Ruling Martial World by Infinite Insect Swarms

Chapter 154: Chapter 148: Primordial Spirit Realm Evil Dragon! The Might of the Sky Patrol

High in the sky, Demon Suppression Generals Chen Jianqiu and Zhang Han, who were engaged in a frenzied battle with the Bishui River Dragon King, burst into laughter.

Upon learning of the Bishui River Dragon King’s mobilization from the Qin family, they had immediately requested reinforcements! The Great Wei Court possessed far more military might than just the Demon Suppression Bureau.

If the Demon Suppression Bureau were compared to the SWAT teams of his past life, then the Celestial Patrol Army was the regular military. When facing certain crises, the Demon Suppression Bureau possessed almost unlimited authority to call for backup.

Just like now.

Hearing the commotion, Qin Yu looked up.

BOOM!

Above the nine heavens, rolling thunder shattered the sky! A blazing bolt of lightning flashed from the distance, arriving above the Bishui River in the blink of an eye.

It was a colossal ship, a thousand *zhang* long, forged entirely from a bizarre silver metal that flowed with the luster of liquid lightning! Its bow was shaped like a ferocious dragon’s head. On its massive broadsides, countless intricate Rune Crossbow Arrows were densely arrayed, pulsating with terrifying lightning.

The hull was enveloped in a solid Shield of thunder. Through this barrier, one could see soldiers lining the deck and the ship’s sides. Clad in Thunder Armor and wreathed in electricity, every single one of them was at least at the Qi Sea Realm. They stared down with ice-cold eyes.

Leading them on the deck was a resolute-looking general with eyes like lightning. His aura was more than ten times stronger than that of Zhang Han and Chen Jianqiu!

This was the imposing might of a Myriad Phenomena Realm expert.

”It’s the Celestial Patrol Army! A Thunder Falcon-class Battleship!” Wan Yongchang’s eyes burst with pleasant surprise as he let out a long sigh of relief. ”They’re finally here!”

Qin Yu felt a mix of joy and absolute shock. He immediately withdrew, retreating rapidly. The ensuing battle no longer concerned him or his Insect Swarm.

The Great Wei Court’s strength was simply too overwhelming; the forces they displayed openly were enough to make every faction in the world tremble. The Demon Suppression Bureau was one such force. The Celestial Patrol Army was another, even more so.

A Celestial Patrol Battleship was a super Military Array in itself, and its Commander-in-Chief was always at least at the Myriad Phenomena Realm! What terrifying combat power was this?

The Blood Demon Sect might act arrogantly, but they only dared to stir up trouble in the shadows. This overwhelming might was exactly why Qin Yu didn’t dare to openly expose his Insect Swarm to the world.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the Celestial Patrol Battleship charged straight into the battlefield.

Without a moment’s hesitation, hundreds of Rune Crossbow Arrows on the broadsides gathered blinding lightning mid-flight, locking onto the Blood Sea Array. Bucket-thick, hyper-condensed silver thunderbolts blasted from the ship’s Crossbow Cannons. Tearing through space with apocalyptic momentum, they ruthlessly bombarded the Blood Sea Array!

”How could the Celestial Patrol Army arrive so fast?”

The manic laughter still lingering on Mo Yuzi’s face warped into absolute despair. The arrival of the Celestial Patrol Army meant that everything was over.

”Then let’s die together!” Mo Yuzi roared in desperate madness. He violently spat out a mouthful of lifeblood, but instead of using it to control the Blood Sea Array for defense, he directed it to furiously erode the space below!

As long as he opened this demon cave, everyone would die!

From that earlier roar, he could sense that the Evil Dragon sealed within the Demon Suppression Cave might not have perished after all! Even if a Primordial Spirit Realm Evil Dragon was severely weakened, its strength would still be unfathomably terrifying.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

In an instant, hundreds of silver pillars of lightning struck the Blood Sea Array simultaneously. The entire Grand Array let out a grating CRACK as countless fissures surfaced.

