Big Data Cultivation

In response to Fisherman’s question, Ren Tu True Sage waved his hand and replied indifferently, "That’s something for you two sects to consider, I’m just making a suggestion."

Suggestions are good, I thought you were going to make decisions! Fisherman thought for a moment, then shook his head with a bitter smile, "What I mean is, True Sage must be transferred from the passage entrance, but... there aren’t that many True Sages at the passage entrance."

There actually aren’t few True Sages at the passage entrance currently, but that’s the last retreat for Tianqin cultivators, it must be guarded well. Some True Sages have moved slightly forward to provide broader protection, but ultimately they haven’t left the defense area of the passage entrance.

Fisherman hesitated for a moment, then made a decision, "Looks like I’ll have to invite a few more True Sages."

Ren Tu True Sage’s face remained expressionless, but in his heart, he scoffed: Invite True Sages? Good luck with that!

The previous invitation attitude from the two sects has already made many True Sages unhappy—inviting him and not me, what do you mean by that, do you look down on me?

True Sages are different from True Immortals. Among the Seven Sects and Eighteen Paths, any of them has over a hundred True Immortals. Even though they are high-end combat strength, there are replacements. However, in any force, True Sages are irreplaceable, which causes them to value face greatly.

Disrespect in the early stages makes it hard to invite the True Sages to take charge now. At least Ren Tu True Sage himself understands this, and he also hears that Luan Xiong True Sage once stated: resolutely will not apply to enter the Insect World from the two sects.

Now Luan Xiong is here, but it was Feng Jun who invited him to save the day. To put it more bluntly, Feng Jun inviting unfamiliar True Sages to come now would be more effective than the two sects.

But this kind of matter, Ren Tu True Sage understands in his heart and is too lazy to point it out, "I’ll go and stealthily attack them now."

After speaking, he disappeared in a flash, not even waiting for Fisherman True Sage’s response.

Fisherman could only shake his head and sigh with a wry smile, "This guy, can’t we calmly discuss things first?"

Ren Tu True Sage’s strike was truly effective. In just one day and night, he dismantled three ambush points and killed seventeen Nascent Soul Insect Races.

The most remarkable thing is, he only targeted the stealth insects, absolutely not touching those used as bait—let them remain ignorant.

This resulted in a strange phenomenon: because many insects didn’t know their ambushed companions were already dead, his covert actions went unnoticed for a long time.

Through the successful ambush example of Huo Liu, the insect race knew that this method was effective, so they quickly spread the experience—never doubt the speed at which the Incense Fire Ascension spreads messages, it is most adept at "mass sending" communications.

On the contrary, many groups of ambushed insects faced downfall, while other insects remained clueless for a long time before reacting.

Due to the delayed information, Ren Tu wandered around for the next two days, seeking new targets.

There were also new targets, but they appeared only twice in total. In all, he made five calculations, killing slightly over thirty Nascent Soul Insect Races—it still felt a bit unsatisfying.

However, Fisherman True Sage was almost ready to swear. Your three days’ harvest is more than my month’s, how can this be?

So Fisherman reckoned he had rested well, Ren Tu, now you can take a break. Assist the other Tianqin cultivators, attacking the insect race, leave it to me.

In his three days in charge, he only stealthily attacked three targets, harvesting fourteen Nascent Soul Insect Races, also without alarming the bait.

However, his harvest ended there. Although there were many Nascent Soul insects in the insect race, they weren’t in endless supply. Eventually, some insects realized they could no longer contact the entrenched Nascent Soul comrades!

This was a normal process. Some Nascent Soul insects’ fellow tribe wanted to contact their bosses—a single missed connection, a second missed connection... fine, maybe not an issue, but always missing contact, that’s definitely a problem, right?

As the reaction below intensified, eventually, senior insects stepped in to help contact them, only to be stunned to find: those ambushed Nascent Soul insects, had indeed disappeared without a trace.

The most frustrating part is that those insects were all in stealth mode, so exactly when they encountered what, nobody knew.

Once this situation was taken seriously, it spread instantly through the insect race, and many Nascent Souls immediately withdrew from the ambush plan, refusing not just stealth but even acting as bait.

An invisible panic spread within the insect race, and at this moment, they emphasized group solidarity even more.

Fisherman and Ren Tu True Sage took another three days to guess what the other side might be thinking.

The insect race’s grouping is not very favorable for Tianqin’s cultivators, but for the Human Federation’s army, the insect race’s concentration helps improve hit accuracy and save ammo and energy.

In fact, although the concentration of the insect race bothered the Nascent Souls of Tianqin, it didn’t matter much to the two True Sages.

They discussed and even came up with a plan: for the concentrated insects, we’ll still attack, but this wouldn’t be a stealth attack anymore. Attacking the concentrated points of the insects is a good idea, but of course, they have to aim for completely wiping out the opponents.

