Chapter 224: The Insect Swarm Roars, Slaying All Phenomena

BOOM!

Amid the crash, the phantom formed by the Flood Dragon King’s Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers was sent flying, blood spraying from its mouth.

The once-imperious Thousand-Handed Blood Slaughter Dharma Aspect finally ground to a halt, its body lurching unsteadily.

Clearly, Shen Tu Lu hadn’t escaped the exchange unscathed.

BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!

The instant the Dharma Aspect faltered, countless attacks rained down upon it. Three roaring Thunder Beasts charged in to ram it.

The ground rumbled as the Thunder Beasts’ four tusks stabbed violently into the Dharma Aspect’s ankles. The impact from the indestructible fangs caused parts of the Dharma Aspect to shatter.

“You bastards! A mere swarm of ants dares to injure me?”

An enraged Shen Tu Lu kicked one of the Thunder Beasts away. Dozens of enormous Blood Qi arms slammed down, each strike annihilating all Insect Race units within a radius of several dozen yards and leaving behind massive craters filled with gore and mangled remains.

Thunder Beasts, cockroaches, Thorn Snakes… Hundreds, even thousands of the Insect Race were reduced to pulp in an instant.

But the Insect Tide was simply too vast, seemingly endless!

As soon as one area was cleared, more insects would immediately surge in from the rear, from underground, and from the flanks to fill the gap!

Like a black landslide, they surged toward the Dharma Aspect’s legs, heedless of their own losses. They used claws, acid, and even self-destruction to relentlessly attack, tear, and corrode!

After mustering his strength for an attack that cleared the surrounding Insect Swarm, Shen Tu Lu’s gaze hardened as he looked at the Flood Dragon King, who had been sent flying. The blow had grievously wounded the Flood Dragon King, shattering more than ten of his Profound Flood Dragons on the spot.

But during the brief moment of the Insect Swarm’s assault, the phantom of the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers had already reformed.

‘I have to kill this Flood Dragon first!’

Shen Tu Lu understood instantly. The Flood Dragon King was the only one on the battlefield who could even hope to face him head-on.

If he could just kill it, he would be free to advance or retreat as he pleased.

‘No matter how vast this Insect Swarm is, it won’t be able to threaten me.’

However, just as he was about to charge forward…

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Three dazzling beams of light that seemed to pierce the heavens shot out once more, slamming heavily into the already damaged Dharma Aspect. Shen Tu Lu’s face fell.

BOOM—

A terrifying explosion swept through a radius of several miles. The Dharma Aspect shattered in numerous places; more than a dozen of its arms were blasted into nothingness.

The shockwave of Energy instantly vaporized the nearest parts of the Insect Swarm into a bloody mist, but the hordes behind them continued to roar and press the attack.

‘Thirty seconds!’

Shen Tu Lu’s heart shuddered.

After several consecutive attacks, he had already figured out the pattern: this astonishingly powerful bombardment occurred once every thirty seconds.

And it was nearly impossible to dodge.

It was too fast and its range was too great. He had no choice but to let his Dharma Aspect tank the damage head-on.

The longer Shen Tu Lu fought, the more alarmed and frustrated he grew.

His Dharma Aspect was incomparably powerful, and each of its strikes could slaughter countless members of the Insect Race, but their numbers seemed endless.

What was more terrifying was the feeling of his Dharma Aspect’s Energy being consumed at an alarming rate.

Maintaining the Dharma Aspect was already a massive drain on his Energy, and the intense battle only exacerbated the consumption.

The cracks spreading across his Dharma Aspect were the most direct proof.

The meager amount of Qi and Blood he could devour mid-battle was nowhere near enough to sustain such a high-intensity consumption.

‘I can’t drag this on any longer. I have to end this, and fast!’

Shen Tu Lu’s eyes narrowed as he made his decision. He had to break through this sea of insects, even if it cost him dearly. He would strike directly at the heart of the enemy and kill that Qin Yu hiding in the rear!

‘As long as I can get close, I can kill him with ease!’

“Thousand-Handed Blood Slaughter: Blood Prison Storm!”

Shen Tu Lu formed a spell seal with his hands and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which merged into his Dharma Aspect.

HUMMMMM—!!!

The Thousand-Handed Blood Slaughter Dharma Aspect suddenly erupted in a blinding, blood-red light!

Countless enormous, blood-colored blades of light erupted from the Dharma Aspect. They formed a rapidly spinning vortex of death, a storm of blades that indiscriminately slashed and carved through everything in all directions!

It was a wide-area clearing attack!

Its power was immense, but the cost was equally terrifying.

PFFT PFFT PFFT PFFT—!!!

Wherever the blades of light passed, everything was instantly shredded to pieces—the flying mosquitoes and Bursting Child Gu in the sky, the Thunder Beasts and the Insect Tide on the ground, and even the very rock and earth of the landscape.

In an instant, a vacuum was created, clearing out a zone several miles wide with the Dharma Aspect at its center.

The Insect Swarm’s assault faltered for an instant.

“Now!”

The moment Shen Tu Lu’s Dharma Aspect broke free from the heart of the Insect Tide, before it could build up speed, the circling Flood Dragon King made his move. With a roar that stirred the wind and clouds, he charged.

“I’ve been waiting for you. Now die!”

Shen Tu Lu laughed savagely. The countless arms of his Thousand-Handed Blood Slaughter Dharma Aspect swayed, as his Qi and Blood transformed into ropes, battle-axes, and other weapons that shot toward the Flood Dragon King to bind and slaughter him.

He had known all along that the Flood Dragon King was the only opponent capable of contending with him directly and pinning him inside the Insect Tide.

This devastating attack may have looked like an attempt to clear the field, but it was actually a ploy to lure the Flood Dragon King into attacking.

The attack from that dazzling white light had just ended, so it couldn’t interfere for a short while.

If he seized this window of opportunity, he could forcibly slay the Flood Dragon King!

ROAR—

Blood-red ropes coiled around the Flood Dragon phantom formed by the Flood Dragon King’s Daoist Soldier Array. The Dharma Aspect’s arms shot out, seizing the phantom in a firm grip.

At almost the exact same moment, the Flood Dragon phantom also wrapped itself tightly around the Thousand-Handed Blood Slaughter Dharma Aspect.

Under the assault of a thousand arms, the phantom of the Flood Dragon Dao Soldiers shattered.

But the Flood Dragon King only revealed a savage grin, his mocking gaze fixed on Shen Tu Lu. A tremor of unease, a terrible premonition, ran through Shen Tu Lu.

He snapped his head up. Under the influence of the Flood Dragon King’s “Call the Wind and Summon the Rain” Talent, a thick layer of clouds had already formed in the sky.

And within those heavy clouds, tens of thousands of Thunder Rocs and Four-winged Black Thorn Eagles had appeared, their arrival unnoticed.

In the sky, they had formed a complex, three-dimensional Array Map that spanned for several miles!