Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 283 Battle Against the Insect King, Sword Named Flying Rainbow [Please Subscribe]

The Insect King has appeared!

It was a giant demonic insect over ten zhang long, its entire body golden, as if cast from gold.

His entire body was covered with purplish-black spiritual patterns.

It also has golden wings like cicada wings and a mouth full of serrated teeth.

Compared to those first-tier demonic insects that are only the size of a fist, this insect king is a completely different creature just in terms of size.

Even the most powerful demonic insect guarding the Insect King was more than ten times smaller than the Insect King.

This is the Insect King, the king of billions of demonic insects.

For insect swarms of this level of plague, the insect king is often the product of multiple mutations.

Their individual combat power is enough to make them the king among their peers, and they can even defeat a dragon of the same level with their strength.

As the king of the swarm, the Zerg King also receives a power boost from the entire swarm, doubling his strength.

At this moment, with the appearance of the Insect King, the swarm of insects seemed to be injected with stimulants, and they all moved towards the Insect King.

Soon a gigantic insect appeared in the sky.

This enormous insect was composed of hundreds of millions of demonic insects. It was several miles long and had a wingspan of seven or eight miles, resembling an ancient behemoth.

And such things are definitely not just for scaring people.

Then, a burst of multicolored spiritual light flashed on the giant insect's body, and a five-colored wave, like a tidal wave, swept towards the human cultivators' position in front.

Clearly, the insect king was not like ordinary demonic insects, lacking intelligence. Knowing that it would be difficult to directly attack those unpredictable Nascent Soul stage cultivators, it directly attacked where the enemy was bound to defend.

Its approach did indeed have an effect.

Of course, the human Nascent Soul stage cultivators could not stand idly by and watch the Insect King slaughter their own descendants.

Thus, one after another, incredibly powerful magical treasures and artifacts struck the five-colored wave, tearing it apart and blasting it apart.

At the same time, a purplish-red pillar of fire that stretched across the sky suddenly pierced through the air and struck the giant worm like divine punishment.

In an instant, the giant insect was pierced through, leaving a hole tens of feet in diameter.

Hundreds of thousands of demonic insects were instantly annihilated in this attack, leaving not a trace.

However, a strong surge of five-colored spiritual light quickly erased the residual power of the purplish-red fire pillar, and the giant insect's body returned to its original state.

And at that moment, the giant worm unleashed its second attack.

Suddenly, a barrage of arrows erupted from the giant insect's body. Countless beams of spiritual energy, shimmering with various colors, shot out like arrows, indiscriminately sweeping towards the cultivators on the human race's position. There were no fewer than ten thousand of them.

Those pillars of spiritual energy weren't particularly powerful compared to a Golden Core cultivator.

It is definitely not something that cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage or Foundation Establishment stage can withstand, let alone cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.

Compared to the previous five-colored waves, these pillars of spiritual energy shooting out from all directions are obviously much more difficult to defend against.

At this point, the dozen or so Nascent Soul stage cultivators could only take action on their own, doing their best to intercept those pillars of spiritual energy.

However, even when they joined forces, they could only block less than 70% of the spiritual energy beam!

As a result, this single attack by the giant insect instantly killed over a thousand cultivators, including some cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

"You beast, how dare you!!"

A furious shout rang out from the sky; it was a Nascent Soul cultivator who had been enraged by the giant insect's actions.

He activated a fiery red pearl to its fullest potential, and the pearl instantly transformed into a fire dragon tens of feet long, baring its fangs and claws as it pounced towards the giant insect.

However, compared to the giant insect's enormous body, which was over ten miles long, the fire dragon, which was only a few dozen feet long, was insignificant!

Even though this fire dragon possesses the power to burn mountains and boil seas, and can incinerate tens of thousands of demonic insects with each strike, it is only a drop in the ocean compared to the giant insect's enormous size.

Even so, after witnessing the immense threat the giant insect posed to low- and mid-level cultivators, none of the Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators dared to hold back any longer.

Various magical artifacts and spells bombarded the giant worm in the sky, gradually eroding its size like a knife cutting flesh.

In an instant, the corpses of demonic insects fell densely from the sky like raindrops, and many more were simply reduced to ashes.

But the giant insect changed its tactics at this point.

It stopped unleashing its power to attack the low- and mid-level human cultivators, and instead began to conserve its strength and move faster, seemingly preparing to withstand the onslaught and break through.

