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An Le thought about it carefully, those black things that suddenly drilled out of the rock formation, don't they just look like the tentacles of some kind of bug?

It's just that they are slightly larger than ordinary insects.

Continue down towards the depths of the crypt.

The pure white mist was always by his side.

Neither the rock formation nor the depth of the nest can stop the mist from spreading.

It can be seen from this that the fog-free environment in the bronze ruins is so rare in the space outside the church.

Finally, An Le reached the deepest part of the crypt.

The ground here is back to normal rock and dirt.

But Anle didn't see Yannv here.

Instead, on the nearby rock wall, I saw charred traces licked by the flames.

Probably Yannv wanted to climb up with the help of the rock wall, but found that her omnipotent flame became her biggest obstacle, so she could only do so.

An Le also found some burnt black long strips nearby.

It should be one of them who attacked them before.

It's just clear that they picked the wrong opponent.

‘Isn’t Yannv looking for me? '

An Le has a headache.

Like Yannv wandering around like a headless chicken, the probability of finding peace is too low.

The best way for her to deal with it is to stay where she is and wait for An Le to come to her.

Compared with An Le, who sneaked into the shadows and disappeared without a trace, Yannv, who was bright and conspicuous like a torch, was easier to find.

However, as far as she is impatient, if she can notice this point, she will not be a Yannv.

Yannv must be in a hurry to find An Le and protect him.

Fortunately, An Le still has other ways to find her.

[Abyss-level Gift: The Call of Peace]

He sank his heart and concentrated, and several invisible thin lines emerged from his perception.

Not even the pure white mist can isolate them.

"Huh?"

But at this moment, An Le gave a light snort, feeling surprised.

Because there is more than one silk thread connected from not far away?

One of them naturally belonged to Yannv.

Slightly hot, with a scalding temperature.

The other one is full of cold and ferocious aura, which is hideous and terrifying.

Like an ancient poisonous insect, it is opening its terrifying mouthparts, and its sharp poisonous needles may pierce out at any time.

Ordinary people probably don't have anything who would think about getting close to it, and it would be considered courageous not to flee from this place quickly.

But Anle has a keen interest in it.

Counting the existence that has not yet met, this is already the fourth apostle that An Le can perceive with "calling".

The essence of this gift is a means to call the apostles who had a close relationship with An Le.

Sai Lei is like this, Yannv is like this, and Longrenmi is like this.

The other party is also a member of the apostles.

However, An Le didn't relax his vigilance, or rushed to see it.

Not to mention the difference between him now and before.

From Long Renmi's words and some clues, An Le could guess that not every apostle is trustworthy.

The story of Jesus being betrayed by Judas can be kept in my heart.

Furthermore, what the apostles followed may be the former self

Even when Mi saw An Le, didn't he almost do it?

No one can predict what kind of attitude and reaction they will have.

Strength is the prerequisite for the right to speak.

Even if she doesn't want to admit it, Anle's current strength is still far behind Yannv and Sai Lei.

It is undoubtedly not a wise choice to rashly appear in front of the unknown apostle.

Therefore, An Le still regards finding Yannv as the first goal at present.

It's not a bad idea to try to contact this apostle after reuniting with Yannv.

Following the guidance of the invisible silk thread, An Le headed in the direction of Yannv.

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at the same time.

Another area of ​​the nest.

Yannv fell into a hard fight.

In the holes in the rock formation, lavender reptiles rushed out of it, like a man who had been constipated for three days after eating Wallace.

These reptiles exhibit a crystalline structure.

Coupled with its purple luster, it does not look ugly, but extremely dreamy and beautiful.

But behind this beauty is extremely dangerous.

Compared with the tentacles on the surface of the hive, although the reptiles are much smaller in size, their resistance to extraordinary abilities is greatly improved.

The structure of the purple crystal seems to have been born to evolve against the extraordinary power.

Even the flames on Yannv's body that almost completely violated the laws of physics couldn't cause substantial damage to them.

Burning for a while, still only melted part of the armor on their body surface.

