The Great Overlord: Simulating the Future, Dominating Speedrunning

Chapter 162: Guidance from an Orthodox Insect Master

"It's the Spirit Sword Bug. That witch is going to test the bug on humans again..."

"This is a ninth-grade perfect spirit insect. I heard that Qin Jingzhe, who was ranked sixth on the Strongest List, was made quite embarrassed by this spirit insect..."

"I wonder who she's going to use to test the insect this time. She surprisingly produced such a powerful spiritual insect right away..."

The silence between heaven and earth lasted for a moment, and then it was broken by the sudden outbreak of sound waves. The strong men from all sides looked at the weak girl on the black beetle with a look of awe.

When the uproar sounded, Lu Chen stared at Su Qingyin with serious eyes. Although he was also surprised by the latter's gentle temperament, his eyes were more focused on the spirit sword insect.

The sharp sword energy emitted by the spirit insect made him feel a chill in his heart, and his skin felt a faint stinging pain.

"This spirit insect is probably incredibly lethal..."

Lu Chen was thinking this in his heart.

Suddenly, Su Qingyin's beautiful eyes locked onto Lu Chen, and she asked curiously, "Are you the number one on the Strongest List?"

"I heard you can kill the Earth Supreme. Can you let me see your methods?"

"Girl, you're welcome..."

Lu Chen bowed, but before he could finish his words, he saw the spirit sword insect in the sky suddenly shoot out. A faint green light appeared on the horn on its head, and it emitted an extremely sharp aura, and it rushed towards him angrily!

boom!
Lu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and a brilliant golden light suddenly burst out from his body. The vast sound of thunder echoed in his body. He also punched out directly, colliding with the spiritual insect that attacked him.

boom!
As soon as the two collided, a huge spiritual power fluctuation spread out, and a powerful shock wave raged, causing the nearby ground to collapse.

Under the shock wave, the spirit insect let out a sharp sound and was directly blown away by this punch.

Lu Chen also took a few steps back, but there was no joy on his face. He looked down at his fist and saw a pinhole-sized blood hole slowly spreading out on the golden fist.

A green sword energy was drilling into the flesh on his palm through the blood hole, making his palm feel numb.

"This spirit insect can actually break my defense..."

Lu Chen was startled, and immediately his internal skills started to work. A crystal-like glass flame gushed out, forcing the sword energy out of his body. Amidst the flashing golden light, the wound healed instantly.

"It's really tricky. No wonder he can suppress so many geniuses by himself and make them dare not look at him in the eye..."

Lu Chen's face was solemn, and crystal-like glass flames covered his entire body, forming a layer of flame armor. This was the first time among his peers that he had met a genius who could break his Great Sun Thunder Body's defense.

Although his Great Sun Thunder Body has not been perfected, it is enough to show the horror of the spirit sword insect.

Above the sky, Su Qingyin waved her hand, a green light flashed, and the spirit sword insect with a single horn on its head shook its head and floated beside her in a daze.

Her eyes lit up slightly as she stared at Lu Chen not far away, and said with a bit of excitement: "As expected, you are worthy of being number one on the Strongest List. You are also the first man I have ever seen who dares to confront Xiao Qing head-on..."

"That's what a real man is. Those weaklings who run away when they see me are not real men..."

"Come, let me try you again!"

After saying that, Su Qingyin waved her sleeves, and three more spirit insects emerged from her sleeves.

The three spirit insects, the one in the middle was emitting icy air all over, with cold air spewing out of its mouth. It had no wings or feet, and its body was translucent. It was covered with fine hairs and floated in the air like a furry earthworm.

Cold dragon Gu!
On the left is a blood-red spiritual insect. The spiritual insect is like a centipede with thousands of legs. It crawls in the void, and as it breathes in and out, a vast amount of spiritual power sweeps through it, as if a storm has formed.

Blood centipede!

On the right was a toad that was several dozen feet in size, its body brass-colored, its back broad and thick, with fist-sized lumps of flesh on it. There was a faint sense of incomparable power emanating from it.

