Han Benmin stood on an open ground in a dark and damp black dense forest. Two black praying mantises, about ten feet tall, surrounded him. The black mantises had golden eyes and very small heads. Their sickle-like mantis arms flashed a cold light. On their backs, they had a pair of black thin wings, about ten feet long. When they flapped gently, a gust of wind blew up, blowing up countless fallen leaves.
Han Benmin's clothes were torn, he was bleeding, his face was pale, and there was a bit of fear in his eyes. There were too many evil insects here, and his luck was extremely bad. Along the way, he encountered many second-level evil insects. He barely escaped from the second-level top-quality evil insects, but then he encountered two second-level mid-quality black-backed mantises. This kind of spiritual insect flew very fast and was very aggressive.
His body was covered with a pale blue light curtain, and two spider puppet beasts, each about ten feet long, were fighting with two black-backed mantises.
The black-backed mantis crossed its arms and swung them forward, a sound of breaking through the air was heard, and more than a dozen gray wind blades about a foot long shot out and hit the two spider puppet beasts one after another. Sparks flew, and there was a "clang clang" sound of metal collision. There were some shallow white marks on the surface of the spider puppet beasts, which could not be seen without careful observation.
The two spider puppet beasts opened their bloody mouths and each spurted out a white spider web several feet in size, covering the two black-backed mantises.
The black-backed mantis flapped its wings lightly and dodged, and the two white spider webs fell into the air.
A low hissing sound was heard, and two purple centipedes pounced over. The purple centipedes were three meters long, with scarlet eyes. They were the purple-striped fire centipedes, Han Benmin's ancestral spiritual insect.
The two purple-striped fire centipedes opened their mouths and each spewed out a red flame as thick as a fist, hitting the two black-backed mantises.
Two black-backed mantises flapped their wings and dodged. The red flames hit the big tree, and the tree suddenly caught fire and emitted thick smoke.
Two purple-striped fire centipedes attacked two black-backed mantises, and two spider puppet beasts assisted from the side. The black-backed mantises swung their mantis arms, and more than a dozen gray wind blades about a foot long chopped on the purple-striped fire centipedes. A muffled sound was heard, and some shallow cuts appeared on the surface of the purple-striped fire centipedes.
Han Benmin flipped his hand and took out a palm-sized purple gourd, and pointed the mouth of the gourd at a black-backed mantis.
A purple mist with a fishy smell rushed out. The black-backed mantis wanted to avoid it, but several thin white spider silks attacked and entangled its claws. The black-backed mantis had no way to avoid it and was hit by the purple mist, but there was no scar on its body.
The Insect Mist is a thing that is specifically used to restrain low-level demonic insects. Han Benmin bought it at a high price in the open sea. The Insect Mist comes from Sanxian Island and is quite effective against low-level spiritual insects.
The black-backed mantis struggled violently, and its sickle-like arms chopped on the white spider silk. The white spider silk remained intact and made a muffled "ding ding" sound.
After a while, the black-backed mantis fell from mid-air and lay motionless.
Han Benmin did the same thing, and the second black-backed mantis was hit by the insect mist and fell down soon after.
"Hehe, it's worth it that I spent two thousand spirit stones to buy a gourd of insect mist. It's a pity that it's a one-time use item."
Han Benmin chuckled, a look of delight on his face. If he placed the ban at this time, he would be able to subdue the two black-backed mantises.
He opened his mouth and spurted out two balls of blood, and then he cast several spells. The blood and essence turned into mysterious runes the size of rice grains. After spinning around, they sank into the heads of the two black-backed mantises and disappeared.
He took out a Qi-replenishing pill and threw it into his mouth. The pill melted as soon as it entered his mouth. A warm current rose in his abdomen and flowed along his limbs and bones.
"The pills made by Uncle Jiu are really good. Fortunately, I have the Qi-boosting pills made by Uncle Jiu, otherwise this time I would be in big trouble."
