Chapter 120: Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts

These Mosquito Beasts had a metallic luster all over their bodies, their frames tightly composed of countless tiny metallic scales that reflected a cold light under the sun.

Most striking were their pair of huge wings, which resembled two sharp, blood-colored sickles. Their heads were also exceptionally large, with deep blue compound eyes and incredibly developed mouthparts that were as sharp as needles.

Although each one only possessed Qi Refining cultivation, the woman being attacked by the Mosquito Swarm acted as if she were facing a formidable enemy.

The woman in the white dress held a bamboo flute and played it, turning the sound waves filling the air into a startling killing intent that scattered in all directions. Like invisible Sword Qi, they left the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees in a state of utter ruin.

However, as these Mosquito Beasts gathered together, their blood-qi shadows merged. They allowed the sword-like sound waves to fall upon their bodies, producing only clanging metallic sounds without suffering any damage.

“What kind of monsters are these—I am at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, yet I can’t even pierce the defense of a swarm of Qi Refining Yao Beasts!” the woman in the white dress exclaimed with a face full of confusion.

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She continued to play the bamboo flute to resist the siege.

“The Cloud Sea Mosquito Beast is one of the Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea and also one of the five trials of this Autumn Examination,” an Academy teacher spoke.

“The Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts have a special Bloodline and can never reach Foundation Establishment in their entire lives, but they reproduce extremely quickly. In the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, they often move in swarms; a normal group consists of at least ten thousand Mosquito Beasts.”

“If it were just that, it wouldn’t be enough to call them one of the Ten Horrors. These Mosquito Beasts suck each other’s blood, forming a tight connection akin to an ‘army Formation.’ When they act collectively, their strength explodes.”

“A swarm of Mosquito Beasts is a nightmare for Cloud Sea Cultivators. Even a Nascent Soul would be unwilling to face a million mosquitoes on the move.”

“Out of concern that these geniuses wouldn’t be able to handle too many, only a hundred or so were captured. Even so, it seems it is too perilous for an average Genius on the heavenly pride ranking—”

In a short moment, the hundred-odd Qi Refining Mosquito Beasts had trapped a Heavenly Sound Pavilion Genius who had ascended the heavenly pride ranking. She immediately threw out a Magic Treasure, which condensed a square barrier to protect her within.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sharp mouthparts of these Mosquito Beasts constantly slammed into the barrier. The Heavenly Sound Pavilion Disciple inside was on pins and needles. Looking at the densely packed Mosquito Beasts covering the barrier, she felt she had underestimated this Autumn Examination.

However, she did not give up. From within the barrier, she continued to play her flute, attempting to disturb the Mosquito Beasts’ minds and make them kill each other. But the feral instincts of these Mosquito Beasts were too strong, and they were completely unaffected.

In desperation, she had no choice but to play the bamboo flute again, trying to attract other Yao Beasts to draw the Mosquito Beasts’ attention away.

Yet, before any Yao Beasts were attracted, the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Genius looked up and discovered a white-robed youth slowly hovering above the barrier, observing everything below.

As this person appeared, the Mosquito Beasts immediately changed their target and swished toward the youth in unison!

To the bewilderment of the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Genius, the youth actually revealed a smile.

“Poor Dragon Carp, it missed a pile of fresh delicacies—its favorite mosquitoes!”

“If I bring back a pile of dead mosquitoes, it will definitely be sad.”

“I didn’t expect the thing Gao Sheng gave me to come in handy so soon.”

The Mosquito Swarm charged toward Lin Jing. Above the clouds, Mr. Cao narrowed his eyes, clearly not believing that Lin Jing could withstand this swarm. When a hundred Mosquito Beasts acted together, even a Core Formation Cultivator would have to spend some effort to deal with them.

However, in the next instant, Tian Huihua, who was observing the area, along with the group of Academy teachers, all showed expressions of astonishment. Boom!!!

