Chapter 62 Insect King

After days of fighting, Er Gouzi's locust-sweeping team had enough food every day, and his team had gathered thousands of people.

So far, the locust swarms in the entire Daqing Township have been wiped out by them.

But the remaining locust swarms all gathered together to form a super large swarm.

Er Gouzi observed from a distance that there were at least 100 mutant locusts more than five inches long in the large swarm.

This mutant locust is not easy to deal with. It is fast and powerful, and the serrations on its legs are sharp, which can easily cut the flesh.

Ordinary people have almost no ability to resist when encountering a mutant locust, and it is absolutely a life-and-death struggle.

With their current two geese, only five warriors, and more than 1,000 ordinary people, if they fight against the swarm, at least five or six hundred people will die.

These refugees are all scattered, and it is okay to fight a favorable battle. If one or two hundred die in the battle, the rest will have to flee.

By then, the lives of these warriors may be in danger.

Therefore, he did not dare to act rashly. He had asked everyone to rest for a day and use this day to make more preparations for the battle.

But now they have more than 1,000 people, and only have nearly two buckets of food every day.

It is equivalent to two or three pounds of food for one hundred people. They relied on eating locusts to survive before. Now not fighting means that everyone will go hungry.

They just had a full meal for a few days, and they are hungry again today.

It has been difficult to go from luxury to frugality since ancient times, and everyone is in a panic about hunger.

After not eating much for a day, these people are not only not depressed, but their eyes are red and their fighting spirit is high.

In addition, this locust meat is a little toxic.

It doesn't matter if people eat less. After eating more, they will become stronger, and they will be manic, irritable and aggressive.

However, for these refugees who can't eat, this little poison is just a minor disease.

With everyone's eager expectation for battle, the next morning, Er Gouzi asked people to fry all the locusts saved in the past few days and cook all the two buckets of food into porridge.

After everyone had a full meal, they were asked to carry a large bundle of firewood and set off.

Er Gouzi was holding a tightly sealed wooden barrel in his hand, and no one knew what was inside.

"Captain Zhang, the locust swarm is on the small hill in front."

The constable was responsible for tracking the movement of the locust swarm, and at this moment he pointed to a small hill in front and said.

In fact, even without him saying it, everyone could see that there were too many locusts.

Several surrounding hills had been eaten up, and not a single leaf was left.

Above this hill, countless dense black spots were connected into one piece, like a large dark cloud rising and falling, which made people's scalps numb.

The refugees who were still shouting yesterday that they wanted to come out to kill locusts were now sweating on their foreheads and their fighting spirit was half gone.

At this time, they could only be thankful that they followed the right person, and the captain had already planned.

Er Gouzi asked someone to put down the firewood on their backs in an open space nearby and spread it on the ground.

More than 1,000 bundles of firewood were spread out, covering more than two acres of land.

"Mr. Zhao, bring all the green grass you prepared."

Er Gouzi ordered, and Mr. Zhao soon came with a few refugees, carrying large bundles of green leaves.

It was a drought, and it was not easy to find these green leaves. It took a lot of effort.

Everyone piled the green leaves on the ground, and then Er Gouzi opened the mysterious wooden barrel in his hand.

Everyone stretched their necks curiously to look, and it turned out that there was only a bucket of water in the barrel.

Er Gouzi sprinkled all the water in the barrel on the green leaves.

These green leaves were exposed to the sun for a day, and they were already sluggish. After absorbing some water, they immediately exuded vitality and looked more green.

Then let everyone sprinkle these green leaves on the dry firewood.

After arranging all this, everyone quietly retreated to the firewood and waited quietly for the locusts to arrive.

They didn't have to wait long before some locusts found the green leaves here and seemed to find them delicious. Soon, word spread.

A large black cloud rose from the hill, and all of them flew towards this side.

Two or three acres of firewood piles were covered with a thick layer of locusts, and they were actually fighting with each other.

Many refugees have begun to take out flints and fire starters, ready to light a fire at any time.

"Captain, can we set the fire?"

Zhao Xiucai asked softly beside Er Gouzi.

"Yes!"

Er Gouzi nodded and was about to order the fire to be lit.

At this moment, dozens of five or six-inch-long insect kings were seen flying over with a large locust more than one foot long.

The locust was as green as jade, and its abdomen was swollen and thicker than a fist.

With the appearance of the large locust, the swarm of insects that were still snatching green leaves on the firewood suddenly became quiet, and all lay in place, not daring to move.

The big locust landed on the firewood and devoured the green leaves. At this point, the other locusts dared not eat a single bite.

"Wait!"

"Don't set the fire first!"

Er Gouzi hurriedly stopped Zhao Xiucai, because he had just seen a strong breath on the big insect king through the Qi-seeing technique.

This breath is somewhat similar to that of human Qi-training cultivators, but more violent and fierce.

He didn't know if he was the opponent of the insect king, but few of the people in the locust-killing team might be able to escape.

The strength of the insect swarm has far exceeded his expectations.

The county government just gave him two buckets of grains. He has food to eat now, and he doesn't want to fight for these two buckets of grain.

However, his stop was still a little late. In the distance, a refugee had already thrown a lit torch into the pile of firewood.

