Ruling Martial World by Infinite Insect Swarms

Chapter 45: Chapter 44: An Arrow’s Thunder Shock, Primordial Mansion Realm Inheritance

”Junior! You’re courting death!”

Li Tianyi was furious and mad. Ten of the Purple Poison Scorpions that had burst from the ground separated from the swarm, charging at him with their large pincers raised.

SWISH!

The longsword in his hand thrust out like a phantom, its Sword Qi like frost, slaughtering the charging Purple Poison Scorpions one by one.

Watching this scene from the sky, Qin Yu, whose skin was oozing blood all over, remained incredibly calm. He stared fixedly at Li Tianyi like the coldest of killing machines. He never expected ten Purple Poison Scorpions to hurt Li Tianyi, but delaying him for just an instant was enough. Countless streams of data flowed frantically within his eyes.

”Thunder Shock Arrow!”

The Purple Vine Bow, strung with the wing sinew of a Qi and Blood Realm Thunder-Winged Peng Demon, seemed to spark with lightning as it was drawn into a full moon.

BOOM!

Amidst a thunderous roar, the arrow shot out explosively, hurtling toward Li Tianyi at extreme speed.

”Not bad Archery Skill! But you think you can hurt me with this soft arrow?” Li Tianyi sneered disdainfully at the arrow in the sky. A mere Bone Forging Realm junior couldn’t even break his Protective Gang Qi. It was utterly ridiculous!

SQUELCH!

Before his laughter could stop, the Scorpion Venom Armor-Breaking Arrow pierced into his Protective Gang Qi. Under the crushing pressure of terrifying force, the arrowhead forged from Hundred Forged Profound Iron twisted and deformed, but the pitch-black tip relentlessly drilled into Li Tianyi’s body.

”How is this possible?” Li Tianyi looked at the arrow embedded in his left shoulder as an intense wave of numbness surged through his body. He reached back, yanked the arrow out, and stared at the ink-black arrowhead. It was poisoned!

In the sky, Qin Yu drew another Scorpion Venom Armor-Breaking Arrow.

He thought, ”With my body, I can endure three arrows at most!” Feeling his bones and muscles creaking and his skin soaked in blood, Qin Yu knew his limits clearly, yet he drew the Purple Vine Bow again without hesitation. He could forcibly draw the power of the Insect Swarm into his body, allowing him to briefly unleash strength ten or a hundred times greater than his own. But the power was too immense; his body couldn’t withstand it.

Almost simultaneously, Li Wanqing, who had been pushed back by Li Tianyi’s desperate outburst, finally charged forward again. The light in her pale green vertical pupils flared, and the giant white python formed by her Spirit Snake Whip seemed to turn into a living creature. Li Tianyi gritted his teeth and swung his sword, intercepting Li Wanqing.

Qin Yu’s arrows could barely tear through his Protective Gang Qi at best, and the poison would only injure him, but Li Wanqing’s Spirit Snake Whip could truly kill him.

SQUELCH—

Almost at the exact moment Li Tianyi blocked the Spirit Snake Whip, the Scorpion Venom Armor-Breaking Arrow tore through his Protective Gang Qi from an incredibly tricky angle and pierced into his abdomen. The concentrated essence of the scorpion venom instantly spread throughout Li Tianyi’s body. The feelings of full-body paralysis and dizziness grew increasingly intense.

This was the scorpion venom essence Qin Yu had extracted from the body of the Qi and Blood Realm Scorpion King using the power of the Insect Nest. Not even a Profound Armor Barbarian Bear could withstand this deadly poison, let alone a human with such a small physique.

”Li Tianyi, is this your grand scheme? You want the legacy of Old Monster Youlin? To think it was ruined by a mere Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist. I wonder how you feel about that?” A hint of a smile finally appeared on Li Wanqing’s cold face.

Upon learning Li Tianyi’s location, she had accessed a large number of files regarding Cyan Peak County and its surroundings at the Demon Suppression Bureau. One of them mentioned Old Monster Youlin, who had disappeared in this area a thousand years ago. In the Five Poison Sect, Old Monster Youlin was merely a branch Elder of the Spiritual Snake Lineage, but he was also a mighty expert of the Primordial Mansion Realm, an existence capable of living for five hundred years, just like her master. Flying through the sky and using Earth Escape were mere trifles for him. The methods he could unleash with every casual movement far exceeded the Qi and Blood Realm; killing Qi and Blood Realm experts was as easy as chopping melons and slicing vegetables.

