The beetle felt cool and hard, like a cold rock buried underground.
The moment Ye Li grabbed it, it began to bite Ye Li's fingers wildly. However, its attack only caused Ye Li's skin to feel a slight pain, and failed to break Ye Li's extremely tough skin.
However, as it bit, Ye Li sensed a trace of juice mixed with the power of Yin and Soul flowing out of the beetle's mouth.
Oddly enough, these two powers are contained in a mass of juice instead of existing in the form of ordinary spiritual energy.
“No wonder, if these two powers only exist in the juice inside the insect’s mouth, then they are indeed difficult to detect.
Because this method makes the power fluctuations very weak, it is difficult to determine where it is released from. "
Tunri said in Ye Li's ear.
At this time, the other members of the team also noticed the black beetle in Ye Li's hand. Evans hurried to Ye Li and looked at the beetle in Ye Li's hand with surprise.
“This… This is a Yinhun worm, a strange monster that can release a mixture of Yin power and soul power as venom!
The level of this kind of monster is very low, only equivalent to the monster of the Spirit Sea Stage, but their venom is very strong, it can weaken people's soul resistance, and make people attacked by the power of the soul and become crazy. "
Evans seemed to finally remember what the insect was. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke out what he knew.
Then he continued: "I always thought this kind of insect was an extinct monster, but I didn't expect it to exist in this evil spirit wasteland.
I have traveled to countless places in my life, but have never seen this kind of monster, so I never thought of coming here just now.
If Ye Li hadn't caught this thing, I really wouldn't have discovered that it was them who were causing trouble."
Hearing Evans' words, Ye Li couldn't help but look at the ghost bug in his hand.
“This insect moves silently and can easily crawl onto a person’s body without you being able to detect it.
They will climb all the way to the back of your neck, bite through the skin there, and inject your body with this venom that is a mixture of the two attributes of the ghost.
Before they bite, they release another type of venom that paralyzes your skin, so you won't even notice you've been attacked.
When the Yinhun venom enters your body, it will release the power of soul and the power of Yin.
When these two forces are mixed in a special way, they can weaken the human soul's resistance.
Because their souls had high resistance, the insect attacks were not effective immediately. They only felt a burst of pain the first time.
The venom will then slowly corrode their souls, leaving them with a very low resistance.
During the second attack, they were no longer able to resist the venom of the ghost bugs and were controlled by the power of the soul and became crazy. "
After hearing Evans' words, everyone in the team felt incredible. If Ye Li had not discovered the existence of this ghost insect, all of them might have been poisoned crazy by the ghost venom.
"Everyone, check behind each other to see if there are any ghost bugs. Be careful, as these bugs can bite with great force.
Once bitten, you're immediately attacked by venom."
Ye Li suddenly reacted and shouted to everyone.
When everyone heard this, they remembered that since the ghost bugs could crawl up the back of a person's neck silently and without anyone feeling anything, it was entirely possible that they had already been attached to their bodies by the ghost bugs.
After realizing what was happening, everyone began to check each other's backs in a hurry. It turned out that except for Evans and the six elders in the divine spirit stage, everyone had ghost worms on their backs.
However, the ghost worms on some people's bodies have not yet reached the back of the neck, while the ghost worms on some people's bodies have reached the back of the neck but have not yet started to attack.
Seeing this situation, the expressions on the team members' faces became somewhat fortunate. Fortunately, they discovered it early, otherwise after two attacks, it is very likely that all of their team members in the Yuantai period would go into a state of madness.
Thinking of this, everyone took a vicious look at the ghost worm in their hands, then smashed it hard to the ground. A ball of spiritual energy flashed in their hands, and various basic talismans were activated, smashing the ghost worm on the ground to pieces.
Ye Li was even more relaxed. He just smashed the bug to the ground and stepped on it. The ghost bug turned into a ball of mud.
After finding the source of the problem, everyone hurriedly turned over several crazy team members, and then discovered the presence of ghost worms from the back of their necks covered by their clothes.
The crowd unceremoniously pulled off a few ghost bugs, threw them on the ground, and threw spells at them. Soon, the ghost bugs turned into mud.
The few team members who had just gone crazy gradually calmed down after a struggle, and the red light in their eyes began to fade.
Finally, after resting for nearly a quarter of an hour, several team members finally woke up from their crazy state, but the fatigue from advancing made them fall into a deep sleep in an instant.
Seeing all this, Evans had no choice but to let everyone camp on the spot, rest for half a day, and continue on their journey the next morning.
Knowing the existence of this ghostly insect, everyone immediately became alert and kept checking each other's backs at all times to prevent being bitten by the insect.
It turned out that this kind of insect was completely imperceptible when it moved. Even if everyone paid attention to their backs, it would still be completely ineffective.
The only way is to have a companion check, otherwise it is really impossible to detect their movement.
The night passed quickly, and the next morning, several team members who had fallen into a state of madness finally woke up.
Although they now look a little weak due to the damage to their souls, they have basically recovered their mobility and combat capabilities.
Evans glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, get ready to set off. We will continue to move forward. Everyone, be alert and watch each other's backs to prevent being attacked by the ghost bugs."
After responding, the team members moved forward again, following Ye Li's guidance and heading towards their destination.
Every few steps along the way, they could find some black crystal pillars, which they could use to determine the direction they were heading and make sure they were not taking the wrong path.
Soon, everyone seemed to have walked out of the area where the ghost bugs appeared. There were no more ghost bugs around, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, it is a hassle for everyone to always pay attention to other people's backs and check for the presence of ghost insects.