Legend of the Great Sage

back.
Its sharp mandibles plunged into his shoulder, sending blood splattering everywhere!

The little beggar screamed out and struggled for his life, only for the locusts behind to swallow him.
His cries came to a halt.

A beggar could not help but look back, only to see gaping mandibles fly right in his face.

The howls rang out briefly before falling silent again.

The locusts devoured the people they caught very quickly, without leaving a single bone remaining.
They only left behind a ground covered with tattered cloth, as well as dark-red marks of blood.

The physical strength of individual locusts were perhaps no greater than a feral dog, but their sharp mandibles and ability of flight was well beyond what a feral dog could rival.
The most terrifying part of them was their bloodthirstiness and frenzy.

The locusts that ate human flesh rapidly swelled in size.
Their daemon qi also showed signs of consolidating.
As long as they kept eating, not only would it prevent their rapid deaths, 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 his locusts.
Regular locusts could be replenished with the eggs buried deep underground, while his clones were merely daemonified regular locusts.
He could continue down this path like a snowball until there was no “snow” left.

The person who ran at the very front was an old beggar with peppered hair.
Each step he took was equivalent to ten from the others.
Even as he ran, he clutched a metal staff firmly in his hand and listened to the cries.

Suddenly, he stopped and turned around, directly facing the incoming insects.

“A World Without Insects!”

With a twist of his wrist, he produced several afterimages of the staff, sending over a dozen locusts flying.

“You damned locusts.
I am the leader of the Beggar’s gang, Hong…”

Before the old beggar could even finish his words, he was struck by a gust of wind, and a colossal locust lunged over.
He raised his staff to block in a hurry.
With a crack, the staff was forcefully bitten apart.

“…
Jiugong!”

He mobilised all of his inner force and slammed his palm into the giant locust’s head.
Thick liquid splashed everywhere.
If it had been a human or a beast, it definitely would have ended up more dead than dead with that, but the giant locust only paused momentarily, continuing to bite down with its mandibles.

Crack!

“Jiugong!” the beggars cried out.

An old head was tossed into the air, filled with disbelief.
Before it could even fall back down, a locust caught it and began eating away.

Insects had always been renowned for their vitality.
That was the case even for the most regular bug, let alone one of Soaring Locust King’s clones.

The Soaring Locust King used regular locusts to deal with regular people while controlling his clones of various strengths to hunt down the humans capable of resistance one by one.
He did not blindly try to overwhelm them with his swarms of locusts.
He unleashed the fullest potential of his advantage in the number of clones as he did his best to eat more humans.
He was just like a grim chess player overlooking the board.
Even when they hid within the structures, they could not stop the locusts from bursting in.

Meanwhile, the strongest clone of the Soaring Locust King that directly led the army of locusts, the locust Daemon Commander, stood in front of a door that was difficult to breach within the city.

“Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! Get out here!”

The locust Daemon Commander swung his right claw suddenly, and there was a surge of light.
Wood and stone flew everywhere.
The formation around the Hawkwolf Guard had been torn apart with a single move, leaving behind four terrifying and huge claw marks.

Crack! Crack!

Countless cracks stretched across the windows before Hua Chenglu.
Over a dozen talismans were reduced to dust, revealing a vicious face that was half-human, half-locust.
It was less than three meters away.

“I’d like to see how Li Qingshan saves you this time!” The locust Daemon Commander threw another punch, and the windows shattered into pieces.
All of the talismans were reduced to dust.