Spirit Devouring Insects!
Upon hearing these words, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly.
Zhang Ling also frowned. How could such savage and ferocious insects appear? He himself bred Earth Spirit Bees and Ice Spirit Silkworms, so he had a good understanding of spirit insects. He had naturally heard of the Spirit Devouring Insects' fearsome reputation.
This was a type of gregarious, ferocious insect that could devour any spiritual power. Moreover, their entire bodies were incredibly hard, and ordinary larvae could withstand the attacks of magical artifacts.
It was said that in ancient times, a swarm of adult Spirit Devouring Insects had appeared in the Flowing Cloud Sea, once causing disaster in the cultivation world. Wherever they went, not a blade of grass grew, and they destroyed many islands. Even several sects with Nascent Soul Ancestors were devoured completely.
This type of ferocious insect was much more powerful than Earth Spirit Bees. It was also recorded on the Strange Insect Ranking in his possession, and it was a very high-ranking spirit insect. If he remembered correctly, it seemed to be ranked eleventh among the ferocious insects.
Moreover, this type of ferocious insect could not be tamed. There had been Nascent Soul cultivators who wanted to tame this type of ferocious insect for use as a spirit insect, but they had failed. It seemed that because the Spirit Devouring Insects had special habits, they would die on their own if forcibly controlled.
This made cultivators who were proficient in this field very regretful.
Zhang Ling recalled the information about the Spirit Devouring Insects in his mind, and he knew that Flying Cloud Island was about to face a disaster.
Millions of Spirit Devouring Insects were definitely more terrifying than these few waves of beasts. Due to their characteristic of devouring any ability, they were more terrifying than beast tides in destroying defensive arrays.
In fact, the Array Breaking Insect that he had seen in Ding Ruozhao's hands before was also a type of strange insect that devoured any spiritual power. The difference was that the Array Breaking Insect devoured spiritual power more secretly and was not easily detected.
The Spirit Devouring Insect devoured spiritual power extremely brutally, and since it was a gregarious and ferocious insect, it must be even more terrifying.
"Everyone, don't worry, my sect's Uncle-Master Lu has already taken action. Just defend Flying Cloud City. However, the current protection of Flying Cloud City is not suitable for defending against insect swarms. I have already ordered the activation of my sect's Flowing Cloud Array. The array relies on the spiritual veins on Mount Qiyun, but to unleash its full power, there are still several array-setting devices that need to be placed outside the city walls, and someone needs to guard them for a period of time."
The Sect Leader coughed a few times as he watched everyone discussing, and then said a few words. At the same time, he clapped his hand, and twelve small flags of different colors appeared in his hand.
Zhang Ling glanced at them and discovered that these small flags seemed to be Flying Cloud Flags as well, but there were many different spiritual patterns engraved on the flag surface. They did not seem to be ordinary Flying Cloud Flags.
He knew that the Flowing Cloud Array of the Flying Cloud Sect needed thirty-six Flying Cloud Flags to unleash its full power, but he didn't know much about whether they were the kind of Flying Cloud Flags that could be used as natal magic treasures.
After all, natal magic treasures were special, and everyone's level of refinement was different. There must be differences in coordination. And these array-setting devices for large-scale arrays also had some special characteristics.
"Going outside the city to guard the array is not a small danger. Sect Leader Sun summoned us to select people to guard the array."
While everyone was discussing, a dry voice came. It was an old man in the late stage of the Golden Core stage. The man's face was blue-black, and he was an old man with gray hair. He stared at Sect Leader Sun without hesitation and asked.
Zhang Ling had some impression of this person. Although this person was a rogue cultivator, he had a great reputation. His surname was Hua, and many people called him Old Devil Hua. It was said that the cultivation technique he practiced was a demonic technique, and its power was not small.
After this person spoke, the others also realized the Sect Leader's intention in summoning them.
Sect Leader Sun had expected this and smiled kindly.
"Fellow Daoist Hua is right. Sun summoned everyone here to discuss this matter. However, this matter does have dangers. If any fellow Daoist guards the array, our Flying Cloud Sect will naturally give corresponding rewards. As long as you guard the array flag for an hour, this sect will give the array guard a reward of 200,000 spiritual stones."
200,000 spiritual stones, just guarding the array for an hour, this reward was indeed good. It was also somewhat tempting for them Golden Core cultivators.
