Xiao Fan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and without saying a word, as soon as he raised his hand, a spirit rune flew out, turning into a ball of fireball, shooting towards the iron-backed sword mantis, and at the same time flew backwards, and a dark ice shield appeared in front of him.

Even so, Xiao Fan was still worried about not being safe, and with a flip of his wrist, the blade of the fire spirit was held in his hand, and the flames were steaming with a single sword.

Facts have proved that Xiao Fan's series of defensive actions are extremely necessary.

As soon as the flame spirit blade flew out, Xiao Fan heard the sound of the Xuanbing shield shattering. How powerful can this hastily condensed ice shield be? It's good to be able to slightly block the ghostly attack of the iron-backed sword mantis.

"Squeak-"

With a scream, the iron-gray insect shadow retreated like lightning, and suddenly it was a few feet away.

This iron-backed sword mantis was too fast, and it was no coincidence that it crashed headlong into the fire net cut by the Flame Spirit Blade, and also suffered a small loss.

Xiao Fan looked at his torn Tang costume, and then looked at the iron-backed sword mantis with teeth and claws a few feet away, full of violence and hatred, nodded slightly, and the figure flashed and disappeared into the phantom array.

In the depths of the phantom array, Xiao Fan carefully inspected it, only to see that there was a faint mark left on the "Blue Blood Heavenly Silkworm Soft Armor". If it weren't for Ji Qingsha's insistence on giving him this soft armor to wear on his body, he might have capsized in the gutter today. Although it is said that the blow of the iron-backed knife mantis may not really be able to hit him hard, the suffering of the flesh and skin is inevitable.

The point is that he is already a mid-stage Jindan cultivator right now, and this iron-backed sword mantis is only a second-order spirit insect, and the aura fluctuations on his body are only equivalent to a mid-stage foundation building monk. It's not even as good as the breath of a Dacheng monk in the late stage of foundation building, and he can actually fight face-to-face. hurt him, a Jindan monk who was a great realm, if he hadn't experienced it personally. Xiao Fan said that he would not believe anything.

It's no wonder that Tao Qianqiu ranked the "Iron-backed Sword Mantis" in the first place in his insect repellent technique, believing that it is the strongest spirit insect that can still be collected in the Middle-earth Realm. Of course, according to the ranking of the Spirit Worm Sect, there are many ancient strange insects that are much more powerful than the iron-backed sword mantis. It's just that it's all rumors, and you can't see it in this world at all.

In this way, Xiao Fan was even more excited, hiding in the sky above the phantom array, watching with interest as the two spirit insects slashed and broke through in the phantom array. From time to time, with a wave of the array flag in his hand, the prohibition that was destroyed by the spirit insect was repaired as before. After all, the two spirit worms did not have spiritual intelligence, and only cared about attacking the center of the phantom array, but they didn't know that the deeper they went, the stronger the power of the phantom array.

It didn't take long for the attack strength of the two iron-backed sword mantis to weaken a lot, and they began to show fatigue.

It seems that the stamina of these two spirit insects is very insufficient, and it should also be a major disadvantage of the iron-backed sword mantis. But it's normal to think about it, as the saying goes, "the wind never ends." The rainstorm does not end", the iron-backed sword mantis has such a terrifying attack power in an instant, and if it still has amazing endurance, it can fight a protracted battle. That's too rebellious, how can its opponents be embarrassed?

After a flurry of shocks, the two spirit worms seemed to realize that the situation was not right. Invariably stopped, and the female raised her head and let out a high-pitched hiss.

Soon. Xiao Fan heard the humming sound like a tide and raised his eyes to look. I saw a large patch of green flying insects, vibrating their wings, and swarming towards this side, it was the sea of praying mantis insects that Xiao Fan had seen, and the first one was the dozens of blue-gray giant mantises.

Xiao Fan's face changed slightly.

Although these praying mantis are of low level, except for the dozens of blue-gray giant mantis that can barely be regarded as first-order spirit insects, the rest are just ordinary mantis with slightly larger bodies, but there are too many of them. In this way, the Peach Blossom Phantom Array, which swarmed in spite of the swarm and did not have much lethality, might not be able to resist it.

Finally trapped the two iron-backed sword mantis in the phantom array, Xiao Fan would never allow them to run away again.

Moreover, while subduing the iron-backed knife mantis, the remaining mantis must also be eliminated first. Otherwise, even if he took away the iron-backed sword mantis, there was no guarantee that among the remaining first-order spirit worms, there would be no more spirit worms that had evolved to the second order or even the third order.

Almost instantly, Xiao Fan made a decision, and with a wave of the array flag in his hand, a gap suddenly opened in the phantom array. More than thirty blue-gray giant mantis that flew first rushed into it. As soon as the array flag was raised again, the gap closed, and the rest of the emerald mantis were immediately blocked outside.

Immediately, Xiao Fan didn't pay attention to the blue-gray first-order mantis that was trapped in the formation, his body moved, and he flew out of the dense fog, the thunder arc shone between his ten fingers, and one after another delicate lightning bolts swept towards the emerald green sea of insects.

Suddenly, the smell of burnt paste rose, and countless praying mantis disappeared under the thunder and lightning, and with the sweep of the electric arc, the front of the valley was empty, and in an instant, I don't know how many praying mantis died under the thunder and lightning.

These emerald green praying mantis are basically the descendants of the iron-backed sword mantis, and they have no chance to advance to spirit insects. Not every offspring of an iron-backed sword mantis has a chance to progress to become a real iron-backed sword mantis. It's like a person who is suitable for cultivating the truth, and there is no one in ten thousand among the general population.

