Chapter 96: Golden Armor Beetle King

  The vast majority of the fallen ground beetles were killed, with their bodies scattered all over the place. A small number of seriously injured ones had no strength to fight back and fled into the soil in a daze.

  In the blink of an eye, the ground was covered with a layer of yellowish insect corpses, and the scene was absolutely breathtaking!

  How is this possible!

  Green willow involuntarily widened her eyes, in her impression, even the young lady of her own family didn't have such ability, easily annihilating the ground beetles with every move, needing to rely on talismans to carry out large-scale slaughter.

  Crack! Crack! Crack!

  The number of Bi Chen fruits bursting open on the surrounding fruit trees increased, and Qin Yun's sword drew faster and faster. The sword light was like fire and electricity, and almost no ground beetle could escape his attack.

  In less than half a cup of tea, no more earthworms continued to climb up this fruit tree. Those who were lucky enough to escape the net were also pierced by Qin Yun's sword energy and fell down, none survived unscathed.

  Green willow was completely stunned!

  Qin Yun's movements became increasingly swift and fierce, his body shifting to other positions as he continued to annihilate the constantly appearing earthworms.

  The more times he struck, his sword energy became more accurate and sharp. At the beginning, about six or seven of the ten ground beetle worms were directly killed.

  However, as the number of killed earthworms continued to increase, Qin Yun's swordsmanship became more and more skilled and sharp. His sword energy was all over the place, accurately and fiercely cutting open the vital parts of the earthworms, not a single sword move missed!

  This green willow is indeed unbelievable.

  Everyone knows where the weakness of the turtle beetle lies, but it's extremely difficult to hit.

  The head of the earthworm is not very large, and the weak point of the neck gap is less than half a finger wide. It can't just stay still and wait to be killed, so most of the sword sect disciples who successfully eliminate the earthworm either have enough strength or have good enough weapons.

  But even with great strength and good weapons, no one can achieve Qin Yun's efficiency. The annoying turtle beetle is simply unable to withstand a single blow from his sword.

  How did he manage it? Green Willow couldn't figure it out.

  In fact, Qin Yun was able to kill the Di Bie insect as easily as cutting vegetables, first relying on the Geng Jin sword energy that he had just grasped, secondly on his Hui Xin Tong Ming divine ability, and finally on the swordsmanship honed from bloody battles in the Small Qian Kun world.

  Under the powerful effect of Hui Xin Tong Ming Xiao Shentong, his perception ability increased exponentially, and the weaknesses of the earthworms were magnified many times over. Every movement of the earthworms within his line of sight was caught by his discerning eye.

  As for Qin Yun's application of the Twelve Forms Basic Swordsmanship, he had already reached a state of perfection. With the support of his robust True Qi, his ability to control the speed, angle and power of his sword releases was greatly enhanced compared to before, each strike being precisely executed.

  As time passed, Qin Yun completely forgot everything around him, all his divine thoughts were concentrated on the long sword in his hand, and he seemed to merge with the Qinglian Sword.

  He galloped with his divine speed of a thousand miles, his ten-zhang body technique flashing in the orchard, wherever the ground beetle appeared, his sword energy pointed there.

  The speed of killing has miraculously increased again, the connection between Qin Yun's sword moves and sword styles has reached a perfect level, and every movement is not excessive or wasted.

  If a master swordsman were to observe from the side at this moment, he would definitely be shocked, because Qin Yun's current state perfectly matches the "entering subtlety" realm of swordsmanship!

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The earthworms kept falling from the sky, their endless rustling sound like rain hitting banana leaves. The area covered with worm corpses continued to expand, and only a few were lucky enough to escape.

  Green willow finally came back to her senses from the shock, she rubbed her eyes hard, and only then did she believe that everything that happened in front of her was not her own illusion.

  "Qin Yun's younger brother, you are truly amazing!"

  The young girl's voice cheered, her face flushed with excitement, and her bright eyes seemed to shine - not to mention the preserved Bichen fruit, just selling the turtle beetle shell was enough to pay for the store rent!

  Her heart was so joyful that it almost jumped out of her chest, and all her previous worries flew away.

  Qin Yun's mood was equally delightful, but what he was delighted about wasn't the number of earthworms he had killed to protect the cracked Bi Chen fruit, but rather the wonderful feeling of being in a state of swordsmanship during the battle.

  Unfortunately, almost all the ground beetles that climbed up the tree were killed by him, and those on the ground were intimidated by Qin Yun's ruthless killing and did not dare to come out again.

  The sword energy is still majestic, but there is no enemy to be killed. Qin Yun's accumulated momentum has reached its peak and cannot be released.

  He suddenly stopped in his tracks, looked up and pointed his sword at the sky!

  Whoosh!

  A scarlet-golden sword aura flashed through the dense forest's obstruction, shooting straight into the sky. Amidst the long, mournful whistle, countless fragmented tree branches and leaves fluttered down.

  At the same moment, in the highest pavilion of Chuiyun Palace on the summit of Chuiyun Peak, an old man in white robes who was rolling up a scroll suddenly moved his eyebrows.

  The next moment, he appeared on the flying eaves outside the attic, just in time to see the sword energy soaring into the sky from the mountain below, and heard the clear whistle that followed.

