Chapter 1221, A Way to Break the Deadlock

Translator: Silavin

 

The question raised by the Shadow Dragon King struck right at the heart of the matter.

 

For everyone present, leaving was, in truth, not especially difficult.

 

The problem, however, was that they had come here with one purpose: to hunt and kill the Desolate Ancient God. If they could not finish it off, it would inevitably grow into a catastrophe.

 

At this moment, the Desolate Ancient God was still resorting to schemes and tricks, doing everything it could to avoid direct contact with the group.

 

But once its power grew sufficient, it would no longer need Lu Fan and the others to come looking for it. The tables would turn, and it would come looking for them instead.

 

So even if they had seen through the Desolate Ancient God’s methods, actually finding it remained a problem with no easy solution.

 

While everyone stood there with furrowed brows and gloomy expressions, Lu Fan suddenly noticed that Ouyang Bai Ge had fallen into thought, and was gradually, slowly, allowing a small smile to spread across her face.

 

Lu Fan caught this at once. “Teacher Ouyang,” he said quickly, “have you thought of something?”

 

Ouyang Bai Ge nodded. “Indeed I have.”

 

“I have thought of a method that may allow us to successfully locate the Desolate Ancient God’s position.”

 

“What method?” Everyone pressed her at once.

 

Ouyang Bai Ge said, “I only just recalled it. Among the Void Insects I have refined, there is one particular variety whose abdomen contains a small Secret Realm. At the same time, the insect itself is small, and its aura is exceedingly well-concealed, making it nearly impossible to detect. My original goal in refining this variety of Void Insects was to silently transport certain items, or to covertly shadow particular enemies, or to slip away from a battlefield without a breath of sound. I believe that in our current situation, these Void Insects may be of some use.”

 

The moment he finished listening to the explanation of the Void Insects’ capabilities, Lu Fan understood Ouyang Bai Ge’s intention. “You want all of us to enter one of these Void Insects and have it carry us to find the Desolate Ancient God, right?”

 

Ouyang Bai Ge nodded. “Exactly. The Valley of Life has already been assimilated by the Desolate Ancient God, which means our positions can likely be tracked and controlled by it with ease. That is precisely why it has been playing us all like pieces on a board. But if we can Conceal ourselves, we may be able to locate its position while it remains uncertain of ours. With the enemy in the open and us in the shadows, I believe the Desolate Ancient God would find it exceedingly difficult to keep pushing us further and further from its location.”

 

“That might just work!” Lu Fan nodded in approval, though a concern surfaced immediately. “But is it actually feasible? What I worry about now is whether it can detect every single Void Insect. We might think it has no idea where we are, yet it may still know our exact whereabouts.”

 

“That possibility cannot be ruled out.” Ouyang Bai Ge smiled lightly and extended her hand. A Summoning Array appeared in her palm. “But, if the number of Void Insects is large enough, even it will have no way of confirming our position. Casually reshaping the terrain structure of the Valley of Life would inevitably consume its Ancient God Power. I simply refuse to believe it has the capacity to sense every single Void Insect and push each one of them to a location far from itself!”

 

*Whoooosh!*

 

The moment Ouyang Bai Ge’s words fell, the Summoning Array in her hand erupted, and out poured a dense swarm of flying insects smaller than a fingernail.

 

Just as Ouyang Bai Ge had said, these insects were not only tiny, but their aura was extraordinarily well Concealed. Even Lu Fan, without paying deliberate attention, would find it difficult to detect their presence.

 

And most importantly, the number of these Void Insects was, to put it mildly, staggering. They were literally uncountable. A conservative estimate would put them at over a hundred thousand, but even that number was something Lu Fan was uncertain about.

 

Once this many Void Insects scattered and dispersed, they might not be enough to blanket every corner of the Valley of Life, but moving all of them to a location far from the Desolate Ancient God would certainly be no easy feat.

 

Seeing that these Void Insects truly did have something to them, and that their numbers were more than sufficient, Lu Fan felt more confident in Ouyang Bai Ge’s plan.

 

“Not bad.” Lu Fan grinned broadly. “You truly do have quite a few amazing things hidden away, Teacher.”

 

Ouyang Bai Ge chuckled as well. “In truth, the characteristics of my Ancient God Power are quite weak among all the Ancient Gods. I only have a single Void World, and the Void Insects cultivated within it are limited in power as well. They could never reach the same level of might as the other Ancient Gods. So, the only thing I can do is use ny Void World to cultivate Void Insects with highly specialised functions, and apply the right remedy to the right situation. If I could not even accomplish this much, would I not be dead last every single Ancient Gods Struggle For Supremacy?”

 

“Come. Everyone, enter the body of one Void Insect. I will mix it in amongst all the others and then scatter them all. We shall see exactly what the Desolate Ancient God intends to do now.”

 

With that, one of the Void Insects began to glow, transforming into the entrance of a Secret Realm, which opened right before the assembled group.

 

Everyone got in one by one. The Flame Dragon and the Two Headed Dragon, however, ran into a slight problem.

 

The Secret Realm entrance could only admit one person at a time. Both of them were Giant Dragons, and neither had managed to transform into their Human Form. Thus, the entrance, to them, was roughly equivalent to a mouse hole. Entering it was impossible.

 

Ouyang Bai Ge, however, only smiled. She told them they were welcome to try entering anyway. The internal space of the Secret Realm opened up by a Void Insect was quite expansive, and moreover, the size of the entrance could adjust itself according to the body size of whoever was entering.

 

Even creatures far larger than either of them could enter without difficulty.

 

After all, one of the primary purposes of this breed of Void Insect was to accommodate other Void Insects inside itself, serving as a surprise unit to launch ambushes on her opponents.

 

Ouyang Bai Ge’s Void Insects came in all manner of sizes. If the Secret Realm entrance could only open to a fixed small size, would that not mean the vast majority of her Void Insects could never enter their own kind’s Secret Realm?

 

*Plink.*

 

Hearing Ouyang Bai Ge’s explanation, the Flame Dragon extended one claw experimentally into the Secret Realm entrance.

 

*Whomp!*

 

The entrance immediately ballooned outward and swallowed the Flame Dragon whole, then contracted back to its original size.

 

The Two Headed Dragon stared in amazement, then, reassured, stretched one of his claws toward the entrance.

 

*Whomp!*

 

The same scene unfolded, and the Two Headed Dragon was also drawn inside.

 

Thus, everyone had entered the Secret Realm. All that remained outside were those hundreds of thousands of Void Insects.

 

Then, the Secret Realm entrance closed as well, reverting into a Void Insect, indistinguishable from the hundreds of thousands of identical insects surrounding it. There was simply no way to tell which Void Insect contained within its body’s Secret Realm Lu Fan and the rest of his group.