After a large number of kills in the Peach Blossom Village Protective Array, the number of these ordinary praying mantis has decreased sharply, and less than two percent of the ten percent are left, and now they are swept away by Xiao Fan like this, and there is not much left.

The pill that Xiao Fan placed in the Insect King's bowl had a miraculous effect on the real iron-backed knife mantis, and the attraction to ordinary mantis was much worse, seeing that the front had become a sea of thunder and lightning, the few remaining praying mantis were terrified, and they retreated into the dense forest one after another, not daring to show their heads again.

In the phantom array, there was a sharp and angry hiss of the iron-backed sword mantis.

Xiao Fan smiled slightly, returned to the phantom array, waved the array flag, separated the more than thirty blue-gray first-order praying mantises, exerted the power of the five elements prohibition, and in half an hour, he caught these first-order praying mantis cleanly, and all of them were included in the spirit beast ring.

These blue-gray first-order praying mantises are only equivalent to the cultivation of the fifth or sixth layer of the qi training period, although they have also inherited the innate supernatural power of the iron-backed sword mantis to advance and retreat like electricity, but they are two big realms different from Xiao Fan, so they naturally have no power to resist, and they are captured by Xiao Fan.

The two iron-backed sword mantis invariably quieted down at the same time, and seemed to feel some kind of danger, wanting to recover their bodies and find a way to break out of this phantom array.

However, Xiao Fan would definitely not give them such a chance, and immediately injected mana into the insect king's bowl, and the fishy aura became fierce, and immediately stimulated the two exhausted iron-backed sword mantis into rage again.

Two hours passed, after Xiao Fan's repeated teasing, the two second-order strange insects were so tired that they were lying there, no matter how Xiao Fan lured them with the insect king bowl and medicine, there was no reaction at all, only the tentacles on the top of their heads occasionally trembled, indicating that they were still living creatures.

Xiao Fan bowed his head slightly, held the insect king bowl, slowly entered the phantom array, and appeared not far from the male mantis. Although it seemed that the male mantis had exhausted the last part of the body, Xiao Fan still didn't dare to take it lightly, and secretly communicated with the fixed talisman hidden in the phantom array. The vitality of insects is extremely strong, and no one can predict what terrifying power these strange insects will burst out in an extremely dangerous situation.

Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Fan appeared, the male mantis, who was originally lying there motionless, suddenly straightened up, raised his iron-gray forelimbs, and stared at Xiao Fan viciously.

Xiao Fan smiled slightly, the two fingers in his right hand were like halberds, and when he pointed forward, a force of five elements of prohibition flew out.

The male mantis's eyes shone fiercely, and the iron-gray figure flashed and shot towards Xiao Fan. However, the praying mantis at this moment has indeed reached the end of the strong crossbow, although in the eyes of ordinary people, its body is still as fast as lightning, but compared to a few hours ago, the female mantis gave Xiao Fan a thunderous blow, but it is far from it, and it is even slightly inferior to Xiao Fan's own wind escape technique.

Several successive five elements of forbidden power were struck, and the male mantis seemed to suddenly break into the viscous swamp, and its movements suddenly became extremely slow. If the male mantis was just trapped in the phantom array, Xiao Fan used the power of the Five Elements Prohibition to deal with him, which would naturally be an absolute act of seeking death. But now, it's a completely different story.

"Definitely!"

Xiao Fan let out a low shout, and another power of the Five Elements Prohibition was struck.

The male mantis, who was still struggling, slammed into the air, and could no longer move. At this moment, Xiao Fan clearly saw some kind of anthropomorphic horror and fear in its compound eyes.

Xiao Fan raised the insect king bowl in his hand, and with a "whoosh", the body of the male mantis, which had been completely imprisoned, suddenly became smaller and was included in the bowl.

After collecting the male mantis, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

The female mantis, who was not far away from the phantom array, had obviously sensed that the male mantis had been captured, and suddenly became irritable and squeaked.

Peach Qianqiu's insect repellent technique is clearly recorded that the iron-backed knife mantis is dominated by female mantises, and in the same realm, the ability of female mantis is slightly stronger than that of male mantises. Sure enough, Xiao Fan's next process of collecting female mantis was far less easy than collecting male mantises. The female mantis, who was already at the end of the strong crossbow, was desperate and desperate, and burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, forcing Xiao Fan to use a talisman, combined with the Xuanbing Divine Power of the Ice Spirit Flying Knife, and it took a lot of effort to finally subdue this female mantis, and it was also included in the Insect King's bowl.

Xiao Fan looked at the two spirit insects in the bowl, raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand, and several array flags and array plates flew up, and there was a sound of "bang-la-la", and the valley returned to its original appearance.

Although this trip was hard, he successfully captured two second-order spirit insects and more than thirty first-order praying mantises, and he returned with a full load.

Back in Peach Blossom Village, Xiao Fan did not hesitate to set up a magic circle in a small cave in the village, temporarily changed it into a cave house, and according to the insect repellent technique recorded in the bamboo slips by Tao Qianqiu, all praying mantis were dripping blood to recognize the owner.

The ceremony of recognizing the lord of the thirty or so first-order praying mantis went quite smoothly. The ceremony of recognizing the lord of the two second-order spirit insects took a lot of effort, and it took a full day and night to finally recognize the lord.

A few days later, Xiao Fan and Ji Qingsha both left Peach Blossom Village. (To be continued......)