  An old man in a white robe stands amidst the wind, his robes fluttering with the gusts, yet his figure remains steadfast and unmoving, exuding an aura of profound stillness and majestic grandeur!

  His slender eyebrows rose slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Hmmm, I don't know which disciple has grasped the sword energy, but he has a great potential!"

  Of course, for the white-robed old man, this sword energy was nothing even if it were ten times stronger, but from that clear and sonorous whistling sound, he heard many things.

  That was also his youthful passion!

  The old man stood still for a moment, then suddenly lost his smile and vanished into thin air.

  In the Lingtian orchard, Qin Yun felt extremely pleased and relieved after his hearty laugh, savoring the moving feeling from just now.

  The green willow laughed with curved eyebrows and hastily started picking up the tortoise beetle shells on the ground with a bamboo basket.

  The body of a single ground beetle weighed over a kilogram, and she had only picked up twenty or so and put them in the bamboo basket, which was already getting hard to lift, the woven bamboo container constantly sinking downwards.

  The girl didn't mind, her eyes shining brightly as she reached out to the next insect shell, a joyful expression on her lovely face.

  But what Green Willow didn't expect was that the ground beetle shell on the ground suddenly bounced up, and she was startled and quickly withdrew her hand.

  Something astonishing happened, and all of a sudden the shells of the ground beetles jumped up, and a large clod of earth was heaved up from the ground.

  Qin Yun immediately rushed over: "What's going on?"

  Green willow retreated a few steps, shook her head with lingering fear: "I don't know either, it looks very intimidating!"

  The mound of earth was getting higher and higher, as if something was about to emerge from underneath. If it was a ground beetle again, then this one must be enormous!

  Qin Yun instinctively felt danger and immediately said to Green Willow: "You leave here, I'll take a look at what's going on. If there's no danger later, you can come back!"

  Green willow nodded, she knew that staying here would only add trouble for Qin Yun.

  However, she didn't go far and stopped about twenty steps away, looking at Qin Yun.

  Bang!

  The heaved earth suddenly cracked open, and two golden long claws first came out, quickly sweeping away the mud on top, making the broken soil and stones splashing everywhere.

  Chirp! Chirp!

  A huge beetle quickly crawled out of the ground, unfolded its wings and flew up, a pair of dagger-like mandibles facing Qin Yun, emitting an angry hiss.

  Its appearance is not much different from that of a ground beetle, but its head is at least ten times larger, and the shell and claws on its body are golden yellow, looking very powerful!

  The green willow nearby saw the large stag beetle and was suddenly startled, immediately shouting loudly: "Qin Yun, this is the Golden Stag Beetle King, you must be careful!"

  Golden Beetle King is a rare spirit insect that evolved from the Ground Beetle and is the ruler of the Ground Beetle.

  The Golden Beetle King has an extremely hard shell, impervious to swords and guns, fire and water. A pair of mandibles can easily tear through copper and iron, posing a great threat to martial artists in the Refining Qi realm.

  What's most peculiar is that the Golden Beetle King usually hides deep underground, relying on the offerings of ordinary ground beetles to survive, and rarely runs to the surface.

  Moreover, it possesses spiritual intelligence and can keenly sense the existence of enemies that pose a threat to itself, so in general, its figure is almost never seen.

  But today, perhaps Qin Yun had killed too many of its underlings too miserably, or it felt that it could handle Qin Yun, so it came out to take revenge on Qin Yun.

  Qin Yun didn't know the origin of the Golden Beetle King, but just by hearing its name and looking at its appearance, he knew it was not to be trifled with. He made a swift decision and struck down with his sword.

  This sword Qin Yun used ninety percent of his strength, and the sword energy that was urged out was several feet long, and it fell squarely on the head of the Golden Armor Insect King.

  He saw that the golden beetle king did not have the weaknesses of the earthworm, and its back neck was completely wrapped in a thick shell, so it could only try to test its opponent's strength from the front.

  Clang!

  The fierce sword energy actually exploded on the golden beetle king's head shell, leaving only a shallow wound. The beetle king plummeted down several feet after receiving this blow, but was not injured at all.

  It was thoroughly enraged now, flapping its wings and flying towards Qin Yun at a speed much faster than the earthworm.

  The distance between them was very close, Qin Yun saw that the situation was not good and did not dare to resist hard, immediately dodged and flew back.

  However, while retreating, he swung the Qinghua sword in front of him, urging out a fierce flame sword energy, using the Flame Lock Yang defensive sword style from the Blazing Fire Sword Technique.

  In a situation where it is unclear what kind of attack methods the Golden Beetle King has, this is undoubtedly the best tactic.

  But King Golden Armor ignored it and sped up, rushing head-on into the sword net set by Qin Yun.

  The sword energy dissipated in all directions, the sword edge scraped against metal and emitted a piercing screech. The golden armored beetle king relied on its hard armor to forcibly tear open the sword net and charged straight in.

  Qin Yun hastily sheathed his sword and dodged to the side, but his movement was slightly slower than usual. The Bug King's pincer-like jaws scraped across his left shoulder, causing a burst of blood to erupt!

  "Ah!"

  Lü Liu couldn't help but let out a terrified cry, but she immediately covered her mouth, afraid of affecting Qin Yun.

  Qin Yun's situation is apparently not good.