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, his Azure Cloth Heart could still deal with these insect eggs.
In just the time it takes to breathe, the insect eggs around Mo Wuji were gone. Mo Wuji placed his hands on the surface of the warship, and the Azure Cloth Heart flame spread out like a wave.
This flame quickly formed circles of flame lakes on the surface of the warship.
The sound of "fluttering!" kept coming, and the Immortal Ferry instantly stabilized. Soon, the gray space reappeared around the Immortal Ferry. Countless insect eggs were turned to ashes under the Azure Cloth Heart. The violent air currents around him rushed onto Mo Wuji, and Mo Wuji felt a burst of oppression.
Before Mo Wuji could return to the warship, a shrill, piercing cry came, followed by a black shadow dozens of feet long pouncing towards Mo Wuji.
Was this a Yin Flame Centipede? Mo Wuji opened his hand, and the Heavenly Mechanism Staff appeared in his hand.
This Yin Flame Centipede was covered in mottled colors, with hundreds of sharp claws, and a mouth full of green and eerie teeth, making one's heart chill.
"Buzz buzz!" Before the dozens of feet long Yin Flame Centipede could pounce on Mo Wuji, dozens of burning flame blades slashed towards Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji spread his hands, and dozens of thunder swords shot out as well.
"Boom boom boom!" The thunder swords and flame blades collided, splashing out large swaths of lightning and sparks.
The violent backlash force came, and if he wasn't leaning against the Immortal Ferry, Mo Wuji suspected that he would be blown away by this one attack.
Seeing that his dozens of flame blades had no effect, the Yin Flame Centipede's giant tail swung towards Mo Wuji's waist, while simultaneously opening its mouth to bite at Mo Wuji's head.
This was the first time Mo Wuji had seen a centipede that could attack with its head and tail at the same time. In just an instant, the Yin Flame Centipede's head was close to Mo Wuji. The stench and eerie mouth made Mo Wuji feel nauseous.
The Heavenly Mechanism Staff in Mo Wuji's hand turned into a shadow, directly tearing through space and blasting towards the Yin Flame Centipede's head. At the same time, a thunder sword even thicker than this Yin Flame Centipede shot towards the Yin Flame Centipede's abdomen.
Just as Mo Wuji's Heavenly Mechanism Staff was about to hit the Yin Flame Centipede's head, Mo Wuji suddenly felt a sense of death. His heart tightened, and he unhesitatingly used Spatial Shift, even forgetting to attack the Yin Flame Centipede.
"Boom!" A black blade of light tore Mo Wuji's departing figure into pieces. Mo Wuji's spiritual eyes widened, and a faint centipede seeped into the Yin Flame Centipede's body and disappeared. The centipede was identical to the Yin Flame Centipede in both shape and length.
Mo Wuji took a deep breath. If he hadn't been quick to react and even had Spatial Shift, he would have been tricked just now.
At this point, he finally understood why the Yin Flame Centipede had this name. This name wasn't because the Yin Flame Centipede liked Yin energy and flames. It was because the Yin Flame Centipede had a split body, and this split body was a centipede composed of Yin energy.
In other words, the Yin Flame Centipede's body had two souls, one was a Yin Centipede and the other was a Yang Centipede. If someone didn't understand the characteristics of the Yin Flame Centipede, they were very likely to be killed by the Yin Flame Centipede in the first battle.
A violent tearing aura came. Because of the previous battle, the Immortal Ferry had already left Mo Wuji far behind. A strong suction force came from below the Immortal Abyss, making it almost impossible for Mo Wuji to stand firm in the void. The oppressive aura constantly rolling in from the Immortal Abyss made Mo Wuji clearly understand that he had to return to the warship as soon as possible, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
The Yin Flame Centipede didn't seem to have expected Mo Wuji to suddenly dodge its killing move, and was immediately furious. Its huge body pounced towards Mo Wuji again.
Mo Wuji was also overflowing with killing intent. He was almost ambushed by a centipede, how could he not be angry? Almost at the same time as the Yin Flame Centipede pounced, Mo Wuji also pounced towards this Yin Flame Centipede.
However, before he could get close to the Yin Flame Centipede, he raised his hands and activated his spells, Mo Wuji used his killing move, Space Imprisonment.
In that instant, the Yin Flame Centipede was imprisoned in the air by Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji's spiritual eyes could even see that the Yin Centipede in the Yin Flame Centipede's body had already separated from the Flame Centipede by a large margin. As long as there was a little more time, the Yin Centipede and Flame Centipede could attack him again at the same time.
Mo Wuji wouldn't give this Yin Flame Centipede another chance. At the same time as he imprisoned this Yin Flame Centipede, the Heavenly Mechanism Staff, wrapped in his surrounding Yuan Power, slammed into the Yin Flame Centipede's head.
"Puff!" A green liquid splashed out, and the Yin Flame Centipede let out a shrill scream, falling directly into the Immortal Abyss.
Mo Wuji breathed a sigh of relief. He had to hurry and find the Immortal Ferry, otherwise, he would soon follow in the footsteps of the Yin Flame Centipede. There were countless unpredictable factors in this Immortal Abyss. Perhaps this Yin Flame Centipede was just one in billions. Just this one in billions had almost killed him.
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On the Immortal Ferry, everyone was still overjoyed when Mo Wuji destroyed the many Yin Flame Centipede insect eggs. But soon, the terrifying Yin Flame Centipede rushed over, and then disappeared with Mo Wuji from around the Immortal Ferry without a trace.
"I can no longer scan Fellow Daoist Mo's position. I have no idea where he is now." Tong Sheng's tone was a bit solemn.
Everyone looked at each other, and all turned their gazes to Grandmaster Pu. Mo Wuji had initiated this crossing of the Immortal Abyss, and the Immortal Ferry was also Mo Wuji's, but now Mo Wuji was not on the ship.
"Grandmaster Pu, what do we do?" Jia Qi asked anxiously.
Grandmaster Pu walked to the edge of the Immortal Ferry, looked at the roaring and rolling clouds around him, and said in a deep voice after a long while, "Fellow Daoist Mo is probably in mortal danger. That Yin Flame Centipede was seventeen or eighteen feet long, equivalent to a Heavenly Immortal cultivator. And I heard that Yin Flame Centipedes also have the most secret attack methods. Although I don't know what they are, but..."
Grandmaster Pu didn't finish his words, but everyone understood his meaning.