Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 284 A Great Victory, In-Depth Exploration [Please Subscribe]

The sword is named "Flying Rainbow," and the person is named after the sword.

The man in the sky who slew the Insect King was named Master Feihong, a sword cultivator at the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Although his cultivation level was below the late Nascent Soul stage, with the Flying Rainbow Sword in his hand and his superb sword control skills, Flying Rainbow Master's attacks were even more ruthless than those of ordinary late Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

He himself had fought against several late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, establishing his status in the cultivation world with his actual combat strength.

In this siege of the Insect King, True Person Fei Hong was the real killer move of the human cultivators.

He had long been led underground by a Nascent Soul cultivator skilled in burrowing techniques, and was following the Insect King's movements.

The attack was planned long ago, taking place just as the Insect King was about to touch the ground.

The current results undoubtedly show that the plan was a great success.

Faced with the earth-shattering sword strike that Master Fei Hong had been preparing for, even a powerful being like the Insect King was utterly powerless to resist and died on the spot.

At this moment, looking at the lifeless corpse of the Insect King on the ground, all the Nascent Soul cultivators present breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles finally appeared on their faces.

The red-haired old man, who was at the late Nascent Soul stage, immediately appeared above the Insect King's corpse in a flash.

Then, with a beaming smile, he praised Flying Rainbow Master, "Fellow Daoist Flying Rainbow, you truly deserve to be called the Number One Sword of Heavenly Spirit! This Insect King's death under your sword is certainly not unjust!"

Faced with the red-haired elder's praise, True Person Feihong replied indifferently, "Fellow Daoist Ziyan flatters me. There are countless sword-wielding cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit Realm. What merit do I, Feihong, possess to dare claim to be number one!"

He glanced at the dead insect king again and said calmly, "As for this insect king, it was nothing more than an insect. Fellow Daoist Ziyan, after you cut off its wings, it was no longer a threat. What difficulty was there in killing it!"

Such an attitude of not taking credit or being arrogant made the red-haired elder, Master Ziyan, secretly sigh with admiration.

No wonder they were able to cultivate their sword control skills to such an extraordinary level.

Those half-baked sword cultivators only know how to shout all day long that sword cultivators should be unyielding, have the ambition to look down on everything, and dare to draw their swords against any being.

In fact, they don't understand that a truly powerful swordsman only reveals the qualities they admire when they draw their sword.

In ordinary times, a sword cultivator should be like a long sword that has been sheathed, not revealing its sharpness or seeking empty fame.

Master Feihong was undoubtedly such a powerful sword cultivator who had truly grasped the essence of the sword path.

Next, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators collected the insect king's corpse and then split up to pursue the fleeing insect swarm.

Now that the Insect King is dead, the swarm is leaderless, making it the perfect time to press their advantage and expand their gains.

Three days passed quickly like this.

In just three short days, more than 50% of the insect plague that ravaged Yang Kingdom was wiped out, and even the insect king perished under the sword of Master Feihong.

Under the leadership of Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the human race, headed by True Person Ziyan and True Person Feihong, the various human nations achieved a great victory.

But the war was not over, and the disaster was far from over.

Many of the surviving demonic insects have already wreaked havoc within the Rong Kingdom.

They devoured everything edible, whether it was flowers, trees, wild animals, minerals, or even humans—anything that could benefit their growth.

After they have eaten their fill, they begin to mate and lay their eggs deep underground.

In less than a month, the eggs laid will hatch into larvae.

Meanwhile, the high-ranking demonic insects within the swarm also engaged in a fierce battle for the throne of the insect king, with the losers becoming nourishment for the victor's path to becoming king.

Everything that happened in the Kingdom of Yang is now being repeated in the Kingdom of Rong.

To prevent a repeat of the tragedy in Yang Kingdom, the army of cultivators who had previously intercepted the migrating insect swarm remained in Rong Kingdom to exterminate the swarm.

They also roamed the Rong Kingdom in groups, destroying each insect nest they found to curb the expansion of the insect swarm.

This may be a temporary solution, but it does work. The only question is how long it can last.

Meanwhile, in the market town of Dayun Kingdom, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, and others were all genuinely happy to hear the news of Rong Kingdom's great victory.

