My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1065: The World-Destroying Black Tide Rises

In the end, it all boiled down to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's misjudgment regarding the number of Dao One Insects possibly existing underground in Shilin Prefecture.

The underground karst caverns twisted and turned endlessly; not only did their area nearly equal the entirety of Shilin Prefecture, but they also extended continuously deeper into the earth.

Even Li Fan, who now controlled the entire insect swarm, had yet to fully grasp the true scale of the Hundred Stone Cave-Heaven in Shilin Prefecture.

Thanks to such a vast breeding ground, the Dao One Insects could multiply so rapidly.

In less than a month, they could devour all the spiritual energy of an entire prefecture.

“Though a single sheet of paper is thin and can be flicked away with a snap of the fingers, when stacked in abundance, it can withstand thousands of troops and ten thousand horses!”

“With just you alone, how could you possibly kill them all?”

Sensing that the number of Dao One Insects was not decreasing but rather increasing despite the Golden Sword Immortal Sage's slaughter, Li Fan revealed a strange smile.

...

Gazing at yet another cleared underground karst cave, the Golden Sword Immortal Sage finally felt a trace of fatigue.

For this period of time, he had not rested for even a moment. Countless golden swords crisscrossed, illuminating one dark underground cavern after another, leaving behind piles of black insect corpses on the ground.

How many black insects had he slain?

A billion? Ten billion?

Even with his spiritual power reserves as a Dao Integration Immortal Sage, they were now nearly depleted.

But here, deep underground, the black insects were too numerous.

The spiritual energy was extremely thin, making it impossible to absorb and replenish himself.

Left with no choice, the Golden Sword Immortal Sage could only rely on absorbing the spirit stones stored within his body to slowly recover.

“It has been many years since I last felt this wretched.”

The Golden Sword Immortal Sage, sitting cross-legged on the ground, could not help but sigh.

In his mind surfaced memories from when he was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator, exploring a sect ruin with his companions.

Suddenly, he inexplicably stood up, his expression turning solemn.

For he had finally realized what that vague feeling in his heart had been since entering the Hundred Stone Cave-Heaven.

It was the warning from his spiritual intuition, which had not appeared for a long time.

Three hundred years ago, it was thanks to this keen intuition that he became the sole survivor of that exploration team.

But after surviving that great peril, everything had gone smoothly without further disasters. He had nearly forgotten this sense of crisis.

Until today, after so many years, this spiritual warning had reappeared!

“This...”

The Golden Sword Immortal Sage's heart pounded uncontrollably.

His thoughts raced, and he immediately made a decision.

No longer caring about rest, his figure transformed into golden light and sped toward the depths of the underground cavern.

He had to first see just how vast the scale of this Hundred Stone Cave-Heaven truly was!

Three days later.

The Golden Sword Immortal Sage's face was ashen.

At his flying speed, three days were enough to circle the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's territory several times.

Yet he still had not finished exploring the Hundred Stone Cave-Heaven.

Vast as an abyss and vast as the sea, bottomless. It seemed as if there was no end at all.

The Golden Sword Immortal Sage's shuddered, and a horrifying image flooded his mind: the caverns teeming with black insects, like surging seawater, spilling out toward the outside world.

“Disaster, disaster.”

“No, I must hurry and report the situation to the Alliance headquarters.”

The Golden Sword Immortal Sage hastily pulled out a communication talisman, intending to contact the Alliance headquarters.

However, it seemed that due to delving too deeply underground, the communication could not be established.

The ominous premonition in Golden Sword Immortal Sage's heart grew even stronger.

He accelerated to his utmost speed, wanting to leave this underground cave.

But for some reason, those black insects that had only been quietly lying there, absorbing spiritual energy, suddenly went mad and surged toward him.

They tried to stop his continued advance.

At this moment, Golden Sword Immortal Sage finally understood what it meant to be at every step in dire straits.

He no longer held anything back; all the golden swords refined within his body unsheathed at once, circling around him.

They ground every black insects blocking his path into dust.

With an unstoppable momentum, Golden Sword Immortal Sage quickly returned from underground.

The difference in the black bugs before and after made Golden Sword Immortal Sage even more certain that there were traces of a conspiracy behind this.

If it was not stopped quickly, the impact would likely not be limited to Shilin Prefecture. Perhaps the entire Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, even the Xuanhuang Realm, would suffer greatly!

"Who exactly is plotting this heinous act!"

Golden Sword Immortal Sage felt both shocked and furious in his heart; his figure sped up even more.

When he finally broke through the layers of black insects blockades and saw the light of day again.

He was just preparing to urgently report the situation to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance headquarters when he suddenly had a heart sense and froze in place.

Golden Sword Immortal Sage looked up, extending his left hand toward the sky.

"The... wind is rising?"

An inexplicable breeze swept through the heaven and earth.

Then the breeze gradually grew stronger, intensifying further.

The howling sound roared like thunder, rumbling loudly.

The originally blazing sunny sky was instantly shrouded by layers of dark clouds.

Under the shadow's cover, at this moment, all the cultivators in Shilin Prefecture felt a sense of impending catastrophe in their hearts.

"Hoo!"

A demonic wind blew past; its ferocity was so intense that even Golden Sword Immortal Sage struggled to maintain his form.

Although the demonic wind vanished in an instant, the implication it represented made this Dao Integration Immortal Sage's heart turn ice-cold.

In his ears, he seemed to hear faint, dense sounds of wind.

But Golden Sword could not sense any trace of the wind's existence.

Just as he was puzzled and confused, countless flying bugs like a black tidal wave suddenly appeared from below.

Riding the wind, they surged out from the Hundred Stone Cave.

Soaring to the nine heavens, like apocalyptic dark clouds, they spread unstoppably toward the various prefectures of the Xuanhuang Realm.

In the face of the inestimable sea tide of black insects, Golden Sword's protective spiritual power was like a frail sapling in a storm, teetering on the brink.

The horrified Golden Sword Immortal Sage could no longer muster the will to stop the disaster.

He merely tried his utmost to ensure his own safety.

The black insects in the underground cave seemed endless. As far as Golden Sword could see, he could no longer discern any other scene.

Plunged into the nightmare of the black tide, moving or even breathing had become a delusional fantasy.

Even though he was not the direct target of the black insects' assault, merely crushed incidentally on their migration path.

Under the boundless black insects sea tide's sweep, this Dao Integration Immortal Sage still gradually lost consciousness.

"It's over..."

In the instant before fainting, the first thing that flashed in Golden Sword Immortal Sage's mind was not the safety of his own life.

But rather, after the insect disaster was resolved in the future, the accountability that would come from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

"Damn it, if I had known earlier, I would never have agreed to this lousy assignment."

His figure slowly faded, ultimately transforming into a golden longsword seemingly composed of thousands of small swords, clanging as it fell to the ground.

Indeed, with the black insects' strength, they could at most exhaust a Dao Integration cultivator and cause a brief coma.

To truly slay them was somewhat insufficient.

But...

Li Fan's figure emerged from the black tide.

He picked up this golden longsword, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

Then, casually, he applied hundreds of thousands of formation restrictions.