Chu Tian was forced to the ground by the impact.
Xiao Hei caught him with a wave of his hand.
Both of their legs instantly sank a foot into the ground.
One could imagine the immense counterforce Chu Tian had endured.
Chu Tian felt his arm go numb.
Xiao Hei, meanwhile, was slaughtering the surrounding small mosquitoes in waves.
He unleashed area-of-effect skills, only for them to be quickly refilled.
Just as Chu Tian landed.
The gigantic mosquito in the sky, two thousand meters long, suddenly twitched.
The proboscis that had collided with the Moon God's Wrath began to emit crackling sounds.
The next moment, cracks appeared, spreading like shattered porcelain, winding upwards.
They extended for a hundred meters before a bang sounded, and it exploded.
A section of the mosquito's proboscis shattered...
It was a full third, yet no liquid flowed out, as if its proboscis wasn't made of flesh.
"Wuwu... wuwu..."
But at that very moment, the giant mosquito monster let out a mournful cry.
Its eyes, as large as small mountains, turned blood red.
The next second, blood vessels spread from its eyes, and in the blink of an eye, its entire body turned crimson.
"Not good, this thing has gone berserk!"
Chu Tian's face changed drastically. No wonder Yun Hu had said this creature was extremely powerful.
He had used the Moon God's Wrath to compress several skills' power, yet he couldn't kill it directly.
Chu Tian had never imagined that the mosquito's proboscis was its hardest part.
However, there was no other choice at the time; he could only clash head-on with its proboscis.
The creature's mouth was too long, and its body was in the sky. Chu Tian couldn't jump that high.
"Boss, what do we do? We can't kill this swarm!"
Xiao Hei also cried out in distress at this moment.
He could only maintain high-frequency area attacks to ensure they wouldn't be surrounded.
But after a dozen seconds and several consecutive ultimate skills, it felt like shooting mosquitoes with an anti-aircraft gun. He couldn't sustain this rate of output.
"Transform, take flight... let's take down the big one first."
"Alright..."
Xiao Hei instantly transformed into his true form, the Ink Qilin. Chu Tian jumped onto his back.
He swung the Moon God's Wrath again, preparing to attack.
However, at this very moment, as Xiao Hei soared into the sky and arrived above the giant mosquito,
An invisible force erupted in space, violently striking them.
"Pfft..."
"Ah..."
Chu Tian spat out a mouthful of blood, while Xiao Hei let out a pained scream.
The man and beast tumbled from the sky towards the ground.
Buzz buzz...
The endless swarm of small mosquitoes surged forward madly.
The blood-red hue coating the giant Mosquito King also surged towards Chu Tian.
Its body, as massive as Mount Tai, was enough to overwhelm Chu Tian with its sheer momentum.
But now, both of them were completely paralyzed, unable to move.
Chu Tian and Xiao Hei hadn't even figured out where the mysterious force in the sky came from.
The moment the strange force appeared, it was immense and boundless, directly interrupting Chu Tian's charged skill.
Then came the binding; it was as if ropes had tied up their entire bodies, preventing them from even making a sound.
Bang bang...
The man and beast landed one after another. At this moment, the binding force disappeared, and they regained their freedom.
Simultaneously, the endless small mosquitoes, blotting out the sky, attacked.
Xiao Hei and Chu Tian rolled over and stood up.
"There must be a restriction in the sky, preventing us from flying too high! Let's switch.
Boss, you handle these small ones; they're too fragile, and I'm not enjoying this.
I'll go deal with that big guy. This dead mosquito wants to compare sizes with me... let's see if I don't crush him!"
As Xiao Hei spoke, his body suddenly grew larger.
In the blink of an eye... he reached a thousand meters, but this time he didn't stop, continuing to grow...
He only stopped when he reached a colossal size of three thousand meters. At this moment, the giant mosquito also arrived before him.
Xiao Hei suddenly turned and flicked his hind leg.
With a bucking kick... it struck first and foremost, knocking askew the remaining half of the creature's proboscis.
