On another wilderness of the Jietian battlefield.
According to the agreement between the Dao Court and the Pure Land, the Dao Court should have discovered the attack on the Pure Land and rushed over to support them at once.
Yet from beginning to end, the Dao Court never appeared.
That was because, at the same time the Buddhist Cultivators of the Pure Land suffered the Sacred Sect's surprise assault, the Dao Court had also encountered an unforeseen disaster and become trapped in a bitter battle.
Above the wilderness, a colossal city hovered in the air.
Like the Pure Land's terrain vessel, this treasure was a specially crafted magical artifact. Yet at that moment, the great city was shrouded by a black cloud.
Black clouds pressed upon the city, threatening to crush it; wherever they passed, the buzzing of insects rang without end. The moment they descended upon the city's protective Precious Light, they produced a shrill screech that made one's scalp prickle. As time passed, the city had been gnawed into ruin by the insect swarm, while many Dao Court cultivators had been devoured.
"What... are these insects!?"
"Divine abilities, magical artifacts—they're all useless against them!"
"Hold the line!"
A Dao Court cultivator stood at the very front, but his dharma power had been depleted too heavily. In a moment of weakness, a demonic insect burrowed into his nose and mouth, and he froze where he stood.
A moment later, the Dao Court cultivator crashed to the ground.
Looking again, where was there any human shape left? There was only an empty, bloodied skin, along with over a hundred demonic insects bursting into the air after multiplying in number!
That was the terror of the Qi-Eating Insects.
Metal could scarcely harm them, water and fire could not invade them, and