Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

“Three early-stage third-tier Black-Striped Locusts have now emerged from the swarm. I am now fairly certain that there is a cultivator controlling the swarm!” Lu Chengping said in a deep voice.

"How is this possible? Can these Black-striped Sky Locusts really break through to the third rank in such a short time?"

"Don't they need to undergo tribulation by lightning?"

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Upon hearing what Lu Chengping said, Lingxuan, Queyun, and other third-tier spirit race members and demon beasts exclaimed in surprise, somewhat disbelieving what he had said.

They are only at the third level of cultivation now, and it is unknown how many years of hard work they have gone through to break through to the third level.

These black-striped locusts were grown up under their watchful eyes, and their cultivation level indeed improved extremely rapidly at the second tier.

At that time, although they were surprised, they were still able to accept it.

However, the fact that these Black-Striped Sky Locusts had broken through to the third level in such a short time was hard for them to accept!

"That's what makes the Black-Striped Sky Locust so terrifying. Given enough resources, it's not impossible for them to break through to the fourth rank in a short period of time!"

Lu Chengping glanced at Ling Xuan and Que Yun, and said in a deep voice, "We must deal with the Black-Striped Sky Locusts now and drive them into the territory of the Tianyan Sect. We cannot let them grow any longer, otherwise even with our strength, it will be extremely difficult to eliminate them all!"

"Lingxuan, Queyun, it's still just the two of you who will make the move. Qinghong and the others, keep your auras concealed so that those Black-Striped Locusts and the cultivators behind them can't detect us!"

Although Qinghong and the other demonic beasts had been investigating the true nature of the Black-Striped Sky Locusts, they had not shown themselves.

Only Lingxuan and Queyun are publicly known.

Queyun is a mid-stage third-tier demon beast, and Lingxuan is an early-stage third-tier spirit. Even with just the two of them, dealing with those first and second-tier Black-striped Sky Locusts wouldn't be a particularly difficult task.

Lu Chengping is still not letting Qinghong and other demonic beasts show themselves, in order to continue to hide his strength. He plans to rely on the power of these Black-Striped Sky Locusts to destroy the Tianyan Sect, and then wipe out these Black-Striped Sky Locusts in one fell swoop.

After receiving Lu Chengping's orders, Lingxuan and Queyun took the lead and rushed towards the area where the black-striped locusts were located. Once they entered their attack range, they launched an attack on the locusts at the same time.

Currently, three early-stage Tier 3 Black-Striped Sky Locusts have appeared in the swarm. Combined with the massive swarm, these Black-Striped Sky Locusts are extremely powerful.

Even if Lingxuan and Queyun went all out, it wouldn't be an easy task to suppress and kill this swarm of Black-Striped Sky Locusts.

However, their goal was not to exterminate these Black-striped Sky Locusts, but to drive them into the territory of the Heavenly Flame Sect.

Lingxuan and Queyun both practiced fire-attribute techniques. After the two of them launched their attack together, the surging flames instantly covered most of the sky and swarmed towards the swarm of black-striped locusts.

With hissing sounds, countless first and second-tier Black-Striped Sky Locusts perished in the raging sea of ​​fire.

A moment later, an extremely violent aura emanated from the swarm of black-striped locusts. The auras of these locusts seemed to merge into one, forming an extremely terrifying power.

However, suddenly, the energy that was about to merge together dissipated in an instant. Led by the three early-stage third-tier black-striped locusts, the swarm of black-striped locusts split into three groups and flew towards the territory of the Heavenly Flame Sect.

Lingxuan and Queyun exchanged a glance, and then each chased after a Black-Striped Sky Locust at the early stage of the third tier.

Lu Chengping, along with Qinghong and other third-tier demonic beasts, hid in the shadows. When he saw the black-striped locusts flee in three separate groups, a solemn expression appeared on his face. He became even more certain that there must be a cultivator controlling these black-striped locusts behind them.

Otherwise, if the power of these Black-Striped Sky Locusts were to merge together, even if Lingxuan and Queyun joined forces, they would not be a match for this group of Black-Striped Sky Locusts.

"Qinghong, go after the last Black-Striped Sky Locust at the early stage of the third tier!"

Lu Chengping said in a deep voice, "There must be Black-striped Sky Locusts within the territory of the Tianyan Sect. If these Black-striped Sky Locusts enter the territory of the Tianyan Sect, they will likely merge with the Black-striped Sky Locusts within the territory of the Tianyan Sect."

"Keep a close eye on the changes in the strength of these Black-Striped Sky Locusts. If any of them reach the mid-stage of Tier 3, or if there are more than five Tier 3 Black-Striped Sky Locusts, then you must kill the mid-stage Tier 3 and any excess early-stage Tier 3 Black-Striped Sky Locusts!"

