605: Chapter 422 605: Chapter 422 “Not only did they release ghosts, but also demonic beasts, that pair of mentor and apprentice.”
“The Taoist and Huang Chen mingled among them, sneaking around and fighting further and further away.
It’s not that they didn’t kill those shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but they had to do it for self-protection.”
“Huang Chen even sprayed the poison gas from inside his magic artifact, not just causing trouble for the ghosts, but also affecting the creatures released by the artifact spirit.”
“Fortunately, they had eaten plenty of those green flowers inside the space, Vitality Flowers, which they’d consumed all year round to make their bodies immune to all toxins.”
“‘Good, good, good, reinforcements have arrived, hit them!’ The monkeys were thrilled to see companions coming to help in the space, just when they were fuming and looking for someone to beat up.”
“At that moment, they rushed excitedly in every direction, seeking to find the main part of the Dragon Palace, things like the Dragon King.”
“They didn’t really believe there was a Dragon King inside the Dragon Palace; all these subordinates had turned into ghosts, perhaps just like them, having become ghosts since millions of years ago.”
“From inside the magical treasure, Jiang Tang could also see the fighting happening inside the Dragon Palace.
This ‘watching a fight from the mountain’ situation, the real show was still to come.”
“He didn’t go out, nor did he send more pets out; he simply had the artifact spirit take action, of course, while guarding against the people above.”
“If they really couldn’t escape once inside the Dragon Palace and got trapped there, he certainly didn’t want to be stuck like last time in Hell Palace, where, if not for chance, he would never have gotten out.”
“With the experience of being trapped once before, he wouldn’t foolishly bring himself and his people into dangerous places without the confidence of defeating the ghosts inside the Dragon Palace.”
“But he had the ability to escape.”
“Jiang Tang was no longer the clueless Virgin Guy who had just crossed over to this place; he had encountered so many difficulties because of his ignorance.
Now that he understood, he had avoided many calamities and had the ability to help others, as well as to create even greater enterprises.”
“Now it wasn’t about just feeding himself but leading everyone to prosperity, taking them to the next level, so he couldn’t disregard others’ safety.”
“His flying artifact was indeed powerful, but ‘there’s always someone better,’ and he dared not be too complacent, disregarding the safety of others.”
“He could send these people into the Dragon Palace for more training and experience, but he felt that their abilities were still not strong enough.
They had more important tasks—to not sacrifice his elite team to these ghosts by entering the Dragon Palace.”
“Jiang Tang slowly realized that those shrimp soldiers and crab generals were actually quite formidable.
Among the three monkeys, there were not only souls but also those capable of leaping to the skies, effectively making them three Great Power Holders.
To attack so many shrimp soldiers and crab generals and still not achieve a complete victory was indeed surprising.”
“One could imagine that there were even more powerful Capable Beings operating inside the Dragon Palace.”
“When Jiang Tang saw the Taoist appear, he hadn’t expected the artifact spirit to release all the creatures from the space, including these two troublesome ones.
He remembered Huang Chen distinctly, the ghost that had brought him fortune.”
“He hadn’t dealt with him before because he didn’t feel threatened, letting him fend for himself in Hell Palace.”
“But he didn’t expect these two, mentor and apprentice, to take advantage of the chaos to escape.
It seemed they were fighting, using their strongest spells.”
“It appeared that the Taoist and Huang Chen must have increased their cultivation in the space.”
“Jiang Tang had already guessed that they used Spirit Grass, much like he used these herbs to get what he wanted.”
“He sent out a bit of his Divine Sense to track these two bad eggs, only to receive word that the bugs were slowly weakening.”
“Those dozen or so Great Power Holders began chasing the bugs out to sea where, amid the tumultuous waves, they started to track their whereabouts.”
“For the safety of the whole group, and to avoid being affected by those above while fighting here, Jiang Tang commanded the bugs to cross this area, they had to escape farther, making those Great Power Holders believe he had fled far away.”
“This tactic worked beautifully.
