“Upper Cultivator, spare me! It’s me, it’s still me!”

When Qin Tianhe brought Guang Ming before Lü Yang for the second time, even before Qin Tianhe could speak, Guang Ming couldn’t wait to shout loudly:

“Upper Cultivator, this little monk is still useful!”

“There are still a dozen Buddhist cultivators left behind in the Pure Land, this little monk can handle them. Besides that, there is also the Dao Court, this little monk can help you deal with the Dao Court.”

Guang Ming feared that Lü Yang had already gone mad with killing, and might just cut him down in passing.

He spoke so fast that it put his usual chanting to shame, desperately showing his value.

However, Lü Yang ignored him and instead glanced at him with some impatience:

“Shut up.”

Before Lü Yang even finished speaking, Guang Ming immediately covered his mouth.

Not to mention talking, he even held his breath, afraid of angering this great demon before him.

On the other side, Lü Yang gazed into the distance.

Almost at the same time, the True Disciple Jiaolong Daoist seemed to sense something as well.

He lifted his deformed dragon head, his massive dragon eyes looking straight toward the ground.

“Something is coming.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the other True Disciples immediately became alert.

In the next moment, the ground cracked open, and a figure covered in a distinct shell slowly crawled out.

It was a demonic insect.

Its size was comparable to a human.

Its entire body was as black as if drenched in ink.

Its mouthparts were sharp, and its compound eyes were densely packed, glinting with a cold, chilling light.

“What is that… a demon beast?”

Several True Disciples of the Primordial Saint Sect revealed curious expressions.

Chong Ming’s first reaction was to evaluate the bloodline of this demonic insect, wondering if it could be used for alchemy or medicine.

Xu Xin carefully observed the insect, trying to gauge its strength.

Jiaolong Daoist, on the other hand, was thinking about whether the insect’s sharp mouthparts could be transplanted onto himself, and if so, where they would fit best.

As for Bi Feiyuan, her train of thought was rather peculiar.

She deliberately struck a few seductive poses toward the insect, then observed the changes in her own divine abilities.

It seemed she wanted to see if the insect would react to her, and she even grew interested as if she wanted to paint a portrait of it.

As for the other disciples of the Saint Sect, they were pointing at the insect, discussing animatedly.

Amidst the chatter, the pitch-black insect tilted its head slightly.

Then, it slowly opened its mouthparts and actually uttered a sound.

At first, the sound was garbled.

But very soon, its voice became clear and deep:

“Outsiders… get out. Mother does not welcome you in this world!”

As these words fell, all the overlapping voices came to an abrupt halt.

All the Saint Sect disciples, including the five True Disciples, simultaneously stopped speaking.

Nearly a hundred pairs of eyes turned in unison, landing on the pitch-black insect.

In the desolate wilderness, silence reigned.

The eerie stillness made the pitch-black insect squirm uneasily, instinctively taking a few steps back.

In the next moment, Xu Xin chuckled:

“I thought it was a spirit beast controlled by some Dao Court insect tamer. Turns out I was mistaken… it’s a native of this realm. What a waste of words earlier.”

“Stop wasting time.”

On the other side, Jiaolong Daoist showed an impatient expression:

“Let’s dissect it quickly and see what special abilities this native has.”

Bi Feiyuan licked her red lips:

“No need to trouble yourselves. Let me capture it and I’ll find out.”

Only Chong Ming put on an expression of being the only sane one, looking down on the other disciples, and disdainfully distanced himself from the insect.

Seeing that in the eyes of these enemies, it had become nothing more than a piece of meat on the chopping board, ready to be butchered at any moment, the insect’s voice grew angrier.

It tried to speak again.

However, just then, Lü Yang, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly shifted his gaze toward it.

“Hiss hiss hiss!?”

In the next instant, the previously aggressive insect seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying.

After a sharp screech, it suddenly exploded!

Yet the insect did not die.

Instead, it transformed into a cloud of red mist.

As the red mist churned, a harsh buzzing sound roared forth.

Upon closer look, everyone realized that it was made up of thousands of tiny insects, each no larger than a grain of rice!

