The Immortal Emperor Returns

Chapter 368 The Ant Army!

The vortex kept spinning, shining with white light.

Chu Xun looked serious at the moment. Whether he could get out of here depended on whether he could find the Eye of Formation. Thus, he didn’t dare to neglect anything.

His divine senses enveloped the entire formation, but he failed to find the Eye of Formation.

Chu Xun was puzzled. He started to ponder why he could not find it.

“I must have missed something.”

Chu Xun managed to calm down and began to search again.

A moment later, a streak of purple light shot out from the vortex and flew toward the strange-looking man.

The man was surprised, and he raised his hand to shatter the purple light.

Chu Xun glared at the man angrily. It turned out that the Eye of Formation was on this man. “What an excellent formation skill!” Chu Xun thought to himself.

“Give it to me.” Chu Xun reached out his hand.

“What do you mean?” the strange-looking man played dumb.

“The Eye of Formation, which is a stone, is on you.”

The strange-looking man shot Chu Xun an admiring glance as he said, “Boy, you have superb skills.”

“Cut the crap. Open the Eye of Formation, now! Let me get out,” Chu Xun said.

However, the strange-looking man put on a mysterious look and stared at Chu Xun teasingly, “Kid, is this how you beg me for help? By ordering me?”

Chu Xun was annoyed. “Which crazy man is it that set up this formation and put the Eye of Formation on this psycho?”

The strange-looking man took out a dark red stone and said, “Kid, this is the stone that you’re looking for. Come to get it if you have the ability.”

Chu Xun narrowed his eyes. It was not an ordinary stone but a mid-level Spirit Stone. Chu Xun guessed that the stone had turned red due to the place it had been in.

“Give it to me.” Chu Xun became furious. He rushed over and raised his hand to launch an attack, trying to snatch the stone.

Boom! Boom!...

The purple light shone brightly as a storm swept over the place violently.

A while later, Chu Xun almost got choked in anger because no matter how he attacked the strange-looking man, the latter didn’t fight back. Soon, Chu Xun started panting, while the strange-looking man stared at him with a grin.

Chu Xun blew up. He realized that the strange-looking man was taking advantage of him for he was without a physical body now.

“Kid, save some strength. Just stay here and be my company,” the strange-looking man said in a teasing tone.

Chu Xun felt slightly anxious. A few hours had passed since he entered this place, which meant several days had passed outside. Yue Fandie and others might be worried about him now.

“Kid, how about you follow me as my disciple?” the strange-looking man asked.

Chu Xun glanced at him with disdain and thought to himself, “You don’t deserve it.”

“Kid, do you really think my real strength is as weak as what I’ve showed? If I didn’t need to suppress the foul aura, I would become invincible after I get out of here.”

Chu Xun didn’t say anything. He despised the strange-looking man once again. He believed that Emperor Ao could defeat this man with one hand though the latter was also very powerful.

“Tell me which forces have survived on the earth.”

Chu Xun fell silent.

“I’d suggest you be humbler and more obedient if you want to leave here.”

Chu Xun remained silent.

The strange-looking man started rambling.

Chu Xun remained silent the entire time.

In the end, the strange-looking man felt so bored that he said with a strange smile, “Kid, just wait! The Poison of Fire will corrode you!”

Chu Xun looked calm, but he was a little worried inside. The Poison of Fire had already begun corroding his soul.

He studied this terrible place and remembered how he got stuck there because of this strange-looking man, while the Subterranean Devils Clan was nowhere to be seen.

“Since I’ve reached here and I can’t get out in a short period, why don’t I pay a visit to the Subterranean Devils Clan?” Chu Xun thought to himself.

He took a step forward.

“Kid, what are you up for?” the strange-looking man asked, surprised. “Don’t tell me you’re so distressed that you want to kill yourself,” he continued.

Chu Xun ignored him and went deeper into this place.

“Don’t go, or you’ll die,” the strange-looking man yelled.