With the first one, there was soon a second one, a third one...

These people were not an army that followed orders. They were just refugees who got together to make a living.

Soon, the more than 1,000 people did not listen to his orders at all, and lit torches and threw them at the insect swarm.

Since it had come to this point, Er Gouzi could only bite the bullet and lead everyone to fight.

"Increase the fire!"

"Hurry up, throw more torches."

Er Gouzi felt that the fire was too slow. The locusts had already started flying out before the fire was completely burned.

This opportunity was rare, and this fire would try to kill as many locusts as possible.

Immediately, he used his magic power, and after a few breaths, a fireball the size of an egg rose from his fingertips.

This fireball exuded a scorching temperature, and as soon as it touched the pile of firewood, it instantly ignited a blazing flame.

At the same time, two big white geese flew into the air, flapped their wings, and drove back the locusts that had just flown away from the sea of ​​fire.

Now there were people around with bamboo sticks, and two more big white geese blocked the sky, and a large number of locusts fell into the sea of ​​fire.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Just then, the big insect king that was more than a foot long rushed out of the flames.

Behind it, followed more than a hundred insect kings that were several inches long, and a dense swarm of insects like a dark cloud.

His two big geese were the first to bear the brunt. There were too many locusts, and they were alone and could not stop them at all.

"Puff, puff, puff..."

One locust king after another hit the geese, causing the feathers of the two geese to fall down with blood.

If this continued, the two geese would die.

"Come back!"

The two geese received the order and could only fly back to Er Gouzi. They were already covered with scars, but they still held their heads high and spread their wings to show off their power.

Led by the King of Insects, the swarm of locusts rushed out of the sea of ​​fire, but they did not leave. They hovered in the sky like a dark cloud.

However, the total size of the swarm of insects was much smaller than before, at least nearly half of them were burned by this fire.

The swarm of locusts seemed to be enraged, and their wings rustled. Suddenly, they all pounced on the crowd below.

"Ahhh..."

A scream immediately sounded in the crowd, and the sawtooth on the King of Insects' legs easily cut their skin.

People kept falling to the ground and rolling and wailing. After a few breaths of howling, these people had no breath.

"Everyone come closer to me!"

"Those who dare to escape will be killed without mercy!"

In order to set the fire just now, everyone was too scattered, and a few people had no power to resist the swarm of insects.

These refugees originally just wanted to make a living, but now facing the danger of death, they were so scared that they ran away with their heads in their hands, and they could not listen to the orders.

The constable drew out his waist knife at this moment and blocked the way. The knife flashed in his hand, and several heads fell to the ground.

The blood dyed the mountain road red, and the constable stood there with a bloody knife, as if the god of death had appeared.

At this point, the frightened refugees were finally frightened again, and they had no choice but to obey the order and return to Er Gouzi.

It was much easier after everyone gathered together.

The two geese circled and collided at low altitude, trying to disperse the insect swarm as much as possible. The others gathered together and waved bamboo branches desperately.

Er Gouzi waved the heavy sword in his hand and used a set of wind sword techniques.

This set of sword techniques was used like a violent storm, with heavy sword shadows and water that could not be splashed in.

Wherever the sword shadows went, whether it was an ordinary locust or a few inches long insect king, they were chopped into pieces.

When Er Gouzi was exerting all his strength, suddenly a green light flashed on the left, and then a huge force hit the sword.

The force of this collision broke the 100-jin heavy sword in his hand into two pieces.

The green light flew by, and he saw that it was the more than one foot long insect king.

Sun Xiucai, who was standing on his left, had fallen to the ground at this time, with a fist-sized hole on his chest, bleeding.

"Squeak..."

This large locust king failed to attack, and was not in a hurry to attack the second time, but hovered in the air, making a "squeak" sound.

The locust swarm seemed to be driven by it, and all rushed towards Er Gouzi like a tide.

Even if he made the half-broken sword in his hand so that the wind could not blow in and the water could not splash in, it was still difficult to resist.

At this moment, the broken sword in Er Gouzi's hand shone brightly, and the sword light about a foot long stretched and retracted from the blade.

Suddenly, a sword light flew out like lightning, shooting straight at the big locust, faster than the big locust.

The insect reacted quickly, and moved sideways an inch in a hurry to avoid the vital point. This sword energy passed through the side of its abdomen, and green blood flowed out.

The big locust was injured, and its ferocity was exposed. It flapped its wings and pounced on Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi did not dodge, and used the set of wind swordsmanship in succession, spreading his consciousness to find the flight path of the insect king.

The true energy in his dantian can only cast two sword beams. He has used one just now, and now there is only one chance left.

Until the man and the locust are ten feet apart, in his consciousness, the speed of the locust seems to slow down, and its flight path can be seen clearly.

At this moment, Er Gouzi immediately cast the second sword beam, which whizzed through the head of the locust king.

The locust king's body was split into two, and green blood was scattered all over the ground.

Once the largest locust king died, the insect swarm lost its restraint and suddenly became scattered, splitting into several groups, each doing its own thing.

Under the attack of the crowd, only a few locusts escaped.

So far, all the locust swarms in Daqing Township have been wiped out by him.

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