However, due to the rules of the trial, they cannot interfere with the disciples' training here.
The Holy Land didn't organize such a large-scale trial just for the sake of a spring outing. They had to endure danger and sometimes even intrigue. If they made it to the end, regardless of their ranking, they would have grown significantly.
Zhao Kangping made a quick decision: "While they are drawing fire, let's retreat quickly. Let's search the valley first to see if we can find Su Xianya."
The woman pinched her joints until they turned white, gritted her teeth, and finally made a decision: "Okay, let's go."
Then the two of them left without looking back.
After the two left, a fierce battle broke out in the forest below.
Various spells shone brightly, and some armored monks charged into the swarm of insects.
These demon insects are basically at the Qi training level, but their numbers are too large, like a black tide.
"Go to hell, bug!"
"Someone is coming from the west, we can't stop them."
“Don’t let these bugs get into the planting area.”
"Brother, save me!"
"I can't bear it anymore. I give up."
The forest was in chaos, and the raging swarm of insects soon overwhelmed the place.
Even though there were some cultivators in the Foundation Establishment or even Golden Core stage among them, they could crush a large number of the demon insects that were only in the Qi Condensation stage with just one move.
But the bugs had a constant supply of reinforcements, but they only had more than 600 people.
Many people despaired in the face of this black tide of insects.
That's something no human can fight against. Many people think so.
So the instability spread among the people like an infectious disease.
Some disciples knew that they could not outlast these bugs and chose to withdraw from the trial. They crushed the jade tokens and teleported out.
There are quite a few such cowards.
Those who choose to withdraw will be disqualified from this trial and all points will be deducted.
Everyone can laugh at these people's cowardice, but it is also a wise choice.
Because they are usually not strong enough, if they do not retreat under the siege of the insect swarm, they will only die.
As more and more people withdrew from the trial, a huge gap appeared in their defense line.
A tide of black insects rushed in, like an unstoppable flood that broke through a dam, and the monks' formation was broken into pieces.
Originally, there was someone in charge of command among these people, but the scene was so chaotic and noisy that the commander's voice was completely drowned out by the noise of the crowd and the buzzing of the magic insects.
All the rehearsals done in advance will be in vain when the real disaster strikes.
Almost everyone was so busy with their own affairs that they completely forgot to cooperate with each other. They fought on their own and were ultimately defeated one by one.
In an instant, the base was in chaos.
All kinds of shouting and crying filled the air.
The sound of the devil insects flapping their wings was like a devilish sound that penetrated everyone's eardrums and shook everyone's mind.
A disciple in the Jindan stage fought his way in and out of the insect swarm, and with a fire dragon technique he burned through the dark "clouds".
However, in just a moment, the empty space was filled with countless insects.
Unfortunately, no matter how strong his personal strength was, he could not save the situation.
"Senior brother, save me, save me!" A woman in the crowd shouted loudly with a crying voice. Her hoarse shouting reached the ears of the Jindan stage cultivator.
The Jindan man looked in the direction of the sound and saw that his somewhat clingy junior sister was pinned to the ground by a huge Foundation Establishment Stage insect.
His junior sister was only in the initial stage of foundation building. Before entering the secret realm, their master asked him to take good care of her.
The insect's forelimbs, like a mantis's sickle, pierced the woman's chest.
The woman was not dead yet, and the giant insect was eating her. The right half of her body was eaten into a bloody mess.
Her right hand had already been sucked into the insect's belly, and her left hand was cut off by the giant insect's sickle forelimbs because of her resistance.
It seemed that there was only one way out for her: death.
The Jindan man's eyes turned red when he saw this scene, and he rushed towards his junior sister without hesitation.
The insects along the way were easily blasted into pieces by him.
The woman's cries became weaker and weaker, and the man rushed over like a madman.
Three feet.
Two feet.
The distance between them is getting closer.
The man had just gathered his strength and prepared a fire spell, about to strike the insect on its back.
But the accident came unexpectedly.
The man was killing so many insects in the swarm that he attracted the attention of a golden elixir insect leader.
Just as he was about to fire his spell, a sharp spike suddenly pierced his chest.
The man's eyes were full of his junior sister, and only then did he notice that an extremely huge insect had appeared behind him at some point.
Compared with the giant insect leader, the giant insect that was eating his junior sister was like a five or six-year-old child meeting an adult.
The sudden attack caused the man's prepared magic power to suddenly dissipate and run rampant in his internal organs.
He was less than two meters away from his junior sister, but he could not move forward an inch. He wanted to call his junior sister's name, but she would no longer respond to him.
He watched helplessly as the giant insect swallowed up his junior sister's last leg, but he could do nothing. He was almost going crazy.
The man yelled and tried to fight back at the giant golden elixir insect behind him, but a tail needle with paralyzing toxin pierced his back first.
The next moment, he lost all his strength.
Then, the Jindan man had his neck bitten off by the giant insect leader in full view of everyone.
His head was held in the giant insect's mouth and chewed, making a crunching sound.
