Not only is he good at disguising himself, but even his True Immortal Soul can only tell that he has Core Formation cultivation. Moreover, his combat power is so amazing that he can even kill a Mahayana-level moth instantly. The key is that there is no fluctuation of magic power at all!
Even if a Mahayana-level moth is far less powerful than a cultivator of the same level, it is still a Mahayana cultivator!
“I know your background inside and out, but you probably can’t imagine my strength. Just call me Feather God, He Kang the Old Ghost.” Xiang Yu said the other party’s name in one breath.
The giant face that He Kang had conjured was so shocked that it immediately disintegrated, but it immediately reformed, and his face showed a look of wild joy. "Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Yu Shen. I underestimated you just now. Could it be that you have come from the Immortal Realm?"
"No, but I can help you return to the Immortal Realm. Is this the only way out for these moths?" Xiang Yu observed the surrounding environment and it seemed that there were only two entrances and exits.
"That's right. This place was originally built to seal the Mother of the Moths. Besides this place, there are seven other similar locations, with intricate interconnected passages, but only this one exit leads to the upper underground palace. Moreover, the walls of the entire underground palace are reinforced with arrays, making it extremely difficult to open another passage." He Kang's heart grew increasingly excited. If he could truly return to the Immortal Realm, that would be wonderful!
"How difficult is 'extremely difficult'? Can tens of thousands of Mahayana-level moths even get out?" Xiang Yu asked.
"Well, I'm afraid it's possible, but it would take some time for the moths to reproduce so many Mahayana-level creatures. The problem is that the mother moth might have already recovered."
He Kang's expression was solemn. Given the current breeding rate of the moths, it would not be difficult to raise 10,000 Mahayana moths. Moreover, even if a peak-state moth mother could not break the sealing formation, she could tear open an opening that would allow Mahayana moths to enter and exit freely.
Once these locusts have completely taken over this plane, devoured its essence, and caused its utter demise, the great formation will naturally collapse as well.
Therefore, the real key is the mother borer. If the mother borer is not dealt with, even if the outflow of borers is temporarily stopped, a major outbreak will occur sooner or later.
"Then there's no problem. I came here to slay the Mother of the Moths." As Xiang Yu spoke, Hao Jiu had already placed a cloud of eternal night at the entrance of the cave passage. With the help of its rebounding force, even the Great Ascension Moths would not be able to pass through.
“Yu Shen, that Mother of the Cicadas is not to be underestimated. She possesses an indestructible body and is extremely difficult to kill. If you are no match for her, I won’t be able to teleport you back, and you might end up in the same situation as I am now. It would be better to bring more people with you to increase our chances of success,” He Kang suggested.
"It's alright, just send me to the place where the Mother of the Locusts is right now." The reason Xiang Yu didn't bring anyone else was because he knew how powerful the Mother of the Locusts was, and that no one else would be of much help.
In the original version of the story, Bao Hua had comprehended the Xuan Tian Domain and borrowed the Xuan Tian Treasure, the Earth Emperor Nail, which could seal the enemy's magic power. This was how she was able to help the protagonist, Han Paopao. The current Bao Hua has neither of these.
"Alright, I have another divine power called Heavenly Punishment Thunder, which might be able to help Feather God." He Kang said this, but this move consumes a lot of his energy, and he will not use it unless it is the final moment.
"Hmm." Xiang Yu did not refuse, but he didn't care too much either. After all, the chances of him and the Mother of the Moths fighting to the point of mutual destruction were not high. If He Kang's Heavenly Punishment Thunder was really that powerful, why didn't he use it in the first place?
With a flash of white light, He Kang controlled the formation to teleport Xiang Yu to the habitat of the Mother of the Moths.
Xiang Yu glanced around and immediately looked surprised. "The Mother of the Moths certainly knows how to choose a place. No, this is fake."
"Of course it's fake. No matter how big the underground palace is, it can't be that big. Besides, there's sunlight in there. Look at the sky over there," Hao Jiu laughed.
"Hmph! Hiding its head and showing its tail." Xiang Yu's golden pupils suddenly widened, and he saw that the sky was composed of countless black runes of different sizes, and in the center of the rune array, there was a white giant worm the size of a mountain, quietly coiled there.
This insect is pure white like jade, without a single flaw. Its head is curled up inside its body, obscuring its true appearance. However, a black crystal core floats within its plump body.
"If this is the mother of the moth, then she is far too weak!" Xiang Yu swung his Overlord Divine Halberd with force, and a golden, domineering blade flew out instantly.
Whoosh!
The golden, domineering sword blade slashed towards the white giant worm with astonishing force, striking the black crystal core precisely. The white giant worm then disintegrated, as if it had never existed.
Snap, snap, snap.