The human cultivators naturally wouldn't let the giant insect have its way.

More than a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators launched a full-scale attack on the giant insect, each attack capable of annihilating tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of demonic insects.

Especially the purplish-red pillar of fire that descended from the sky, each time pierced through the giant insect and burned a large number of high-level demonic insects.

In this way, after flying less than a hundred miles, the giant insect's size shrank dramatically by nearly half.

Such losses are clearly unacceptable to the Insect King.

If things continue like this, by the time it actually flies into Rong Kingdom's territory, I'm afraid not even a tenth of its people will survive.

And then, as expected, happened.

Suddenly, the enormous worm scattered, instantly splitting into twenty-four much smaller worms, which then flew off in different directions towards Rongguo.

This was a choice the Insect King had to make out of necessity in order to preserve the swarm's strength.

This was something the human cultivators had anticipated long ago.

At that moment, the dozen or so human Nascent Soul stage cultivators seemed to have been prepared, and half of them immediately chased after a giant insect.

The remaining people then joined forces to attack the swarm of insects where the insect king was located.

Meanwhile, the Golden Core stage cultivators, Purple Mansion stage cultivators, and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were also following behind several Nascent Soul stage cultivators, chasing and killing the swarm of insects that had broken through the encirclement.

Leaving aside how others chased down the fleeing swarm, the Zerg King, after scattering the swarm, also faced the greatest crisis since its birth.

Without the cover of the massive swarm of insects, the Insect King, though extremely powerful, was no longer the formidable figure it had been when it single-handedly fought against more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

The swarm it led was still the largest among the scattered swarms, and also the one with the most high-level demonic insects.

However, this no longer gives it the power to fight six or seven Nascent Soul stage cultivators alone, let alone one of them, a late-stage Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

A purple-red flame flashed in the sky, and a purple-red fireball fell from the sky like a meteor, crashing down on the swarm of insects where the insect king was located.

grumble--

A piercing insect chirp echoed through the sky, followed by a golden beam of light, shaped like a spearhead, piercing through the clouds and colliding violently with the falling fireball.

Rumble!

A violent explosion lit up the sky, and a purplish-red fireball was blasted apart in mid-air, with flames falling like rain.

Many of the demonic insects that had come into contact with the flames were burned directly into wisps of smoke, which then drifted away in the wind.

As can be seen, with the amplification of the swarm's power, the Insect King's strength is still very formidable, completely comparable to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

But this is, after all, an external force; it doesn't possess such strength on its own.

The demonic insects that provide it with power amplification are decreasing rapidly every moment.

Once the number of insects drops to a certain level, it will inevitably lose the power to directly confront a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

So after withstanding the attack of the most powerful human cultivator, the Insect King led the swarm to continue their breakout.

However, this hundred-mile journey soon became a road to death.

Under the fierce attack of several Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the number of insects visibly decreased rapidly, and countless demonic insects sacrificed their lives to protect their king.

Finally, when they were less than thirty miles from Rongguo, the number of insect swarms had dropped to less than a million.

At this point, even if the remaining swarm consists mostly of demonic insects, it would be difficult to provide the Insect King with the power boost that rivals that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

The increase is just an increase; it's not a real transfer of the power of a million demonic insects to the Insect King.

If it's the latter, the Insect King's power would have already broken through the heavens, and it wouldn't be a problem for it to kill a sixth-tier being with a single blow!

It's now!

When they discovered that the Insect King's power had declined to the point where it could no longer sustain the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, all the Nascent Soul cultivators who were besieging the Insect King were greatly encouraged, seeing a glimmer of hope for success.

Their attack suddenly intensified by several times, and they all unleashed their signature moves.

Various powerful and terrifying magical treasures and artifacts crisscrossed the swarm of insects, forcibly tearing them apart and scattering them.

The insect king, which was hiding inside, was once again forced to reveal its true form.

At this moment, the Insect King may have realized the intentions of these human cultivators. Its whole body shone with golden light, and it swatted away several spiritual treasures that were hurtling towards it.

Then, using itself as the head, it united the remaining high-level demonic insects, directly forming a thousand-foot-long insect spear.

Under the special power of the Insect King, the insect spear transformed into a long, golden spear, exuding an incomparably sharp aura.

