Chapter 700

Chapter 700: Advanced Demon Insect

Fangzhang Continent, Wilderness Demon Domain

Wilderness is the generic term used by humans during the era of cultivating immortality to refer to the territories of demons. However, nowadays, humans prefer to call the demons’ territories the Demon Domain.

Chen Jinfa followed their leader as they slowly searched in the Demon Domain. The mist in the Demon Domain was thick, and the demon tribe somehow kept it foggy all year round to block satellites from spying.

"Leader, our communicator is completely useless, we’ve lost signal."

"At this distance, it’s true, our communicator won’t work. Let’s try other methods."

The leader replied that modern cultivators relied not only on communicators but also on ancient methods like the Sound Passing Talisman for communication.

"Leader, I’ve spotted that creature."

Soon, the leader received news that a team member had found their prey – a third-tier pig demon. They had been tracking it for a long time and tried to ambush and hunt it yesterday, but it broke free and they took the risk to search deeper.

The group quickly dispersed and slowly approached the area where the pig demon was. It was a former modern city, with some ruined skyscrapers covered in ivy, almost blending into the forest.

"Attack!"

Seeing the pig demon cowering in a corner, the leader immediately ordered Chen Jinfa and the others to fire. Their weapons shot spiritual energy spears continuously, which were more effective than spiritual talismans for lower-level cultivators.

Under a powerful attack, the pig demon was severely injured, which made it angry and retaliate. However, the group worked together smoothly, and someone quickly used a magical shield to block the pig demon.

"Go."

The boss summoned his own magical weapon, striking the pig demon with a sword. The pig demon felt pain, counterattacked instantly, knocking away the magical shield and heading towards the boss.

The boss remained calm and summoned a spiritual weapon. With a loud bang, the pig demon collided with the spiritual weapon, causing it to stumble and change direction while others kept firing.

"Boom."

Chen Jinfa fired a Spiritual Cannon, finally defeating the pig demon for good.

"Luckily the Demon Core is intact."

The boss searched around and found the Demon Core, feeling delighted. The Demon Core was the most valuable part of a third-tier monster, and others also didn’t hesitate to take the flesh and blood, even though damaging them decreased their value, they could still be sold for some money.

"Boss, the flesh and blood of this third-tier monster is very concentrated. How about setting another trap?"

"How’s your weapons and ammunition?"

"We only used about twenty to thirty percent, still enough."

"Alright, let’s set up another ambush. I owe you guys so much money, I should figure out a way to pay you back."

The leader nodded. He had bought some valuable treasures a few years ago and accumulated a lot of debt. Now all these brothers are his creditors, so he had to make some money for them.

A group of people gathered around the blood left by the Pig Demon to set traps. Before long, a monster appeared, very ugly, like something out of a sci-fi movie.

"Damn it, those Demon Insects are getting bigger."

Someone cursed under their breath. There are many types of Demon Insects in the demon race. The one in front of them only appeared in the past two years, just like the aliens in movies, extremely fast, resilient, and deadly. Without a senior Demon King to control them, they could even kill demons.

"The weak point of this alien Demon Insect is its abdomen. Break its abdomen and it dies. It doesn’t have a Demon Core, but its claws and bone knives are good materials for forging. The purchase price in the market is thirty low-grade spirit stones."

"It’s really dark, they can refine and sell for over a hundred spirit stones in no time."

"Monopoly, you can’t help it, if you don’t sell to the platform, you can’t upgrade your points."

Several people were secretly talking, complaining about the deceitful platform. The points system completely prevented them from starting their own platform, because only by selling things to the platform could they earn points, improve their hunter level, and gain higher permissions, like buying Nascent Soul treasures, which only Golden Hunters could buy, and there was a limit – each identity could only make two purchases.

The most frustrating thing was that the platform only accepted raw materials. They couldn’t sell Pill, Talisman, Item, or Formation to the platform. It was clear that they were being treated as cash cows that couldn’t do anything about it.

"Take action."

The boss didn’t think much about it and immediately ordered to kill when he saw the Demon Insect had entered the trap.

