The battle had not subsided since it began because as long as there were spirit energy fluctuations here, the insectoids would be attracted over. It was just a matter of numbers.
Unless they could kill all the insectoids in the hive in one go.
However, this was obviously unrealistic.
Amidst the fierce battle, Lu Ye rushed into the hive under He Xiyin's protection. After a few hurried glances, he was forced back by the overwhelming number of insectoids.
This was a very large underground space, conservatively estimated to be larger than the square in front of the Heaven's Secret Hall. The environment was too dark, so Lu Ye could not see clearly.
As far as the eye could see, it was covered in a strange meat wall. The meat wall was densely packed with meat sacs that were bulging high, and insects were constantly bursting out of them.
This was an insectoid hive!
The entire insectoid hive gave off the feeling of a living creature's stomach. There was an extremely large amount of vitality inside, and this vitality was the source of the insectoids' rapid reproduction.
According to Fourth Senior Brother, the insectoids were a very special existence. After they were hatched, they would devour everything with vitality and energy. A small portion of this vitality and energy would make the insectoids stronger, while the rest would be fed back to the hive. The hive would then use this vitality and energy to breed even more powerful individuals.
The insectoid hive and the insectoids had an extremely close relationship, and they complemented each other. Someone had once calculated that even if there was only one such insectoid hive, if left alone, it would only take ten years for the entire Spirit Stream Battlefield to be destroyed. At that time, the insectoids would become the rulers of this place.
No one dared to imagine how powerful the insectoids would be if they gathered the vitality and energy of the entire Spirit Stream Battlefield.
Of course, this was impossible. Every time an insectoid tide broke out, the various large sects would do their best to contain it and eliminate it before it sprouted.
Now that the Jade Blood Sect had basically finished cleaning up the periphery, there were not enough insectoids to collect vitality and energy, so the scale of the insectoid tide's growth had basically been contained. Now, there was definitely a lot of vitality and energy stored in the insectoid hive, so what the Jade Blood Sect needed to do was kill as many insectoids as possible. As long as all the vitality and energy in the insectoid tide were exhausted, they would win this battle.
This was also the standard procedure for dealing with insect hordes in the various sects' encampments. For countless years, the various sects were very experienced in dealing with insect hordes.
There would definitely be some casualties in the process, and even the large sects in the core circle could not avoid it. The insectoids in the core circle were not so easy to kill. Lu Ye had once encountered an insectoid in the mirage realm that could blend into the surrounding environment, almost to the extent of invisibility. They attacked silently, but when they attacked, they were fatal.
There were such insectoids in the core region! There were no sects in the outer circle. This was clearly the result of Tian Ji's mediation. Tian Ji would not allow the sects in the outer circle to suddenly face such a devastating disaster.
However, if the hive was allowed to continue developing, such insectoids would definitely appear.
In particular, there was one thing that he had to pay attention to. He absolutely could not let the insectoids obtain the cultivator's corpse. Once they obtained the cultivator's corpse, the insectoid hive would grow tremendously, and the insectoids that were bred would become even stronger.
Currently, there was only one path on the Jade Blood Sect's side that led to the insectoid hive. With Lu Ye guarding this place, it would not be a problem for him to defend it.
All that was left was to wait for the other paths to reach the insectoid hive. This way, there would be no need to worry about the outer circle. They only needed to concentrate their forces on the insectoid hive.
Considering that some places were progressing quickly while others were progressing slowly, Lu Ye had Chen Yu, Yi Yi, and the others leave to support the other places.
He stayed behind to guard this place.
Soon, he was the only one left here.
He did not idle around. He used the power of the Imperial Equipment to provoke the insectoids in the hive again and again, luring them out to kill.
He did not dare to rush in rashly. There were too many insectoids inside, and Lu Ye even felt a trace of threat in the depths of the darkness. In other words, there were definitely insectoids that could threaten his life.
Soon, the path was filled with insectoid corpses. Lu Ye initially wanted to clean them up, but as he killed, there were too many of them, and he could not collect them all.
Soon, he realized that something was not right. As he killed more and more insectoids, the corpses did not change much.
He paid more attention and found that there were insectoids moving the corpses into the insectoid hive. This discovery made him laugh in anger.
Mo Fa could only use his Storage Bag to go further and further away, and then kill his way back.
Half a day later, the paths were cleared, and a complete map of the underground was drawn. From the only entrance to the wormhole, through various forks, they finally gathered at the insectoid hive. There were only nine paths left.
During this time, many people were injured, and more than a dozen people died, including an entire team. They were unlucky enough to encounter the insectoids in the seventh layer.
With the average cultivation of the Jade Blood Sect, only a few teams with Sixth Order cultivators could deal with the insectoids in the seventh layer. The other teams basically died when they encountered the insectoids.
Now that the various paths had been cleared, the situation was clear. As long as the Jade Blood Sect could block the nine paths, they would be able to completely control the situation.