"Impressive! Who are you? You were able to see through my double at a glance and kill it." The water below suddenly parted, and a short, dark-skinned girl walked through the air, clapping and laughing as she spoke.
Xiang Yu looked down at the little girl and sneered, "If you are the true mother of the locusts, then you are still... too weak!"
Overlord's Moon-Shaving Step...
Split in two!
Chapter 520 The Undying Body
"Hehehe... Am I too weak?"
The girl, who had been split in two, instantly closed up and returned to normal, without suffering any harm.
Hao Jiu thought for a moment, "This is probably the primordial spirit avatar of the Mother of the Moth, or it might simply be the soul of the True Immortal who plotted against He Kang. The Mother of the Moth's true form should still be in the water below."
"Then let's go down and find it." Xiang Yu ignored the girl and rushed straight to the seabed, while Hao Jiu activated the dimensional lock and the system radar.
The little girl snorted coldly and appeared behind Xiang Yu like lightning, throwing a punch. Her childish fist contained incredibly powerful force.
Xiang Yu neither dodged nor evaded, but instead strengthened his protective aura to withstand the attack head-on.
boom!
Xiang Yu crashed into the sea like a meteor, but the little girl looked shocked.
Because her original plan was to punch through Xiang Yu's chest and kill him instantly, and then devour his nascent soul, but she ended up becoming his booster.
"What a powerful body! Who exactly are you?" The girl didn't believe Xiang Yu's Core Formation cultivation level. Let alone Core Formation, even a typical Mahayana expert wouldn't be able to withstand her attack just now. Only a Mahayana expert who specializes in physical cultivation could possibly withstand it, but even they wouldn't be so indifferent.
"You don't need to know." Xiang Yu ignored the girl and swung his halberd straight at the huge shadow in the sea.
"Hey, Mingyi, you're being looked down upon."
Before he finished speaking, a gray arc of electricity suddenly shot out from the sea, and Xiang Yu was instantly enveloped in lightning and sent flying back into the air, with crackling sounds filling the air.
Then, a monster resembling a longhorn beetle slowly emerged from the sea. Its body was crystal clear, as if it were formed from liquid, making it extremely difficult to spot as it was hidden in the seawater.
The eerie sound just now came from the mouth of this insect. When its two transparent and unusually long tentacles touched, a faint gray-white electric light appeared between them, twisting, flashing wildly, and roaring continuously.
"Oh, I remember now, the Mother of the Moths seems to have two incarnations. The lightning that attacked you just now was released by one of the incarnations," Hao Jiu reminded her.
"Shattering Thunder? I see." Xiang Yu stretched his neck and took out an Emperor's Sword. "Are there any more shattering thunders among the insects below? Bring me more."
"Hahaha, as expected, physical strength is the key to victory. Mingyi, Mingsan, watch me."
Suddenly, a colossal claw appeared in the sky, slamming down towards Xiang Yu. The claw's five fingers spread out, almost obscuring half the sky, and its sharp nails gleamed with a chilling blue light.
With a single grab, five unusually long white streaks were left in the void, as if the entire sky had been torn apart, displaying a terrifying power.
"This beast is ferocious, let's all three of us attack together!" As soon as the girl finished speaking, a black line shot out.
At the same time, an even more powerful bolt of lightning, accompanied by a deafening roar, struck from the sea.
In Hao Jiu's view, these three incarnations of the Mother of the Moths all possessed strength comparable to those who had transcended tribulation. In particular, the girl Mingyi had actually mastered the high-end technique of the Time Law. As long as she was hit by that black line, her physical body would immediately decay and turn into ashes.
If the three progenitors of the Demon Race were to clash with each other, they would probably not fare well. It is unknown how Nirvana managed to resist the Mother of the Moths.
Xiang Yu was able to escape unscathed from countless battles not only because of his formidable martial prowess, but also because of his keen intuition on the battlefield.
Therefore, under these circumstances, Xiang Yu decisively dodged the girl's time black line and instead turned around and faced the sky-covering giant claw!
"You're asking for death!" Ming Er was furious. He was picking on the weak, and the fact that the three of them were attacking him at the same time made him very unhappy. He increased his strength even more, and his five sharp fingernails suddenly turned into five giant blue blades.
It turns out that Ming Er had a backup plan, just waiting for Xiang Yu to come to him!
Seeing this, Xiang Yu remained undeterred and did not dodge. His domineering energy was super-concentrated, lengthening the blade of the Overlord Divine Halberd. Then, he used the Overlord Moon-Shaving Step to instantly close the distance and meet head-on with a Heaven-Opening Strike!
boom!
The enormous roar caused the entire space to tremble.
"No!" Ming Er's smile froze instantly. His sky-covering hand split in two, and the giant insect hidden in the clouds vanished like a bubble.
