Chapter 713: The Might of the Gold-Swallowing Ant

As soon as he broke free, three streaks of dazzling spiritual light—blue, red, and green—shot towards him. They were three shimmering magical treasures.

Wang Changsheng remained calm. He raised the Purple Cloud Mirror in his hand, aimed it at the incoming magical treasures, and instantly immobilized them.

A massive dark cloud appeared above Wang Changsheng's head at some unknown moment. Thunder roared loudly, and a bolt of silver lightning, as thick as a water vat, shot out, striking towards Wang Changsheng with lightning speed.

A loud whooshing sound rent the air as a streak of fifty-zhang-long green sword energy shot forth, colliding with the silver lightning bolt. A deafening roar erupted as silver and green light intertwined, and a powerful shockwave rapidly spread outwards.

Facing a nine-on-five situation, Wang Changsheng naturally wouldn't fight to the death. At worst, he would simply retreat from the Red Moon Sea.

A fierce glint flashed in Wang Changsheng's eyes. He opened his mouth and spat out the Mountain-Sea Pearl, which landed in his hand. He slammed it towards the void, causing ripples to appear in the air. Countless blue lights emerged, transforming into five enormous blue water pythons that lunged towards the opponents.

A large expanse of crimson firelight appeared above Wang Qingshan's head, transforming into a crimson flying sword. The sword seemed to be condensed from flames, emitting astonishing heat. A whooshing sound rang out as the crimson flying sword shot forward, its target directly the silver-robed old man. A loud sword hum reverberated as countless green flying swords appeared behind him, quickly merging into an enormous green flood dragon, which bared its fangs and claws as it charged towards the opponents.

The silver-robed old man and the others dared not be careless. They either unleashed spiritual techniques or conjured magical treasures to meet the attack. A tremendous roar echoed, spiritual lights of various magical arts flickered, and powerful shockwaves spread in all directions.

Seizing this opportunity, Wang Changsheng and Wang Qingshan transformed into two streaks of light and fled through the air with incredible speed. Several magical treasures and spiritual techniques struck towards them, but a large expanse of purple mist flew out, enveloping these attacks.

On the other side, Zhang Zhiyang, Zhang Zhiqin, and Lu Qin fled in different directions.

"Chase them! Don't let them escape."

The nine Core Formation cultivators spread out. Four Core Formation cultivators pursued Zhang Zhiyang and Zhang Zhiqin, two chased Lu Qin, and three pursued Wang Changsheng and Wang Qingshan.

Wang Qingshan was only at the first layer of Core Formation, so his escape speed was not fast. One fifth-layer Core Formation cultivator and two third-layer Core Formation cultivators were in hot pursuit, moving extremely quickly.

"Qingshan, let's find a place to deal with them first," Wang Changsheng transmitted a message to Wang Qingshan, his voice filled with murderous intent. "Three people dare to chase us so brazenly. They must be courting death."

"Alright, let's find a place to deal with them," Wang Qingshan agreed without hesitation. Since Wang Changsheng dared to say this, he naturally had something to rely on, and there was no reason for him to refuse.

An hour later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Qingshan suddenly stopped, appearing above a deserted island. The pursuers were two men and one woman. The strongest among them was a beautiful woman in a red dress, in her thirties, at the fifth layer of Core Formation.

A flash of killing intent appeared in Wang Changsheng's eyes. A brilliant blue light erupted from his body as countless blue light particles materialized out of thin air, forming a blue river more than ten zhang long, which surged and rolled violently. After refining the Mountain-Sea Pearl, it became much easier for Wang Changsheng to use water-attribute magical techniques.

The blue river churned violently, and an enormous blue water flood dragon flew out, lunging towards the opponents. He flipped his palm, and a yellow seal flew out, instantly growing to the size of a small mountain as it smashed towards the opponents.

The red-dressed young woman and the two men dared not be negligent, and they all cast spells to resist. The red-dressed young woman flicked her wrist, and thousands of crimson spirit ants flew out. Their queen was a third-tier low-grade spirit insect with four wings on its back, purple spiritual patterns in circles over its body, two long antennae on its head, and exposed fangs, making it look exceptionally ferocious.

These were Purple Cloud Ants, spirit insects on the Heavenly Anomalous Insect List, ranked 102nd. They enjoyed consuming spirit-rich items and could release flames to harm enemies, though their defensive capabilities were inferior to those of the Gold-Swallowing Ants. Thousands of Purple Cloud Ants swarmed forward, covering the sky, their momentum terrifying.