Immediately after, the swarm surged forward!

Almost instinctively, Jiaolong Daoist raised his dragon head and breathed out a blast of demonic fire, engulfing dozens of the insects, attempting to burn them to ashes.

However, Jiaolong Daoist quickly furrowed his brows.

“Something’s not right…”

Before his words finished, the demonic fire was swiftly devoured as if being eaten away, then extinguished.

After that, the insect swarm roared out again, their numbers several times greater than before!

In an instant, the other True Disciples and even the ordinary Saint Sect disciples all began to take action.

Some unleashed their divine abilities, while others threw out magical tools.

But to their surprise, although some of the insects were killed, after devouring the attacks, the swarm multiplied even further!

In the blink of an eye, the insect swarm had already reached Lü Yang.

“…Interesting.”

Seeing this scene, Lü Yang finally raised an eyebrow.

Sweeping his gaze across them, in an instant, the previously menacing swarm of insects completely lost their vitality.

They fell to the ground like rain.

Lü Yang casually picked one up and gently rubbed it between his fingers, examining it:

“This insect… actually possesses a Rank? No, it doesn’t seem to have cultivated it on its own.”

In the next second, Lü Yang once again looked up toward the sky.

Perhaps because Ancestor Nether Wishper had improved the【Yama Palace】, allowing the Guardian Goddess Su Nu to recover her peak state with the power of the Buddhist cultivators sealed in the Myriad Spirits Banner.

With her enhancement, Lü Yang keenly sensed a strong malice.

This malice did not come from any individual, but from this very world itself.

Flowers, birds, fish, insects, even the spiritual energy of this realm, all harbored immense hostility toward him and the surrounding Saint Sect disciples.

However, this hostility was currently being suppressed by three even more powerful forces.

Otherwise, these “outsiders” would not even be able to refine spiritual energy in this world, and recklessly inhaling it would likely lead to poisoning.

“True Lords…”

Without a doubt, the culprits who had allowed these unwelcome outsiders to enter this realm freely, despite the world’s clear rejection, were the three Golden Core True Lords.

Even so, this world still possessed some ability to resist.

One manifestation of that resistance was the Rank imposed upon the insect swarm.

And this was only a portion of it.

The true Child of Destiny should be the Insect King among them.

“This is… the Qi-Consuming Insect?”

At this moment, Ancestor Nether Wishper’s voice suddenly rang out:

“I thought this species had long gone extinct. I didn’t expect to see one again today.”

Lü Yang asked in surprise:

“Ancestor, you recognize it?”

“Of course.”

Ancestor Nether Wishper’s tone carried a hint of reproach:

“As a successor of our Ancient Witch Ghost Path, have you not read the inherited Dao Canon?”

“Qi-Consuming Insects, as the name suggests, can devour the Qi of heaven and earth. They are an exotic species from beyond the heavens in ancient times. They once fell into the hands of a late Foundation Establishment stage Grandmaster overseas, who cultivated them extensively and ultimately raised 1.29 billion of them.”

“With a single movement, they could blot out the sky and cover the earth, making them invincible to Foundation Establishment cultivators!”

“At that time, that overseas Grandmaster caused quite a stir.”

“Raising 1.29 billion Qi-Consuming Insects, he even refined a formation diagram to complement them, proclaiming that he would defy the heavens and challenge a True Lord with Foundation Establishment alone…”

Speaking up to this point, even Ancestor Nether Wishper couldn’t help but show a look of admiration:

“I must admit, the overseas regions are barren, and their cultivators are truly ignorant.”

Lü Yang revealed a curious expression:

“And then? Did he actually go through with it?”

“He did.”

Ancestor Nether Wishper shook his head:

“He went to Jiangxi, but a Bodhisattva from the Pure Land found his insect swarm too noisy and slapped him, killing both him and his insects in one blow.”

There was no suspense at all.

Even so, Lü Yang fully understood the terror of the Qi-Consuming Insect.

Although it had been slapped to death by a True Lord, the fact that it required a True Lord’s intervention to be killed was proof of its extraordinary value.