Collapsing Mountain Toad!
"They are all ninth-grade perfect spirit insects..."

Looking at the three spirit insects, Lu Chen's face showed a solemn expression. With a thought, flames burst out from his left hand and turned into a crystal-like purple-gold flaming sword in his hand.

Above the sky, Su Qingyin smiled at Lu Chen, then chuckled and waved her long sleeves. Three spirit insects swept out and rushed towards Lu Chen.

shhhhh!

Three spirit insects flew out and surrounded Lu Chen together. The blood-red centipede was the fastest, passing through the void like a ghost. A red shadow flashed in the air and pounced towards Lu Chen's face!

Lu Chen's face was solemn, and he swung the Daluo Tianyan Sword in his hand. A purple-gold sword light shot out and grew in the wind, turning into a giant sword thousands of feet long, sweeping across the sky and directly piercing through the void and falling down!

For a moment, the surrounding space was filled with the sound of breaking!

"Wow!"

At this moment, a toad's cry was heard, and the brass-colored mountain-collapsing toad suddenly grew larger, turning into a behemoth thousands of feet in size, like a huge mountain, blocking the sword!
boom!
The sword light hit the lump that looked like a door panel, making a sound of metal clashing. Sparks flew everywhere, and circles of brass-colored luster rippled on the giant toad, directly blasting it away!
In the sky, when Su Qingyin saw the giant toad being blown away, the color on her pretty face finally changed slightly.

But the next moment, a terrible cold air rolled in, and endless snowflakes fell between the sky and the earth.

call out!
The cold dragon Gu rushed forward, opened its mouth and spit out an extremely cold air, spreading out in all directions, as if it could penetrate space.

Lu Chen frowned, and a layer of frost spread up from under his feet, quickly turning into a layer of ice and emerging, about to cover his body.

Immediately, the crystal-colored flames on the surface of Lu Chen's body bloomed like the scorching sun. Wherever the flames swept past, the layers of ice and frost instantly shattered.

"call!"

Lu Chen opened his mouth and spit out a crystal-like flame that swept out, directly enveloping the cold dragon Gu. As the flame burned, it burned it and made it scream wildly.

In the end, they retreated again and again and dared not move forward.

At this moment, Lu Chen only felt a pain in his wrist, but saw that the blood-red centipede had shrunk to the size of a finger at some point and bit his wrist.

Suddenly, dark red blood flowed out, and Lu Chen only felt a strong poison spreading from the wound and pouring into his whole body.

Seeing this, Lu Chen's expression turned gloomy. A chill flashed across his dark eyes, and he swung his sword, directly hitting the blood-red centipede.

boom!
Suddenly, a raging flame swept through, and the blood-red centipede let out a shrill scream, then quickly retreated, and the vast spiritual power in its body quickly weakened.

Above the sky, Su Qingyin waved her long sleeves and hurriedly took back the two spirit insects, a look of heartache flashing across her eyes.

On the ground, Lu Chen activated the Great Sun Thunder Body, and the blood and qi in his body surged. As the golden light bloomed, a stream of poisonous blood was forced out, and the circulation of spiritual energy suddenly became much smoother.

The two of them looked at each other, both with solemn expressions on their faces.

Su Qingyin immediately chuckled and said softly, "Brother Lu is indeed a top-notch figure in this world. Qingyin has offended him today."

"It's really great to meet such an outstanding person like Brother Lu. Qingyin couldn't help but feel happy and wanted to test him. If I have offended you, please forgive me."

"This is the antidote for the blood centipede. Please accept it, Brother Lu."

After saying this, a small white porcelain bottle appeared in Su Qingyin's hand. With a toss, it flew in front of Lu Chen in the blink of an eye. Lu Chen reached out to take the bottle and put it into his Qiankun bracelet, but he didn't consume it. Instead, he stared at Su Qingyin in the sky, staring at the five ninth-grade perfect spirit insects guarding her, and fell into deep thought.

