Time passed and the hundreds of cultivators from the Blue Blood Sect continued to push in from all directions, just like how they dealt with the insects in the valley.
Lu Ye wandered around the edge of the battlefield, occasionally taking action to kill the insects of the seventh layer to prevent any casualties.
Half a day later, the insectoids in the hive were almost completely wiped out. Although there were still flesh sacs breaking on the walls of the hive and new insectoids hatching, these insectoids would often bid farewell to this beautiful world as soon as they hatched and didn't even have time to observe their surroundings.
Lu Ye was currently sizing up a huge flesh sac at the center of the insect nest. This flesh sac was about the height of a person and there were vein-like things extending in all directions, connecting to every corner of the insect nest.
The flesh sac itself was not the main point, the main point was the three eighth layer insects guarding it.
These three insectoids were clearly different from the insectoids on the eighth floor that Lu Ye had killed before. Their serrated claws were sharper, and their black carapaces were thicker. Their bodies were also larger than the insectoids on the eighth floor.
They had not reached the level of the ninth layer insects, but compared to the ordinary eighth layer insects, they were undoubtedly stronger.
This was the information revealed by Li Baxian. These special insectoids were protector-type existences.
After the other insectoids were hatched, they would instinctively leave the hive to explore the outside world while devouring all life and energy that they encountered.
However, these guards would not do so. They had been guarding the nest since the day they were born, guarding the flesh sac without leaving.
Even if Lu Ye had raised a sun just now, even if Blue Blood Sect and the Insect Race were fighting fiercely, they did not pay much attention to them.
This was because their mission was to guard the flesh sac. As long as they did not get close to the flesh sac, even if the other insects died, they would remain indifferent.
The best way to deal with such a powerful Zerg was naturally to swarm them and beat them up together!
At this moment, two hundred feet away from the flesh sac, the cultivators who had been selected had formed a circle. These cultivators either knew spells or had talismans to use.
There were not many people, only a hundred or so.
At this moment, they were all secretly circulating their spirit qi.
Lu Ye gripped his hiltless dagger, and with a thought, the hiltless dagger buzzed and turned into a red stream of light, charging toward one of the insectoid guards. At the same time, Chen Yu also activated the power of his Royal Equipment in another direction.
At the same time, over a hundred spell techniques and talismans were unleashed toward the three guards.
Rumbling sounds could be heard, and the fluctuations of spiritual energy became extremely chaotic at this moment.
Accompanied by the unique screams of the insect race, green blood splattered and the three guards who had been provoked immediately charged out.
It's true that they won't stray too far from the meat sack, but if they're attacked, they'll definitely fight back. That's why Lu Ye specifically warned everyone not to hit these three guys. Otherwise, it'll be very troublesome.
The red streak of light shuttled back and forth, penetrating the body of the insect guard rushing towards Lu Ye. Before it could run a few steps, it fell to the ground. The power of a large number of spells and talismans enveloped it. It wanted to get up, but the carapace on its body flew off, revealing the green flesh under the carapace.
The other two insect guards suffered the same fate. Even if their strength was much higher than the cultivators of the Jade Blood Sect, the attacks of over a hundred people were not something they could withstand.
The two insect guards only ran a few feet before they fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
Only one managed to rush to the front of the crowd, but it was stopped by several Body Cultivators led by He Xiyin, who then cut it down.
In the chaotic battle, it was unknown who killed this insect guard.
With the correct response, the process of killing these three insect guards became very simple. This was the experience of the cultivators of the Nine Regions who had sacrificed their lives in the past.
Cheers came from all directions, and everyone was jubilant.
Although this insect tide caused the Jade Blood Sect to lose more than a dozen people, it was still delightful to have such results in the first insect tide.
Previously, when they heard that the insect tide was coming, many cultivators with low cultivation levels were uneasy because many people would die in every insect tide. But now, it seemed that it was not a big deal.
Which one of the survivors did not have a full harvest?
The insect tide was not completely over yet because the insect nest had not withered. Only when the nest completely withered would the insect tide truly end. Before the nest completely withered, more insects would be hatched.
Lu Ye stepped forward and walked to the meat sack in the center. This was the core of the entire insect nest.
The Pan Mountain Saber slightly cut open the meat sack, and a pungent smell rushed out, accompanied by a shocking life aura.
He reached out and reached into the meat sack, feeling around inside.
The sound of puffing made a few female cultivators with poor psychological endurance turn pale on the spot. They covered their mouths and ran to the side.
Soon, Lu Ye withdrew his hand, and there was a fist-sized meat core in his hand. This meat core had an irregular shape and its surface was bumpy. It was not beautiful, but it seemed to have a life of its own as it kept jumping in Lu Ye's hand.
Pure and rich life force was emitted from this meat core.
"There really is," he muttered.
