Chapter 1912: Chapter 1911: Insect Master
The Earth Cave Demon Ape stared at the enemy that had been torn to pieces, and before it could feel any joy, it saw the enemy turn into countless flying insects that came swarming at its face.
Among the countless flying insects, one incomparably special bug shot into the Earth Cave Demon Ape’s eye like a bolt of lightning, but all of this was covered by the cloud of insects in the sky, making it impossible for anyone to notice.
"Hiss."
"It’s an Insect Master."
Ouyang Qiuhai sucked in a sharp breath, and Ran Yue also furrowed her brows. "Insect Master, I’ve heard of them too. Seems to be a very special tribe among the Demon Clan."
Ouyang Qiuhai turned her head to look at Ran Yue and snorted. "Didn’t think you’d actually have heard of Insect Masters?"
Facing Ouyang Qiuhai’s contemptuous gaze, Ran Yue replied coldly, "Don’t look down on people. My Ran Family is at least a Family famous for Beast Taming, and Insect Masters are a type of Beast Tamer too. What’s wrong with me having heard of them?"
Snort.
Hearing Ran Yue say that, Ouyang Qiuhai instead let out a derisive laugh. "With a third-rate Family like yours, I thought you’d be so knowledgeable. Turns out knowing the two words ’Insect Master’ is already all you’ve got."
"You!"
Ran Yue glared at the mocking Ouyang Qiuhai. At the side, Lei Ba couldn’t stand it either. After all, this Ouyang Qiuhai always put on the airs of some noble young lady, which made the trusted aides from the Duel Arena look down on her. Ran Yue, on the other hand, because of her background, naturally made Lei Ba and the others feel closer to her.
"Then do you know what an Insect Master actually is?"
Lei Ba asked Ouyang Qiuhai.
Ouyang Qiuhai curled her lips with a "tch." She could naturally feel these trusted aides’ attitude toward her, which was exactly why she was so displeased. As if this young lady enjoys hanging around with you lot. Hearing Lei Ba speak up for Ran Yue, she lifted her chin arrogantly.
"Humph, perk up your ears and listen carefully, broaden your horizons a bit. You all saw it just now, that Demon Clan member is an Insect Master. But Insect Masters aren’t Beast Tamers at all, that’s fundamentally wrong."
"Beast Tamers are humans who control beasts, using all sorts of means to tame various Spiritual Beasts for our use. But Insect Masters are different in essence. An Insect Master is a parasitic lifeform. They control their host through parasitism, making the host the Insect Master’s body."
"And the strongest method of an Insect Master is raising Gu Worms, using the host’s fleshly body as a nest. These Gu Worms are more like the Insect Master’s Clones, and each one is like the Insect Master’s true body. As long as one survives, the Insect Master doesn’t die."
"The one you kill might only be a temporary fleshly nest that the other side is occupying. Insect Masters frequently change nests, so you basically can’t guess the Insect Master’s identity, because he’s constantly changing."
"So an Insect Master is a kind of parasite. Their methods aren’t about taming, but about control—rooted right into your brain kind of control."
"Sometimes, you might have your brain taken over by an Insect Master and the host still wouldn’t know. This tribe is extremely terrifying. Even among the Demon Clan, many are afraid of the Insect Master Tribe and rarely have contact with them."
As Ouyang Qiuhai slowly explained the foundations of the Insect Masters, Lei Ba and the others all looked at each other in dismay.
"So Insect Masters are actually this mysterious and bizarre. Then can’t they easily seize control of our bodies, and we might not even know? If that’s really the case, wouldn’t Ancestor Dragon City sooner or later fall under their control?"
Lei Ba sucked in a cold breath as he spoke.
Ouyang Qiuhai snorted. "There you go again, showing how ignorant you are. Since we know Insect Masters exist, how could we not have ways to counter them? The entire Ancestor Dragon City is shrouded under a gigantic Array. You usually think this Array looks ordinary, nothing special."
