Chapter 124: The Dao Court's Desperate Struggle
World Realm battlefield, on another desolate wilderness.
Originally, according to the agreement between the Dao Court and the Pure Land, the Dao Court should have discovered it as soon as the Pure Land was attacked and promptly come to support.
However, the result was that the Dao Court didn’t show up from beginning to end.
Only because at the same time the Pure Land Buddhist cultivators were raided by the Saint Sect, the Dao Court also encountered unexpected big trouble and fell into a bitter battle.
On the wilderness, a giant city stood in the air.
This treasure was similar to the Pure Land’s Earth-Traveling Boat; both were spirit treasures specially created for this purpose. However, at this moment, this great city was shrouded by a dark cloud.
Dark clouds press upon the city, threatening to crush it. Wherever they passed, buzzing insect sounds rang incessantly. Landing on the city’s protective precious light instantly emitted ear-piercing sharp cries that made one’s scalp numb. As time passed, the city was already bitten into fragments by the insect swarm, and many Dao Court cultivators had been devoured.
“These bugs… what exactly are they!?”
“Divine Abilities, magic treasures—nothing works against them…”
“Hold them off for me.”
A Dao Court cultivator stood at the very front line, but due to excessive mana consumption, he failed for a moment and a demonic insect drilled into his mouth and nose, instantly freezing him on the spot.
A moment later, that Dao Court cultivator crashed to the ground.
Looking again, where was any human form? Only an empty skin remained, along with demonic insects flying out all over the sky, their numbers multiplied to over a hundred!
This was the terrifying aspect of the Qi-Eating Insect.
Impervious to metal and iron, invulnerable to water and fire, and able to devour spiritual qi. Whether it was Divine Abilities or magic treasures, everything was on its menu and within its devouring range!
On the entire battlefield, only one location stabilized the situation.
There was only one cultivator there, a heroic and valiant tall woman surrounded by sword light. Wherever she passed, large swathes of demonic insects were instantly destroyed.
“It has to be the Sword Pavilion after all…”
In the deepest part of the city, the leader of the Dao Court this time, Wang Jinting, couldn’t help but sigh with emotion. “The Absolute Sword Divine Ability of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion truly lives up to its reputation.”
“A pity she is alone… Things have come to this; we can only abandon the ‘Void Sky City’!”
Thinking of this, Wang Jinting glanced at the “Comprehensive Map of the Wide Territory” in his hand again, his face ugly.
“The Pure Land… is gone!?”
The “Comprehensive Map of the Wide Territory” could inspect the entire World Realm. As long as one was still within this small realm, it was impossible for anyone to escape the search of this Dao Fruit Treasure.
Unless the people were already dead.
However, right now, Wang Jinting actually discovered that the light dots representing the Pure Land Buddhist cultivators, which were originally gathered together on the map, had almost all disappeared in an instant!
Replacing them were a large number of Primordial Saint Sect disciples!
“The Primordial Saint Sect… but how is that possible?”
Wang Jinting found it hard to imagine. Weren’t more than half of the Primordial Saint demon heads besieged and killed by them? Unless a Perfected One descended from the sky, how could they possibly defeat the Pure Land?
“If I had known this would happen, I shouldn’t have ignored these demonic insects back then.” Thinking of this, Wang Jinting regretted it somewhat. With the [Comprehensive Map of the Wide Territory], he actually had a chance to get ahead of everyone, find the insect king of the Qi-Eating Insects, kill it, seize its Heavenly Mandate, and thus obtain victory.
However, this Dao Seizing War was a joint effort by the Dao Court and the Pure Land to suppress the Demonic Path.
Under these circumstances, victory was only one aspect. On the other hand, the more important task was to kill as many Saint Sect disciples as possible, especially Direct Disciples!
For this purpose, he had previously ignored the natives within the World Realm.
As a result, the opponent took advantage of this time to grow rapidly under the feeding of the World Realm, reaching such a scale now that they were unstoppable!
Besides that, the defeat on the Pure Land’s side also made him feel extremely uneasy.
“…Retreat first!”
Thinking of this, Wang Jinting finally made the decision to retreat. He immediately intended to urge the [Comprehensive Map of the Wide Territory] to transfer all Dao Court cultivators out.
However, just then, the shouts of disciples suddenly came from outside.
