Chapter 1233: Infiltrating the Forbidden Insect Nest! |
TL: Etude
That day.
Dao Ancestor Wondrous Law of Blackwind Mountain led Dao Ancestor Eternal Light, Dao Ancestor Divine Ruins, Dao Ancestor Geng Metal, Dao Ancestor Eternal Light, and Dao Ancestor Profound Crane—a total of six Half-Step Domain Ancestors—into the battlefield against the Forbidden Insect Race.
Additionally, numerous Invincible Dao Ancestors and a large number of Pinnacle Dao Ancestors joined the battle.
Ye Tian and Ye Xingchen also participated in this war.
On the side of the Heavenly Emperor Palace, Palace Master Golden Crow led Palace Master Azure Dragon, Palace Master Zhenwu, Palace Master White Tiger, and Palace Master Vermillion Bird, along with multiple Imperial Monarchs and a significant number of Pinnacle Dao Ancestors. Their lineup even surpassed that of Blackwind Mountain.
Although the forces of the three great Ninth Heaven forces were somewhat weaker, they still deployed most of their combat strength.
The remaining Eighth Heaven forces, Seventh Heaven forces, and those from the Middle Three Heavens also sent a considerable number of Dao Ancestors to participate. Without their reinforcements, just the Heavenly Emperor Palace, Blackwind Mountain, and the three great Ninth Heaven forces would have taken an extreme amount of time to exterminate such a vast number of Forbidden Insect Race members.
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Countless Dao Ancestors advanced relentlessly, killing every Forbidden Insect Race member they encountered. Before long, the numbers of the Forbidden Insect Race had dwindled to fewer than three million, and they were driven back into the territory near their nest.
In the void of the Dark Forbidden Domain, one Forbidden Insect Race member after another was pierced through by streams of light, falling to their deaths.
The Dao Ancestors continued to press forward until they reached the area near the Forbidden Insect Nest.
By this point, the Forbidden Insect Race had approximately two million members left, nearly all of whom had retreated into the nest.
It was evident that the Forbidden Insect Race understood that if they continued fighting outside, they would face total annihilation. Thus, it was better to pull their forces back into the nest and rely on the advantage of their home ground to confront the Dao Ancestors.
“Let’s go in!” Palace Master Golden Crow declared.
Dao Ancestor Wondrous Law also directed the Dao Ancestors of Blackwind Mountain to charge into the Forbidden Insect Nest, preparing for combat inside.
Seeing the Dao Ancestors from Blackwind Mountain and the Heavenly Emperor Palace entering first, the Dao Ancestors from other forces followed suit, entering the nest as well.
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Inside the Forbidden Insect Nest
As the Dao Ancestors flooded in, numerous Forbidden Insect Race members launched their attacks.
Inside the nest, the Forbidden Insect Race demonstrated far greater power than in the outside world, while the Dao Ancestors could only exert at most thirty percent of their strength.
In this environment, commander-level Forbidden Insect Race members easily overwhelmed Invincible Dao Ancestors, and elite Forbidden Insect Race members crushed Pinnacle Dao Ancestors.
However, the sheer number of Dao Ancestors worked to their advantage, and the top combat strength of the Forbidden Insect Race had drastically diminished.
The number of lord-level Forbidden Insect Race members had dropped to fewer than ten—only seven or eight remained. Commander-level members numbered at most around twenty.
Palace Master Golden Crow and Dao Ancestor Wondrous Law directly confronted all the lord-level Forbidden Insect Race members, while Palace Master Azure Dragon and other Half-Step Domain Ancestors focused on killing the commander-level members. After all, Invincible Dao Ancestors were no match for commander-level members inside the nest and could even be easily killed by them.
Thus, the Half-Step Domain Ancestors were required to engage the commander-level Insect Race members in combat.
Ye Tian directly faced an elite Forbidden Insect Race member. While most Pinnacle Dao Ancestors struggled against such creatures, Ye Tian effortlessly overwhelmed his opponent.
