Chapter 144 - 139: Death Is Fodder for the Insect Swarm’s Evolution

Chapter 144: Chapter 139: Death Is Fodder for the Insect Swarm’s Evolution

The heavens and earth roared!

"Not good!" The Bishui River Dragon King, Ao Qin, had a drastic change in expression. His dragon body, stretching over two hundred meters long, prepared to take to the air to protect the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers.

The power contained in the Thunderous Assault was simply too astonishing. Even he felt threatened by it. Although the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers were formidable, facing an attack of this magnitude, they could be shattered and heavily injured on the spot—or even killed.

"Stay right there!" Chen Jianqiu, who had followed closely behind Mo Yuzi, looked at the sky full of thunderbolts. Knowing exactly what the Bishui River Dragon King was planning, he instantly slashed out his sword at him.

"Get lost!" Ao Qin roared in fury. However, facing the longsword radiating an endless icy aura, he could only twist his body and spit out a stream of water to block the sharp Sword Qi.

Both being in the Primordial Mansion Realm, Ao Qin’s strength was greater than Chen Jianqiu’s. Yet, he still didn’t dare to take the attack head-on. He could only watch helplessly as the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers, soaring into the sky under the blanket of thunderbolts, were instantly engulfed by the lightning.

Under the precise control of the Insect Nest, the thunderbolts blasted out by each squad of Thunder Rocs struck a single point just a short distance from the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers. This allowed their power to completely merge and stack, transforming into an incomparably thick bolt of lightning.

Under the bombardment, the Yaksha General, Sha Polang—the core of the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers radiating an aura at the Peak of Qi Sea—suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His face twisted into a malevolent grimace, his expression revealing utter horror!

If he was in such a state, the rest of the Dao Soldiers fared no better. Every single one of them had been heavily injured.

How could this be possible?

He hadn’t even had time to react before being blasted by the terrifying thunderbolt. If they hadn’t formed the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers and merged all their strength as one under the enhancement of the Daoist Armor to distribute the attack across over a hundred Dao Soldiers, this strike could have killed him!

To maximize the chances of a kill, none of the Thunder Rocs spat out Thunder Blade Insects from a distance. Instead, they deliberately let the enemy get closer. The greatest advantage of the Thunderous Assault was its speed. Once targeted, dodging was impossible; the speed of a thunderbolt was simply not something a cultivator in the mere Qi Sea Realm could evade.

"Bastard!" Heavily injured before he could even strike, the Yaksha General, Sha Polang, was thoroughly enraged. The dragon-shaped phantom let out a heaven-shaking roar, transforming into a stream of flowing light as it charged toward all the Thunder Rocs and Four-winged Black Thorn Eagles.

SLASH—

A rain of blood poured down.

The Energy Assault was the Insect Swarm’s strongest single-target attack method, but it had one massive weakness: its attack range was far too short. Although the attack heavily injured the Yaksha General, Sha Polang, the Flood Dragon phantom—measuring hundreds of meters long—charged directly into the midst of the Insect Swarm.

Dragon claws formed from Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi swung wildly. Under that terrifying power, the Thunder Rocs had absolutely no ability to resist.

These Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers comprised over ten Qi Sea Great Demons and over a hundred Qi and Blood Demon Fiends. Under the enhancement of the Daoist Soldier Array, they could contend even against an expert in the Primordial Mansion Realm! Let alone mere Thunder Rocs at the Peak of Qi and Blood.

"Damn it!" Qin Wenyuan cursed angrily as he watched the corpses of the Thunder Rocs constantly plummeting from the sky, observing the battle from far behind.

These were the Qin Family Dao Soldiers! Although he didn’t know how exactly Qin Yu had bred them, these thousands of Flying War Beasts were absolutely the Qin Family’s greatest foundation. They could even ensure the Qin Family’s roots survived following their patriarch’s fall. If they were slaughtered wholesale by these Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers, it would be the foundation of the Qin Family that suffered.

The Thunderous Assault and the Solar Flare bombardment made even his heart tremble. However, with his discerning eyes, how could he fail to see that the individual strength of these Flying War Beasts was too weak? In particular, those Heaven-Burning Fire Crows were clearly unsuited for close combat.

"Mohe! Deploy the Gale Array!"

Qin Mohe also revealed a ruthless expression. An Array Plate appeared in his hand, ready to set up the array. It was just a Daoist Soldier Array. Did his Qin Family not have one? Personally controlled by an Array Master like him, the Gale Array was far more powerful than ordinary Daoist Soldier Arrays. Besides, they had also deployed nine Qi Sea Realm cultivators this time!

