Legend of the Great Sage

als began to smoke, making them retreat backwards.
The locust Daemon Commander squinted slightly as a streak of light shot towards his forehead.

This was originally a life-saving sword talisman that the Sword Collection palace gave to their disciples.
It was equivalent to the full-powered strike of a second heavenly tribulation sword cultivator.
Hua Chengzan had specially given it to her.

“Measly tricks!” The locust Daemon Commander’s mouth suddenly split open, turning into the mandibles of a locust.
He bit down on the streak of light and crushed it to pieces before swallowing it.

Hua Chenglu used the opportunity to activate the Escape talisman immediately.
She turned into a streak of light and shot backwards, passing through the surging cloud of insects.

“You’re just asking to die!” The locust Daemon Commander sneered and did not go after her.

The Escape talisman that Hua Chenglu used was a Five-kilometer Escape talisman.
It could turn her into a streak of light and immediately escape to five kilometers away.
Because of the locust Daemon Commander in her path, the only direction available to her was backwards.
She was not even bold enough to go to the sides, just in case she was intercepted.
All she could do was increase the distance between her and the locust Daemon Commander as much as possible, which also meant travelling away from the prefectural city.

However, after escaping to five kilometers away, she had not fled to safety.
She discovered that she had fallen into the sea of insects, and she could not see or hear anything else.
Only countless locusts surged towards her from all directions.
The buzzing sound of their wings was deafening.
She happened to have retreated into the depths of the sea of insects.
She happened to have gone from one dire strait to another.

She had grown accustomed to death a long time ago, and she had received the Great Banyan Tree King’s wisdom imbuement, so she originally thought she could face her own death calmly.
However, she never expected there to still be some fear when she truly faced death.
She did not want to die in the mouths of the insects.
Right when she was about to try and perish with them, a familiar voice rang out by her ears.

“Don’t be afraid.”

She looked back in surprise and discovered that she was not actually alone in the surging sea of insects.
A man smiled at her calmly, basically no different from the face in her memories.
Was this an illusion occurring at the brink of death?

“Long time no see, Chenglu!”

Li Qingshan did not rush straight over because of a single statement from the Soaring Locust King.
Instead, he hid his aura completely and used an Invisibility talisman.
When he saw Hua Chenglu and the others face dire straits, he approached silently, ready to rescue them.
In this chaotic landscape, no one would notice that.

“Big brother Li!” Hua Chenglu blinked her eyes and said in disbelief.

The insects suddenly discovered Li Qingshan, and all of them surged over to tear away at him.

“Demonification!” Li Qingshan chanted, and his demon heart flashed.
Demon qi surged out, and the locusts were sent flying, ground to dust.
He carved out a hole in the sea of insects.

In the centre of the hole, Li Qingshan was clad in demonic armour.
The ox-horned helmet covered half of his face, revealing a pair of dark-red eyes.
His chestplate was shaped like a roaring tiger’s head, only serving as the most basic protection and revealing his powerful, bronze body.
He gave off a sense of viciousness.

“You’ve returned!” Hua Chenglu went from her initial shock to a charming smile.

“Let me butcher these puny insects first and then we can catch up!” Li Qingshan brought his left arm around her waist and waved his right hand.
“Chains of Demon Suppression!”

Jagle! A chain whistled out like a black dragon, reaching three thousand meters long.
One end was tied around his hand.
With a gentle shake, it straightened out, and he swung it forwards.

The Soaring Locust King could not be bothered with torturing Yu Shukuang and the others anymore.
Right when he was about to eat them, he suddenly became alarmed, and a black chain cut through the sea of insects violently.
Two figures leapt out.

“Chains of Demon Suppression! You are?”

“What, you don’t even recognise me anymore, Soaring Locust King? Speaking of which, we’ve never met, so I’ll have you know who I am today!”

Li Qingshan roared out like thunder, “Here stands Li Qingshan!”