With another kick, he landed it on the giant mosquito's face.
Boom...
This impact shook the mountains and the earth. The giant mosquito was kicked flying, landing on its back on the ground.
Chu Tian saw that Xiao Hei wasn't bragging; being big was indeed useful.
The small mosquitoes that landed on Xiao Hei couldn't harm him, but they obstructed his vision and hindered his movements.
Seeing Xiao Hei gaining the upper hand, Chu Tian activated his枭兽 (Xiāo Shòu) form, finally able to use area-of-effect skills.
"Starfall..."
Chu Tian hadn't used this skill in a while and felt a bit rusty.
He formed a hand seal and pointed one finger towards the sky, then pulled it down.
The aurora in the sky dimmed sharply.
Then...
Countless pinpoints of starlight gathered, falling like snowflakes.
Within a six-hundred-and-thirty-meter radius, all the small mosquitoes were locked onto by a single point of starlight.
Whoosh...
The starlight appeared slowly, but descended rapidly.
At that moment, the entire world flashed. The Starfall skill was an area-of-effect attack and could distinguish between friend and foe; any creature hostile to Chu Tian would be locked onto.
That swarm of small mosquitoes had pursued Chu Tian and Xiao Hei for so long that their animosity was maxed out.
With this attack, millions, even hundreds of millions of points of starlight appeared, as if the heavens and earth were covered in a layer of silver light.
As the silver light flashed, all the small mosquitoes within a six-hundred-and-thirty-meter radius were cleared.
It was a pity that Xiao Hei's body was too large, reaching three thousand meters.
This skill couldn't cover him entirely.
However, he wasn't afraid. With a flash of red light on his body, he ignited flames all over himself.
The mosquitoes attached to him instantly turned to ash.
Chu Tian couldn't help but feel a pang of shame, feeling like he was holding them back.
After a few exchanges, Chu Tian realized that Xiao Hei could completely overpower the giant mosquito.
His fire and lightning elemental attacks were very effective against these creatures.
With a lightning spell from Xiao Hei, the giant mosquito's wings were riddled with holes.
After a fire elemental spell, the creature's legs and feet were already broken.
Indeed... these kinds of insects feared fire the most.
Chu Tian maintained Starfall; as long as his divine soul power was sufficient, he could sustain this skill once activated.
As long as there were hostile creatures within range, sparks of stars would fall.
At this moment, he had become a spectator.
The battle between Xiao Hei and the giant mosquito was one-sided, kicking up clouds of dust.
However, soon, two minutes later, the giant mosquito let out a mournful cry...
Its body collapsed onto the ground. Xiao Hei unleashed a Wildfire over it, and its body burst into flames.
In an instant, the thousand-meter-long giant mosquito turned to ash.
The great fire extinguished.
"Eh..."
As Xiao Hei's body shrunk, he let out an exclamation.
Chu Tian also noticed the difference. The moment the firelight disappeared, a burst of golden light emanated.
Moreover, the small mosquitoes now attacking Chu Tian had become the size of soccer balls. When they died, tiny sesame-seed-sized specks of golden light fell, like gravel.
"Boss, look..." Xiao Hei scooped up a crystal the size of a basketball.
"Demon Core? No... Demon Core nuclei aren't this big!"
Chu Tian took it and examined it.
"Is it because it's bigger?" Xiao Hei had never seen such a large demon beast core.
"No, the spiritual energy contained within isn't chaotic like a typical demon beast core."
Chu Tian carefully sensed it, his eyes widening...
This was a treasure! Such a large spiritual energy crystal, its spiritual energy concentration was even denser than the Qi Soul Orbs he had seen before.
Qi Soul Orbs were items fought over by the Eight Great Families precisely because they contained vast amounts of spiritual energy.
"These small ones... they have them too!"
Xiao Hei reached out and caught the gravel falling from the sky. Chu Tian's skill had not been interrupted.
Countless basketball-sized mosquitoes, like moths to a flame, all turned to ash.