Astral Cockroach

Banbu is currently an L7 Mountain Lord warrior, capable of releasing fire abilities seven times consecutively. Its first heart position also possesses the metal supernatural power of a Dominion Realm powerhouse, along with enhanced Origin Power纹路 perception. Its overall combat strength is no less than that of a County Lord-level warrior, sufficient to handle most battles.

According to the Chonglou Merchant Guild, there are two routes to the Ghost Mantis Kingdom in the Southwest Region.

Safe Route: Fly along the Jin River, heading south directly to the sea, then fly west along the coastal jungle. When you see the colorful haze in the sky, you have entered the territory of the Ghost Mantis Kingdom.

The Jin River is a natural border, rarely frequented by insects, and disputes are unlikely to occur. Last time, the Ghost-faced Mantis Tribe's County Lord Leizhu and others came this way.

Dangerous Route: Fly directly southwest, crossing seventeen kingdoms of varying sizes along the way, straight to the Southwest Region. Intrusion into foreign kingdoms' territories easily leads to encounters with short-tempered warriors and conflicts.

Banbu didn't want to cause trouble, so it honestly and conscientiously set off along the Jin River.

After flying for more than a month, it reached the coast.

Calculating the time, it was already mid-August. The southern tropics were still hot, with harsh climates, frequent gales, torrential rains, or thunderstorms.

According to the Chonglou Merchant Guild, the southern coast not only has harsh climates in summer and autumn but also faces threats from marine beasts and seabirds. Therefore, most of the coastal areas are barren territories uninhabited by insects.

The tropical rainforests have tall, dense plants and rampant beasts, including powerful beast warriors. It is said that there are also beast warriors evolved from birds of prey and seabirds, skilled in aerial assaults and ambushes.

Attacks could occur at any time.

For the next journey, Banbu became extra cautious, frequently hunting to maintain ample physical strength, ensuring it had enough stamina to fight or run away in case of danger.

Another month passed during this flight.

Winter had already arrived, and the harsh weather finally improved.

At dusk, as the sun set in the west, a gentle breeze blew.

In the distant sky, a line of colorful rainbow light could finally be seen.

That was the radiance projected by the Illusionary Haze spanning the western end of the Myriad Kingdoms Continent, illuminated by the sun.

Finally arrived!

The Ghost-faced Mantis is the largest tribe in the Southwest Region, with vast territory and many vassal tribes.

Banbu flew north, and two days later, it discovered a territory inhabited by warriors of the Huan Mantis Tribe.

It landed, explained its intentions, asked for directions, and then continued on its way.

After another two days and two nights of flying, towering mountains finally came into view.

The rolling mountains, with their towering peaks.

Before it could get close, a purple light and shadow ascended, intercepting Banbu.

"Which tribe are you a warrior of? Ahead is the Red Crow Mountain Osmanthus Longan Forest Sea, entry is prohibited, please land on the ground."

Blocking Banbu was a purple butterfly with a wingspan exceeding 6 meters, in a state of alert, its scaled wings covered with purple Origin Power纹路, lightning power brewing, ready to launch at any moment.

This was a well-known vassal tribe of the Ghost Mantis Kingdom: the Narrow Butterfly Tribe, which awakened the power of lightning.

"Fire Ant Kingdom, Red Ant Tribe, Lizhu Peak, Mountain Lord Banbu, invited by the Red Crow Ghost King to visit."

Banbu responded while descending to the ground.

"Fire Ant Kingdom?" The Narrow Butterfly warrior followed and landed, thought for a moment, and tentatively asked: "Longevity County, Longevity Peaches? You come from that kingdom? That's the Eastern Region of the continent, very far away!"

"Yes." Banbu asked, "May I ask how should I address you?"

"Yingxia." The Narrow Butterfly warrior replied.

At this moment, two more Mountain Lord-level Ghost Mantis warriors arrived.

One warrior asked, "County Lord Yingxia, this is…"

"It comes from the Fire Ant Kingdom, named Banbu, and says it was invited to visit the Red Crow Ghost King." County Lord Yingxia finished speaking, flapped its scaled wings and ascended, saying: "You entertain the guest, I will go to Red Crow Mountain to report to the Red Crow Ghost King."