The very same Blood Sea Array that Wan Yongchang, Qin Yu, and the Insect Swarm had failed to breach with their combined efforts was obliterated in a second. Even Mo Yuzi, who stood at the center of the array, was struck by a Crossbow Arrow, his body pierced through by its horrifying power.

Yet, Mo Yuzi’s eyes remained dead set on the altar below.

Fueled by his final burst of power, the already dim Bronze Altar finally lost all its luster as cracks began to spread across its surface.

”No—!”

High in the sky, the Bishui River Dragon King, Ao Qin, who was fiercely battling Zhang Han and Chen Jianqiu, let out an unwilling roar, his dragon eyes turning blood-red.

He had plotted for years, biding his time, even going so far as to cooperate with the Blood Demon Sect and wager everything just for the Primordial Spirit Dragon Pearl that might exist within this Demon Suppression Cave!

Now that the seal was loosened, hope was right before his eyes. Yet the Celestial Patrol Army’s arrival had shattered the Blood Sea Array in an instant, and Mo Yuzi had perished without the slightest ability to resist. The sudden turn of events drove Ao Qin completely mad.

”No one will take my fortune!”

Ao Qin abruptly burned his lifeblood. His dragon body instantly expanded, his aura surging wildly as a sweep of his tail forced Zhang Han and Chen Jianqiu back. He then recklessly whipped his head around, transforming into a streak of flowing deep blue light, diving straight for the Bronze Altar that had cracked under Mo Yuzi’s mad gambit.

Faintly emanating from it was the aura of a Dragon Pearl—an aura that made his very bloodline boil!

”Stop him!” Zhang Han and Chen Jianqiu frantically gave chase.

A stern shout echoed from the Celestial Patrol Battleship. ”Vile beast! You court death!”

On the broadsides, several Crossbow Cannons—noticeably thicker and far more complex than the standard Rune Crossbow Arrows—rapidly adjusted their angles. Blinding lightning gathered at their muzzles, locking onto Ao Qin.

However, just as Ao Qin was about to plunge into the crevice and the Thunder Punishment Crossbows were on the verge of firing, a hair’s breadth away from impact—

ROAR!

From beneath the altar, a dragon’s roar dripping with endless malice and madness erupted once more. This time, it was clearer and closer than ever before!

Immediately after, a dragon claw thrust out of the altar. It was covered in pitch-black, rotting scales, yet remained as massive as a mountain, coiled in dense, impenetrable dark-red Evil Qi.

Then... it grabbed fiercely!

This grab was not aimed at anyone above; rather, it struck the crumbling rock strata and the residual seals surrounding the altar.

RUMBLE!

The earth quaked, and the mountains shook!

Centered on the altar, the riverbed within a radius of several miles completely collapsed and sank! Units of the Insect Swarm and Demon Fiends who couldn’t flee in time were reduced to blood mist.

An incomparably massive, bottomless pit formed instantly. Murky river water poured in madly, only to be forced back by the dark-red Evil Qi and chaotic energy spewing from the crater, forming a bizarre underwater void.

Qin Yu, who had retreated the moment the Celestial Patrol Battleship appeared, couldn’t help but feel unparalleled shock. He wondered, ”Is the Primordial Spirit Realm truly this terrifying?”

To think that a Primordial Spirit Realm existence sealed for fifty thousand years could still possess such astonishing power!

That single swipe had shattered the altar.

A hideously terrifying head slowly rose from the collapsed crater! The head alone was a hundred *zhang* large. One could still vaguely make out the features of the Dragon Race upon it, though it was utterly disfigured.

Its dragon horns were snapped and rotten. One eye socket was a hollow expanse of pitch black, while the other burned with a faint, dark-red flame. Its face was riddled with pits and fissures eroded by time and the Sealing Power. Massive patches of its pitch-black scales had peeled off, exposing the dark, blackened rotting flesh and bone underneath.

Through its partially exposed torso, thousands of dense Demon-Sealing Chains pierced directly through its flesh, trapping it firmly in place and rendering it immobile.

Yet, even so, a trace of heart-stopping coercion still lingered within that corpse-like body!

