Ruling Martial World by Infinite Insect Swarms

Chapter 15: Chapter 14: Fierce Battle! Brutal Battlefield

RUMBLE!

Over a hundred Demon Fiends stampeded through the mountain forest, unleashing a deafening roar. The very ground trembled beneath them, their imposing momentum as terrifying as an army of thousands of men and horses.

Qin Yu’s gaze was ice-cold. These Demon Fiends came from various Demon Races. There were common ones like Wolf Demons, Bear Demons, Snake Demons, and Pig Demons, as well as some rarer breeds. Among them was a Thousand-legged Centipede over three meters long, a fiery red lizard, and a massive, heavily armored scorpion. It was a bizarre, nightmarish menagerie.

Most horrifying of all, these Demon Fiends had coerced and taken control of a massive number of ordinary wild beasts.

Demon Fiends were born leaders of Poisonous Insects and wild beasts.

Wolves, black bears, and other beasts swarmed over the mountains and plains, accompanied by Poisonous Insects like brightly colored venomous snakes, centipedes, and scorpions of all sizes. These creatures, which would normally tear each other apart on sight, now suppressed their primal instincts. They followed the hundred-plus Demon Fiends, howling and roaring as they charged forward.

This multiplied the terrifying momentum and oppressive pressure of the Demon Fiends.

Yet, Qin Yu’s heart remained completely calm, his breathing steady.

With his Longbow in hand, he shared the vision of the Red-bellied Eagle circling in the sky and every Rapid Insect on the ground. The entire battlefield’s layout appeared perfectly in his mind. Then, the Insect Nest began operating at maximum capacity, frantically analyzing the data to pinpoint the highest-priority targets.

A Muscle Refining Martial Artist possessed explosive burst speed and power but lacked stamina. Therefore, he had to reserve his strength for crucial targets.

In an instant, Qin Yu locked onto a rampaging Bear Demon.

Such massive Demon Fiends needed to be eliminated immediately! Their frontal assault capabilities were too overwhelming. Even the Rapid Insects would struggle to hold them back, let alone the Martial Artists standing behind them. If their formation was broken and they were forced into isolated, individual skirmishes by the Demon Fiends, it would be a disaster.

”Wind Chasing Arrow!”

The Armor-Breaking Arrow tore through the air, rocketing forward with a massive sonic boom.

In the blink of an eye, the Armor-Breaking Arrow crossed a thousand meters. It perfectly pierced the Bear Demon’s eye socket and shot out the back of its skull, bringing with it a large spray of white brain matter.

However, Qin Yu didn’t even pause to watch. His bow snapped like a thunderbolt as he fired arrow after arrow.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

One by one, the stampeding Demon Fiends collapsed. Every single one was a large-bodied fiend, like Bear Demons and Tiger Demons. Any creature Qin Yu set his sights on was instantly killed with a single shot.

Demon Fiends possessed intelligence. Upon realizing that the human group had a Divine Archer ruthlessly sniping them down, their charging formation immediately fell into significant chaos.

While the Demon Fiends were terrified, the humans were even more astounded.

Shooting down the Golden Eagle with a single arrow could have been written off as luck. But consecutively killing seven or eight Demon Fiends—each sniped perfectly through their weakest points—how could that still be just luck? Those skilled in archery among them understood exactly what this signified!

”Microcosm! A Microscopic Arrow!”

Xu Chen was deeply shaken; this was a realm even he had never reached.

He had his suspicions when Qin Yu shot down the Golden Eagle, but he hadn’t dared to confirm it. How old was Qin Yu? How could a mere Muscle Refining Martial Artist achieve the Microcosm realm in Archery Skill? Perhaps it was just a fluke, he had thought.

But to accurately strike the weak points of Demon Fiends one by one, instantly killing them while hundreds of fiends and beasts sprinted wildly through the mountain forest... This was absolutely the Micro Realm! It might even be Great Mastery of the Subtle! The vast majority of Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artists who specialized in the Bow and Arrow couldn’t even pull this off!

In his shock, it wasn’t until Qin Yu had already fired three consecutive arrows that Xu Chen, who had also drawn his bow, finally released his first shot.

His target was a Tiger Demon.

The arrow shot forward explosively, using astonishing power to tear open the Tiger Demon’s chest and abdomen. Yet, it only managed to inflict severe injuries, failing to achieve the one-hit instant kill that Qin Yu had demonstrated.

If this was the best Xu Chen—a Bone Forging Realm expert—could do, the others were even worse off.

Over a hundred sharp arrows formed a small-scale rain of arrows in mid-air, but the vast majority missed. Only a small fraction managed to hit their targets. Striking the thick, rough skin and tough flesh of the Demon Fiends, the arrows were barely more than an annoyance unless they hit a vital spot.

Under a few volleys of arrows, a massive number of wild beasts fell. But the Demon Fiends, even with seven or eight arrows sticking out of their bodies, continued their relentless charge.

Faced with such a stark contrast, many people couldn’t help but shoot side-glances at Qin Yu, even in the heat of battle.

