Following Lu Ye back to the station, the hundreds of cultivators chatted and laughed along the way, creating a lively atmosphere.
This expedition was like a dream to all the cultivators. First, they dealt with the insect nest in their own encampments. Then, they headed north and killed their way into the Heavenly Fiend Hall's encampment. They killed hundreds of their cultivators and took over their encampment.
After that, they went southeast and took down the Feng Clan's station, killing hundreds of their people.
At this moment, everyone was about sixty kilometres east of their own station, which was not far away.
Therefore, in less than half an hour, the group of hundreds of people returned to the station and saw the overwhelming number of Insect Race in front of Heavenly Fate Temple's square from afar.
The Insect Tide from Heavenly Fiend Temple had obviously spread here.
Surrounded by the endless Insect Race, Xiao Hui's huge figure was particularly eye-catching. From time to time, he would flap his wings and jump from one place to another, lowering his head and pecking, killing an Insect Race on the spot. With another peck, another Insect Race would die. Occasionally, he would raise his claws and claw a few times.
The entire square was littered with Insect Race corpses. No one knew how long Xiao Hui had been killing here.
Seeing this scene, Lu Ye felt relieved.
The reason why he dared to bring all the cultivators from Jade Blood Sect out was because Xiao Hui was in charge of the station. If anyone dared to barge in, Xiao Hui would teach them a lesson.
Lu Ye had also thought of the current situation. He had taken hundreds of cultivators out for too long, and the Insect Nest of Heavenly Fiend Temple was only a few dozen kilometres away. If no one stopped them, the Insect Tide would definitely spread here.
On the way back, Lu Ye had already arranged everything. The Insect Race here was generally strong, with many Third or Fourth Order cultivators, with no lack of Fifth or Sixth Order cultivators. However, there were no Seventh Order cultivators. After all, this was the outermost area of the Insect Tide. The stronger ones were either in the Insect Nest or had been led to the Feng Clan's station by Lu Ye.
Because they had already made arrangements, as soon as everyone rushed back, they moved in an orderly manner. The small teams were closely linked and constantly pushed forward, killing all the Insect Race in the square. As soon as there was a Spirit Energy fluctuation here, more Insect Race would be attracted.
In front of the Tianji Hall, Lu Ye's hand was on the hilt of his saber. A stream of light flashed in front of him. Any Insectoid that dared to approach the Tianji Hall would be immediately killed by his weapon.
Inside the Heaven Secrets Hall, Hua Ci placed her hand on the Heaven Secrets Pillar. The blessings that she had plundered from the Heaven Fiend Hall and the Feng Clan could be converted into merit points and transferred to her Heaven Secrets Pillar.
Lu Ye did not know how many Merit Points he had obtained from converting those blessings into Merit Points, but he was certain that it would not be any less than what he had obtained from the Chess Sea. Although plundering blessings would result in a large loss, the Jade Blood Sect had plundered two Sects this time. Even if the Feng Clan's blessings had been split equally with the Everlasting Pavilion, both the Heavenly Fiend Temple and the Feng Clan had been operating for at least a few decades. How could their blessings on the Divine Pillar be any lesser?
Not long after, Hua Ci walked out of the Heavenly Secret Hall.
"I got it."
"Is it expensive?"
"It's so expensive!" Hua Ci said with a pained expression.
"That can't be helped. What other people have, we have to have too. We can't always be like this. Although we have Little Grey, it's better to be prepared. Do you know how to set it up?"
"She knows." Hua Ci tugged at Feng Yue, who was standing beside her.
Although this woman was in a daze, as if she had been played both physically and mentally, she was still a garrison guardian. Compared to Lu Ye and Hua Ci, who were dabblers, she was much better.
When she met Lu Ye's probing gaze, Feng Yue's mouth twitched. She seemed to want to squeeze out a smile, but when she recalled Lu Ye stabbing her palm with a knife, she could not bring herself to smile. Her expression was extremely stiff.
"Let's go!"
Lu Ye called out. He led Hua Ci and Feng Yue in a certain direction, ignoring the battlefield. The situation there was very stable. After going through so many battles, the combat experience of the cultivators under the sect had increased exponentially. Even without Lu Ye, they would have no problem dealing with the Insect Swarm.
The three of them arrived at a corner at the edge of the encampment. Hua Ci took out a box the size of a washbasin. It was squarish and looked like it was made of wood and gold.
The box was engraved with various complicated patterns. If one looked carefully, they would realize that these patterns were all spirit inscriptions.
This was the formation base, the formation base for setting up the encampment's defensive formation.
Basically, every sect had their own encampment's defensive or offensive formations. For example, the Heavenly Fiend Temple and the Feng Clan had both. However, when the formation was broken, their formation base was destroyed at the same time. So, there was basically no way to seize this thing from others.
In the Spirit Stream Battlefield, only cultivators in the Spirit Stream Realm could enter and leave freely. With the standard of a Spirit Stream Realm cultivator, they could not refine such a formation base, nor could they set up a formation that could cover an entire encampment.
Where did the formation base come from? The answer was to spend the sect's merit points to buy it from the Tianji Treasure Vault. Moreover, this was not something that a single cultivator could afford.
"How many merit points did this one cost?" Lu Ye asked casually.
"Eight hundred and eighty-eight!"
Lu Ye's heart skipped a beat.
"How many in total?"
