Nine Poison Sect disciples marched by the foot of the trees that were hundreds of meters tall, with Zhang Jiu at their head.

Countless tiny bugs of various colors filled the area around them like floating raindrops.

They used them to detect signs of life, hoping to track down Pei Qiqi and Nie Tian with them.

They also unleashed their psychic awarenesses and used them to scan their surroundings.

It wasn’t long before they discovered a dead body. It turned out to be He Xu, who had been pierced through by multiple blades of spatial energy and died.

“Just as I expected, He Xu was killed,” Zhang Jiu said with furrowed eyebrows. Without paying much attention to the corpse, they kept marching forward.

After some time, the multicolored spirit vermin flying in the front suddenly let out ear-piercing shrieks.

The nine of them dashed forward at full speed.

Moments later, they came to discover that Pei Qiqi was cornered by their swarming spirit vermin.

Behind her lay...