On the Avenue.

Chapter 684 Ants
The World of Return to Origin. Ogaki City.

A wall is a wall.

Ōgaki Castle means a castle with high walls.

The wall was about a mile high, covered with various runes used to fight the elemental insects. Outside the wall lay mountains of flesh, their blood and gore growing between the earth and the abyss. Anyone who wasn't careful would be devoured by their flesh; only inside the wall was one safe.

The people here have long been accustomed to the writhing mountains outside the city and the flesh and blood growing everywhere.

Among them are those who are born with awakening abilities, who can cultivate and master special powers of heaven and earth. They strengthen themselves by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth and are called cultivators.

Every day, many cultivators leave the city to clear blocked roads, harvest the flesh and blood of Yuan insects, and slay evil spirits.

There are also many evil spirits here, even more powerful than those in Xiniu New Continent. These evil spirits live in the wilderness, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, possessing special and strange abilities. Every day, many people perish at the hands of these evil spirits.

The full name of the Shiga clan is Great Ancestor Shiga. They are also a demon race, living and multiplying within the high walls. Every month, a caravan, escorted by demon cultivators, travels to other high walls to trade.

For nearby cities, caravans would travel for half a month; for distant cities, it could take a year or even several years to reach other walled cities.

The day the caravan returns is the busiest day of the market. The caravan not only brings goods that people inside the high walls don't have, but also brings young men from other walled cities with them.

At this time, young women would dress up and go out, hoping to meet with other men within the high walls and procreate. Therefore, this market was also called the Hand-Holding Festival, meaning that people who love each other across thousands of miles can hold hands and spend a wonderful night together.

Of course, young men from Ōgaki would also travel to other cities with the caravans.

When Shaoguang controlled the Yuanchong to attack, it was during the Hand-in-Hand Festival in Dayuan City. Accompanying the caravan were more than two thousand young men from another city, Shuiyuan City.

Some of them were attending this festival for the first time, and some were timid and shy as they received the hot gazes of the girls from Dayuan City, while others were veterans, dressing themselves up to be handsome and dashing, and puffing out their chests in order to gain more favor.

Participating in such festivals requires performance and competition for mating rights. Some young men will initiate duels, some will display their supernatural abilities, and others will perform talents.

Moro Star is the city lord of Dayuan City, and he has long since stopped participating in the Hand-Holding Festival.

As he walked down the street, watching the young men and women caught up in their innocent emotions, he couldn't help but think back to his own youth.

"Many young people today no longer know what the real world is like."

Beside him, his disciple Rāshero said, “This generation of young people lives a life of debauchery, knowing only how to enjoy themselves. They don’t know that the sky originally contained the sun, moon, and stars, and was not made of blood-red clouds. They also don’t know that there are no mountains of flesh and blood, no evil spirits, in this world. How can they inherit our mantle and allow our race to continue to survive?”

He was very worried.

Moro said, “Roshero, you can’t expect too much from these young people. If they want to play, let them play; if they want to make love, let them make love. There’s no need to burden them with too much. Back then, you were also called the lost generation, but didn’t you later make those who laughed at you drop their jaws and shine brightly?”

Luo Sheluo was somewhat unconvinced: "Master, we were much stronger than them back then. Although we played around and joked around, we really fought with all our might when we were fighting! Look at Senior Brother Luo Yu, his cultivation is heaven-reaching and earth-shattering. Which of these young people today can compare to him?"

Moro Xing shook his head and said, "He was the most unruly one back then. He only calmed down later and devoted himself to cultivation."

He looked worried: "Luo Yu was taken away by a beam of light. This is extremely strange. I wonder how he is now."

Luo Sheluo laughed and said, "Senior Brother Luo Yu has cultivated Master's Heavenly Evil Star Rain and has already mastered the Heavenly Evil Void Domain. His abilities are extraordinary, so he will definitely be fine."

As they were talking, the two suddenly felt something and looked up at the sky, one after the other.

Above Dayuan City, the fleshy clouds formed by the Yuan Worms created a palm that covered the entire city and slammed down!
The sky was burning because the enormous, fleshy hand was falling too fast, creating intense heat due to friction with the air.

Besides the flames, there was also a glow of dawn.

That was the glow formed by the power of heaven and earth in the Guiyuan World. Even Moro Star had never seen such a magnificent glow.

While the power of heaven and earth that he could mobilize was indeed extraordinary, it was incomparable to this flesh and blood hand!

Moro Star stared at the massive, fleshy hand descending from the sky, and suddenly tears streamed down his face. His voice was hoarse as he said, "Rosero, go quickly."

Luosheluo was slightly taken aback, not understanding what he meant.

Moro Xing reached out and grabbed his collar, throwing him far away, shouting, "Get out of here—"

Rashero was thrown out of the Great Wall City by this throw and fell into the distance.

Luo Sheluo was filled with fear: "Why did Master send me away?"