It is much more difficult to kill it.

Moreover, the number of crystal reptiles is astonishing, if one is burned, dozens will emerge from the corners of the nest.

At this time, within a radius of five meters around Yannv, there were at least a hundred purple crystal worms charging towards her against the super-high temperature flames.

to this point.

Yannv no longer deliberately restrains the firelight around her as she did when she was with Anle, but increases the intensity of the firepower released.

The top of the flame has changed from orange to a color close to pure white.

This is a sign of a further increase in temperature.

In the depths of this worm nest, it is like a miniature sun, slowly rising and releasing its own light and heat.

But even so, many amethyst worms crawled to her side.

Moreover, it seems that because the flames burned to the inner walls of the surrounding insect nests, large pieces of briquette-like cornerstones were burned.

The crystal worms are angry.

In their view, this is undoubtedly a provocation and an invasion of their territory.

This made Crystal Worm go crazy, attacking Yannv desperately.

Even if she was burned to ashes by the flames, she would have to bite off a piece of flesh from Yannv's body.

"Damn! These damn reptiles dare to stop me, causing me to lose Anle again!"

Yannv was extremely angry, don't look at her being silly and innocent in front of Anle.

He obeyed An Le's orders even more, like a good-tempered baby.

But in fact, she would only show that gesture in front of An Le.

Yannv's nature is by no means a well-behaved and obedient little princess, but an impulsive and irritable cold existence who does not take other people's lives seriously.

In this life, when An Le met Yannv for the first time, she was almost attacked by her and burned to ashes.

As a result, he unfortunately lost a few unlucky believers who only had souls left.

This aspect is related to Yannv's original character.

On the other hand, she was burned by the turbulent flames, and she was suffering unbearable pain every second. Her personality was distorted because of this, and it was normal for her to have a little alienation.

It's like you can't expect a child who has been bullied in a domestic violence environment for a long time to be positive and happy every day like ordinary people.

And these bugs actually caused her to be separated from An Le, unable to keep her by her side.

It made Yannv furious even more, and her mood became more and more irritable.

This is the real "Furious."

The heat waves brought out by the flames, like surging tides, expanded one after another, raising the temperature of the air in the entire hive, full of frenzy.

Yannv even wanted to burn the entire nest to it.

In order to defend their homeland, the crystal worms fought back extremely fiercely and decisively.

Some of them huddled together, like footballs being volleyed vigorously, and suddenly plunged into the flames.

In this way, even the crystal worms on the surface will be burned to ashes.

But the crystal worm inside the sphere was safe and sound, and could successfully reach Yannv's body.

They still have the strength to tear her scorched flesh with their fine and sharp mouthparts.

——This is like an ant colony that has experienced a fire on the grassland, and uses this method to continue the survival of the population.

"Get out of here!"

Yannv shook her arm vigorously, but the crystal worms clung to them tightly, and some of them even managed to break open the flesh on Yannv's body.

Start digging into it like a nail.

Yannv's physique is actually not particularly strong, the only scary thing is her immortal regeneration ability.

This kind of pain is insignificant to Yannv herself.

After all, the pain caused by the flames had already numb her pain nerves, but it made her feel offended.

Anger, turned into fuel for the flames.

The high-temperature flame wave was expanding, and the scorched insect corpses made crackling noises, and piled up around Yannv into a layer of ashes, emitting an unpleasant stench.

A huge hollow, scorched by flames, appeared around her.

Even the nearby insect nests began to crumble, as if they would collapse at any moment.

Seeing that the battle has become fierce.

Suddenly, a special high-frequency sound wave came from somewhere in the insect nest.

Pass the information to these crystal worms who were already on the verge of going berserk and started to launch suicide attacks desperately.

After receiving the message, the crystal worms stopped and stopped attacking Yannv.

Not just them, even Yannv's movements were stopped.

She was no stranger to this particular squealing sound.

‘Nightmare Empress? '

'It turned out to be it! ? '

Here is its lair.

Yan Nu's expression changed slightly, but instead of feeling relieved, she became more vigilant.