This was not a simple matter because the paths were only so big. At most, two or three people could fight side by side. The Jade Blood Sect now had nearly seven hundred cultivators. If all of them blocked the paths, only a few people would be able to fight the insectoids head-on, and the others could only support from behind …
Therefore, the correct way was to kill their way into the insectoid hive and open up a battlefield for dozens of people at each path. This way, they would be able to take advantage of their numbers.
What Lu Ye was concerned about was the danger hidden in the darkness. If he was not mistaken, there were definitely insectoids in the eighth layer.
If it was not handled well, it would inevitably cause huge losses to the Jade Blood Sect.
He did not need to worry too much about one or two eighth-layer insectoids, but he was afraid that there would be too many of them.
The reason why the Insect Tide was called a Natural Disaster was because every time it came, many cultivators would die in battle. This was not something that could be avoided by strength. Even a Master like Li Baxian would die if he was not careful enough when dealing with the Insect Tide.
Now, the only good news for Lu Ye was that the insectoids were very sensitive to Spirit Energy fluctuations and light sources. The stronger the insectoids, the more sensitive they were.
Perhaps he could take advantage of this to do something …
In front of the nine entrances, the sound of fierce fighting continued, but because the entrances were not big, the intensity of the battle was not strong. The cultivators were switching back and forth, so they were able to hold on.
Lu Ye raised his hand and tapped on his Battlefield Mark, sending out a message with the same content, "Confirming status!"
Soon, there was a reply.
Yi Yi, "Ready."
Chen Yu, "Everything is ready."
He Xiyin, "Fifth Senior Brother, if I die, I must ask Sixth Senior Sister to bury me, otherwise I will not be satisfied."
Zhu Wenbo, "We are ready at any time, just waiting for Fifth Senior Brother's order."
Yin Haoran, "Ready at any time."
Luo Qi Sheng, "We are in good condition."
Gu Yang, "Everyone is in position."
Kong Niu, "Good!"
[Good, everyone is in good condition.]
Except for Kong Niu, who was in the Fifth-Order, the weakest of the people who replied was in the Sixth-Order. With them and dozens of cultivators supporting them, it was not a big problem to open up a battlefield near the entrance of the cave. Because they were attacking from nine directions at the same time, the pressure they had to bear would be equally divided.
As for Kong Niu's side, Lu Ye had increased the number of cultivators. They had the largest number of cultivators, almost a hundred.
Of course, this was only the most ideal situation. After the real battle began, there would definitely be some accidents, and Lu Ye himself was prepared to deal with all kinds of accidents.
"I am a medical cultivator, Lu Ye. Shouldn't I be treating the wounded at the back?"
Hua Ci's gentle voice sounded behind him.
Before this, Lu Ye had already transferred Hua Ci over. It wasn't that he didn't know that Hua Ci was afraid of insects. Back in the Chess Sea, she had slapped a mechanical spider on Lu Ye's face, and that was only a mechanical creation. Now that they were about to face an insect tide, just the thought of it made Hua Ci's hair stand on end.
In fact, there were only two kinds of insects she was afraid of. One was those without legs, and the other was those with many legs.
But there was no other way. All nine passages needed someone to guard, and even if Lu Ye counted Yi Yi and Kong Niu, there were only eight people.
The heritage of Blue Blood Sect was still too weak.
Left with no choice, he could only call Hua Ci over. Although she was a medical cultivator, she was still a Sixth-Order cultivator. It was no problem for her to guard a passage, but in this environment, it would be difficult for her to use her unique mushroom planting technique.
Lu Ye turned to look at her, and their eyes met.
"Be strong!"
Hua Ci, "?"
"Let's begin!"
Lu Ye turned around. When he lowered his body, he raised his hand and pressed the hilt of his saber. With a bang, a shockwave swept out, and his whole body shot forward like an arrow. As the saber flashed, several insects blocking the entrance of the cave were chopped into pieces.
"Kill!" With a roar, the cultivators followed Lu Ye and charged into the hive. In an instant, the already restless hive was in an uproar. A large number of Insectoids surged towards them. The darkness was filled with the sound of crawling, and all they could see were the ferocious Insectoids.
Those with higher cultivations stood at the front, forming a semicircle with their backs against the cave entrance, while those with lower cultivations stood at the back. The light of Spirit Techniques and Spirit Talismans began to bloom as the insects rushed over.
Almost at the same time as Lu Ye's group, the cultivators from the other eight caves also rushed in. The situation was exactly the same as here, with those with higher cultivations standing at the front.
A great battle was about to begin.
In the midst of the battle, someone shouted a reminder, "Quick, those who are injured or have low cultivations, collect the insect corpses. Don't let the insect nest absorb them."
The reason why they had to collect insect corpses during wartime was that they had no other choice. The insect nest was a very special place. It could collect vitality and energy from the hatched insects, and then breed more insects.
The meat walls inside the insect nest had a very powerful ability to absorb vitality and energy.
If the insect corpses were not collected as soon as possible, the vitality and energy contained in the insect corpses would be absorbed by the meat walls in a very short time.
When Lu Ye had been guarding this place alone, he had found some insects moving corpses. Their purpose was to increase the vitality and energy of the insect nest.
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