The sudden appearance of the Golden-clawed Bug was something nobody had expected at all.
Although Lin Huang and the rest knew from the beginning that there would certainly be other search teams hurrying over, they had not expected anyone to show up so soon.
They knew something was wrong the moment the Golden-clawed Bug appeared.
As expected, the Golden-clawed Bug charged and attacked the Boa Worm as soon as it stepped out of the dimensional gateway, slicing it into several pieces.
Although Lin Huang and the rest were not harmed by this attack, the Golden-clawed Bug’s actions had startled the Ghoul Spider above their heads into wakefulness.
Therefore, a situation worse than the worst-case scenario occurred.
The worst-case scenario that they had anticipated previously was that the Ghoul Spider would sense something wrong before they escaped and shake off the illusion.
However, at the moment, not only were they facing an awakened, furious Ghoul Spider, but there was a Golden-clawed Bug staring at them from the sidelines as well.
Both bug beasts were ninth-rank heavenly god-level supreme powerhouses.
Even a ninth-rank heavenly god-level Protoss would have a headache if they encountered such a situation.
However, in Lin Huang’s group, the person with the highest combat strength was merely ninth-rank true god-level. This was a full level lower compared to the two bug beasts.
“In a little, seize the opportunity and run. It’ll better if a single one of us manages to escape than all of us getting stuck here!” Saber9 said to Lin Huang and the rest through voice transmission and was the first to emerge from the Boa Worm’s carcass.
He lifted his head to look at the Ghoul Spider above him, with its blood-red pupils.
Countless golden saber gleams began to coalesce in front of him.
Virtuoso did not run either. Instead, they planted themselves firmly on a spot near Saber9 and swiftly began performing hand seals with both hands.
They spoke through voice transmission to Lin Huang and the rest as they performed the hand seals, “The few of you came in your true forms; if you’re killed you’ll die for real. Both of us will buy you some time. If you can escape, escape!”
As soon as they finished speaking, they completed their hand seals. Their body began to replicate rapidly. Countless figures that looked exactly the same as Virtuoso in appearance began charging at the Golden-clawed Bug on one side.
On the other side, the countless golden saber gleams in front of Saber9 also rained down like a storm, heading toward the Ghoul Spider above his head in an enveloping swarm.
Lin Huang noticed that Tu Tong and Lan Ling were still debating whether or not to help Virtuoso and Saber9. He grabbed both their wrists, one in each hand, and dragged them with him as he charged toward the exit.
“Both of them can’t buy us much time. If you rush over now, not only will this not increase any chances of success, but you’d also cause a mess! They can only get an opportunity to run after you’ve made it out!” Lin Huang said to the pair through voice transmission. Only then did Tu Tong and Lan Ling stop resisting being dragged to the exit. However, they did not notice that Lin Huang’s comments only mentioned both of them and did not include himself.
At the same time that the three of them were escaping, the Ghoul Spider above their heads had been completely swallowed up in the golden gleams. Meanwhile, the Golden-clawed Bug on the other side was utterly surrounded by tens of thousands of Virtuoso clones.
Lin Huang grabbed Lan Ling and Tu Tong, arriving at the exit almost immediately.
He paused as soon as they arrived at the exit. Instead of rushing out, he suddenly used both hands to forcefully push Tu Tong and Lan Ling outside.
At that moment, the completely unharmed Ghoul Spider suddenly broke out from the midst of Saber9’s countless saber gleams. Meanwhile, the Golden-clawed Bug on the other side tore free from the circle of countless Virtuoso clones.
Despite using full force, the pair’s techniques did not impede the two bug beasts for even the span of a breath.
At that very moment, countless blood-red gleams shot out of Lin Huang’s sleeves like electric arcs, dividing themselves between the two ninth-rank heavenly god-level bug beasts and hurtling toward them.
Although Lin Huang’s Divine Telekinesis had been weakened significantly despite not touching the Maze’s walls, it still worked within a short range of merely over ten meters.