The two Ghost Mantis warriors, one on the left and one on the right, guarded Banbu as if it were a thief.

Gradually, a large number of warriors arrived, but they did not show themselves, all lurking in the nearby forest.

…

The County Lord-level Narrow Butterfly, whose flight speed was not slower than that of birds of prey in the sky, returned hastily about an hour later.

"Mountain Lord Banbu, the Red Crow Ghost King invites you!" County Lord Yingxia finished speaking, emphasizing: "Please walk along the merchant path on the ground, County Lord Leizhu is coming to greet you."

Walking along the designated plank road was the rule of all major tribes. It was currently the season for the ripening and harvesting of longan fruits, and the entire Red Crow Mountain had entered a state of high alert to prevent the theft of tree seeds.

"Alright!" Banbu could only agree.

The Red Crow Mountain could be seen from afar in the air, but the ground distance was still far, especially with the undulating and folded mountain terrain, the journey was several times longer.

County Lord Yingxia flapped its wings, flying low to lead the way.

It took half a day to walk out of the Osmanthus Longan Forest Sea range. Finally, the Red Crow Mountain could be seen from the ground.

Ahead was a vast bamboo sea.

Traces of the drought were still there, and the newly planted bamboo had not yet fully grown. Large areas of bamboo forest appeared somewhat sparse.

County Lord Leizhu hurried over, calling out from afar: "Mountain Lord Banbu, you've finally arrived!"

Banbu also called out: "County Lord Leizhu, long time no see, thank you for personally coming to greet me!"

County Lord Leizhu flapped its wings, leaping forward, accelerating, and said at the same time: "Last month, the Red Crow Ghost King specially inquired with County Lord Chonglou, discussing sending me to Lizhu Peak to invite you."

"I'm really sorry!" Banbu explained: "Too many things have happened in recent years, and there are too many things that need to be dealt with, I really couldn't get away, so I delayed it."

County Lord Yingxia flapped its wings, gently landing on County Lord Leizhu's carapace, and asked: "Leizhu, it's just a Mountain Lord, what does the Red Crow Ghost King want it for?"

County Lord Leizhu said: "County Lord Yingxia, haven't you heard that the Golden Thread Bamboo and the Colorful Bitter Bamboo were both cultivated by Mountain Lord Banbu of Lizhu Peak in the Fire Ant Kingdom."

"Sigh, it's bamboo again! You guys are so boring." County Lord Yingxia immediately lost interest, flapped its wings and ascended, saying: "I'm going to work."

After speaking, it turned into a purple shadow and disappeared into the tree sea.

County Lord Leizhu said: "Mountain Lord Banbu, it doesn't matter after passing the Osmanthus Longan Tree Sea. Please fly at low altitude, we'll be faster, the Red Crow Ghost King has been waiting impatiently."

Banbu asked: "What's the matter? So urgent?"

County Lord Leizhu said: "It's a very important matter, we'll talk about it when we get there."

"Alright!" Banbu wasn't pretentious, directly flapped its wings and soared into the sky, flying in a straight line, crossing the undulating mountains.

The Ghost-faced Mantis has developed hind legs, not good at flying but also has a certain flying ability. On the ground plank road, County Lord Leizhu kept running and leaping, up and down, the speed was not slower than Banbu's.

Soon they passed through the bamboo sea and arrived at the foot of Red Crow Mountain.

The majestic mountain, with Red Crow Mountain as the center, extends outward with 9 large mountain ranges. These 9 mountain ranges are not simple, each containing rich raw stone mines, which are the foundation of the entire Ghost Mantis Kingdom.

Red Crow Mountain is also not simple, the abundance of Origin Power is at least twice that of Lizhu Peak. From the foot of the mountain upwards, in addition to various precious bamboos, almost all are Life Seed plants, of various shapes and colors, encompassing dozens of arbors.

Banbu keenly captured the aura emitted by 6 Insect Kings. At least 6 Insect Kings live on Red Crow Mountain!

Not only that, just on the southern side of the mountain, there are 23 tall and prominent arbor-like God-given Seeds visible to the naked eye, including Life Seeds and wild God-given Seeds.

The core territory of the largest tribe in the Southwest Region is many times richer than Longevity County in the Fire Ant Kingdom!