CHAPTER 335: CHAPTER 15: A DUEL TO THE DEATH? NO, IT’S TIME TO RUN!_3

BANG!

A series of buildings were smashed through. Chen Jiuge felt he only had a fifth of his Mana left and suddenly admired Senior Brother Jin and that unknown Corpse Demon King for managing to hold on against such a monster for so long, fighting for over a month. How did they manage that?

Actually, what Chen Jiuge didn’t know was that in the beginning, the three of them had been holding back, basically calling a truce when their Mana was low before continuing.

Only after Belis showed her hand did the two desperately hold on for three days, after which they were blasted out to the void’s limits, left wandering in the void.

Before Chen Jiuge could stabilize his stance, Belis’s next attack arrived.

"Hey, hey, hey, what grudge do we possibly have?" Chen Jiuge said with an aggrieved expression. "Do you really have to be like this? Can’t you wait for me to use a skill to weaken your attack power?"

Without releasing Sky Blue, there was no Spirit Plant to reduce the attack, which allowed Chen Jiuge to directly feel Belis’s strength.

Eh, this doesn’t seem very painful? Chen Jiuge looked at the wound on his chest, which had almost completely healed, and exclaimed in surprise.

Belis also exclaimed in surprise, "Self-healing? King Level combat power?"

"That’s wrong. Your attack isn’t at the King Level. It seems I’ve encountered a genius this time."

Chen Jiuge said somewhat bashfully, "You flatter me, you flatter me."

Rich purple light enveloped the entire limb, quickly stabbing toward Chen Jiuge.

Left or right? Chen Jiuge still hadn’t decided which way to run when the limb’s attack arrived.

BANG!

Chen Jiuge was pinned to the ground, and the surrounding earth sank several meters deep—this ground was embedded with Array Patterns!

"Master!"

Black Eye, who was closest, saw what happened. His Black Flames swelled instantly, and a massive black fire column struck Belis’s forehead directly.

CRACK!

The burnt, dead carapace fell off, exposing the fresh red flesh underneath. Belis turned her head toward the tiny creature nearby and let out an angry screech.

Spiritual Beasts below the True Immortal realm were severely injured. Those with even weaker strength directly exploded into pieces, and even the True Immortals suffered varying degrees of damage.

Black Eye, somewhat exhausted, looked at the limb about to strike him. A trace of unwillingness crossed his face as he slowly closed his eyes.

"Damn, that scared me to death!" Silver King said, grabbing Black Eye and looking at the limb that had narrowly missed them, his face filled with fear.

"Heavenly Tilt!"

CRACK!

Snapping the limb at his chest, Chen Jiuge, his face twisted in madness, said, "It seems your attacks really aren’t that great!"

Silver arrows shot toward the huge spider’s eyeball, which was shielded by its drooping eyelid, but Chen Jiuge noticed the eyelid was bleeding.

Bearing the excruciating pain of the limb piercing through his body, Chen Jiuge discovered that his Divine Skills had reached a minor level of mastery and joyfully declared, "Die!"

The silver arrow, now twice as large as before, pierced through the eyelid and embedded itself in Belis’s eyeball.

"KREEEEEE!"

Belis let out a wail. The Empress’s scream caused the other large Insect Generals to tense up, and several attacks instantly engulfed Chen Jiuge.

His Blood Spirit Form shattered into pieces, and his body was now riddled with deep, bone-exposing wounds. Chen Jiuge spat out a mouthful of clotted blood, cursing, "Damn it, a group attack! No martial honor!"

One of Belis’s eyes was bloodshot. She opened her massive maw and declared, "I will devour you alive!"

Four limbs transformed into long, thin blades, attacking like a fierce storm, nearly taking half of Chen Jiuge’s life.

This is really the end now. That was Chen Jiuge’s last thought before he fell unconscious.

Just as Belis was about to devour Chen Jiuge, hundreds of beams of light descended from the sky, one of which enveloped him.

