Chapter 228 Devouring Oil Bugs

After confirming the number of [Shi You Chong] (oil-devouring bugs) in the sack, Fang Yue prepared to gather volunteers for testing.

"I'll do it!"

Unexpectedly, the Blood Hunter spoke in a deep voice at this moment.

Fang Yue knew that the Blood Hunter felt guilty for the fallen guards earlier.

Without saying much, he opened the coarse sack and aimed it at the Blood Hunter.

*Buzz buzz buzz.*

The [Shi You Chong] flew out of the sack, immediately smelling the strong greasy stench on the Blood Hunter. Like hungry dogs pouncing on food, they burrowed into the Blood Hunter's clothes, devouring the strange oil.

Fang Yue waited aside, observing the Blood Hunter's condition.

At first, the Blood Hunter didn't feel anything, only twitching slightly uncomfortably, seemingly enduring an itching sensation.

But soon, he began to frown, as if feeling a stinging pain.

"Blood Hunter?"

"Wait a little longer!"

The number of [Shi You Chong] released this time was small, so the efficiency of devouring the strange oil was not high, but it was definitely much safer.

After waiting for a while, the Blood Hunter gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Now!"

*Boom!*

The freely controlled raging flames directly engulfed the Blood Hunter.

With a sizzling sound, the [Shi You Chong] fell to the ground, burned red and cooked through. Their heat resistance was very poor, and they died instantly.

Under Fang Yue's control, the flames dissipated. The Blood Hunter, clutching his burning arm, smiled. "Brother Yue, it worked! This method is feasible!"

"Yeah."

Someone poured cold water on the Blood Hunter.

Fang Yue began 'salvaging' the next batch of [Shi You Chong], then using the [Shi You Chong] to devour the strange oil, and finally finishing with the Flame Heart Sutra's flames.

The whole process was quite efficient.

After mastering the rhythm, Fang Yue started using groups of five or six, processing them in batches with the [Shi You Chong] and then eliminating them, directly entering a streamlined industrial phase.

When most of the team had their strange oil sucked away and were safe, the Blood Hunter responsible for capturing the [Shi You Chong] suddenly frowned. "Brother Yue, the number of bugs is decreasing. The main force of the underground bug swarm seems to be passing us completely!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yue quickly had everyone speed up the efficiency. They finally managed to suck away the strange oil from the remaining people, including the offline Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, just before the main force of the underground [Shi You Chong] completely passed.

Whether it was an illusion or not, after the main force of the [Shi You Chong] left, they no longer had the problem of emitting strange oil, as if the strangeness that had enveloped them had also left.

Or… from the beginning, they were just following the tail end of that unknown strange oil entity, and others hadn't even noticed their existence, and they were simply affected.

"According to this, doesn't that mean the strange oil entity is extremely terrifying?" Fang Yue couldn't help but say.

"Yes, if this conjecture is true, then the strange oil entity is at least a high-level Black-rank entity, or even… a Blood-rank entity!"

Blood-rank entity!?

Fang Yue's heart tightened.

For a remote village like theirs, a high-level Black-rank entity was almost the limit.

A Blood-rank entity was unthinkable!

A Blood-rank entity corresponded to a human's Xiantian realm!

Not to mention Fang Yue hadn't even reached the peak of the day-after realm, even if he had, the chances of winning against a Blood-rank entity were slim - a difference of a major realm was almost unsolvable for ordinary martial artists.

Crushing you is none of your concern?

After seeing desolate anomalies and even powerhouses like Lord Seven, Eight, and Nine, and such terrifying entities, Fang Yue understood more and more that sometimes he was crushed simply because of his own weakness, not because others intended to do so.

Calming the emotions in his heart, Fang Yue asked in a deep voice, "Then what's going on with those [Shi You Chong] swarms?"

"Well… I guess these [Shi You Chong] swarms feed on the strange oil produced by that strange oil entity. In other words… they might be [shuang sheng ban gui] (twin companion anomalies)!"

"Twin companion anomalies?"

"Brother Yue might not understand, the way anomalies survive is diverse. Some anomalies gather in groups, some anomalies act alone, and some anomalies form strange combinations with other anomalies.

They are mutually beneficial, mutually illuminating, and can basically be considered as a whole. Whenever you encounter one of the [shuang sheng ban gui], the other anomaly is bound to be nearby.

Perhaps that strange oil entity isn't that strong. It's just responsible for dropping the strange oil, and then the [Shi You Chong] swarm of the [shuang sheng ban gui] solves the prey, and then feeds back to the strange oil entity through some unknown means!"

The Blood Hunter's analysis sounded quite plausible.

But Fang Yue remembered that he didn't get any rewards for killing these [Shi You Chong] swarms, so whether this thing was an anomaly or not was still unknown.

"I don't know about that. I'm just a hunter. I can analyze some situations, but my knowledge is far inferior to martial artists who often travel outside. When we return to the village and ask Lord Han, we might be able to find out their true information."

Fang Yue nodded slightly.

If it was Lord Han, he should indeed know the information about this kind of anomaly.

However… such a powerful anomaly, and the huge number of underground [Shi You Chong] swarms, were all running away like they were migrating, what exactly was happening behind them?

Seeming to have thought of the same question, a trace of worry also rose on the Blood Hunter's face.

At this moment, a member of the escort team handed over a large ceramic bottle.

"Captain Yue, we've collected a bottle."

"Yeah."

Under the Blood Hunter's questioning gaze, Fang Yue took the bottle. "It's filled with strange oil. I had them collect some of the strange oil that was stuck to the village road. I want to do some experiments."

Saying that, Fang Yue picked up a palm-sized stone from the roadside, dripped a drop of strange oil on it, and then…

Flame Heart Sutra.

A small flame emerged from Fang Yue's right hand and directly enveloped the stone with the strange oil on it.

*Boom!!!*

The originally small flame, as if fuel had been added to the fire, suddenly burned frantically. The intensity of the burning directly made the stone sizzle, almost burning through the small stone.

As soon as the stone was thrown out, the flame enveloping the small stone dissipated directly in the wind, only the spot where the strange oil had been dripped was still burning frantically, even burning brighter and brighter, like a never-extinguishing flame, accompanying the stone as it pierced through a large tree and landed on the ground in the distance.

But the flame was still burning!

Fang Yue revealed a smile.

This accelerant was unexpectedly useful, but it wasn't easy to use on himself, for fear of burning himself to death.

The Analytical Eye took a look, but couldn't see anything. Fang Yue had to give the strange oil a name himself, calling it [Bu Mie You] (Unquenchable Oil).