The strength of the Insect Race could be roughly determined by their size. The fist-sized Insect Race did not pose any threat to cultivators. The washbasin-sized Insect Race was equivalent to a Second or Third Order Cultivator. As for the longer Insect Race, they had to be careful because they were most likely Sixth or Seventh Order Insect Race.
Half a day after Lu Ye ordered the disciples to retreat, the valley below was densely packed with Insect Race, many of which were as tall as a human.
The cultivators were secretly shocked at the sight and were all glad that they did not go deep into the Wormhole before.
The average strength of the Insect Race here was more than a grade higher than that of the Blue Blood Sect. If they had rashly entered the Wormhole before, there would have been a large number of casualties.
This was only the situation in the Insect Valley. The situation in the Insect Nest would definitely be even more severe. There would definitely be Eighth Order Insect Race in there, and there might even be Ninth Order Insect Race.
Lu Ye gave a few instructions to Hua Ci before summoning Hu Po and jumping onto the tiger's back.
Under the gazes of many cultivators, he rode on Hu Po and charged into the valley.
When he was close enough, he raised his hand and sent out a Fire Phoenix Technique into the swarm of Insects. Spirit Energy exploded and several Insect Race cultivators were sent tumbling.
The Insect Race was very sensitive to Spirit Energy fluctuations, so after Lu Ye sent out a Spirit Technique, a large number of Insect Race cultivators immediately swarmed towards him. The sound of them crawling was so dense that it made one's scalp go numb.
Hu Po roared and carried Lu Ye around the periphery of the Insect Valley. As Lu Ye sent out one Spirit Technique after another, more and more Insect Race cultivators followed behind him. There were even spider-like Insect Race cultivators that spat spider silk at them.
Looking down from the mountain peak, the cultivators of the Jade Blood Sect all broke out in cold sweat for Lu Ye. From their point of view, Lu Ye was riding on Hu Po and charging down alone, provoking the countless insectoids and causing a large number of insectoids to chase after him.
No one knew why Lu Ye was doing this.
After an incense stick worth of time, Lu Ye circled around the valley. Most of the Insect Race cultivators in the valley were alarmed and chased after him. Those that did not chase after him were also restless.
Insect Race cultivators had a very strange connection with each other. This connection allowed them to communicate within a certain range in a special way that only Insect Race cultivators could understand.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, provoking one Insectoid was equivalent to provoking a group of them.
If he provoked a group of them, it would be the same as provoking all of the insectoids.
Countless insectoids crawled in pursuit, led north by Lu Ye. However, the valley did not become empty because of the departure of the insectoids, because an endless stream of insectoids crawled out from the wormhole and joined the pursuit.
Looking down from above, one could see a long line of insectoids converging behind Lu Ye, heading straight for the wormhole.
"Really?" Hua Ci was stunned for a moment.
When Lu Ye told her about the plan earlier, Hua Ci felt that it wasn't very reliable. The insectoids had no sense of reason and only followed their instincts. But now, it seemed that it was precisely because they had no sense of reason that they were easy to control.
Calming her mind, she followed Lu Ye's instructions and led the hundreds of cultivators from Blue Blood Sect towards the north. Ten kilometres away from here was Heavenly Fiend Temple's camp!
In the camp, Deputy Guardian Cheng Bo and a group of cultivators from Heavenly Fiend Temple who had stayed behind to guard the camp were still immersed in an atmosphere of grief and anger. No one would have thought that a disaster was rumbling towards them, and this disaster was a big gift from Lu Yiye, whom Cheng Bo had been thinking about.
At this moment, Cheng Bo was using his imprint to send a message to the higher-ups of his sect, reporting what had happened in the camp. When he learned that the losses here were so heavy, an elder vomited blood on the spot and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
The losses were too great. Nearly five hundred cultivators had been completely wiped out in the wormhole. This was something that had never happened before.
Just as more than a hundred cultivators from Heavenly Fiend Temple who had stayed behind to guard the camp were immersed in a sorrowful atmosphere and unable to extricate themselves, an explosion suddenly sounded, followed by the chaotic movement of spiritual power.
Cheng Bo suddenly raised his head. At first, he was stunned, but then he reacted and flew into a rage. "How dare you!"
He didn't know who was attacking the defensive array of the camp.
He was filled with grief and indignation. Although the Heavenly Fiend Temple was only a grade-eight sect, it had been established for decades. In all these years, it had never suffered such great humiliation. Now that a few hundred cultivators had died in the camp, someone had come to attack the array. Was the Heavenly Fiend Temple really a pushover?
He flashed out, followed by a large group of cultivators who were filled with grief and indignation.
When he raised his head, he immediately saw a figure flying in the sky, a pair of fiery-red spiritual power wings flapping behind him.
"Who are you?" Cheng Bo shouted angrily.
His shout seemed to have frightened the person who had come. The fiery-red wings flapped and quickly flew into the distance, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"You've gone too far!" Cheng Bo was furious. He didn't understand what that person meant.
"Senior … Senior Brother!" A cultivator behind him suddenly said in a trembling voice, pointing in front of him with a frightened expression. "Insect Clan, insect tide!"