Wang Changsheng let out a cold snort. He shook his sleeve, and thousands of Gold-Swallowing Ants flew out to meet the Purple Cloud Ants. The Gold-Swallowing Ant queen had several black spiritual patterns on its body, and some individual Gold-Swallowing Ants also had black spiritual patterns. Wang Changsheng had obtained a batch of Golden Star Ladybug corpses in the Myriad Ghosts Sea. After the Gold-Swallowing Ants consumed the Golden Star Ladybug corpses, these black spiritual patterns appeared on the Gold-Swallowing Ant queen and some individual Gold-Swallowing Ants, making their bodies extremely tough.

The two insect swarms quickly clashed. The Gold-Swallowing Ants outnumbered the Purple Cloud Ants by twofold, and relying on their numerical advantage, they temporarily gained the upper hand. Wang Changsheng had cultivated the Gold-Swallowing Ants for over a hundred years, feeding them a large amount of refining materials, and their numbers had grown to tens of thousands. They were finally proving useful.

The Purple Cloud Ants were no match for the Gold-Swallowing Ants. Purple Cloud Ants primarily fed on spirit-rich items like demonic beast meat and spiritual herbs. When they spewed purple flames to attack the Gold-Swallowing Ants, the latter were unaffected. The Gold-Swallowing Ants pounced on the Purple Cloud Ants, biting their bodies relentlessly, and the Purple Cloud Ants were quickly defeated.

The Gold-Swallowing Ant queen rallied hundreds of second-tier Gold-Swallowing Ants to attack the Purple Cloud Ant queen together. The Purple Cloud Ant queen spewed a thick purple flame, engulfing hundreds of Gold-Swallowing Ants, most of which instantly turned to ash. However, the Gold-Swallowing Ants with black spiritual patterns on their bodies charged out of the sea of fire and pounced onto the Purple Cloud Ant queen. The Gold-Swallowing Ant queen flapped its wings and lunged as well.

The Purple Cloud Ant queen flapped its wings, trying to shake off the Gold-Swallowing Ants on its body, but it was useless. The Gold-Swallowing Ants frantically gnawed at the Purple Cloud Ant queen's wings. A dense swarm of Gold-Swallowing Ants swarmed from all directions, surrounding the Purple Cloud Ant queen so tightly that it was impenetrable. After the Purple Cloud Ant queen killed hundreds of Gold-Swallowing Ants, it was overwhelmed by countless Gold-Swallowing Ants.

The red-dressed young woman's beautiful face changed dramatically. The Gold-Swallowing Ants released by Wang Changsheng were truly formidable! They actually fearlessly withstood the flames spewed by the Purple Cloud Ant queen. She was about to intervene to help when an enormous blue water flood dragon lunged towards her, with a massive yellow seal following closely behind.

Wang Qingshan also conjured his Azure Glaze Sword and unleashed a large expanse of green sword light, attacking the other two Core Formation cultivators. The red-dressed young woman opened her mouth and spat out a shimmering red command flag. With a gentle flick, countless waves of fire materialized out of thin air, forming an enormous crimson python that surged forward to meet the attack.

Boom!

A tremendous roar erupted. The crimson python was torn to shreds by the blue water flood dragon, and the blue water flood dragon's size also shrank by more than half. The red-dressed young woman fiercely waved the crimson banner in her hand, and a thick streak of crimson flame shot out, shattering the blue water flood dragon.

The red-dressed young woman's beautiful face changed drastically. She suddenly lost her connection with the Purple Cloud Ant queen. The Purple Cloud Ant queen was actually dead? She looked towards where the Purple Cloud Ant queen had been and saw the Gold-Swallowing Ant queen and hundreds of Gold-Swallowing Ants with black spiritual patterns furiously gnawing at the Purple Cloud Ant queen's corpse. More than half of the Purple Cloud Ant queen's body had already disappeared. The red-dressed young woman was both shocked and enraged. She had spent a great deal of effort cultivating the Purple Cloud Ants to the third tier, and now it was just killed like that.

By this point, all the Purple Cloud Ants had been wiped out by the Gold-Swallowing Ants. The Gold-Swallowing Ants had suffered minor casualties, mostly at the hands of the Purple Cloud Ant queen.