In those years when I was a mortal and a demon

As Lu Yuan and the incarnations of the Holy Ancestors rushed into the two streams of purple clouds, several demonic forces of varying sizes were gathering nearby. Although they were unaware of what was happening, many of them were high-ranking figures at the level of Demonic Sect Venerables.

Upon sensing the powerful beings within the demonic cloud, one of the Venerables immediately beamed with joy: "So many avatars of the Holy Ancestors, could they be here specifically to deal with this sea of ​​demon-absorbing ants?"

"Who cares? If we don't follow now, when will we?" A Venerable from another group was equally excited and immediately led his team to follow behind the Demon Cloud.

Seeing this, several other teams joined in, and together they formed a force of hundreds of thousands.

However, their massive procession immediately alerted the demon-absorbing ants in the purple clouds on both sides, causing them to slowly squeeze towards the center.

Just a short while later, Lu Yuan, who was at the forefront, vaguely heard a booming and exploding sound coming from behind.

At the same time, several roars came from the demonic cloud in the middle: "These fools!"

"How did they follow us? This cuts off our retreat!"

As they said, the entrance to the narrow strip of land was now completely submerged by rolling purple clouds.

Within the purple ant cloud, clusters of black energy and lightning roared incessantly; these were the hundreds of thousands of demons who had followed behind, now surrounded by the demon-absorbing ants.

However, with many demons desperately unleashing their demonic powers, the approaching demonic ants turned into clumps of ashes and fell from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of them were gone.

Upon seeing this, the other demons were overjoyed and let out a long howl, also activating their demonic weapons to join the attack.

In this way, the demonic ants blocking their way were wiped out by the demons in just a few breaths.

Many demons were invigorated by this sight, realizing that the Demon-Sucking Ants were not as terrifying as rumored.

However, many of the more mature demons still had extremely gloomy expressions. Although they had resolved the immediate crisis, their retreat had been blocked, and they could only continue forward.

But at that moment, Lu Yuan, who was at the forefront, suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes. A layer of purple gauze appeared without any warning and slowly descended downwards.

The purple gauze was entirely purple, and the long, thin, pointed worms, about the length of chopsticks, were actually a sea of ​​countless demonic ants, dyeing the void in front of them a pale purple.

Lu Yuan immediately realized that he was also trapped.

"Alright, let's do it now!"

A ferocious look appeared on Lu Yuan's face. He then instantly appeared on the back of the Azure Phoenix, and the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife shot out, slashing dozens of times at the demonic cloud that was chasing after him.

"not good!"

"careful!"

"Quickly unleash the Four Treasures of Thunder-Trapping!" As early as when Lu Yuan unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, the avatars of the Holy Ancestors in the Demon Cloud had already sensed the danger.

Having hunted Lu Yuan for years, they were extremely wary of his magic weapon, which was specifically designed to destroy primordial spirits. However, they had also long since found a way to deal with it.

Therefore, before the massive burst of lightning-filled blades could strike, the demonic cloud's advance was halted, and then several strange demonic artifacts flew out from within it.

As these magical artifacts blazed with light, they intertwined to form a magical net.

The blade light unleashed by the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife quickly slowed down upon encountering this layer of demonic net, and was then enveloped by the net.

The beings within the demonic cloud simultaneously unleashed their supernatural powers, dissolving the blade's edge into nothingness.

However, this commotion naturally attracted the attention of the demonic ants on both sides, who surged frantically towards the location of Demon Cloud and Lu Yuan. The ant swarm, like a surging wave, instantly engulfed Demon Cloud.

Lu Yuan, however, seemed to have anticipated this, and had his Azure Phoenix avatar once again unleash 'A Thousand Miles in a Breath'. Its figure blurred for a moment before shooting out, disappearing mysteriously into the pale purple clouds ahead.

However, this time, after only a thousand miles, the Azure Phoenix avatar fell from the state of 'traveling ten thousand miles in a breath'.

The reason was simple: as Lu Yuan traveled through the purple clouds, he clearly sensed that in just a short time, half of the magic power of the Azure Phoenix incarnation had disappeared, obviously being devoured by the demon-absorbing ants in the purple clouds.

It should be noted that under the "One Breath, Ten Thousand Miles" effect, the Azure Phoenix incarnation is almost defenseless. Given the terrifying number of demon-sucking ants in this sea of ​​ants, even if each ant sucks half a breath, it can easily drain the Azure Phoenix incarnation's magic power.

"We have to take a gamble."

Lu Yuan muttered a few words, causing the mountain giants, who had been severely injured by the incarnations of those holy ancestors, to appear and forcibly condense the Stone Giant Totem despite their injuries.

But as soon as the mountain giant's innate stone energy was released, countless demon-absorbing ants swarmed around it as if they had smelled a delicious treat. Although they were petrified and fell to the ground after absorbing the innate stone energy, even more demonic ants surged in like a tidal wave.

As a result, the Stone Totem was unable to condense for a time, let alone teleport away.

Seeing that even the Mountain Giant's transformation, despite expending its own essence, could not achieve anything, Lu Yuan truly realized the terror of the Demon-Absorbing Ants.

He originally planned to drag the incarnations of the Holy Ancestors behind him into the sea of ​​demon-absorbing ants and kill them, while he could use the two great supernatural powers of 'Traveling Thousands of Miles in a Breath' and 'Stone Lun Totem' to escape, but reality far exceeded his expectations.

Of course, Lu Yuan's original body still has the 'Lightning Array' as a life-saving trump card, but in doing so, the several incarnations who cultivate demonic arts must be abandoned in the sea of ​​ants.

Unless absolutely necessary, Lu Yuan would not easily take that step.

Lu Yuan's expression flickered several times, then suddenly his eyes lit up as he realized something.

The Azure Phoenix opened its massive mouth, spewing out a clump of dark green mud—it was the Devouring Beast in its incarnation.

As soon as the Devouring Beast appeared, it spread into a vast aerial swamp several miles in size, with billowing green mist rising from the swamp and intertwining with the purple ant clouds above.

In an instant, tens of thousands of demon-absorbing ants in the purple ant cloud deflated and then plummeted into the mud below, merging with it.

Although both were transformed by the Mother of the Moths and gained the ability to devour, the Devouring Beast was clearly many times stronger than these Demon-Sucking Ants.

After all, the Devouring Beast was one of the earliest races to be corrupted by moths in ancient times, so the bloodline of the mother moth inherited in its body was naturally much purer than that of the Demon-Absorbing Ant.

Moreover, given the terrifying reproductive capacity of the Demon-Absorbing Ants, the moth bloodline in the bodies of ordinary Demon Ants has long since faded to nothing, and only the queen ants may still retain a trace of pure moth bloodline.

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At the same time, more than a thousand miles away in the Demon Cloud, the pursuers, led by many incarnations of the Holy Ancestors, were also surrounded by the Demon Ants.

All sorts of demonic artifacts were unleashed, and streams of demonic powers manifested in various forms, raging and howling among the demonic ants, wiping out large swarms of them.