138: You make me look stupid.

“An ancient remnant soul of the Martial Saint Realm, that’s not bad! After taking care of this one, the Secret Realm will be pretty much cleared out.”

As soon as Chu Mo finished speaking, the sound of butterflies flapping their wings echoed through the dense forest.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz—!!”

Suddenly, pitch-black Ghost Face Butterflies, each the size of an eight-year-old child, flew out from the shadows. Their abdomens bore eerie human faces.

These were precisely the Ghost Face Butterflies!

Under the tide-like assault, the ancient remnant soul struggled continuously, relying on its formidable strength and resilient soul body to resist.

Even the Ghost Face Butterflies, which specifically countered soul bodies, couldn't chew through this tough bone for a while.

“Chu Ge, do you need help?”

Lin Yan’s spiritual energy wings on his back vibrated, and his figure, swift as lightning, weaved through the dense forest, finally landing on a large boulder. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Chu Mo, observing the ancient remnant soul besieged by the Ghost Face Butterflies.

“Help…” Chu Mo’s gaze fell forward, his right hand forming a sword-finger, which he slightly raised. He softly said,

“Then a little help it is.”

As his words fell, the Ghost Face Butterflies scattered, and around the ancient remnant soul, which was like a Vajra, various magical swords formed a Formation.

Sword Qi crisscrossed, and Sword Intent was vast and boundless, tearing through space, locking it within the Formation and continuously slicing it.

Looking at the trapped ancient remnant soul being cut by Sword Qi, Lin Yan secretly clicked his tongue: “This is too terrifying! It was controlled to death in minutes! This is an ancient remnant soul of the Martial Saint Realm.”

Then, as if he thought of something, he looked at Chu Mo and asked: “Chu Ge, aren’t you going to subdue them with the Human Emperor Flag?”

“I tried, it’s not very useful!” Chu Mo’s Human Emperor Flag in his palm rippled, and he glanced at the Vajra-like ancient remnant soul in front, shaking his head and saying dismissively.

“This type of ancient remnant soul is a Fusion of countless remnant souls. It looks fierce, but it has no intelligence whatsoever. Even a stronger, more intelligent Martial Venerable could exhaust it to death!”

“Instead of capturing this kind of brainless Miscellaneous Souls, it’s better to use it as nourishment to feed other potential soul bodies.”

Hearing this, Lin Yan unconsciously trembled his legs.

Damn it! He’s not going to cultivate me into the main soul within the Human Emperor Flag, is he?

Just as Lin Yan was lost in wild thoughts, Chu Mo’s voice sounded again.

“Little Butterfly!”

A streak of light shot out from the Human Emperor Flag, bypassing the Sword Qi, and plunged into the ancient remnant soul’s glabella.

The entire process happened in a flash, so fast that even with Lin Yan’s eyesight, he couldn’t clearly see what the streak of light was.

During this time, he and Chu Mo had acted separately.

Relying on the Talismans Chu Mo had given him, he had hunted many ancient remnant souls and occasionally even ate some ‘leftovers’ Chu Mo had left behind.

But this streak of light now…

He had never seen Chu Mo use it before, but since it could shoot out from the Human Emperor Flag, it must also be a soul body.

“This is the Ghost Face Butterfly Queen. I put in a lot of effort to cultivate this Empress,” Chu Mo’s voice sounded.

“Ghost Face Butterfly Queen? Similar to a queen bee?”

Lin Yan asked, puzzled.

Chu Mo smiled without speaking, which was a kind of unspoken affirmation.

However, the Ghost Face Butterfly Queen was not just for producing Ghost Face Butterflies; her combat power was also quite formidable.

The birth of a Ghost Face Butterfly Queen among the Ghost Face Butterfly swarm was actually an accidental result.

Initially, he wanted to subdue these strange ancient remnant souls. Although they had no brains, he did, and with a little Formation arrangement and combat control, they could still exert considerable fighting power.

However, as soon as these ancient remnant souls were taken into the Human Emperor Flag and assigned to the Ghost Face Butterfly area, they were immediately besieged by the Ghost Face Butterflies.

In the end, they were eaten until nothing was left, regardless of how much was put in, they would eat it all.

They completely treated it as a buffet.