Then, in just a dozen breaths, the giant insect leader devoured his body like a delicacy.
This scene is destined to become an indelible nightmare in the hearts of the survivors.
He was one of the top fighters in this base, but even he was eaten alive by insects. Everyone who witnessed this scene turned pale.
Many female cultivators who had rarely seen bloody scenes screamed like ghosts and wolves.
Now all the people who were still holding on had lost their minds.
Even the disciples in the Jindan stage died in the battle. How can those with lower cultivation levels fight against the insect swarm?
Despair spread among the crowd. And so began the rout.
Large numbers of disciples crushed the jade tokens or fled from their posts.
The resistance is getting weaker and weaker, and the invasion of the Zerg can no longer be stopped.
The planting areas were also invaded. Those insects, which were not picky about meat or vegetables, began to gnaw mercilessly at the flower beds that were growing well.
"Damn it! Where are the people in the planting area? Did they all run away?"
"Everyone, run, pick up some flowers and plants, and find the next suitable place to plant. We can't hold this place anymore."
A cultivator in the planting area slashed with his sword, shredding a large number of demonic flies. He desperately fought his way into the planting area, collecting the flowers and plants on the ground, along with the soil at the roots, into his storage bag.
But his back was already crawling with foul-smelling demonic insects.
"Fuck, this bug bite really hurts." He cursed and quickly left. If he stayed any longer, he probably wouldn't be able to leave.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, some disciples with higher cultivation levels went their separate ways.
Those disciples who were only in the Qi training stage barely put up any resistance and either withdrew from the trial or took advantage of the chaos to escape.
After all, it is a temporary team. They lack cohesion. When encountering danger, more people think about their own interests instead of the collective.
Despair and chaos filled this temporary base.
After experiencing the ransacking of their homes by the demon insects, they felt as if they had experienced a brutal war. Only a few people survived, retaining the spark of hope and moving to another position.
The attack reduced the number of more than 600 people to just over 100.
This forest was already swarming with demonic insects, but not all of them were attacking the disciples. The vast majority of them were feeding, devouring everything edible.
The trees were quickly eaten, and even the grass on the ground was not spared. The monsters that the monks had hunted as food reserves also became food for the demon insects.
There were also a very small number of monks who did not have time to activate the jade tokens and unfortunately became food for the insects.
In less than an hour, the forest here disappeared from the map, and all that could be seen was a despairing expanse of yellow land.
……
Different from the tragedy on the surface.
Zhao Mengyao found an isolated cave full of life.
Not only are there patches of ferns, but there are also spiritual fields cultivated by our ancestors, and even a small river rich in spiritual energy flowing through.
"This place is simply a treasure land prepared for this trial." Zhao Mengyao sighed in her heart after touring here.
As she walked around, she discovered that there were more houses ahead.
"Wow! What a magical place this is. I'm staying here for this trial."
This is the cave that Zhao Kangping had discovered earlier and was suspected to be the secret base of the black-clothed divine envoy.
After Zhao Mengyao searched, she didn't find anyone else.
It seemed like she had the whole place to herself.
In the following time, Zhao Mengyao planted her flower seeds here.
Perhaps this is a spiritual field used to grow spiritual medicines. The fertility of the land is amazing. Even without fertilizer, the flowers and plants grown here can grow well.
In the square before departure, the elder seemed to say that this seed would bloom and bear fruit within seven days.
But in fact, in this cave, plants grow very fast.
Five days.
In just five days, the seeds she planted bore fruit.
However, just because fruits are produced does not mean that seeds can be harvested.
She remembered the elder saying that the fruit would dry out within one to two days after it formed, then crack open and drop its seeds.
But this does not mean that we can let these plants reproduce indefinitely without any care.
Each plant must be spaced at least five feet apart. Otherwise, they will be planted too densely, which will extend the growth cycle and produce fewer seeds.
Intensive planting will lead to reduced efficiency, and seeds must be collected manually and planted in a dispersed manner.
The seeds planted the first time produced a total of five fruits.
This is different from what the elder said. He said that the first fruiting period usually produces one to three fruits.
But Zhao Mengyao didn't care about this. Wouldn't five fruits be better?
In between taking care of the plants, she did not forget to practice in the cave.
Although there was no Yin Qi here, and the speed of cultivation was not as fast as near the Yin Gathering and Corpse Raising Array, the Yin Qi near the Yin Gathering and Corpse Raising Array would decrease as she cultivated. The speed of cultivation was very fast at the beginning, but would slow down later.
Although the cultivation speed in this cave is not as fast as the peak speed near the underground river, the average cultivation speed is far higher than that near the underground river.
Since it is safe here, Zhao Mengyao also took this opportunity to refine Liu Cuiwan's soul here.
When she summoned her sickle again and felt it carefully, she indeed found the soul of the woman in the sickle.
Unfortunately, after being sucked into the sickle, her soul became stupid and she was unable to communicate at all.
Otherwise, she would definitely ridicule the woman.
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