The dozen or so Great Power Holders couldn’t sense the Qi of people at sea.
There were still fish, but they couldn’t detect any Magical Treasures or the like.
They noticed someone not too far away in the sky.”
“But that person seemed to have just arrived here not long ago, and their abilities looked to be only of Ocean Wheel level—not likely to have the tremendous capability to entangle them with these bugs for so long.”
“The adults realized that the bugs had previously darted to the sea surface seeking help from their master, suggesting that the bugs’ master must be underwater.”
“However, they didn’t expect the bugs to suddenly fly high into the sky and then rapidly transfer directions.
They flew towards two different countries, with one direction being another country and not Ancient Xia Country.”
Su Chang’an… all gone?
This sea region is divided into three countries, even many countries can reach here, and Great Power Holders didn’t think too much about it.
Those who liked white insects went after white insects.
Those who fancied golden-yellow insects chased after the gold insects and arrived at the Netherworld of another country in no time.
Just past the sea’s surface lies another country; this area is the sea defense zone, with patrol boats of this country stationed here.
The golden insects suddenly dove from the sky and started biting the patrol boats.
The Great Power Holders didn’t know what the insects were doing and observed why the insects were acting this way.
But unexpectedly, the insects were not attacking people, but biting their boats, making holes as a woodpecker would, quickly creating numerous holes in a boat.
Where the wood went was anyone’s guess, and even if it were iron, the insects ate it.
The patrol was suddenly attacked; the breached boats took on water, and the people aboard panicked, taking up arms against the giant insects.
But how could they shoot the insects when the insects’ tails could spit fire?
Then the entire boat ignited, and the soldiers were thrown into chaos.
Those who could abandon ship did so to survive.
It wasn’t just one boat that suffered this fate; within less than a half-hour, all boats docked nearby were burnt.
Great Power Holders…
how did these insects come here to cause destruction?
Were they to aid the insects or the humans, or just bystanders enjoying the spectacle?
In the end, the Great Power Holders could only be bystanders.
Since they neither wanted to help the insects do evil nor had the power to eradicate the insects instantly.
When they discerned the clothing, attire, and weapons of these people, someone already figured out one thing – the recent domestic terror incidents might be related to these people.
Could it be that these insects have become enlightened?
Some organization leaders of this country found that the warships they dispatched for combat mysteriously sank and lost contact, and other subordinates they sent out were also annihilated.
Through the messages transmitted by spies from another country, they learned that someone had wiped out these people.
Unwilling to accept this outcome, having possessed the country’s resources for over ten thousand years, how could they tolerate such losses?
Therefore, they even more fervently commanded the continuous building of ships, summoning all nobility for this task, preparing to dispatch another fleet.
Before the ships were even armed and manned, they were struck by disaster.
With the ships burned, their plans had to be postponed again, and they sent out people to understand: Why did these insects suddenly appear?
What kind of insects were these?
So fierce and terrifying, immune to blades and guns, yet capable of spitting fire – truly their nemesis.
Great Power Holders…
watched the insects destroy these ships while secretly feeling that it was inappropriate for the insects to interfere with human activities.
Jiang Tang received the messages from the insects and secretly rejoiced, not expecting these people to be so persistent and annoying like cockroaches.
Another group of white insects, upon reaching their destination, encountered a ship where, to their surprise, some women were detained.
Initially indifferent, the insects became enraged upon witnessing some men striking the women with whips.
They discharged exterminating fire from their abdomens.
The soldiers’ clothes and hair caught fire, although not everyone was burned.
The women locked in cages were unharmed.
Great Power Holders…
were they to catch insects or rescue people?
They also realized these people were certainly human traffickers.
To save, they could not save the traffickers, but only intervene to rescue the women.
Even though the women didn’t seem to be from their own country, they could forsake generosity.
Yet, seeing ordinary women suffering, men who had lived for more than a thousand years had hearts that pitied and cherished the fairer sex.
Thus, with their intervention, the traffickers met their demise; the cages detaining the women were opened, and the ropes binding them were untied.