Similar to what An Le thought, this being known as the "Nightmare Empress" was indeed one of his closest apostles.

However, it is still quite a special existence among the apostles.

To be precise, the Nightmare Empress does not refer to a single powerful and terrifying bug, but a community of consciousness formed by all the bugs in the nest.

Both as a whole and as an individual.

Therefore, its existence form is very special.

Generally speaking, there will be a queen mother in the hive, and she will control the fate of the group.

It is also the center of the entire collective consciousness.

And the lifespan of the empress is not that long.

After a period of time, it will die out naturally, thus constantly changing and evolving, and promoting the evolution of the entire swarm.

And it has been countless years since Yannv saw the Queen Mother last time.

I am afraid that it has long been replaced by its descendants

Will this Empress Dowager still remember An Le?

Would you still consider them as companions?

The answers to these questions are not clear to Yannv.

But at least for now, one thing can be confirmed - it seems to recognize itself.

And an invitation was made, which was intended to communicate.

Thinking of this, Yannv silently restrained the hot flames on her body.

A dark slender tentacles protruded from the cracks in the rock wall, guiding him in the direction.

Naturally, it was impossible for Yannv to back down, so she quickly followed.

She thought in her heart: You'd better not do anything to An Le, otherwise don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless.

Deeper in the nest.

The rock formation here still presents a honeycomb-like hollow structure.

However, it can be clearly seen that the rock formation also has a tendency to crystallize.

The rock wall exudes the luster of purple crystals, slightly illuminating the surrounding space and dyeing it with a dazzling halo color.

Being in it is like walking in a fairyland.

It would be a pleasing picture if there were no crystal worms nearby who were opening and closing their mouthparts and still making an attacking posture.

Obviously, their hostility towards Yannv has not been completely eliminated.

Just now she literally burned so many of their kin to death, and even destroyed their homes.

For Crystal Worm, who has a strong sense of territory, this is tantamount to a deep hatred.

It was only due to the order of the empress that he did not continue to attack.

Yannv didn't care about their hostility, she just wanted to meet the Queen of Nightmare as soon as possible and find peace.

Not long after.

Yannv came to an extremely low path, which could only allow things the size of crystal worms to pass through.

She originally wanted to use flames to widen it violently, but the passage squirmed on its own, opening up and down, and becoming able to accommodate Yannv.

The walls here seem to be alive and obeying the orders of the empress.

Yannv stepped into it and walked a not too far distance.

When it reached the end of the passage, it suddenly became clear.

A quite spacious underground cavity came into her sight.

Here, there are deep purple crystals in all directions, reflecting dazzling light.

It was a scene that would only appear in a fantasy.

From the purple crystal, it seems that soft whispers and whispers can be heard.

Dreaming.

Falling into the endless black night, wandering in the mire of nightmare.

In this murmur, Yannv seemed to be standing in a piece of muddy amniotic fluid, being reborn.

This is one of the origins of the name "Nightmare Empress".

Stronger than the body.

Terrifying strength, agile speed, what it is better at is mental control.

And not far away, Yannv saw the existence of the Queen Mother with her own eyes.

Its amethyst-shaped body filled the entire underground cavity, showing magnificent and complicated patterns.

Unlike ordinary crystal worms, except for the characteristic of "hardness", it seems to be more "soft", like a ball of fluffy cotton, and it is difficult to distinguish its specific image.

Under the dazzling halo, the empress is always changing treacherously.

Even though the space is already spacious, it still feels crowded.

It's as if it's been stuffed here abruptly.

And this is not the whole picture of its body.

The empress still has most of her body, which is deeply rooted in the nearby insect nests and merges with them.

To it, those thick and dark tentacles are as slender as a hair on a human body.

They are found throughout the holes of the hive and only protrude when needed.

A huge eyeball composed of countless compound eyes was embedded in the empress's abdomen, slowly moving towards the direction where Yannv was.

That eyeball is full of majesty, as if it can watch the ups and downs of everything in the world.