Chapter 21: Swift Wings Unfurled

  Gu Chen retreated repeatedly, and then took out several Lihuo talismans and Taizhen talismans from the Qiankun ring to throw at the Xitian worm. His right hand also took out a disc-shaped magic instrument from the Qiankun ring and threw it at the flying Xitian worm.

  Although the Li Huo Fu and Tai Yi Fu were unable to cause any damage to the Sky Swallowing Bug, they could still block it for a moment and delay its advance.

  Gu Chen muttered to himself in a low voice, "If I had known earlier that there were so many Sky Devouring Insects hidden on that skeleton's body, I would not have tried to take that cloak."

  It's too late to say anything now, even if he was a great master of the Netherworld in his past life, with 500 years of life experience, at this moment, encountering such an ancient and strange insect, he also had no way out.

  The Devouring Heaven Insect had already gone missing on the ancient continent of Gu for thousands of years, existing only in legend. It was said that it was notorious in the ancient era, leaving behind only terrifying legends about the Devouring Heaven Insect but no methods to deal with it.

  Even if Rong Chen was a 500-year-old Nascent Soul realm cultivator reborn, facing the Heaven Devouring Insect, it wasn't just difficult to kill the Heaven Devouring Insect, even escaping from its pursuit was a tough task.

  Hundreds of insects devoured the Heavenly Insect Swarm, swallowing the flames and lightning transformed by the Liè Huǒ Fú and Tài Yǐ Fú. The disc-shaped magical artifact was also surrounded by the Heavenly Insect Swarm, forming a larger circle around it.

  However, the volume of the disc formed by the Devouring Heaven Insect continued to decrease, indicating that the disc-shaped artifact inside was also swallowed up by the Devouring Heaven Insect, leaving nothing behind.

  ……

  Gu Chen quickly retreated, continuously throwing out ordinary talismans such as Lihuo Fu and Taizhen Fu, while secretly keeping a close eye on things in his heart, maintaining high vigilance, with his consciousness locked onto the Xiangling Fu and Bao Yan Lieyan Fu, if he really couldn't block it, then he would have to use these two talismans for a final showdown.

  Soon, Gu Chen retreated from the side of the skull body of the cave master to the middle of the cave hall. The Blood Crown Fox was still closing its eyes and lying on the ground, absorbing the spiritual energy released by the Gathering Yuan Liquid.

  Suddenly...

  The Blood Crown Fox's eyes snapped open, and it gazed at the Sky Devouring Worm that was chasing after Gu Chen. With a sudden burst of strength, its legs pushed off the ground, and it landed on Gu Chen's shoulders.

  The Devouring Heaven Insect was getting closer and closer, and Gu Chen's ordinary spells were becoming increasingly unable to withstand the insect's rapid attacks. With a sudden movement in his heart, he flipped his left hand and directly grasped the Blazing Inferno Seal and the Subduing Spirit Seal.

  At this rate, let alone what to do with the Devouring Heaven Insect, it's already quite difficult to escape from its offensive, Gu Chen prepared to use the Spirit Descending Talisman to protect himself, then use the Exploding Flame Symbol to fight the Devouring Heaven Insect.

  "Groan..."

  At this moment, Xueguan Hu raised his head, stretched his neck and let out a piercing scream at the flying Nian Tian Chong.

  In an instant, a burst of golden light shook, and the sound of the Blood Crown Fox was heard. The speed of the Sky Swallowing Worm suddenly stagnated, shaking and swaying, as if it had suffered some kind of injury, and was about to fall to the ground.

  "Rustle..."

  The Bloodcrown Fox let out a piercing shriek at the Devouring Heaven Beast in front of it, and also spat out a faint red mist from its mouth, enveloping the Devouring Heaven Beast.

  All the devouring worms were like facing a great enemy, and they burst into chaos, turning around and fleeing in all directions. In an instant, they transformed into a sheet of golden light and flew back onto the skull of the master of the cave, all being absorbed into the vertebrae on the back of the skull.

  Several of the Devouring Heaven Insects slowed down, covered in the red mist sprayed by the Blood Crowned Fox. Their bodies immediately convulsed and fell to the ground. The golden pupils of the fallen Devouring Heaven Insects glowed with a faint red light. Several other Devouring Heaven Insects quickly rushed over, using their sharp horns and fangs to crazily stab at the bodies of the other insects.

  Soon, several fallen Skywhisps on the ground were torn to shreds by their invincible fangs, their corpses split into numerous pieces, dead beyond death.