At this moment, Qin Yu seemed to have transformed into the most precise killing machine. He fired arrow after arrow! Every single shot guaranteed the harvest of a Demon Fiend’s life.

His terrifying combat record left everyone in awe; even Qin Hu was dumbfounded. He had witnessed Qin Yu kill Wolf Demons before, but that was nowhere near as mind-blowing as this display.

Unfortunately, Qin Yu was ultimately just one man. After firing over ten arrows against the stampede of over a hundred Demon Fiends, the roaring fiends and beasts had already closed the distance.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

Guided by Qin Yu’s Telepathy, the Rapid Insects—which had long been struggling to contain their urges—let out screeching roars and sprinted out to launch a counter-charge.

The two forces collided with a thunderous crash.

A Rapid Insect’s scythe-like arms slashed out, tearing into the neck of a Demon Fiend at the very front—a creature resembling a wild boar, but with tusks as thick as an adult’s arm. Blood gushed wildly.

However, the tusked wild boar’s Life Force was far too tenacious for it to die on the spot. Instead, it violently jerked its head, plunging its tusks into the Rapid Insect’s abdomen and tossing it flying through the air!

The severely injured Rapid Insect flipped in mid-air and landed gracefully. Completely ignoring its wounds, it turned and immediately pounced on a Wolf Demon, engaging it in a brutal melee.

Meanwhile, almost simultaneously, the other Rapid Insects found their opponents. They attacked frantically, either forcing a kill or trading injuries for injuries.

In just a single clash, eighteen Demon Fiends were killed. But achieving this near-ferocious combat record also left nearly half of the Rapid Insects injured.

It wasn’t that the Rapid Insects were too weak. It was because they had taken the brunt of the Demon Fiends’ fiercest first wave of attacks! Those charging at the very front were often the strongest among them!

”Kill!”

Wielding dual hammers, Zhou Feng—who looked like a human bear—let out a low growl and charged right behind the Rapid Insects. When his pair of melon-sized Warhammers smashed down, even the tusked wild boar’s skull was caved in, scattering brain matter everywhere.

”Hahaha, how satisfying! So satisfying!”

Amidst maniacal laughter, Zhou Feng swung his hammer down at a charging giant bear. The massive creature, which stood on its hind legs and was almost twice as tall as him, had its paw forcefully shattered by the blow.

A Bone Forging Martial Artist wielded tens of thousands of pounds of sheer physical force with a single wave of their hand!

Behind him, the rest of the Martial Artists from the Demon Suppression Bureau all surged forward. Chen Feng and Li Hui thrust their long spears. Amidst flashes of cold light, their spears moved like swimming dragons, piercing through the bodies of beasts and Demon Fiends one after another.

Zhang Ming’s dual sabers blurred like phantoms. Like a fierce wind sweeping away fallen leaves, he instantly decapitated several Demon Fiends.

Following closely behind them, the Martial Artists of Cyan Peak County experienced a surge in morale. Roaring in fury, they charged in and clashed with the Demon Fiends.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of them were Flesh Refining or even merely Skin Refining Martial Artists. The moment they engaged in true close-quarters combat with the Demon Fiends, casualties immediately began to appear.

Severed limbs and broken arms flew through the air.

Some of the more powerful entities among the Demon Fiends managed to tie down the experts from the Demon Suppression Bureau and the four great families, making the casualties increasingly severe.

Even among the Qin Family’s elite squad, people began to get injured and die.

Yet, Zhang Shun—the strongest among them—had not yet made a move.

He tightly gripped his Long Saber, his gaze fixed dead on a massive silhouette that had appeared atop the mountain peak.

It was a brightly colored, fierce tiger standing over three meters tall. As it breathed out of its massive maw, real flames flickered and burned, distorting the surrounding air.

ROAR—

The blazing tiger roared at the sky, sending out tangible sound waves. Its intense, oppressive aura made everyone’s hearts involuntarily shudder.

Under the tiger’s roar, the Demon Fiends—already engaged in a frenzied slaughter—seemed to fall into a state of berserk fury, becoming even more deranged.

Then, the blazing tiger let out a low growl. Its massive eyes locked onto Qin Yu. His continuous barrage of arrows, having slain over a dozen Demon Fiends, had clearly drawn the attention of this Great Demon.

WHOOSH!

The blazing tiger exploded into motion. Like a phantom of fire, it aimed straight for Qin Yu. With just a few bounds, it covered dozens of meters, charging directly into the battlefield.

Seeing this, several Rapid Insects sprinted desperately toward the blazing tiger.

A hint of human-like mockery flashed in the blazing tiger’s giant eyes. Did a few mere Muscle Refining Realm bugs really dare to provoke it?

BANG!

As it vaulted forward, a casual swat from its massive Tiger Claw smashed the heads and bodies of two Rapid Insects into a mist of blood! There was no one who could survive a single exchange with it!

Zhang Shun, who had been guarding Qin Yu’s side the entire time, finally moved. With a cold snort, his Long Saber left its sheath. Torrential Qi Blood surged as he rocketed forward!

”You beast, you’re courting death!”