Family Rise by Daily Intelligence-Chapter 450 - 227: Annihilation of the Clan, Insect Tide Erupts, Ten Thousand Spirits Sect
The Qiansang Garden where Cao Xueyang resides.
On the stage, a singer was melodically performing an opera. Meanwhile, the main character, Cao Xueyang, was enjoying himself with the ladies in the Ten Thousand Flowers Pool, having put the Communication Jade Talisman into his storage bag, and placed it on the shelf by the pool, completely oblivious to the message from the elder clan leader.
Cao Xueyang spent the entire night in revelry in the Ten Thousand Flowers Pool.
The next day.
At the crack of dawn.
When the Cao family’s Spirit Plant Cultivators got up to water the Spirit Field, the scene before them caused their legs to go weak with fear.
They saw that above the Spirit Field, not only were there no Spirit Plants left, but even a single weed had been thoroughly eradicated. The entire sky over the Spirit Field was shrouded with countless Black Beetles.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The moment the Medicine Field Array was activated.
These Black Beetles immediately flapped their wings, the black light flashed, and they vanished before their eyes:
"Oh my god!"
"What....what on earth is happening?"
"The Spirit Field was perfectly fine yesterday, how did so many Black Beetles suddenly appear?"
"It’s over, it’s over, hundreds of spirit plants from Spirit Fields have all been devoured, what...what do we do now?!"
"Quick, quickly go find Second Young Master Xue."
The Spirit Plant Cultivators scrambled and stumbled their way to the Spirit Plant Hall.
Since Cao Xueyang took over the Spirit Plant Hall, he promptly replaced the prior staff with individuals who had secured their positions through various connections, merely aiming for an easy job to pass the days. This negligence resulted in the emergence of so many insect eggs in the Medicine Field without anyone noticing.
When they reached the Spirit Plant Hall.
Cao Xueyang, having been with numerous women the previous night, was so exhausted that he fell asleep in the Ten Thousand Flowers Pool, and a peculiar scent permeated the air as the group barged in recklessly.
Woken up, Cao Xueyang furrowed his brow:
"Look at how you’re panicking, it’s not like the sky is falling."
But it really was as if the sky was falling.
The Spirit Plant Cultivators, trembling, fell to their knees, shaking as they spoke:
"Reporting to Second...Second Master... Hundreds of acres of Spirit Medicine in the Spirit Field were all devoured by some kind of Black Beetles overnight, Second Master, you’d better go take a look, these... these Black Beetles have taken advantage of our inattention and flown right out of the Spirit Field, who knows where they’ll be wrecking havoc next!"
"What?"
Hundreds of acres of Spirit Medicine devoured overnight!
Cao Xueyang’s expression changed.
With a splash, water scattered everywhere.
Cao Xueyang immediately jumped out of the Ten Thousand Flowers Pool, and upon exiting his garden, he was faced with a scene of black dots, seeing the entire Mountain Protection Array covered with countless Black Beetles.
The Black Beetles were voraciously devouring the Spiritual Qi from the light shield of the Mountain Protection Array:
"What...what on earth are these things?!"
Cao Xueyang’s legs went weak.
He had never seen such chaos, and hurriedly ran to the Array Hub, where Second Elder Cao and Third Elder Cao were currently channeling techniques into the Array Hub.
Buzz!
The situation outside the Clan Mountain became evident.
The entire sky was blanketed with Black Beetles, in countless numbers, seemingly endless, as if it were a world of Insect Tide.
"Gulp!"
Upon witnessing this scene.
Cao Xueyang was so frightened that he stumbled back several steps.
Because.
These Black Beetles were currently swarming towards their clan land, clinging to the Array Light Shield, desperately consuming Spiritual Qi.
Amidst internal and external pressures.
It might not take even half a cup of tea’s time.
The light shield of the Mountain Protection Array could be breached at any moment.
Second Elder Cao said coldly:
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry and help operate the array to annihilate those Black Beetles!"
If the Black Beetles breach the Clan Mountain Array, inside and out.
The consequences would be unimaginable.
Cao Xueyang snapped out of it and hurriedly channelled techniques into the Array Hub. Moments later, wisps of white mist rose within the array, quickly enveloping the entire Clan Mountain. The Illusion Array’s restrictions activated, transferring the Black Beetles from within to outside the light shield.
Just as they were about to trigger the array power to massacre the Black Beetles.
Buzz!
The operation of the array suddenly halted:
"What’s going on?"
Second Elder Cao channelled a technique into the Array Hub, and what they saw was the condition of the spirit vein underground. The spirit vein was at this point filled with countless Black Beetles.
Or rather.
The entire spirit vein had been composed by these Black Beetles.
The Mountain Protection Array was originally drawing power from the spirit vein, but now the Spiritual Qi of the spirit vein had dried up, making it impossible to operate the array, and all they heard was the cracking sound.
The light shield of the Mountain Protection Array was rapidly fracturing.
"Old Third, quickly activate the emergency spirit stones!"
Once the inside and outside are compromised.
They might become a meal for those Black Beetles.
Cao the Third channeled a technique into the stone hall beside him, and with a buzz, the stone hall opened, and Middle-Grade Spirit Stones swiftly fell into the slots!
Boom!
The Array Light Curtain glowed brightly once more, the Illusion Array activated.
Ting ting ting!
The killing array restriction of the Mountain Protection Array initiated.
Waves of Sword Qi slashed at the Black Beetles, their black armored shells gleaming, surprisingly impervious, their defense as solid as a turtle’s shell.
The Mountain Protection Array of the Cao family was of the gold and fire attribute.
Seeing the powerful defense of the Black Beetles, Second Elder Cao quickly changed the technique, directing mana onto the Central Array Plate, and with a boom, a sea of fire erupted, instantly engulfing the Black Beetles within the Illusion Array. As the flames swept past, Black Beetles fell to the ground, a dense carpet.
However.
The scene that followed.
Caused Second Elder Cao’s pupils to constrict.
The surviving Black Beetles rapidly descended to the ground, inserting their antennae into the corpses of their kind, and in the next moment, numerous streams of black energy coursed along the long antennae into their bodies.
In a blink.
Three Tier One Peak Black Beetles had advanced to Tier Two:
