Free Web NovelChapter 2075: Chapter 2073: Blood-Red Insect Path
The commotion just now was actually caused by the Insect Race, and there were three Insect Race Sun Blaze!
Their bodily features were too obvious, each with carapaces covering them, and even the middle-aged man who previously appeared no different from the human race now exhibited very apparent characteristics of the Insect Race.
On Jade Sword Island, aside from the figures of the three Insect Race Sun Blaze, no other living beings were present.
The entire Spirit Island was littered with corpses, but what’s eerie was that those corpses were unnaturally pale, as if their blood had been drained.
Lu Ye finally understood what had happened earlier, it was evidently the uproar caused by these three Insect Race Sun Blaze attacking Jade Sword Island.
Jade Sword Island was just a mid-class Spirit Island, even if it had a protective array, how could it withstand the assault of three Sun Blaze? Hence it fell in such a short period, and all the cultivators were slaughtered.
At this moment, two extremely aged Insect Race Sun Blaze stood facing each other, both with expressions of agony and distorted faces, as if enduring immense torment, and between them, there was something resembling a clay pot, looking extremely ancient, it was uncertain from which era this relic came.
What shocked Lu Ye was that on the surface of this clay pot, blood-colored tendrils grew, piercing through the bodies of the two Insect Race Sun Blaze, and one could distinctly feel a terrifying devouring force emanating from within the clay pot, consuming everything of the two Sun Blaze.
Even though they were in boundless pain, they surprisingly did not struggle or resist.
He didn’t know what they were doing, but Lu Ye could not sit idly by, three Insect Race Sun Blaze suddenly appearing here and committing such a heinous act, there must be some plot.
Especially since Lu Ye also knew that the mysterious High Priest of the Insect Race understood the truth of the great arrival better than anyone.
The middle-aged Insect Race guarding on the side noticed Lu Ye’s approach and immediately lunged at him.
"Stop him!" Lu Ye shouted sharply, leaping past this middle-aged Insect Race, raising his hand to unleash the fire gourd, urging his Mana, the uncanny fire spewing out, enveloping the two aged Insect Race Sun Blaze.
He instinctively felt that something was amiss, so he acted without mercy.
The uncanny fire was fierce, in an instant it fell on the two Insect Race, enveloping them, yet the next moment, an unexpected change erupted, red light burst from the clay pot, as the light passed, the uncanny fire rapidly vanished.
It wasn’t annihilated, but vanished, giving Lu Ye the feeling that it had been absorbed by something.
It was the first time he encountered such a strange occurrence, the fire gourd being an affiliated treasure, possessing formidable power, previously on the Giant Red Planet, it easily obliterated Jeu Se with a simple burn, but now it disappeared.
Could it be that the clay pot was also an affiliated treasure? Even if it were, it shouldn’t have such wondrous power, this change was clearly unusual.
"Hahaha, the ritual is complete, you can’t stop it!" A hoarse laugh sounded from the left, coming from the voice of the left elder Insect Race.
Lu Ye’s expression was solemn, immediately retracting the fire gourd, and summoned the sword gourd.
But before he could act again, the two Insect Race Sun Blaze suddenly let out a scream, their two aged bodies like flowing water, sucked into the clay pot in between.
Simultaneously, the clay pot also shattered.
A huge tremor once again shook the All Phenomena Ocean, yet Lu Ye seemed unaware, merely fixating his gaze on a red vortex at the center of Jade Sword Island.
That spot was where the clay pot had been, after shattering, this red vortex appeared.
The vortex wasn’t too large, about the height of three people, but the eerie aura emanating from within was something Lu Ye had never felt before.
It was an extremely bizarre aura!
Lu Ye immediately retreated, distancing himself from the vortex, having an intuition that if he got too close and got caught inside, it would certainly not be a good outcome!
Almost at the moment this vortex formed, deep within the stellar space, in the Reincarnation Tree’s body, the old figure of the Reincarnation Tree suddenly raised its head, gazing in this direction, after a short moment, it muttered to itself: "The breach has been pried open, is this the direction of the All Phenomena Ocean? Fortunately, with that one suppressing, it shouldn’t cause too much trouble."
It lowered its eyelids again, letting out a gentle sigh: "Reincarnation... this time might not hold, the Insect Race has jumped out, they must have sensed something, preparations should be made early."
Near Jade Sword Island, after a brief confrontation with Yann Miao and Luan Xiao’er, the middle-aged Insect Race hurriedly fled for his life.
His mission was already complete, at this time he naturally needed to leave this place of trouble, it’s not that he wasn’t a match for the two women.
Lu Ye immediately sensed it, quickly flashed and pursued him.
The change today was too sudden, he was now in a fog of confusion, the two old Insect Race guys were already dead, so he must capture this middle-aged Insect Race, at the very least, he must ask about the situation.
What kind of ritual was the Insect Race conducting, and what was that red vortex about? Clues could only be found from the other party.
However, the escaping Insect Race had cultivation of the Sun Blaze Late Stage, catching up wasn’t that easy, fortunately, ahead of the fleeing Insect Race, a strong aura suddenly appeared, rushing head-on.
Jiu Yan!
It was obvious she also came over from Merfolk Island, probably noticing the anomaly here, much like Lu Ye, she teleported to Merfolk Island.
She intercepted right on the middle-aged Insect Race’s escape route.
