Chapter 330 - 328: Insects of the Greed Realm

Chapter 330: Chapter 328: Insects of the Greed Realm

Su Qing slowly cast the World-Purifying Immortal Technique.

He severed most of the entrances to the Demon Realm.

He also cast the World-Purifying Immortal Technique across most of the surrounding Celestial Sea Realm.

Then he went over every stretch of the continent’s edge.

Just like that, ten days had already passed.

"Phew..."

’Time for a break. It’s enough to have contained the Demonic Qi to the Celestial Saint Continent.’

’This is so annoying.’

’This is as good as it’s going to get.’

Having experienced the power of that Ninth Realm Immortal, Su Qing felt like he was just a hired hand—no, a hired hand for the Celestial Dao itself.

If the Spirit Realm were completely enveloped by Demonic Qi, there would be little difference between it and the Demon Realm.

’Finally, I can go back and get some rest.’

Su Qing felt quite unwell. This kind of strenuous, continuous use of Immortal Techniques...

...was truly draining.

Fortunately, most of the Demonic Qi was now contained on the Celestial Saint Continent.

Seeing this, Su Qing couldn’t be bothered to do any more.

He was tired of facing the Ninth Realm Immortal’s interference.

The Immortal had already attacked him many times just now, using a variety of different moves.

Each strike was lethal, their power terrifying beyond measure.

The most frightening, of course, was the Soul Attack from an unknown direction. Fortunately, his Grand Array was constantly active; otherwise, he would have been done for.

That was the greatest danger of all.

...

When Su Qing rushed back to Qingsu Island, he saw several of those colorful insects clinging to the Grand Array, their mouthparts siphoning its power.

’I knew there would be some out here, too.’

On the spot, Su Qing unleashed a blast of the World-Purifying Immortal Technique at the dozen or so insects.

Almost instantly, the insects’ souls went blank, devoid of any emotional fluctuation or desire.

They dropped motionlessly into the sea.

’As expected, the World-Purifying Immortal Technique is the best way to deal with them.’

With a sweep of his soul, Su Qing packed them all into his Storage Ring.

A Storage Ring couldn’t normally hold living creatures, but after being cleansed by the World-Purifying Immortal Technique, these insects were no different from inanimate objects.

Su Qing had to make a specimen and dissect the insect’s structure.

"Master."

As soon as Su Qing entered, he saw Xiaoqing.

Su Qing had left Xiaoqing on Qingsu Island when he went to cleanse the Demonic Qi.

"What’s the deal with these insects?" Su Qing asked.

"I don’t know. The insects reappeared ten days ago and have since swept across the entire Celestial Sea Realm."

"The second world you left in the sky now has quite a few creatures living on it, Master."

As Xiaoqing spoke, Su Qing looked up.

The manifestation of the Great World above was covered in them—tens of thousands of black and red insects.

’How terrifying. What in the world are these insects?’

"World-Purifying Immortal Technique."

Su Qing unleashed the World-Purifying Immortal Technique.

All the insects plummeted.

[Insect of the Greed Realm: An insect born in the Greed Realm, a Small Thousand World within the Star Sea, one of the Great Thousand Worlds beyond our own. Possesses terrifying Life Force and Devouring Power. Its carapace can absorb Energy for defense. Delights in devouring everything in a world...]

[Synthesizable]

’So they’re really not from our world.’

Su Qing frowned. ’This is bad. What in the world happened? How could such terrifying insects appear in the Celestial Sea Realm?’

"When is the next opportunity for a guaranteed-accurate answer?"

"In five days, Master," Xiaoqing said.

Su Qing desperately wanted to know how these insects had appeared.

They were just too terrifying.

Even for a Fifth Realm Cultivator like him, he had to rely on his Divine and Immortal Techniques to handle these insects.

The God Demon Flipping Immortal Seal had little effect on them.

’Five days...’

Fortunately, Su Qing could afford to wait.

’Coming back only to deal with an insect plague... this is just disgusting.’

Su Qing returned to his residence.

The others around were all focused on their Cultivation, seemingly unaware of what was happening.

Only Tang Dan knew what was going on.