At this moment, Cheng Bo also realized that something was wrong. In his field of vision, a large number of Insect Clan members were swarming towards them. The Insect Clan members were densely packed and lined up in a long line. They meandered from the direction of the Insect Valley, and he couldn't see the end of them.
Cheng Bo's face suddenly turned pale, and he finally realized what had happened.
The Insect Clan couldn't have killed their way to the base so quickly. Under normal circumstances, insect tides would spread out with the Insect Valley as the center. For the Insect Clan without intelligence, their actions didn't have a clear goal, and they would devour all the vitality and energy they encountered along the way.
However, what if someone had purposely led them here?
"Traitors of the Jade Blood Sect!" Cheng Bo's anger was suppressed in his chest, and he had nowhere to vent it. It was a terrible feeling. Even if the people of the Jade Blood Sect really came to attack their base, Cheng Bo wouldn't be so angry.
Since they were from different factions, it was natural for them to fight each other.
However, what did the traitors of the Jade Blood Sect do? First, they ambushed at the entrance of the Wormhole, causing the hundreds of disciples led by Guardian He Meng to be wiped out. Then, they turned around and led the insect tide to their base. Was this something a human would do?
Ever since Cheng Bo started cultivating, he had never met such a vicious person. This person's internal organs were probably all black.
"Senior Brother, what should we do?"
The cultivators of the Heavenly Fiend Temple panicked. The people who had attacked the array had already left, but the Insect Clan hadn't. They were now outside the array, devouring the spiritual power flowing through the array.
To the Insect Clan, the surge of spiritual power in the protective array was extremely attractive.
There was no need to worry at the moment because there weren't many Insect Clan members. However, just by looking at the endless line, they knew that as time passed, more and more Insect Clan members would come.
"Guardians, fully activate the power of the protective array. Everyone else, follow me to kill the enemy!" Cheng Bo immediately gave the order.
The protective array would always be activated because the spiritual power in the Spiritual Stream Battlefield was very dense. Therefore, most arrays set up in bases could absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth to maintain their operation. There was no need for additional consumption. A better protective array could even store excess spiritual power for later use.
Under normal circumstances, the protective array would only be maintained at the lowest level of consumption. It would only be fully activated when there was an attack, and at that time, some spiritual stones would be consumed.
Many sects had more than one protective array in their bases. Wealthy sects would set up several protective arrays that were linked together. In this way, if one array was broken, another array would be activated.
However, sects in the outer circle usually only had one array. That was because an array that could cover an entire base was very expensive. The sects in the outer circle did not have that much wealth.
Moreover, it was useless to set up more arrays.
The cultivators in the outer circle were generally weaker. It was very rare for a sect's base to be broken through. The reason why the Xuan Sect's attack on Jiuxing Sect's base had caused a huge uproar was because such an incident was rare.
At this moment, the Heavenly Fiend Temple's base was facing an unprecedented crisis. The ones attacking the base were not cultivators, but a swarm of Insect Clan members. This was something that had never happened before.
Even if there were only a hundred or so cultivators left, Cheng Bo could not abandon the base. This was his responsibility as the vice guardian. He could lose his life, but he could not lose the base!
After a clear and precise order was given, the protective array's power was activated. Just as Cheng Bo was about to lead the remaining disciples to kill the enemy, a chaotic wave of spiritual energy suddenly came from behind the base.
Cheng Bo was shocked. He hurriedly ordered the disciples to kill the enemy while he led a few people to investigate.
Not long after, the Heavenly Fiend Temple's cultivators, led by Cheng Bo, looked in front of them with fear. Outside the protective array, there were densely packed figures. They did not know where they came from. Those people were using spells and spiritual weapons to attack the protective array, causing ripples to appear on the array's light screen.
There was a swarm of Insect Clan members in front of them and hundreds of cultivators attacking from behind. Cheng Bo only felt darkness in front of him and almost fainted on the ground.
His body swayed and was supported by a Junior Brother beside him. He waved his hand and shouted angrily, "Lu Yiye, get out here!"
Although he did not know any of the cultivators here, he was certain that these people were from the Jade Blood Sect!
The swarm of Insect Clan members had just been lured over and hundreds of cultivators had already begun to attack. Who would believe that this was not premeditated?
It was only now that he understood that he had underestimated the ruthlessness of the Jade Blood Sect.
Hundreds of his own cultivators had been trapped in the wormhole, causing them to be completely annihilated. However, the Jade Blood Sect was not satisfied. They wanted to attack and occupy the base because attacking and occupying a base was an irresistible temptation for any sect.
Cheng Bo was clearly aware of this. If he had to deal with the Insect Clan or the Jade Blood Sect's attack alone, he might have been able to think of a way, but being attacked from both sides like this, no one could stand it.
There was darkness in front of him and his future was dark …
"Jade Blood Sect, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning by the Heavens for kicking us when we're down?" A Heavenly Fiend Temple cultivator roared in grief and indignation.
Immediately, a cultivator from the Jade Blood Sect responded, "Why didn't you say something about being struck by lightning when you bullied us in the past? Brat, just stand there obediently. Once the array is broken, I'll give you a quick death!"
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