Chapter 1507
The Insect Extermination War
Chapter 1507 The Insect Extermination War (Part 1)
Fifteen days later, the Ruyi Sky-Patrol, carrying the human expeditionary force, finally arrived near a Zerg gathering place.
From a distance, the rolling mountains had been carved into densely packed insect nests by the insectoid race, and countless enormous golden beetles flew through the air, almost obscuring the entire void.
"Zi'er, this time you will be in charge of guarding the Ruyi Sky Patrol Ship. Pass down the order: all cultivators, prepare for battle. Once we have dealt with the Ninth-Order Insect Queen, we will launch a general offensive! The rest of you, follow me!"
Liu Changxu addressed the people on deck:
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Changxu moved slightly and transformed into a streak of light, rushing out of the Ruyi Sky Patrol Ship and heading straight for the core of the insect hive.
Jin Haonan, Su Yuxue, Liu Fuba, Liu Fuhai, Murong Yuyao, Dong Xue and others followed closely behind and flew out of the ship.
At the same time, several terrifying auras suddenly burst forth from the area in the center of the insect hive that was shrouded in black mist, as if they could tear the heavens and the earth apart.
Amidst the churning black mist, nine enormous golden beetles, each as large as a mountain, appeared one after another. Their carapaces were covered with mysterious patterns and shimmered with a cold, metallic light; they were none other than the ninth-tier Insect Emperors.
"Good timing!"
Liu Changxu's eyes flashed with a sharp light. With a thought, his body instantly lit up with brilliant spiritual light. He summoned thirty-six innate spiritual treasures, including the Crimson Lotus Immortal Sword, the Ruyi Void Mirror, the Ruyi Soul-Extinguishing Lamp, the Ruyi Xuanhuang Pagoda, the Heaven-Turning and Sea-Overturning Halberd, the Great Sun Purple Gold Cauldron, the Ruyi Golden Spirit Pearl, and the Crimson Lotus World-Destroying Seal. The pressure he emitted caused the surrounding void to tremble.
Thirty-six Crimson Lotus Immortal Swords transformed into six streams of light, instantly splitting into six groups to form six Crimson Lotus Sword Arrays. The sword shadows intertwined to form blazing flames, which shot towards the six ninth-tier Insect Emperors.
The Ruyi Kongxuan Mirror floated in mid-air, its surface emitting a beam of silver light that instantly imprisoned a mid-grade ninth-rank insect king in the void.
The Ruyi Soul-Destroying Lamp flickered with eerie purple flames, and the soul-destroying divine light it emitted instantly severely damaged the soul of a ninth-tier insect king.
The Heaven-Turning Halberd, carrying the force to shatter the heavens, slammed fiercely into a low-grade ninth-tier insect emperor.
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The Ruyi Golden Spirit Pearl, the Great Sun Purple Gold Cauldron, the Red Lotus World-Destroying Seal, and other innate spiritual treasures also displayed their divine power, joining together to encircle and annihilate the six ninth-tier insect emperors.
On the other side, Jin Haonan, Su Yuxue, Liu Fuba, Liu Fuhai, Murong Yuyao, and Dong Xue each unleashed their natal magic weapons, divided into three groups, and charged towards the remaining three ninth-tier insect kings. Sword light, fist shadows, and cold air intertwined, instantly entangling the insect kings.
Although Liu Changxu was dealing with six ninth-tier insect kings by himself, he seemed to be handling them with ease due to the abundance of spiritual treasures he possessed.
After the silver light emitted by the Ruyi Kongxuan Mirror imprisoned a mid-grade ninth-rank insect king in the void, the sword formation formed by six Crimson Lotus Immortal Swords roared in, the blades wrapped in Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, and accurately pierced the weak point of the insect king's carapace.
With a series of loud "crack!" sounds.
Six crimson lotus immortal swords pierced fiercely into the insect king's body, and crimson lotus karmic fire surged in, quickly killing the ninth-order insect king.
Years of battles with the ninth-tier insect kings had allowed Liu Changxu and his innate spiritual treasures to thoroughly understand their weaknesses. Each attack targeted the vital points, greatly increasing their killing efficiency. After slaying the first mid-grade ninth-tier insect king, Liu Changxu's offensive intensified, quickly killing the second and third. The remaining three ninth-tier insect kings, seeing the situation was dire, tried to escape, but were soon imprisoned in the void by Liu Changxu's spacetime cage and killed shortly afterward.