Moreover, very few Cultivators were walking around Qingsu Island now; every living being was fraught with worry.

Lounging in his rattan chair, Su Qing took the insects out from his Storage Ring.

He placed nine of the insects into the Synthesizer and initiated a Mutated Synthesis.

’Let’s see what this makes.’

[Synthesis Successful: Mutated Triggered]

[Greed Realm’s Insect Armor: Adaptable armor capable of absorbing Energy for self-defense. Increases self-recovery speed by +1000%.]

’The synthesized item increases recovery speed by 10 times?’

’That’s absurd.’

’I probably did kill those insects with my God Demon Flipping Immortal Seal, but their physical bodies are so absurd that they can fully recover in just a few moments.’

Su Qing recalled the details. All the insects had had their souls purged. This was especially true for the ones in the sky; their bodies had all turned black and red.

"Extract."

Su Qing wanted to see if this Insect Armor looked any good.

The moment he saw it...

It had the exact shape of an insect. The color was unchanged. It was hideous. It even had the insect’s mouthparts on the helmet, which just looked... wrong.

Ugly. Incredibly ugly.

’It’s not good-looking at all.’

Su Qing took out a number of Tier One Daoist Robes.

He was going to try an Immortal Transformation Synthesis.

After all, Su Qing was very impressed with the Insect Armor’s stats.

[Synthesis Successful: Immortal Transformation Triggered]

[Robe of the Greed Realm: An adaptable Immortal Robe that absorbs large amounts of Energy for self-defense. Under the enhancement of Immortal Pattern Power, Magic damage +10%, self-recovery speed +5000%.]

’Robe of the Greed Realm?’

’Let’s synthesize it again.’

How could Su Qing pass up the chance to upgrade such a great piece of defensive equipment?

After several more syntheses.

[Greed Realm’s Immortal Robe: An adaptable Immortal Robe (absorbs large amounts of Energy and converts it into permanent defensive capability). Under the enhancement of Immortal Pattern Power, Magic damage +300%, self-recovery speed +100x.]

After synthesizing it many times, Su Qing found that the self-recovery speed attribute barely increased, but the preceding effect had changed.

This was because Su Qing had gambled using Standardization and won.

’Not bad, not bad. An all-black look is much better.’

"Extract."

When Su Qing extracted it, he discovered the Magic Robe was an iridescent black, shimmering with myriad colors like a crow’s feather.

After putting it on, he looked undeniably cool.

Furthermore, with the enhancement to his recovery speed, Su Qing felt completely invigorated.

As for the remaining insects, Su Qing took one out and sliced it in half with his Immortal Sword.

A colorful liquid oozed out.

There wasn’t much inside the insect at all.

Just a single organ.

[Seed of the Greed Realm: A seed possessed by all living beings of the Greed Realm. It is a magical seed that allows the creatures of the Greed Realm to devour all things and use them to nourish the Greed Realm in return.]

"What the hell!"

’The Spirit Realm hasn’t even reached its highest level, and now this unknown Greed Realm shows up? Don’t tell me the Greed Realm has its sights set on the Spirit Realm?’

Su Qing’s expression crumbled as he stared at the Seed of the Greed Realm in his hand.

It was colorful and beautiful, but this was a seed from the Greed Realm—a realm that thrived on plunder.

’Five days.’

’First, I’ll go eat Spirit Fruits for five days. I’ll deal with this later.’

’So damn annoying.’

It’s said that when the sky falls, the tallest people are there to hold it up. But sometimes, even the tallest people aren’t up to the task.

Su Qing still chose to be that tallest person himself.

He couldn’t afford to waste any more time.

With the insect problem unresolved, Su Qing felt extremely uneasy.

Five days.

In truth, Su Qing came out each day to check on the situation beyond Qingsu Island.

The insects seemed to be multiplying.

And he was growing more and more frustrated.

"Master."

The moment the five days were up, Xiaoqing appeared.

"Perform an Inference. Find the locations of everything that can reproduce the insects of the Greed Realm."

"Yes, Master..." Xiaoqing calculated the answer in an instant.

...

A flood of images appeared in Su Qing’s mind—the locations of all the insects capable of breeding, transmitted by Xiaoqing.