Chapter 2286: Chapter 2288: Encounter Battle
Feng Jun accepted Chen Xi True Immortal’s suggestion to change personnel without hesitation. He was also well aware that the Golden Core Master was just a tool person to help the two sects observe everyone’s growth, "Hurry up, we still have a lot of tests to do."
Where can I find so many people to swap for you? Chen Xi True Immortal secretly complained in his heart, although Xuanhuang Sect had many Golden Core members, none of them had any spare—especially now when everyone was busy expanding into new worlds.
But immediately afterwards, he had a sudden idea, "Do you think I’m capable? I’m much more useful than a Golden Core."
You are indeed capable! Feng Jun glanced at Chen Xi True Immortal, "Those recording are all Golden Core; you are a Nascent Soul."
"I really don’t mind," said Chen Xi True Immortal straightforwardly, then sighed, "It’s really frustrating to be welcoming and sending at the entrance every day... I’m at least a Nascent Soul Middle Phase, can’t I kill a wave of the Insect Race?"
"You can’t talk to me about this matter; I’m also very troubled," Feng Jun said frankly, "Anyway, I’m leaving tomorrow, whoever you send to follow, it’s none of my business, because I never interfere in others’ internal affairs."
However, to his surprise, when he got up the next day, Chen Xi True Immortal was waiting outside his residence.
He expressed without any expression, "I applied for special approval; I will go with you."
Actually, although his expression was cold, it carried some anticipation—it’s finally my turn to have some fun.
Feng Jun had barely left with Chen Xi True Immortal for ten breaths when a figure flickered, and Sage Diao Xiu rushed over, "Eh, where are they? Did he say which True Sage of Jinwu Sect the God Statue was handed over to?"
Feng Jun didn’t know about these matters; when he arrived at the Broken Stone Zone with Chen Xi True Immortal, he found Yi Jue and others engaged in a fierce battle with the Insect Race.
The number of insects wasn’t many, probably over thirty, eight or nine were Nascent Soul level, the rest were Golden Core.
On the human race’s side, there were five Nascent Souls and four Golden Cores, in a defensive state, especially the four Golden Cores struggling to hold the line, thanks to the formation they managed to endure, but even so, they were quite apprehensive.
Upon seeing Feng Jun and Chen Xi True Immortal appear, Yi Jue True Immortal sent out a Divine Sense, "Beware of the Soul attacks from the fat inchworm, and the mantis-looking insect, which can heal the Insect Race."
No wonder they were struggling so much, the other side not only had Soul attacks but also a healer to replenish health.
The mantis looked skinny but couldn’t be beaten; it flew around releasing green light, which fell on the wounded Insect Race, the wounds healing at a visibly fast pace.
Yi Jue and others, Nascent Souls under siege, couldn’t spare time to kill the mantis; even occasionally casting a technique from a distance, it dodged effortlessly.
However, with Chen Xi True Immortal, the battle situation vastly improved, yet the mantis, despite being a healer with formidable defense, was only slightly scratched by Chen Xi True Immortal’s longsword.
"Use binding technique!" Yi Jue sent out another Divine Sense—a tactic to immobilize it.
Elder Cang Jing loudly warned, "Be careful of their escape... Mountain Master Feng quickly go summon reinforcements."
Upon hearing this, Qing Ji also loudly spoke, "Go to Blazing Flame and find Elder Qinghuang, I have already agreed with him, can summon help at any time!"
Chen Xi True Immortal, while chasing down the mantis, frowned slightly and thought, clearly at the passage entrance there were many True Immortals from my two sects, openly requesting reinforcements from Tianqin, is this appropriate?
But he understood, although there were many True Immortals and Golden Cores on his side, with Sage True Essence at the pinnacle, transferring personnel to aid was indeed difficult, no one was truly available.
So he could only accept the other’s plan, feeling a deep envy as he saw Feng Jun take out his mobile phone and vanish. Such unreasonable spatial teleportation was indeed too abnormal.
Not only could it be used as a transportation tool but also in critical moments to summon reinforcements and transport supplies!
It’s this capability of Feng Jun that allowed them to dare venture so deep alone.
His sentiments didn’t last long; approximately five minutes later, Feng Jun appeared again, already accompanied by three Nascent Soul True Immortals, led by Elder Qinghuang.
To suddenly bring so many people along... Chen Xi True Immortal couldn’t help but want to complain again but couldn’t resist. Now it was a battle; more people were certainly better, especially since everyone had decided, for confidentiality, not to let a single Insect escape.
The Insect Race was also terrified by the sudden increase in opponents, showing a clear tendency to defeat, Elder Qinghuang raised a hand, a white light emitted, directly restraining the mantis healer.
At this moment, the space beside Feng Jun fluctuated, a hornet as tall as a person appeared before him, two stingers piercing towards him at lightning speed.
"Be careful!" Elder Qinghuang couldn’t help but shout; this strike even if directed at him, would be hard to avoid.
This hornet was clearly at Golden Core Peak cultivation, previously hiding in the air, only revealed when the battle situation changed significantly, not aiming to rescue the healer but rather targeting Feng Jun, the "space shuttle."