"Attack, defense, speed, freezing, poisoning, the five spirit insects each have their own strengths. If they work together, an ordinary ninth-grade perfect cultivator would be hard to resist. Even the so-called young patriarch of the Flame Spirit Clan might not be stronger than her..."

"The reason he's ranked ahead of her might be because that damned Strongest List compiler can't afford to offend the Flame Spirit Clan..."

Lu Chen was thinking in his heart, and for the first time he felt the power of the insect master system.

This path of pursuing the ultimate individual spirit insect is obviously different from his path of battle.

One pursues quality, the other pursues quantity. Although his battle formation method has its own battle formation method and is definitely stronger than a single spirit insect in terms of strength, it is obvious that his insect master system also has its merits.

Each of the spirit insects has its own strengths, and by complementing each other, they are like a hexagonal warrior, simply invincible. It is no exaggeration to say that they are invincible in the same realm.

No wonder this woman is ranked third on the list of the strongest. Her reputation is truly well-deserved.

"Brother Lu, do you dislike my medicine? Why don't you try it?"

Above the sky, Su Qingyin collected the spirit insects and turned to look at Lu Chen.

Her skin was snow-white, and her expression was gentle, with a rather delicate feeling, like a pear blossom in the rain. She looked at Lu Chen and said softly, "It seems that Brother Lu has recovered. He has a very strong body. He can cultivate both spiritual power and physical body and reach such a high level. Brother Lu is indeed worthy of being the number one among the younger generation in Tianluo Continent."

"Qingyin was reckless today, please don't blame me, Brother Lu."

As she spoke, Su Qingyin bowed slightly to Lu Chen, smiled, and there seemed to be an apology on her pretty face.

Seeing this scene, all the geniuses around were secretly amazed. Everyone in the younger generation of Tianluo Continent knew that this insect master looked weak on the surface, but was actually very arrogant in his bones.

He always looked down upon others and never apologized to anyone. This was the first time they saw Su Qingyin give in. This was no simple matter.

It seems that this number one Tianluo does have some abilities.

"After all, it's an old monster who took over the body and rebuilt it..."

Everyone pondered in their hearts.

Lu Chen naturally didn't know what everyone was thinking. He just waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay. Miss Su's insect master skills today really opened my eyes. This insect control art is indeed profound and extensive."

He paused, then stared at Su Qingyin with a burning gaze, and said expectantly, "To be honest, Miss Su, I am quite interested in the way of the insect master. I wonder if I could ask for your advice?"

Hearing this, Su Qingyin's smile froze, a look of astonishment appeared in her eyes, and she said in a tone of disbelief: "Brother Lu, are you also going to follow the Insect Master's path?"

"You've already reached the Ninth Rank, shouldn't you hurry up and break through to the Earth Supreme?"

"Cultivating a few supreme-level spirit insects, even if they are of the ninth rank, would be of no use to Brother Lu, right?"

Lu Chen shook his head slightly and said, "No, it's just that when I was weak, I got a spirit insect. That spirit insect saved my life. Now my cultivation level is not up to par."

"However, considering the life-saving grace, I cannot bear to abandon it. I want to help it transcend its spirit and become a spirit insect of the supreme realm. I wonder if Miss Su has any quick method to achieve this?"

After saying that, Lu Chen stretched out his hand, and a blood-red spirit insect appeared in his hand.

The spirit insect had a prominent head and was about the size of a palm. Its eyes were as crystal clear as jade. There was a thin blood-red line on its back running through its entire body. It had six legs on its abdomen that looked like claws. It was the spirit-eating insect.

"what……"

When Su Qingyin saw the soul-eating insect, his eyes suddenly lit up. With a thought, the jade flute in his hand emitted a faint light. A strange sound wave came out from the jade flute and then spread far away.

"Buzz..."

Hearing the strange sound waves, the Soul-Eating Insect suddenly went crazy, its eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of blood, and with a whoosh, it rushed in front of Su Qingyin.

