Half an hour later, the Blue Blood Sect's encampment, which had recovered a lot of people, became quiet again. All the Registered Disciples and Rogue Cultivators rushed to the Insect Valley ten kilometres away.
Although there was no one left to guard the encampment, there was no need to worry about it being attacked by the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators. Xiao Hui was still there, and with it around, the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators would be courting death if they dared to come.
What's more, the Insect Tide had swept through the entire Spirit Stream Battlefield, so no Sect would have the spare energy to cause trouble at this time.
Ten kilometres away, in the Insect Valley, the battle had already broken out.
Compared to half an hour ago, the number of insects in the Insect Valley had increased. The reason why the Insect Tide was called a Natural Disaster was because the insect race's reproduction and growth rate were too fast. As long as there was enough energy, they could turn into an army of insects that could destroy everything in a short period of time.
So, if they wanted to defeat the Insect Tide, the early stage was the key. As long as the number of insects could be suppressed, they wouldn't have a chance to develop.
The seven hundred cultivators formed a hundred teams. Under the leadership of their respective team leaders, they were scattered around the Insect Valley, killing insects and advancing step by step toward the Wormhole.
The insects that crawled out weren't strong. Compared to cultivators, most of them were only equivalent to the First or Second Order Spirit Stream Realm, with a few being equivalent to the Third Order. They weren't big either, unlike the insects Lu Ye encountered in the Mirage Realm, many of which were about the same size as him.
The smallest insects here were only the size of a fist, while the largest were the size of a washbasin. In addition, they only had one way of attacking, so it wasn't difficult to kill them.
The only difficulty was that there were too many of them. More than ten thousand insects crawled all over the valley, and several layers of the ground had been gnawed by them.
Spirit Qi surged as the teams cleared out the areas they were in charge of, killing one insect after another. The green blood soon spread all over the Insect Valley, filling the place with a pungent smell.
Unlike the squads that were pushing in from the outside, Lu Ye was single-handedly cutting a straight line through the insectoid army. Everywhere he passed, insectoid corpses were left behind.
Against these small and numerous enemies, the Mountain Coiling Saber in his hand wasn't very useful. Even if he could kill one with each slash, the number of insects he could kill was limited.
However, Lu Ye's killing methods were not limited to the Mountain Blade. He could barely be considered a fake magic cultivator.
The Fire Phoenix Technique and Fire Dragon Technique were constantly being used, and as the scorching hot Spirit Energy spread out, Yang Kai was able to kill a large number of insects each time. This was especially true for the Fire Dragon Technique, which was a supplementary technique of the Red Lotus Soaring to the Heavens Secret Art. It was a second technique that could only be cultivated by a Seventh Order cultivator. Whether it was in terms of power or range, it was several times greater than the Fire Phoenix Technique. Of course, the greater the power, the greater the consumption.
Comparing the two techniques, Lu Ye was undoubtedly very satisfied with the Fire Dragon Technique because this technique didn't cause any problems.
For some reason, the Fire Phoenix Technique was turned into a fire quail by him. Its shape was very strange.
The Fire Dragon Technique, on the other hand, looked very good. When it was used, it looked like a real fire dragon was flying around, and even the dragon scales on its body were faintly visible.
The valley wasn't too big, so Lu Ye soon arrived in front of the wormhole. Looking down, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see the bottom at a glance. On the walls of the wormhole, insects of different shapes and sizes were constantly climbing up. As if sensing Lu Ye's vitality, several of them jumped up and pounced at him. With a flash of his saber, these insects were cut in half before they could reach Lu Ye.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye jumped down. While he was in the air, the insectoids pounced on him from all directions. Spiritual energy surged around him, and all of the insectoids that pounced on him were sent flying.
* Hong … *
Landing at the bottom of the hole, Lu Ye looked up and estimated the depth. It wasn't too deep, only about a few dozen meters, which was good news.
Rustling sounds could be heard as the insect tide surrounded him from all directions.
His Spirit Energy began to surge, and Lu Ye didn't stop. He killed his way into the depths, holding the Coiling Mountain Saber in one hand and the hilt in the other.
The hilt of the saber shone a light in all directions.
This was because he had enchanted the Sunshine Spirit Rune on the hilt. This Spirit Rune wasn't very useful in battle, but it was just right to use it here.
In order to save Spirit Energy, Lu Ye didn't dare to push the power of the Sunshine Spirit Rune too fiercely. He only let the light radiate to a radius of ten meters.
After an incense stick worth of time, Lu Ye's figure soared into the sky from the hole. The pair of fiery red wings on his back were very eye-catching.
He flew over the insect valley and landed beside Hua Ci, his body covered in green blood.
A few rogue cultivators who were only at the First-Order Realm immediately came forward and brought water to wash his body.
Hua Ci didn't participate in the battle. As the only medical cultivator in the station, she needed to treat the injured disciples here. However, the battle hadn't been long, so basically no one was injured.
She also had a dozen people gathered here. Ten of them were too weak, only at the First-Order Realm. They could easily die if they participated in the battle, so they followed Hua Ci here to act as assistants.
