Primordial Qi

Chapter 273: Soul Flag

Above the sky, dark clouds were as thick as ink and seemed to be dripping, covering the entire world in an oppressive darkness.

Countless insects were hovering in the low sky, densely packed together, making a creepy buzzing sound, like whispers from hell.

Above the main peak, there were shadows of insects. The insects surged like a tide, and they had corroded countless holes in the mountain, making it riddled with holes and likely to collapse at any time.

"No, we must not let this queen insect lay eggs, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!" Xiao Tian's eyes were as sharp as torches, and he shouted loudly.

Before he finished speaking, black flames surged around him. The flames were like the wrath of a demon. Wherever they went, the air was instantly ignited, making a sizzling sound. The surrounding insects were instantly burned to ashes, and a blank area was burned out in the midst of a burnt smell.

However, the number of larvae is too large. Some larvae cannot fly but crawl quickly on the ground. The densely packed incomplete bodies are like a surging black tide, which makes people's scalp numb.

In the sky, the blood-red clouds rolled and changed like living things. Purple lightning raged in the clouds, and thunder rumbled, shaking the sky as if it was about to break.

"The queen insect... is casting her domain?" Gu Chenyu looked solemnly, raised his eyes to the sky, his heart sank.

Suddenly, an invisible barrier covered an area of thirty miles in radius. The three brothers, as well as many cultivators from the Golden Elephant Sect and the Green Mountain Sect, were trapped in this circle of death.

"It's over. We're just a step too slow. Are we going to be killed by the queen insect?" someone shouted in horror, his voice filled with despair.

"Golden Elephant Sect, if you don't use your magic weapons, we are all going to die here!" The cultivators of Qingshan Sect looked at the people of Golden Elephant Sect angrily. At this critical moment of life and death, the Golden Elephant Sect has been slow to use their magic weapons to suppress the queen insect's territory, which makes everyone feel indignant.

Just when everyone was extremely anxious, the queen insect finally finished laying eggs. Its huge body slowly lifted up and it let out a sharp hiss, with endless cruelty and greed in its voice.

With this roar, the power of its domain increased again, the entire space was compressed and deformed, and everyone felt it became difficult to breathe.

At this critical moment, a blood-red umbrella appeared out of nowhere. Gu Chenyu's face turned pale, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. He took a deep breath and shouted, "Ah, do you still want me to take action?"

After that, he used all his strength to activate the blood-colored umbrella, which instantly burst into a blood-colored light. The light was like a substance, and it violently collided with the power of the mother insect's domain. For a moment, the space was full of light, energy overflowed, and a "crackling" sound was made, as if it was a contest between light and darkness.

"Brother, where did you get this magic weapon?" Lin Xiu's eyes widened, his face full of surprise. He had followed Gu Chenyu for a long time, but he had never seen him use this magic weapon.

"Otherwise, how could I be the big brother? Of course I have many ways!" Gu Chenyu smiled confidently, with a hint of mystery and arrogance in that smile.

At this moment, he not only had to suppress the queen insect's territory, but also had a bigger plan in mind - to absorb the essence and blood of this seventh-level monster.

A cultivator in the middle stage of the Heavenly Man Realm actually dared to attack a demon beast in the Monarch Realm and used a magic weapon to suppress its domain. This action shocked everyone present.

"Everyone, why don't you take action quickly?" Gu Chenyu shouted, his voice was like a loud bell, shaking everyone's eardrums and hurting them.

Dozens of people woke up as if from a dream, and immediately used all their skills, all kinds of magic and spells bloomed like fireworks, bombarding the queen insect. For a moment, the light flashed, the roar continued, and the queen insect's blood gushed out like a spring, but before the blood fell to the ground, it was greedily sucked away by the blood-colored umbrella.

"This is... the power of the physical body. I didn't expect that the blood-colored umbrella would have a feedback effect." Gu Chenyu couldn't help but chuckled as he felt the strength in his body increase.

He practiced his skills frantically, absorbing and refining the blood. The essence of blood entered his body like a raging torrent, constantly impacting his meridians.

In addition to the queen bee, the essence and blood of the queen bee and larvae are also rare good things. As he absorbs them crazily, his strength continues to grow.

"The Great Demon's Solitary Annihilation Finger!" Lin Xiu suddenly roared, and his palm instantly turned as black as ink. A huge black finger appeared out of thin air, carrying a destructive aura, and pierced through the body of the queen insect.

The queen insect let out a sharp scream, her voice full of pain and unwillingness, obviously seriously injured by this blow.

"Kill him while he's ill!" Seeing this, everyone attacked more fiercely.

Xiao Tian sneered and suddenly made a move. A black soul flag appeared in his hand.

With the appearance of the Soul Banner, countless animal souls on the ground were pulled by an invisible force and rushed towards the Soul Banner.

For a moment, a terrifying and strange aura spread, and everyone present gasped when they saw it. In this world of immortal cultivation, refining soul flags is a taboo. It is a forbidden item and no one dares to touch it easily. I didn't expect that someone would refine it here.

"Second brother, let me do it!" Gu Chenyu shouted and snatched the Soul Flag.

He discovered that there was actually a soul of an ancient monk in the soul flag. With an idea in his mind, he immediately cast a spell: "Gather!"

The souls on the ground gathered in the soul flag as if they were summoned.

However, this forbidden item was not tolerated by heaven and earth. Soon, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and strong lightning strikes fell from the sky and struck the Soul Banner.

"The souls are gathered and tempered by flames. Old Xiao, I leave it to you." Gu Chenyu handed the soul flag to Xiao Tian. Xiao Tian took the soul flag and immediately activated the black flame to refine the beast soul.

Under the tempering of true fire, the quality of the Soul Banner continued to improve, and soon, a brand new magical weapon was refined.

"Suppression!"

Xiao Tian shouted loudly and threw the soul flag towards the queen insect. The soul flag was like a black lightning, instantly flying in front of the queen insect, and the powerful force instantly fixed the queen insect.

At this moment, the terrifying thunderstorm also descended instantly, and lightning struck the queen insect, making a deafening roar. The queen insect's body could not withstand such a powerful force, and was instantly struck into a bloody mess, and finally her body was annihilated.

"Demon pill, spirit essence, come to me!" Upon seeing this, Gu Chenyu immediately cast a spell to forcibly take the demon pill and spirit essence of the mother insect.

These two things were extremely precious, so he would naturally not give others a chance. The three of them stood side by side, emitting a terrifying aura that shocked everyone present.

At this time, the larvae all over the mountains were still surging wildly. Gu Chenyu sneered, and the true fire in his body poured out. The true fire was like a raging sea of fire, instantly drowning the larvae.

The larvae screamed in pain, and the sound echoed in the valley, making people shudder. Their screaming souls were also absorbed by the soul flag.

Xiao Tian immediately started to refine it, and with his efforts, the Soul Banner was directly upgraded to a seventh-level magical weapon.

In the sky, the thunder and lightning became more and more violent. Bolts of lightning shuttled through the clouds like dragons, emitting dazzling light.

Everyone present was frightened by the terrifying thunderbolt and did not dare to act rashly. In the previous second, they were still friends fighting side by side against the queen insect; in the next second, for the sake of resources, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, as if a fight would break out in the next moment.