Su Qingyin waved her jade hand, and the soul-eating insect landed on her palm. The tentacles on its head kept rubbing against the white palm, with an expression of trying to please its master.

Seeing this, Lu Chen's old face suddenly turned black. Although he did not forcibly refine this soul-eating insect, he had raised it with his own hands after all, and it actually left with others so easily.

It feels like a cabbage is being eaten by a pig, and there is nothing I can do about it.

Su Qingyin looked at the soul-eating insect curiously, and picked up a thumb-sized white pill in her hand. The pill was milky white all over, and a faint milky fragrance emanated from it as soon as it appeared, making the soul-eating insect restless.

He passed the pill into the Soul-Eating Insect's mouth, and the Soul-Eating Insect swallowed it in one gulp. The aura of his body suddenly surged, and a blood-red light shone brightly!
The first level of spirit is difficult!

The second level of divine spirit is difficult!
The triple divine soul is difficult!
Suddenly, blood-red cracks appeared on the body of the Soul-Eating Insect, and an extremely violent spiritual power wave emanated from it, as if it was about to self-destruct!
Seeing this, Su Qingyin's face showed a solemn expression. She pointed her jade finger at the soul-eating insect. A strange wave spread out from her fingertips, instantly suppressing the wave on the soul-eating insect.

Soon the Soul Devouring Insect regained its composure, but its tentacles drooped and its aura instantly weakened a lot.

Su Qingyin pondered for a moment, a glint of light flickering in his eyes. He then turned to look at Lu Chen and said in a deep voice, "Your bloodline is too mixed. In addition to its own bloodline, it also has other miscellaneous bloodlines. The most powerful of these are the dragon and the phoenix..."

Su Qingyin paused, a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes, and then she shook her head and said, "Although I don't know why your spirit insect has such a rare dragon and phoenix bloodline, this is not good. All spirit beasts and spirit insects regard pure bloodline as the first priority in their cultivation."

"You are simply raising its spiritual power realm. Without evolving its bloodline, it is difficult for its own strength to increase significantly, and naturally it cannot survive the Supreme Tribulation. A spiritual insect like it with a disordered bloodline can only rely on luck to survive the tribulation. Ninety-nine percent of the time, it will not survive, and if it does survive, it will be a weak and insignificant divine insect."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen's face immediately showed embarrassment. He actually knew this, as it was also mentioned in the Insect Control Heart Sutra.

It's a pity that even the Insect Control Heart Sutra of the Immortal Grade Supreme Level does not have a good solution. After all, the natural treasures that can evolve bloodlines are too precious, and it is extremely costly to use them on soul-eating insects.

Moreover, his Insect Control Heart Sutra mainly focuses on the art of battle formations, and he is only half-baked in cultivating spiritual insects.

"Then may I ask Miss Su, if this spirit insect doesn't use natural treasures, is there any other way to evolve its bloodline?"

Lu Chen pondered for a moment and asked.

"Yes, I have!"

Su Qingyin smiled lightly and said, "As far as I know, there are three ways in total."

"Oh? Three kinds? So many?"

Lu Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked happily: "Which three?"

"Transplantation, hybridization, blood sacrifice."

Su Qingyin smiled slightly and slowly explained: "The first method is easy to understand. It is to transplant the blood of a powerful spirit insect into your spirit insect and squeeze out the other bloodlines."

"But you, a spirit insect, have the blood of dragon and phoenix in your body, so I'm afraid it won't work."

"The second option is more promising. Find a powerful spirit insect with a strong bloodline and crossbreed it with yours. As long as the breeding method is correct, it will inherit the characteristics of both, making the resulting spirit insect even more powerful."

"As for the third one..."

Su Qingyin paused, then said meaningfully, "There's a kind of blood sacrifice Gu in this world that can devour the blood of similar spiritual insects, forcibly improving the spiritual insect's aptitude. Although it can only be performed on the same type of Gu, it's also the quickest way to achieve success."

(End of this chapter)