In the Blood Bat group, there was only one male bat, the rest were females, all commanded by the male.
The differences between male and female bats in appearance were not significant. However, in his previous life, Fang Yuan had deeply familiarized himself with this Blade-Wing Blood Bat Gu. Given enough time, he could distinguish them.
Without the male bat, the group of Blood Bats fell into chaos.
Taking advantage of this, Fang Yuan swung the Serrated Gold Centipede and massacred them.
In a short span of time, over twenty Blade-Wing Blood Bats were destroyed, a hefty tally of battle results.
But the intense battle also heavily exhausted the Primeval Essence in Fang Yuan's aperture.
"Time to retreat!" Fang Yuan decisively retreated, turning and fleeing.
By the time the Blood Bats behind him reacted, Fang Yuan had already escaped over a hundred steps. Roughly twenty over Blade-Wing Blood Bats still chased after Fang Yuan, while the rest scattered.
"Hoo… hoo… hoo…" In the narrow cave, Fang Yuan panted heavily, activating the Heaven Essence Treasure Lotus while sprinting.
After the consumption from the previous battle, only Snow Silver Primeval Essence remained in his aperture, and the lowered sea of essence was slowly but resolutely rising.
The longer the time dragged on, the faster Fang Yuan's combat power would recover.
Suddenly, the Lightning Wings on Fang Yuan's back flapped violently, the momentum pulling his body and almost making him smash his head into the cave wall.
The Lightning Wing Gu had been corrupted by the Blood Frenzy Gu, having reached a certain limit and starting to show signs of losing control.
"Soon, the Lightning Wing Gu will dissolve into a pool of blood and become a new source of pollution." Thinking of this, Fang Yuan did not hesitate and activated it three times before finally forcing the disobedient Lightning Wing Gu to detach from his back.
"Go." Fang Yuan resolutely sacrificed the Lightning Wing Gu, throwing it behind him.
The Blade-Wing Blood Bats behind him immediately surrounded the Lightning Wing Gu, swarming it and shredding it to pieces.
This obstruction bought Fang Yuan a slight moment to catch his breath.
By the time the Blade-Wing Blood Bats caught up to him, the true essence in Fang Yuan's aperture had nearly recovered to half.
Snow Silver Primeval Essence was far more durable than Pale Silver Primeval Essence. Fang Yuan's combat strength at this moment had greatly surpassed his initial state.
He let out a hearty laugh and swung the Serrated Gold Centipede to engage in another fierce battle.
After killing ** Blade-Wing Blood Bats, the remaining ones scattered and fled.
"It's a pity I don't have an Iron Hand Grab Gu or a similar type of bug. The Blade-Wing Blood Bats fly too fast, their wings as sharp as blades, making them very difficult to catch with bare hands. Catching two or three of them would have been good."
Fang Yuan put away the Serrated Gold Centipede, turned around, and headed deeper into the cave.
He had seized the Heaven Essence Treasure Lotus, but was swept down by the blood water. This was definitely the work of Gu Yue Yi Dai.
Gu Yue Yi Dai used the Blood Ghost Corpse Gu to transform into a Flying Zombie. His aperture was dead, so he could no longer regenerate Primeval Essence on his own. Unless he used Primeval Stones to replenish it, the Primeval Essence in his aperture could only decrease.
However, if he had a Heaven Essence Treasure Lotus, it would, to a large extent, compensate for this weakness.
Thus, not long ago, he deliberately mobilized two groups of Blade-Wing Blood Bats to fly towards Fang Yuan in an attempt to capture him. Fortunately, Fang Yuan saw the trouble coming and evaded in time, while Tie Xue Leng had also indirectly helped him by creating a diversion.
"I wonder how the battle between Tie Xue Leng and Gu Yue Yi Dai is going." Fang Yuan's gaze was heavy.
Whichever side won, they would come looking for him.
Tie Xue Leng wanted to capture him for his crimes, while Gu Yue Yi Dai coveted the Heaven Essence Treasure Lotus he had taken.
Although the Blade-Wing Blood Bats had scattered, Fang Yuan's crisis was not resolved.
"I must escape Qing Mao Mountain as quickly as possible, the faster the better!" Fang Yuan gritted his teeth. He could not go back, he could only go forward through this cave and see if there really was a way out.
This cave clearly showed signs of human activity, but it was from a long time ago. Some sections had even suffered small collapses.
Fang Yuan advanced with his head down. When encountering these collapses, he could only use the Serrated Gold Centipede.
The Serrated Gold Centipede was originally an underground creature, skilled at digging, and it proved extremely useful now.
Fang Yuan himself also had the strength of two boars, so he cleared the dirt and continued forward.
This greatly slowed down his speed. Three or four hours later, he reached the end of the cave.
A hard stone wall completely blocked his path.
Even with the Serrated Gold Centipede, he could not drill through this rock wall.
"Could this cave have been sealed off by Gu Yue Yi Dai from the very beginning?" Fang Yuan's heart sank.
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Bang!
Their palms clashed, and the Xiong clan Gu Master, like a torn sack, was sent flying high before crashing heavily to the ground.
Pfft.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the Xiong clan Gu Master immediately fell unconscious.
In the sky, the sun shone brightly overhead, casting its warm rays. The sunlight filtered through the trees, dappling Bai Zhong Shui's fat face with specks of light.
This young elite of the Bai clan smiled smugly. "Hmph, so what if you're a Xiong clan Gu Master?! How dare you try to match my strength!"