Han Benmin muttered to himself, sat cross-legged, and practiced his internal energy to heal his wounds. Two purple-striped fire centipedes protected him.
Half a minute later, the two black-backed mantises woke up. They immediately flapped their wings and pounced on Han Benmin.
Han Benmin pinched his fingers and activated the restriction. The two black-backed mantises immediately stopped and let out painful hissing sounds.
They suddenly fell from mid-air, screaming in pain.
After a while, Han Benmin stopped his magic and the two black-backed mantises stood up from the ground. They let out sharp hissing sounds and lowered their heads to show their submission.
After subduing two second-level, mid-quality black-backed mantises, Han Benmin's strength increased greatly. Unfortunately, the Insect Bewitching Mist was very rare, so he bought a gourd. The higher the level of the spiritual insect, the worse the effect of the Insect Bewitching Mist. Otherwise, he would have subdued a second-level, high-quality demon insect.
Han Benmin put away the spirit insects and puppet beasts and continued to move forward.
Suddenly, a deafening explosion was heard, and a huge ball of red fire appeared in the distance, which was very eye-catching.
Han Benmin was shocked. Could it be Han Debiao and the others
He thought about it, quickened his pace, and walked towards the place where the red flames were.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Han Benmin stopped and squatted behind a bush that was more than one meter tall. There was an open area in front of the bush.
Two Lu family disciples were besieging a three-meter-tall red bird. The bird looked very similar to a Vermilion Bird, with a pair of extremely sharp golden claws, and its beak and eyeballs were also golden.
"Suzaku!"
Han Benmin's eyes flashed with surprise. At an auction not long ago, the auctioneer took out the eggs of a spiritual bird that was the descendant of the Lightning Dove, which was as famous as Wan Lipeng, and it was bought by Lin Shenghua at a high price.
The Han family's guardian spiritual bird is a second-grade top-quality tiger eagle. After years of breeding, it is still a second-grade top-quality one. The Han family has put a lot of effort into breeding the tiger eagle, but unfortunately they have not been able to breed it to the third grade.
The Han family now has two Jindan cultivators. The tiger eagle is obviously not suitable to be the guardian spiritual bird of the clan, mainly because the tiger eagle does not have enough potential. It is still quite difficult for it to advance to the third level. The demon bird in front of it that looks like the Vermillion Bird should be the direct descendant of the Vermillion Bird and is already a top-grade second-level spiritual bird. If this spiritual bird can be subdued, its chance of advancing to the third level is still relatively high.
With the same resources and the same environment, cultivators with better qualifications will advance faster and will find it easier to form a pill.
If the Han family could have a third-level spiritual bird as a guardian spiritual bird, they would be able to gain a firm foothold in the Red Algae Sea.
Two Taixu Sect disciples used their magic weapons to attack the monster bird. The monster bird flapped its wings fiercely, and dozens of red fireballs flew out and hit the protective aura of the two men. The billowing flames engulfed their figures.
"Brother Zhao, think of a solution quickly. This golden-eyed fire bird must be a descendant of the Vermillion Bird. If we don't think of a solution, we'll all be dead."
A pretty girl in a green dress said this with a sad face.
She sacrificed a round bead that was shining with blue light and cast a spell. The blue bead spun around and a large area of blue sea water rushed out. The flames quickly went out and a puff of white smoke erupted.
"Which Taoist friend is here? Please help us. We will be very grateful."
A burly young man in a red shirt looked towards where Han Benmin was and said in a deep voice.
Han Benmin pretended not to hear anything. Taixu Sect had killed members of the Han family, so he would not lend a helping hand. He was only in the early stage of foundation building, so he was powerless to save them even if he wanted to.
The golden-eyed firebird spread its wings and swooped down from the sky.
"Junior Sister Lin, hurry up, I'll cover you."
