Chapter 2260: True Immortal Descends Insect Sea Fierce Battle (Part 1)

The plan had already been confirmed by everyone before their departure. Now that it was upon them, the Grand Ascension stage ancestors naturally had no objections.

Moments later, after a roar, the demon army amassed above the desolate valley divided into several contingents and rolled away in the same direction.

Only tens of thousands of the most elite demon guards remained in place, along with a group of Grand Ascension stage beings.

An hour later, after a commotion among the remaining elite demons, they also boarded several colossal boats and departed from the desolate valley.

Seven days later, above a barren plateau, an army of over a hundred thousand demon armored soldiers was fighting fiercely through a sea of insects.

This demon army advanced and retreated with order, forming an incredibly intricate circular formation high in the air, supported by hundreds of colossal boats, and layered seven or eight defensive light barriers.

Thick light pillars and dense black qi and black light desperately shot out from the light barriers, with large swathes of strange insect corpses falling from high in the air almost every moment.

However, there were simply too many blight insects in this sea of insects!

No matter how many were killed or wounded, more strange insects would immediately swarm forward, desperately attacking the entire formation.

The demon contingent, which had been slowly advancing, was forced to stop in place due to layers of obstruction. However, the attacks unleashed from the circular formation grew even more powerful, instantly killing countless blight insects nearby, thereby easing the heavy pressure they were under.

Yet, the three Demon Sovereigns at the Integration stage, observing all this from a colossal boat within the formation, had grim expressions, without a hint of a smile.

“To use our reserve forces now is not a wise move. The time we can delay might be significantly shortened,” a burly demon man in crimson armor muttered.

“Hmph, if we don’t use them now, the entire formation might have already collapsed. If we can’t even get past this current hurdle, how can we talk about what comes next?” another gaunt demon elder scoffed.

“But the orders from the Saint Ancestors were for us to hold out in the sea of insects for at least half a day. It’s only been a few hours. If we genuinely want to return alive, we must reserve some fresh troops. Otherwise, once everyone is exhausted, how could just a few of us possibly break out of this insect sea?” the crimson-armored demon retorted disapprovingly.

“If we don’t deploy all our forces, we’re already in mortal danger; what’s the point of talking about breaking out of the insect sea? At worst, in the end, we can all use secret techniques to unleash our potential, and we might still escape safely,” the gaunt elder said, seemingly unconcerned.

“Unleash potential! Friend, you speak so easily. Even a slight mishap, and we’d still be devoured by the blight insects,” the crimson-armored big man said coldly.

“I, on the other hand, believe that as long as we plan carefully and seize the right opportunity, it wouldn’t be too difficult,” the gaunt elder huffed, rolling his eyes.

The big man became furious upon hearing this and was about to speak further, but he was directly interrupted by the last person, a female Demon Sovereign who appeared to be a middle-aged woman.

“What time is it now? Yet you two still argue endlessly. If you truly have such leisure, it’s not too late to argue after we safely leave this place. But before that, the three of us need to work together. All our forces have already been deployed; it’s too late for regrets now. Let’s rather think carefully whether there’s another way to break out of the insect sea, besides unleashing our potential,” the somewhat attractive demoness said with an expressionless face.

“Lady Tianmiao speaks wisely. We should indeed discuss again to see if we can find another way, which would be best.” After the crimson-armored big man’s expression fluctuated between dark and bright, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and forced a smile as he spoke.

“Indeed. I also didn’t expect the blight insects here to be far fiercer than the insect swarms outside. At this moment, we should unite our efforts.” The gaunt elder coughed dryly, then his expression relaxed as he spoke.

Thus, the three Demon Sovereigns once again carefully discussed strategies to escape on the colossal boat.

At the same time, several other demon armies were also besieged by seas of insects in various other extreme locations, with Demon Sovereigns leading the demons in desperately resisting wave after wave of blight insect attacks, all appearing to be barely holding on.

However, at this moment, the tens of thousands of elite demons, including Han Li and Fairy Baohua, while most of the blight insects near the “Land of Prime Imprints” were drawn away by the demon armies, used their fastest escape speed to break through the interception of over a dozen insect swarms in one go, and were now not too far from the Land of Prime Imprints.

But by this time, the other blight insect swarms also reacted. They, too, were finally surrounded by blight insects swarming from all directions, becoming completely sealed off, just like the other demon armies, falling into the endless insect sea’s blockade.

However, unlike those demon armies!

Although Grand Ascension stage ancestors like Han Li and Fairy Baohua had not yet acted, with tens of thousands of elite demons and nearly a thousand disciples from the Grand Ascension stage ancestors’ sects acting together, how could ordinary blight insects possibly stop them?

Immediately, countless sword lights and blade glows appeared rolling forth at the front of the contingent, and the blight insects blocking their path instantly burst into splattering blood rain, unable to obstruct them in the slightest.

The entire demon contingent, shrouded in surging demonic energy, did not stop for a moment, advancing rapidly forward at an astonishing speed. Even if a few stronger blight insects tried to block their way, they were instantly crushed by countless demonic artifacts.

After merely a quarter of an hour, the demon contingent had advanced a million li, killing countless blight insects of various kinds along the way.

