Legend of the Great Sage

The locust shifted itself with ease and dodged the arrow.
It said with a hoarse voice, “My good friends, don’t run! Let me taste your flesh.”

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! The bowstring vibrated again and again as Huang Binghu shot arrow after arrow, using his special technique, the rapid fire arrows.

“Too slow! Too slow!” The colossal locust flew in arcs, dodging every single arrow gracefully.
It did not slow down at all.
Even if it was unable to dodge, it easily swept aside the arrows with its front legs.

Huang Binghu’s face sank slightly.
After an entire night of travelling and constantly injecting his fellow villagers with true qi, his condition was very bad.
He did not stand a chance against the locust daemon that was at peak condition.
He had to take a risk if he wanted to win.

The fierce wind rushed into his face, and the sharp mandibles opened up, biting towards his head.

A gleam of light flashed through Huang Binghu’s eyes.
He had been waiting for this opportunity.
He immediately brought the bow to a full draw, and the arrow became coiled with rings of true qi.
He was about to shoot.

“Be careful of behind you! There’s another one!” Liu Hong’s voice rang out, warning him loudly.

All of Huang Binghu’s hairs stood on end as a cluster of daemon qi emerged from behind him.
It was already too late for him to dodge.
He felt a piercing pain in his back, and a thumb-sized locust emerged from his chest, even leaving some smears of verdant-green on him.
It was the locust daemon that had gone after them.

There’s actually two! I’m done for!

However, the huge locust at the front did not bite down.
Instead, it swerved away and brushed past him.
Blood splattered, and an arm was thrown high into the air.
“Don’t be in such a hurry.
Good friends have to take their time and savour the taste!”

With a thud, Huang Binghu fell down from the rooftop, only to see the huge locust lunge towards the crowd again.
Its buzzing wings were like blades.
Over a dozen people fled on the streets, but they were suddenly sliced to pieces, which included both hunters from Drawn Reins village and disciples of the Iron Fist school.

It’s over! Huang Binghu shut his eyes in despair.
Against enemies like that, just one of them made victory extremely difficult, let alone two.

The locust lunged over, and Liu Hong knew that he could not escape.
He pushed aside Wang Lei and assumed a horse stance, gaining his footing.
He stuck a Strength Talisman of the Guardian Kings on himself, and golden light poured out of his body, assuming the form of a guardian king.
With a violet bellow, he struck out with both fists, unleashing a “Split Mane of the Iron Horse” at the locust.

With a thunk, the miniature locust that had metamorphosed from the nymph daemon and resembled a hidden weapon slammed into Liu Hong’s chest heavily.
The figure of the guardian king immediately caved in, and the golden light flickered and dim.
Liu Hong was thrown off his feet, launched backwards.

Meanwhile, the huge locust used its front legs to pierce Liu Hong’s shoulders with ease, completely incapacitating him.

The combination between the two locusts was absolutely flawless.
It could not be described as mutual understanding anymore.
Under the control of a great Daemon King, even those stronger than them might not necessarily be able to emerge victoriously.

Just like what they did with Huang Binghu, the locusts did not kill Liu Hong immediately.
The miniature locust continued to slaughter the fleeing mortals as the giant locust arrived high in the air, looking around with its compound eyes.
“Where’s the other good friend?”

Ye Dachuan sped off towards Downstream port on the horse carriage.
He would look back from time to time, but when he saw Huang Binghu and Liu Hong’s fate, he was frightened out of his wits.
He swung the horsewhip desperately.
“Giddy up! Giddy up!”

“I found it!”

With a flap of its wings, the locust produced a great gust of wind and suddenly appeared beside Ye Dachuan, travelling alongside the carriage.
He stared at him with his compound eyes.
“My good friend, I haven’t even thanked you properly yet!”

“T- that won’t be necessary!” Ye Dachuan stuttered.

“That’s not for you to decide!”

The locust smiled viciously.
It was about to capture Ye Dachuan and bring him to Huang Binghu and Liu Hong so that it could properly torture them.
Suddenly, a streak of sword qi whistled over.
The locust dodged in a hurry, but one of its feelers was still cut off, slamming into a house on the side of the road.
The house collapsed, filling the air with dust.

All Ye Dachuan saw was a man in scarlet with a huge sword in hand gently kick off the shaft of the carriage and shoot past his eyes with a flash, swinging his sword at the collapsed house.

With a swish, the miniature locust shot towards the man’s head.
The man’s sword sank and sliced towards the side, forcing back the miniature locust.

With a boom, the rubble exploded, and the giant locust suddenly rushed out, biting towards the man in scarlet with its sharp mandibles.
The man launched a palm strike.
He wore a fiery-red glove on his non-sword-wielding hand.
With a flash of scarlet glyphs, a burning hand of fire immediately appeared, sending the locust flying.

A Scarlet Wolf guard! A tenth layer Qi Practitioner!

Huang Binghu beamed with joy inside.
He leapt up from the ground and picked up his severed arm, holding it in his mouth.
He clutched an arrow shining with spiritual qi and rushed over.

The Scarlet Wolf commander had already reached the peak of Qi Practitioners, having opened all of his meridians.
With his palm strike and sword, he overwhelmed the two locusts.
He had Huang Binghu’s assistance too, so the locusts were forced to retreat, fleeing off in two different directions in the end.

“Hehe, another good friend.
Come and kill me!”

The Scarlet Wolf commander wanted to go after them, but when he saw the ground covered with corpses, he stopped himself.
No matter which locust he went after, he might end up succeeding, but everyone here would have to die in the process.

“Thank you for saving us, fellow!” Huang Binghu said.
Wang Lei supported Liu Hong and gathered over, thanking him too.

“I’m Yu Shukuang.
I’ve come to support old school master Liu under school leader Li’s request.
I didn’t expect there to be clones of the locust king in such a barren place!”