Blade Worm Surprise Attack

Flying Carriages are not common in the Empire. The reason for this is that they are too expensive. The value of one Flying Carriage is roughly equivalent to a High-Grade Profound Artifact.

The key is that a High-Grade Profound Artifact can greatly enhance a martial artist's strength, while a Flying Carriage is merely a mode of transportation.

Therefore, in places like Chongyang County, where the Luo Family is located, no family would spend a large sum of money to purchase a Flying Carriage.

Only in wealthy places like the Imperial City do Flying Carriages become common.

However, this giant Flying Carriage was the first Luo Zheng had ever seen. Seeing such a massive object suspended in the air, slowly descending, Luo Zheng felt incredibly shocked.

The others present were used to it. Seeing the giant Flying Carriage arrive, they all stood up. It was time to depart.

The giant Flying Carriage slowly docked beside the Azure Sky Platform. A gangway extended from the side of the giant Flying Carriage and connected to the edge of the platform. Several people walked out and stood beside the gangway.

The Azure Cloud Sect disciples on the platform then handed over their tokens one after another. After the people checked them, they crossed the gangway and entered the interior of the giant Flying Carriage.

Luo Zheng followed behind the crowd. When it was his turn, he also presented his token. When those people saw that Luo Zheng was only in the Marrow Refining Realm, surprise appeared on their faces, but they didn't say much. After checking the token, they motioned for Luo Zheng to enter.

Luo Zheng stepped onto the gangway and entered the interior of the giant Flying Carriage.

The interior space of the Flying Carriage was very large. Rows of seats were fixed to the floor along the walls of the Flying Carriage. Luo Zheng still found a seat in a corner and sat down.

After a while, a trembling sensation came from underfoot, and the giant Flying Carriage began to ascend.

Looking out from the window beside the seat, one could see the full view of the Azure Cloud Sect.

The continuous mountain range extended to the end of the sky. The area occupied by the Azure Cloud Sect was equivalent to a quarter of the Imperial City, but if the continuous mountain range behind the Azure Cloud Sect was included, it would be even larger than the Imperial City!

Just then, a black mountain range appeared in Luo Zheng's field of vision.

Within the Azure Cloud Sect, most of the mountains were lush green, surrounded by trees. The sudden appearance of that black mountain range here seemed very abrupt.

The words "Purgatory Mountain" immediately surfaced in Luo Zheng's mind.

He remembered Zhou Xian saying that Purgatory Mountain was entirely black, constantly emitting gray smoke, and giving off a smell of sulfur. From a distance, it looked as terrifying as a purgatory.

Luo Yan was in that mountain.

Luo Zheng strained his eyes, wanting to take in everything in that mountain, but after a while, a bitter smile appeared on his face. He was being delusional. Even though he had entered the Marrow Refining Realm and his senses were renewed, how could he see clearly what was in the mountain from tens of thousands of miles in the sky with his eyesight?

Moreover, Purgatory Mountain was so vast. Trying to find his sister Luo Zheng in it? It was undoubtedly a fool's dream.

Although he thought this, Luo Zheng still kept his gaze firmly locked on Purgatory Mountain. Only after the giant Flying Carriage turned and Purgatory Mountain disappeared from his sight did he retract his gaze.

The giant Flying Carriage flew extremely fast. It only took three hours to get from the Azure Cloud Sect to the south of the Imperial City.

Many martial artists had already started whispering. Some martial artists had even started preparing, seemingly about to reach their destination.

Just as everyone was preparing, a sudden change occurred!

"Clang!"

A Glazed Window on the right side of the giant Flying Carriage suddenly shattered. Two green blades extended from outside the window. The blades were like scissors, crossing each other, instantly slicing off the head of the person sitting by the window cleanly.

Then, a head covered in compound eyes extended in, bit the person's head, and quickly retreated.

Blood sprayed from the person's neck onto the ceiling of the giant Flying Carriage.

Inside the giant Flying Carriage, everyone was silent for two seconds, then someone immediately shouted, "Insect attack! Everyone, be on guard!"

Those who dared to accept the Insect Tide mission were all seasoned veterans. After a brief moment of panic, everyone reacted and quickly gathered towards the center.

"Are those Blade Worms?"

Luo Zheng had seen it clearly just now. The Blade Worm was about the height of a person, entirely green, with compound eyes on its head, a hideous and ugly appearance, wings on its back, and six legs. The top two legs were like two flat, long blades, extremely sharp.

Luo Zheng had just jumped off his seat when the Glazed Window beside him also shattered with a bang. A Blade Worm launched an attack on Luo Zheng.

A pair of green blades came towards Luo Zheng from the left and right directions, cutting at him. The blades were extremely fast, seemingly trying to cut Luo Zheng in half at the waist.

It was his first time encountering this kind of demonic beast, and Luo Zheng was also a little nervous. Instead of retreating, he advanced, throwing a fierce punch at the Blade Worm's abdomen.

On the Blade Worm's abdomen, there was a thick layer of armor.

