Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 115 Paying Homage to the Witch God
"Sect Master Huo Qing, could it be that the sea monsters will launch a large-scale attack on Phoenix Island?" Zi Dong asked in surprise.

"This attack on Phoenix Island by the sea monsters was instigated by the Witch Clan. We must find out the situation first," Huo Qing said with a solemn expression.

"Sect Master Huo Qing, since it was the Witch Clan who instigated this, we should head towards the Southern Road instead of sitting here and waiting to die!"

Zi Dong immediately objected, arguing that the best defense is offense, especially since their goal this time was to suppress the Wu Clan.

"We don't know the situation right now, and we don't know how many cultivators the Witch Clan has sent, so we can't go to the Southern Road rashly."

Huo Qing was very cautious. He had already sent people to investigate the islands occupied by the Witch Clan, so he had to stay on Phoenix Island to wait for news.

"Sect Master Huo Qing, we can seize the Witch Clan's island while gathering intelligence."

Zi Dong was very insistent. With the golden light of the purple aura coming from the east, he was no longer afraid of the Wu Clan.

"Alright." Huo Qing finally nodded in agreement. With the righteous spirit of the Eastern Dao Ancestor, what was there to fear from the Wu Clan?

Phoenix Island has more than 100,000 exiled cultivators, all of whom are unruly and dissolute. They are basically a rabble when facing the Witch Clan.

However, Huo Qing still selected 20,000 people and incorporated them into the ranks of Guangyan Sect cultivators. These guys had no choice but to contribute.

Zi Dong proposed that the fleet proceed in a fan shape towards the South Main Road and seize all the islands along this route.

If they encounter the Witch Clan and the Siren, Zi Dong and Huo Qing can provide rapid support to reduce the fleet's losses.

More than 500 large ships were laid out on the sea, carrying 50,000 cultivators, sweeping across the land in a mighty procession.

The sea monsters and sea beasts all hid in the deep sea, and the witch cultivators on the islands they passed also all withdrew.

Feng Qingwu and Zhou Xinyu led five hundred members of the Demon Hunter Team to search all the islands they passed through.

By the time Huo Qing learned the news, the fleet had already approached the Southern Continent, and the Wu Clan was already on high alert along the coastline.

"Lord Zidong, I'm afraid we won't be able to get ashore!" Huo Qing said with a grave expression. If they rushed over, very few of them would come back.

There were at least a million witch cultivators densely packed along the coastline, dressed in brightly colored robes. It was estimated that 50,000 of them would become food for the Gu worms.

"Sect Master Huo Qing, let's go over there first and talk to the Witch Clan." Zi Dong looked confident.

"Lord Zidong, do you think the Witch Clan will talk to us?!" Huo Qing was a little hesitant. If the Witch Clan turned against him, he wouldn't be able to come back.

"The Witch Clan won't talk to us, or even to the Eastern Dao Ancestor, but they will still obey the orders of the Witch God!" Zi Dong said proudly.

"The Witch God?!" Huo Qing was stunned, looking at Zi Dong in surprise: "City Lord Zi Dong, where is the Witch God?!"

"Let's set sail, we'll see when we get there!" Zi Dong pointed to the coastline and urged Huo Qing to order the boat to depart.

Huo Qing hesitated for a moment, but still nervously ordered the Guangyan Sect cultivators to start the ship. He felt that Zi Dong would not seek death on his own.

Seeing that only one large ship was approaching, the Wu tribe cultivators on the coast did not launch an attack, but waited for the ship to get closer.

"Stop!" Zi Dong shouted immediately when the large ship was still 500 meters away from the coastline.

As soon as the large ship came to a stop, Zi Dong's Xuan Body immediately materialized, and the golden giant rushed directly towards the coastline.

The Wu Clan cultivators along the coastline retreated one after another, and several elders shouted to stop them, already preparing to fight.

"Elder of the Witch Clan, come out and speak!" The golden giant hovered a hundred meters above the coastline and shouted in his divine sense.

"I am the patriarch of the Fire Witch Clan, and my Great Elder of the Witch Clan is not here!" A tall old man stepped forward and shouted, his entire body wrapped in a red robe.

