Chapter 500 - Ambush
The insect planet had a bluish hue; it looked a sapphire in the dark. There were no suns around it and so the planet didn’t receive solar energy.
However, on the top of the buildings and temples were many large shining jewels, giving the planet a faint glimmer.
As for the buildings, their architectural designs were different from the Ancestral Star races. The insect planet buildings were bizarre and had a unique aesthetic sense. Some were shaped like huge insects, some were like the eight-legged spiders, some were tall like wide like leaves, and there were many other bizarre shapes.
“This is the insect planet? It looks just like some exotic land," someone mumbled.
The crowd was amazed and a celestial Qi Practitioner said, “How exactly did the insect experts link their planet to our Ancestral Star?”
“So many insects!" in contrast to the celestial experts, the demons were attracted by the sheer number of insects on the insect planet.
The demon Qi Practitioners were excited as they looked over at the insect planet. The clouds above in the sky were in fact, schools of flying insects!
Tian Mo Concubine was thrilled, saying, “I want them all so much! It must be a rush to see them swarming out to bite someone!”
Zhong Yue frowned slightly as he looked at the surroundings of the planet, “Something’s not right…”
“Senior martial brother, what’s wrong?" Qiu Jin’er quickly asked.
Zhong Yue glanced around and said, “The last time I was here, the surroundings were different to now. Back then, there was still a sun that shone upon it from the side. But now, the sun is gone and the stars around it also look different. Weird…”
“The stars are different and the sun is gone?" Fang Jiange startled, he mumbled to himself and a second later, he said hesitantly, “Strange, really strange! This might be a lone planet wandering the universe.”
Zhong Yue’s heart immediately stiffened up; if it was a lone star, didn’t that mean that the insects on the planet were all nomads? They devour everything wherever they went?
If they could wander the universe since the ancient days without going extinct, then the insect race’s insect gods must be incredibly strong!
“Everyone, take a detour around this ice field and enter the insect planet." The demon race’s demon god said indifferently, “Zhong Shan Clan member, you will lead the way.”
Zhong Yue looked at the demon god and the demon god looked back at him as well. Their eyes met with one another’s, and suddenly, a surge of dizziness struck at Zhong Yue. He could feel as though his heart was struck by a hammer as he started gasping for breath.
“Senior, are you the one who tried to kill me back in the demon land desert?" Zhong Yue asked.
The demon god was tranquil as usual, he answered, “Yes, it’s me, so what are you going to do then? But don’t worry, you’ve slipped away from my fingers and that has proven your capabilities. I’ve struck once but I won’t hit twice.”
Zhong Yue thanked the demon god and asked, “Then why did senior ask me to lead the way in the front?”
“Because I want you dead," the demon god sneered coldly and said, “You’ve used our demon’s Demon God Contracted Puppet and summoned Shi Tuo to kill the eight saint clan masters. The faster you die, the happier I will be.”
Zhong Yue shook his head and strode forward, he said while smiling, “But I’ve killed Demon Saint as well, I’ve saved the eight saint clans. Why didn’t the eight saint clans come and thank me?”
“Presumptuous!" suddenly, Mister Bo Xun shouted, “Zhong Yue, you have crossed the line of our demon race! Demon Saint is the grand ancestor to all eight saint clans and killing him is also a humiliation to our demon race! You want us to thank you? I think you should be grateful that we didn’t hunt you instead!”
“Who are you?" Zhong Yue stopped and tilted his head as he asked.
Mister Bo Xun opened his folding fan and said, “Creator of the demon sacred land Desire Realm, Mister Bo Xun. I was in closed-door training when you came to the demon race Eight Barren with the name of Mister Mo Luo. It’s my biggest regret to not be able to compete against you.”
“Never heard of you," Zhong Yue shook his head and continued walking forward, he said condescendingly, “You want to fight me? Then you should be prepared to meet death face to face. You are still young, just a child. There is no need for you to commit suicide just yet.”
Rays flashed across Mister Bo Xun’s eyes, he gave a cold sneer and strode forward alongside Zhong Yue. He smiled and said, “You and I, there will be a battle between us. I have a lot of interest in your strength, to see if you are really as they described. For now, we are meant to be cooperating so our battle will have to be put on hold. But for a start, let’s see who can kill more insects, shall we?”
The two of them took a detour around the icy battlefield while the experts all followed behind them. The monster race’s god walked forward to the side of the demon god and said while smiling, “Yanmo Her, who is this Bo Xun? It’s rare to see any younglings that dare to challenge Zhong Yue nowadays. It’s a surprise to see such a brave young demon.”
The demon god sneered frigidly and said, he looked at Bo Xun’s back and said, “This Bo Xun is really bizarre, even I don’t know of his origins. I once suspected him as the Zhong Yue in disguise, but I lacked evidence. Now, it seems like I was wrong about it.”
Lang Qingyun was walking in front of them. Rays flashed across his eyes and he lowered his head while saying respectfully, “Dear great gods, maybe this Zhong Yue and Bo Xun might be the same man. I heard of a mystical art that allows one to cultivate additional incarnations, a new Yuan Shen, new inner core, a and new body.”
