And the Golden Simurgh's ability to restrain the insect swarm will inevitably be further enhanced after its spiritual breakthrough!
It is important to know that after a breakthrough, magical power is exhausted, and one often needs to take pills or meditate for recovery.
Monsters are the same.
The Golden Simurgh had spent a long time with Xu Qing and trusted him greatly. When it saw the pills and heard Xi Qing's reminder, it pecked at them deftly without a second thought, without caring what kind of pills were being offered.
As the Cyan Essence Pill, which strengthens one's foundation and replenishes magical power, the Qi Absorption and Clearing Pill, which dissolves impurities and foul air, along with the Yellow Bud Pill, Dragon Tiger Pill, and several other miscellaneous pills, entered its crop, the Golden Simurgh's body suddenly burst with golden light. The entire worm-ridden moon couldn't hide the golden aura emitted from a myriad of holes!
The Yin Erosion Witch's face was extremely gloomy. She did not expect that the Golden Chicken could consume so much, nor did she anticipate that this pale-faced youth would dare to let that feathered beast break through its realm right in front of her.
The key was that it used the insect swarm she had painstakingly cultivated!
The assistant master who was desperately fighting against the Eight Banner Marshals shouted in a low voice, "Don't worry about that beast. Once we've killed the Dayong dog and defeated Dayong's fate, the rest will be like fish and meat waiting for you and me to handle!"
Hearing the master's commanding shout, Xu Qing chuckled, then took out a Straw Spirit Paperman and roamed the chaotic battlefield, collecting the corpses of Ghost Soldiers whose life-flames had extinguished.
Some Witch Soldiers and Ghost Generals, who bully the weak and fear the strong, tried to attack those Papermen. However, before they could make their move, a group of Fierce Generals, shaped like pavilion covers, crawled out from the ground around the Papermen, beat them up, and tossed them toward the Straw Spirit Paperman collecting corpses.
It's often said that the type of general determines the type of soldiers. Xu Qing's trained Fierce Generals might not stand out in other aspects, but in corpse collecting, they were quicker than corpse collectors who had done it for years.
Moreover, those Fierce Generals were fanatically impartial, even when the Eight Banner Marshals' soldiers accidentally damaged the Straw Spirit Papermen or hindered their collection of remains. The Fierce Generals would still erupt in anger and give them a severe beating.
Gradually, the Ghost Generals and Witch Soldiers from Nan Cuo wised up, subconsciously avoiding the funeral procession of the Papermen, allowing them to clean the battlefield without interference.
If a Straw Spirit Paperman carried a stretcher to the frontlines where the two armies were fighting, the Ghost Soldiers under the Eight Banner Marshals and the Yin Soldiers under the Yin Erosion Master would tacitly cease fighting. They would all wait and watch the Straw Spirit Paperman collect the corpses before resuming their fierce battle.
On the battlefield, more and more Skull Ghost Soldiers were being devoured by the insect swarm, causing Xu Qing great distress, as they were his capital!
When Xu Qing was about to be consumed by an unquenchable anger, ready to burn down the insect swarm before him, a penetrating cry suddenly pierced from the 'eggshell,' now so thin it was wrapped by only a layer of insects, above his head!
The next moment, the worm moon that the Yin Erosion Witch was so proud of completely dissipated, leaving only a majestic rooster flapping its wings, hovering in the sky.
Such monster air currents only appear with five hundred-year-old monster spirits. The Golden Simurgh, its magical power and guts drained empty, instinctively cast its gaze downwards onto the insect swarm.
With another excited call, the Golden Simurgh unfurled its golden wings and feathers, diving down like a hunting roc!
Wherever the Golden Chicken passed, the insect swarm seemed like it was facedown into a funnel with no bottom or being caught in a river's hidden current, all getting sucked into the powerful vortex, drawn into the Golden Chicken's crop.
In less than half an incense stick's burning time, the insect swarm had diminished over three meters, leaving Xu Qing wondering, where does this chicken's huge appetite come from?
Upon closer inspection, Xu Qing discovered that there was a faint spatial fluctuation coming from the Golden Simurgh's crop, suggesting that it had awakened a new innate divine technique during its breakthrough.
The Yin Erosion Witch watched the draining flood-like insect swarm, growing calmer, and felt even more wary amid her heartache.
This Golden Chicken seemed to have a bottomless pit of an appetite, able to consume the heavens and earth, surpassing even the gluttonous pelican's indulgence.
When there was only one insect left on the battlefield trying to escape, the Golden Simurgh pecked at it, catching it between its upper and lower beaks, then strutted up to Xu Qing as if seeking praise.
Xu Qing laughed at the sight, asking, "What kind of divine technique did you use to eat so many insects?"
The Golden Simurgh swallowed the insect, flapping its wings, saying it's a self-gleaned divine technique, treating the crop as a microcosm of the universe, fitting countless insects and grains within!
"..."
Xu Qing was speechless for a long time.
Could this be the result of hunger, forcing itself to manifest a food bowl divine technique?
It really has become a refined glutton!
Originally, in the Five Elders Temple, the Temple Master Jingxu often resented its large appetite. If that old Daoist knew about the Golden Simurgh awakening such a divine technique, they'd probably resent it even more.
After all, the Five Elders Temple, adhering to a cleansing and self-cultivation philosophy, does not have so much spare food!
Xu Qing contemplated that after leaving the Yin River, he had to return this food-specialized chicken back to the Temple Master Jingxu.
His small home couldn't afford to feed the Golden Simurgh.
"Despicable and shameless Dayong people!"
Just as Xu Qing was planning how to get rid of the clinging Golden Simurgh, the Yin Erosion Master suddenly broke down and cursed at him.
Xu Qing was displeased. It's someone else's chicken eating from your insects, what does that have to do with Mr. Xu?
He wasn't familiar with this chicken.
And, who are you calling a Dayong person!
Amidst the severe setback to the Yin Erosion Witch and the raging assistant master, the Eight Banner Marshals seized the fleeting combat opportunity!
Behind him, the dragon of national fortune, eroded and shrunk by a circle, suddenly burst with brilliance. The Eight Banner Marshals used a decade of national fortune as a price, making the old dragon raise its head to sing grandly once more!
This time, it no longer coiled behind him but transformed into a golden dragon, wrapping itself around the marshal's arm, thundering out alongside his raised long spear. The dragon's roar merged instantly with the spear's shadow, shooting toward the Yin Erosion Master like a rolling thunder!