And after eating these ancient remnant souls, the Ghost Face Butterflies also underwent strange changes. Their bodies became larger, their stealth and offensive capabilities were greatly enhanced, and when gathered together, they could even release unique sound waves that could interfere with a Cultivator’s spiritual energy circulation and impact their Primordial Spirit.

Therefore, Chu Mo simply used the ancient remnant souls as food to feed these Ghost Face Butterflies.

Instead of controlling a group of fools, it was better to have a group of subordinates who were more worry-free and cost-effective!

And after devouring countless ancient remnant souls, even a Saint-Grade ancient remnant soul,

the Ghost Face Butterfly swarm gave birth to its first Ghost Face Butterfly Queen.

Once the Ghost Face Butterfly Queen entered the ancient remnant soul’s body, she began to rapidly devour its soul body, while also secreting a special toxin that numbed the Divine Soul.

“Chu Ge, are we just going to wait like this?”

Seeing that Chu Mo only trapped the ancient remnant soul in the sword Formation but didn’t move to kill it, Lin Yan was puzzled.

Was there some special deeper meaning to this?

Chu Mo pointed forward and smiled, “Didn’t I attack just now? Now we just wait. Time will give you the answer.”

Riddler!

Lin Yan pouted. Just as he was about to sit down, he heard a surprised voice from not far away.

“A Martial Saint Realm ancient soul!”

Hm?!

Chu Mo and Lin Yan both turned their heads at the same time and saw a group of people. These people wore luxurious clothes and had extraordinary bearing. At a glance, they were not ordinary people.

“Ancient Clan, Yan Clan!” Chu Mo saw these people and immediately identified them.

Lin Yan looked at him in surprise, somewhat taken aback: “No, Chu Ge, you know them?”

This was his world.

And Chu Mo had only been traveling for a few days, yet he had already figured out all the major sects and ancient Clans.

This made him feel very foolish!

Chu Mo smiled faintly, “Of course I know them. Before, when Old Ning and I went to the Wind and Cloud Sect, he ended up getting teleported to Zhongzhou. The two of us visited every single ancient Clan.”

Holy crap!

Visited every single ancient Clan!

You two… Geniuses!

Lin Yan no longer knew how to evaluate this lost duo. Getting lost from the Western Desert to Zhongzhou, what kind of terrible sense of direction was that?

Even navigation couldn’t save them!

While Chu Mo and Lin Yan were observing the Yan Clan members, they were also observing Chu Mo and Lin Yan.

Lin Yan, with his spiritual energy transformed into wings, was directly ignored.

They didn’t even bother to look at someone who wasn’t even a Martial Ancestor. However, Chu Mo made the Yan Clan Elder leading the group scrutinize him.

“Strange! So familiar! It seems I’ve seen him somewhere before. Could he also be from an ancient Clan? But which Family is he from?”

“Ninth Elder, who cares which Family they’re from. Our goal is the Martial Saint-Grade ancient soul. If they dare to stop us, just kill them!”

The speaker was a young man, but his aura was extremely powerful, surprisingly at the Martial Venerable Realm.

To possess such strength at this age, even within an ancient Clan, he was definitely a Genius-level figure.

However, he was overly arrogant.

When talking to his own Elder, he made no attempt to conceal his words, so Chu Mo and Lin Yan naturally heard everything clearly.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan secretly transmitted a message from the side.

“Chu Ge, can you tolerate this? If it were me, I couldn’t!”

Chu Mo looked at him, not transmitting a message, but sighing instead: “This Martial Saint Realm ancient soul has no destiny with us. Forget it! Forget it! It’s not easy for anyone!”

Hmm? Give up the ancient soul?

Lin Yan knew Chu Mo’s personality all too well. This was not someone who was willing to suffer losses.

After so much effort to lure the monster and use the sword Formation to trap the ancient soul, he was just going to let it go? Of course not!

The sword Formation was still in the back; if he wanted to act, he could shift it at any time.

But to say this now…

There must be a deeper meaning.

Lin Yan’s reaction was very quick; he instantly thought that Chu Mo wanted to solve the problem in the easiest way possible.

So, he said without reservation: “This ancient soul chased us all the way. Now that it’s trapped by the ancient sword Formation, are we really just going to let it go? Why not fight for it!”