427: Bifang's fire

Chapter 427 Bi Fang's Fiery Blaze

And in this kind of ultimate group combat, the presence of our Bi Fang was naturally indispensable.

The eerie insect swarm, though endless, consisted of pitifully low Ranks.

“Bi~ Fang—!”

The mythical bird Bi Fang appeared once again amidst its unique cry, instantly unleashing Bi Fang Divine Fire and igniting the surrounding insect swarm.

Boom~!

The surrounding area instantly transformed into a peculiar sea of fire.

The endless insect swarm, like willow catkins in autumn, was set ablaze and began to spread rapidly in all directions.

“In this situation, it really has to be Bi Fang!”

Watching the insect swarm in the surrounding area rapidly burn to ashes, Wu Xian couldn't help but marvel at the Heaven-Defying nature of Bi Fang's Wood Essence Transforming into Fire.

Although these insect monsters, born from chaotic power, were chaotic, they were not without the component of wood spirit essence.

Just like the virus-like monsters in the Gate of Creation, they were essentially life forms created by the disorderly mixing of Insect World powers.

Normal Insect World monsters possess clear, stable spiritual power structures, or Law Veins/Circuits.

But these chaotic monsters did not.

Their power was like various spiritual substances haphazardly piled together, forming a special spiritual structure.

And for Bi Fang Divine Fire, this spiritual power structure was actually easier to burn.

After all, in this mixed spiritual substance structure, the wood spirit essence was also evenly dispersed throughout the entire body.

The raging fire burned fiercely and continuously spread throughout the entire insect race.

At this moment, the Insect World area near Pansi Cave was like a “forest fire” ignited by Bi Fang.

Only, what sustained this fire's spread was not various plants, but the endless insect swarm.

“Pull it back~ pull it back, control the range a bit!”

Seeing the fire spread wildly, Wu Xian instead had to control Bi Fang to manage the fire's spread, lest it harm the innocent.

Most importantly, Azure Tree King's reinforcements were on their way.

It wouldn't be good if they were accidentally injured by Bi Fang Divine Fire.

Of course, the reinforcements that Azure Tree King could bring were basically high-Rank great demons from the Green Desert, and Bi Fang Divine Fire might not even be able to burn them.

But Plant type beings, with too high a wood spirit essence content, were always more flammable.

After Bi Fang cleared the way with a great fire, the speed of support naturally increased significantly.

Soon after, they successfully arrived at the eerie area left behind by the Evil Realm Battlefield.

Bi Fang Divine Fire had already spread there first, burning the dense insect swarm in the area to ashes, but insect monsters were still continuously emerging from that area.

It was like constantly providing fuel, helping Bi Fang Divine Fire to continue burning.

Looking down from a high altitude, the entire Evil Realm Battlefield was like a giant “fire basin,” where almost no insect monsters could be seen emerging, directly turning into ashes in the flames.

Only a few higher-Rank chaotic insect monsters could slightly poke their heads out.

Unfortunately, before they could rush out of the sea of fire, they had already been burned to ashes.

In the distance, a giant spider dissipated into thin air, transforming into a graceful figure, accompanied by many unfamiliar Insect World great demons, gathering towards Wu Xian. Xue Zhengying and Shifu-jie, who had arrived earlier, were also among them.

After cultivating body techniques with the old man, Xue Zhengying was already able to control the insect race power within his body to a certain extent.

At this moment, several peculiar insect race limbs swayed around him, like sharp spider spears.

Moreover, unlike the spider spears generated by conventional insect race power, these spider spears had a metallic energy pattern and luster flowing on their surface, similar to a psionic circuit, making them extremely lethal.

“Such a big commotion, and you solved it with a single fire?”

Although Kun Youniang and the others had already learned about Bi Fang's Heaven-Defying characteristics from Xue Lingling, witnessing the endless insect monsters being burned clean by a single fire still left them utterly shocked.

One must know that their insect race usually liked to win by numbers, favoring swarm tactics.

But now, in front of Bi Fang Divine Fire, their “swarm tactics” seemed to have completely lost their meaning.

Fortunately, just one Lord of the Sun Star had them completely subdued, so they didn't mind adding this extra fire.

“The mythical bird Bi Fang's flames are still too Heaven-Defying.”

Xue Lingling clicked her tongue in wonder, having truly witnessed the terror of Bi Fang Divine Fire today.

That endless, astronomical number of insect swarms was actually dealt with by just one fire.

“It only temporarily suppressed the continuous insect swarm,” Wu Xian sighed softly, his expression grave, “The problem has not been solved.”

Kun Youniang and the others looked at the fiercely burning Evil Realm Battlefield, silent.

As Wu Xian said, the crux of the matter had not been resolved.

The endless insect swarm, though seemingly grand, was actually very low-Rank. While it caused significant environmental damage to the surrounding Insect World, it posed no threat to great demons like them, at most being a bit annoying.

It was like the locust plagues on Earth in his previous life.

Although locust plagues were terrifying, they wouldn't directly devour people. However, the destruction they caused to the environment and food was immense.

One must know that these chaotic insect monsters themselves were products of the Insect World's heaven and earth power.

And the destruction and erosion these chaotic insect monsters caused to the Insect World were consuming the living environment of these “ordered” Otherworld beings.

To put it this way, after just one wave of these insect swarms, the spiritual energy in the entire area noticeably decreased.

The key was not just the consumption of spiritual energy concentration and heaven and earth power; the shaping of their territories as great demons was also being destroyed.

The same applied to the outposts established by humans here.

For example, at Pansi Cave, over a month of painstaking efforts directly came to naught, and it even suffered some damage.

“When did this situation start to show signs?” Wu Xian asked seriously.

“Five days ago,” the Jing Shen Xiao Huo Centipede Demon said, “but at first, it was just occasional insect monsters appearing, and the deterioration process was relatively slow. However, not long ago, the situation suddenly became uncontrollable.”

Hearing this, Wu Xian's brows furrowed, and he had a vague bad premonition, “Could someone be maliciously exacerbating this situation?”

“We suspect the same, which is why we came to investigate,” Kun Youniang said gravely, “but we haven't found any abnormalities, nor any traces of human intervention.”

“Xiao Dizi, have you detected any traces of evil power?” Wu Xian looked at Di Ting beside him.

“No,” Di Ting shook his head, then added, “But just because it's not within the range of my detection ability doesn't mean it truly doesn't exist. After all, I can't detect the evil power that caused this strange area.”

Wu Xian felt his scalp tingle.

Although he couldn't be sure yet, it still made him uneasy.

Looking at the fiercely burning Bi Fang Divine Fire again, a strange sense of lingering fear arose within him, “I'm afraid I'll have to put away the Bi Fang Divine Fire, and everyone should prepare for battle again.”

There was no other way; a major flaw of Bi Fang Divine Fire was that it produced distortion and pollution.

Although the amount produced was not large, the sheer number of insect monsters was too vast.

With this one fire, it was estimated that a considerable amount of distortion and pollution had already been generated.

And distortion and pollution, for an Evil God Scroll Master, were a kind of tonic.