There were only a tenth of the number of locusts this time, and their overall quality was nowhere near as great. However, there was still a Flying Locust Daemon Commander among them. He turned into a huge locust, the size of a Soaring Dragon ship. He flapped his wings and took to the air before smashing down viciously. This time, no one could stop him.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Without anyone to control the formations, they could only use the most basic of defence. Under the repeated collisions, they reached the brink of collapse very soon.
In the hall of the Hawkwolf Guard, several dozen Scarlet Wolf guards stood sternly. The great rumble was like thunder, striking against everyone's hearts viciously. The cries of fear from the mortals were like a tsunami, surging into the silent hall and throwing their minds into disorder.
Even though they had been through a hundred battles, many of their foreheads became covered in sweat. Only the woman before them remained absolutely composed.
"Commander, what do you think we should do?" Yu Shukuang asked.
"The locust daemons are about to break through the city. Disperse. If you have the opportunity to save people, do so. If not, hide and wait for reinforcements!"
Said Hua Chenglu.
Everyone looked at one another. An order like that would make them feel dejected without a doubt.
"H- are there any other orders?" Yu Shukuang asked.
"Without my orders, don't return here!" Hua Chenglu waved her hand and made her way towards the stairs.
"Commander, you're staying behind?"
Yu Shukuang frowned. Although the Hawkwolf Guard was one of the few structures in the prefectural city that possessed their own formations, the eye-catching scarlet hawk on the rooftop would definitely make this place the Soaring Locust King's main target.
"Cut the nonsense and disperse!" Hua Chenglu glanced back at Yu Shukuang before disappearing on the stairs.
"Yes!" Yu Shukuang wanted to say something, but he clasped his hands in the end. With his cultivation, he was unable to help her at all.
Hua Chenglu immediately noticed everyone's gazes and frowned. If she had guessed correctly, the Soaring Locust King's first target this time was definitely her. She seemed to be able to sense the great malice of the Flying Locust Daemon Commander in the sky. The gaze from her compound eyes pierced through the floors and gathered on her.
She directly returned to her room on the top floor. She sucked in a deep breath and took out a formation and a stack of talismans. She began casting them down.
With a loud bang, under the bombardment of the Flying Locust Daemon Commander, the defensive formation gave off a final burst of light before shattering. Billions of locusts came crashing down.
Hua Chenglu stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a cup of tea. A few flower petals floated over the deep red tea.
The floor-to-ceiling window in front of him was covered with talismans, and so were the surrounding walls. They faintly formed a whole. On the ceiling of the room, a small golden bell floated, and a simple golden bell formation was established.
But it didn't give her the slightest sense of security. Suddenly, she thought of that tall figure and shook her head with a bitter smile. It couldn't be such a coincidence every time.
She downed the tea in one gulp. How long she could last was up to fate!
There was only one thing, and that was that he absolutely could not fall into the hands of the enemy!
The cloud of locusts split into several large groups above the prefectural city, attacking various regions of the prefecture. After arriving in these regions, they split into several dozen groups again, attacking every single street. They were like a well-trained army. No, even an army could not be so coordinated.
A group of homeless beggars fled madly through the streets, almost driven mad by the countless flapping wings. What made them feel even more despair was the buzzing that grew closer and closer behind them.
A locust the size of a human head lunged at the young beggar at the very back. Its sharp mandibles bit into his shoulder, and blood spurted out!
The young beggar screamed as he struggled desperately, but he was swallowed by the locusts that arrived afterwards. His screams came to a halt.
A beggar could not help but look back, but all he saw was a gaping mandible lunging at him.
A series of screams rang out briefly before dying down very quickly.
The people who had been lunged at by the locusts were devoured very quickly. Not even their bones remained. All that was left behind was a ground littered with tattered clothes and dark-red bloodstains.
The strength of a single locust was probably not much greater than a wild dog, but their sharp mandibles and the way they flew were all incomparable to wild dogs. The most terrifying part was their bloodthirsty madness.
The locusts that had eaten human flesh rapidly swelled, and their daemon qi showed signs of condensing too. As long as they continued to eat, not only would they not die rapidly, but they could even become one of the countless clones of the Soaring Locust King.
This was why the Soaring Locust King did not care about its losses. Regular locusts could be replenished with insect eggs buried deep underground, while clones could be transformed from regular locusts. They could constantly roll on like a snowball until there was no more "snow" left.
At the very front was an old, grey-haired beggar. Every single step he took was more than ten steps away from others. Even as he fled, he gripped a metal club firmly in his hand as miserable cries rang out.
He suddenly stopped and turned around, staring straight at the incoming swarm of locusts.
"Insect Free World!"
With a flick of his wrist, he unleashed a series of blurs with the club. Over a dozen locusts were sent flying.
"You damned demonic insects, I am the leader of the Beggar Sect, Hong …"
Before the old beggar could finish his sentence, a gust of wind blew past. A giant locust lunged at him. He hurriedly used his metal club to block it. With a crack, the metal club was bitten in half.
"… Duke Jiu!"
He channeled all his internal energy and slammed his palm on the giant locust's head. Viscous liquid splattered everywhere. If it was a human or beast, they would have been dead for sure. However, the giant locust only paused for a moment before its mandibles continued to bite down.
Crack!
"Duke Jiu!" The beggars wailed.
An old head flew into the air, filled with disbelief. Before it landed on the ground, it was grabbed by a locust and started devouring it.
The life force of insects had always been renowned for its toughness. Even the most ordinary of insects was like that, let alone one of the clones of the Soaring Locust King.
The Soaring Locust King used regular locusts to deal with regular people, and it controlled clones of different powers to hunt down these humans who could still put up a fight. It did not blindly use the tactic of swarming them. Instead, it pushed its advantage in numbers to the limit, doing its best to devour as many humans as possible. It was like a cold chess player overlooking the chessboard. Even when they hid in buildings, they were unable to stop the locusts from breaking in.
The most powerful clone of the Soaring Locust King that directly led the army of locusts, the Flying Locust Daemon Commander, stood in front of a gate in the city that was extremely difficult to breach.
"Bitch, bitch, bitch! Get your ass out here! "
The Flying Locust Daemon Commander swung its right claw violently. Light surged, and wood and rock were sent flying. The formations of the Hawkwolf Guard were ripped apart in a single move, leaving behind four terrifyingly huge claw marks.
Kacha kacha!
Crack! The floor-to-ceiling window in front of Hua Chenglu began to crack. Over a dozen talismans were reduced to ash, revealing a vicious face that was half-human, half-locust. It was less than three meters away.
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