The Great Ruler

Chapter 776 - Sea of Insects

Next day, when the first strand of sunlight tore through the dark sky and shone onto this Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range, the Spiritual Energy in this entire region was starting to flare up.

Countless whizzing sounds rang out in the mountain range as several experts flew across the horizon like locusts, flying over towards the direction of the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient City from every direction.

Clearly, the information of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven's opening today had already been spread out in just a single night.

Mu Chen and Cai Xiao stood on a roof and looked at the ocean of people that looked like a patch of thunderclouds and couldn't help letting out a sigh. The attractiveness of this Dragon-Phoenix Haven was too great. Right now, probably all the younger generations in the Northern Region that possessed decent strength were gathered here. The scale was a little speechless.

As the morning sun shone down from the horizon, everyone had directed their heated gazes at a direction in the distance. There were constant undulations on the space in that mountain range that were emitting a vague and vast aura that was spreading to every corner of this region.

That was the opening location of the Dragon-Phoenix Haven.

As time gradually passed, the atmosphere in this region had reached a terrifying height by the time the blazing sun hung high up in the sky. A Spiritual Energy ripple fluctuated, causing the space in this region to distort a little.

Buzz!

Suddenly, the Spiritual Energy in this region boiled like water as it raged. The vast Spiritual Energy gathered in the air in that patch of the ancient mountain range. Vaguely, the vast Spiritual Energy seemed to have expanded, while surging in waves.

Under that Spiritual Energy tide, space had also become increasingly twisted.

Countless people wore a heated gaze as they looked at this scene with their hearts wildly thumped.

When the distortion of space had reached an extent, a huge light ray slowly appeared before tearing the space apart, bit by bit.

An endless light poured down from the torn space as the roars of a dragon and cries of a phoenix that seemed to originate from the primordial times clearly rang out, resounding in this region.

The dragon roars were something that Mu Chen had never heard before. The roars seemed to possess a might that could even exceed the skies, making others shiver in fear.

"The Dragon-Phoenix Haven is open!"

A wild trembling laughter rang out, abruptly resounding in the boiling region and had directly exploded the atmosphere in this region.

Rustle! Rustle!

The gazes of countless experts turned red in an instant as numerous Spiritual Energies burst out in the next instant. A light shadow was seen tearing through the sky as the wind-breaking noise had turned into a sonic boom that rumbled in this region. Thereafter, figures like a swarm of locusts charged into the torn space.

Clearly, this region had gone into an uproar.

Looking at the majestic scene, Mu Chen couldn't help letting out a sigh, before looking at Cai Xiao. "Let us get moving as well."

Cai Xiao nodded her head.

The two of them moved, turning into streaks of light as they flew out at the same time and merged into the majestic current of light figures. In the end, they charged into the space where the ancient dragon roar and phoenix cry came from.

In that instant when they charged into the Dragon-Phoenix Haven, Cai Xiao suddenly held onto Mu Chen's hand. The cold contact made the latter stunned. But before he could even speak, the space fluctuation around him became chaotic and space distorted once again.

But the fuzziness caused by this space distortion quickly disappeared and Mu Chen had felt his feet landing on the ground. The surrounding scenery was blurry, but swiftly became clear.

Mu Chen lightly opened his eyes and was stunned, because there was a huge change to his surrounding scenery. The mountain range had disappeared and was replaced by a somewhat dark-red grassland.

And they were located on the hill of this grassland.

A wind that brought an ancient flavour blew, which caused the dark-red grassland to ruffle. It was like a swaying sea of blood, which felt terrifying.

Buzz! Buzz!

Space constantly rippled in the grassland as numerous figures appeared in flashes. They were naturally those that had passed through the spatial crack and entered the Dragon-Phoenix Haven.

But judging from the looks of this, people would be randomly transported when they pass through the spatial crack. Thus, that was why Cai Xiao had grabbed onto his hand earlier, it's to prevent the two of them from splitting up.

As numerous figures appeared, the dark-red grassland, which was initially quiet, swiftly became bustling. Countless people wore curious and heated gazes as they looked around in this strange land. Thereafter, there were people that could not hold themselves back and headed towards the distance.

Mu Chen looked at the dark-red grassland as he lightly frowned his brows. For some reason, he vaguely felt a sense of unease.

Buzz! Buzz!

When that sense of unease surged in Mu Chen's heart, dark-red grasses abruptly flew up on this grassland and disintegrated in the air, turning into a dark-red blood mist that swiftly flew towards those dozens of figures.

Boom!

