Chapter 855: Retreating From Battle

"The next battle will involve my soul, and I won't be able to control my powers. Once you're hit, you'll still end up suffering even after being treated."

A faint silhouette appeared on Liu Jie's shoulder.

The flower-like silhouettes formed an elegant small orchid-shaped praying mantis.

When the elegant small praying mantis appeared, the faces of the other participants of the Martial Stage fell.

Liu Jie had already summoned three carcinoma feys during his fights—the Dimensional Light Moth, Blade Queen Bee, and Hypha Tapeworm.

However, from the earlier confrontation, the crowd already knew that the Hypha Tapeworm was actually the fourth carcinoma fey that Liu Jie had revealed.

During the confrontation, Liu Jie had revealed the Dead Soul Demon Insect, but he had yet to summon it during battle until now.

The Dead Soul Demon Insect's attacks mainly targeted souls. Hence, it was extremely difficult to defend against its attacks.

Not everyone could handle the pain of a soul injury. As such, the challengers who were about to launch an attrition battle now wanted to back out.

The Hypha Tapeworm's appearance proved that it would be useless to try the tactic of an attrition battle to take down Liu Jie.

The challengers assessed their own powers and determined that it would be a struggle for them to defeat the revived insect colony.

Moreover, they did not know if Liu Jie still had other carcinoma feys that he had yet to summon.

The gazes of the remaining challengers of the Martial Stage were grim, while the disciples who planned on participating in the Martial Arts Stage also had amazement in their eyes.

The participants of the Martial Stage were mostly not Creation Masters. Those that were were only Class 2 at best.

It would be difficult for them to use that level of power to check on the Diamond X/Legend Hypha Tapeworm.

Meanwhile, the Creation Masters who were participating in the Martial Arts Stage were all Class 3 and above. Thus, they were able to check on the Hypha Tapeworm's abilities and exclusive skills.

They realized that the Hypha Tapeworm's abilities could be used in conjunction with the Dead Soul Demon Insect to create a mutually supporting relationship.

The Dead Soul Demon Insect was currently controlling the Orchid Petal Knife Mantis, but the Dead Soul Demon Insect had yet to bind itself to the Orchid Petal Knife Mantis' body.

In other words, the Orchid Petal Knife Mantis' body was just a set of clothes for the Dead Soul Demon Insect that could be switched out at any time.

The Hypha Tapeworm's Double Parasite allowed the Dead Soul Demon Insect to implant itself in any Blade Worm or Shield Ladybug that had been infected by bacteria.

Additionally, the Dead Soul Demon Insect's Parasitic Dead Soul Seed allowed the Dead Soul Demon Insect to shuttle through every insect in the insect colony.

During any clash during a battle, the Dead Soul Demon Insect would be able to materialize on a target at any time to suck out its soul.

Moreover, there was no way to defend against the Dead Soul Demon Insect's Exploding Dead Soul Bullets.

Even if the damage from the explosion could be defended against, it was likely that a soul seed could be implanted in the opponent fey or even the spirit qi professionals' brains.

Since the Dead Soul Demon Insect was a carcinoma fey, its potential to create terror could not be scoffed at.

Once a soul seed was implanted in the brain, the lifeform's life would be in the Dead Soul Demon Insect's hands.

Miao Zhuo may possess an item to protect his soul, but the Dead Soul Demon Insect's bite meant to suck out his soul had not been deterred at all.

Clearly, the Dead Soul Demon Insect had a powerful grip on souls.

None of the challengers wanted to end up with an injured soul like Miao Zhuo.

Besides the spirit qi professionals who admitted that they could not beat Liu Jie's insect colony, even those who had the power to fight against Liu Jie did not have anything to protect their souls. Thus, all their motivation was quashed, and they shriveled into despondence.

Gao Feng walked to Lin Yuan's side after leaving the Martial Stage. When he saw Liu Jie's increasingly strong insect colony, he patted Lin Yuan's shoulder and said, "Lin Yuan, the Young Liege is way too powerful! I can't imagine anyone being able to defeat him."

As he heard Gao Feng's tone of marvel, Lin Yuan smiled. He was glad for Liu Jie's increasing power.

Lin Yuan knew that Liu Jie had eight carcinoma feys under his control, and he had already summoned half of them.

Liu Jie had sealed off the Insect Queen's abilities from the beginning of the battles and hid it in the Dimensional Light Moth's body.

He had only instructed the Insect Queen to produce the 30 Shield Ladybugs to act as the Blade Queen Bee's hosts for the Blade Worms.

Later, he had instructed the Insect Queen to produce 5 Shield Ladybugs to increase the Blade Worms' defense.

If Liu Jie released the Insect Queen and used it in conjunction with the Hypa Tapeworm and Dead Soul Demon Insect, his power would be multiplied to an unimaginable level even if the Blade Queen Bee could no longer produce eggs.

The Insect Queen had reached Diamond X/Fantasy, and every insect-type fey that it produced would be Diamond X/Flawless.

Just the thought of a sea of Diamond X/Flawless insects was horrifying.

However, Lin Yuan could not agree with what Gao Feng had said.

As strong as Liu Jie was, he was not at an invincible level.

If Lin Yuan stepped onto the Martial Stage, one blast of the Spirit Essence Explosion would destroy Liu Jie's insect colony.

Lin Yuan's use of Spirit Essence Explosion only used a small amount of spirit qi and did not use up much spiritual power.

The Dead Soul Demon Insect's attacks on the soul would also be useless on Lin Yuan because he had contracted a sacred source lifeform.

The sacred source lifeforms that had formed marrow contracts with spirit qi professionals usually went on to live in the spirit qi professional's soul and acted as the best wall of defense for the soul.

Moreover, Lin Yuan also had the Myth III Vicious Poison Law that could perfectly counter the Hypha Tapeworm's Decaying Bacteria.

Liu Jie had not displayed his full power yet, and Lin Yuan did not know how strong Liu Jie's sacred source lifeform was.

To determine who would win between Liu Jie and Lin Yuan, it would depend on whether Liu Jie was able to handle Lin Yuan's secret weapon, the Dark Death World's Night Crow Wither Attack.

While Gao Feng marveled at Liu Jie's power, he watched the reactions of the other challengers.

Suddenly, a strange idea struck him.