The young man in red shirt raised a red flag and shook it fiercely. Dozens of red fireballs as big as watermelons flew out and hit the golden-eyed firebird.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the girl in the green dress slapped a talisman with shining green light on her body, and turned into a green light and flew away into the air. Before she flew far, a giant fireball fell from the sky, and billowing flames engulfed her figure, and heat waves rolled.
A pair of golden claws appeared before her eyes, piercing through her protective aura.
With a scream, the green-dressed girl's crown was crushed by the sharp claws of the golden-eyed firebird.
The young man in red was so frightened that his soul flew away. Before he could run away, the Golden Eyed Fire Bird spread its wings, circled and swooped over. This time, the Golden Eyed Fire Bird spewed out a stream of red-gold flames, hitting the young man in red.
The young man in red quickly took out a shield that was glowing red, which instantly grew larger and blocked in front of him.
Boom!
The scarlet-gold flames hit the red shield, and the red shield was instantly burned to ashes like paper.
The red-gold flames hit the red-shirted young man, who let out a scream and disappeared from the face of the earth, without even a hair left.
Han Benmin swallowed his saliva. He was indeed a descendant of the Vermillion Bird. He alone could not tame this golden-eyed firebird.
The golden-eyed fire bird killed two Taixu sect disciples, flapped its wings, stirred up a gust of hot wind, and flew high into the sky.
Not long after, the golden-eyed firefly disappeared into the sky.
Han Benmin waited behind the bushes for more than half a quarter of an hour, and after confirming that the golden-eyed firebird had not returned, he walked towards the body of the girl in green skirt.
He looked at the broken crown of the girl in the green dress and was secretly surprised. He reached for the storage bag on the girl's waist with his right hand.
At this moment, Han Benmin suddenly realized something, fell to the left, and rolled on the ground.
With two muffled "puff" sounds, two flying knives shining with red light passed by each other and hit the ground, creating two large holes in the ground.
Han Benmin quickly took out two talismans that were glowing with spiritual light, and slapped them on his body. With a flash of spiritual light, two green and red light screens appeared close to his body. He released two black-backed mantises with a look of alertness on his face.
"Hey, you react pretty quickly!"
A somewhat surprised male voice sounded, and a tall young man in a blue shirt and a slightly hunchbacked old man in a yellow robe walked out from behind a towering tree.
The young man in blue shirt has reached the middle stage of foundation building, and the old man in yellow robe has reached the late stage of foundation building. Both of them are members of the Lu family.
"Your Lu family is coming in too?"
Han Benmin frowned and said, having a bad feeling in his heart.
If the other party wanted to kill people and steal treasures, he would be no match at all.
"Hey, your Han family came in first, so you must have found a lot of good stuff! Hand over the storage bag, and we can spare your life."
The old man in yellow robe chuckled, his tone full of temptation.
"Humph, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"
Han Benmin sneered and gave orders to the black-backed mantises to attack the two Lu family members.
"Since you are looking for death, don't blame us for being rude. Let's get started and end it quickly."
The old man in yellow robe looked cold, his life span was running out and there was no hope for him to form a pill, but his great-great-grandson worked very hard and had already cultivated to the seventh level of Qi Refining. This time when he entered the Ten Thousand Demons Island, he wanted to get more resources for cultivating immortals for his great-great-grandson so that he could go further.
The Han family and the Lu family had no relationship to begin with, so they would naturally not be polite when they met Han Benmin who was alone.
Han Benmin is only in the initial stage of building his foundation, a complete soft persimmon.
The two black-backed mantises flapped their wings fiercely, flew into the air, and pounced on the old man in yellow robe and the young man in blue shirt respectively.
Han Benmin summoned two spider puppet beasts and two purple-striped fire centipedes to join the battle. This was his strongest fighting force.
The old man in yellow robe frowned, took out a light golden bell, and shook it gently. A golden sound wave swept out and instantly reached the front of the black-backed mantises. The two black-backed mantises flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.