“They stopped… they stopped!”
“These bugs aren’t attacking anymore?”
“What’s going on?”
The voices made Wang Jinting stop his movements, revealing a puzzled look. In the next second, a massive spiritual consciousness pierced through layers of obstacles and landed in front of him.
“…Outsiders… from beyond the heavens.”
Feeling that massive spiritual consciousness, Wang Jinting’s pupils shrank abruptly. He subconsciously took a step back, then realized in his heart: “You are the insect king of the demonic insects?”
“Correct.”
Seemingly because it had devoured many cultivators, the Qi-Eating Insect King at this moment already possessed initial spirituality, and its speech gradually became fluent:
“I have eaten your people. You and the other group of people don’t seem to be in the same gang. I saw many of you hunting down the other group. Since that is the case, you must know that within that group, there is an unrivaled existence. I need to know his detailed intelligence.”
“Huh?”
After listening to the insect king’s words, Wang Jinting was stunned on the spot. Then he realized the other group the insect king mentioned should refer to the Primordial Saint demon heads.
There is an unrivaled existence among the Primordial Saint demon heads?
How is that possible!
Wang Jinting had personally experienced the terror of the Qi-Eating Insects. Their quantity and quality were impeccable; for the Qi Refining Realm to deal with them was almost impossible…
“…Foundation Establishment!?”
In an instant, Wang Jinting felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, followed by loud cursing: A Dao Seizing War for Qi Refining disciples, and they actually sent a Foundation Establishment Perfected One to participate?
Bastards!
However, Wang Jinting still didn’t give up. In the next second, he raised his head to look at the insect king’s spiritual consciousness, a thought emerging in his mind.
—There is still hope! He can still maneuver!
If he could leverage the power of these demonic insects, the natives of this World Realm, he might not necessarily lack a chance to win. At the very least, he could strive for a draw!
Thinking of this, Wang Jinting finally spoke:
“I can tell you that person’s location intelligence and ensure he cannot find you, but I also have a request… You must help me deal with that group of people.”
“We cooperate; how about it?”
“After all, you want to deal with them, and I also want to deal with them. We should be in the same side.”
“And as long as those people are killed, without you needing to say anything, we will also leave this place…”
In an instant, Wang Jinting clarified his thoughts.
“I don’t believe the opponent can truly be Foundation Establishment. There should be flaws at least, such as endurance, being unable to maintain combat power for a long time.”
“In any case, I must probe first… These demonic insects are undoubtedly the best probing method. Their numbers are huge, and they are not afraid of death. Letting them rush to the very front can definitely probe the depth of that Primordial Saint Sect Foundation Establishment Perfected One, and then I can formulate tactics according to the situation…”
“As long as I hide and don’t show myself, it doesn’t count as losing!”
…
“At this moment, the Dao Court should be thinking like this.”
The Myriad Spirits Banner fluttered. Lu Yang and Patriarch Nether Whisper sat opposite each other. Patriarch Nether Whisper analyzed the situation methodically, while Lu Yang revealed a look of agreement.
“Cooperating with the Qi-Eating Insects and using human wave tactics to drain me—I would do the same if I were in their place.”
Although after Patriarch Nether Whisper’s improvements, the current Su Nü had no flaws and no amount of Qi-Eating Insects at this current level would help.
But if the opponent kept hiding in the dark and only sent insect swarms to die, that would also be quite tricky.
At the very least, it would be a long war of attrition.
And if it dragged on for a long time, heaven knows if the Qi-Eating Insect, as the Child of Destiny of this World Realm, would grow to a level he couldn’t handle.
Therefore, a quick victory was necessary.
And to win quickly, the only way was to find the cultivator holding the Dao Fruit Treasure in the Dao Court camp, or kill the insect king, the Child of Destiny among the Qi-Eating Insects.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang tried to calculate with his fingers.
A moment later, he released his hand and shook his head. “No good. The opponent holds a Dao Fruit Treasure; karma is obscured, so I can’t calculate the specific location.”
Just then, a voice suddenly came:
“Perfected One… do you want to find someone?”
Lu Yang turned his head at the sound, only to see the Saint Sect Direct Disciple, Bi Feiyuan, wearing a light gauze and smiling beautifully. “Perhaps we can help.”
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