Lin Jing slightly raised his hand, and a cold wave of True Qi erupted from him. An eleventh-layer ice and snow vortex-like storm sent Lin Jing’s hair dancing wildly. Like a Devil Head descending upon the world, his entire body radiated a freezing aura.

Immediately following, in the eyes of the Academy teachers, Tian Huihua of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Disciple, the extremely vicious Mosquito Swarm instantly stopped their attack. As if they had sensed some terrifying existence, they turned and fled!!!

One of the Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea was actually turning tail and running!

“Too late,” Lin Jing said softly. He had actually recognized the identity of this group of Yao Beasts and knew their danger. He tentatively unleashed the pressure of his ‘Beast Control Body’ to see if he could suppress the swarm. If not,

He would let the Pine Leaf Squirrel take action.

But the combined pressure of the Beast Control Body and the Ice Soul Physique brought by the Ice Soul Gu was even stronger than Lin Jing had imagined. It instantly suppressed the Bloodline connection of the Cloud Sea Mosquito Swarm, causing them to scatter and flee like a defeated army.

Swish swish swish.

The surging waves of True Qi condensed into lines and descended from the sky, directly forming a massive, tight birdcage that enveloped the many Mosquito Beasts within—

Then—crack, crack, crack—the cold air permeating the True Qi froze the Mosquito Beasts one by one. Lin Jing took out the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.

With a casual toss, the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle rapidly expanded and hovered above the birdcage. White ripples appeared within the circle, immediately subduing the frozen, defenseless Mosquito Beasts into the circle one by one!!!

With the ice and snow for preservation and the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle for transport, Lin Jing maintained the vitality of these Mosquito Beasts as much as possible so the Dragon Carp could eat fresh food.

After finishing all this, Lin Jing slowly descended to the ground and looked at the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Disciple inside the barrier, who had a face full of disbelief.

“Ranked ninety-second on the heavenly pride ranking, Qin Yiran?”

“Your Excellency is—” Qin Yiran’s heart was far from calm. She had no idea who this holy being was to be able to subdue such a terrifying Mosquito Swarm in an instant. She had never heard of the Academy having such a figure—

“The founder of the Dragon Palace, Lin Jing.”

Lin Jing glanced at her, then walked toward the distance, saying, “You should know what to do. There’s no need for a reward for saving you; just remember to help me publicize the heroic bearing of how I dealt with the Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts.”

Qin Yiran:???

After saying that, Lin Jing left the place, leaving behind a bewildered Qin Yiran.

“He said he is—that Lin Jing from the Beast Taming Sect?”

“How is it possible? He has actually reached the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer!!!”

In fact, a large portion of the Cultivators who could enter the top ranks of the heavenly pride ranking had reached the Extreme Realm of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer. While there were a number of those at the Tenth Layer, those at the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer were pitifully few—truly the Extreme Realm within the Extreme Realm.

She found it inconceivable, and of course, those even more shocked than her were the Academy teachers.

The hundred-odd Mosquito Beasts they had gone through immense hardships to capture from the Cloud Sea were just—insta-killed like that?

“The Qi Refining Eleventh Layer… when did this Lin Jing step into the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer? What fortuitous encounter did he have in this Realm—” a teacher exclaimed in shock. Because of the assassination attempt some time ago, Lin Jing didn’t want to be too conspicuous and had learned methods from the Divine Pine to hide his cultivation and aura. It was only after he actively exposed it this time that these teachers saw his true cultivation.

“If it were just the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer, it wouldn’t be enough to make these Mosquito Beasts lose their Bloodline connection and be suppressed instantly.”

“This boy—is indeed worthy of being a beast-taming Cultivator; he must have a method to counter Yao Beasts,” Tian Huihua of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion said.

“Oh no, that’s the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle. He seems to have subdued the Mosquito Swarm. The swarm is useless against him, but for other students, it’s a great disaster. Did our hard work not just subsidize this Lin Jing, giving him the capital to dominate the Cang Mang Mountains?”