SFS Chapter 64 Spirit Beast Mountain and the Hidden Moon Sect Join Forces to Muddy the Waters! [New Book
Chapter 64 Spirit Beast Mountain and the Hidden Moon Sect Join Forces to Muddy the Waters! [New Book
"Such a thing exists?!" Li Huayuan's failure instantly startled the other six Core Formation elders. Lei Yun Zhenren from Spirit Beast Mountain changed his expression slightly, made a hand seal, and a bolt of lightning was instantly unleashed.
With a thunderous roar, the swarm of source blood worms, which could not be efficiently destroyed by divine sense, was instantly reduced to ashes by the thunder, leaving no trace!
"Thank you Elder of Spirit Beast Mountain for descending the lightning!" The survivors who had forcibly escaped from the Crimson Forbidden Land immediately cast grateful glances toward the location of True Person Thundercloud. Afterward, the survivors from various sects dispersed, returning to their respective sect's spaceships in small numbers.
At this moment... the faces of the seven elders all turned ashen and ugly, because each of the large flying ships had fewer than five returning forbidden area trial participants!
"...What unusual event has occurred in the forbidden area?" The Core Formation Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect looked at Nangong Wan and her companion upon their return, his expression grave, and asked in a low voice.
"A sudden insect plague...the survivors may be less than one in ten..." Nangong Wan's expression was also not good, because she had just heard the embellished account from the female disciple of the Hidden Moon Sect whom she had rescued, and thus realized that she seemed to bear some responsibility for the culprit that caused the seven sects' trial disciples to be reduced to one in ten...
"..." Upon hearing this, the Core Formation Elder leading the Hidden Moon Sect instantly understood the cause and effect, his expression becoming increasingly solemn, and his gaze unconsciously swept over the people from other sects.
If it weren't for the Hidden Moon Sect buying time for Nangong Wan and forcibly postponing the opening of the forbidden area... the losses of the seven sects in this Bloodstained Forbidden Area Trial should not have been so heavy...
What Nangong Wan and the others didn't know was that Lei Yun Zhenren of Spirit Beast Mountain shared the same heavy heart... The moment he saw the swarm of demonic insects, Lei Yun Zhenren realized something was wrong.
Master Lei Yun also possesses the Source Blood Flying Mosquito, so he is currently frantically thinking of ways to prevent Spirit Beast Mountain, which holds the Source Blood Demonic Insect, from becoming the target of everyone's attacks in the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world.
"...Are there any survivors?" Li Huayuan, who had suffered a small loss from the Source Blood Demon Worms, looked grim. He worked with the other Core Formation elders to maintain the rift in the restriction while simultaneously trying to kill the ever-emerging Source Blood Demon Worms.
The restriction rift, opened jointly by the seven Nascent Soul elders, is a two-way passage; those outside can enter, and those inside can exit. At this moment, swarms of Blood Source Insects from the outer perimeter of the Crimson Forbidden Land are continuously pouring out of the restriction rift, following the escape routes of the human cultivators.
However, trying to escape under the noses of seven Core Formation cultivators would be disrespectful to them. With only the most basic spell, all the surging Source Blood Demon Insects were burned to ashes without exception, leaving no possibility of survival.
At this moment, the Core Formation elders of the seven sects were also caught in a dilemma. As the first batch of hard-working cultivators near the evacuation point of the forbidden area ran out, and the second batch of clever cultivators who hid ten miles away from the evacuation point ran out, no one ran out from the restriction crack of the blood-red forbidden area. Instead, the bloodthirsty demonic insects that were not afraid of death continued to spew out!
After the seven Nascent Soul elders held out long enough for late-stage Qi Refining cultivators to escape from the core of the forbidden area to the evacuation point, they grimly chose to close the rift in the restriction.
As they watched the cracks in the blood-red magic array slowly heal, the atmosphere on the seven sects' large flying ships grew increasingly heavy and somber!
Because the number of survivors in this year's Crimson Forbidden Land Trial exceeded everyone's expectations!
Blade-Transforming Dock! Two people!
Qingxu Sect! Three people!
Giant Sword Sect! Two people!
The Hidden Moon Sect! Two people!
Tianque Fortress! One person!
Spirit Beast Mountain! Three people!
Yellow Maple Valley! Three people!
The sole survivor from Tianque Fortress can basically be declared dead, because when he ran out, he cursed all the Core Formation elders of the seven sects in front of everyone... If there hadn't been no one else left in Tianque Fortress, he would have been slapped to death by his own Core Formation elder in a fit of rage.
"etc!"
Just as the spatial rift in the crimson magic circle was about to close, a disheveled figure rolled out from within!
"There are disciples from Yellow Maple Valley too?!" Li Huayuan's eyes lit up the moment he saw the other person's clothes. With this lucky person who escaped at the last moment, Yellow Maple Valley now had the most survivors among the seven sects! A total of four people!
"Phew...that was close...thankfully I made it in time..." The person who ran out of the Crimson Forbidden Land at the last moment was none other than Xiang Zhili, disguised as the old man from Yellow Maple Valley. After rolling out, Xiang Zhili patted his chest, still looking shaken, to calm himself down.
At this moment, the Core Formation elder of the Giant Sword Sect frowned and asked, "You're only at the tenth level of Qi Refining, how did you manage to escape in the end?"
This question instantly drew the attention of the other Core Formation elders to Xiang Zhili. Xiang Zhili calmly replied, "Oh, senior, the demonic insects were numerous. I was initially trapped in the core area, unable to move. But somehow, they started converging on the evacuation point. That's how I managed to reach the vicinity of the evacuation point and then used my last bit of magic power to escape!"
Xiang Zhili spoke with great conviction, and showed off his tattered and dirty robes, indicating that it had taken him a lot of effort to finally break through the swarm of insects.
"..." Xiang Zhili's answer silenced everyone present.
Although much of what Munori said was false, the evacuation method she provided made everyone realize something...
Many of the survivors looked resentfully towards the direction of the Hidden Moon Sect... This undoubtedly made the members of the Hidden Moon Sect feel somewhat embarrassed...
"Alright, you can come back now." Li Huayuan told Xiang Zhili to return to the flying boat in Huangfeng Valley. Then he reunited with the seven sects' Core Formation elders, who had already learned the basic situation from their surviving disciples.
After the seven sect elders in charge of the Crimson Forbidden Zone gathered, Li Huayuan and the others all turned their gazes to the Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect, their eyes filled with undisguised doubt...
Just as the elders of the Hidden Moon Sect were at a loss for how to extricate themselves, True Person Lei Yun of Spirit Beast Mountain suddenly said, "The insect plague that suddenly broke out in the forbidden area is a natural disaster. Although the Hidden Moon Sect has made mistakes, our more important task now is to deal with the insect plague."
As he spoke, Master Lei Yun used his magic to imprison the last batch of Source Blood Demon Insects that escaped from the crack in the restriction in the air, and placed them in front of the other Core Formation Elders.
Then, Master Lei Yun said without changing his expression, "Although these demonic insects are weak individually, they have an astonishing reproductive capacity. If we want to understand the insect plague in the forbidden area, we may have to study these insects first."
"As fellow Daoists know, although our Spirit Beast Mountain is skilled in beast taming, we also have some expertise in insect control. Therefore, I must take this insect back to report to the sect." Without saying a word, True Person Lei Yun subtly justified the fact that Spirit Beast Mountain possessed the Source Blood Demon Insect.