The insect swarm hovered in the air for a while and went back to hibernation after losing sight of Lu Ye.
Lu Ye's expression was solemn.
He had just returned to the Land of the Nine Prefectures and was immersed in the joy of returning to his homeland. He did not pay much attention to it. Now, he finally saw something unusual.
The most obvious change was the Li Plains.
The Li Plains was a huge plain. It was also a strategic buffer for the Wanmo Ridge in the Military Province. There was no human habitation here, but since it was a plain, it was naturally full of vitality.
At the very least, when Lu Ye came here with the Nian Yue Xian last time, the Li Plains was green when he looked down from the sky.
However, the current Li Plains was no longer green. All that entered their eyes was desolation, without a single trace of life.
Combined with the insect swarm he saw just now, Lu Ye understood the root cause of all this.
Wherever the Insect Clan passed by, not even a blade of grass grew.
There was a lot of information in the battlefield imprint, which was sent by Yiyi just now. Lu Ye continued to check. The more he read, the happier he was.
He did not expect such a big thing to happen in the two years when he was not in the Land of the Nine Prefectures.
The insect swarm swept across the Land of the Nine Prefectures!
The scale and intensity of the insect swarm this time was the most ferocious and terrifying in the history of the Land of the Nine Prefectures.
Every piece of land and every corner of the Land of the Nine Prefectures was invaded by the Insect Clan.
When the insect swarm broke out in the Foggy Sea last time, many sects within a radius of ten thousand miles spent a lot of effort to extinguish the insect swarm. However, the scale of the insect swarm was limited and the impact was not great.
However, the situation this time was completely different. It was no longer an insect swarm, but an insect swarm.
Not only was there a large number of insects, but there were also a large number of Divine Sea Realm cultivators among the various insects.
The insect swarm broke out two years ago, which was almost the time when Lu Ye left the Land of the Nine Prefectures.
The origin was a huge earthquake that swept across the Land of the Nine Prefectures.
The whole world was in turmoil. Deep cracks appeared all over the Land of the Nine Prefectures. Overnight, the Land of the Nine Prefectures became a paradise for the Insect Clan.
Due to the insect swarm, the dispute between the two camps of the Haotian Alliance and the Wanmo Ridge calmed down a lot. Now, almost all the cultivators were fighting against the Insect Clan.
The cultivators understood that both the Haotian Alliance and the Myriad Demons Ridge were humans after all. However, the Insect Race was a mutant. Under such a crisis, they could put aside the grudges between their own race. Eliminating the mutants was their top priority.
According to Yiyi, these insects came from the depths of the earth. In the past, they did not appear and were not known. After all, cultivators would not go too deep into the earth because of the interference of the magnetic field. The deeper they went, the more their spiritual power would be suppressed.
Therefore, the depths of the earth had always been a forbidden zone for cultivators.
However, after the earthquake that swept through the entire Nine Regions, cracks appeared on the ground, and the Insect Race emerged from underground.
It was unknown how many years these insects had reproduced. There were many kinds of insects and their numbers were huge. Although the cultivators of the Nine Regions had been bravely killing these insects for the past year, they still couldn't kill them all.
There was no way to destroy the hive.
The hive was hidden in the depths of the earth and was extremely difficult to find. Once, a group of Divine Ocean Realm cultivators went there, but they returned in failure. The deeper they went, the more insects there were, and the more their cultivation would be suppressed. Moreover, in such an environment, once a battle broke out, it would be endless. Unless they succeeded in one strike, it would be difficult to accomplish anything.
This was a disaster.
However, to the cultivators of the Nine Regions, it was also a feast.
Because killing the insects could earn them war merits.
Lu Ye checked his war merits and found that there were indeed a few hundred more points.
To the cultivators of the Nine Regions, war merits and war merits ran through their entire cultivation life. The latter was especially important as it could be used to exchange for spiritual sticks for cultivation.
Usually, there were not many ways for everyone to earn war merits. The war merits of the Prefecture Guards of the various regions were basically given out through their monthly salary. The amount was fixed unless they went to carry out some missions.
However, killing the insects could earn war merits. It was very convenient.
This led to a phenomenon. In the Cloud River Battlefield, the number of cultivators decreased greatly!
Basically, any Cloud River Realm cultivator with a bit of ambition and foundation would leave the Cloud River Battlefield and return to the Nine Regions to kill the insects. Now, in the Cloud River Battlefield, there were basically no cultivators above the Fifth Order Cloud River Realm.
They all ran back to the Nine Regions.
They could not deal with the insects that were too strong, but the insect race's biggest advantage was their numbers. Although there were powerful insects, compared to their overall numbers, they were not worth mentioning.
Therefore, as long as one's luck was not too bad, one could casually walk around and gain something.
There was no need to mention the True Lake Realm cultivators. In these two years, many cultivators of the Nine Regions had died, but which one of them did not gain a lot? In the past, they had to calculate their war merits to exchange for spiritual sticks for cultivation. Now, there was no need for that. If they did not have war merits, they could go kill the insects. After killing for a while, they would have war merits.