If a mid-stage Tier 3 Black-Striped Sky Locust appears, or if the number of early-stage Tier 3 Black-Striped Sky Locusts exceeds five, then the swarm of Black-Striped Sky Locusts will pose a certain threat to the Lu family.

The reason Lu Chengping entrusted this matter to Qinghong was because Qinghong was a demon beast at the third-order perfect realm.

Qing Hong's strength is extremely formidable; he has a very high chance of killing a third-tier Black-Striped Sky Locust.

After receiving Lu Chengping's order, Qing Hong sped towards the last Black-Striped Sky Locust at the early stage of the third tier.

Lu Chengping, along with Qingyu and other third-tier demonic beasts, also entered the territory of the Tianyan Sect.

They kept a certain distance from Lingxuan, Qinghong, and Queyun, but the distance wasn't particularly far.

If they decide to take action against the Black-striped Sky Locust, they can quickly regroup.

After entering the territory of the Heavenly Flame Sect, the Black-striped Sky Locusts completely lifted all restrictions. Wherever they flew, everything was devoured, turning the land into a blank expanse.

The territory of the Tianyan Sect has shrunk considerably because the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect annexed some of the Tianyan Sect's territory after they became Golden Core forces.

The Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect have a close relationship, and Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu have even become Daoist partners in private.

Although the Tianyan Sect was extremely angry about the actions of the Lu family and the Danding Sect, they had no choice but to endure it.

Although the three early-stage third-tier black-striped locusts entered the territory of the Heavenly Flame Sect from three different directions, they had only one destination: the Heavenly Flame Sect!

Lu Chengping was quite familiar with the territory of the Tianyan Sect. He kept a close eye on the route of the Black-Striped Sky Locust through three cultivators: Qinghong, Lingxuan, and Queyun.

"Qinghong, Queyun, these Black-Striped Sky Locusts definitely want to destroy the Tianyan Sect. There are very likely to be more swarms of Black-Striped Sky Locusts near the Tianyan Sect. Be prepared to take action!"

After sending a message to Qinghong and Queyun, Lu Chengping continued to lead Qingyu and the other demonic beasts in pursuit of the black-striped locusts.

These black-striped locusts are extremely fast. They keep eating as they fly, and then quickly convert this food into energy to enhance their strength. Their strength is constantly increasing rapidly.

This is also why Lu Chengping sent a message to Qinghong and Queyun, two demons, to be ready to take action against these Black-Striped Sky Locusts at any time. Once these Black-Striped Sky Locusts join forces with the Black-Striped Sky Locusts within the Tianyan Sect's territory, their power will be greatly enhanced.

Time passed slowly, and about two hours later, the three black-striped locusts merged together. At this time, they were less than fifty miles away from the gate of the Heavenly Flame Sect.

After the three groups of Black-Striped Locusts merged, some of the second-tier perfected Black-Striped Locusts immediately began to tear each other apart. The victorious second-tier perfected Black-Striped Locusts, after devouring the bodies of the defeated ones, saw their auras rapidly rise, as if they were about to break through to the third tier at any moment!

At this moment, the speed of these black-striped locusts only slowed down slightly, and they continued to rush towards the mountain gate of the Tianyan Sect at an extremely fast speed.

Less than thirty miles from the Tianyan Sect's mountain gate, another swarm of Black-Striped Sky Locusts charged out, and this swarm of Black-Striped Sky Locusts was also extremely powerful.

There were also three Black-striped Sky Locusts at the early stage of the third tier in the locust swarm.

After the two groups of Black-Striped Sky Locusts merged, an even more intense battle erupted, as did the six Black-Striped Sky Locusts at the early stage of the third tier.

Lu Chengping, along with Qingyu and the other demons, were positioned at a relatively far back, where they were unable to detect the locust swarm's situation.

Qinghong, Lingxuan, and Queyun were closer to the locust swarm, and they were able to clearly assess the situation of the locusts.

The number of early-stage third-order black-striped locusts in the swarm has reached six, exceeding the five-locus threshold mentioned by Lu Chengping.

However, since they were currently fighting amongst themselves, Queyun and Qinghong sent a message to Lu Chengping asking if he should make a move now.

The strength of these Black-Striped Sky Locusts had exceeded Lu Chengping's expectations. Naturally, he could not allow their strength to continue to increase, so he immediately ordered Queyun and Qinghong to kill the Black-Striped Sky Locusts at the early stage of the third tier.

They were also ordered to collect the corpse of the dead early-stage third-tier Black-striped Sky Locust!
Lu Chengping made this request not because he wanted to use the corpses of early-stage third-tier Black-striped Sky Locusts to cultivate Golden Locust Gu, but because he didn't want the corpses of the dead early-stage third-tier Black-striped Sky Locusts to become nourishment for those early-stage third-tier Black-striped Sky Locusts to improve their strength.

Upon receiving Lu Chengping's message, Queyun and Qinghong attacked the early-stage third-tier Black-Striped Sky Locusts without hesitation.