"Sixteen!"
Lu Ye casually calculated in his mind and found that it was a very large number.
Fortunately, the harvest this time was not small. Moreover, the more he spent, the stronger the formation would be. It was worth it.
"Are we just going to leave it here?"
"We don't have time to deal with it now. When we have time later, we can bury it or make some camouflage."
"No, we have to get someone to look after it."
This was a matter of merit points. Lu Ye sent out a message, and not long after, a group of cultivators ran over from the Tianji Hall. They were all covered in bug blood.
"You two stay here and look after this thing. Don't let anyone get close."
"Yes!"
"The rest of you, come with me."
Under Feng Yue's guidance, Hua Ci set up the formation base all over the encampment. Lu Ye left two cultivators to guard each place.
After some work, everything was finally set up. At this time, the sect's cultivators had finally cleared out the bugs in the encampment. There were still more outside, and they were pouring in endlessly. However, if they wanted to eradicate them, they would have to kill their way into the Heavenly Fiend Temple's bug nest and take the life core. Otherwise, the bug tide would be endless.
This was no longer something that the cultivators on the periphery could do. Even Lu Ye did not dare to enter the wormhole now.
Hua Ci held a palm-sized jade plate in her hand. The jade plate flashed with light, and small spiritual inscriptions flowed on it. This was the formation plate that controlled all the formation bases. It was the core of the large formation. Even if a few of the formation bases were destroyed, it would only affect the power of the large formation. However, if this formation plate was destroyed, the large formation would be completely crippled.
Chen Yue explained to her from the side, and Hua Ci nodded repeatedly. As her spiritual energy surged, a buzzing sound suddenly came from all parts of the encampment. The positions where the formation plates were set up, and the spiritual energy surged, creating a wonderful resonance with each other.
Immediately after, spiritual power like water ripples emerged from the sixteen formation plates and spread in all directions. They fused with each other and gradually gathered in the sky.
After half an hour, a semicircular light screen that enveloped the entire encampment was formed and shrouded the encampment.
The large formation was complete!
It was isolated from the outside world.
With the protection of the large formation, there was no need to worry about the Insect Race attacking the encampment at any time. Although the Insect Race's gnawing was extremely destructive to the large formation's light screen, as long as their numbers did not accumulate to a certain extent, the light screen could repair itself. The essence of the light screen was the flow of spiritual power.
Under Hua Ci's control, the Jade Blood Sect's large formation light screen was not completely sealed. There was still a gap that was wide enough for a few people, so the Insect Race could still rush in through this gap. However, with the cultivators in front of this gap, no matter how many Insect Race came, they would only be throwing their lives away.
This could relieve the pressure on the large formation.
The cultivators under the sect spontaneously began to clean up the battlefield, repair themselves, and take turns guarding the gap in the large formation. Everything was done in an orderly manner.
Many people were injured in the battle, so Hua Ci led her helpers to treat their injuries. Originally, she was the only medical cultivator in the encampment, so she was a little busy.
Now, there was Feng Yue …
Feng Yue also did not want to. At this moment, her heart was in a mess, and her mind was filled with thoughts of colluding with the enemy to kill hundreds of her own cultivators. How could she be in the mood to treat others?
Lu Ye placed his hand on the hilt of his saber and communicated with her in a very cordial manner. Feng Yue was impressed by his personal charm and could not help but devote herself to the glorious cause of healing the wounded and saving the dying.
The injured cultivators were quickly treated properly and entered the cultivation room to repair themselves. After eating a full meal, they immediately became energetic again.
With Chen Yu as the leader, several Sixth Order cultivators in the Sect spontaneously organized several waves of counterattacks against the Insect Race after consulting with Lu Ye. The results were quite good.
But it was to no avail …
Not long after, new Insect Race once again entered the encampment through the gap in the large formation.
While the Jade Blood Sect was passing their days peacefully, a storm was brewing outside.
First, the surviving cultivators of the Heavenly Fiend Temple and the Feng Family spread the news that the Jade Blood Sect did not deal with their own Insect Nest during the outbreak of the Natural Disaster. Instead, they went all out to attack the encampment of others, causing the Heavenly Fiend Temple and the Feng Family's encampment to be destroyed one after another. Countless cultivators from their sects were killed or injured, which then led to the outbreak of the Insect Race.
When the news spread, the Myriad Demon Ridge side naturally had a common enemy. While expressing their sympathy for the Heavenly Fiend Temple and the Feng Family, they did their best to condemn and maliciously slander the Jade Blood Sect and its Garrison Envoy, Lu Yi Ye. Before the Jade Blood Sect did not have Lu Yi Ye, everything was fine. Even if there was some friction, it was just a normal confrontation between factions. However, with the addition of Lu Yi Ye to the Jade Blood Sect, the surrounding hundred kilometres was in chaos. Now, the Insect Race had reached the doorsteps of many forces. Even a few Grand Heaven Alliance forces were implicated. Lu Yi Ye of the Jade Blood Sect should die as an apology!
The Grand Heaven Alliance was naturally celebrating. The encampments of the sects in the outer circle were rarely breached, let alone breaching the encampments of two sects by themselves. Most importantly, not only had the encampments been breached, but it was said that not many cultivators from the Heaven Fiend Palace and the Feng Clan had died. Almost all of the cultivators in the Spiritual Stream Tier had been killed.
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