Originally, Luo Zheng thought his punch would shatter the armor, but he didn't expect the armor to be so tough. Luo Zheng's punch did not break through.

"Damn it!"

This punch had no effect, and what greeted him were the two blades.

"Swish!"

At this moment, a black and red sword light shot out from behind Luo Zheng. The sword light was extremely sharp, actually cutting open the head of that Blade Worm directly.

Although the head of that Blade Worm was destroyed, it still powerfully swung the two blades in its hands, but without accuracy, its speed and strength were greatly reduced, allowing Luo Zheng to escape.

"Thank you for saving me, friend," Luo Zheng took the opportunity to flash to a safe corner and said to a Black-Robed Disciple. The Black-Robed Disciple was a young man, but he had a long ponytail tied at the back of his head. The black and red sword light he had just condensed was not True Qi, but genuine True Essence! This Ponytail Youth was actually a strong person in the Innate Secret Realm!

"We are all from the Azure Cloud Sect. This is a small matter, it's nothing," the Ponytail Youth said indifferently. "The Blade Worm's abdomen is very tough. Its weakness is its head. Unless you have steel bones, don't get surrounded by them."

Luo Zheng nodded. Although this person was cold, he not only saved him just now but also briefly and concisely explained the Blade Worm's weaknesses. Such a person was quite rare in the Azure Cloud Sect.

At this moment, inside the giant Flying Carriage, Blade Worms were constantly rushing in, and battles were constantly happening.

No one had expected that the Blade Worms would suddenly attack the giant Flying Carriage halfway.

Someone shouted, "The Blade Worms are destroying the bottom of the Flying Carriage!"

The bottom was where the power of this giant Flying Carriage came from. If the bottom of the giant Flying Carriage was destroyed, the entire giant Flying Carriage would crash down!

Unfortunately, no one on this giant Flying Carriage could fly like the Blade Worms, so they could only watch helplessly.

Before long, everyone felt the floor tilt, and the giant Flying Carriage indeed began to fall!

Luo Zheng slid into a corner and grabbed a beam to steady himself.

He had originally thought that after reaching their destination on the giant Flying Carriage, they would rest before starting to hunt Blade Worms. He hadn't expected to be suddenly attacked by this group of Blade Worms, who directly intercepted the giant Flying Carriage. A bitter smile appeared on Luo Zheng's face; he was truly unlucky.

Fortunately, only half of the bottom of the giant Flying Carriage was damaged, not completely destroyed, and the power still existed. Therefore, the Flying Carriage did not fall quickly, but slowly descended at an angle.

Everyone grabbed onto something nearby, firmly securing themselves to brace for the impact upon landing.

"Rumble!"

The giant Flying Carriage crashed onto the ground with a huge, muffled sound. The carriage body began to break and disintegrate from the central keel, with shattered wooden boards and pillars everywhere...

The impact of landing didn't pose much of a threat to Luo Zheng. After a brief moment of chaos, he climbed out of the crashed Flying Carriage. Outside the Flying Carriage, many inner disciples had already begun to fight the Blade Worms.

Many of the people who came together this time had already entered the Innate Secret Realm.

Except for Luo Zheng, most of the remaining people were skilled Half-Step to the Innate Realm cultivators.

Even when facing such a serious crisis, everyone maintained a very stable state and quickly counterattacked the Blade Worms. For a time, various True Essence and True Essence lights flickered on the scene, and the battle was fierce.

At this moment, Luo Zheng finally understood what an Insect Tide was.

Whether on the ground, in the sky, or in the jungle, there was a vast expanse of green everywhere.

When these Blade Worms flew up, they completely blotted out the sky.

As soon as Luo Zheng climbed out, three or four Blade Worms targeted him and pounced from three directions.

After the reminder from the Ponytail Youth, Luo Zheng understood that the strongest defense of these Blade Worms was their abdomen. The carapace that grew from inside their bodies was even harder than human armor.

Learning from experience, Luo Zheng naturally wouldn't make the same mistake again.

Facing the simultaneous pincer attack of several Blade Worms, Luo Zheng took the initiative to attack. He first avoided the blades that werepouncecoming at him, put strength into his arm, and smashed the head of one Blade Worm with a punch. At the same time, he grabbed the corpse of this Blade Worm and threw it behind him to block the path of the two Blade Worms behind him.

These Blade Worms, relying on their numerical advantage, posed a considerable threat when surrounding someone.

Therefore, Luo Zheng kept the words of the Ponytail Youth in mind and avoided being surrounded by the Blade Worms.

Originally, four Blade Worms were surrounding him. Luo Zheng killed one with a heavy blow and blocked the two behind him. The one in front of him was easy to deal with. Before this Blade Worm could even swing its blades, Luo Zheng's hand moved like lightning, pressing on its joint. With a pull, he detached the two blades of this Blade Worm.

A single Blade Worm was not difficult to handle.

Even those in the Viscera Refining Realm could put up a fight, ordinary Marrow Refining Realm cultivators could handle them, and Half-Step to the Innate Realm cultivators were incredibly relaxed.