Most of the life force and energy from the insectoids that ran out of the hive were gathered in the hive. As the source of more insectoids hatched, the meat sack in front of him was the exact location of the storage. That was why this was the core of the hive and why there were specialized guards guarding it.
The meat core in Lu Ye's hand was the gathering of life force and energy. The cultivation world of the Nine Regions called it a life force core. This thing could not be used by cultivators. Even if it was a combination of immense life force and pure energy, it was only suitable for the reproduction of insects.
There was more than one life force core in the meat sack. When Lu Ye reached out to touch it earlier, he touched several. As for how many there were, he would only know after breaking open the meat sack.
As long as he broke open the meat sack and took away all the life force cores, the insect nest here would lose its life force and energy supply. It would wither in a short time, and the insect tide would be completely over.
However, Lu Ye did not plan to do that. The Jade Blood Sect's cultivators had too few ways to earn merit points. Now, everything in the insect nest was under his control. With seven hundred cultivators gathered here, every insect that hatched would be killed. This was clearly a good place to earn merit points.
Therefore, after observing the life force core for a while, Lu Ye stuffed it back.
The hole in the meat sack that he had broken closed in a very short time. It was clear that the insect nest had a powerful recovery ability.
What happened next was simple. The seven hundred cultivators of the Jade Blood Sect only needed to stay here and keep killing the newly hatched insects until all the life force cores in the insect nest were exhausted.
There was nothing else for him to do. The small teams scattered around the insect nest and stared at the meat sacks in front of them. Every insect that came out died …
Lu Ye walked over to Hua Ci and saw that her condition was much better. Only then did he relax.
However, when he thought of her weak appearance just now, he wanted to laugh.
In the end, she was a woman and had a weak side.
"Lu Ye, Lu Ye!" Yiyi suddenly ran over excitedly.
"Hm?"
"There's a cave over there. I don't know where it leads."
"What do you mean?"
"There's a cave over there. You'll know when you see it." Yiyi pulled Lu Ye and ran in that direction.
Now, everyone was waiting for the insects to hatch so they could kill them. Yiyi had nothing to do, so she wandered around and found an unexplored cave.
Soon, Lu Ye arrived at the entrance to the cave under Yi Yi's lead. Thinking about it carefully, he found that this cave was not one of the nine passages explored by Blue Blood Sect. The entrance to the cave was dark and he had no idea where it led to.
Lu Ye looked around for a moment before suddenly squatting down and wiping the ground. He found some mucus on the ground that had not dried yet.
After the insects hatched, they would have this mucus on their bodies.
In other words, the insects had left through this cave not too long ago, at most a day ago.
Lu Ye suddenly remembered something that Li Baxian had mentioned … His heart skipped a beat and he vaguely understood.
"Do you want to go in and take a look?" Yiyi asked.
"I'll go take a look."
"I'll go with you," Yiyi hurriedly said.
"That works too."
"Bring Hu Po along too."
"Okay."
Yiyi jumped for joy and ran to find Hu Po.
Lu Ye called Chen Yu over and told him to take care of this place and immediately send a message if anything happened.
Not long after, Lu Ye rode on Hu Po deep into the cave and continued forward.
On the tiger's back, Lu Ye raised his Mountain Saber. The Sunshine Spirit Pattern on the scabbard continued to work, illuminating the surroundings. Yiyi sat in front of him while Hu Po rushed forward.
It was as if they had returned to the past. One man, one spirit, and one tiger, traveling together without any worries. Yiyi especially liked this feeling and even hummed along the way.
Lu Ye rested his chin on her head. Strands of hair floated in the wind, tickling his face.
"Your head is so heavy!" Yiyi protested.
Lu Ye used more strength.
Yiyi angrily shouted, "I'll tell Sister Hua Ci later and have her deal with you!"
"Hua Ci … Ha!" Lu Ye laughed disdainfully. If it was in the past, he really couldn't do anything to women. But now, he still had the mechanical creation from Lu Yushan in his storage bag. It was furry and had eight claws. Let's see if you're scared!
"Lu Ye, your guts have grown fat. You're not even afraid of Sister Hua Ci now."
"Have you forgotten your surname? Hmm? "Lu Ye raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and pressed it against Yiyi's head.
"My surname is Lu …" Yiyi hugged her head with both hands. "My name is Lu Yiyi … Wuwuwuwu …"
They noisily moved forward.
Until two hours later, there was a commotion and spirit energy fluctuation in front of them.
Lu Ye and Yiyi quieted down at the same time. The Sunshine Spirit Pattern dissipated, and even the running Hu Po suddenly became silent.
Lu Ye patted Hu Bo to make it stop. Lu Ye and Yiyi jumped down and quietly walked forward. Not long after, flickering lights were imprinted in their eyes.
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