Chu Xun looked back with a contemptuous smile and kept on moving.

“You stupid boy! I won’t persuade you again. Just go if you’re so eager to dig your own grave,” the strange-looking man snapped.

Chu Xun felt the ground under his feet scorching. He looked around, and all he could see was the barren ground and piles of skeletons on the side. He could hear volcanoes erupting in the distance frequently.

Having walked for more than an hour, Chu Xun saw no living being except for strange rocks and withered trees.

“Talk of the devil, and he will appear!”

Swoosh!

A black shadow charged at Chu Xun with a terrifying whoosh.

Chu Xun dodged to a hundred meters away quickly. He looked with his eyes wide open and found that it was a creature that looked like a dog. The creature was about three meters high and five meters long. It had a big mouth and sharp fangs, with every part of its body seriously rotten and most of its bones exposed in the air. What astonished Chu Xun the most was that this creature had three heads.

The Three-Headed Hellhound?

Chu Xun thought of the legends, but he wasn’t sure about it. It was said that, born in hell, the Three-Headed Hellhound had three heads and could spit flames.

At this moment, the middle head of the dog opened its mouth, which was full of mucus, and spat out a flame toward Chu Xun.

Chu Xun dodged it quickly, and he realized that it was not a flame but a stream of magma.

Sizzle!

White smoke billowed where the magma fell to.

Chu Xun made a signet and performed the Formula of Kill!

Boom!

The attack landed on the dog and exploded. The dog collapsed on the ground, one of its heads burst open.

“How weak it is!” Chu Xun said softly. Even though he was only with a Spiritual Body now, he wouldn’t be bullied easily.

The next moment, Chu Xun jumped a hundred meters away and looked at the big dog that had stood up in surprise.

Now the dog only had two heads, as the head on the left had been exploded. It stared at Chu Xun and bared its teeth, snarling.

Whew!

Red flames streaked across the sky like a fire dragon.

Chu Xun now was only with his Spiritual Body, so he was not willing to be exposed to those flames full of the Poison of Fire. He dodged the flames, and at the same time, he released a streak of purple light.

Bang!

Blood splashed everywhere. The dog fell heavily on the ground as its right head was smashed into pieces.

“It should be dead this time, shouldn’t it?” Chu Xun muttered.

However, the next moment, he opened his eyes wide again because the dog stood up once more! “Can’t this dog be killed?” he complained.

Bang!

Chu Xun smashed the dog’s last head with one blow before the dog could take any further move.

“Let me see if you can stand up again,” Chu Xun mumbled. As soon as he finished his words, he almost jumped up in horror. The dog stood up once again and was alive, though all its heads were gone.

Whew!

Scorching flames shot toward Chu Xun.

Not only could the dog stand up, but also it could spit fire.

As Chu Xun raised his hand, a stream of purple light shattered the dog’s body into pieces. The dog finally died.

“The creatures in this place are so strange. If they escape to the outside world, it would definitely be a disaster.”

Chu Xun decided to dig into the matter. He must find out the reason why a headless creature could still move and launch attacks.

He continued to move forward.

“There are so few creatures in this world.” After walking for a few hours, Chu Xun didn’t see any other living beings except for the Three-Headed Hellhound that couldn’t be killed easily.

Chu Xun had thought that this was a small world, but after walking for a few hours, all he saw was barren mountains and withered trees.

Rustle...

All of a sudden, he stopped walking as he heard some strange noises. He moved toward the sounds and walked past two hill-sized rocks. What he saw made his hair stand on end.

There were only dense clusters of red ants in sight, with each ant as big as a fist. They moved like surging tides, giving Chu Xun the creeps.

These demon ants moved extremely fast toward a rock hill.

To Chu Xun’s surprise, the dark red hill suddenly moved. It turned out that it was not a rock hill, but a huge python as thick as a bucket. The dark red python raised its head and gazed at the coming ants cautiously.