Moro Xing stood up and faced the huge, fleshy hand, like a moth drawn to a raging fire.

He had fought the primordial insects many times, but never before had he felt so uneasy.

When the Primordial Worm arrived in the Guiyuan World, its flesh and blood covered the heavens and earth, devouring everything. The entire Guiyuan World was quickly covered by the Primordial Worm's flesh and blood, and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was also affected by the evil influence emitted by the Primordial Worm. All life fell into evil, only to varying degrees.

Moro Star was already a renowned powerhouse at that time. He led the people to resist and used the Heavenly Evil Star Rain to fight against the Yuan Worm, fixing the flesh and blood of the Yuan Worm within a radius of a thousand miles.

The flesh and blood that he had immobilized could not move, and were then pierced by the star rain, riddled with holes.

Meanwhile, in several places within the Guiyuan World, powerful individuals emerged, joining forces to fight against the Yuan Worms.

Although the Yuan Worm was powerful, it lacked intelligence and was constantly eroded by his Heavenly Evil Star Rain supernatural powers, so it avoided his location. Moro Star then built the Great Wall City there to protect the local people.

For over ten thousand years, he has fought countless battles against the Primal Worms, and each time he has managed to repel them.

Over time, he became complacent and began to regard the Yuan insects as a natural disaster or a celestial phenomenon.

He overlooked the fact that this thing possessed immense power, but simply lacked a master to wield it.

Now, someone has appeared who can harness the power of the Primal Insects!

He activated the Heavenly Evil Star Rain, the same divine power he had used years ago to pierce through the thick layer of flesh and blood, providing his people with a place to live. Now, his strength far surpassed that of before, and the power of the Heavenly Evil Star Rain was more than ten times greater!
The light emanating from his heretical path was like a shower of stars, rising from below to meet the massive fleshy hand. The surface of the fleshy hand, which should have been shattered, suddenly revealed countless dense textures.

Those were countless Dao patterns of immortality. In the eyes of the immortals in the Earthly Immortal Realm, these Dao patterns were not mysterious, but in the eyes of Moro Star, they were extremely mysterious.

His supernatural powers failed to budge the massive flesh and blood hand in the slightest, yet he still charged forward without hesitation, attempting to break through it.

On the other side, Rashero finally regained his footing and charged toward Ogaki Castle.

In his eyes, his master, the creator and protector of Dayuan City, was pulverized under the cover of that fleshy hand.

The massive, fleshy hand didn't even pause for a moment before slamming down on the towering Great Wall City. The enormous flesh crushed the city, killing countless Shiga people within its walls!

Rhosero's mind went blank, yet he continued to rush forward, only to be blown away by the storm.

Luosheluo tumbled and rolled, dazed and confused, letting himself crash onto the mountain of flesh and blood.

His master died.

The powerful figure who had protected the Guiyuan World for over ten thousand years is dead. The most powerful cultivator was crushed like an insect.

He was filled with fear and rage. He wanted to avenge his master and his clansmen who had died in Dayuan City!
But how can I get revenge?

He still doesn't know who his enemy is.

The worm was enormous, like an unparalleled celestial phenomenon.

How to take revenge on the celestial phenomena?
He was filled with fear when he saw Shao Guang, the alien boy shrouded in celestial light.

As Shao Guang raised his hand, the massive hand that had crushed the flesh and blood of Da Yuan City also rose slowly.

Luo Sheluo felt a chill in his heart. The destruction of the Guiyuan World was not caused by celestial phenomena, but by human intervention.

His anger and resentment turned into hatred, and he roared as he leaped into the air, lunging towards Shaoguang.

He now knows who his enemies are, and he will take revenge—revenge for his master, for his people in Dayuan City, and for all those who have died in the Guiyuan World over the past ten thousand years!
The moment he leaped into the air, he felt an itch on his back. Looking back, he saw many threads of flesh connected to his back at one end and to the mountain of flesh below at the other.

Roshero struggled to get rid of the threads, but the back of his head had already been pierced by the threads of the Yuan Worm, with each thread penetrating into his cerebral cortex.

Then, strands of flesh and blood descended from the sky and pierced into his sea of ​​consciousness.

He struggled in the air for a few moments, then hung motionless in the sky, his cultivation completely drained by the Yuan insects.

The worm retracted its tentacles, and its corpse fell to the ground, where it was gradually swallowed by the mountain of flesh.

In the distance, Shao Guang remained calm, glancing at Luo Sheluo with some surprise: "Why is this demon attacking me instead of me, seeing how powerful I am?"

Unable to understand, he stopped thinking about it and flew towards a more distant, walled city.

Outside the city, some demon cultivators who had gone out for training angrily rushed into the sky and attacked him.

Shao Guang could only see these people shouting loudly in the distance, seemingly extremely angry, but because they were too far away, he couldn't hear what they were yelling about.

