Lu Ye did not place all his hopes on Yaya. Ever since she took action last time, Lu Ye had discovered a problem. Although Yaya was indeed as strong as Rizhao, there was clearly something wrong with her body. Once she took action, she would quickly fall into a weakened state and then fall into a deep sleep.
Therefore, it was best to avoid her as much as possible.
However, there were some troublesome matters that could not be avoided even if one wanted to, especially when Lu Ye did not conceal himself. Instead, he rode the planetary ship ostentatiously through the city. Although he followed Rizhao's guidance and took a route where there were fewer Insectoids, he was still discovered by the Insectoids.
Less than half a day after leaving the floating continent where the Indefinite frontline fortress was located, Lu Ye discovered that the Insectoids were pursuing him from the side. These Insectoids were at the constellation level, and their speed was far slower than the planetary ship's. Therefore, they were soon left behind.
As the planetary ship continued forward, it was like a small fish that had fallen into a shark's pond. No matter where it went, there were Insectoids chasing after it from all directions. However, these Insectoids were not as fast as the planetary ship, so their efforts were futile. In the end, they could only watch as the planetary ship disappeared into the depths of the starry sky.
Occasionally, some scattered Insectoids would hear the news and try to intercept them, but they would be scattered by the planetary ship. Those who did not dodge in time were likely to be killed on the spot.
The Insectoids were a very strange race. They had an extremely close and mysterious connection with the hives that gave birth to them. Therefore, the Insectoids could use the hives to quickly spread the news without the need for transmission.
With such convenience, as long as one Insectoid discovered Lu Ye's planetary ship, it would be equivalent to the entire swarm discovering the planetary ship's whereabouts.
Therefore, even if the Insectoids failed to catch up to Lu Ye, the swarm would be able to block his path.
Thanks to Rizhao's guidance, Lu Ye did not encounter any strong Insectoids along the way, so the journey was quite smooth.
A few days later, a dark cloud suddenly appeared in the starry sky ahead.
Lu Ye looked over and found that it was not a dark cloud, but a dense swarm of Insectoids!
This surprised Lu Ye, because one had to have a constellation if they wanted to travel through the starry sky with their physical body. No matter how easy it was for the Insectoids to breed and how fast they grew, it was impossible for them to have so many constellations. The Insectoid constellations he had encountered before were all scattered. At most, there were two or three Insectoids in a squad.
There were at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of insectoids gathered in this dark cloud. How could an insectoid hive nurture so many constellations?
With such strength, the insectoids could easily attack Apeiron and take her down.
As if seeing Lu Ye's doubts, Li Shang opened his mouth and said, "The insect race has a very special physique, different from all the other races in the starry skies. If cultivators of other races want to survive in the starry skies, they must have a constellation, but some special insect races don't. They are born with the ability to resist the erosion of the starry skies' energy."
Lu Ye finally understood why there were so many insectoids in front of them. Not all of them were constellations. This was the same as astral beasts. Astral beasts were born with the ability to survive in space. This was their innate ability.
Although he had encountered many insect races in the Nine Prefectures, he had not encountered any in the starry sky, so he did not know about these things.
The cloud of insectoids was pitch-black, like a dark cloud. They were not far away from each other, and the planetary ship was too fast. It was too late to change course.
Li Shang could only brace himself and steer the planetary ship toward the cloud of insectoids. Lu Ye picked up Yaya, who had been sitting in his arms, and put her down. He patted her head and said, "Stay here and don't move."
He was afraid that if he did not warn her, Yaya would suddenly attack. Although Yaya could easily take care of the problem before her, she was still a trump card. It was better to use her at a critical moment, lest she fall into a deep sleep after attacking.
Yaya held a pear spirit fruit the size of a bowl in her hands. She nodded obediently as she gnawed on it. She said in a muffled voice, "Yaya won't move!"
Lu Ye slowly got up and pulled out the Pan Shan Saber from his waist. He looked at the approaching cloud of insectoids in silence.
Suddenly, he remembered that the Insectoids and the Blood Race had joined hands and issued a bounty for him. If the constellations of the Blood Race could recognize him, the Insectoids might be able to as well. He then urged the Thousand Face to change his appearance so that the Insectoids would not recognize him.
In the next moment, the spiritual ship crashed into the cloud of insectoids. At close range, he could sense that the insectoids were indeed not constellations. Many of them were at the Divine Ocean level, and some were even at the True Lake level.
Under such a fast and violent crash, the cloud of insectoids was immediately torn open. Countless insectoids were turned into ashes in an instant.
The planetary ship crashed into the cloud of insectoids recklessly, like a knife cutting through tofu. Everywhere it passed, countless insectoids were killed or injured.
Lu Ye's vision darkened. He was surrounded by insectoids. Those insectoids who were not constellations were fearlessly using their flesh and blood as barriers to stop the planetary ship from moving forward. However, the effect was minimal.
If there were only Divine Ocean and True Lake level insectoids, it would not be difficult for the planetary ship to break through. However, there were not only Divine Ocean and True Lake level insectoids in this cloud of insectoids, but also Constellation stage insectoids.
