Checking in for 100,000 Years-Chapter 868: Sword Cuts the Gold-devouring Beetle

Chapter 868: Chapter 868: Sword Cuts the Gold-devouring Beetle

Swoosh!

A soft sound, like fabric being cut by a sharp blade.

As the sword light approached.

The Ancestor of the Gold-devouring Beetle looked frightened at its phantom body, easily split in half.

"Ah—"

A tremendous pain surged through, and with a scream, it instantly turned into a wisp of green smoke and dissipated.

One sword strike.

Was enough to utterly annihilate this divine consciousness imprint of the Ancestor of Gold-Metalling Worm.

"The Ancestor... just died like that?"

The Gold-devouring Beetle shuddered, eyes vacant, chilled to the bone.

According to the clan’s records.

The mysterious origin of their ancestor of the Clan of Gold Devouring Beetle was such that it was an existence comparable to divine beings.

Since the birth of the Gold-devouring Beetle clan, it was mostly dormant, rarely awakening.

Many young clan members had never really seen this ancestor.

Only glimpsing it in the ancestral hall’s portraits.

Since the ancestor is comparable to a True God—

Even a mere divine consciousness imprint should absolutely not be something an Eternal Realm Strong Person could deal with.

But this Gu Anran before them, with just one sword strike, vanquished the divine consciousness imprint left by the ancestor.

Such power, truly terrifying.

"Gu Anran, how are you so powerful?"

Knowing certain death, the Gold-devouring Beetle fearlessly roared loudly.

With a fierce expression and extreme agitation, it didn’t even wait for Gu Anran to speak before it flapped its wings and charged over.

Whoosh!

A pair of golden claws, gleaming with terrifying golden light, grasped at Gu Anran from afar.

This strike, the Gold-devouring Beetle exerted all its might.

"Why am I so powerful? Ha-ha, that question is indeed somewhat difficult to answer..."

Gu Anran lowered her head and chuckled carelessly.

At this moment.

She didn’t seem to notice the golden claws descending from the sky.

"Is this guy actually not dodging?"

The Gold-devouring Beetle, looking at the lowered-head Gu Anran, showed a hint of sly joy in its eyes.

At such a close distance, in an instant.

If Gu Anran is struck by it, even with divine-level battle armor, she would at least suffer some damage.

As long as Gu Anran is injured, it can seize the opportunity to attack fiercely, continuously defeating Gu Anran.

"As long as I kill her, these three divine artifacts are mine alone, haha!"

The Gold-devouring Beetle thought gleefully.

Perhaps due to earlier terror, now seeing Gu Anran’s carelessness, the Gold-devouring Beetle’s mind at this moment was less calm than usual.

Seizing just one opportunity, it began to indulge in illusions, wildly thinking it had achieved complete victory.

The golden claws roared forth, only less than a foot away from Gu Anran.

"Die!"

The Gold-devouring Beetle roared.

Iin its eyes, a triumphant gleam flashed.

The Gold-devouring Beetle suddenly realized that Gu Anran lowered her head without moving, probably because that sword slash earlier consumed most of her mana.

Now Gu Anran was unable to wield the three divine artifacts anymore.

Or rather.

At this moment, Gu Anran’s three divine artifacts were already as heavy as mountains, stifling her breath.

"Truly the heavens help me! Ancestor, your wisp of divine consciousness imprint has indeed done me a great favor!"

The Gold-devouring Beetle thought proudly.

Whoosh!

The golden claws, with unstoppable force, descended, now less than a finger’s distance from Gu Anran’s head.

"Gold-devouring Beetle, you actually want to ambush me?"

The lowered head of Gu Anran suddenly smiled lightly.

Smiling peacefully.

The Mirror of Chaos in her hand suddenly radiated a golden beam of light, like lightning, striking the golden claws.

Boom!

A thunderous roar echoed in the void.

The Gold-devouring Beetle screamed as it was repelled by a massive force.

"How can you... still wield the divine mirror?"

While retreating in mid-air, the Gold-devouring Beetle roared angrily.

"Did you think I’ve exhausted my mana?"

Raising her head, Gu Anran’s eyes were bright and clear, emanating a cool indifference from above.

"There’s just enough mana left to kill you!"

Gu Anran chuckled lightly.

Swoosh!

A stunning beam of sword light suddenly slashed through the void.

This slash was extremely swift.

The Gold-devouring Beetle, still mid-air, hadn’t even stopped flying as the light landed on its body.

Poof!

With a muffled sound.

The massive body of the Gold-devouring Beetle, cut by the sword light, was instantly split in two.

The cut was neat and tidy.

Blood spurted, staining a large area of the void red.

In that moment.

A beam of gold soared, hurriedly fleeing into the distance.

This golden light was the Gold-devouring Beetle’s primordial spirit.

Having reached the tenth level of the Eternal Realm, the primordial spirit was already quite strong, and at the moment of the body’s death, the primordial spirit could escape.

As long as it finds a suitable body to possess in a short time, it can continue to live.

Watching the golden light flee, Gu Anran showed a faint smile on her face.

"Run, hurry back to your lair, so I can find your ancestor..."

She murmured softly.

In truth.

When the Ancestor of Gold-devouring Beetles appeared, a wisp of Ye Yun’s divine consciousness had already possessed Gu Anran.

After all, with Gu Anran’s strength, she wasn’t a match for the ancestor’s primordial spirit imprint of the Gold-devouring Beetle.

It must be said.

The sudden appearance of the Ancestor of Gold-devouring Beetles indeed brought great surprise to Ye Yun.

Its appearance was exactly the same as that of the Gold-eating Spirit Beetle he saw in the Three Saints Temple.

In other words, the Ancestor of Gold-Metalling Worm was the Gold-eating Spirit Beetle.

Initially, Ye Yun had no clues about the Gold-eating Spirit Beetle, but now, by chance, Gu Anran encountered it.

Ye Yun certainly wouldn’t miss such an opportunity.

He wanted to find the Ancestor of Gold-devouring Beetles, capture it to trace back to the true lair of the Gold-eating Spirit Beetle.

The Gold-eating Spirit Beetle, always lived in groups.

As long as Ye Yun found one, he could find a whole group.

...

The streak of golden light completely disappeared into the horizon.

Ye Yun stood still, a faint smile at the corners of his lips, gazing quietly into the distance.

The Gold-devouring Beetle was fleeing rapidly.

During its escape, it frequently glanced backward.

"Strange, Gu Anran hasn’t pursued! Could it be that after using that sword slgash, she’s completely out of mana?"

The Gold-devouring Beetle was filled with doubts.

Yet now, it was in the state of a primordial spirit, with no real combat power left, and so needed to quickly return to the clan.

In that way.

It could promptly find a suitable body to possess in order to survive.

"Whether Gu Anran is drained of mana or not, now in her eyes, my primordial spirit body poses no threat; she might think I’m unlucky enough to not find a suitable body and just perish..."

The Gold-devouring Beetle thought secretly.

It flew faster and faster, the beam of golden light slicing through the void, flickering intermittently.

Iits primordial spirit body was still as tender as a baby, making such high-speed flight a significant burden, causing it to flicker continuously.

However, the primordial spirits of the Gold-devouring Beetle clan were much stronger than human cultivators, so it was confident it could reach the Gold Wheel Mountain Range in less than two hours.

The Gold Wheel Mountain Range was known within the Clan of Gold Devouring Beetle as such.

To outsiders.

It was merely an uninhabited barren mountain range.