owlsbooks Chapter 52 Despair Without Hope! [New Book, Please Vote!]
Chapter 52 Despair Without Hope! [New Book, Please Vote!]
"Hurry up! We're almost there!" In the endless sea of insects, the female leader of the Hidden Moon Sect, who was at the front of the seven sects' team, glanced at the surrounding situation and immediately said with a joyful expression!
After wandering aimlessly through the endless sea of insects for several hours, they finally figured out their direction and rushed to the vicinity of the Blood Forbidden Zone's evacuation point!
Behind them, the death pheromones of a large number of source blood mosquitoes overlapped continuously, and the source blood swarm that occupied half of the forbidden area's sky was approaching the forbidden area's evacuation point!
"Form the formation! Hold on for a while, and the elders will open the barrier passage!" After the disciples of the seven sects rushed through the endless swarm of insects, they quickly occupied strongholds near the evacuation point under the leadership of the female leader of the Hidden Moon Sect, and used large-scale spells to clear the endless swarm of insects surging in from the surrounding area.
In an instant, intense magical fluctuations appeared near the evacuation point in the valley outside the forbidden area. Countless area spells, talismans, and magical artifacts were thrown out, and countless scout mosquitoes and Netherworld poisonous mosquitoes were burned to a crisp. In just a short while, the area around the evacuation point of the forbidden area was covered with black ash!
Fireball!
Han Li, one of the Seven Sects, had a Qi-restoring pill in his mouth. He flicked his finger at the distant dark insect swarm, and several fireballs the size of heads shot out instantly, exploding into several balls of light in the dark insect swarm. Countless flying mosquitoes turned to ashes in the high temperature of the explosion.
But in just a moment, more dark insect swarms continued to approach, forcing Han Li to join forces with Qi Refining disciples from other sects and use a war of attrition to continuously wear down the approaching dark insect swarms.
Han Li, who was mechanically slaughtering the source blood mosquitoes at the evacuation point of the forbidden area, cast spells, took pills, and continued casting spells... Han Li no longer knew how many insect swarms he had killed. He only knew that a layer of flesh and ashes more than an inch high had been piled up on the soil ten meters away from the Seven Sects' position!
"Why?! Why are these mosquitoes attacking with such intensity, far exceeding last time?!" Among the disciples of the seven sects, a Qi Refining cultivator who had been to the evacuation point couldn't help but exclaim in fear, realizing the danger!
If these people had a God's-eye view, they would despairingly discover that, centered on them, a black ocean covering an area of twenty or thirty miles is constantly pressing in on them!
Beneath that black ocean of countless swarms of flesh and blood, the safe zone they cleared was like a bubble in the dark depths of the sea... It had to endure the crushing pressure from all sides of the entire swarm's deep sea!
Han Li, standing in the crowd, had already sensed something amiss, especially when he noticed the pale and grave expression on the face of the female leader of the Hidden Moon Sect who had brought them there. The attack intensity of the mysterious, eerie, and exceptionally fragile dark insect swarm was beyond imagination, as if their actions had attracted the hostility of the entire insect swarm...
"Hold on! The elders will open the door soon!"
"Hang in there...the door will open!"
As time passed, the air around the evacuation point was filled with a foul, burnt smell and thick black ash! It was all the blood and ashes of those fragile but incredibly venomous mosquitoes, whipped up by the magical gusts of wind, leaving everyone covered in ash!
One hour... two hours... three hours...
After they had held out against the dark insect swarm for three hours, Han Li clearly sensed that the defensive efficiency of the Seven Sects disciples had decreased...
Some people's magical power was running low... In order to relieve some of the pressure on himself, Han Li even took out some Qi-restoring pills from his own pocket and gave them to the other Qi-refining cultivators, hoping that they could hold on for a little longer.
However... while the Qi-restoring pills could quickly restore everyone's depleted mana, the spiritual energy and mental power consumed in casting spells were not so easily recovered. Even though the fifty-odd disciples from the seven sects had regrouped and divided into three teams to take turns defending, problems still arose after three hours. Some had run out of pills, while others had been bitten by the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquitoes...
"That Mosquito Taoist... his tactics are disgusting..." After Han Li unleashed his magic to annihilate a large swarm of insects, he retreated to the rear to recover his mana. Seeing the panic on the faces of every disciple from the seven sects around him, Han Li understood... once the united front of the seven sects was breached, he would have to find an opportunity to protect everyone in front of him and quietly escape.
"Combining ordinary flying mosquitoes with poisonous mosquitoes..." Han Li, who was sitting cross-legged and taking medicine to recover his magic power, looked at a Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquito in the glass bottle in his hand, his eyes flickering slightly.
He had just grabbed it in the chaos, wanting to test... whether this strange insect really wouldn't bite him.
If Mosquito Taoist's words are nonsense, then Han Li will have to think of other ways to escape.
Looking at the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquitoes in the bottle, Han Li hesitated slightly, then took advantage of the fact that no one around him was paying attention and quietly took the glass bottle containing the Crimson Flame Mosquitoes out of his storage bag and placed it inside his chest.
He then quietly pressed the mouth of the glass bottle containing the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquitoes into the back of his other hand.
hum...
Under Han Li's gaze, the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquito instinctively landed on the back of Han Li's hand, and then... did nothing.
Although it's unclear how Mosquito Taoist managed to do it, the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquito's reaction shows that Mosquito Taoist wasn't lying to him; the red flying mosquito in his hand was indeed a... talisman.
After confirming that he had his life-saving talisman, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief and then carefully put away the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquito.
"The toxin of this insect is extremely effective against magical power...it may have potential for research." Han Li was very interested in the strange toxin of the Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquito that could suppress magical power and spiritual consciousness. If he could study it, it might play a special role in certain environments.
......
While Han Li and the others were struggling to hold out at the evacuation point of the forbidden area, outside, around the forbidden area's restrictive array, the Core Formation elders of the seven major sects of the Yue Kingdom floated in mid-air, forming a special crimson array.
An elder from the Qingxu Sect, with white hair and a youthful face, suddenly opened his eyes within the crimson array. He glanced at the sky with his deep eyes, then looked at the Core Formation cultivators from the other six sects and said calmly, "Fellow cultivators, the five days in the crimson forbidden area have passed. It may be time to reopen the restricted passage."
As the Core Formation elder of Qingxu Sect spoke, all the other Core Formation elders who had been silently maintaining the stability of the crimson forbidden area opened their eyes and looked towards the center of the crimson array.
Lei Yun Zhenren of Spirit Beast Mountain had a cryptic look in his eyes. He glanced at the special token in the storage bag with his divine sense without making a sound, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
"It's time to open it." Li Huayuan of Huangfeng Valley nodded. He was usually in charge of Huangfeng Valley's participation in the Crimson Forbidden Land, so now was indeed the normal time for the forbidden passage to reopen.
With the two Core Formation elders from Qingxu Sect and Huangfeng Valley expressing their support, the remaining Core Formation elders from Huadaowu, Jujian Sect, and Tianque Fortress also agreed, preparing to work together to reopen the restricted passage.
"slow."