Sizzle...
A thick bolt of lightning struck the Emperor's Sword and was instantly absorbed into it.
The girl's eyes widened in disbelief. Ming Er's weakness was his soul; any slightly stronger soul attack could break him. But it was precisely because of this that Ming Er's physical body was extremely strong, almost comparable to a Xuanxian. Yet, he was still cleaved in two head-on.
Several black lines of time shot towards Xiang Yu in succession, but Xiang Yu used the Overlord's Moon-Shaving Step to dodge them continuously, while using the Emperor's Sword to absorb the fiery lightning released by the transparent beetle monster below.
However, when Xiang Yu was near the sea, a giant claw suddenly emerged from the sea and firmly gripped him!
Unexpectedly, the giant worm that was recently split in two by Xiang Yu has been reborn in the sea!
boom!
Xiang Yu pierced the palm with his halberd, then dodged to the side, avoiding the subsequent attack of the black lines of time.
"So this is the indestructible body. It seems we won't be done until we deal with the true form of the Mother of the Locusts." As Xiang Yu spoke, he switched to an Emperor's Sword. The power of this Fiend Lightning was considerable; it would be best to collect more for backup.
The giant claw worms scattered again, but soon reappeared in the sea.
At this moment, deep beneath the sea lies an incredibly massive, gigantic skeleton.
"This person's origins are unknown and he is exceptionally powerful. I must not let him attack my true body. My True Body has not yet been fully refined, and I am no match for his sharpness. Sister Yinsha, if you do not agree to merge your soul with mine, we may really perish together."
"If you want to merge your souls, then give up resisting immediately and let me become your main soul. Otherwise, don't even think about it," the woman in silver gauze said coldly.
This woman was He Kang's former partner. He thought he could take advantage of the opportunity when the Mother of the Moth was seriously injured to possess her body, thereby gaining an indestructible body that comprehended the laws of time and the chance to reach the peak of immortality.
However, they underestimated the mother of the moth, and the two fought to a standstill, forcing them to share a body.
"Why should you be the main soul? This body is mine!" roared the girl who looked exactly like the one fighting in the air, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth. She was the soul form of the Mother of the Moths.
The woman in silver veil snorted coldly, "What was once yours is now shared by both of us. If I don't agree, you can forget about merging our souls. After all, we are evenly matched, and neither of us can do anything to the other."
Moreover, without my legitimate identity, you cannot go to the Immortal Realm at all. If you continue to cultivate in the lower realm, no matter how many planes you devour, you will never reach a very high realm.
"If the Immortal Realm discovers you're devouring other planes again, the next force they'll send will definitely be at least a Golden Immortal, and they'll be carrying powerful treasures. You're doomed then."
"Hmph! I not only possess the Law of Time and an indestructible body, but I will also soon be able to refine the True Body of a Profound Immortal. In addition, with the suppression of the plane, even if a Taiyi Daluo comes, I will still kill him! What's so good about the Immortal Realm? Nothing compares to the comfort of cultivating by devouring the origin of a plane!" The Mother of the Moths retorted defiantly.
The woman in silver veil scoffed, "Heh heh, what a frog in a well! Do you even know how powerful the Jade Immortal Taiyi is? How dare you spout such arrogant words! I'll show you the might of an immortal right now!"
"Afraid of you? Come on!" The Mother of the Moths said, and was about to fight the woman in silver gauze.
Just then, a third voice, unable to bear it any longer, rang out.
"stop!"
Chapter 521 Insect God
The battle for the main soul has lasted for millions of years. The Mother of the Moth and the Silver Veil Fairy have fought many times, but the result is always the same.
Although the Mother of the Moths created three incarnations to guard the outside, they were also formed by the fusion of half of each of their soul power.
Among them, the first mole is led by the Mother Mole, while the second and third moles are led by the Silver Veil Fairy. The three incarnations are jointly responsible for protecting the Mother Mole's physical body, which is their foundation.
An indestructible body is rare even in the Immortal Realm, and she has also mastered a certain amount of the laws of time. In addition, the Mother of the Moth has been using the sealing array to temper her body over the years, and her True Body is almost complete.
Saying it can defeat Taiyi Daluo is a bit of an exaggeration, but with the help of dimensional suppression, it does have the power to fight against Golden Immortals.
However, the two of them haven't actually fought each other in a long time; at most, they just argue verbally. They are both waiting for an opportunity, which will surely come from the outside world.
Several months ago, an unexpected variable occurred: a voice claiming to be the Insect God said it could help them unify the three realms, provided they agreed to the binding.
As a result, whether one of the two agrees or both agree, the insect god cannot complete the binding; the two must merge into one soul.