It was clear at a glance how to distinguish whether an insect had the strength of a constellation or not. For insects, unless they were exceptionally gifted, they would not be able to develop intelligence. Just like the insects that Lu Ye had encountered in the Nine Regions, no matter how strong they were, they would only follow their instincts. Moreover, from their appearance, they were insects of various shapes and sizes that had been magnified countless times.
For example, the insects that Lu Ye had killed in the Alpha Origin stage were all juniors that the Insect Race experts had high hopes for. Each and every one of them possessed extraordinary talent and had gained sentience at the Divine Sea level. Their future achievements were limitless, but unfortunately, Lu Ye had almost wiped them out.
The insectoids were different when they reached constellation. Not only did they develop sentience, but they also became cunning and sinister. Even their appearance had changed drastically. Many insectoids had taken on human form. Some of them retained their insectoid characteristics, but many of them did not even have insectoid characteristics. In terms of appearance, they were no different from humans.
Therefore, all insectoids in the insectoid swarm that had a human form were basically constellation insectoids.
There were more than thirty of them. These constellation insectoids were undoubtedly much more difficult to deal with than ordinary insectoids. When the planetary ship crashed into the insectoid swarm, these insectoids attacked from all directions.
Generally speaking, planetary ships were only used for traveling in the starry sky. Low-grade planetary ships did not even have formations. Lu Ye had spent a total of three hundred thousand spirit jades to buy this planetary ship. Although it did come with a defensive formation, it was not very powerful.
How could such a defensive formation withstand the joint attack of dozens of constellation insectoids? It was about to be broken in an instant.
Li Shang hurriedly withdrew the formation, lest it was really broken. It would be very troublesome to repair it.
Without the protection of the formation, the constellation insectoids were like cats that had smelled blood. They immediately pounced on Lu Ye.
Spirit power surged, and blade light poured out like a waterfall. All the insectoid constellation insectoids felt as if a bloody mouth had suddenly opened under the blooming blade light, revealing ferocious fangs, and was about to devour them.
Bared Fangs!
This was the blade technique that was inherited from Qing Li. It was strange. Qing Li's blade aura was agile, but this move was extremely ferocious, which coincided with the concept of the Tyrant Blade Art.
When the blade light flashed past, the insectoid constellation at the forefront did not even have time to react before they were smashed into pieces.
Among them was an extremely powerful late-stage Constellation insectoid!
The remaining Insectoid Constellations were all horrified. They did not expect such a ridiculous thing to happen. Instinctively, they wanted to retreat, but the sharp saber aura had already enveloped them. It rose and fell like a tide, continuous and endless.
A moment later, the planetary ship rushed out of the encirclement of the insectoid swarm. Compared to when they first saw it, the size of the insectoid swarm had shrunk by more than half. The insectoids in the True Lake and Divine Sea Realm were either dead or injured. Even more than ten insectoids in the Constellation Realm were killed.
The insectoid swarm did not dare to pursue, mainly because they could not catch up. They were only intercepted here after receiving the news. In terms of speed, they were far inferior to the planetary ship.
In front of the insectoid swarm, the surviving insectoid constellations looked at the stream of light that the planetary ship had turned into with a horrified expression. Such a long-planned interception had actually ended with the insectoids' defeat. This was the result of only one collision. The insectoid constellations had no doubt that if the insectoid had not been in a hurry to leave, it was completely capable of killing them all.
"Is there such a constellation in the Indefinite Galaxy?" An insectoid with a protruding mouth and monkey-like cheeks spoke in a deep voice. He had a pair of transparent wings on his back. No one knew what kind of insectoid he was.
"Who knows? But why would a constellation like him go in that direction? "An insectoid was puzzled.
If he was really a constellation of the Indefinite Galaxy, there was no reason for him to go in that direction. That was the direction that was far away from the Indefinite Galaxy.
"No matter who he is, he's dead meat." An insectoid with six compound eyes on his forehead snorted coldly. Although they were at a disadvantage in their interception, there were even more powerful ones behind them.
That human constellation was indeed powerful, but he did not think that the insectoid would be able to pass through that obstacle. Moreover, since their side had suffered a setback, Yue Yao of the insectoid race would definitely rush over.
On the planetary ship, Li Shang continued to steer the planetary ship forward. She looked at Lu Ye's back in shock because she realized that Lu Ye's strength seemed to have increased by a lot compared to when he had departed from the Wanxiang Sea.
She had used the Soul Possession Secret Technique on Lu Ye several times. She could directly sense how strong Lu Ye was. She had originally thought that Lu Ye was already strong enough, but she did not expect that this was not his limit. There was still room for improvement.
She had not seen Lu Ye cultivate much during this period. How could he have improved so much?
At this moment, Lu Ye was sitting cross-legged with the Mountain Pan Saber unsheathed and placed horizontally across his knees. He raised his hand and gently brushed the blade, feeling the sharpness of the blade.
Li Shang's feeling was not wrong. He had become much stronger, but this strength was not due to the increase in his foundation.
Since he had departed from the Wanxiang Sea, he had not spent much time cultivating. Even if his foundation had improved, it would not have been by much. Moreover, he was now a late-stage constellation. There was a limit to how much he could improve.
The main reason he had become stronger than before was the transformation of the Mountain Pan Saber.
It could also be said that this was a huge change brought about by external forces.
(End of Chapter)
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