Chapter 462: Pest Empress VS Ling Tianlong
A week had passed after Azazel distributed her invitation letter. The angel began collecting her "Harvest" by visiting the local warlords.
Yuan Shaoqing was arrested and was brought along with her. Then, she visited Xiahou Dun, the tribal chief of the Cyclop Tribe.
Xiahou Dun was not surprised to see her again. After all, she had visited him last week and ordered him to send at least five experts to participate in this event.
Xiahou Dun was not afraid of a challenge. He gathered ten experts, including him and Xiahou Yuan, to join this Selection Tournament.
As soon as Azazel saw how prepared Xiahou Dun was, she was satisfied.
"Good. It seems that you are not as stupid as Yuan Shaoqing. Now, head south and wait for my boss at Siren City. He will tell you what to do. Oh, do me a favor. Take this human with you."
Xiahou Dun cupped his fist and led his men to Siren City as instructed. Yuan Shaoqing also tagged along with the group as he had no choice.
Azazel visited Brocell next as he was close by.
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= Dungeon Master Throne Room =
In front of Brocell, the sheep angel came here in her sexy bikini again. Yet, Brocell wasn't interested in her physique this time.
"Where are your experts? I hope to see at least 25 of them."
Brocell simply passed 28 name tokens to Azazel. Each token represented the identities of his experts.
25 of them were his strongest golems and androids, whose strength was comparable to 7th-stage cultivators. As for the other three, they were also engraved with a few Chinese characters.
"My experts will reach the tournament site on time. For now, these tokens have the names of the participants. You may take them as proof."
Azazel picked the tokens and inspected them. However, she didn't sense any connection to the token owners.
"Just name tokens? This is not enough for identity proof."
"No, they're enough. After all, 25 of them don't have a life. As for the other three, well, you can find them yourself if they don't show up. I believe you have already met them."
"…"
The first 25 tokens had engraved words of golem code names, such as Combat-A0379 or Combat-C2257.
However, the additional three had the following names; Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang, and Zhang Yide.
"If you have more fighters than the requirement, then it's all good. I'll be leaving," Azazel shrugged and destroyed the ceiling again. She flew out and left Brocell hanging.
Brocell could only complain, "Damn, girl. Repairing my dungeon cost a lot of DP! How many cultivators do you think I killed before I got enough to construct my precious dungeon!?"
…
After visiting Brocell, Azazel crossed the continent and arrived at Jianye City.
At the City Palace, where Liu Biao resided, Azazel barged in and demanded the promised fighters in front of the lord.
"Where are your 15 fighters? Have you prepared enough representatives to join the event?"
Liu Biao panicked. He fell on his knees and kowtowed, "I have enough, but they aren't here! Please, have mercy!"
"As long as you can present me the names, I shall leave you alone until the Tournament Date. If your participants are not present during that time, I shall come back to collect the penalty fine for ruining the glorious event."
"I know! I'll make sure that all of them will go there!"
"Good. Then, where is the name list."
"Here, here!"
Liu Biao gave Azazel a scroll with 15 names of his participants.
Ling Cao, Huang Hansheng, and the remaining elders of the Mount Hua Sect were on the list. However, among the names, Azazel found duplicate names.
Liu Xuande
Guan Yunchang
Zhang Yide
Azazel frowned as these three were also among Brocell's representatives. Still, they were extras for the Dungeon Master's case. As for Liu Biao's case, they were a part of the main fighters, not a reserve.
"I see a few strange names. Are you sure that they serve you? Are you not making this up to fill the list?"
Liu Biao groveled to the floor, "I'm not making this up! I've contacted Liu Clan, and they agreed to send the trio to help me, but they haven't shown up yet. Please be patient. I shall urge them to hurry up and come here as soon as possible!"
Azazel still didn't trust the lord. However, she found the situation funny, so she didn't press on.
"I'll be waiting at the Tournament Site. If one of them doesn't show up at the Tournament Date in the letter, I shall come back to collect the penalty fine!"
"They will show up! Definitely show up!"
"Hmm."
Azazel left Liu Biao and headed north, heading for the central plain, where Ling Tianlong Army was.
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KYAAAK
SCREECH
150 kilometers northeast of Xiangyang, a battle between 100,000 Taoties and 100,000 man-eating termites were raging.
The wolf fiends' tactic and strategy were simple – They charged directly into the enemy's files of formations, crushing them with brute strength and toughness.