Before they could stand up, two ochre-colored talismans fell from the sky and transformed into two thick yellow light curtains that covered them.
Their sickle-like mantis arms struck the yellow light curtain, making muffled "bang bang" sounds.
The two purple-striped fire centipedes each spewed out a stream of red flame and attacked the Lu family cultivator.
The young man in blue shirt took out a folding fan that was shining with white light, and waved it gently. A white cold air rushed out and rushed forward.
The white cold air collided with the red flame, the flame flashed and extinguished, and the white cold air hit the spider puppet beast, and the puppet beast instantly froze and turned into a huge ice sculpture.
Han Benmin's heart sank to the bottom. The magic weapon of the Lu family cultivator was too powerful. He was obviously no match for him. He wanted to retreat and hurriedly took out a khaki talisman and was about to slap it on himself. Two flying knives with shining red light came at him, and behind the red flying knives, there were five swallow-tail darts with shining yellow light.
With a dull "bang", one of Han Benmin's defenses was broken, and the only remaining defense was looming and could collapse at any time.
"What? You want to kill my nephew? Have you asked me, Han?"
An extremely cold male voice suddenly sounded.
The old man in yellow robe and the young man in blue shirt were startled and turned to look at the source of the sound. They saw Han Debiao standing a hundred feet away with a cold expression and a huge axe shining with golden light in his hand.
It is a well-known fact that Han Debiao is a physical cultivator. In the great war decades ago, Han Debiao stole the limelight.
"I'll pester Han Debiao, you kill this guy quickly."
The old man in yellow robe slapped the spirit beast bag and a yellow light flew out, transforming into a half-meter-tall yellow giant bear with its teeth bared. This was a second-level, low-grade spirit beast, which he had originally intended to leave to his great-grandson after his death.
The yellow giant bear pounced towards Han Debiao with a fishy wind. Han Debiao sneered, and the golden giant axe in his hand shone brightly. He chopped at the yellow giant bear in the air, and a golden axe blade more than ten feet long flew out and instantly hit the yellow giant bear.
The giant yellow bear flew backwards immediately, leaving a long blood mark on its body.
Han Debiao rushed to the front of the yellow giant bear, and his right fist flashed with a black light and smashed into the chest of the black giant bear.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, the giant yellow bear let out a miserable cry and flew backwards, its chest dented. It could no longer stand up, its heart shattered by the huge force.
Han Debiao killed a second-level low-grade spirit beast with one punch. The old man in yellow robe was stunned. He had no idea that Han Debiao had changed his training method and took the Blood Tempering Pill, so his strength was not comparable to that of an ordinary physical cultivator.
Han Debiao looked at the old man in yellow robe, moved his arms, and dense black fist shadows flew out and hit the old man in yellow robe.
The old man in yellow robe quickly raised a yellow shield to block. With a few muffled bangs, the yellow shield broke into pieces. The old man in yellow robe was hit by two black fist shadows and flew backwards, vomiting blood.
A huge golden blade fell from the sky and struck him.
With a scream, the old man in yellow robe was split into two by the giant golden blade.
The young man in blue was scared to death and wanted to run away, but Han Debiao had already appeared in front of him.
The young man in blue shirt quickly threw two flying knives with shining blue light and slashed at Han Debiao. Black gas emerged from Han Debiao's body and turned into a black armor to protect his whole body.
With a dull "ding ding" sound, Han Debiao was unharmed. His right fist, wrapped in a dazzling black light, smashed towards the young man in blue.
The protective aura of the young man in blue was like paper and shattered in an instant.
With a scream, the blue-shirted young man's head was smashed to pieces by Han Debiao's punch, and red and white liquid flowed all over the ground.
Han Benmin was stunned. He knew that Han Debiao was extremely powerful, but he did not expect that Han Debiao was so strong. It only took five breaths from the time he appeared to the time he killed the two Lu family cultivators.