”You also know about Old Monster Youlin? And this Qin Family! You all deserve to die!” Li Tianyi retreated frantically, madness and tyranny flashing in his blood-red pupils. When he looked at the Black Thorn Eagle gliding rapidly across the sky, his gaze was filled with absolute malice!

It was this junior from the Qin Family! He could actually control hundreds of such powerful War Beasts. If not for that, the five people from the Demon Suppression Bureau would have had no chance under the siege of the Snake Demons he had spent years controlling with the Blood Sacrifice Method in the valley! Even a war of attrition would have drained their Qi Blood completely. But the appearance of those War Beasts had ruined his plans. The snake swarms covering Snake Valley were breached, and after converging with the people from the Demon Suppression Bureau, they had turned the tables and slaughtered the snakes!

When he saw the Purple Poison Scorpions burst out of the ground, he formed a few guesses about the Qin Family’s motives. He probably wasn’t the only one eyeing the place where the Five Poison Sect Elder, Old Monster Youlin, went into seclusion and perished! Old Monster Youlin was a Primordial Mansion mighty expert, an existence even stronger than the Qi Sea Realm. These Purple Poison Scorpions were the most common Poisonous Insects of the Five Poison Sect’s ’Holy Scorpion’ lineage. The fact that Qin Yu could control them so freely meant he surely had ties to the Five Poison Sect’s legacy.

”Naturally, I know!” Li Wanqing sneered. She glanced at the scorpion swarm that had already charged into the palace; her thoughts coincidentally matched Li Tianyi’s. But it didn’t matter. As long as Li Tianyi didn’t get this legacy, so what if it went to the Qin Family? If Qin Yu hadn’t intervened at the critical moment, they would have been in massive trouble.

As she thought this, her hands didn’t stop moving. She dashed forward at extreme speed. The giant white python formed by the Spirit Snake Whip abruptly spat out an Ice Flying Sword about three feet long! Strike while he was weak to claim his life! She finally unleashed her trump card as well.

Caught off guard, Li Tianyi was already heavily poisoned and fully paralyzed. No matter how desperately he dodged, the flying sword still pierced right through his left arm. Icy energy spread toward his body, threatening to freeze him completely.

SLASH!

Li Tianyi swiftly swung his sword, severing his left arm. His eyes were filled with disbelief as he looked at Li Wanqing.

”A flying sword! You can actually control a Flying Sword Magical Treasure?”

This was a flying sword! A Magical Treasure that required the Power of Divine Sense to control! This wasn’t a power a Qi and Blood Martial Artist should possess!

”Jade Spirit Snake Pupils. What an amazing pair of Jade Spirit Snake Pupils. No wonder Chen Jianqiu took you as his disciple.

”Good! Good! Good!

”But as a mere Qi and Blood Realm, even if you relied on your Jade Spirit Snake Pupils to prematurely cultivate Divine Thought, how many sword strikes can you actually unleash?”

Li Tianyi was practically going mad with jealousy. Why! Why was Li Wanqing so blessed? That Li Yao deserved to die too! Back then, pulling him out of the snake pit and taking him as a personal disciple was only to make him a Guardian servant for Li Wanqing. Everyone top to bottom in the Spiritual Snake Sect treated him like a freak!

The Qi Blood within his withered body grew increasingly frenzied. Bumps occasionally appeared on his skin, as if something was frantically darting around inside him.

”Enough to kill you!” Li Wanqing’s expression remained indifferent. The Ice Flying Sword streaked across the Void, and then shot out explosively once again with lightning speed.

”Hahaha, you forced me to do this! Let’s die together!” Li Tianyi’s eyes were filled with malice and madness. His withered body swelled as if inflated, and then his skin ruptured, turning him into a blood-soaked figure. A dense, blood-colored mist surged from his body, instantly filling a hundred-meter radius and enveloping Li Wanqing within. His figure then lunged toward Li Wanqing like a ghost.