The Insect Race was shocked, he fled in this direction because he sensed Lu Ye and the others coming from that side, sure that there weren’t any other Sun Blaze, yet unexpectedly another one suddenly appeared, and that aura was extraordinarily powerful, clearly reaching the Peak Sun Blaze.
In a panic, he hurriedly darted to the side.
Lu Ye snorted coldly, a drop of treasure blood exploded, and the Blood Escape Technique was activated. His entire speed increased dramatically, catching up with that Insect Race in just over a dozen breaths. The Blood Sea spread out, directly enveloping him within.
Three breaths later, Jiu Yan broke into the Blood Sea, and the sound of fierce combat erupted within.
After another moment, the Blood Sea receded. Lu Ye held up a middle-aged Insect Race, covered in blood and gasping for breath, his voice icy, "I ask, you answer. Dare to say no, and I’ll make you wish for life that’s unattainable, death that’s unachievable!"
With the combined strength of him and Jiu Yan, a Sun Blaze Late Stage couldn’t even stir up a splash in his Blood Sea.
The middle-aged Insect Race chuckled eerily and spat a mouthful of Blood Water at Lu Ye’s face, full of rebellious spirit, "Kill me, then!"
The spat Blood Water was blocked by Lu Ye’s mana, but his attitude showed that he had clearly put life and death aside.
"Very well!" Lu Ye stabbed a knife into his heart and twisted it violently. The eyes of the Insect Race’s Sun Blaze widened, his body stiffened for a moment, then went limp.
He tossed the Insect Race to the hurried Yann Miao, "Take him back and watch over him, I’ll deal with him later."
He didn’t kill this Insect Race, only severely injured him, leaving him with a breath. When things settle here, he can use the soul battle method to probe his memories and see if he can find any useful information.
"What happened?" Jiu Yan asked in a deep voice.
Turning to glance at her, Lu Ye replied, "I don’t know much..." He then narrated what he had seen before.
Since last time Jiu Yan revealed her true face to him outside Yiyuan World, the two hadn’t met again. Lu Ye could feel that Jiu Yan had been deliberately avoiding him, so he didn’t want to force matters.
If not for this upheaval, Jiu Yan probably wouldn’t have faced him.
"Let’s have a look." Hearing him finish, Jiu Yan flickered and darted towards Jade Sword Island.
Not only the two of them were heading towards Jade Sword Island, but at this moment, all the Sun Blazes in the All Phenomena Ocean were rushing there. The recent commotion was simply too big, genuinely arousing curiosity, naturally compelling them to come and investigate.
Soon they arrived at Jade Sword Island. Gazing at the three-person-high blood-colored vortex, Jiu Yan’s expression shifted, "This is..."
"Does Senior Sister recognize it?" Lu Ye asked.
Jiu Yan shook her head, "I don’t recognize it, but the aura coming from inside... seems useful to me."
"Useful to you?" Lu Ye was somewhat surprised. Jiu Yan was already at Peak Sun Blaze; an aura useful to her was certainly extraordinary.
"I can’t say clearly." Jiu Yan appeared perplexed, clearly in a very bewildered state. She could feel that the aura emanating from the blood-colored vortex was very useful to her; if she could cultivate in such an environment for a long time, she might gain significant benefits. But this feeling was very vague, as if separated by a layer.
As they conversed, the blood-colored vortex suddenly rippled, and a silhouette faintly appeared within.
"Something’s coming over!" Lu Ye immediately judged, "Is this an Insect Path?"
In fact, the moment Lu Ye saw the blood-colored vortex, he felt this thing somewhat resembled an Insect Path. But he couldn’t figure out why the Insect Race would pay the price of two Sun Blazes to open something like this. What’s connected on the other end of this blood-colored vortex?
Almost as soon as Lu Ye’s voice fell, a silhouette forced its way out of the blood-colored vortex.
Indeed, it squeezed through as if it had exerted great effort to pass through the blood-colored vortex.
It was a being with a bull’s head and a human’s body, two horns on its forehead. The left horn had a truncated section, with a smooth and neat cut, though it wasn’t clear what had severed it.
This is a Demon Race!
He was exceptionally tall, holding a bone club in his hands, breathing what seemed like flame from his nostrils, exuding an extremely fierce aura from his entire being.
It seemed like he had just returned from a battlefield soaked with blood and floating with carcasses.
The mana emanating from him was not weak either, reaching the level of Sun Blaze Late Stage.
After stepping out of the blood-colored vortex, the ox demon glanced around, his eyes fixed on Lu Ye and Jiu Yan, raising his bone club, gruntingly asking, "Two little bugs, where is this place?"
But before Lu Ye could answer, he abruptly sniffed around and then showed a change in expression, "No, this isn’t Star Abyss! Hahaha, this is a slaughterhouse!"
As if he found something amusing, upon finishing his words, the ox demon lunged forward, charging straight at Lu Ye.
"Watch out!" Jiu Yan shouted lowly, flashing to Lu Ye’s front to confront the ox demon.
The moment their mana collided, Jiu Yan’s figure trembled, and then she was sent flying backward.
Her eyes were filled with disbelief; in terms of cultivation, she had reached her extreme. Looking out across stellar space, even if someone were stronger, it couldn’t be so easy to knock her back, but this ox demon, emerging from the blood-colored vortex, achieved this.
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