Rebirth of the Star God Agent

Chapter 162 The joining of team members and spirit beasts

Worms had indeed appeared near the exit of the passage. No one knew where they came from, but there weren't many of them. They were originally heading towards Zhai Anle and his five companions, but suddenly, about twenty of them appeared behind them and turned to head towards the approaching team members.

The pressure on Zhai Anle and others suddenly increased.

There were more worms, swarming in.

Zhai Anle hurriedly called out to the team members who had just arrived, "Two people in a team, quickly separate, clean up while deploying the floating lights. Be careful not to let the worms get too close."

There was a shortest member of the regular team, and next to him was a tall figure. They were obviously Jane Kate and Hank.

Hank was in charge of deploying the floating lights. Both Jane and Hank summoned their contracted spirit beasts, each affixed with a protective amulet given by Zhai Anle. Cultivators are enveloped in spiritual energy, which protects them from worms. However, currently, most people lack sufficient spiritual energy to maintain this effect for long periods of time. Spirit beasts, however, are different; they possess innate spiritual energy, present from birth.

After being selected and carefully nurtured, a young spirit beast can maintain its spiritual energy for a long time. Moreover, if the spirit beast encounters danger, it can hide in the soul contract of its master, which is safer than the master itself.

So, now all the spirit beasts appeared, two people and two beasts forming a group, quickly clearing out the worms and placing floating lights according to the distance.

The cave was soon filled with light.

The ample light relieved the team members' stress. Only one area remained dark.

That direction is where the worms keep pouring out.

The five people on Zhai Anle's side, holding vacuum cleaners, approached that direction slowly.

However, the further they advanced, the denser the worms became. After advancing another twenty or so meters, all five of them felt the pressure. The rate at which the worms appeared was almost equal to the rate at which they were being cleared.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to move forward. Zhai Anle and his companions were moving slower and slower.

However, some team members had already deployed the floating lights, and were gathering towards the darkness little by little in a surrounding posture.

Although the number of people increased, the speed of cleaning did not increase much.

The closer they got, the harder it became. At this point, some spirit beasts, surrounded by worms, would enter and exit their masters' soul contracts to avoid being bitten by the worms.

Jane's golden lion seemed to fare best. Its metallic nature allowed it to harden, allowing it to temporarily withstand the worms' attacks. However, over time, the golden lion transformed into a humanoid form, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old blond boy named King stood beside Jane.

The blond boy's tone was very angry. He said to Jane, "I have learned magic from Tuanzi. I don't want to be in beast form anymore. They have eaten away a lot of my hair! Look at my hairstyle!"

Jane finally took the time to glance at King's head. A crack suddenly appeared on Jane's icy face. King's usually flowing, smooth blond hair now looked jagged and messy, as if it had been gnawed by a dog.

Jane kept her face expressionless, hiding her chapped face. She could fully sense King's current emotional breakdown.

Jane simply said to King in a calm voice, "Okay, just do your job well."

King scratched his already shameful hair in annoyance and asked Jane again, "Do you have a hat in your space? Let me wear it first."

Jane paused for a moment, then quickly took out a hat from the space, threw it to King, and then turned her attention back to the many worms in front of her.

King stared blankly at the pink hat in his hand for a moment, then heard Jane urging him.

"Hurry up! It's already late. If you keep acting so pretentiously, get back to your contract and don't bother me."

Jane carefully controlled her spiritual energy, gradually getting used to the control of her spiritual energy and the flexible use of magic.

King was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do. He could only put the hat on his head, stand next to Jane again, and join the battle.

Hank's cyan wolfhound, Hook, was already an adult, so he acted cautiously. His fur hadn't been damaged like the careless King, and Hook's element was Water. He couldn't handle the damage, so he jumped back to Hank's side. Hook would occasionally glance at King's pink hat, wanting to smile. But the current situation didn't allow Hook to relax too much. After all, his element wasn't very effective against the worms.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to advance, so Zhai Anle called out Tuanzi. Qi Ji, Zhou Zhou, and Yin Yuanbao also called out their own Yinques one by one.

As soon as Tuanzi came out, he squinted his eyes and his tiger hair stood up. He knew the purpose of this trip, but he didn't know it would be like this. After all, when Qi Junyi went to the Gu God's mansion, he didn't bring him with him.

Tuanzi's body suddenly grew in size, and he was covered with powerful spiritual energy. He swung his claws forward fiercely.

The ground was cleared in an instant, revealing not only the gray ground but also, due to the abundant light, everyone could clearly see four deep claw marks left on the ground after Tuanzi's claws swung across.

However, it didn't take long for the cleared ground to be filled with dense worms again.

Tuanzi shuddered, stopped waving his claws, and let out a deafening tiger roar at the worms.

Many teammates were frightened and staggered, but were helped up by people around them in time.

The tiger's roar was also accompanied by a powerful spiritual energy. This time, the vibration was even wider, causing many worms to freeze and stop wriggling. However, they would be covered by the worms that continued to flow from behind.

Zhai Anle frowned and glanced at Tuanzi, then said calmly, "Be quiet, it will affect everyone's timely communication. Transfiguration, use magic."

Tuanzi's body stiffened and quickly turned into a human form. Yinque was also paying attention to the situation here. Yinque, who had the wind attribute, also turned into a human form and stood not far from Tuanzi.

Although Tuanzi looked only about five years old, he raised his hand and a huge rock appeared, crushing the worms on the ground, and then disappeared again. As Tuanzi's white and tender little hand waved, another rock crushed down.

A huge rock appeared and disappeared in front of them, shaking the ground again and again. This cave was solid enough that Tuanzi used his magic to repeatedly smash the ground over and over again. Besides some dust, not a single stone fell from the cave.

As the ball smashed vigorously, Yinque also whipped up small tornadoes, sucking the worms ahead into the vortex, and then letting the wind blades caught in the vortex tear the worms apart. This was a relatively inefficient technique, but Yinque chose to use it because it would last for a long time. Yinque's ability was already capable of releasing more than a dozen small tornadoes simultaneously and controlling their dispersion. By controlling these dozens of small tornadoes for a long time, allowing them to roam freely, it could also kill a large number of worms.

Tornadoes quickly swept up countless worms, and the transparent whirlwinds were almost completely filled with dark red.