But those dozens of experts reacted swiftly and Spiritual Energy burst out from their bodies as they attempted to break apart the dark-red blood mist. But when their Spiritual Energies come in contact with the blood mist, there was no effect from the boundless Spiritual Energies. As the dark-red blood mist swept over, they were turned into white bones before they could make a single sound.

The noise in this grassland suddenly stopped as countless experts had a drastic change on their faces.

"What's that?" Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Mu Chen stared at the dark-red blood mist and his pupils suddenly narrowed when he realised that that blood mist wasn't mist. It was something formed from countless strange dark-red insects.

Those insects were thumb-sized, but the amount was shocking. Even Spiritual Energy would be devoured in their path.

Mu Chen suddenly recalled something and abruptly waved his hand. Spiritual Energy swept over this patch of grassland and all of the red grass had flown up, turning into insects that gathered like a blood mist.

Mu Chen felt his scalp numbing at this scene. How is this a grassland, it's obviously a grassland formed from a sea of insects!

"Quick, flee!"

Mu Chen grabbed onto Cai Xiao's wrist and they flew up. The danger contained in the Dragon-Phoenix Haven had far exceeded his expectations. In this sort of dangerous place, if they were even slightly careless, they would be turned into a pile of bones.

As Mu Chen burst out, the experts gathered in this region had also fled for their lives. Clearly, they must have understood the fact that they have been unfortunate and were transported to a death land.

Buzz!

The fluctuations caused by the escaping countless people instantly jolted those strange insects and the entire dark-red grassland came to life. Countless dark-red tornados appeared and swept towards those fleeing figures.

Buzz!

A dark-red sea of insects had formed into tornados and swiftly make their way towards Mu Chen's direction. That overwhelming scene made Mu Chen's face change as he waved his hand, sending boundless Spiritual Energy sweeping out.

Boom!

The two clashed, but the majority of his Spiritual Energy was devoured by those strange insects. But after devouring his Spiritual Energy, many of them had ignited from the purple flames that could be vaguely seen.

Seeing this scene, Mu Chen's eyes instantly flashed.

"Your Spiritual Energy has integrated with a pretty powerful flame. Bring them out, although those insects could devour Spiritual Energy, they're still afraid of fire." Cai Xiao reminded.

Mu Chen nodded his head as purple flames started to spread out from his body with a will of his mind. It formed into a fire sphere that enveloped the two of them.

Rustle!

Making use of the Undying Flames' protection, Mu Chen had directly charged out into the sea of insects that blocked their path. Instantly, purple flames spread onto those strange insects, turning them into dust as an ear-piercing squeaking noise constantly rang out.

Mu Chen flew at his fastest speed. Mournful howls constantly resounded from their rear, god-knows how many young experts have been devoured by those insects, being reduced to bones. However, Mu Chen did not have the spare strength to save them. Entering the envelopment of the sea of insects, even with the protection of his Undying Flames, he would still be exhausted to death sooner or later.

Whoosh!

Under his top speed, Mu Chen flew for more than ten minutes, before he managed to fly out of this dark-red grassland and landed on a bald stone mountain. Turning his body over, he saw the dark-red grassland covered in a blood mist that seemed like a disaster.

Aside from them, there were some miserable figures that managed to escape. But those people were like Mu Chen, they had the power of fire integrated in their Spiritual Energy and they fled from the sea of insects with that strength.

"What a horrible death."

Mu Chen had a grave expression. There were over a thousand people in the grassland earlier, but there's only barely a hundred that made it out. This scale of casualties made even Mu Chen feel his scalps numbing.

The danger in this Dragon-Phoenix Haven had far exceeded his expectations.

Mu Chen shook his head as he suppressed the shock in his heart, before flicking his finger. Spiritual Energy surged and formed into a map before him, it was exactly the one that he had gotten from the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion.

But this map was too fuzzy and the two of them had to explore the area for quite some time before they could confirm their current location.

"We should be here."

Cai Xiao's slender finger pointed at the lower left corner of the map, before slowly moving up, at the light point that was the nearest to them, "The Dragon-Phoenix Pool is here, let us make our way there first."

As long as they could find a Dragon-Phoenix Pool, Cai Xiao would be able to use its power to look for other Dragon-Phoenix Pools.

Mu Chen nodded his head and waved his hand without any hesitation, storing the map before looking at the southwest direction. He deeply inhaled a mouthful of air. Although this was his first time in the Dragon-Phoenix Haven, he could imagine that the region around the Dragon-Phoenix Pool was more dangerous than what they had just encountered.

However, those dangers could not strike fear in him and halt his steps.

"Go!"

Mu Chen lightly said as he flew into the sky first, towards the direction of that Dragon-Phoenix Pool that they had just pointed out with Cai Xiao closely following behind.