This attack of Lin Huang’s saw the telekinetic flying daggers compounded with eight levels of sequence power and Sword Dao heavenly rule.
Even the two bug beasts sensed the threat and immediately switched their attention to the blood-red electric arcs coming at them.
Right in the midst of Virtuoso and Saber9’s amazement, they sensed a thread being tied about their waists. Almost at the same time, Lin Huang’s voice sounded in their ears through voice transmission, “It’s time to go!”
Only then did the duo realize that these were Lin Huang’s telekinetic threads. The minute they stopped resisting, they felt a tremendous force pulling at them, and their figures flew toward the exit.
Amid their frantic retreat, they saw the blood-red electric arcs form into two giant spheres, enveloping the two ninth-rank bug beasts completely.
After pulling the duo to him, Lin Huang then dragged them both toward the exit and went through, without even turning his head to look back.
Outside the exit of the Demonic Bug Maze was a vast expanse of barren land.
Tu Tong and Lan Ling, who were waiting anxiously, saw the three of them emerging together.
“Go!” Lin Huang was still moving. After his shout, he continued running into the distance.
In the Maze, the telekinetic flying daggers fell onto the ground one after the other once Lin Huang had left.
When the two bug beasts appeared again, there were clear traces of blood on their bodies. However, these were merely flesh wounds, which rapidly recovered at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.
Both bug beasts merely glanced once in the direction of the exit. Instead of pursuing Lin Huang and the others, they chose to report the incident immediately.
Lin Huang and the rest fled some distance away. When they realized that the Bug Tribe monsters were not coming after them, they were finally able to heave a sigh of relief.
“Both of you owe me a set of top-tier god telekinetic weapon relics,” Lin Huang said to Saber9 and Virtuoso in all seriousness.
The two of them were speechless upon hearing that.
However, both of them also were aware that Lin Huang had indeed left behind that set of telekinetic flying daggers in the Demonic Bug Maze after his attack.
“We’ll give you back a set each when we get out of the Abyss, alright?” Virtuoso said in some annoyance
“Alright,” Lin Huang agreed cheerfully, but he soon thought of something after that, “Or you could give me materials of the same level in exchange as well.”
He asked for this to prevent a lack of rare, hard-to-obtain materials for his imperial monsters when they eventually elevated their levels.
“Sure,” Saber9 agreed at once.
Meanwhile, off to one side, Virtuoso rolled their eyes at Lin Huang.
However, they knew very well that if Lin Huang had not sacrificed his telekinetic flying daggers to save them and Saber9, they both might have been the ones sacrificed in the Demonic Bug Maze.
Tu Tong and Lan Ling did not understand what the three of them were talking about, nor did they dare to ask. They could only follow behind and run.
“Since those bugs didn’t chase after us immediately, can we consider ourselves to have escaped successfully?” Lin Huang asked Virtuoso.
“I think so.” Virtuoso nodded. “The Abyss is massive. Since they didn’t come after us right away, it would be hard for them to catch up to us now.
“It’s very normal for them not to pursue us, as they have no way of ascertaining if we have other partners left behind in the Maze. They’d definitely do a thorough check of the Maze immediately to prevent the Bug Queen or Queen Mother from being assassinated. As for us, we’ve been chased out of the Maze, so we’re no longer a threat to them. Naturally, coming after us isn’t as important as checking inside the Maze.” Saber9 was very clear about the operation mechanisms of the Demonic Bug Maze.
“The Bug Tribe powerhouses that guard the exits must have received orders beforehand not to chase after the intruders once they escaped from the Maze. Otherwise, with that Ghoul Spider’s character, there’s a pretty high chance it would have come after us,” Virtuoso added.
“We can consider the threat of the Demonic Bug Maze removed,” Virtuoso continued, “What we must find out as soon as possible is… where exactly are we?”