Several Nascent Soul stage cultivators used their magical treasures to bombard the insect spear, but none of them could inflict sufficient damage on it.

However, under the guidance of the Insect King, the Insect Spear shot towards Rong Kingdom like an arrow.

Before long, the insect spear arrived over the land of Rongguo, which was still covered with green hills and clear waters.

But just as the Insect King was happily preparing to land, a figure suddenly appeared thousands of feet in front of it.

It was an old man with red hair wearing a fiery red robe.

He stared coldly at the insect spear, and with a flick of his sleeve, a purplish-red bronze mirror appeared in his hand.

He held the bronze mirror artifact in both hands, and when he looked at the insect spear with the mirror, an extremely hot purplish-red flame shone on the insect spear.

grumble--

The sharp, piercing chirping of insects resounded through the sky. The insect spear, which had remained undamaged even under the bombardment of several Nascent Soul stage cultivators' magic weapons, was instantly melted away, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun.

Apart from the Insect King, the other demonic insects were unable to withstand the terrifying high temperature and instantly vaporized into blue smoke.

Even the king of insects, its golden shell turned a deep red, as if branded by a red-hot iron.

Before the Insect King could recover from the high temperature, a blue-white icy light suddenly struck it.

This is like pouring a bucket of cold water into a pot of molten iron; it will instantly cause an explosion!

Under the clash of the two extreme forces of ice and fire, even the indestructible shell of the Insect King could not help but shatter into pieces.

Golden-red blood splattered across the sky; the Insect King had suffered the most severe injury since becoming the Insect King.

An unprecedented aura of death had appeared on it, and it truly felt the threat of death.

Under the threat of death, the Insect King unleashed a strong will to survive.

It opened its mouth and spat out a golden light, like a golden thread, which shot towards the red-haired old man opposite it.

The golden light seemed inconspicuous, yet it made the red-haired old man feel as if he were facing a formidable enemy, sensing a strong threat.

He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of deep purple flame, which clashed with the golden light in the sky.

The result was quite alarming. The "Burning Heaven Purple Flame" that he had painstakingly cultivated was unable to withstand the golden light that was only the thickness of a thumb and was instantly pierced through!

Fortunately, he never dared to underestimate his opponents. After spewing out deep purple flames, he also summoned a black shield spirit treasure.

The square shield appeared to be made from a single piece of black crystal. Once it was unleashed, it emitted a dense black light, protecting the red-haired old man within.

After the golden light shot onto the black light, it quickly pierced through the light shield, but it still couldn't break through the crystal shield itself.

However, the Insect King did not expect that this attack could kill a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. After spitting out the golden light, it flashed and suddenly fell to the ground.

As the king of insects, its earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape from the earth) technique is already superb.

As long as it comes into contact with the earth, it can instantly disappear into the depths of the earth, making it impossible for even a Nascent Soul cultivator to find its trace.

However, this was not the first time that the human cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage had fought against it, so how could they not be prepared for its mastery of earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape through earth)?

Just as it was about to hit the ground, a silver-white sword light suddenly burst forth from the ground and accurately struck its abdomen.

This sword light was completely beyond the Insect King's expectations; it was caught off guard.

And the power of this sword light is terrifying!

The Insect King's body was so strong that even ordinary flying swords could hardly break through it, and its defensive power was even stronger than that of a dragon.

Even though it is now severely injured due to the previous combined attack of ice and fire, its physical constitution is still there.

However, when the silver-white sword light struck it, its powerful body was instantly pierced and torn apart as if it were made of paper. The terrifying sword energy erupted within its body, instantly shredding its internal organs and flesh into countless pieces.

Furthermore, an all-consuming sword intent rushed straight towards its soul, intending to annihilate its soul and will along with it!

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the Insect King's massive body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up countless specks of dust.

The Insect King, which could have escaped by burrowing into the earth after touching the ground, is now completely devoid of life and its soul has been scattered.

In the end, it was unable to withstand the all-destroying sword intent, and its soul was annihilated, and it died on the spot!

At that moment, a silver-robed man exuding a sharp sword intent suddenly appeared above the insect king's corpse.

He raised his hand and a beam of silver light shot out from the insect king's corpse and landed in his hand.

It was a silver-white flying sword that was unstained by any blood, with the words "Flying Rainbow" faintly engraved on its blade.

(End of this chapter)