In normal times, there would definitely be a scramble for this kind of good thing, but now there was still a large wave of beasts outside, and the soon-to-arrive swarm of Spirit Devouring Insects.
For a time, everyone fell silent.
"Everyone doesn't need to worry too much. As long as you put these array flags in a fixed position and communicate with the earth veins of Mount Qiyun, you can form an array protection. Once the Flowing Cloud Array is activated, the array guards can return. Moreover, these array eyes are only 500 miles away from Flying Cloud City at the farthest, and half of the reward can be given to you first." Seeing everyone's silence, Elder Sun said again.
"Wang, as a Flying Cloud Sect cultivator, is willing to guard an array flag." A bald old man said with a smile.
"So it's Junior Brother Feng, then I'll have to trouble you." Sect Leader Sun looked at the old man with a smile, waved his hand, and a storage bag flew over.
The bald old man only had the strength of the early Golden Core stage and was also an elder of the Flying Cloud Sect. As soon as this person spoke, three more Flying Cloud Sect elders agreed to this matter.
Seeing the Flying Cloud Sect elders like this, five rogue cultivators also agreed to this matter one after another. In this way, nine people were already willing to guard the array flags, and only the last three were missing.
Suddenly, Zhang Ling, disguised as a White Cloud Rogue Cultivator, also spoke, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, Hu is also willing to guard an array flag."
"Well, Junior Brother Hu is also willing to guard the array, then okay." Sect Leader Sun looked at him and was quite surprised that he would take on this matter, but he also nodded and threw out a storage bag containing 100,000 spiritual stones.
In a short while, twelve people were gathered.
Sect Leader Sun gave the Flying Cloud Flags to everyone and also explained to them the method of activating the array flags. Soon after, the twelve of them each turned into a ray of light and flew out of Flying Cloud City towards the area where the array flags were to be placed.
Zhang Ling urged the Jade Ruyi to turn into a white light and flew towards the northwest of Flying Cloud City.
What he got was a green Flying Cloud Flag. The location for setting up this array flag was very close, only 200 miles away from the city wall area.
The other Flying Cloud Sect elders were also basically within 300 miles. The farthest locations were all given to the rogue cultivators. This was obviously a move by the Sect Leader to take special care of the people of his sect.
But even if other people knew, they wouldn't say anything. After all, this was the territory of the Flying Cloud Sect.
And suddenly agreeing to this matter, Zhang Ling also had his own plans. He wanted to take the opportunity to leave Flying Cloud City. He had already decided not to go back.
No matter how fierce the upcoming swarm of insects was, it would not be difficult for him to escape with his strength. At the same time, the Second Primordial Spirit had already sent a message that the Black Tortoise had entered the seventh floor of the library.
Regardless of whether he could successfully obtain the secret technique for condensing the Cloud Swallowing Stone, he would only stay on this Flying Cloud Island for a few hours at most.
Whether successful or not, Zhang Ling had decided to leave this place in a few hours. Now that he was out of Flying Cloud City, his actions were more free.
A moment later, Zhang Ling arrived at the designated location and landed in a small valley. There was also a large group of wild beasts in this valley. He did not hesitate to control two flying swords and plunged into the beast herd.
Before long, most of the wild beasts in the valley were cleared by him, and he also killed two high-level wild beasts.
He came to the bottom of a cliff and looked at the red and black rock wall in front of him. Zhang Ling waved his hands and quickly formed a seal. As he cast the spell, strands of spiritual power turned into more than a dozen mysterious runes and hit the stone wall.
He saw that the rock wall rippled like a water curtain, cracking open a stone crevice passage that only allowed one person to pass through.
Zhang Ling moved and entered it. The stone crevice behind him also immediately returned to its original state. He walked for more than ten breaths of time to a dim cave.
The space inside the cave was not large, only ten feet in size. In the center was a circular stone platform about ten feet in size, engraved with dense spiritual patterns, but it was in a dark state and seemed to have not been activated for a long time.
This was a small array eye to activate the Flying Cloud Flag.
A ray of spiritual power hit the green Flying Cloud Flag in his hand, and the small flag flashed and landed on the array eye. As more and more spiritual power was injected, the small flag gradually swelled and turned into a green banner flag two feet high, slowly rotating.
Next, this thing would run on its own, and he only needed to guard it for a while.
At the same time, other cultivators holding the Flying Cloud Flags also found the exact same small array eyes one after another. After urging the Flying Cloud Flags, they all guarded next to them.