Although they judged that the insect plague could not threaten the Zhou family, they, as humans, sincerely wanted the insect plague to end as soon as possible, thinking of the terrible situation they had witnessed in Yang Kingdom.

After a brief moment of joy, Zhou Mingde quickly said, "Now that the Insect King has been killed, a large number of high-level demonic insects have also died, and the main force of the insect swarm has migrated to Rong Kingdom. The number of demonic insects in Yang Kingdom has been greatly reduced, and most of those left behind are old, weak, sick, and disabled."

"Perhaps this is the perfect opportunity for us to venture deeper into the Yang Kingdom and find something to subdue the demonic insects!"

Zhou Chun understood what he meant.

Just like the saying that where there is a venomous snake, there is an antidote within seven steps.

Where those demonic insects have roamed, there may also be things that can restrain them.

This is the concept of the balance of the Heavenly Dao in cultivation terminology.

Including the emergence of insect plagues, in the eyes of many cultivators, it is also a disaster sent down by the will of Heaven to balance all things in nature.

Therefore, he quickly responded, "That's right, it's time to explore deeper into the territory of Yang Kingdom."

So the two of them immediately set off together towards Yang Kingdom.

At this time, there were quite a few cultivators who had the same idea as the Zhou family.

The Kingdom of Yang, ravaged by insect plagues, may no longer possess any treasures.

However, because of the insect plague ravaging the Yang Kingdom, there was no danger at this time.

If a way to subdue the demonic insects could be found, it would be an immense achievement.

After Zhou Chun and his companion entered Yang Kingdom, they found that everything was exactly as they had expected, and the number of demonic insects was no longer as dense as before.

They easily found a large, abandoned insect nest, which at this time contained only some wounded demonic insects and some ordinary adult insects.

After searching around the insect nest to no avail, the two continued their search deeper into the area.

Not long after, the Zhou family found a new insect nest in a mountain range, which was inhabited by a large number of demonic insects.

"Strange, how come there are still so many demonic insects living in this insect nest? Aren't they facing a food crisis?"

In the charred mountains, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun watched from afar as the demonic insects flew around searching for food, both feeling very puzzled.

They had previously visited many mountain ranges larger than this one, where the insect nests had long been empty.

However, the insect nests in this mountain range do not seem to be suffering from a food crisis. The number of demonic insects flying around is roughly several thousand.

"Something unusual must be going on; perhaps some secret lies hidden beneath these mountains!"

Zhou Chun whispered his opinion.

The mountain's ground had been scorched into charred earth. Even if there were some animal carcasses that hadn't been burned to ash that the insect swarm could eat, it certainly wouldn't be enough to sustain such a large swarm.

But there's still such a large group of demonic insects here.

Therefore, Zhou Mingde basically agreed with Zhou Chun's opinion and nodded, saying, "Zheng Chun, you're right. Let's look around and see if we can find anything unexpected."

Then the two of them began to search carefully in the mountains.

Before the two could discover anything, their whereabouts had already been discovered by the demonic insects, and they were attacked by the swarm.

The demonic insects are extremely protective of their nests, and they will actively eliminate any outsiders that approach the nest.

Soon, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of demonic insects.

Among these demonic insects, there are even quite a few second-tier demonic insects, and possibly even third-tier demonic insects!

"Leave these demonic insects to me; you just need to protect yourself, Masayuki."

In mid-air, Zhou Mingde gave Zhou Chun some instructions as if facing a formidable enemy, and then released the Fire God Jackal to launch a fierce attack on the swarm of insects.

Ow—

A loud wolf howl echoed through the sky, and the Vulcan Jackal, its body ablaze with flames, charged into the swarm of insects, rampaging through the insects as if they were nothing.

There were too many insects to target any one in particular; it only needed to charge towards the area where the insects were most concentrated.

Even a second-tier demonic insect would find it difficult to withstand the burning demonic flames on its body for more than ten breaths.

Zhou Mingde, while unleashing his magical artifacts to attack the swarm of insects, carefully protected Zhou Chun behind him.

But Zhou Chun was not the type to hide behind others. Although the number of insects was large, in his eyes, such a swarm was not enough to leave him helpless.

He reached out and removed several spirit beast pouches, releasing the three spirit pets he was sitting on.

Then, apart from the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle staying behind, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai and the Golden-Winged Tiger rallied their spirits and joined the counterattack against the swarm.