On the other hand, termites were cunning and shrew. 70% of the termites dug several tunnels underground or burrowed themselves under rocks and hard soil. As for the rest, they became the baits for their army. Whenever the wolves were near, they worked in teams and dragged their enemies to their new nests for food.
Guo Jia and Liu Guang floated over the battlefield, directing their subordinates from afar.
As for Ling Tianlong, who led the Taotie Army, he simply stared at Liu Guang and Guo Jia in disdain while he monitored his soldiers from the opposite side.
Ling Tianlong waved his arm, and a thousand dark portals appeared behind him.
100,000 giant wolves crossed the portals and formed ranks in front of Ling Tianlong. They howled and barked, snarling at the army of giant insects.
Ling Tianlong waved his hand forward, and his reinforcement charged at Liu Guang and Guo Jia. Some of them sprint into the sky as if there were tiles below their feet.
Liu Guang clicked her tongue and pointed her left index finger at the oncoming army. A portion of her skin particles left her body and multiplied.
A second later, the white dust grew bigger and transformed into two-meter-tall and 50-meter long Silver Centipedes. Their pointy legs were as sharp as knives, and their long poisonous tails could instantly down a 6th-stage cultivator upon touch!
100,000 giant centipedes manifested from Liu Guang's flesh and blood. They also had the same cultivation base as her.
The Great Circle of Nascent Soul Realm, half a step away from the 8th-stage!
Unfortunately, these insects didn't have her domain power, which she hadn't revealed yet.
The woman in blue dress leisurely brought out a bottle of Unified Element Spring Water and a vial of Miaomiao's blood to drink. Also gulping down the content, she deeply exhaled, being refreshed.
"How many times can you summon your… poison centipedes?" Guo Jia had goosebumps, looking at Liu Guang with a complex expression.
"I have 500,000 sets of my husband's blood and elixir water. So, I can do this 500,000 more times."
"I see. Then, let's keep dragging the fight into a war of attrition. We'll exhaust that guy out and wait for Senior Dian to finish her fight."
"Ah, let's do that."
The army of centipedes flew toward the flying wolves and began maiming each other. They got entangled in a vicious fight, tearing their opponent's flesh with their sharp claws and fangs.
Now, the sky and ground were messy and chaotic as 400,000 insects and fiends were fighting.
Ling Tianlong clicked his tongue as he unsheathed his new sword, made from a Taotie King's skeleton. His aura surged, revealing the same cultivation base as Liu Guang.
However, Ling Tianlong's Death Qi began eating away Yin and Yang Qi in the air. He slowly gathered strength and Qi as he prepared to join the fight.
Liu Guang frowned as she didn't want to crash against Ling Tianlong per Miaomiao's instruction. He had told her to avoid fighting Ling Tianlong directly as this guy's real strength was a few realms higher than his cultivation base.
She was not stupid enough to respond to Ling Tianlong's provocation. She turned to Guo Jia, "Prepare to withdraw if that guy starts charging at us before Dian Wei arrives."
Guo Jia wanted to protest, but his hunch told him that Ling Tianlong was dangerous. He nodded and slowly withdrew, "Understood. I'll retreat back 10 kilometers first and monitor the fight. If things don't improve, please withdraw our troops."
"I know."
Liu Guang glanced at the east, where Dian Wei had suddenly rushed toward that direction. She, too, sensed the aura of the 9th-stage archer, Huang Hansheng.
Dian Wei rushed there to intercept Huang Hansheng from intruding on this battlefield as he could have potentially slaughter everyone here. Only she could square against him.
It had been an hour after Dian Wei had left, but the fight over there had not been concluded. Liu Guang could only wait for her senior.
'Haiz. I wish Miaomiao and others were here. We could have killed this "Protagonist" together like we always did in the SPACE. Eh, that's a loser mentality. I need to cultivate harder and get stronger! If I can't solo these guys, I'll be left behind.'
More layers of skin left Liu Guang's face and body. Her flesh turned to dust, and the dust multiplied into small insects, after which they grew larger.
Liu Guang drank another set of her personal healing potions, recovering her blood and flesh. By the time she was healed, another batch of new army emerged.
This time, her flesh gave birth to 100,000 giant silver praying mantises. Their front leg arms hid razor blades, sharper and stronger than sky-grade weapons.
Like the centipedes, they inherited Liu Guang's cultivation base. They came out as 7th-stage monsters without domain power.