"Do you recognize it?" the golden giant asked in his divine sense, and then a large, blood-red worm flew out from the golden light. "This is..." The tall old man was stunned, staring at the blood-red worm, and subconsciously took two steps back.

"As the patriarch of the Fire Witch Clan, how can you not recognize the Insect King of the Witch Clan!" The golden giant immediately roared in his divine sense.

"Chief Zhu Qing of the Fire Witch Clan pays respects to the Witch God!" The tall old man quickly lifted his red robe and knelt down, and the red-robed cultivators around him also knelt down.

"Aren't you all cultivators of the Witch Clan?!" The golden giant quickly glanced at the Witch Clan cultivators who were still standing and roared again in his divine sense.

"Greetings, Lord Witch God!" The witch cultivators exchanged glances and finally all knelt down.

"Give up the coastline and summon the Great Elder of the Witch Clan to pay his respects!" the golden giant commanded.

"Lord Zidong, is that really the Insect King of the Witch Clan?!" Huo Qing asked in a low voice, staring at the blood-red giant insect.

"Donglai Daozu says so." Zi Dong glanced at Huo Qing expressionlessly. All of this was arranged by Donglai Ziqi.

Even among the Wu Clan cultivators, few have actually seen the Insect King, because the Insect King has always been hidden within the body of the Wu God.

The cultivation of the Wu Clan cultivators comes from Gu worms, and the Wu God relies on the Insect King, so the Insect King is the true god of the Wu Clan.

After discussing with the other clan leaders for a while, Zhu Qing, the chief of the Fire Witch Clan, led over a million Witch Clan cultivators to evacuate the coastline.

Regardless of whether the Insect King is real or fake, these clan leaders cannot make the decision themselves; the Great Elder of the Witch Clan must come to identify him.

Although the Wu tribe has a high priest with even greater power, the high priest generally does not show himself unless it is a matter of life and death.

The High Priest will only step in if the Grand Elder is unable to resolve the issue, as the High Priest serves the Insect King.

In the world of the Witch Clan, priests raise Gu worms, and ordinary people who want to become cultivators must obtain the priests' approval.

Even the Witch God doesn't have as much power as the High Priest; he's only responsible for leading the Witch Clan cultivators, because the Insect King listens to the High Priest.

Donglai Ziqi knew the Wu Clan well. The reason he didn't find the High Priest who was more familiar with the Insect King and had more power was not because the Insect King was fake.

Given enough time, the High Priestess could cultivate another Insect King, so she didn't care much about the Insect King inside the Witch God.

The priests of the Witch Clan have no cultivation, but they can control the Gu worms in the bodies of cultivators, and even determine the life and death of cultivators.

The witch cultivators rely on priests, yet they also yearn to break free from their control; their hope lies in the witch god.

As long as the sorcerer god controls the insect king within his body, he can in turn control the high priest, because the insect king and the high priest are connected by blood.

If the Witch God disappears, the Grand Elder can also merge the Insect King into his body and become the new Witch God.

Donglai Ziqi wanted to exploit the conflict between the Wu Clan cultivators and the priests to get the Grand Elder to agree to an alliance with the Daoist sect.

The fleet anchored at the coastline, but Huo Qing did not allow all the cultivators to disembark, fearing a sneak attack from the Wu Clan cultivators.

Zi Dong wasn't afraid and strolled around the coastline with Feng Qingwu and Zhou Xinyu.

With the purple aura coming from the east, no matter how many Wu Clan cultivators there are, they can't do anything to them, not to mention the Insect King.

"Zi Dong, is the Insect King real or fake?" Feng Qingwu finally couldn't contain her curiosity. Unless the Dao Ancestor of the East killed the Witch God, it was impossible for him to bring the Insect King.

"Millions of Wu Clan cultivators have already acknowledged it, so tell me, is it true or false?!"

Zi Dong glared at Feng Qingwu with displeasure. If the Wu Clan cultivators heard this, wouldn't it just cause more trouble?

(End of this chapter)