"But in reality, once you’re parasitized by an Insect Master, you can’t step into Ancestor Dragon City at all. Once you enter, you’ll be directly erased by the grand Array."
"Otherwise, if Insect Masters were really allowed to run rampant, Ancestor Dragon City would have fallen long ago. There’d be no turn for the Ten Demon Hall to play anything. Letting Insect Masters parasitize people would be way more convenient."
"And though Insect Masters are terrifying, they aren’t without weaknesses. Once they leave the parasitic host, the Insect Master’s true body is very weak. They may use Spiritual Attacks, but as long as you wear one or two targeted ornamental Magic Treasures, you can block them."
"By then, the Insect Master instead becomes the prey. You need to know, an Insect Master’s true body has an extraordinarily powerful Spirit and Sea of Consciousness, which can be refined into God-expanding Pills to strengthen your Sea of Consciousness."
"God-expanding Pills?"
"Mm-hmm, that’s right. It’s normal you haven’t heard of this kind of Elixir Pills, because this stuff is extremely rare even in Xinglin. After all, refining God-expanding Pills requires the Insect Master’s origin, so at one point Insect Masters were heavily hunted."
As she spoke of the Insect Masters, Ouyang Qiuhai even revealed a hint of disdain.
Ran Yue looked at Ouyang Qiuhai’s expression and snorted. "You weren’t wearing that expression just now. You looked like you’d seen a Ghost when you saw that Insect Master. You were clearly scared."
Hearing Ran Yue say that, Ouyang Qiuhai spat at her. "Nonsense. Insect Masters really did get slaughtered into not daring to show their faces, especially by Sister Yu’s Sikong clan, because the Vermilion Bird Bloodline is naturally the bane of Insect Masters."
"But that was a different era—that was several hundred years ago, the most glorious era of Ancestor Dragon City. Killing Insect Masters was like slaughtering chickens. But now, with you scrubs, in front of an Insect Master, you’re all just walking dishes."
"As if you’re any different."
"Alright, enough bickering. That Insect Master seems to have seized the Earth Cave Demon Ape’s body." Lan took a deep breath and looked at the Earth Cave Demon Ape that had been pounded into pieces together with the Insect Master by that earlier punch.
Before its body was shattered, the Insect Master’s Gu Worms had swarmed over the Earth Cave Demon Ape’s head. In this harsh environment of the Vermilion Bird Holy Temple, it was extremely difficult for the Gu Worms to survive. Some of the ones at the edges had their wings scorched and fell to the ground.
Clearly, this Vermilion Bird Holy Temple was practically Hell for Insect Masters.
But as the Earth Cave Demon Ape before them had its brain parasitized by the Insect Master, the towering Earth Cave Demon Ape, despite its astonishing defense, was still easily controlled.
The next second, the Earth Cave Demon Ape opened its bloody maw wide, and the numerous Gu Worms that had been dying off in the scorching air all poured into the Earth Cave Demon Ape’s body.
Having taken over the Earth Cave Demon Ape, the Insect Master Agula let out a sky-shaking roar, pounding his small-mountain-like chest with his fists.
Although this Earth Cave Demon Ape wasn’t a Four-Armed Demon Ape, whose Rank was higher, Earth Cave Demon Apes were social monsters. When one called, the other Earth Cave Demon Apes would respond.
In an instant, as the Earth Cave Demon Ape roared, most of the other Earth Cave Demon Apes directly bypassed the Demon Clan and charged at Li Feng and the others.
"Damn."
"This is bad. That damned Insect Master has merged into the Earth Cave Demon Apes. He can completely drive some of the Earth Cave Demon Apes to attack us."
The situation shifted again in an instant. The Demon Clan, who had originally fallen into disadvantage and were hard-pressed to cope, suddenly got a chance to breathe, while Li Feng and the others, who had finally clawed back a bit of an advantage, fell back into dire straits.
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