As Liu Guang was about to send these praying mantises to attack Ling Tianlong, an angel suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hovered above the battlefield.
Azazel ignored the raging battlefield and looked at Ling Tianlong with her expressionless sheep face, "I'm here to check your representatives, Ling Tianlong. Who will be your fighters for the Selection Tournament?"
Ling Tianlong frowned, thinking that this angel came here to interfere with his fight, "I'm busy. Let's talk another time."
"Unfortunately, I'm also busy. I need your answer and the name list, NOW!"
"Impossible. I need to kill that bitch and these monsters first."
"I take it that you have failed to gather enough tributes to the Selection Tournament. I shall be collecting the penalty fine from you then."
"WAIT!!"
Ling Tianlong was never afraid of Liu Guang, but he didn't want to fight Azazel again in his current state. As he was still a mortal, he couldn't fight back against a deity.
Therefore, provoking a deity was not the right move. He decided to compromise.
"How many do you need again?"
"20 representatives."
"The last time, you said 10!!"
"I've changed my mind since you tested my authority."
"…"
BOOM
As Ling Tianlong was distracted, the termite army on the ground made a quick work of the First Taotie Army. Within a few seconds, the Taotie Army was wiped out due to their difference in teamwork and tactics.
Ling Tianlong turned to the first battlefield and was about to activate more portals to summon more fiends.
However, Azazel's aura pressured him.
"Where is the list?"
"…"
Being pressured and distracted at the same time, Ling Tianlong was helpless. He gritted his teeth and summoned 20 of his contracted fiends as his sacrificial lambs.
"There, happy now?"
"You should have done this from the very beginning," Azazel sneered at him.
She waved her arms and metal cages appeared around the 20 contracted fiends of Ling Tianlong. Then, she made the cages floated with her Qi, "I'll be taking them with me to Siren City. If you have more fighter candidates, bring them to the Tournament Site."
BOOM
Without Ling Tianlong's command, the second Taotie Army in the sky was overrun by the combination of poison centipedes and praying mantises. They were wiped out in seconds.
In proxy combat, focus and concentration were the keys.
Secondly, Ling Tianlong still controlled his subordinates himself while Liu Guang simply sent her command to the unit captains – She didn't need to exert her mental strength as much as him.
As a result, the mental energy consumption and efficiency gap began to widen. With such an overwhelming advantage, Liu Guang's familiars crushed the Taotie minions with ease.
"…"
Ling Tianlong clenched his fists as he glared at Azazel, blaming her for his failed campaign.
Azazel simply sneered at him and reminded him, "Don't forget. My Lord stresses that you must join this event as well. Failure to do so, and I shall come back to collect your penalty fine."
The angel left with the cages in tow, leaving Ling Tianlong alone. She didn't forget to look at Liu Guang and winked at her.
Ling Tianlong didn't miss that. He figured that Azazel did it on purpose to help Liu Guang and Miaomiao's allies.
"You all will pay for this humiliation a thousand folds!"
Ling Tianlong opened a dark portal and entered it, planning to flee the battlefield.
Before Ling Tianlong completely entered his portal, Liu Guang bellowed, "You forgot this!"
A knife suddenly pierced Ling Tianlong's left thigh. Liu Guang had thrown it at him, but her aiming was bad.
"Aw, I missed. Oh, well, keep it as a souvenir for your defeat, moron."
"You…"
Ling Tianlong didn't feel the pain. He walked out of the portal and planned to continue the fight.
However, the left leg of his suddenly squirmed and expanded as if something was crawling inside. He could sense that a portion of his muscle, blood, and bones was being eaten!
"YOU WENCH! HOW DARE YOU!!"
Ruthlessly, Ling Tianlong severed his left leg and flew into the portal. Then, he closed it.
The left-behind leg of Ling Tianlong burst afterward, and a hundred thousand dark worms crawled out of the grey leg.
The knife that Liu Guang had thrown was made by her bones, which was also made of the three heaven-grade dadaos.
This was her secret weapon and her domain power. Any living being that her bone weapons had wounded would infect the person with random pest eggs in their bloodstream.
As long as her victim was in her domain, those eggs would hatch, releasing random pests to eat the victim from the inside!
Unfortunately, Ling Tianlong's sense was too good. She had failed to kill him.
"Ah, Miaomiao is going to be pissed… Welp, that's a protagonist for you."
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