“Shadow Thorn!”
With a single strike of the Heaven-Slaying Spear, he pierced through the elite Forbidden Insect Race member, severely wounding it in an instant.
After several more attacks, the elite Forbidden Insect Race member fell, slain.
“The suppression on my strength is too severe. If this were outside, I could kill it in a single strike!” Ye Tian muttered to himself.
Nevertheless, he exerted all his strength to slay the elite forbidden insect.
As for the commander-level forbidden insects, he was helpless—not because he couldn’t fight them, but because killing even one was exceedingly difficult.
Slaying commander-level forbidden insects was currently a task for the Half-Step Domain Ancestors, not something for a mere Pinnacle Dao Ancestor like him.
As time passed, the number of forbidden insects drastically decreased, soon dropping to a hundred thousand.
At this point, the Forbidden Insect Tree was still producing forbidden insects, but due to a lack of energy, it could no longer create many.
Thus, the Forbidden Insect Tree began focusing all its efforts on nurturing a Forbidden Insect King.
If someone approached the Forbidden Insect Tree now, they would see countless insect cocoons withering away and turning to ash in an instant. The energy from these cocoons was transferred to the cocoon of the Insect King at the very top.
By sacrificing countless cocoons and draining the origin of the Forbidden Insect Tree, it was possible to forcibly catalyze the emergence of the Insect King.
Soon, the aura of the Forbidden Insect Tree grew weaker and weaker, gradually withering, while the aura of the Insect King’s cocoon became increasingly powerful.
Moreover, as the Forbidden Insect Tree withered, the entire Forbidden Insect Nest began to deteriorate, reducing its suppression on the Dao Ancestors.
The Forbidden Insect Tree was the core energy source of the Forbidden Insect Nest. As it weakened, the nest inevitably began to malfunction.
But the forbidden insects had no other choice. If they didn’t do this, and all the forbidden insects were killed, what good would a pristine Forbidden Insect Nest be?
Thus, they chose to severely damage the Forbidden Insect Nest in order to catalyze the Insect King.
With the power of the Insect King, once it emerged, it could undoubtedly save the forbidden insects.
By then, under the leadership of the Insect King, the forbidden insects could spend countless years repairing the Forbidden Insect Tree and the nest.
Eight hundred thousand. Seven hundred thousand. Six hundred thousand. The number of forbidden insects dwindled, and the pressure on the Dao Ancestors eased considerably.
Three more days passed.
By this time, the number of forbidden insects had fallen below a hundred thousand, with a significant portion being elite forbidden insects.
Each elite forbidden insect required at least ten Pinnacle Dao Ancestors to barely hold their ground, while the strongest commander-level forbidden insects could even survive encounters with Half-Step Domain Ancestors.
Especially the most powerful of the commander-level forbidden insects—it had yet to suffer severe injuries and remained astonishingly strong.
As for the battlefield of the lord-level forbidden insects, Palace Master Golden Crow and Palace Master Wondrous Law were holding them off. However, their strength was heavily suppressed here, while the lord-level forbidden insects had their strength enhanced.
Thus, it would take time for Palace Master Golden Crow and Palace Master Wondrous Law to slay these lord-level forbidden insects.
However, as the Forbidden Insect Tree grew weaker, Palace Master Golden Crow and Dao Ancestor Wondrous Law’s power naturally grew stronger, placing the lord-level forbidden insects in a perilous situation.
Suddenly.
A severely injured lord-level forbidden insect was directly killed by Palace Master Golden Crow with a single sword strike.
Afterward, the other lord-level forbidden insects began to sustain heavy injuries, teetering on the edge of death. The difference in strength between the two sides was simply too vast!
“Dao Ancestor Wondrous Law, let’s hurry. Don’t let that Insect King emerge, or we’ll be in serious trouble!” Palace Master Golden Crow urged.
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