Chapter 749: Critical Moment

    Chen Wentian sensed the hostility from the mantis queen. He even sensed her gaze pause around his groin area for far too long. He shivered slightly as if he had been beset by a terrible curse. He didn’t want to imagine what kind of crazy thoughts were going through that insect’s mind.

    Ka!@@@@

    He made another slashing motion with the demonic spear, crushing two mountain-like beetles into mountains of meat paste. He had no suitable spear art and he didn’t care too much. In his partial dragon transformation, the spear was a brute force weapon. Its sole purpose was to showcase his immense strength without breaking in half.

    He around, seeing that the obstacles were almost all gone. Queen Sundew was just ahead, still recovering. He had to admit that this mantis was tricky to deal with. Although its Dao was not great at combat, it was matchless at raising subordinates.

    Each army that she threw at him and Jasmine was powerful and had unique abilities. Each army could have delayed a Spirit Lord for a long time, perhaps even stopped a weaker Spirit Lord in their tracks. Such a thing would not have been normally possible for mortal souls. However, Queen Sundew’s armies utilized high cultivation of individual members, sheer numbers, as well as intricate arrays and formations.

    Chen Wentian was inspired by many of the formations he fought through. He felt that his sect was quite lacking. If he took out the fact that he could activate his other souls within the weapons his disciples carried and fight through them, then his sect was pretty much defenseless.

    “Hurry up!” Jasmine shouted from above.

    She had finally broken through the light array and was chasing after Queen Sundew.

    The mantis was making a break for the north after having fully recovered her spiritual energy. A sea of dead honeypot ants littered the forest floor. There were tens of thousands of them.

    Chen Wentian slapped away the last giant bug blocking his way and shot after Jasmine. They had strict a time limit to follow. If they were too slow, things would get complicated.

    So far, things were still going according to plan. The four mantis lords, having been drawn out of their original positions would take twice as long as normal to reach their queen. This gave Chen Wentian and Jasmine another two minutes, three at most to subdue the queen. Otherwise, they would have to deal with four Spirit Lords as well as the toad king that would be on its way.

    “Wait up!” He called out and once again activated the powers of the Insightful Swallow.

    This time, it took longer to catch up since Queen Sundew was fleeing at full speed. With wings and natural flying ability, the mantis wasn’t slow. Even Jasmine had to struggle just to get in range for her moonbeams.

    Chen Wentian passed Jasmine and gained on Queen Sundew. A few seconds away from the target, he finally activated his dragon fire for the first time. Flames exploded out of his feet, propelling him forward like an arrow. Holding on tightly to the demonic spear, his whole figure was covered in blue flame as he slammed into the giant insect.

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    Far away from the Glittering Forest, the battle above the central teleportation array of Beast God City still raged. Chen Wentian, utilizing Chen Mo’s body, was throwing fireballs crazily like they were going out of style. Just him alone had more firepower than any flame cultivator the other Spirit Lords had seen.

    Nan Lang and Gu Lan were impressed. He Xinghan and Qiu Chuyi were far from impressed. They had seen many Spirit Lords that cultivated flame arts. None produced flames as hot as these blue flames. None could continuously produce so many attacks without regard for conserving spiritual energy.

    What drove the four of them crazy was that Chen Wentian still wasn’t fighting seriously. His strength was already apparent after a few exchanges. If he actually helped, the eagle lord’s faction could have subdued the lion lord’s faction by now. Instead, he was causing trouble for both sides with his wild attacks. His flames were so hot that everybody had to be careful. Catching just a single fireball in the face accidentally was enough to leave painful burns.

    Chen Wentian grinned as he fought. Occasionally, he would let out wild laughs. His actions added to the confusion and chaotic battle.

    Pa!

    Chen Wentian’s palm cleanly connected with He Zicheng’s forearm. The force of the impact sent both sides tumbling backward. He Zicheng came to a stop fifty meters away, shaking his arm to get rid of the numbing pain. Chen Wentian was sent away over a hundred meters. His right hand was already broken and he seemed a complete mess from the exchange. It was not just the impact of physical strength but also a clash of spiritual energies. In this, he still lost out by far.

    But Chen Wentian was unperturbed. He straightened himself and with a twist of his wrist, his arm that had just been mangled appeared as good as new.

    He wasn’t holding anything back today. For this battle and for the battle with Queen Sundew, he had to show off some of his powers to achieve his goals. He couldn’t be stingy, not at this critical moment.

    During that last exchange, he had employed the powers of several souls. The Insightful Swallow gave him tremendous speed and agility. The void bee queen allowed him to dodge dangerous attacks at the last moment by escaping into the void. The jade tusk elephant’s special ability amplified his mass by ten times, increasing the power behind his palm strike by the same amount. And lastly, Chen Mo’s body of shadow naturally could not be easily injured.

    “What are you?” Qu Shen asked in shock.

    He Zicheng gnashed his teeth in anger, still not believing the situation.

    Chen Wentian smiled lightly as he flipped his palm and raised it for another strike, “You like it? These are just some tricks I picked up through the years. Quite handy if you ask me.”

    “Bastard! You think you’ve won with just one palm strike?” He Zicheng spat, “Little bastard, listen well. Even with Qu Shen here, I can still kill you as easily as butchering a chicken.”

    With a surge of power, his weapon appeared in his hand. It was towering halberd with golden blade tips. It was the Gilded Vanguard, a Spirit Lord Realm weapon that had accompanied him for many centuries.

    Chen Wentian beckoned his opponent as if he was teasing a child, “Come!”

    With a roar, He Zicheng charged.

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