  The Blood Crown Fox let out a sharp cry, spewing out a mouthful of red mist. The previously invincible Sky Devouring Insects suddenly turned tail and fled in disarray. A few slower insects that were splashed with the red mist went mad and tore each other apart until they died.

  What is the red mist sprayed by Xueguan Fox? It's so fierce!

  Gu Chen looked at all of this, hastily shook his shoulder, and shook off the Blood Crown Fox. Gu Chen took a step to the side, creating some distance between himself and the Blood Crown Fox, staring at it in surprise as it was now pure white.

  In the ancient times, he had encountered some Blood Crowned Foxes before, but he had never seen a Blood Crowned Fox spray out red mist. He began to re-examine this Blood Crowned Fox and wondered what would happen if it were to spray him with its red mist as well.

  Isn't it? The pure white Blood Crown Fox is different from other Blood Crown Foxes. What's special about it? Like this red mist? Gu Chen was guessing in his heart.

  "Rustle...... rustling......"

  The Blood Crowned Fox stood on its hind legs, calling out to Gu Chen three times. Its front paws gestured like human hands, pointing at Gu Chen in a seemingly irritated manner: Why did Gu Chen suddenly shake it off his shoulder?

  Looking at the Blood Crown Fox's expression, Gu Chen couldn't help but smile. Just now, the Blood Crown Fox had helped him drive away the Devouring Heaven Insect, but as soon as it saw that the Blood Crown Fox might pose a threat to itself, it didn't say another word and shook it off.

  Looking at Xue Guan Hu's innocent expression, it was clear that he had no intention of attacking Gu Chen, but rather Gu Chen had misunderstood the pure-hearted fox with a human heart.

  But can it just sit on its own shoulders? Obviously not, what if it spits a mouthful of red fog at me sometime, how can I dodge? Gu Chen thought for a moment, no matter how innocent the Blood Crown Fox's expression was, he wouldn't let it jump onto his shoulder again.

  "Ah...... It seems that humans are indeed the most suspicious species after all! I'm no exception, Gu Chen sighed in his heart."

  Gǔ Chén looked down at the ground, and the black feathered cloak that had just fallen off was quietly lying there. Gǔ Chén's heart felt a surge of joy, as the Sky Devouring Insects were all sucked onto the skull, so the cloak should be free of them now?

  He walked over to the windbreaker and carefully checked it all over, making sure there were no Sky Devouring Insects on it before picking it up.

  A gentle breeze slipped into his hands, and a soft feeling spread from his palms.

  "Is this a flying artifact or an auxiliary artifact?" Gu Chen lightly stroked the cloak.

  Flight-type artifacts require Innate Realm to use, while auxiliary artifacts can be used regardless of the cultivator's realm, such as the Qiankun Ring.

  With the cloak in hand, Gu Chen felt as if a great power was transmitted from the cloak into his body.

  Gu Chen's heart moved, and he immediately put on the cloak, suddenly, a strong power surged out of the cloak, Gu Chen suddenly felt as light as a swallow, as if his body had no weight at all, and he could float up at any time.

  Taking a step forward, his body swayed and suddenly appeared ten zhang ahead, Gu Chen's heart was overjoyed, this cloak was an auxiliary magical instrument.

  Attack, defense, and flight are three types of magical tools that require the user to control them with their innate true energy in order to truly unleash their power. On the other hand, auxiliary magical tools have powerful abilities on their own and can even enhance the user's abilities, granting them new functions.

  For example, the Qian Kun Chui has a spatial storage function. After Gu Chen obtained it, he didn't need to reach the Xian Tian realm to use the spatial storage function of the Qian Kun Chui. The Pi Feng has a speed-boosting function, and Gu Chen can also use the Pi Feng's speed-boosting function without reaching the Xian Tian realm.

  However, as the user's cultivation increases, they can more thoroughly utilize the effects provided by auxiliary artifacts. For example, as Gu Chen's cultivation increased, the space within the Qian Kun Ring grew larger and the speed of the Pi Feng cloak became faster.

  Gu Chen took a few more steps, each step lightly stepping out, and in an instant he appeared ten zhang away, his speed was even faster than when he was running at full force. If he wore this cloak and ran at full force, his speed would increase by at least three to four times.

  If I had this cloak earlier, it wouldn't have been so troublesome to catch that Blood Crown Fox.

  "Since it's a Swift Winged Swallowtail's feather-made artifact, let's call it the Swift Winged Cloak! Wearing this cloak makes my speed incredibly fast, calling it the Swift Winged Cloak is indeed fitting." Gu Chen stroked the cloak and said happily.