Actually, they have encountered this kind of situation before. Previously, when Feng Jun eliminated the Insect Race’s camp, he used a similar strategy; however, at that time, the two True Sages felt that this approach wasn’t economical and naturally wouldn’t compete with Mountain Master Feng.

But the longer these two True Sages stayed in the Insect World, the more they realized that opportunities to pick up leftovers were scarce here—previously, they always thought there were many Nascent Souls here, without considering other minor gains, but now they realized that opportunities for group attacks were few.

Ren Tu and the Old Angler were the kind to act decisively, immediately spreading their Divine Sense to investigate in all directions, and soon locked on to several targets that fit the criteria—the insect swarms were not large, crucially they were remote enough that acting wouldn’t draw attention.

While discussing which target to choose to attack, they made an unexpected discovery: around a small, remote insect swarm with only four Nascent Souls, there were actually more than twenty ambushing Nascent Soul Insect Race!

"Let’s focus on this insect swarm then," Ren Tu True Sage decided without hesitation.

"Be a bit cautious," the Old Angler True Sage advised carefully, "sweep the surroundings first to see if there are Emergence Stage Insect Race ambushing."

"You’re right," Ren Tu True Sage agreed easily, nodding, "Better safe than sorry. Previously, there were reports that the Insect Race might deploy Emergence Stage... We’re not afraid of losing in battle, but stepping into a trap would be laughable."

Indeed, they aren’t worried about losing once or twice, getting injured doesn’t concern them much, but they cannot let their intelligence be questioned—the lessons from the past are there, repeating mistakes would certainly be ridiculed.

The Old Angler True Sage had similar concerns, so they agreed and began searching around the target.

However, after searching for half a day, they didn’t find any potential threats, so they decisively made their move.

This is the style of True Sages: before making a move, they consider various issues, but once they decide to act, there is no hesitation—hesitate and chaos ensues.

Even if ambushed, it would be due to some exclusive technique that shielded detection, not an issue of personal capability.

Besides... Even if ambushed, does it necessarily mean defeat? Definitely not; they have two Emergence Stage True Sages on their side!

Silently, they teleported closer, Ren Tu True Sage raised a finger, "Forbidden Heaven and Earth!"

Actually, this is a kind of Spatial Seal, only he belongs to the Taixu Sect, different from Luan Xiong True Sage’s "Spatial Seal"—the latter follows the Golden Crow path.

Once the space is sealed, even the hidden twenty-plus Nascent Soul Insect Race were exposed—his technique not only sealed space but also had an illusion-breaking effect.

The crucial point is the range of effect is considerable; although the opposing insect swarm is small, it consists of four Nascent Souls, over three hundred Golden Cores, over fifty thousand Qi Refinement, and nearly a million Refinement Qi.

If you add the hidden twenty-plus Nascent Soul Insect Race, this insect swarm covers an area two hundred miles across, with a depth of slightly over ten miles, really occupying quite a significant space.

Yet, with just one point from Ren Tu True Sage’s finger, the space they occupied was completely frozen, showcasing the terror of a True Sage’s actions.

After Ren Tu acted, he flashed away, his task completed. Next, he was to support the Old Angler’s actions—if Emergence Stage Insect Race appeared, he would need to intercept.

Meanwhile, the Old Angler spared no hesitation, taking a step forward and unhooking the Fish Basket from his waist, pointing its mouth towards the insect swarm, "Collect!"

His Fish Basket is definitely a powerful weapon; even the energy from collapsing world barriers can be collected, how could ordinary little creatures resist?

However, a True Treasure overly powerful naturally has usage limitations; only because Ren Tu acted to lock down all the Insect Race, the Old Angler could unrestrainedly utilize it, otherwise, with some random bugs causing disturbances nearby, he wouldn’t be able to exert the Fish Basket’s maximum power.

Within not even half a minute, the strong suction of the Fish Basket absorbed seventy to eighty percent of the Insect Race; some Nascent Soul Insect Races were still desperately resisting the suction, but they were already caught in the suction vortex, being absorbed was only a matter of time.

Ren Tu’s lock effect lasts about half a minute, seeing the Divine Skill nearing expiration, he asked, "Need more?"

"No need," the Old Angler replied casually, "You just prepare for the ambush."

Of course, there was no ambush; how many Emergence Stage beings are there in the world?

The Old Angler, teaming up, directly wiped out a small Insect Race cluster, a result satisfactory enough for them.

After a minute, the battle ended, the two cleaned up the battlefield, erased traces, and quietly left.

Although this operation was brief, the consumption for the two True Sages was not small, especially the Old Angler True Sage utilizing the Fish Basket, which absorbed nearly thirty Nascent Soul-level Insect Race; anyone could guess that the Spiritual Energy he expended was not as easily manageable as it outwardly appeared.

Ren Tu hoped he could rest a bit, but the Old Angler expressed, "I’m fine, this news will soon spread, better to quickly seize another opportunity, use the time advantage."

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