"Elders, there’s no need to rush. They are just some Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers; you don’t have to risk your lives. You just need to wipe out the remaining Blood Demon Sect forces in Bishui City. After all, my Insect Swarm knows the Daoist Soldier Array as well!" Qin Yu chuckled.

He had originally wanted to try using the assault technique to slay the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers by surprise. Unfortunately, it still fell slightly short.

Hearing this, everyone was internally shocked. When they looked up again, they saw a pathway open up amid the sky full of Thunder Rocs. Amidst surging wind and thunder, a Seven-Colored Spirit Deer let out a low roar.

Surrounding it, a full thirty-six Thunder Rocs and thirty-six Four-winged Black Thorn Eagles shrieked in unison. With the Seven-Colored Spirit Deer at the center, array runes manifested. Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi linked together over their special biological armor, ultimately fusing them into a single entity.

After purchasing the Taoist Soldier Secret Technique, "Wind and Thunder Cavalry," from the Treasure Pavilion, the Insect Swarm began focusing the vast majority of its computing power on deducing it. When the dozens of nodes in the Wilderness Mountain Range were fully deployed, the deduction speed skyrocketed.

"Wind and Thunder Cavalry" was fundamentally no different from other Cultivation Techniques. After obtaining the Qin Family’s complete array inheritance, their research progress experienced an instant breakthrough, expanding the original thirty-six Dao Soldiers to seventy-two!

Qin Yu had also gained some insights into the Wind Realm. Under all these enhancements, the array’s power naturally increased by a massive margin.

BOOM!

The Wind and Thunder Insect Tide collided with the massacring Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers. Gale winds howled as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled.

The moment they collided, the Wind and Thunder Insect Tide fell to a disadvantage. The Seven-Colored Spirit Deer’s body trembled, but it wasn’t routed, tenaciously entangling itself with the enemy. The surrounding Thunder Rocs and Four-winged Black Thorn Eagles let out sharp screeches. Their abdomens split open, and a sky full of Thunder Blade Insects and Gale Blade Insects swept out.

Entangled with the Wind and Thunder Insect Tide, the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers’ massive size meant they had absolutely no chance to dodge.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A ceaseless chain of violent explosions echoed out. The Thunder Blade Insects wrought devastation while the Gale Blade Insects sliced through everything. Though their individual power was relatively weak, their sheer numbers were overwhelming!

Tens of thousands of Blade Insects whistled through the sky. It caused the Yaksha General, Sha Polang, to undergo a drastic change in expression. He had originally intended to rely on absolute suppressive power to slaughter these flying demon fiends.

No! He wouldn’t even need to do much. With the terrifying pressure of the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers, ordinary cultivators in the Qi and Blood Realm wouldn’t even dare to fight back. The Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers were not just a simple dragon-shaped phantom. They possessed genuine Dragon Race pressure!

Even specially bred War Beasts, as long as a portion of them were slaughtered, would begin to flee under the fear of death and the Dragon Race pressure.

But he had clearly miscalculated. The Insect Swarm didn’t know the meaning of fear. On the contrary, stimulated by blood, they became even more berserk, wildly lunging forward to kill. The endless Blade Insect attacks caused the Flood Dragon Dao Soldier phantom to tremble incessantly.

The Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers roared furiously, wildly darting around the sky. Swatted by dragon claws formed from Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and lashed by its dragon tail, severed limbs of Thunder Rocs and Four-winged Black Thorn Eagles constantly rained down.

However, under the bombardment of the endless Blade Insects and thunderbolts, the demon fiends comprising the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers also trembled, blood streaming down their bodies!

"Death is the nutrient for the Insect Swarm’s evolution!"

As he watched the Insect Tide fiercely battling in the sky, Qin Yu’s voice echoed through the Insect Swarm network. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Amidst the intense confrontation, he could feel his grasp on the Wind Realm—which he had already touched upon—becoming clearer. He even touched upon a trace of the Thunder Realm! Evolving through battle and slaughter! This was the absolute fastest way to improve the Insect Swarm’s strength, barring none!

The same applied to him. He was the Dominator of the Insect Swarm. He was the Insect Swarm, and the Insect Swarm was him!

Qin Yu shifted his gaze to the Bishui River. Compared to the sky, that was the true battlefield.