Such a choice is difficult to determine its correctness; however, without a doubt, the wisdom of the Insect Race is quite high, and Feng Jun, despite having the lowest cultivation level, was their greatest enemy.
However, Feng Jun’s reaction exceeded its expectations; this time he didn’t even take out his mobile phone and vanished instantly.
"What kind of operation is this?" True Immortal Chen Xi really didn’t know that Feng Jun could actually use the Teleportation Divine Ability without using a mobile phone—was he usually pretending to deceive people when he used a mobile phone, or was there another reason?
He pondered in his mind but didn’t slow his hands, charging straight towards the inchworm-like creature—the soul attack was also very troublesome.
Another True Immortal from the Jinwu Sect gave up the pursuit of the Golden Core Insect Tribe and went straight for the wasp—in the battlefield, such invisible assassins pose a threat to everyone.
A minute later, Feng Jun reappeared, just in time to see the wasp dodging the chase, trying to become invisible again.
He opened his mouth, and a white light shot out, "Ha~"
The technique of Concentrated Qi into Gang not only functions as the Void Annihilation Technique but also causes some disturbance in space. Although it may not interrupt a more robust teleportation technique, it can interrupt its integration into space for invisibility.
In fact, the wasp was even more fragile than he imagined. As the white light shot out, its wings immediately appeared densely covered with cracks, as if they were about to shatter.
"Assassins truly have high agility, low defense, and short health bars!" Feng Jun couldn’t help but mutter, and in the next instant, the True Immortal from Jinwu had already caught up with the wasp. A red light flashed in his hand, and the wasp was cleaved into two segments, with the air filled with the smell of burnt protein.
This is Jinwu’s secret technique, "Fire Blade," a decisive fatal skill against low-defense enemies.
With the hidden assassin eliminated, the collapse of the insect race became inevitable. Elder Qinghuang even shouted, "Can we call more people to leave all these insects here?"
"My Xuanhuang Sect has group attack techniques!" True Immortal Chen Xi couldn’t help but shout, "Endless Xuan Huang!"
A flash of yellow light emerged from his body, and soon, the entire space was filled with a faint yellow mist. In the area covered by the yellow mist, the movements of the Golden Core Insect Tribe instantly slowed.
"Impressive!" Elder Qinghuang exclaimed in admiration, "To perform this move at the Nascent Soul Middle Phase, your skill is remarkable!"
True Immortal Chen Xi forced a smile, "It’s not very effective against Nascent Soul-level enemies, I’m ashamed."
Actually, the Nascent Soul Bug Race was already being targeted one by one. What many cultivators were worried about was the Golden Core Insect Tribe running amok, but now their actions could be delayed, achieving the strategic intention.
It didn’t take long for the insect race to be slaughtered, and everyone began to gather their spoils.
True Immortal Chen Xi’s use of "Endless Xuan Huang" consumed a significant amount of his spiritual energy—he hadn’t used this move earlier because it was too exhausting on spiritual energy. It was only after the battle was under control, and Elder Qinghuang requested reinforcements, that he used it.
He released a Spirit Restoration Array Disk, installed the Spirit Stones, and began to restore his spiritual energy.
Seeing this, Feng Jun also moved closer to absorb some spiritual energy—for him, compressing qi into gang was extremely taxing on spiritual energy as well.
While restoring spiritual energy, he asked, "Why did so many insect creatures appear?"
Yi Jue was pondering over the corpse of a beetle-type Golden Core Insect Tribe. It had seemed like it was about to self-detonate, but she had stopped it, and it was important to analyze its condition now.
Then Elder Cang Jing explained that they had just inadvertently encountered the insect race, but their cautious and careful exploration was what allowed them to first discover the insect creatures.
Then they launched a sudden attack, killing two Nascent Soul Bug Races. Unexpectedly, a group of insect creatures emerged from behind a big stone, and in Elder Cang Jing’s words, "If we’d known there were so many insect creatures, we would have proceeded more carefully with our attack."
Elder Qinghuang’s eyes lit up, "Are they perhaps searching for some treasure?"
Elder Qing Ji raised his hand and helplessly rubbed his forehead, implying that his fellow sect member was truly shameless.
However, Elder Qinghuang didn’t feel that way. Even though the three of them joined the battle last, they were "reinforcements." Without them, Yi Jue and others might not have achieved victory, not to mention the enemy’s total annihilation.
"We should take a look, just in case," Yi Jue was quite magnanimous, not paying much attention to it, but this battle, although not very long, had depleted much of her spiritual energy due to her frequent tactical executions, "Let’s restore our spiritual energy first; there’s no harm in being cautious."
Everyone took about a day to restore their spiritual energy before going behind the big stone.
Behind the stone was a large cave, with an entrance about two zhang in diameter, dark and impossible to see what was inside.
"I’ll lead the way," True Immortal Huo Liu said promptly, "My defense is strong, and I have illumination techniques."
"Here, take an emergency light," Feng Jun handed over a large emergency light, "Better to be safe than sorry."
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