Whew!

The python opened its mouth, baring its sharp fangs, and spat out terrifying flames, which blotted out the sky and covered the ground.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

The explosions made Chu Xun’s hair stand on end, and a lot of demon ants were burned to ashes.

Nevertheless, these demon ants were not afraid of death at all. Besides, they were in a large number. They formed into a ball and rolled toward the python.

The python raised its head and roared. It spat out continuous flames, burning a lot of ants into ashes.

At this moment, those ants reached the python, and some of them even climbed onto the python.

The python rolled about, crushing some ants to death again and again. However, soon, dense ants climbed onto the python once more.

The python let out cries of pain. Those demon ants’ claws were even sharper than blades. They ripped off the python’s scales and wormed into its body.

Before long, the rolling and roaring python stopped moving and died completely.

Chu Xun felt his hair stand on end. Just as he looked up again in a daze, his hands and feet turned numb in shock. He saw that the python was turned into a pile of bones in the blink of an eye.

What made Chu Xun even more surprised was that most of those swarming ants suddenly disappeared. “Where have they run off to?” Chu Xun couldn’t help but wonder.

“I really shouldn’t be absent-minded.”

Suddenly, Chu Xun drew backward fast like a streak of light. At the same time, the ground under his feet exploded, and groups of demon ants rolled out from the cracks like fountains.

Rustle...

There were terrifying rustling sounds as a large number of demon ants rushed to Chu Xun.

Chu Xun raised his hand, and a streak of purple light shot out, causing the ground to burst open and exploding countless ants into pieces.

However, those dead ants just accounted for a tiny part of the total ant army.

Boom! Boom!...

The ground in all directions exploded continuously, and those demon ants gushed out from the cracks like springs.

Chu Xun felt dizzy. Although he just had a Spiritual Body now, he still felt goosebumps all over his body.

...

Seeing that those demon ants were coming at him and about to surround him, Chu Xun made a signet with his hands.

Purple Thunder Doom—Punishment from Gods!

Black clouds rolled in the sky, covering the area within hundreds of meters. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Bolts of lightning flashed in the black clouds like pythons.

Streak after streak of lightning tore through the black clouds, rushing downward from the sky, and exploded among the ants. Large amounts of ants were burned into ashes.

The ant army seemed to have been startled by the lightning. They swarmed over in rage without any fear of death, instead of stepping back.

Chu Xun hid under the black clouds. In the past minutes, tens of thousands of ants had been killed. The ground was covered in a layer of black ash, the leftover of the burned ants.

Chu Xun realized that his attack didn’t work out well. The number of ants was simply too huge that he would die sooner or later.

Thus, he made a signet with his hands once again.

The Eternal Phoenix Scripture!

The phoenix’s clear and loud cries echoed, seeming to be able to pierce through gold and split stones. The phoenix dived down from the sky with its purple flames covering the place. It flew close to the ground, and its flames burned countless ants into ashes, fighting its way out.

Chu Xun followed closely behind the phoenix as they galloped at high speed.

The phoenix flew to a thousand meters away and exploded, leaving a path of blood behind it. It helped Chu Xun fight his way out.

After breaking out of the ant army’s encirclement, Chu Xun ran wildly without looking back. He didn’t stop until he was several miles away.

After all, he was a Spiritual Body now, so his soul was swaying.

Several hours later, he returned to the exit and saw the strange-looking man.

Chu Xun did not dare to approach him. After being away for so long, he was afraid that strange-looking people would become demonized again.

“You’re back?” the strange-looking man asked.

Chu Xun looked at him quietly, and he didn’t let out a breath of relief until he was sure that the strange-looking man was clear-headed. “You didn’t become demonized?”

The strange-looking man’s face darkened as he replied angrily, “Do you want me to be demonized that much?”

“Well, you’re a psycho no matter you’re demonized or not. What’s the difference?” Chu Xun retorted in a cold tone.