“Is that so?" Yanmo Her looked over and Lang Qingyun’s heart skipped a beat. He quickly gave a dry laugh and answered, “I’ve only heard of it before, never once have I seen it anywhere. However, if they are the same person, there will certainly be traits that are common between them. Their cultivation techniques, skills, arts, or habits. Dear gods, you are all almighty; there is no doubt you can see through everything.”
Yanmo Her nodded softly, his sharp eyes fell upon Zhong Yue and Mister Bo Xun.
Zhong Yue and Mister Bo Xun had already reached the other side of the icy battlefield. There was a pathway paved with ice, and there were also frosty swords piercing through the ice statues.
These ice statues were the insect Qi Practitioners’ frozen by Lord Bai in the battle that took place 50,000 years ago.
Zhong Yue stopped and looked at the ice statues. Some of the insect Qi Practitioners looked like the bugs in the Ancestral Star. However, most of them had the bodies of the demons and had metallic exoskeletons instead of flesh and blood. This would be because the insect race could mine ores and refine them into their own bodies to make them more sharp and durable as killing machines.
There were also the totem pattern carvings all across their bodies that served to strengthen their physical abilities.
These insect Qi Practitioners also all had different appearances. Man-sized red ants, human-faced spiders, and winged centipedes were among some of the shapes and forms these insect Qi Practitioners took.
Zhong Yue had also seen the insect god before, they had the insect’s face and a huge mouth that could be opened wide unidirectionally.
The two of them strode past the ice statues together, drawing closer to the insect planet. However, if one looked carefully, Bo Xun was few steps faster than Zhong Yue. This was because Bo Xun was Zhong Yue’s incarnation, it would be safer for Bo Xun to be placed at a more dangerous position than himself.
Meanwhile, in the eyes of those who noticed, Mister Bo Xun would only be said as a prideful and self-conceited Qi Practitioner who wasn’t convinced by Zhong Yue’s prowess.
The two of them walked into the icy pathway and the Qi Practitioners followed behind them.
Suddenly, Zhong Yue’s face changed slightly, and he felt a strange sensation hanging in the air. He quickly turned around and immediately, a golden sword rays cascaded down the sky like waterfall toward the ice statues!
“Careful!!”
As soon as he shouted, Bo Xun’s Willow Leaf Sword struck out as well. Countless sword rays burst out from the two swords and they razed over a hundred miles of the icy pathway!
The ice statues shattered into pieces, and the insect Qi Practitioners were killed, disintegrated into tiny particles from the sword rays!
The insect Qi Practitioners weren’t frozen by Lord Bai’s skills at all, they were the living insect race that had just arrived and pretended to be frozen in the ice. They had been waiting here for the right opportunity to ambush the Ancestral Star experts!
The pathway was a few thousand miles long. Zhong Yue and Bo Xun had only covered over a hundred miles while barely taking down any insect Qi Practitioners. Meanwhile, on the other end, the ice statues across the pathway exploded and the insect Qi Practitioners in it lunged at the Ancestral Star Qi Practitioners!
In just the blink of an eye, many Qi Practitioners that were caught off guard were quickly reduced to skeletons as the insects made quick work of their flesh and innards
The Bai Zhe god rushed over to the pathway and surveyed the situation. His brows furrowed slightly as he saw the Ancestral Star Qi Practitioners in turmoil from the insect ambush. In just a few moments, over a few hundred experts were already killed.
“Yanmo Her, shall we?" he asked.
Yanmo Her slightly shook his head, he was tranquil and answered placidly, “They can still manage it, it’s not worth it for us to intervene now. We are here to seek out the ceiling of the insect race’s powers, but at the same time, the insect race is also testing our limits. If we intervene now, our strength will be exposed. Furthermore, neither you or I know if there is an insect god hidden in the crowd waiting to ambush us instead.”
Another West Barren celestial god walked over and said while smiling, “Moreover, isn’t this what the Qi Practitioners are here for? To scout out the dangers for us? In fact, we all knew that only a handful of them would survive the expedition.”
Zhong Yue and Bo Xun fought their way back to the crowd, killing every insect Qi Practitioner that stood in their way.
Suddenly, some of the insect Qi Practitioners shrunk into the size of ants. The small insect Qi Practitioners evaded the swords and rushed at them. Zhong Yue gave a cold sneer and his body morphed into the three-legged Golden Crow. The immense sunfire burst out from his wings and lunged forward on the pathway, incinerating the small insect Qi Practitioners into ash!”
“Jejeje!”
All of a sudden, an insect Qi Practitioners stood up from the ground. He was over 10,000 feet tall with 108 scythe-like arms that were crawling with totem patterns. It easily blocked their swords and smiled at them, “You two look really strong! Must be really delicious!”
“What is this?" Zhong Yue was shocked. The insect Qi Practitioner had a centipedes body, but instead of legs, it had arms. On his back, there were also menacing bone spurs protruding out!
The insect Qi Practitioner’s body was made of the divine gold, while a mother god True Spirit appeared behind him!
“A True Spirit insect!" Zhong Yue was filled with killing intent. He strode forward and said, “Hmph, let’s see how many strikes you can take from me!”
Krong——
The two of them clashed together. The True Spirit insect magnate’s body shattered into pieces while Zhong Yue walked past the shattered body parts. The six-eyed Star Toad emerged behind him and sucked in a long breath of air.
“Mang-gu——!”
Countless insect Qi Practitioners around blasted out in all directions, shattering into pieces in mid-air!