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The gentle sunlight shined on the land. The dense dark clouds slowly faded under the sunlight, bringing back the clear sky. The chirping sound came from the depths of the forest. Accompanied by the chirping of birds, a group of spirit birds flew out from the depths of the forest.

He lowered his head to look at the tree branch he was standing on, bent down to pick it up, and when he got up, he saw that Xi Yun was already thirty meters away from him, throwing down the tree branch he was holding. Han Xiao had his head resting on his hands as he casually walked in the forest.

After walking for a while, Xi Yun felt that the footsteps behind him were getting weaker and weaker. He turned around and saw Han Xiao not looking worried at all.

"Han Xiao, in two more days we will reach the Hundred Night Woods. The road ahead will be difficult to walk on, you better be careful." Xi Yun said.

"Senior, don't worry. Since this matter concerns my life, I will be extremely careful. However, since we will not reach the Hundred Nights Forest today, why don't we both stop and rest for a while?" Han Xiao said lazily, as if he didn't come out for a mission but to relax.

Looking at the sun in the sky, although he wanted to say no, but seeing that Han Xiao did not have any intentions of hurrying, he helplessly said: "Okay, then let's rest for a while and discuss our plans for the Hundred Nights Forest."

The Hundred Nights Deep Forest was located in the southeast corner of the Dark Night Division. It took up an area of nine hundred miles, and inside it, there were dense ancient trees that covered the sky, blocking out the sunlight. It was because there were many creatures that could not survive in the Hundred Night Woods in the dark of the year, but because of this, the Hundred Night Deep Forest was flooded with Soul Devouring Demon Insects. The Soul Devouring Demon Insects were completely black and merged with the Hundred Night Forest, and the biggest was only the size of a fist. At most, there would be tens of thousands of them at a time. If one was entangled by these tens of thousands of Soul Devouring Demon Insects, even Soul Transformation stage cultivators would be instantly sucked dry of their soul and turned into corpses. Therefore, ordinary cultivators were not willing to easily step into the Hundred Night Deep Forest in fear of encountering the Soul Devouring Demon Insects that would turn into the demonic insects' food.

As a result, many innocent cultivators died under the mouths of the Soul Devouring Demon Insects. The purpose of Xi Yun and Han Xiao's trip was to investigate the unusual situation of the Soul Devouring Demon Insects, because they knew beforehand that the Soul Devouring Demon Insects were terrifying. Thus, Han Xiao and Xi Yun had to make some preparations before leaving the Abyss Academy.

From his storage ring, he took out a Soul Accumulating Pill and consumed it to replenish his lost Origin Energy. Han Xiao turned his head to look at Xi Yun, only to see that he was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, surrounded by tiny lightning bolts. The lightning bolts that would normally be hard for others to dodge were actually the best nourishment for him, greedily absorbing the tiny lightning bolts, causing Xi Yun to feel that the Origin Energy within his Soul Realm was rapidly replenishing.

Finding a tree to sit on, Han Xiao raised his head and looked up at the sky. When he thought of Gu Xuan'er, his eyes darkened, and he could not help but feel a tinge of grief in his heart.

The next morning, Han Xiao was awoken by a buzzing sound. When he opened his eyes, he saw that about a thousand meters in front of him, a black mass was rapidly flying towards them. By his side, Xi Yun had already woken up.

"What's that?" Xi Yun narrowed his eyes as he looked at the black mass of eyes with doubt.

Han Xiao also looked at the things flying towards them, and suddenly recalled their mission this time and hastily said: "Senior, quickly, hide."

He quickly flew to the nearest tree, holding his breath and not daring to move. Han Xiao also flew to a tree, sticking close to the tree behind him to prevent the things behind him from discovering his trail.

The buzzing sound was getting closer and closer. Han Xiao could only feel his heart beating faster and faster. Although he wasn't looking at them, he had a feeling that those bugs had already discovered him and were going to attack him.

After an unknown period of time, the buzzing sound grew further and further away, until he could no longer hear anything. Han Xiao gently landed on the ground, his anxious mood slowly relaxed, and only now did Han Xiao realize that his back was drenched in sweat.

Xi Yun jumped down from the tree at the side as well. His back was covered in sweat and his clothes stuck to his body.

"It couldn't be the Soul Devouring Demonic Insect just now, right? It's not that the insect can only leave the Hundred Nights Forest at night, but just now." Xi Yun said with a serious expression.