Not to mention others, just take the members of Team D9 for example. In these two years, the overall cultivation of the team had increased significantly.
Two years …
The timing was very coincidental. Lu Ye could not help but think.
What made him even more concerned was that he had vaguely seen the silhouettes of many insectoids on a certain floating continent on his way back to the Nine States. However, he had only caught a glimpse of them at the time and couldn't be completely sure that they were insectoids.
But if it was really the insect race that gathered on a floating continent, were they related to the insect disaster this time?
He could not be sure.
Team D9 was now led by Third Senior Brother Xiao Xinghe. Right now, they were stationed in a city, guarding the safety of that city with other cultivators.
This could not be helped. The insect disaster had swept across the Nine Regions. No matter how strong the sects were, they had the ability to protect themselves.
However, it was not the same for the cities where many mortals gathered. They needed the nearby sects to transfer manpower to assist in the defense. Some sects had a good foundation and could transfer enough manpower, but some sects had a weak foundation and did not have many people available at all. They could only ask for help from Grand Sky City.
Team D9 was sent out under such circumstances. In two years, the team had traveled through half of the War Province. Right now, they were in the seventh city that they were responsible for assisting in the defense.
"Rebirth: The Great Era of Waves."
Through the many messages sent by Yiyi, Lu Ye roughly understood the current situation of the Nine Regions.
"Take care of yourselves. I will return to Grand Sky City first and then look for you guys." Lu Ye transmitted.
"En, en. You have to be careful too," Yiyi replied.
On the city wall of Red River City, Yiyi ended the transmission and smiled as if relieved of a heavy burden.
It was great that Lu Ye was back.
Beside her, the members of Team D9 gathered and listened to Yiyi relay Lu Ye's words. Xiao Xinghe laughed heartily. "Little Junior Brother is back. We should congratulate him with insect blood. Everyone, follow me to kill some insects."
"Since Senior Brother has given the order, Little Brother will follow." Li Baxian stood up.
A moment later, the team rushed out of the city under Xiao Xinghe's lead and killed their way out.
On the Li Plains, Lu Ye activated the thousand-faced spirit tattoos to change his appearance. He also changed the color of the scarlet dragon battle clothes to white. He put away the Mountain Pan Saber and hung the sword gourd on his waist.
In an instant, the handsome sword cultivator was born.
After all, this was the territory of the Myriad Demon Ridge. It was troublesome to act with his original appearance. Although he had reached the Divine Sea Realm, there were many people stronger than him in the vast Nine Regions. He was not arrogant enough to think that he was invincible.
If he could avoid trouble, he would naturally try to keep a low profile.
Riding on a sword light, he rushed forward.
Along the way, he encountered scattered insects from time to time. Many of them were quite strong. Lu Ye had a slight understanding of how bad the insect disaster in the Nine Regions was.
If the deserted Li Plains was like this, one could imagine what it would be like in a place with people.
After traveling for two hours, he gained a few hundred battle merits.
This made him sigh. Although the Nine Regions' environment was bad, it was much easier for cultivators to obtain battle merits than before. Of course, the risks were also relatively high.
But this was how cultivation was. If you wanted to obtain, you had to pay a price and take risks.
Many of the insects he killed along the way were in the True Lake Realm. He did not encounter any Divine Sea Realm insects, but that did not mean that there were none.
Just like the mosquito-like insect he first encountered. A single insect was nothing, but once they gathered into a swarm, even he had to retreat.
Suddenly, a wave of spiritual energy came from a direction. Lu Ye turned his head and saw a few cultivators running for their lives in that direction. A mantis insect was chasing closely behind them.
The cultivators he encountered in such a place were naturally from the Myriad Demon Ridge.
In the past, Lu Ye probably would not care about the life or death of these people. The opposing factions destined him to be enemies with the people of the Myriad Demon Ridge.
But the trip to the Blood Refining Realm made him feel a lot.
The biggest feeling was that the cultivators of the two factions could coexist peacefully. They could also unite for a goal.
He had received many favors from the old seniors in the Blood Refining Realm. Half of them were from the Myriad Demon Ridge.
Of course, this was related to the special situation of the Blood Refining Realm. It was also related to the state of mind of the old seniors. At their level, many of the grievances and grudges from when they were young could be forgotten with a smile.
Before he left, many of the old seniors gave him their respective tokens. They said that if he encountered any disciples who bullied him, he should take out this token and show it to them. But from another point of view, those old seniors also had the intention of letting Lu Ye help their disciples and grand-disciples when they were in danger.
It was just that some words were not easy to say.
They had seen Lu Ye's ability. They knew that as long as Lu Ye was given enough time, he would definitely be able to reach their level or even surpass them.
When that time came, who would be his opponent in the Nine Continents?
The different tokens were a sign of trust, as well as a kind of invisible entrustment.
The trip to the Blood Refining Realm had made some subtle changes in Lu Ye's state of mind. In the past, when he saw the cultivators of the Myriad Demon Ridge, his first thought was how to kill them.
But now, he would not.
Who knew if there were any descendants of the old seniors among the cultivators of the Myriad Demon Ridge, although the probability was very small.
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