Roar!

With a roar, the Golden-Winged Tiger, participating in such a battle for the first time, ambitiously displayed its prowess.

But as soon as it opened its mouth, a ball of azure light shot out like a cannonball and hurtled towards the swarm of insects.

When the cannonball landed in the swarm of insects, it instantly exploded into countless tiny wind blades, shredding the demonic insects within a ten-zhang radius.

In the blink of an eye, no fewer than several hundred demonic insects were torn apart and shredded by the wind blades.

This was just the first appetizer for the Golden-Winged Tiger.

It then flapped its wings fiercely, and a bluish-white spiritual light surged from its wings, quickly transforming into two bluish-white whirlwinds that swept towards the swarm of insects.

After the two whirlwinds collided in the swarm of insects, they instantly merged into a bluish-white storm that swept across the area, causing countless demonic insects within a radius of a hundred feet to suffer broken limbs and wings, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.

That wasn't enough. Soon, the Golden-Winged Tiger roared again, and a golden wave of light spread out from its mouth in a trumpet shape, instantly shattering hundreds of demonic insects that were rushing towards it into powder.

Such ferocity even startled Zhou Mingde, who was astonished by the great cat's strength.

On the other side, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai didn't want its little brother, the Golden-Winged Tiger, to steal the spotlight.

Silver-white lightning crackled across its body, forming a lightning field centered on itself. Any creature that approached within a thirty-foot radius of it would automatically be attacked by a powerful electric current.

This is a new spell it awakened and mastered after breaking through to the second-tier mid-grade demon beast level, and its name is "Lightning Field".

Using this move, the Silver Lightning Python, just like the Fire God Jackal, plunged headlong into the swarm of insects.

Crackling sounds!

All that could be heard was a constant crackling sound, like popping beans. Any demonic insect that came within thirty feet of the Silver Lightning Python was instantly electrocuted into a puff of green smoke, just like a mosquito caught in an electric swatter.

Only those powerful second-tier demonic insects could barely withstand the damage from the lightning field.

Even if these demonic insects survive in the lightning field, they will be paralyzed and unable to escape the Silver Lightning Python's subsequent targeted killing.

In terms of killing efficiency, the Silver Lightning Python is no less efficient than the Golden-Winged Tiger, and may even be stronger.

With the efficient killing by the three-headed demon beast and Zhou Mingde, the number of attacking demonic insects visibly decreased rapidly.

If they were allowed to continue killing like this, even a million demonic insects might not be enough.

However, since these demonic insects were able to cause a massive insect plague in Yang Kingdom, which even cultivators from multiple countries could not eliminate, they must have more than just this insect swarm tactic.

Soon a large, bright yellow demonic insect appeared on the battlefield.

It was four feet long, comparable to a hunting dog, and the aura it exuded made Zhou Chun feel extremely threatened.

Without a doubt, this is a third-tier demonic insect, and also the king of this insect nest.

Each insect hive has a king, but this king is not the ruler of the race; he is merely a leader.

However, this kind of insect king also possesses certain things that only insect kings can have.

At this moment, after the insect king appeared, the remaining demonic insects quickly formed a giant insect with it as the core, which was more than ten feet long.

The giant insect exuded an extremely powerful aura, comparable to a high-grade third-tier demonic beast.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde and Vulcan finally became extremely vigilant.

The fire god jackal opened its mouth wide and launched the first attack, spitting out a pillar of crimson fire at the giant insect.

Faced with this attack, the giant insect's body shimmered with an earthy yellow spiritual light, forming a protective shield that shielded it.

The crimson pillar of fire exploded upon hitting the earthen-yellow protective shield, yet it failed to budge the shield in the slightest.

This scene caused Zhou Mingde's expression to change slightly, revealing an extremely solemn look.

Then, without hesitation, he activated several magical artifacts and launched them at the giant insect.

At this moment, Zhou Chun put all three spirit pets back into his spirit beast bag and quickly left Zhou Mingde's side.

He knew very well that his strength was far from enough to pose any threat to such a giant insect composed of an entire swarm.

On the contrary, his presence might distract Zhou Mingde and prevent him from giving his all.

Therefore, he consciously and proactively retreated to a distance, allowing Zhou Mingde to fight the giant insect without any worries.

(End of this chapter)