"Furthermore, that swarm of Soul Devouring Demon Insects was too big. If it was on such a scale, it would be very difficult for even a Spirit Transformation cultivator to escape from their hands." At this moment, the two of them realized that this mission was most likely not the same as the one they were expecting.

Looking in the direction that the Soul Devouring Demon Insect had left in, and then looking in the direction of the Hundred Night Woods, Han Xiao immediately hesitated. If there were so many Soul Devouring Demon Insects that came out, could the two of them still be alive in the Hundred Night Woods?

Immediately, Han Xiao and Xi Yun saw the hesitation in each other's eyes, and after hesitating for a moment, Han Xiao spoke first: "Senior, although the Soul Devouring Demon Insect is very terrifying, since we are all here, we cannot return without success, right?"

Thinking about his purpose for coming here, Xi Yun nodded his head and said, "Han Xiao, you're right. Since we're already here, it wouldn't be too good to go back like this. Plus, you and I are just checking around the periphery, so as long as we're careful, nothing will happen."

Han Xiao and Xi Yun no longer hesitated as they walked towards the direction of the Hundred Nights Forest. They originally wanted to fly, but when they thought about the scene of the Soul Devouring Demon Insects flying over, for safety's sake, Han Xiao and Xi Yun decided to walk over.

Because they were walking, the two days of travel took them ten days to arrive. When they saw the dark night shrouding the Hundred Nights Forest in front of them, Han Xiao and Xi Yun's footsteps couldn't help but pause. They glanced at each other as they braced themselves and walked inside.

Once he stepped into the Hundred Night Woods, Han Xiao didn't know if it was due to some psychological effect or something, but he felt that the temperature of the forest had dropped to the freezing point.

At this moment, Xi Yun no longer had his usual calm and gentle appearance. He tightly hugged his body with a pale face as he looked around at his surroundings.

After waiting for a while to get used to the temperature of the Hundred Nights Forest, Han Xiao and Xi Yun stretched their arms and legs, which were almost frozen, and walked inside.

Just like the name 'Hundred Nights Forest', there was no sunlight in the entire Hundred Nights Forest. Even the trees five meters in front of him had to be carefully inspected to prevent himself from being able to see through them.

"Creak!" At this moment, it was extremely ear-piercing in the silent Hundred Night Forest. Xi Yun had to carefully look at his surroundings for fear that his footsteps would attract the Soul Devouring Demon Insect's attention.

Han Xiao and Xi Yun couldn't help but hesitate a little. If the two of them were to continue on with their middle stage Soul Condensation cultivations, it would only be the result of them not returning, but they would both walk this far before returning. Han Xiao felt a trace of unwillingness in his heart.

Seeing that Xi Yun was still hesitating, he looked at Han Xiao and said, "Senior, why don't you go out and wait for me. If I don't come out in two days, you can go back to the academy."

Two days was the longest he could stay in the forest. If he didn't come out after two days, then it would only prove that he was dead.

Hearing Han Xiao say this, Xi Yun hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound, and quickly hid behind a tree with Han Xiao. Just as the two of them hid, they could vaguely see a dense mass of people flying past.

As if to confirm the two's guess, with a "peng" sound, one of them fell onto the ground. The person even let out a soft cry, and in the next moment, Han Xiao and Xi Yun saw a black patch of land descend from the sky and directly fly towards the figure. "Ah!" The miserable cry caused Han Xiao's heart to tremble, and after an unknown period of time, that black patch left.

After waiting for a while longer, they could sense that there were no longer any movements in their surroundings. Han Xiao and Xi Yun walked to the place where the figure had just been, but when they looked closely at Han Xiao, they immediately felt nauseous. The black ground was dyed blood-red, and the skin on the figure's body was completely gone, there was even a large bloody hole in his abdomen, and the flesh outside of his stomach had also been chewed clean.

"The Soul Devouring Demon Worm shouldn't only eat a cultivator's soul. Even if it encounters a Soul Devouring Demon Worm, it should become a dried corpse. But we just saw it." Xi Yun said as he resisted the discomfort in his heart.

"It seems that these Soul Devouring Demon Insects have really changed. I'll put this corpse away. I think I'll be able to use it when I return." After saying that, Han Xiao took out a porcelain bottle and aimed it at the corpse. Suddenly, he felt a cold intent attack him, lowering his head, he saw a few black shadows slowly appear from the innards of the human figure, and the cold intent came from those black shadows.