A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 199 The Power of the Gold-Eating Insects

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Trapped in the heavy water, the Blood Demon incarnation moved slowly but possessed astonishing brute strength. Blood light surged wildly around its body, and each struggle caused the light net of the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Array to tremble violently, and the pale blue heavy water was shaken to ripple.

It roared, brandishing its enormous, blood-red claws, and slammed wildly against the light net, showing signs of breaking free from the array's constraints.

"He does possess some brute strength." A cold glint flashed in Luo Ming's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he rapidly formed hand seals, chanted incantations, and his magical power surged wildly, continuously pouring into the twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls.

As Luo Ming's incantation fell, the twelve Xuan Yuan Pearls within the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Formation suddenly shone with dazzling spiritual light. The pearls rapidly transformed, instantly becoming twelve emerald-green flying swords. Runes flowed on the flying swords, carrying heavy Xuan Water power and a sharp sound that tore through the air, as they slashed towards the Blood Demon incarnation.

"Hehehe... All in vain!" The Blood Demon avatar let out an arrogant laugh, its body surging with blood-red light. A massive amount of essence blood rapidly condensed, forming a thick, blood-red armor on its body. The armor was covered with strange runes, exuding a dense demonic aura and possessing astonishing defensive power.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Twelve shimmering azure flying swords struck the crimson armor in succession, producing dull thuds. The flying swords, imbued with the gravity of the Xuan Water, slammed into the Blood Demon avatar, sending it staggering backward. Its body trembled with crimson light, yet it could not break through the crimson armor, leaving only a few shallow white marks on its surface.

Luo Ming frowned slightly, thinking to himself: This Blood Demon Armor is indeed sturdy.

With a thought, he suddenly changed the hand seals and pushed his magical power to its limit.

The twelve flying swords instantly converged, their spiritual light surging, continuously merging and growing larger, transforming in an instant into a giant cyan-gold sword tens of feet tall.

The giant sword was made of condensed Xuan water, which shone with a warm blue light. The blade was forged from extremely condensed golden magic power, which was cold and sharp. It carried an unstoppable pressure and hovered above the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Array. Even the surrounding air was slightly distorted by the pressure of the sword.

"go!"

With a flick of his finger, Luo Ming unleashed a massive cyan-gold sword that crashed down with earth-shattering force, slashing directly at the Blood Demon's avatar.

"Pfft—"

The cyan-gold greatsword cleaved the crimson armor and its avatar in two without any resistance. Each half of the body turned into a cloud of blood mist and drifted to the sides.

Just as Luo Ming was about to deliver another blow, he saw the two streams of blood mist suddenly converge, their blood light surging. In just a moment, they reformed into a complete Blood Demon Avatar, though the blood light around it had dimmed and its aura had weakened.

"Hehehe... Junior, you're useless!" The Blood Demon avatar swayed its body, letting out an arrogant, eerie laugh. "I am formed from essence blood; as long as my essence blood remains, I can never be killed! By wasting your mana like this, you will eventually be worn down by me, and then it will be your death!"

Luo Ming's heart sank. He knew very well that what the other party said was true. The immortality of the Blood Demon Avatar meant that if he were to kill it with just the Greatsword Technique, it would take countless strikes to exhaust its life essence. Moreover, using the Greatsword Technique in this way would consume a great deal of his mana. In a prolonged battle, he would inevitably be the first to be exhausted.

"An immortal body?"

A flash of inspiration struck Luo Ming as he devised a way to deal with this avatar. He stopped activating the Greatsword Technique, flipped his left hand, and pulled out several small spirit beast pouches. With a flick of his fingertips, he threw all the spirit beast pouches out.

With Luo Ming's command, several spirit beast pouches exploded simultaneously, and several golden clouds suddenly appeared in the air. They then dispersed with a bang, revealing tens of thousands of ferocious golden flying insects—these were the Gold-Eating Insects raised by Luo Ming.

These gold-eating insects are small in size but have sharp teeth. They can not only gnaw on metal, but also eat almost anything. There are basically no things that can restrain them.

Tens of thousands of Gold-Devouring Insects emitted sharp buzzing sounds as they surged towards the besieged Blood Demon Avatar like a tidal wave, instantly piling up on its body and frantically gnawing at it. Their sharp teeth relentlessly tore at the Blood Demon Avatar's essence blood, each bite devouring a small clump of blood light, and the Blood Demon Avatar's aura weakened at a visible rate.

"Damn it! What are these things?"

The Blood Demon Avatar panicked, feeling its own essence blood being rapidly devoured. It hurriedly manipulated the blood light around its body, condensing several blood-colored blades, and slashed at the Gold-Eating Insects on its body.

The blood-red blade was incredibly sharp, instantly slicing dozens of gold-devouring insects away. However, these gold-devouring insects were thick-skinned and thick-fleshed. After landing, they flipped over and immediately took flight again, continuing to pounce on the blood demon avatar without suffering any damage.

The gold-devouring insects grew increasingly ferocious, while the blood demon's avatar shrank continuously, its blood-red light fading. It finally panicked completely, losing all its previous arrogance.

"No! I cannot die!" it roared, its body surging with crimson light, transforming into a streak of blood-red light, desperately trying to break free from the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Array and escape outside the array.

However, Luo Ming had already pushed the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Formation to its limit, trapping its body tightly. No matter how it struggled, it could not break out of the formation even half a step.

In just a short while, tens of thousands of gold-devouring insects devoured the essence and blood of this blood demon incarnation, leaving only a faint wisp of black energy that vanished without a trace in the heavy water and was completely annihilated.

On the other side, the Blood Demon avatar, suppressed by the four spirit beasts, happened to witness his companion being devoured by the Gold-Eating Insects, and extreme fear flashed in his eyes for a moment.

It knew that it couldn't hold out alone, and if it continued to hold out, it would eventually suffer the same fate as its companions.

Without further hesitation, its blood-red light surged wildly, and it directly self-destructed, exploding most of its body. The dense blood mist exploded, forcefully breaking through the Xuan Turtle's divine power restraints and the Azure Dragon's fog, leaving only a fragmented blood-red light and shadow, which sped away into the distance, trying to take the opportunity to escape.

"Trying to run?" A cold glint flashed in Luo Ming's eyes. He flipped his right hand, and a jet-black banner suddenly flew out. Countless strange runes flowed on the banner, emitting a dense black aura. It was his Thousand Demon Banner.

This Thousand Demon Banner can absorb evil energy and refine evil objects, making it perfect for dealing with the Blood Demon incarnation.

Luo Ming made a hand seal with his fingertips and shouted in a low voice, "Withdraw!"

Suddenly, the Thousand Demon Banner lit up with a dazzling black light, and a thick black aura shot out from the banner, like a giant black python, heading straight for the fleeing blood-red figure.

The crimson light and shadow had barely escaped when it was firmly entangled by the black mist. No matter how much it struggled, it could not break free and could only let out a mournful scream as it was dragged little by little by the black mist and sucked into the Thousand Demon Banner.

As the Blood Demon incarnation was absorbed, the black aura surrounding the Thousand Demon Banner grew increasingly dense, and the runes on the banner became clearer, faintly radiating a spiritual energy, making it even more vibrant than before. Luo Ming reached out and summoned the Thousand Demon Banner back into his hand. He could clearly feel the power within the banner growing stronger, and a surge of joy welled up in his heart.

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