These swordsmen stood atop their sword lights, soaring high into the air. Watching the 160,000 cultivators flee in panic, they reached into their robes, took out flat objects, and placed them in their mouths. Then they pulled black bags from their waists, opened them, and swarms of black flying creatures rushed out!
The flying creatures were also fist-sized and gourd-shaped, looking exactly like Spirit Devouring Insects!
The swordsmen puffed out their cheeks, seemingly blowing sounds that mortal ears could not hear. Accompanied by those sounds, the Spirit Devouring Insects filled the sky, dense as a black cloud blotting out heaven and earth, and pounced upon the cultivators!
"Ah?? Th-that many Spirit Devouring Insects??" At the sight of so many Spirit Devouring Insects swooping down, the Dao Sect cultivators were like a nest stirred into chaos. Who still cared about formation? Every one of them fled with their heads in their hands, terrified that one of the insects might set its sights on them.
"Buzzzzz~" For several miles around, the sound of Spirit Devouring Insects beating their wings filled the air, shrouding the entire battlefield!
"Hold steady, hold steady!!" Li Zongbao shouted with all his might from midair, but how could the cultivators, already terrified out of their wits by the Spirit Devouring Insects, possibly stabilize their ranks?
"Senior Brother Li, watch out!" Xiao Mao cried out. A Spirit Devouring Insect had flown behind Li Zongbao and charged straight at him!
"Hmph!" Though Li Zongbao was startled as well, he swung the Immortal-Piercing Whip in his hand and struck at the Spirit Devouring Insect.
"Senior Brother, don't use a magical treasure..." Fairy Hongxia cried out in alarm.
Yet contrary to their expectations, Li Zongbao's whip struck the Spirit Devouring Insect squarely, sending it flying several zhang backward before it fell from