Qin Shilei dodged the attacks of the locust-like Illusionary Sound Butterflies while searching for their golden-tier counterparts.
"You're the one,"
His gaze suddenly locked onto a slender, golden-tier Illusionary Sound Butterfly in the upper right corner.
Teleport!
His figure suddenly appeared behind the butterfly.
Lightning Chain Slash!
A flash of cold light, and after a pained cry, the butterfly became completely rigid and fell vertically towards the ground.
Qin Shilei controlled his phantom to pursue, his energy sword continuously slashing at the butterfly.
Before it could reach the ground, it was already dead.
After killing this butterfly, he teleported again behind another golden-tier Illusionary Sound Butterfly.
Following the same method, in less than three seconds, he had slain another one mid-air.
Soon, the surrounding butterflies all realized the phantom's powerful sneak attack capability.
The golden-tier Illusionary Sound Butterflies therefore gathered together to counter the phantom's ambushes.
"Since you've gathered, taste my area-of-effect attack."
The phantom teleported above the cluster of butterflies and cast Devouring Thunder towards the beasts below.
"Above us."
The butterflies erected various defensive shields while launching attacks at the phantom.
Although Devouring Thunder's attack power was not weak, it couldn't instantly kill golden-tier beasts.
The phantom could withstand the damage from a single butterfly, but it couldn't endure the attacks of over twenty butterflies simultaneously.
With no other choice, Qin Shilei had to control the phantom to retreat again.
Once its figure was exposed, it would immediately draw endless attacks.
The situation seemed to have been reversed. Qin Shilei could no longer kill the golden-tier butterflies; instead, he was being bombarded by them, along with countless ordinary butterflies.
"Damn it, you don't really think I have no way to deal with you, do you?"
Qin Shilei gritted his teeth and controlled the phantom to teleport to the nearest golden-tier butterfly.
"Die!"
He launched a frenzied assault on the butterfly.
Under the divine ability's paralysis effect, the butterfly couldn't react at all and was quickly turned into dust.
However, the phantom, fully exposed to the numerous butterflies, dissolved into foam and disappeared into the air under their concentrated attack.
"I'll be back!"
Qin Shilei mockingly left behind a phrase, and this part of his consciousness returned to his main body.
In the Phoenix Butterfly Valley, the Illusionary Sound Butterflies all showed expressions of relief upon seeing the detested intruder finally killed.
The remaining twenty-three golden-tier Illusionary Sound Butterflies were gathered in the palace within the ancient tree.
They were discussing the aftermath of the attack on Phoenix Butterfly Valley, and their conversation shifted to the Frost Worm Emperor.
"Do you think something happened to the Worm Emperor?"
"The Worm Emperor is an invincible existence; nothing could possibly happen to it."
"The Worm Emperor disappeared while tracking that phantom. That phantom reappeared just now, so perhaps..."
"Impossible, we could all kill that phantom. It's impossible for it to harm Lord Worm Emperor."
"I have a feeling that guy isn't dead yet, and he'll be back."
"Be quiet. No more spreading rumors."
But as soon as it finished speaking, a panicked cry came from outside.
The butterflies immediately rushed out of the ancient tree and discovered that the phantom they had supposedly killed was now wielding its sword and mercilessly slaughtering the lower-tier butterflies.
"Damn you, let's go!"
One of the elders roared and charged forward.
"Good timing!"
Qin Shilei was just wondering how to find these golden-tier beasts; this was exactly what he wanted.
In less than a minute, the butterflies shattered the phantom again.
However, they felt no joy.
Not only had two of their companions died in the process, but the phantom had also attacked again.
"Do you think he'll come back?"
"The phantom just now was purely energy. His main body is likely unharmed, and he will definitely return."
As soon as these words were spoken, the remaining twenty-one golden-tier butterflies turned pale and fell into boundless fear.
"What should we do?"
"Should we send out all our bugs to find and kill his main body?"
"That's one idea, but if the Worm Emperor couldn't kill him, it will probably be difficult for us too."
"Now, we can only find his main body first for us to have a chance to kill him completely."
"While searching for his main body, we must also hide ourselves and never appear again, lest we be killed by him in a desperate counterattack."
"Yes, we will scatter now and hide separately."
But what they didn't expect was that their every move was being observed by Qin Shilei.
After learning that there were no second platinum-tier Illusionary Sound Butterflies in Phoenix Butterfly Valley, Qin Shilei used the stealth array to return to Phoenix Butterfly Valley invisibly.
This was to memorize the golden-tier beasts so that he wouldn't have to search for them every time he sent his phantom.
Although he couldn't understand what the butterflies were saying, he secretly noted their locations.
Half an hour later.
As soon as the phantom appeared, it directly charged towards a nearby treehouse on the right.
Ten seconds later, the phantom emerged from the treehouse, and at the same time, a piercing alarm sounded in Phoenix Butterfly Valley.
Numerous ordinary Illusionary Sound Butterflies once again flew into the air, attempting to surround the phantom.
However, the phantom was extremely fast, easily evading these weaker butterflies even without teleportation.
In less than a minute, another golden-tier beast was killed.
"At all costs, concentrate fire!"
The Phoenix Butterfly Valley elders hiding in the shadows shouted to their subordinates.
Their orders were quickly conveyed to every butterfly.
Instantly, countless attacks bombarded the area where the phantom appeared.
Innumerable giant trees turned to dust, and deep pits were blasted into the ground.
Under the concentrated attacks of countless Illusionary Sound Butterflies, even a creature with the astonishing defense of a Vajra might not have been able to withstand it.
But for the phantom, which possessed teleportation and lightning evasion, all of this was a minor issue.
With a thought, its figure appeared on the other side of Phoenix Butterfly Valley.
Before the butterflies could reach it again, it had already slain another golden-tier beast.
Following the same pattern, in less than ten minutes, five more golden-tier beasts were cut down by its sword.
The Illusionary Sound Butterflies hiding in the shadows were completely panicked.
They couldn't understand how the phantom could always pinpoint their hiding spots.
They couldn't win in a fight, and they couldn't hide.
Their only option was to flee!
First, a golden-tier three-star Illusionary Sound Butterfly quietly flew out of its hiding place, blended into the crowd of ordinary butterflies, and then stealthily flew towards the outside of Phoenix Butterfly Valley.
However, this scene was witnessed by Qin Shilei in mid-air.
Lightning Evasion!
Qin Shilei instantly caught up to the butterfly and slew it in a few moves.
Then, more and more golden-tier butterflies flew out of their hiding places, beginning a desperate escape.
In their desperation to escape, they even ordered the ordinary butterflies to scatter and flee.
Qin Shilei and his phantom pursued in opposite directions for a while, but eventually, due to the sheer number of butterflies, it became difficult to identify the golden-tier beasts amidst the chaos, and they had to give up.
In this battle, a total of nineteen golden-tier Illusionary Sound Butterflies were killed, bringing the total to twenty-two, including the three killed before coming to Phoenix Butterfly Valley.
Only seven escaped from Phoenix Butterfly Valley.
These escaped butterflies would likely not dare to appear in the vicinity again for a considerable time.