Fear

The insects swarmed towards the Void Airship in a devastating attack.

With Poison spits, powerful breaths, and primal biting attacks, these insects' weapons appear both sophisticated and savage, yet are undeniably devastating.

However, these swift attacks were temporarily repelled by Bai Qiuran's manipulation of the weapons he was equipped with on the flying boat—some flying magical Magical Artifact attached to the deck of the flying boat, similar to Flying Sword, and offensive Formation engraved on the front, back, left, and right sides of the flying boat to be used as cannons.

Countless Astral Wind Lihuo were manipulated by Bai Qiuran to form energy balls like cannonballs, which were then launched with a whoosh, creating a massive explosion.

There were also countless sharp, leaf-shaped magical Magical Artifact that Bai Qiuran manipulated to combine into various Sword Array, Saber Array, Killing Array, tearing and shredding countless insects.

Strangely, as these insects recklessly rushed towards the Void Airship, the two Consciousness Demon Clones of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden calmly maintained their Consciousness state and slowly walked past them.

These insects seemed unable to perceive the Consciousness Demon, and the Red Crystal Ball Insect Race Alarm that had discovered the Void Airship also showed no reaction to the two Consciousness Demons, allowing them to approach the special Insect Race individual.

Upon reaching the insect, the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden reached out and touched its Sea of Consciousness. Then she said to the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, "Senior Qiuran, this insect is so small."

Upon hearing this, the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable also reached into the insect's Sea of Consciousness and probed it, then nodded and said, "Just as I imagined."

When Bai Qiuran first encountered the Insect Swarm, he saw their sheer number and assumed that, like the Machine God, they were using a vast Consciousness to create a Network Pathway spanning the Void, with one or more wills controlling the actions of lower-level individuals.

These insects possess formidable individual combat strength, and their sheer numbers and Procreation are terrifying. Therefore, it's likely that they are also virtually invincible in terms of Consciousness.

Bai Qiuran had already secretly prepared the Thought Poison spell, waiting to figure out their movements so he could find an entry point in the Consciousness Network and eliminate these insects from their souls. However, no matter how well Bai Qiuran had planned, he hadn't expected that these terrifying insects had no mental or Consciousness connection with each other.

Moreover, the Consciousness, or rather the Souls, of each of them is extremely weak, so weak that it hardly resembles a highly intelligent life form.

Take this special insect in front of us, which is tens of meters tall, with black armor and golden patterns, and has a terrifying adaptability. According to Li Jinyao's estimation, its combat ability is around the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Bai Qiuran thinks it might be slightly lower. However, its Souls strength is almost equivalent to a Martial World artist who has just entered the Qi Refining Stage and has not yet awakened his Nascent Soul.

It felt like a cutting-edge fighter jet equipped with an outdated, obsolete system, making it impossible to imagine how the machine actually worked.

"It seems these insects are hiding many secrets we don't know about."

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable withdrew his hand from the insect's Sea of Consciousness and said to the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden, "Jinyao, tie it up. We'll take it back and study it slowly."

"Good."

Li Jinyao was also wicked. She manipulated the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden to first use countless Red Thread to bind all of the insect's limbs in a level of Consciousness that the insect could not perceive. Then, she slowly stepped from the dimension of Consciousness into the dimension of matter and revealed her true form in front of the insect.

"!"

Upon seeing two strange creatures suddenly appear before it, creatures that it could not perceive, the special insect Consciousness launched an attack. However, the Matchmaking Celestial Maiden grasped the end of the Red Thread and gently pulled it, causing the Karma Red Thread to tightly bind the special insect. Then, the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable stretched out his palm and used the signature technique of Immortal Emperor Mo Chen, "Universe in the Palm," to take the insect into his palm.

Upon seeing their home base stolen and their commander captured, the Insect Swarm that were besieging the Void Airship immediately returned to reinforce it. However, after the two Consciousness Demon Clone entered the Consciousness dimension, the swarm of insects could no longer sense their presence. They could only wander around the City like headless flies for a few hours before heading back towards the Void Airship.

This time, for some reason, Bai Qiuran seemed to sense a sense of humiliation from them, as if their hometown had been stolen.

"We've caught that Special Individual."

Wisdom Immortal shouted, "Master, let's go!"

Who is your Master?

Bai Qiuran cursed, but his hands didn't stop moving. He maneuvered the Void Airship and decisively turned around, trying to shake off these insects.

However, the Void Airship needed a period of steady acceleration to travel from the inner side of the world to the outer side, but these flying insect beasts gave them no chance. These insects seemed to have entered a berserk state because their home had been stolen. The flying insect beasts increased their speed and clung to them tightly.

Jiang Lan stood on the deck of the flying boat, performing various Magic Incantation and manipulating several Elemental Array. After cultivating for so many years, she was not only skilled in manipulating Toxins and the ocean. In fact, the Fusang Niang Niang was basically similar to her husband, an all-rounder, except that she was stronger in poisons and the ocean compared to other aspects.

Countless mysterious Formation Diagram appeared near Jiang Lan, slowly rotating in mid-air. From within the Formation Diagram, terrifying attacks such as mountain-sized flying rocks, Astral Wind, Thunderstorm, and sharp blades continuously emerged, striking the relentlessly pursuing insect beasts like a raging storm.

However, the number of these insect beasts was quite considerable, and during the flight, Jiang Lan even saw some insect beasts laying eggs on the ground while chasing each other. The eggs would fall to the ground and the young beasts would immediately fly out and hatch. They would flap their wings and fly over, and within a few breaths they would quickly mature and join the hunting party.

Even worse, the giant squid-shaped Insect Race "Spaceship" exploring space in the sky were slowly returning towards the atmosphere, trying to intercept the Void Airship from above.

"This can't go on. We need to find a way to wipe out the remaining bugs in one go, or at least control them."

Wisdom Immortal turned her head to look at Bai Qiuran, who was piloting the Spaceship, and then at Li Jinyao beside her.

"How about you drive for Old Bai, Miss Li, so he can have some free time?"

"I don't have a driver's license, I can't touch the boat."

Li Jinyao shrugged.

"Even at a time like this, you're still behaving quite well."

Wisdom Immortal then retorted, "Aren't you from the Demon Sect?"

"I don't need Jinyao to do it for me; I can intimidate them myself."

Jiang Lan Bai Qiuran not to use her full abilities for the time being, lest these insects evolve some troublesome characteristics, which was why she had been locked in a stalemate with them.

"Since their weakness is their mind, we can just bombard them with Spiritual Sense."

As Bai Qiuran steered the boat, he released a torrent of Spiritual Sense, along with the terrifying and peculiar aura of Heaven's Envy.

He planned to use his Spiritual Sense to directly stun the insects within a radius of hundreds of miles, buying time and space for the flying boat to enter the Void.

However, just as Bai Qiuran released his aura, the insects that sensed his aura suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, these insects, disregarding the Special Individual that had been captured, suddenly scattered and fled in all directions as if they had encountered some kind of monstrous flood.