It... truly hadn’t completely died!

The moment its head emerged, it violently opened its massive maw, swallowing all the Qi Blood left over from the battle between the Insect Swarm and the Demon Fiends, as well as the remnants of the Blood Sea Array.

Then, it turned its greedy gaze toward Ao Qin, the Bishui River Dragon King, who shared its bloodline and was bursting with vibrant life force, as he lunged toward the altar!

”No—!!!”

Ao Qin’s madness was instantly replaced by boundless terror. He felt the instinctual suppression stemming from the depths of his bloodline, and he saw the naked, devouring lust in the Evil Dragon’s eyes!

He wanted to flee. But the forward momentum of his body and the brief loss of control brought on by burning his lifeblood made it impossible to turn away in time.

The Evil Dragon let out a greedy hiss. It abruptly snapped open its fang-filled jaws, black saliva dripping from its maw, as a terrifying suction force materialized out of thin air and enveloped Ao Qin!

”Vile beast! Nine Heavens Divine Thunder!”

A majestic shout echoed from the Celestial Patrol Flying Ship. The Seven-tiered Thunder Tower at the center of the Celestial Patrol Battleship flared with runes, and thunderclouds densely gathered in the sky above.

A radius of several miles was engulfed by these thunderclouds. An immense, rolling pressure spread outward, causing Qin Yu, Wan Yongchang, and even Chen Jianqiu and Zhang Han to frantically retreat, terrified of being caught in the crossfire.

Faced with such horrifying might, even a sliver of its power would be enough to obliterate them!

BOOM!

From the instantaneously formed thunderclouds, a purple thunderbolt tens of *zhang* thick coalesced. Ripping through space, the purple thunderbolt blasted toward the protruding head of the Evil Dragon with an apocalyptic fury.

ROAR!

The world-destroying purple thunderbolt struck the Evil Dragon’s head with pinpoint accuracy, drawing an incomparably shrill wail of agony from the beast.

The shockwave of energy from the thunderbolt violently expanded in all directions. The sheer force sent the diving Bishui River Dragon King flying several miles backward on the spot. Fine arcs of lightning crackled across his body, emitting wafts of charred stench. He then crashed heavily into the Bishui River.

Watching the Bishui River Dragon King reduced to a half-dead state just by the passing shockwaves, Qin Yu felt a surge of horror.

However, the Flood Dragon King—who had earlier lured the Demon Army into retreating away from the Blood Sea Array—suddenly transmitted a craving so intense it was nearly impossible to suppress.

The Dragon Pearl!

Qin Yu instantly understood the Flood Dragon King’s intentions. To the Dragon Race, the Dragon Pearl of their own kind was undeniably the greatest tonic. The Bishui River Dragon King had schemed all this time for a Primordial Spirit Realm Dragon Pearl.

What if the Flood Dragon King swallowed the Bishui River Dragon King’s Dragon Pearl? Could he break through to the Primordial Mansion Realm?

Fortune favors the bold!

Qin Yu made a split-second decision. Within the Bishui River, the Insect Swarm roared as they charged straight toward the severely wounded, virtually defenseless Bishui River Dragon King. The Flood Dragon King, wasting no time, also lunged forward.

Only then did Qin Yu turn his attention back to the Evil Dragon.

The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder in the sky showed absolutely no signs of stopping. Bolt after bolt rained down continuously. The Evil Dragon roared in constant agony as it struggled to break free from its seal.

This struggle allowed Qin Yu to finally see its true form.

It was a colossal behemoth, even larger than the Celestial Patrol Battleship hovering in the sky. However, its body was securely bound by thick chains, making escape utterly impossible. Faced with the bombardment of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, it could only endure it head-on.

Yet, even under such an onslaught, it merely roared in pain; it didn’t seem to be sustaining any actual fatal damage.

The bombardment lasted for a full quarter of an hour.

Finally, with an unwilling roar, the Evil Dragon was dragged back down into the depths by the immense force pulling on the taut chains.

”It’s finally over.”