Chapter 755 - 403: Side Quest
"Yi Brother, Yi Brother! Are you okay! You were screaming just now! Did the sword gu fusion fail? Say something and don’t scare me!"
The first thing Huangfu Yi saw when he opened his eyes was a giant red-headed, black-backed, four-eyed centipede dancing wildly in front of him. Most people would scream at this, but that wasn’t the reason for his own screams.
"No, I’m fine... Damn, there were a bunch of bastards electrocuting me in my dream..."
Struggling to get up, he looked at the shimmering gold sword talisman on the centipede’s back. Huangfu Yi knew that the Five Immortals Sword Gu had successfully formed. Now, a solid primordial spirit link had been established between man and demon, with the Bai Yang centipede becoming his second primordial spirit coordinate.
Once Huangfu Yi reaches the Nascent Soul Realm, he will be able to let his primordial spirit emerge and travel Outer Heaven at will. He could come here at a thought or summon Bai Yang during a magic battle as a divine transformation assistant. Such operations are typical of the primordial spirit method and need no further elaboration.
The greatest strength of the Five Immortals Sword Gu is not only that Huangfu Yi’s own divine sense and cultivation can increase, but the Bai Yang centipede also has its specific cultivation method. It can refine itself into a flying sword sword gu. Even if its gu body is destroyed in the future, it can undergo soldier disintegration, casting itself into a sword spirit. There are many other wonders to this, but they shall not be elaborated here.
As Huangfu Yi’s divine sense gradually stabilized, fragmented dream memories surged into his mind. He braced himself, with a burning forehead, trying to piece together the whole scene he saw in his dream.
Taiji Heaven, Outer Heaven, Earth 60, Insect Clan, demon spirit, humans, Divine Sect, Mystic Sect, Immortal Palace...
Alright, simply can’t piece it together. Countless bits of information flashed back in his mind, his forehead swelled, head splitting with pain. What on earth was going on? Huangfu Yi’s mind was a tangled mess, yet the general outline of the puzzle seemed to gradually form before his eyes.
This game, it seemed to be some ancient Earth war, continuing to this day in the Taiji World.
Yes, war. Outer Heaven, Three Great Sects, demons and humans, all beings, chaos and slaughter. Endless killings, war never ceases. Being in the game, how could there be right or wrong? Born in this infinite hell, the only way out is to keep killing, killing, killing, until death frees oneself...
"Yi Brother."
The Bai Yang centipede suddenly spoke, interrupting Huangfu Yi’s chaotic thoughts,
"The bugs."
Huangfu Yi suddenly came to his senses, seeing the projection, a sea of insects rising and falling like waves from all directions, extraordinarily shimmering! There were even some soldier-ant-like beings already moving! It seems they were actively searching for the newly born insect queen!
"What’s going on! Didn’t they say the insect queen hasn’t matured yet! Wait! How many days have I been asleep!"
Counting its feet, Bai Yang pondered,
"It’s been about seven days. It seems the new insect queen is growing rapidly, and the entire insect swarm is slowly awakening."
Huangfu Yi gritted his teeth and stood up,
"No time to rest, I have to set out now and kill the insect queen at once."
Bai Yang nodded, curling its body and cracking the insect queen’s bones with a snap,
"Okay, I’ll let a bug out for you to follow, it should lead you to the insect queen’s location.
Once you’re out, I’ll collapse the ground, and entrench the insect nest a few hundred feet deeper until they quiet down."
Huangfu Yi nodded solemnly,
"Thank you."
"With me around, rest assured!"
No extra words needed, no hesitation. With the decision made, the two immediately split up. Huangfu Yi directly soared out, bolstered by the imperial divine weapon, sprinting madly, rushing upward along a ninety-degree cliff, defying the abyss.
Meanwhile, behind him the insect sea roared like thunder, overwhelmingly massive. Out of sight, the gigantic centipede emerged from beneath the insect sea, cracking the earth and rocks, digging and tunnel-boring like a sudden gigantic vortex, swallowing the ceaseless insect nests into the bottomless Earth Spring.
Huangfu Yi, without looking back, continued sprinting, absent-mindedly tossing and throwing fleeing ants and spiders into the abyss below.
Returning to the ruins of Demon City, Bai Yang’s voice resounded from within,
"Exit through the west passage! To prevent any stragglers, I’ll completely seal the pass and suppress the demons!
I’ll watch here! That one outside, is up to you!"
"Got it!"
"Bang!"
With a great leap, Huangfu Yi, riding the divine weapon, soared over Demon City, landing on top of a centipede’s shell at West City.
At that moment, with a resounding "Ka!", Huangfu Yi turned and saw the centipedes that were biting the city walls of Demon City from all sides, severing their chained connections.
Then with a "Whoosh!", the entire Flying Island of Demon City lost its support, plummeting towards the abyss like a giant piston lid, perfectly sealing the underground abyss tunnel’s exit!
A strong wind blew across, city walls like falling stars, amidst the screeching, electrifying roar, and earth-shaking boom, Demon City descended all the way down! Crushing the insect swarm crawling upwards on the rock walls into powder, crashing into the cracks, eventually vanishing into the endless abyss.
Huangfu Yi shot one last glance into the underground chasm, then without looking back, crawled into the centipede’s mouth, clambering upward along the insect shell.
With Bai Yang’s divine weapon in hand, Huangfu Yi could ’see’ the tracking of the insect scout’s fluorescent footprints leading forward. Coupled with the superior divine weapon treasure armor, his own sword embryo inner core formed, mastering the Five Immortals Sword Gu lineage, his power and combat strength multiplied.
Even if the insect queen had indeed matured, protected by a vast army, Huangfu Yi was confident he could single-handedly vanquish a thousand foes, slaughter through the insect swarm, kill the leader, return and save the collapsing situation.