The cave exploration could be described as a fruitful journey, continuing the trek with a pleasant mood.

It has been more than half a day since entering the secret realm.

Chu Chen planned to walk a few more hours and then find a safe place to spend the night.

As time passed, the sky gradually darkened.

Along the way, he experienced a few battles, but they were minor skirmishes and didn't really affect him. Of course, the gains were still sparse, collecting only a few ordinary star cores.

Chu Chen let out a surprised sound as he looked at the cliff not far away.

Because at the bottom of the cliff, he discovered another cave.

This discovery brought Chu Chen some joy, could it be that he had stumbled upon good luck and this cave might also have stalactite liquid?

Thinking of this, Chu Chen's heart started to surge with excitement.

He quickly commanded the two beasts to run towards the cave.

In fact, the two beasts' thoughts were quite similar to Chu Chen's; their eyes shone as they looked at the cave, and they even felt light on their feet as they walked.

A few minutes later, Chu Chen appeared in front of the cave. He wasn't overwhelmed by excitement and rushed in, but rather hid not far away to survey the surroundings of the cave.

After some investigation, Chu Chen found a rather strong stench in the cave, and at the entrance, there were some broken insect armors.

From the findings, the cave must be inhabited by star beasts, but he still couldn't identify what kind they were.

However, he was certain of one thing; the star beasts in the cave must be of the flying type.

This was because the entrance was overgrown with weeds, without any signs of being trampled.

Only flying-type star beasts could achieve this.

Chu Chen thought for a while and decided to explore the cave.

As they say, fortune lies in danger; if there were stalactite liquid in the cave, wouldn't he be lucky?

One person and two beasts cautiously approached the cave entrance.

Chu Chen patted Nirvana's back and whispered: "You go in first, move as quietly as possible, and retreat immediately if you encounter danger."

Upon hearing this, Nirvana wiggled its antennae, then crawled straight into the cave.

The cave was pitch black, and with Chu Chen's vision, he needed to adjust for a moment to barely see anything within ten meters.

Knowing that the cave was inhabited by star beasts, he naturally wouldn't take the risk lightly.

As for why send Nirvana to scout, it was naturally because of its strong survival abilities.

Currently, its realm had reached the eighth rank war general level, and its earth rock armor had also reached the minor achievement realm, so ordinary attacks wouldn't even break through its defense.

Lei Yao peeked into the cave, eyes full of concern.

Seeing this, Chu Chen softly reassured: "No need to worry, Nirvana will be fine."

A moment later, a rustling sound reached his ears.

Upon hearing the sound, Chu Chen hurriedly looked into the cave.

He saw Nirvana crawling towards the exit, with no sign of panic, meaning it hadn't encountered an attack from the star beast.

Chu Chen patted Nirvana's head and praised with a smile: "Well done, let's go in and take a look." Then he eagerly jumped onto its back.

This time, Lei Yao led the way, while Nirvana carried Chu Chen from behind.

Upon entering the cave, he found it wasn't very large, roughly seven or eight hundred square meters, and without any passages, meaning these five hundred square meters comprised the entire cave, which left Chu Chen somewhat disappointed.

Unwilling to give up, Chu Chen looked up towards the cave ceiling.

He discovered the ceiling was at least ten zhang high, and it was pitch black overhead, but Chu Chen didn't pay it much mind; this was the insect secret realm, and bat-type star beasts wouldn't appear here.

As for star beasts, he hadn't spotted any, thinking that perhaps they were out searching for food.

Since there were no treasures, there was no reason to linger.

He immediately patted Nirvana's back, signaling to leave.

Just then, a buzzing sound came from outside the cave.

Upon hearing the sound, Chu Chen's expression changed abruptly, inwardly cursing his bad luck. These star beasts hadn't returned earlier or later, but exactly as he was about to leave.

Charging out now would certainly lead to being chased by these star beasts, and outside, he would have no way to handle their flying abilities.

But inside the cave, they could only fly up to ten zhang high, making them easier to deal with.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen quickly had the two beasts hide deep within the cave.

As soon as they left the cave entrance, nearly a hundred flying insects flew inside.

With the faint light, Chu Chen finally saw the appearance of these flying star beasts.

"Mosquitoes," Chu Chen winced in surprise.

Residing within the cave was a swarm of mosquitoes, only they were magnified versions, about half a meter tall, with bodies approximately a meter long, and sharp mouthparts resembling steel needles, up to sixty centimeters long.

The sound of their wings flapping was immense, and the noise from over a hundred mosquitoes matched that of a helicopter.

Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly summoned the Slaughter Atlas to check the information on these mosquitoes.

Star Beast Name: Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquito

Life Level: Mature Stage

Star Beast Quality: Middle Grade War General Level

Star Beast Talent: Bloodthirsty F-level

Star Beast Level: Ninth Rank War General Level

Power Talent: E-level

Defense Talent: E-level

Agility Talent: D-level

Physical Talent: D-level

Soul Power Talent: E-level

Star Power Talent: D-level

Star Beast Attribute: Poison Element

Star Beast Skills: Bite (Ordinary Level, Minor Achievement Realm), Poisonous Fog (Elite Level, Mastery Realm), Poison Needle (Elite Level, Mastery Realm)

Upon seeing this, Chu Chen frowned; the power of the Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquito wasn't particularly strong, but their poison element attacks were indeed tricky.

Not daring to be careless, he quickly took out antitoxic pills, giving them to the two beasts, and swallowed one himself as well.

The mosquito swarm had just returned to the cave when they spotted Lei Yao and Nirvana.

They let out a roar and charged straight towards the two beasts.

Seeing this, Lei Yao and Nirvana dared not be negligent and immediately deployed their defense skills.

Thunder Armor flickered with lightning, dispelling the darkness inside the cave.

Lei Yao let out a low roar, and a dense concentration of the thunder element swiftly gathered towards it. In the blink of an eye, a thunder blade over a zhang long coalesced in front of it.

Witnessing this, Chu Chen couldn't help but show a look of shock. Previously, the thunder blade's size was at most about two meters; he didn't expect such a significant change after upgrading the thunder blade to the great success realm and wondered how much more powerful it had become.

While Chu Chen was pondering, the thunder blade already drew a graceful arc, slashing into the swarm.

With a loud "boom," the thunder blade exploded mid-air, the power of thunder ravaging the air.

The nearly hundred mosquitoes were instantly enveloped by it. The twenty or so Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes closest to the blast zone were immediately killed, while the remaining ones were paralyzed, falling from the air one after another.

The two beasts seized the opportunity to rush up and attack the fallen ones mercilessly.

Witnessing this, Chu Chen clicked his tongue in amazement; the power of a great success realm skill was indeed outstanding. It seemed he had underestimated the two beasts' abilities.

Just then, a sharp screech echoed from the cave ceiling, followed by another bout of buzzing.

With the aid of the lightning glow, Chu Chen glanced at the ceiling, and his face turned pale.

At that moment, he realized that the blackness overhead wasn't due to poor lighting, but because it was covered with a dense swarm of Bloodthirsty Poison Mosquitoes.

When Chu Chen entered the cave, he hadn't caused much disturbance, which was why he hadn't been detected by the resting mosquito swarm.

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