Chapter 2249

Original: "Without divine protection, even if this worm's physical body is strong enough, it absolutely cannot withstand the combined strike of all fellow Daoists."╱оΟ

After explaining this, Bao Hua paused briefly, then continued to admonish:

"However, the Mother of the Insects surely also masters the earth attribute laws of heaven and earth. How long the Earth Emperor Nail can suppress her is uncertain. Therefore, once I unleash this treasure, you all must immediately act—do not hesitate in the slightest!"

"Rest assured, fellow Daoist, this battle concerns our very lives, so naturally there will be no negligence." The ancient-looking elder replied without hesitation.

Others also nodded in agreement.

"Good, to be safe, I will first communicate with the seal spirit, gathering its full sealing power here—first to suppress the Mother of the Insects' strength, second to conceal our movements." Bao Hua did not immediately produce her treasure, but spoke with unusual solemnity.

The woman then pinched a strange hand seal with one hand, while murmuring incantations.

Moments later, a white light flashed before her, and a blurred, mist-faced visage reappeared without any prior sign.

Bao Hua's lips moved slightly as she silently transmitted sound to the thing before her.

After a few breaths, the mist face vanished ghostlike.

Almost simultaneously, Han Li and the others felt an inexplicable oppressive pressure emerge in the nearby void.

Their hearts tightened, they hastily checked themselves, finding no adverse effect, and only then relaxed.

At this moment, countless gray runes appeared around Bao Hua's body, rapidly swirling and enclosing her, revealing only a vague, slender silhouette.

Strangely, once enveloped by these gray runes, the woman lost all trace of aura.

Though she remained standing in place, a sweep of divine sense passed through her like air, as if she had merged entirely with the void.

"Now the sealing power has completely concealed my aura—even if I draw near the Mother of the Insects, it cannot be sensed. I am about to act. Fellow Daoists, prepare yourselves." Bao Hua calmly addressed the group.

The ancient-looking elder nodded, said nothing more, and clasped his hands— a faint spiritual light flashed in his palm, revealing a milky-white jade tablet.

Its surface was finely carved with jade, faintly showing countless spirit beast patterns.

"The Myriad Beasts Tablet—this is that treasure! Though said not to be a Profound Heaven Treasure, it is an artifact lost from the Immortal Realm to the lower realms in ancient times. Many Mahayana beings once fought fiercely over it. I never expected this immortal secret treasure to fall into your hands, fellow Daoist." The black-robed woman, upon seeing it, showed surprise.

"Hehe, I had some fortunate circumstances back then, which allowed me to obtain this treasure by chance." The ancient-looking elder coughed dryly, then spoke with a hint of pride.

The red-faced burly man, seeing this, wore an expression of envy.

Han Li curiously glanced at it a few times.

"Excellent, with this Myriad Beasts Tablet, our confidence has increased another notch." Bao Hua naturally expressed great delight.

At this moment, the black-robed woman and the red-faced man each produced their treasures—one opened her mouth and spat out a jet-black short spear like ink;

the other reached into his bosom and directly drew a white bone giant blade, its surface flashing with red light, inscribed with countless crimson spirit patterns.

Though both suppressed the radiance of these treasures, the faint, terrifying aura they emitted—even if not Profound Heaven artifacts—were undoubtedly supreme treasures of extraordinary caliber.

"Crab Brother, unleash your full power!" Han Li, seeing this, sent a mental transmission to the Crab Daoist.

The Crab Daoist's expression remained unchanged as he nodded, raised one hand, and suddenly produced a pale silver bead.

A low, muffled boom sounded, and countless electric threads shot from the bead, intertwining and flashing before instantly condensing into a thunderball.

Initially skull-sized, but as it slowly rose into the high sky, it silently swelled to the size of a house.

Its momentum appeared astonishingly immense.

The Crab Daoist held the thunderball aloft with one hand, standing motionless in place.

Han Li, seeing this, pinched a hand seal behind him—golden light flashed, and a three-headed, six-armed golden body dharma manifestation appeared.

After only a moment of condensation, it transformed into a solid golden body that lunged toward Han Li.

Purple-gold light blazed forth; Han Li and the golden body instantly merged, his skin turning radiant gold, while countless silver spirit patterns surged forth, swirling and condensing into dense silver sigils covering his entire body.

At this moment, Han Li made a grasping motion in the void with one hand, and after a flash of emerald light on the other arm, a three-foot-long emerald green sword appeared.

A mere flick of the wrist caused the nearby void to hum faintly, as if heaven and earth's spiritual energy were slightly shaken by this sword.

This treasure was indeed the Profound Heaven Slaying Spirit Sword.

Facing the Mother of the Insects—a worm that had once destroyed countless realms in succession—Han Li dared not be the slightest bit careless; his first move was his own trump card.

Bao Hua had seen Han Li wield the Profound Heaven Slaying Spirit Sword before, so upon seeing him draw it, she showed no surprise.

