These meat worms were much larger than the one Su Yang had seen before. It looked like these were all fully grown, while the one from before could only be considered a toddler.

The little bird wasn’t big, but even under the siege of these gigantic meat worms, it didn’t fall into the slightest disadvantage.

The bird flitted easily in and out of the encirclement of the meat worms, constantly using its claws and long beak to strike them. Many places on the worms’ bodies were injured, bloodied from its grabs and pecks, and miserable screams kept echoing out.

The four of them stared wide-eyed. What kind of scene was this? How could there be such a fierce battle inside this Chaos? Where did so many meat worms come from? And what was the deal with this bird? It could actually survive in the Chaos as well—just what kind of existence was it?

The melee went on for a long time. These dozen or so meat worms seemed to have gone berserk, launching crazed attacks at the bird. However, the bird still didn’t fall behind; the fight was deadlocked and intense.

But in the midst of this chaotic battle, Su Yang gradually noticed an unexpected situation.

The meat worms weren’t attacking the bird brainlessly. In the course of their assault, they were actually constantly compressing the area the bird could move in.

By the time Su Yang realized this, the dozen or so meat worms had already sealed off every direction, trapping the bird right in the middle.

At this moment, the bird finally noticed something was wrong as well. It kept crying out, trying to break through the encirclement of the meat worms.

However, the worms were completely entangled together, like a gigantic net, wrapping the bird in the center. And that net was still shrinking, constantly compressing the space the bird could move in.

Once that net fully fused, the bird would be completely trapped inside. Judging from the situation, these meat worms were planning to grind the bird to death alive!

Su Yang was shocked. He didn’t know what background these meat worms and this bird had. But he truly had no good feelings toward the worms; they had devoured a Saint Emperor before, and had even planned to devour them. Clearly, these meat worms weren’t anything good.

On top of that, with so many worms ganging up on one bird, Su Yang naturally took the bird’s side in his heart.

It wasn’t long before the bird was completely squeezed into the center by those worms. It flapped its wings but couldn’t fly out, only able to cry helplessly, completely unable to struggle free.

Seeing this, Su Yang didn’t have time to think. He raised his hand and grabbed, pulling out the Heaven-Slaying Blade, and charged straight over.

When those meat worms saw Su Yang coming, one of them opened its mouth wide and let out a roar at him, as if trying to scare him off and warn him not to meddle in their business.

Su Yang couldn’t care less. He swung the Heaven-Slaying Blade in his hand straight down, hacking that gigantic meat worm to pieces on the spot.

The other worms were stunned at the sight. Clearly, they hadn’t expected the Heaven-Slaying Blade in Su Yang’s hand to wield such powerful might.

As Su Yang brought that blade down, he was also somewhat shaken inside. Because he clearly felt that this one strike had consumed an enormous amount of his power.

There was no doubt that the strength of these meat worms was far greater than that of the small worm he had seen before.

After all, that little worm was like a toddler, while these big worms were like adults. Their combat strength naturally couldn’t be mentioned in the same breath.

Without hesitating for long, Su Yang raised his blade again and hacked another big worm to pieces.

At this point, the remaining worms sensed that things were going badly and turned to flee.

The bird also burst out of the encirclement, screeching as it rushed forward and blocked two of the big worms.

Su Yang gave chase as well, chopping those two big meat worms into pieces on the spot.

By now, the other big worms had already fled without a trace.

Su Yang himself didn’t have much strength left. With his current level of strength, having the Heaven-Slaying Blade consume this much power was something that had never happened before. From this it could be seen just how terrifying the strength of these meat worms was. Su Yang had no doubt that if these meat worms went to attack a Nine Palace Main God, they would be able to instantly kill a Nine Palace Main God.

This was also the reason the bird could confront these meat worms head-on, leaving them unable to spare any attention to deal with Su Yang. Otherwise, if Su Yang had encountered any one of them alone, the one at a disadvantage would definitely have been Su Yang!

After the meat worms were dealt with, the bird seemed extremely excited. It flew to Su Yang’s side, perched on his shoulder, and kept chirping away.

Su Yang couldn’t understand what this little fellow meant, but he figured it was probably thanking him.

"You’re welcome. Just drawing my blade to help when I see injustice, that’s all!" Su Yang replied with a laugh, then said, "Right, do you know how to get out? We came into the Chaos and now don’t know how to leave!"

The bird seemed to understand Su Yang’s words. It chirped a few times, then suddenly took off, as if it were leading the way.

"Follow it!" Su Yang immediately led the three Crystal Skulls after it.

After following it in flight for a short while, Su Yang noticed that the fog ahead looked a bit different. At this moment, the bird dove headfirst into the fog and disappeared.

Su Yang didn’t think twice. He immediately led the three Crystal Skulls after it and dove into the fog as well.

When they appeared again, they were already back in that forbidden land from before.

Su Yang turned his head to look. So that fog from earlier was actually a breach in the space wall.

However, at this point the breach in the space wall had shrunk a lot. In other words, after the space wall was shattered, it would still slowly heal itself over time.

The bird flew back onto Su Yang’s shoulder again, chirping nonstop, looking extremely excited.

Su Yang probed with a few questions, trying to figure out the origin of the bird and those meat worms, but he ultimately got no answer. This little fellow probably could understand Su Yang’s words, but didn’t know how to express itself or respond.

In the end, Su Yang could only give up. What could he possibly expect to learn from a little bird that couldn’t talk? 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Still, on this trip, Su Yang had more or less figured out the situation of this forbidden land and understood what the danger here actually was.

The so-called danger of the forbidden land actually came from those meat worms.

The worms’ method of attack was simple: they used Chaos to assault people.

The problem was that a Saint Emperor couldn’t resist the Chaos. So anyone who encountered the meat worms had no chance of surviving, which was what created the danger of this forbidden land.

As for the origin of this bird, it was extremely peculiar. The bird’s combat strength was very powerful. It could hold its own while fighting many at once, which showed just how strong it was.

The problem was: what exactly was the situation with this bird and those meat worms, and why could they survive within the Chaos?

Su Yang could clearly sense now that the bird’s strength was only at the level of a Saint Emperor. So why wasn’t it assimilated by the Chaos?