A Druid Also Can Cultivate-Chapter 303 - 301: Predicament and Rescue

"Forcibly destroying the array will bring about great disaster, endangering life?"

Hearing the description from the little Immortal Tiger, Qi Ping furrowed his brows tightly.

To pose such a severe threat to the little Stone Spirit in the underground world, it must at least be an existence at the late-stage Golden Core, or even at the level of Golden Core Perfection, or potentially something beyond Golden Core.

Then Qi Ping looked at the Tier Three array that trapped the Earth Vein Ants, his brows furrowing even more.

Because with Qi Ping’s perception, he discovered that these arrays were not exactly to seal the Earth Vein Ants, but rather to extract the power of the earth veins!

"A Tier Three array for extracting the power of the earth veins..."

After discovering this, Qi Ping’s face turned grim.

Isn’t this just digging out the roots of Qingtian Realm? No wonder the power of heaven and earth is becoming weaker and weaker; it turns out someone is mining the bones and sucking the marrow!

No wonder the Immortal Cultivation Realm went from the grand occasion of ancient times with spirit veins like dragons and a multitude of powerful beings, to the current state; someone has been "moving forward with a heavy burden" all along!

How can Qi Ping, who already sees Qingtian Realm as his home, accept this? He could ignore the natural order of the strong preying on the weak, but he absolutely wouldn’t allow the destruction of the foundation.

To expand, it’s a matter affecting the survival of all creatures of heaven and earth. More narrowly, the strength of the world relates to Qi Ping’s combat power, cultivation, breakthroughs... and various crucial issues. The power of heaven and earth, and the power of nature are the foundation of his pursuit of immortality; for immortality, Qi Ping wouldn’t allow such things to happen.

"Damn it!" A strong killing intent instantly surged in Qi Ping’s heart!

The Dao Heart Home Realm was violently shaking!

If Qi Ping carefully perceived at this moment, he would realize that the breakthrough opportunity of his Dao Heart Realm was probably coming, and even a new Druid profession or ability might awaken as a result.

However, Qi Ping was not focused on this now, his thoughts were on the consequences brought by this array, and the array’s own terror.

He had the little Stone Spirit take him along the grand array, constantly searching for the array’s edge, but couldn’t find it, causing his face to look increasingly unpleasant!

Because with his exploration, Qi Ping gradually discovered that this array was vast to a terrifying degree, with some places where he couldn’t even perceive the array’s presence.

He could only rely on the earth vein power disappearing at a faint speed to judge the existence of this array.

There was only one possibility for achieving this; the array level of the person who arranged it far exceeded Qi Ping!

"What level of Array Master set up this array?"

With his current level, it would take ten years to destroy it!

Moreover, this array had extremely strong concealment; if it weren’t for the little Stone Spirits exploring the underground world for a decade, and the Earth Vein Ants continuously attacking the array, these hidden arrays might never have been discovered!

...

Upon returning to where the Earth Vein Ants were trapped, Qi Ping looked extremely grim.

"A bunch of lunatics, willing to do anything for cultivation breakthroughs!"

Qi Ping increasingly realized that for many cultivators, all they cared about was cultivation and breakthroughs, indifferent to everything else, regardless of whether it involved slaughtering all beings or plundering heaven and earth.

The Immortal Alliance once refined blood food to plunder the creation of heaven and earth, and Starfall City once obliterated human compassion; now here is another one plundering the power of Qingtian Realm’s earth veins.

Each one more ruthless than the last, with these madmen around, the Immortal Cultivation Realm is bound to be destroyed by them eventually!

"This is really troublesome now..."

At this point, Qi Ping couldn’t even consider addressing the trouble behind the array, let alone dealing with the array itself.

Even if he could handle it, alerting the enemy would bring even more trouble!

"Cyan Origin Sect can’t be relied on for this matter either..."

Although Wang He comprehended the Celestial Heart Sword Intent at the Third Realm, handling the person behind this grand array was absolutely impossible, and the Heaven and Earth Righteous Sword couldn’t be used for this matter either.

Leaving the matter unresolved, without the nuclear threat from the Heaven and Earth Righteous Sword, both he and Wang He, as well as Han Li and Zhang Daniu, would be in a precarious situation within the sect.

As for the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder from the sect, no one seems to know his temperament, and even Qi Ping isn’t certain if there’s any connection between him and the array in front of him.

"So, I have to think of a way myself..."

"Fortunately, this array seems to have existed for a long time, and the extraction of power appears to be on the scale of decades or a hundred years, so I still have time..."

Thinking of this, Qi Ping’s annoyance dissipated somewhat.

"Now, I’m about to break through the Golden Core, and the Bee King is also about to advance to Tier Two Perfection, soon able to devour the Demon Insect King’s bloodline and transform!"

"Also, with the vast mineral veins assisting the little Stone Spirit, its strength is improving rapidly..."

During these ten-plus years, the little Stone Spirit digested the Demon Blade and a large amount of mineral veins, having advanced to mid-Tier Three, able to fight late-stage Golden Core in the underground; that Sin-Burning Sword with special spirituality is being gradually nurtured back.

The little Stone Spirit is currently Qi Ping’s biggest trump card, but without absolute certainty, it absolutely cannot be exposed; once exposed, everyone must be silenced!

"Furthermore, if these Earth Vein Ants can be rescued, with their help, it will be much easier to destroy or even counter this array..."

Earth Vein Ants manipulate earth vein power and organize the earth’s veins; they are beneficial insects for the growth and development of earth veins in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. With their assistance, whether dealing with the current problem, supporting underground battles, or in the future, adjusting earth veins to help nurture stronger spirit veins and spiritual lands, all hold strong potential.

Earth Vein Ants are extremely hard to find, so Qi Ping would use any method to rescue them.

As Qi Ping looked again at the shriveled Earth Vein Ants inside, a plea for help reflected in their eyes.

"Zhi zhi... (Can you save us?)"

The Earth Vein Ant King, upon seeing Qi Ping’s appearance, inexplicably showed a glimmer of hope in its eyes.

Logically, it should harbor hatred for the Human Race, since it was the Human Race’s array that trapped them within the earth veins. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Yet upon seeing Qi Ping, its intuition told it that this person was worth trusting!

At this moment, a sense of hope rose in its heart; it genuinely didn’t want the Earth Vein Ant colony to face extinction under its leadership...

"Let me think of a way, how much longer can you hold out?" Qi Ping responded.

"Zhi zhi... (If we preserve our strength fully, we should manage within a month...)"

"Zhi zhi... (Thank you!)"

The Earth Vein Ant King, after pondering for a moment, provided a specific time frame.

"Alright, hold on, let me study this and see if I can find a way to solve it!"

After speaking, Qi Ping immediately began to research; the array before him was too deep and profound, and he wasn’t sure if he could rescue the Earth Vein Ants within a month.

But regardless, he had to try his best; even if it meant resorting to forcibly breaking through...