He had no interest in understanding what these demons were shouting about. With a slight thought, countless fleshy tentacles flew out from the surrounding mountains of flesh and pierced through the bodies of these cultivators.

These demons are weaker, yet they dare to attack a Golden Immortal like him; they are truly courting death.

Seeing the hatred in the demons' eyes, he felt displeased and offended.

He activated the Great Dao contained within the Primordial Insect, a Dao that was extremely wicked, which his master, the Immortal Emperor, called the Evil Path.

Driven by him, the Yuan Worm's infectivity surged. Demon cultivators in the mountains and fields were often invaded by heretics and turned into evil spirits before they could even fight their way out.

"After devouring this world, the Yuan Worm's strength will increase to another level. We'll have a much better chance of winning the battle against the Heavenly Court," Shao Guang said in a low voice.

The primordial worms swept towards more distant places, and within a few days, they had devoured and refined most of the Guiyuan World.

"The Yuan Insect is too powerful," Shao Guang couldn't help but exclaim.

He discovered that many demons were gathering towards the coastline, and numerous demon cultivators had set up layers of defenses along the way, attempting to delay his progress.

This resistance made him smile.

Although there are many powerful demons among them, comparable to true immortals and golden immortals in the Earthly Immortal Realm, they are still too weak in front of the Yuan Worm.

He didn't care about the lives or deaths of these people at all. Even if they escaped from the Guiyuan World, it wouldn't be a big deal. He only needed to refine the Guiyuan World.

"However, if I let you escape, I'm afraid you'll still be thinking of coming back to kill me. I can't stay here to guard the Yuan Worms forever; I still need to return to the Earthly Immortal Realm to report back. So be it, let's eliminate them completely."

Along the coast, demon cultivators built wooden boats and moored them at the harbor. Women and children were boarding the boats, while a steady stream of demons continued to arrive along the way.

Meanwhile, the demon cultivators charged wave after wave towards the surging flesh and blood of the primordial worms, trying to buy time for their retreat, but all their efforts were in vain. With their strength, these demon cultivators were simply no match for the speed at which the primordial worms' flesh and blood were encroaching.

"Let's go!"

An elderly demon cultivator retreated to the shore, watching the towering mass of flesh and blood engulfing them. Overwhelmed with despair, he roared at the ships, "Set sail!"

Ship after ship sailed into the Dark Sea. They didn't know what lay within, but they knew that if they remained in the Guiyuan World, their entire race would be wiped out.

On the shore, the last demon cultivators were still fighting desperately to stop the expansion of the Primal Worms. The Primal Worms' flesh and blood rolled over them, and thick tentacles grew from the mountains of flesh and blood, flying out from above their heads and extending into the dark sea to capture the ships that had just left.

The demon cultivators went berserk, leaping up and rushing towards the waving tentacles, slashing with knives, hacking with axes, and even biting with their teeth, trying to sever the tentacles and give the last of their people a chance to live.

"It's truly touching."

As Shaoguang floated in the air, witnessing this scene, his Dao heart was stirred, and he murmured, "Who says ants are heartless? These demons struggle for survival, risking their lives for the continuation of their race—isn't that true compassion?"

The tentacles paused slightly, probably because they were holding onto something.

Shaoguang breathed a sigh of relief; it was finally coming to an end.

Having pacified the Guiyuan World, it's time to head to the Xiniu New Continent.

The mountain of flesh and blood writhed and reached the shore, about to crush the demon cultivators to dust. At the same time, the thick fleshy tentacles contracted back, dragging something out of the dark sea.

One by one, the demon ships were dragged out of the darkness, and the people on board were filled with despair.

Then, behind these ships, a massive treasure ship was dragged piece by piece to the shore by fleshy tentacles.

On that treasure ship, the immortals from Xiniu New Continent were all surprised and looked up at the tentacles that were wrapped around the ship's mast.

"True King, is this the Primal Worm?"

A voice rang out, and Master Zhang looked up at the flesh and blood covering the entire Guiyuan World, exclaiming in surprise, "So big?"

“It’s even bigger than this. The Primal Worms cover the entire starry sky, and in the Xunjiang Star Region, only Xiniu New Continent has not yet been swallowed up. I don’t know how big the real Primal Worms are.”

Chen Shi stepped forward, and the Wuji Dao Field was set up. Wherever the Dao Field passed, the flesh and blood of the Yuan Worm melted away like ice and snow!
Those thick tentacles melted and decomposed, transforming into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, invigorating one's spirit.

"Bo! Bo! Bo!"

Suddenly, enormous eyes sprouted from the flesh and blood in the sky, all looking at the ship. Then, those eyes showed fear, and the flesh and blood violently contracted towards the sky!
"run?"

Chen Shi looked up at him and asked, "Do you think you can escape?"

I've been engrossed in reading the novel "The Legend of the Shepherd God" these past few days. I can't catch up today, I'll do it tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)