But the ancient-looking elder and the black-robed woman, upon seeing the sword's appearance, could not help but shift their expressions, repeatedly glancing at it with suspicion—evidently, the sword's display of shaking heaven and earth's spiritual energy had not escaped their notice.

Before they could speak to ask what was happening, Bao Hua had already pinched a hand seal, her body blurred, and vanished without a trace from the water's surface.

The next moment, in the high sky over a thousand zhang above, directly beneath the black light array and only a dozen zhang away, a pink flower shadow flashed—Bao Hua silently reappeared, lifting the giant nail with both hands.

Seeing this, the others naturally ceased questioning Han Li, instinctively holding their breath, pinching seals, and frantically infusing their treasures with true essence.

Without doubt, the moment the Earth Emperor Nail entered the giant worm's body, several Mahayana beings would immediately unleash their world-shaking combined strike.

At this time, the mountain-like giant worm still slept lightly within the light array, appearing utterly unaware of what transpired below.

Bao Hua fixed her gaze on the worm's center within the light array, faint silver threads flickering in her eyes; after a flash of sternness crossed her face, she finally let out a cold snort—the Earth Emperor Nail transformed into a yellow streak and shot forth.

The next moment, the treasure pierced through the black light array as if it were nothing, flashed, and firmly embedded itself into the giant worm's body, reappearing in its original form.

"Boom"—a tremendous sound rang out.

Yellow light burst from the nail's surface, dense yellow threads instantly appearing on the worm's body, then blurring and directly sinking into its flesh.

"Success, fellow Daoists—why are you still not acting?" Bao Hua rejoiced, letting out a cheerful cry as the enormous flower-book phantom behind her suddenly expanded, then burst open, transforming into countless pink petals that swept toward the giant worm.

At the same moment, Han Li and the others launched their attacks.

The ancient-looking elder violently shook his jade tablet toward the high sky—it blurred and instantly transformed into a milky-white jade gate; as it opened, countless monster phantoms surged forth, howling as they shot straight into the sky.

The black-robed woman merely chanted a hand seal, her black short spear flickering and instantly transforming into a black lightning bolt that cleaved downward.

As for the red-faced burly man, he solemnly waved his white bone giant blade—immediately, a tremor arose above the worm, revealing a thousand-zhang-long phantom of the giant blade, which he then brought down with fierce force.

Before this blade phantom truly fell, an invisible immense force pressed downward first.

Thunder rumbled beside them!

A colossal thunderball simultaneously appeared via instantaneous translocation, and with a boom, transformed into a vast silver electric net that enveloped the entire giant worm from afar.

These attacks were as swift as thunder—so fast as to seem unbelievable—but compared to Han Li's move, they were still slightly slower.

Han Li's body silver pattern array buzzed, and as he gave a shake of his hand holding the Profound Heaven Severing Spirit Sword, a green line shot out from the void before him and immediately vanished in a flash.

In the next moment, the giant worm's body trembled with the vibration of heaven and earth spiritual energy, and a green line flashed across from above, slicing through.

The white giant worm's body was instantly severed into two.

Following this, the phantom of the giant blade and the silver electric net descended from the high sky, and countless flower petals and spirit beast phantoms also surged forward in unison.

Continuous rumbling sounds erupted instantly!

The black light formation was instantly torn apart by blazing blade light and streaks of silver arcs, countless flower petal phantoms intertwining like sharp blades in the four voids, spinning and dancing, emitting a hissing sound of tearing air.

And in the deeper regions, countless spirit beast phantoms surrounded the giant worm in a ring, then immediately transformed into clusters of white light that self-destructed.

After the rolling waves of air dispersed in all directions, a visible halo immediately began to ripple outward in concentric circles.

The blinding light from the multitude of attacks instantly submerged the giant worm's body completely within it.

Yet the giant worm remained utterly still from beginning to end, as if truly asleep, and was directly slain by everyone's combined strike.

Witnessing this, Bao Hua and the other Mahayana cultivators did not show joy on their faces; instead, their complexions all turned deathly pale in an instant.

Han Li's expression also darkened instantly.

Everyone present had endured countless life-and-death battles to become Mahayana ancestors; even with confidence in their own attacks, they could not believe the mother of the devouring insects, so renowned, could be so easily slain, and thus unconsciously heightened their vigilance to the utmost.

After the various lights in the sky finally flashed and vanished, the giant worm's massive body had completely disappeared without a trace, leaving only a fist-sized black crystal stone hovering silently in place.

On the surface of the crystal, an ancient nail several inches in length was deeply embedded halfway into it.

Seeing this, the crowd felt a chill run down their backs, all sensing an extremely strange aura rushing straight toward their hearts,

"Something is wrong, the situation has changed. We must leave this place quickly." Bao Hua's face shifted several times, then she suddenly and decisively cried out, flipped her hand to produce a formation plate, and crushed it with a reverse grip. To be continued