Chapter 1222, The Desolate Ancient God: Finally Sighted

Translator: Silavin

Hundreds of thousands of Void Insects scattered from that point in every direction. Not only was their sheer number overwhelming, but each individual Void Insect’s aura was so extraordinarily well Concealed that detection was essentially impossible.

To sense the position of every single Void Insect, even an Ancient God would find it a hopeless task.

As the Void Insects dispersed, if one were to observe the entire Valley of Life from a grand aerial perspective, one would see the vast valley beginning to warp and twist incessantly, all of its terrain shifting in irregular, unpredictable patterns.

However, these shifts were entirely without meaning.

After all, the Void Insects were simply too numerous. Setting aside those that had already been detected, how many more undetected Void Insects were still roaming freely through the Valley of Life?

And with this many Void Insects scattered wide open, even the Desolate Ancient God would find it impossible to relocate all of them to somewhere further from itself.

In terms of sheer overwhelming numbers, the Desolate Ancient God’s tricks were plainly not enough to deal with them.

Yet the Desolate Ancient God had no other options. It could only relocate, as best it could. Every Void Insect it managed to sense, it pushed them further from itself, buying time as best it could.

Simultaneously, it released a number of Dragon Carcasses to intercept and obstruct the Void Insects.

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…*

But this action yielded little result.

These Void Insects were simply too small and too agile. The summoned Dragon Carcasses found it exceedingly difficult to lock onto them and kill them.

Even in the cases where a Void Insect was genuinely struck down by a Dragon Carcass, none of them released Lu Fan and the others, which made it obvious these were simply ordinary Void Insects, not the one that had swallowed Lu Fan’s group.

Finding, from amongst over a hundred thousand Void Insects, the one specific insect that contained Lu Fan, was simply an impossible task.

For a time, the entire Valley of Life descended into chaos. The Desolate Ancient God exerted its control over the valley without any restraint, doing nothing but trying its utmost to maintain distance between itself and Lu Fan’s group, hoping to delay the moment they discovered it for as long as possible.

Time passed.

A long time passed.

Deep within the Valley of Life, at the location of the Flesh Mountain.

That enormous Flesh Mountain shuddered. Then suddenly, as though sensing something, all twelve of its eyes flew open simultaneously.

*Buzz.*

A tiny, inconspicuous insect had drifted, at some unknown point, to a position not far from the Flesh Mountain. Then it began to glow, and transformed into a Secret Realm entrance.

Lu Fan and the others emerged, their expressions carrying traces of excitement.

“So this is the Desolate Ancient God!? How disgusting.” Ye Wuxian exclaimed, looking toward the distant Desolate Ancient God with disgust in her eyes.

Lu Fan saw this and shook his head with a quiet smile. “Indeed, it is somewhat more revolting than I had imagined. Originally, I thought that the Abyssal Ancient God I killed, the one that was a mass of tangled tentacles, was already disgusting enough. To think the Desolate Ancient God is even worse. How can this form truly help it claim the position of God King during the Ancient Gods Struggle For Supremacy?”

Ouyang Bai Ge studied the Desolate Ancient God, her brow furrowing. She explained, “This body… is indeed somewhat strange. I have encountered the Desolate Ancient God before. In the previous Era, it did not take this form.”

“In that previous Era, its body was extremely powerful. Its mouth was as vast as the abyss. After awakening in that Era, it used its own maw to create a Map filled with opportunities and riches, luring the people of that time inside, where it devoured them all without exception. Then, after fully awakening, it could swallow an entire city in a single bite. One could say it was the Ancient God that eliminated the greatest number of people during the previous Era.”

“Truthfully, the body it had back then was already close to perfection for its goal. I had assumed that in this Era, it would maintain the basic form from that Era and make minor adjustments. I never imagined it would shatter its original form entirely and reconstruct itself into this. But since it was willing to discard its original form, that implies it should now have a superior form, one capable of producing greater Combat Power.”

“Greater Combat Power?” The Bronze Dragon King snorted dismissively, eyeing the Flesh Mountain not far away. “Are you joking with me? I cannot think of anything that thing could do in a fight. It looks as though I could shatter it with a single punch. It seems to possess no ability to fight back whatsoever.”

Ouyang Bai Ge examined it carefully, then said, “Maybe it has simply not yet completed the transformation it desires. The form it is showing right now does not look like a relatively complete or mature transformation. It probably feels that its Ancient God Power has not yet awakened to a sufficient degree, and so it was in no hurry to complete its final metamorphosis. Instead, it remains as it is now, maintaining a state of minimal consumption of Ancient God Power. Looking at it this way, we have not arrived too late. The Desolate Ancient God actually holds tremendous potential. If it were to successfully transform into a more powerful form in this Era, then this battle would be genuinely difficult.”

Lu Fan nodded. “It seems our luck is actually quite good. In that case, let us resolve this problem as quickly as possible. We should not give it any more time to develop, lest more complications turn up.”

“Yes, let’s go.” Ouyang Bai Ge extended her hand, and an entrance to the Void World manifested. She began summoning Void Insects.