At this point, Elder Shan Gu sighed, "Shu Liu suffered the same pain as Qianli. He tore apart every inch of his skin and crushed every inch of his flesh to ease the pain."
Lu Yin raised a brow; this was troublesome. Was it painful?
"There aren't many records of Tsing Yi and Shouwu in my race's history. Most people don't know about them, but Qianli left a deep impression on us. There are records that once a Qianli appears, it must be killed before it can fly. Otherwise, it will bring unforgettable pain."
Lu Yin looked at Elder Shan Gu, "How many people in your universe have suffered such pain?"
Great Elder Dan Gu looked at Lu Yin. "Everyone has endured it, without exception."
Lu Yin's expression changed, "How is that possible?"
The great elder Shan Gu said bitterly, "The advantage of the insects is their numbers. When the thousand li flies, even the heavens and earth will cry. When the thousand li's number spreads throughout the universe, they are constantly flying. Pain is a common occurrence in our universe. Therefore, if we want to make a comparison, the ability of the people in our universe to endure pain is far greater than that of the Tian Yuan universe. There is simply no comparison."
"Every second, there are people who commit suicide because of this pain. There are many people in the Tian Yuan Universe, but our universe is different; there aren't that many people.
"Because of Qianli, the entire universe will experience pain."
Lu Yin looked at Elder Shan Gu, and his killing intent towards the hive soared.
If everyone in the Tian Yuan Universe had to endure such pain, would there still be a future for this universe?
The spiritualized universe brought about pressure. Even if the Tian Yuan Universe was defeated, the worst that could happen was that everyone would die. However, this hive brought about a different feeling, a feeling that it had to be exterminated.
"Next up are the stone dragons. These bugs are very large and can grow up to a hundred meters tall. They are shaped like beetles and have powerful antennae. They are adept at flying in the form of dragons and wreak havoc in space. Their favorite thing to do is to crush stars. When ten thousand stone dragons work together, their strength can reach the Progenitor realm and possess unparalleled destructive power."
"As I said before, the biggest advantage of insects is their numbers. The same goes for stone dragons. No matter how big they are, their numbers are endless. They destroy one parallel universe after another and shatter one planet after another. It's called the Stone Dragon Calamity."
"Every type of insect, when their numbers reach an infinite number, is a disaster. Even if they don't destroy the universe, the changes brought about by their numbers will cause an ecological imbalance, not to mention these insects with powerful destructive power."
"The Big Dipper Sword is an insect that was bred after the stone dragon. It is shaped like a sword and has spots on its back like a ladybug. It is extremely fast and not even a Half Martial Ancestor can see through it. Only a Martial Ancestor can see through its speed. The impact brought by the speed and the shape of the Big Dipper Sword is equivalent to a Martial Ancestor's sword move. When the number of Big Dipper Swords reaches an infinite number, it is equivalent to countless Martial Ancestor's sword moves that have gone out of control. It can destroy everything."
Great Elder Dan Gu had spent many years in this universe, and his fear of the insect nest had greatly diminished. Now, he was recalling it once more.
An image of the Big Dipper Sword appeared in Lu Yin's mind. Countless Martial Ancestor's sword moves would rampage through the universe's starry skies. This destructive power would not be any weaker than the Stone Dragon Calamity, but to a powerhouse, the Big Dipper Sword was clearly more threatening.
"After the Big Dipper Sword, the Freesia Orchid was bred. It is a flatworm that is shaped like a plant's leaves and has two heads. Its habits are similar to that of a plant's, and it devours everything in the universe. They are adept at devouring, but unlike the Tsing Yi, the Freesia Orchid devours everything, regardless of whether it is energy or anything else. In the end, only the Realms of Nothingness are left.
They can reproduce and survive in the Realms of Nothingness?
They can even emerge from the Realms of Nothingness?
How could there be such a bug?
"The Freesia Orchid is not the most terrifying. In fact, everything that the Freesia Orchid devours will be sent to the Ghost Orchid that is bred later on. The Freesia Orchid is the Ghost Orchid's source of energy, and it can leap through the void and travel through space before attaching itself to a creature's face and devouring it along with its flesh. The more energy that the Freesia Orchid transmits to it, the stronger it becomes. In our universe, the Ghost Orchid devours many Sequence Law Realm powerhouses, and it causes panic because no one knows where the Ghost Orchid will emerge from."
"The Realms of Nothingness are their paradise. To us, the Realms of Nothingness are not only uninhabitable, but they are also difficult to monitor."
Great Elder Dan Gu sighed. "Fortunately, Limitless can travel through the Realms of Nothingness. Back in our universe, we did not create a vehicle that could travel through the Realms of Nothingness. To deal with the Freesia Orchid and the Ghost Orchid, we can only rely on a powerhouse to constantly travel through the Realms of Nothingness, but that would consume too much power and energy."
"The Realms of Nothingness encompass the entire universe's starry sky, which means that someone has to constantly travel through the Realms of Nothingness to eliminate the Freesia Orchid and the Ghost Orchid as much as possible. Otherwise, no one knows where they will appear from."
Lu Yin rubbed his head. Tsing Yi and Shouwu were still fine. The pain that Qian Li brought about was a disaster to the universe, but it did not have much of an impact on top powerhouses. After cultivating to the top, one's willpower would be exceptionally strong, and they would not be defeated by pain. After all, even Hu Liu had been able to withstand it.