Suddenly, a strange hissing sound came from the insect sea ahead, and then the blight insects abruptly parted, revealing a large swarm of enormous, entirely green insects.

Each of these colossal insects was over ten zhang tall, with pincer-like forelimbs, mouths full of tusks, and ferocious appearances.

“Beware, these are high-grade blight insects. Their spitting attacks are equivalent to a full-force strike from an Integration stage Demon Sovereign,” an unknown high-grade demon immediately recognized these colossal insects and cried out in alarm.

But just then, the colossal insects ahead opened their mouths one after another, and streaks of emerald green light pillars rapidly shot out, disappearing in a flash.

Nearly a thousand elite demons at the Void Refinement stage in front, caught off guard, were struck by these light beams, which pierced directly through their defensive demonic energy and hit their bodies, and they screamed as they were instantly vaporized.

The power of these light pillars was incredibly formidable; the demon guards’ battle armor and protective spiritual light were utterly incapable of stopping them even slightly.

“Haha, these high-grade blight insects actually mobilized so many. It seems they finally understand that we are the main force of this expedition. Since that’s the case, what are we waiting for?” A Demon Saint Ancestor clad in black armor, standing at the front of the colossal boat, laughed heartily upon seeing this. With a raise of one hand, a cluster of black threads shot out, and with a flash, transformed into an enormous, sky-reaching net, several li in size, which directly descended upon the colossal insects.

At this moment, the other Grand Ascension stage ancestors nearby, their expressions shifting, also took action one after another.

One person simply made a hand seal with one hand, and immediately, violent winds surged in the void ahead, over a dozen thousand-zhang-tall hurricanes rose from thin air, then fiercely surged forward and pressed down.

Another person merely pointed into the void with one hand, and the elemental energy in the sky rippled intensely. After a thunderous roar, countless bowl-sized lightning serpents rained down.

Concurrently, under the discreet spellcasting of the remaining Grand Ascension stage ancestors, foot-long gigantic wind blades and basin-sized blue fireballs also emerged around the colossal insects and shot towards the insect swarm without hesitation.

One Grand Ascension stage ancestor even simply grabbed into the void, and a small, glistening sword flashed into existence, then with a flick, it directly slashed forth.

A loud ripping sound echoed, and countless glistening sword lights instantly appeared, then spread out overwhelmingly with whistling sounds...

With so many Grand Ascension stage ancestors attacking together, even if those colossal insects were exceptionally powerful, how could they withstand so many waves of attacks? Immediately, amidst screams, they either directly shattered into pieces or turned into ashes, and were wiped out in the blink of an eye.

Countless cheers immediately erupted from the demon contingent!

“Don’t stop, keep advancing!” the Demon Saint Ancestor clad in black armor ordered with a sinister laugh, his voice rumbling.

The elite demon guards dared not delay. The contingent, which had slowed down slightly, immediately accelerated forward again.

At this point, the other blight insects, which had retreated, once again swarmed forward fearlessly, but still could not slow down the entire contingent.

Han Li was in the main hall of the colossal boat, but with a sweep of his spiritual sense outside, he saw everything clearly.

Upon seeing those colossal insects easily annihilated by a joint attack from several Grand Ascension stage cultivators, he immediately quirked his lips into a slight smile.

Although the spitting power of these colossal insects was similar to that of Integration stage cultivators, their defensive capabilities were vastly different, as if they were merely defective products.

Otherwise, even if several Grand Ascension stage cultivators had attacked together earlier, it would have been impossible to so easily obliterate so many Integration stage beings.

It seemed these colossal insects were not truly the highest-tier blight insects!

Meanwhile, most of the Grand Ascension stage ancestors were gathered in the hall, with only seven or eight standing at the front and back ends of the colossal boat, ready to deal with any unexpected situations.

Fairy Baohua, however, sat on a chair in the center of the hall, toying with a palm-sized mirror in her hand.

It was the Small Illusory Heaven Mirror.

As for the other Grand Ascension stage cultivators, they were either gathered in pairs, conversing in low whispers, or resting with their eyes closed on their chairs.

Han Li’s gaze flickered, landing on a woman sitting by the window, who was none other than Saint Ancestor Evil Lotus.

This woman’s face bore a striking resemblance to Fairy Baohua’s. She was facing the window, observing the battle between the guards and the blight insects, her face devoid of any expression, making it impossible to discern her thoughts.

Not far from this woman, Old Man Tong Ya, surrounded by several Grand Ascension stage cultivators from the Sky Crow Realm, was meditating cross-legged on the floor, with faint threads of pale yellow crystalline light vaguely flowing around his body, as if he was cultivating some kind of cultivation method.

After a quick shift in his thoughts, Han Li withdrew his gaze and also closed his eyes to rest.

Beside him, Daoist Xie stood there expressionlessly, but there was no sign of Yin Yue.

Han Li had felt this trip was quite dangerous, which was why he hadn’t brought Yin Yue with him, instead leaving her temporarily at the provisional cave abode in the desert.

Although Yin Yue would be affected by the “Forgetful Emotions Art” if she left his side, as long as the duration wasn’t too long, there wouldn’t be any serious issues.