Chapter 312 – The Worm King
Chapter 312 – King of Insects
“The few of you didn’t touch anything similar to that bloodworm just now when this loose cultivator died?”
Lu Xuan asked with a serious expression.
“No no.”
Several Song Clan cultivators shook their heads repeatedly.
One of them seemed to think of something and hesitated for a moment.
“Elder Lu, when that loose cultivator was about to die, I saw a blood light shoot out from his body, only at that time, I thought he had blood in his body, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”
“Hmm.”
Lu Xuan nodded gently.
“It looks like it should have fled far away.”
“Uncle Lu, what should we do now?”
Song Yu’s face showed a worried expression, as a major event such as the invasion of evil spirits in Empty Underworld Island, he, as the head of an island, could be said to be as anxious as hell.
Fortunately, there was still the Foundation Establishment realm, the great sect-born Lu Xuan to hold the scene, which could barely stabilize his mind.
“The daily patrols should still continue, we just need some more manpower, lest the evil spirits take advantage of the situation, in addition, we also need to maintain order on the island, and prepare some more talismans to dispel the evil spirits.”
“That evil bug just now is called the Blood Condensing Yin Worm, a common means for evil cultivators to cultivate blood dao techniques, thus, there is most likely an evil cultivator sighting behind it.”
“Both of these two loose cultivators returned from the outer sea and were contaminated by the evil bug infestation, so focus on checking those cultivators who have returned to the island in recent times.”
Lu Xuan instructed the Song Family Head.
“As for me, I will act as I see fit and freely search for and resolve those cultivators who have been infested and contaminated by the Blood Gelding Yin Insects on Empyrean Island.”
The Blood Coagulating Yin Worm almost replaced the cultivator’s blood circulation, and if it wasn’t stimulated from a close distance or came out on its own after feeding on blood, it would be difficult to detect its traces by ordinary means.
Lu Xuan, on the other hand, had the Fae Treading Cloud Lynx that had foreign pupils and could detect the aura of evil spirits, the Third Grade Unsullied Jade that could withstand the infestation of evil spirits, the Third Grade Pure Spirit Talisman that had a powerful killing effect on the evil spirits, and the Fourth Grade Cloud Mountain Jade Talisman, so it could be said that a single person could stand up to all the cultivators of the Song Family of the Void Underworld Island.
After determining the measures to deal with the Blood Curdling Yin Worm with Song Yu, Lu Xuan’s figure flickered and disappeared from sight.
On the verdant streets.
The Cloud Treading Lynx lay on Lu Xuan’s shoulder, its cloud-like thick paws curled together, its turquoise eye pupils scanning every casual cultivator coming and going, and the two tufts of grayish-white fur on the tips of its ears turning with it.
“Ow……”
It buried its head and roared softly and low in Lu Xuan’s ear, a sheepish clip in its rough voice.
“Good, I see it.”
Lu Xuan didn’t move as he used his spiritual energy to form a soundproof film outside his ears, his eyes locking onto a skinny cultivator not far ahead.
Spiritual energy surged within his body, slowly seeping into his eyes as he operated the spells in the Delusion Breaking Pupil Technique, and a layer of hazy mist appeared on the surface of his eye pupils.
After he obtained the “Breaking Delusion Pupil Art”, he practiced daily for a long time, and was barely considered to be at the introductory stage, understanding some of the rudimentary use of the pupil art.
Under the effect of the hazy mist, Lu Xuan could see the entire world in his eyes a little more profoundly and truly.
The skinny cultivator became a mass of red and white lines in his eyes, the white was the spiritual energy, and the red was naturally the Blood Condensation Yinworm that had diffused into large and small vascular tentacles.
Seemingly sensing that it was being spied on, the surface light of the blood-colored evil worm dimmed a few points and squirmed towards the inside of the thin cultivator’s body.
“This blood-coagulating Yin Worm is truly evil, invading the body of a contaminated cultivator, and the cultivator can even say something about being free to move around and being lucid.”