These three were the greatest threats to ordinary cultivators.
The stone dragon and the Seven Star Sword were the most destructive to the universe's environment.
As for the Freesia Orchid and the Ghost Orchid, they were a threat to powerhouses, especially since they consumed a powerhouse's energy and power. It was impossible to guard against them, and they were quite troublesome.
Lu Yin's mind constantly flashed with plans to deal with these insects.
"Next up is the Brocade Asura."
At this point, Great Elder Dan Gu paused and looked in a certain direction. It was Tuo Lin's courtyard.
The courtyard was filled with books. She Sheng had used his own death in exchange for Tuo Lin's return to normal, but Tuo Lin was still engrossed in reading and studying the words.
"The Brocade Asura is a type of centipede that lives in a plane."
Lu Yin was astonished. "It lives in a plane?"
Great Elder Dan Gu nodded. "A plane. Everything is a plane, especially words, books, pictures, and so on. It multiplies, lives, and kills in a plane. It can slaughter creatures through a plane, and the creatures that are slaughtered will eventually turn into fragments. The fragments of the plane are like a picture of itself, a shattered picture."
Lu Yin's pupils shrank. "The inheritance of destruction."
Great Elder Dan Gu took a deep breath and looked at Lu Yin. "Yes, the inheritance of destruction."
"When my Lost Clan escaped from our own universe, we brought nothing but a few cards with us. The ancient books barely recorded anything, which is why Hu Liu and the others did not know about the hive in the beginning. We did not dare to bring more planes. The more planes we brought, the more likely it was that the Brocade Asura would appear. As for the inheritances of other human civilizations, they were destroyed long ago.
"In that final battle, either the hive was destroyed or the humans were exterminated. Before the final battle, the human civilization destroyed almost all of their inheritances, not giving the Brocade Asura a chance to appear by their side. Even so, the Brocade Asura still appeared on the walls, on the ground, and so on.
"The Brocade Asura appeared to sever the human race's inheritances. This is the most vicious move."
Lu Yin's expression turned ugly, as this move was very similar to how he had wanted to deal with the spiritualized universe. The spiritualized universe had used Spirit Arise and Spirit Molt to drive generation after generation of elite cultivators, forcing them to cultivate the Sequence Foundation, and so on. Lu Yin wanted to create more and more Progenitors and use this suicidal method to defeat the spiritualized universe's next generation of elites and make the spiritualized universe apprehensive.
The hive was even more ruthless, as it would not even allow the humans to preserve their written inheritances.
This was a method that was specifically used to deal with intelligent civilizations.
No matter how desperate the humans were, there would always be a chance for them to rise again. This was because there were inheritances, and with inheritances, there would be a civilization, a spirit, and a consciousness.
Long ago, the Heavenly Sect had been destroyed, so why had it left behind a burial garden?
The Daosource Sect had been destroyed, but it had left behind Limitless. This was because the inheritances were greater than the heavens, and only with inheritances could a civilization rise again. These inheritances were the crystallization of countless people's wisdom, and they were the proof of an era.
The hive had actually given birth to an insect whose goal was to destroy humanity's inheritances. This was an undisguised display of its intention to wipe out intelligent civilizations.
Elder Dan Gu recalled, "Before the Brocade Asura appeared, although the war between humanity and the hive was intense, it was not enough to unite everyone. Even after suffering Qian Li's pain, the stone dragon's calamity, and Gui Lan's attack, the various civilizations of humanity could not fully unite. It's just like your Heaven's Origin Universe. When you were dealing with the Eternals, the Six-Way Association was clearly able to contact your Primordial Space, but they kept rejecting it.
"They even acted against the Primordial Space and suppressed its growth. Only when the six Zones of Calamity were fully revealed were the humans of this universe truly united."
Lu Yin understood the meaning behind Elder Dan Gu's words. If the Eternals only had the strength of the first Zone of Calamity, then this universe would not have been able to unite so easily. This was because their enemies were not strong enough, and only a strong enemy could force them to grow.
"The Brocade Asura appeared to destroy humanity's inheritances, and it represented the ambitions of the hive. It caused all of the human civilizations in our universe to gather and recognize the hive as their archenemy. The true battle of fate began, and it was also the beginning of humanity's bitter war."
Elder Dan Gu paused for a moment and then looked at the sphere. "The ninth type of insect, which is also the last type, is called Green Immortal."
Lu Yin's expression turned solemn. The last type of insect was definitely the most powerful in the hive.
"Green Immortal?"
Elder Dan Gu nodded, his eyes filled with an incomprehensible gaze that seemed to contain fear, hatred, and disbelief. "Green Immortal is an amalgamation of the other eight types of insects. It does not have a fixed form, nor does it have a fixed ability. It has nothing, but it also has everything."
Looking at the round ball, Great Elder Dan Gu seemed to not know what he was talking about. "We have encountered the ferocious and terrifying form of Qing Xian, who possessed the abilities of all the other insects. We have also encountered the humanoid form of Qing Xian. She was extremely beautiful and shouldn't have appeared in this world. She was really a human, not an insect. I don't know how to put it, but Qing Xian seemed to have been born in response to fate. It seemed to have encountered the other eight insects before. No matter how hard we tried to break the abilities of the other eight insects, we would still fail when encountering Qing Xian."