A purple-gold fire feather flew out from Que Yun's body. This purple-gold fire feather was called the Purple-Gold Fire Feather and was a mid-grade third-tier magic artifact.

This third-tier item was crafted by Lu Cheng'an; it was made by Que Yun after she begged him to come to Lu Cheng'an's side.

The Purple-Gold Fire Feather is a magical artifact designed to complement the newly awakened demonic technique, Purple Flame Sky-Splitting Slash, which is even more powerful than the Burning Heaven Demonic Technique.

Que Yun's cultivation level is at the mid-stage of the third rank. Relying on the Purple-Gold Fire Feather, a mid-grade third-rank magic weapon, he can unleash the demonic technique Purple Flame Sky-Splitting Slash, which is enough to put him to a standstill even against cultivators in the late Golden Core stage.

The Black-Striped Sky Locust, at the early stage of the third tier, was not weak, but it had no ability to withstand Sparrow Meteor's fatal blow.

However, just as the purple-gold fire feather was about to land on the body of a third-stage early-stage black-striped locust, a silver bracelet suddenly flew out and instantly blocked the attack of the purple-gold fire feather.

This silver bracelet is a high-grade third-tier magic artifact, and its quality is excellent.

After it was unleashed, the person behind it finally revealed himself!

It was a thin young man wearing a dark gray robe covered with black and gold patterns that intertwined, resembling black-striped locusts.

"The Lu family has quite a few secrets. They've even managed to win over third-tier spirit race members and demonic beasts. Once we destroy the Heavenly Flame Sect, I'll definitely go to the Lu family to find out what's going on!"

The young man no longer concealed his whereabouts. After using his silver bracelet to block Queyun's attack, he continued to attack Queyun.

After the gray-robed youth appeared, another late-stage Golden Core cultivator appeared—a female cultivator wearing a bluish-gray long dress.

The female cultivator held a jade-colored short flute, which was also a high-grade third-tier magic artifact.

After the female cultivator in the green dress played the short flute in her hand, a melodious flute sound quickly rang out.

The flute's sound was crisp and melodious, yet it contained an extremely strong destructive power.

The female cultivator in the green dress was attacking Ling Xuan!
Lingxuan only had the cultivation level of the early stage of the third rank. Although her strength was not bad, there was a huge gap between her and the female cultivator in the green dress. She was no match for Lingxuan at all.

"Qingyu, stop that female cultivator!"

Upon seeing the female cultivator in the green dress make her move, Lu Chengping immediately instructed Qingyu beside him to stop her.

Qingyu is a late-stage third-tier demon beast. Her strength may not be as great as that of the female cultivator in the green dress, but stopping her shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Upon receiving Lu Chengping's order, Qingyu immediately summoned a blue-green magic sword, which was of the third rank and of the highest grade.

This high-grade third-tier magic sword was found by Qingyu through the Qinghong Gang and has little to do with the Lu family.

"Another late-stage Tier 3 demonic beast!"

A look of surprise appeared on the face of the female cultivator in the green dress. A fierce light flashed in her eyes. After putting away her short flute, she summoned a silver-white magic mirror and attacked Qingyu.

At this moment, Qing Hong also revealed himself. He directly used the demonic technique, Azure Divine Void Heavenly Light, to attack a Black-Patterned Sky Locust at the early stage of the third rank!

A single Black-striped Sky Locust is not particularly strong, and there is a huge gap in strength between a Black-striped Sky Locust at the early stage of the third tier and Qing Hong.

Now, Qing Hong directly used the demonic technique Azure God Void Heavenly Light to launch an attack. The early stage of the third tier Black-Patterned Sky Locust attacked by Qing Hong was unable to resist at all, and its body was cut in two by the Azure God Void Heavenly Light in an instant.

Then, a flash of blue light appeared, splitting a nearby early-stage third-tier black-striped locust in two.

Qinghong was, after all, a demon beast at the third-order perfect realm, and his strength was still extremely formidable.

If Lu Cheng'an hadn't cultivated the Great Sun Soul Refining Technique and the Great Sun Golden Flame, he wouldn't have been able to subdue Qing Hong, who was at the third-order perfect realm.

After killing the two early-stage third-tier Black-striped Sky Locusts, Qing Hong quickly carried away their corpses as Lu Chengping had instructed.

"How could the Lu family still have a demonic beast at the third-order perfect realm!"

The female cultivator in the green dress and the young man in the gray robe exclaimed in surprise upon seeing Qing Hong appear.

They lingered in Lu family territory for quite some time, vaguely sensing that Lu family's strength was extraordinary, but the strength Lu family was currently displaying still exceeded their expectations.

According to the information they gathered, the Lu family only has two cultivators at the Golden Core stage: Lu Cheng'an and Lu Chengping.

Moreover, Lu Chengping had been residing in the Linggu Sect for a long time. (End of Chapter)