After a round of shooting, the Demon Insect was torn apart. But just as they were about to clean up the spoils, they suddenly heard a mournful roar, and the boss quickly scanned with his divine sense, his face changing instantly.

"Don’t move, the Demon Insect army is on the move."

"Defense."

The boss yelled loudly, and soon after, they saw a large number of Demon Insects appearing, making everyone’s scalp tingle.

"Waiting for help to arrive, I have already requested for assistance."

The leader roared loudly, seeing the scene before him, he immediately threw out a powerful talisman to Tianya Mountain Base for help. This was a privilege of being a strong cultivator, as an independent cultivator in the Golden Core Period, he could seek help directly without going through formal channels.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Sensing the scent of blood, the Demon Insects immediately entered a killing mode. Everyone started fighting back, continuously firing their weapons.

When the ammunition ran out, they started using spiritual talismans. When those were used up, they resorted to swords, continuously defending against the attacks of the Demon Insects.

"So many Third Rank Demon Insects."

"Quick, run!"

As the low-ranking Demon Insects kept dying, the leader saw a large group of Third Rank Demon Insects, and his face turned pale. After shouting a warning, he started running without hesitation.

Chen Jinfa remained silent, tightly following behind the leader at maximum speed, but the Demon Insects behind them were getting closer and closer.

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At Tianya Mountain Base, the alarm kept sounding. Shiyi frowned. These alarms were signals for help from the base’s external action team. When a certain number of signals were received, the base would sound an alarm.

Without needing to give orders, Shiyi’s staff began to investigate the message. A large number of drones and war robots were sent out to gather information.

"Sir, the message has been preliminarily confirmed. The demon race has sent a large army of Demon Insects."

"The Demon Insect army rarely appears. Why are there so many distress signals this time?"

"The power of this Demon Insect army is very strong, with many of them at second or third level."

"How many are there?"

"Not less than one hundred thousand."

"How many?"

"At least a hundred thousand, with some very strong energy signals mixed in, should be a large-scale operation of the demon clan."

"Oh no, I need to switch, follow me with this move, quickly, get the people outside back, activate the base’s highest formation."

Shiyi didn’t dare to be careless, he only had over half a year left before going on vacation, he couldn’t afford to have any trouble at this time, otherwise his treatment would be cut in half when he returned.

Louder alarm sounds rang out, orders were issued one after another, and the base also activated the highest level of formation. Once this formation was activated, the base would give up many functions, focus on defense, and alerts would be sent to the Huaxia side. Advanced cultivators in meditation there would receive the message and come to support if needed.

Soon, Shiyi saw the figure of the Demon Insect army on the screen, seeing that the main force coming was those alien Demon Insects, he felt his scalp tingle. These Demon Insects were killing machines bred by the demon clan, much more powerful than the previous Demon Insects, and various biochemical weapons were ineffective against them as they had long been immune.

"Sir, the demon clan has deployed Ice Fire Ghost Crows, the drone fleet has suffered heavy losses."

"Sir, the Giant Lizard Demon King has been mobilized…"

"Sir, the Peng Bird Clan Demon King has appeared…"

Voices kept coming into Shiyi’s ears, making him dumbfounded. Even Rufu, the Demon King of the demon clan, had appeared. What on earth is going on? Aren’t they nobles among the demon clan? Why are they personally joining the battle? What has happened?

"No matter who the enemy is, prepare the cannons in the rear, and blast them!"

"Gather all the cultivators, get ready to support."

Shiyi kept giving orders that low-level monsters didn’t need high-level cultivators to fight. They could be killed with weapons. But if a stronger Demon King appeared, then high-level cultivators would need to step in.

"Shenwu Demon Emperor, Fire Scale Demon Emperor, get ready to attack. Today we will destroy the Tianya Mountain Base as the final preparation for my brother to break through as a Demon Emperor."

Demon Queen Lin Fanghua was located in the middle zone of the demon tribe. Many strong fighters from the Demon God Temple were already by her side. The reason for this big commotion was that her brother Lin Wanli had reached the peak of the sixth rank, almost stepping into the seventh rank. Lin Fanghua needed a lot of flesh and blood from cultivators, preferably of Void Achieving level, to help her brother break through.