With the appearance of the beams, Shu Yiming’s voice echoed from the void, "These are random Transmission Arrays! Everyone, hurry in!"

The Cultivators present all knew about random transmissions. Once inside, the destination was beyond their control; it was a nine-deaths-to-one-life gamble.

However, compared to the certain death they currently faced, it seemed like an easy choice.

As one Cultivator after another disappeared into the beams of light, the Insect Clan grew frantic. But the Transmission Array actually has a recognition feature? Non-humans can’t even enter?

Belis watched the morsel that was almost in her mouth disappear, and her mood worsened considerably. She turned and began to sweep through the remaining Cultivators.

The scene turned extremely bloody.

It was unclear how many days passed until the Myriad Beasts Sect’s catastrophic defeat finally concluded.

Taking on a human appearance, Belis, her now unremarkable face showing a trace of annoyance, said, "Hateful humans, they escaped so quickly. It looks like it will take quite some time before I can break through to Heavenly Immortal and reach an even higher level."

"Empress, about three hundred Human Cultivators survived, of whom fewer than fifty are female," Sanchez reported, kneeling on one knee.

"It’s fine. Let them slowly reproduce; I’m not short on food. Sanchez, arrange for our clan to occupy the Star, but do not excessively harm the native creatures. We need to stay here for quite some time, and these are our food sources and our means to strengthen ourselves."

After her official breakthrough to True King, Belis underwent a major transformation; even the tone of her speech was different.

"Yes, Empress."

「Upper Star Sea, White Tiger Star.」

Shu Yiming looked at the number of times the random Transmission Array had been used and felt a pang of heartache. "We lost over ninety percent; less than ten percent of the Disciples and Spiritual Beasts survived."

"Peak Master, it’s not your fault," Great Elder Jin Zixuan consoled. "Your decision was very decisive. The random Transmission Array is fundamentally complex, especially projecting from the Upper Star Sea down to the Lower Star Sea. Accomplishing it in just eight days is already very fast."

The hall fell silent for a moment, then Shu Yiming said hoarsely, "I will arrange for my trusted aides to go out and search for any Disciples who are still alive."

"Peak Master?" Jin Zixuan was somewhat puzzled. Was this really necessary?

"This casualty rate is wrong. Chen Yan... I watched that young fellow grow up. The last time he contacted me, he said that marshaling the resources of the Third Zone could support us for several days, but it vanished in a single day. Something’s definitely wrong."

Seeing the murderous look in Shu Yiming’s eyes, the other Elders didn’t dare to speak. They could only silently look toward the most powerful among them, the Great Elder.

Jin Zixuan sighed. "I will also arrange for some people to search."

An entire zone annihilated, with a death rate climbing to ninety percent—such heavy casualties naturally had to be reported to the Sect Master of the Myriad Beasts Sect.

Jun Linseng looked at the report in his hands, the corners of his mouth twitching. "The Third Zone is gone, Jin Xiao has disappeared without a trace, Chen Jiuge’s status is unknown—life or death uncertain—and the death toll of Disciples and Spiritual Beasts exceeds ninety percent."

"That Insect Nest Queen has actually become a True King! Does she think the Myriad Beasts Sect is easy to bully?"

Jun Linseng exploded in anger. He sought out the Sect’s Grand Ancestor to convey his idea of launching a surprise attack on the Insect Clan.

Heavenly Fire, infuriated, said, "Damn it! We’ve just come down, and we’re already beaten! These useless fools! Where is Tian Hu? His disciple has been beaten to the brink of death, life or death unknown, and he won’t even come forward to speak?"

Tian Xing pointed to the sky, indicating helplessly, "The Tiger has already gone up."

"I, too, will go!"

A column of fire surged into the sky, surrounded by the roaring figures of the Ten Ferocious Ones, clearly indicating just how terrible Heavenly Fire’s mood was.