The others had the intention to develop in the direction of medical cultivation, so they studied medicine with Hua Ci.
This was good. A Sect always needed different factions to develop, especially the medical faction. Although the overall strength of the Blue Blood Sect was low, it still had all the essentials. There were all kinds of factions in the Sect.
"Did you find it?" Hua Ci stepped forward and picked up a severed insect limb from Lu Ye's head, throwing it aside.
Lu Ye shook his head.
"There were too many forks in there. I didn't dare to go too deep."
The reason he went deep into the wormhole alone was to find an insect nest.
These insects weren't rootless. In the depths of every wormhole, there was an insect nest. These insect nests were the source of these insects.
If he wanted to solve the insect tide, he had to find an insect nest. Only by destroying the insect nest at the source could he eliminate the insect tide.
This information was obtained from Li Ba Xian.
The insect nest was deep underground and was protected by powerful insects, so it was difficult for Lu Ye to do it alone. Therefore, every time an insect tide appeared, the great Sects would go all out. Although they didn't go all out like Blue Blood Sect, they would still send a large number of people to determine the location of the insect nest before making any plans.
These Sects had to deal with an insect tide every once in a while, so they were very experienced. They had a good understanding of the underground terrain and knew where the forks were and which path led to which direction.
On the other hand, this was the first time in several decades that Blue Blood Sect had enough manpower to deal with an insect tide. No one knew the underground terrain, so everything had to start from scratch.
Therefore, the most important thing was to quickly clean up the insects in Insect Valley and investigate the situation underground.
The formation of an insect tide was a mystery because every time an insect tide appeared, it would be completely eliminated, but not long after, the insect tide would come back again.
Every time an insect tide appeared, there would be thunder from the sky. It could be said that this was an extremely obvious sign.
The countless insects and even the insect tide seemed to appear out of thin air.
Therefore, whenever there was thunder and rain in the Spirit Stream Battlefield, the great Sects would become vigilant.
This was also why Li Ba Xian had immediately sent a message to Lu Ye.
Soon, the first injured cultivator came. Although the insects in Insect Valley weren't very strong, there were too many of them and it was inevitable that they would be injured in battle.
Hua Ci naturally treated him with great care. While treating him, she also explained medical principles to the few disciples who wanted to walk the path of medical cultivation.
Lu Ye didn't attack again. Although it was easy for him to kill the insects before, he didn't obtain many merit points. With his current strength, he estimated that he would need to kill 20 to 30 insects to obtain a single merit point.
He wasn't like those low-level cultivators who would obtain merit points for every insect they killed. Even though there weren't many of them, the accumulated benefits were still quite considerable.
The Blue Blood Sect disciples didn't have a suitable way to earn merit points, so the insect tide was an opportunity for them.
In any case, with the Blue Blood Sect's current foundation, it wouldn't be difficult to clean up the insects in Insect Valley, so Lu Ye didn't get involved.
After entering the wormhole, Lu Ye would need to put in some effort.
The battle continued and injured cultivators continued to come. After being treated by Hua Ci, they rejoined the battle.
Half a day later, the encirclement of the Blue Blood Sect cultivators had shrunk by half. The progress was very fast. Because the Blue Blood Sect was narrowing the encirclement from the outside to the inside, the further they went, the smoother it became.
Another four hours later, all the insects in the valley were killed. All the disciples were cheering.
The entire Insect Valley was now covered in insect corpses and green blood flowed like a river.
"Clean up the battlefield. Everyone, rest and recover. After six hours, follow me into the wormhole."
Lu Ye gave the order and the disciples immediately took action. Several teams guarded the entrance of the wormhole and killed the insects that crawled out. The rest went to collect the insect corpses.
The insect corpses could be sold to the Tianji Treasury.
For the cultivators of the Nine States, the Tianji Treasury was definitely a good place. No matter what they wanted, as long as they had enough merit points, they could buy it from there. No matter what it was, it could be sold to the Tianji Treasury. Of course, it was difficult to judge its value.
Take the insect corpses that the disciples were collecting for example. Perhaps they would only get a few merit points after selling a dozen of them, but it was still merit points. It was better than nothing.
Six hours passed in the blink of an eye and seven hundred cultivators gathered at the entrance of the wormhole. All of them were in high spirits.
Lu Ye walked over from the back with his hand on the hilt of his saber. Hu Po followed beside him and Yi Yi rode on his back. The crowd took the initiative to open a path.
He walked to the entrance of the wormhole and jumped down. Hu Po also jumped down with Yi Yi without hesitation. Chen Yu, a Seventh Order cultivator, followed by the teams led by the Sixth Order cultivators.
The sounds of a fierce battle could be heard from below, accompanied by the screams of insects dying.
After a short while, Chen Yu's voice came from below, "It's done!"
The teams waiting at the entrance of the wormhole began to descend in an orderly manner. The teams gathered at the bottom of the wormhole and under the leadership of their respective captains, explored the area ahead. Torches were lit one after another …
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