Meanwhile, his wife Murong Yuyao and his son Liu Fuhai had already joined forces to kill a low-grade ninth-rank insect king.
On the other side, although Dongxue and Liu Fuba did not have the same tacit understanding as Murong Yuyao and her son, they still severely injured a low-grade ninth-rank insect king with their formidable strength, rendering it powerless to fight back.
Jin Haonan and Su Yuxue had fought side by side for many years, their teamwork was extremely smooth, and they steadily suppressed their opponent. However, the ninth-tier mid-grade insect king had extremely strong defense, making it difficult to kill it completely in a short time.
The two ninth-tier insect kings watched helplessly as their companions perished. Fear finally appeared in their eyes, and they abandoned their fighting and turned to flee into the distance.
"Want to go?"
Liu Changxu snorted coldly and quickly formed hand seals. As the seals fell, the spacetime laws around him suddenly twisted. In front of the two ninth-order insect emperors who were fleeing for their lives, the void collapsed and folded instantly like silk being kneaded by an invisible force, turning into two crystal-clear cage spaces.
The cage appeared transparent, yet its edges rippled with profound spatial and temporal laws, as if it had separated a separate world from the mortal realm. Caught off guard, the two ninth-tier insect kings crashed into it, only to find that the spatial and temporal constraints had completely locked them within this spatial cage.
Upon seeing this, Jin Haonan, Su Yuxue, and the other three immediately launched their fiercest attack and quickly killed the two ninth-tier insect emperors.
Thus, all nine ninth-tier insect emperors were annihilated.
On the Ruyi Sky Patrol Ship, Xiao Zier kept a close eye on the battle ahead. Seeing that all the ninth-tier Insect Emperors had been annihilated, she immediately followed Liu Changxu's instructions and loudly gave the order:
"Army attack!"
The ship's cabin doors burst open, and 80 million human expeditionary soldiers surged out like a tidal wave. Flying swords, talismans, and magical artifacts intertwined to form a dazzling killing array, launching a fierce attack on the low-level insectoids who had lost their high-level insect king and were already scattered and fleeing.
In an instant, the air above the insect hive was filled with the sounds of battle. The human cultivators had a clear division of labor: some cleared away the flying insects, some rushed into the core of the hive to destroy the eggs, and some hunted down the fleeing remnants. The low-level insects, without leadership, were in chaos and perished in droves under the crushing force of the human army. The once sky-covering swarm was dissipating at a visible rate.
Liu Changxu stood in the void, his gaze sweeping over the fierce battlefield below, not standing idly by. With a thought, the three innate spiritual treasures—the Great Sun Purple Gold Cauldron, the Crimson Lotus World-Destroying Seal, and the Ruyi Golden Spirit Pearl—soared into the air, carrying a terrifying, world-destroying power, and simultaneously bombarded the central area of the insect hive.
The Great Sun Purple Gold Cauldron swelled a million times in the air, transforming into a colossal golden cauldron that blotted out the sky, hovering above the center of the insect nest, with scorching Great Sun True Fire gushing out from its mouth.
The flames were a brilliant gold, hot enough to melt metal and stone. In the blink of an eye, they turned the center of the insect hive into a raging sea of fire, and countless low-level insectoids were reduced to ashes in the flames.
Almost simultaneously, the Crimson Lotus World-Destroying Seal transformed into a gigantic golden seal, hundreds of millions of feet in size. On its surface, the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire burned fiercely, carrying the power to incinerate all things, like a burning golden meteor hurtling down from the sky.
With a deafening roar, the giant seal formed by the Crimson Lotus Annihilation Seal slammed into the center of the insect nest. In an instant, earth and rocks flew everywhere, and fragments of carapace and slime mixed with dust and smoke shot into the sky, instantly condensing into a mushroom cloud that blotted out the sun above the insect nest. A violent shockwave swept outwards.
Meanwhile, the Ruyi Golden Spirit Pearl transformed into a massive golden planet, its surface covered with dense runes, and followed closely behind with immense power, falling from the sky like a meteor.
With another earth-shattering roar, the golden planet formed from the Ruyi Golden Spirit Orb exploded violently at the core of the insect hive. A second mushroom cloud, carrying even more violent energy, shot straight into the sky, merging with the first one in mid-air. The surging shockwaves swept outwards like a tsunami. Wherever it passed, the insect hive's carapace, slime, and remaining insect bodies were torn to shreds. The once intricate core area was instantly reduced to a scorched wasteland. Even the solid mountain rocks were shattered layer by layer, leaving only a bottomless crater.