“Perhaps it is just taking the place of the cultivator’s own tendons and blood vessels within his body, and when it has sucked the blood clean, it will shed its shell, leaving only a dried corpse.”
Lu Xuan analyzed while his Spiritual Sense locked onto the skinny cultivator, hanging far behind him. The skinny cultivator exchanged a few greetings with the acquaintances he met on the road and returned to his courtyard.
As soon as he entered the house, he took out a piece of fresh demonic beast meat from his storage bag.
Looking at the demonic beast meat in his hand, which still had a lingering smell of blood, a loud swallowing sound came from the cultivator’s throat, followed by a vicious bite of a large piece of meat.
Somehow, he felt that his recent demand for this type of fresh blood and meat was growing, and if he didn’t eat it for a few days, he even had a hidden bloodthirsty urge.
“It’s a good thing that the demonic beast meat contains a certain amount of spiritual energy, after consuming it, it can slightly increase my cultivation level, and after cultivating for a period of time, I’ll be able to break through to the sixth level of Qi cultivation.”
“If I work hard again and become a high level Qi Practicing cultivator, I won’t have to live this kind of precarious life anymore.”
The thin cultivator sighed a sentence in a low voice, and a trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes.
He immediately sat down, running the low-ranked technique he had scrounged from the loose cultivator’s stall, and worked hard to draw in the thin spiritual qi around him.
Suddenly, a blank white light appeared directly in his sea of consciousness, and his body instantly tightened in all directions, sending a strong pulling sensation.
Lu Xuan was holding a Fourth Grade Great Sun Sword Talisman, and his expression was cold as he looked at the Blood Condensation Yin Worm that had drilled out of the skinny cultivator’s body.
The evil insect was swept by the sword qi that was like a brilliant sun, and its body’s blood qi seemed to be melting rapidly as if it was clearing up after a snowy day.
After a few breaths, the countless tiny blood vessels and tentacles became a small pile of black ash, spilling onto the cultivator’s body, which had long since become an empty shell.
“Rest in peace.”
After Lu Xuan confirmed that there wasn’t any evil spirit’s aura around him, he looked at the dry corpse of the scattered cultivator on the ground, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.
After discovering the cultivator’s abnormality and following him all the way to his abode, and confirming that there were no other infested and contaminated cultivators around, Lu Xuan offered the Great Sun Sword Talisman, and in a single glance, he easily disposed of the Evil Insects that lurked within the cultivator’s body.
“It’s a pity that it has already been invaded by the Evil Bugs for too long, the entire person has almost become a walking corpse, and there is no way to return to Heaven.”
He secretly sighed.
“However, I didn’t realize that the sword qi in this Great Sun Sword Talisman has a natural restraining effect on the Blood Gelding Yin Insects.”
Lu Xuan looked at the talisman in his hand with the crimson blazing sun high in the sky, satisfied in his heart.
He had the Cloud Treading Lynx circle around this courtyard to confirm that there were no other evil spirits’ auras, and then hurriedly rushed to other places.
On a wide square, Lu Xuan walked aimlessly, keeping an eye on his surroundings.
“Ow……”
The low roar of the Treading Cloud Lynx continued to resound, and the Unsullied Jade hanging around his neck sent out a burst of icy breath, the coldness increasing, almost freezing him in the chest.
On the square, numerous cultivators came and went, bargaining and haggling, depicting a picture of scattered cultivators’ multitudes.
However, after Lu Xuan cast his pupil technique, more than a dozen cultivators with a blood-red glow were intentionally or unintentionally leaning towards him.
These cultivators didn’t know what was controlling them, their pupils were covered in faint blood, and their words and actions showed a bit of stiffness.
“This little brother, be careful when you walk.”
Lu Xuan pressed on the shoulder of a teenager who had just bounced past him and accidentally slipped, almost falling to the ground.
In his slightly dazed eyes, the inside of the teenager’s torso, chest, abdomen, and limbs had been completely taken over by the color of blood.
Inside his body, there was actually a bug king that was more than ten times more powerful than an ordinary Blood Condensation Yin Bug!
(End of chapter)