Chapter 499 - Star of Calamity (1/2)

After tens of days, the heads of the many races came together in the ruins of the Frozen ancient Capital. Tens of gods raised an altar of their own and were sitting on top of the altars. Monster rays, godly rays, demonic rays and every other form of light covered the gods, lending them an inexplicably solemn and saintly air.

The monsters, dragons, celestials, and demons had all been summoned by their gods and had now gathered here.

The gods summoned and there was no reason for Jun Sixie to not come. Other than her, those who came forward were the clan masters, high priests and heads of the other clans and races.

It happened way too quickly; the insect invasion had caught everyone off guard, and even the hermit gods decided to step in. One could tell how severe the situation was.

Unlike before, no matter how hard or how serious the situation was, the gods never bothered to appear before. But these past few years, the gods seemed to appear more frequently than ever.

The first time was when Zhong Yue sacrificed the eight demon saint clan masters to Shi Tuo. The demon god had to intervene and try to kill Zhong Yue.

The second time was when Zhong Yue was still in the North Barren, when he saved the Bai Zhe Clan's frozen god from the ice palace.

The third time was when Zhong Yue snuck into the Xiao Mang Celestial Race's supreme temple and stole the moon's core. The emergence of the Xiao Mang grand ancestor after that then triggered chain reaction that prompted all of the gods to make their appearance.

As for the fourth time, Zhong Yue was also the one responsible. He was in the West Barren when he exposed the Gu Diao Celestial Race, causing the Zhu Jian god to appear to erase them from existence.

However, this time, it wasn't Zhong Yue's fault that the gods appeared again, but the insect race's!

"The insect race is the common enemy of all races. The insect planet is also known as the Star of Calamity. It has now reappear, and it is our responsibility as cultivators to deal with this threat. Death shall arrive, either upon us, or the insects!" the gods said.

One of the gods then continued, "For every single day the tunnel remains active, the Ancestral Star will still be in danger for another day longer. In order to seek for the peace we once embraced, we have decided to go to the other end of the tunnel to reach in the insect planet for two reasons. One, to explore the strength and forces of the insect race, at least we will be prepared for it when war is inevitable. Two, if the insect race is way too strong, we will break the tunnel from there and cut off the link between them and ourselves."

After that, a demon god's voice trembled the clouds as he said, "We have reached an agreement on the numbers of experts each race will dispatch for the expedition. You may now return to your respective races to begin preparations."

A golden decree rose from the center of the altars and unfurled itself into a golden board. The number of Qi Practitioners each race would send for the expedition was recorded on it. There were even some Qi Practitioners that were specifically called out to go.

The crowd looked over in perturbation. Some were smiling from ear to ear while others frowned in thought.

Jun Sixie looked at the golden decree and found the list for the Great Wilderness. A hundred Inner Core, twenty Heavenly Dharma, two True Spirit, and one Imminent Deity Qi Practitioner — this was the quota that the human race had to meet for the expedition.

If the human race were to follow the decree, then half of Swords Gate experts would be pulled away to the insect planet!

And although the other races had to send out many experts as well, it wasn't as many as Swords Gate!

What was most important was that there were specific human experts that the gods named to go to the insect planet!

The first in the list was undoubtedly Zhong Yue, following by Fang Jiange, Qiu Jin'er, Zuo Xiangsheng and Tian Yanzhong!

Among the five, there were already two innate spirit bodies, in addition to Zhong Yue, whom many thought possessed the Great Sun Innate Spirit Body. These five human experts could be said to be the backbone of Swords Gate's strength. Pulling them away from humanity for the expedition would leave Swords Gate vulnerable!

Moreover, if the five of them were to die on the insect planet, then Swords Gate would suffer a severe blow to that they wouldn't be able to recover from for at least the next hundreds of years!

Thus, Jun Sixie immediately voiced out her objections, saying, "Seniors, isn't the number of Swords Gate Qi Practitioners a little too much?"

One of the gods' face turned gloomy and he said, "Headmaster Jun, the Star of Calamity arrived and we gods stepped in to save the peace in the Ancestral Star. What has your Swords Gate done then?"

Jun Sixie replied, "We Great Wilderness Swords Gate the heart to help but not the strength to do it. We don't a god!"

"Then that is nothing," the god sneered coldly, "If you've done nothing, it's only natural for you to do more in this expedition. Or is that.. Headmaster Jun is doubting the the gods' righteousness?"

Jun Sixie's face underwent a variety of changes before she slightly bowed and pleaded, "Swords Gate is weak and I plead the gods to leave us with some experts for the humans."

"Zuo Xiangsheng can stay," suddenly, the god of the Shen Ya Celestial Race said.

Jun Sixie heaved a breath of relief. Zuo Xiangsheng was the son-in-law to the Shen Ya Celestial Race. He and the saint lady of the Shen Ya Celestial Race were together for long time, and the saint lady had even stolen the fire spark for him. Not to mention that they now had a child already. With the Shen Ya god's word, Zuo Xiangsheng was spared from the expedition.

Bai Zhe god spoke immediately after, "My little friend of the Zhong Shan Clan, Zhong Yue saved my life before, he can stay as well."

Zhu Jian god nodded softly and agreed, "Zhong Yue exposed the Gu Diao Celestial Race as a mother insect god's stronghold. This is a merit to even the whole world, I agree."

"No!" The demon god abruptly stood up and said frigidly, "Anyone else can stay but not Zhong Yue! He has brought disaster upon my demon race's Eight Barrens. Countless have died because of him. Everyone else can stay, but he must go!"

The South Barren Zhong Li Martial Divine Master nodded as well, he agreed, "The insect race is the Star of Calamity, while this Zhong Yue is also an embodiment of disaster. We are the seniors and it's not our style to punish him directly. However… that doesn't mean he can be spared from contributing to the world."

"Fighting calamity with disaster, it might work. Sisisi…" the monster race's serpent god hissed in laughter.