With a shiver in his heart, Xu Wen quickly gathered his magic power and focused his eyes. He was even more surprised when he took a look.
Where is the dark cloud, it is clearly an army of locusts with hundreds of thousands gathered together.
Moreover, this is not an ordinary locust, but a demon locust with cultivation level.
Although most of them are not very good at cultivation and are only at the Qi refining level, there are simply too many of them.
As soon as it appeared, all life in that area was rapidly reduced.
And they, after eating and drinking, did not delay at all and began to lay eggs and hatch them on the spot.
The life of the demon locust is completely different from that of ordinary locusts. Just after a while, new young locusts appear.
Locusts were a scourge in that world, and they could eat away the land when they were hungry.
It doesn't matter if there are a few, but once the number increases, it will be an absolute disaster.
In the world of cultivation in Jambudvipa, locusts have a special meaning.
Although it is blocked by the vast and endless sea, the Jambudvipa continent has several special places that can lead directly to another continent in this world.
I don’t know what happened on that continent, but an extremely intense locust plague broke out, and there was even a Nascent Soul-level locust king.
Through these passages, the demonic locusts attacked the Jambudvipa continent again and again, trying to extend their sphere of influence to this fertile land.
In order to prevent this pest from entering, various sects have established powerful formations on this passage to trap the invading locusts in a corner of the passage.
It is not unusual for a few demonic locusts to escape from the formation, but how could such a large army of demonic locusts escape?
Surprised in his heart, Xu Wen approached cautiously, wanting to see what was going on.
The next moment, a golden light suddenly appeared in the army of demonic locusts. A middle-aged man with a weathered face, shabby clothes, but a straight waist, as if he would not be overwhelmed even if the sky fell, suddenly appeared in the army of demonic locusts.
The demonic locusts in the alien continent are very special and hate cultivators extremely.
Regardless of whether they are demons, humans, or ghosts, as long as they sense the message from the monks, the demonic locusts will attack desperately.
Amidst the strange screams, the rustling of wings suddenly became louder, and countless demonic locusts pounced on the middle-aged man.
From the moment he appeared, the middle-aged man's eyes had been looking at Xu Wen, who was more than ten miles away. Even if Xu Wen was wearing invisible clothes, he could not block his gaze at all.
As for the demonic locusts, which made people's faces turn pale when they heard them, they seemed to him to be nothing more than mosquitoes and flies that he could easily swat to death.
When the demonic locust approached, he slowly withdrew his gaze, looked at the demonic locust covering the sky, and uttered a few words coldly:
"Nasty insects!"
Slowly raising his finger in the air, a tiny bit of golden light flew out from his fingertips.
The next moment, a murderous aura like a landslide and tsunami suddenly burst out, and that golden light instantly split into millions and turned into a huge golden ball of light, covering all the monster locusts.
Its rise is also urgent, and its demise is also sudden.
In just an instant, the golden light disappeared without a trace, and the demonic locust that originally covered the sky also disappeared without a trace.
Xu Wen's mouth was so big that he couldn't close it for a long time.
This middle-aged man is skilled in swordsmanship and is definitely the strongest person he has ever seen.
This sword energy divided into hundreds of millions in a lifetime could instantly kill an army of hundreds of thousands of demonic locusts. If the demonic locusts were replaced by humans, it would probably not be much different.
Unless the original owner of the Green Scale Sword at the bottom of the hot spring is still alive, there will be no other Jindan who can have this swordsmanship.
Although Yue Ming's cultivation is stronger than the other's, when it comes to swordsmanship, he is still far behind this man.
What shocked him even more was that this man had so much murderous intent that he almost formed an armor to protect him.
Even if he didn't have any intention of killing Xu Wen, the murderous intention still frightened him.
What kind of environment can one become such a person?
Before he could understand the reason, the ghost-suppressing tower guarding the storage ring suddenly shook and rushed out of the black jade ring.
The level of the Ghost Suppressing Tower is much higher than that of the Black Jade Ring. It is not surprising that it can break through the space barrier of the Black Jade Ring most of the time.
But its next movement shocked Xu Wen, and it flew straight towards the middle-aged man.
"Idiot, come back here!"
Xu Wen was shocked and shouted anxiously in his heart.
Although the middle-aged people seem to have no ill intentions, it is the most difficult to guess the thoughts of such characters. If one of them is not good, both of them will be in bad luck.
But the Ghost Suppression Tower paid no attention to him. All that entered Xu Wen's mind was a series of screams from the evil ghost.
It turned out that the ghost-suppressing tower rushed out automatically, not controlled by the evil ghost.
This magical weapon can never be discussed with common sense.
Seeing the Ghost Suppressing Tower, the middle-aged man's eyes narrowed slightly, but he had no intention of taking action.
Floating over the corpses of the demonic locusts that were littered with dead and injured, almost covering the forest, the Ghost Suppression Tower suddenly swayed, and golden light fell in circles one after another, sweeping over countless demonic locust corpses little by little.
Little bits of invisible light flew out from the corpses of the monster locusts, slowly forming a ball in the air, and finally formed a crystal relic, which flew back to the fourth floor of the Ghost Suppression Tower.
Xu Wen was suddenly shocked, and an indescribable feeling came over him, as if someone had glanced at him from the deep space of the distant universe.
With a "whoosh" sound, the Ghost Suppressing Tower flew back like lightning, fell into the ink jade ring and disappeared.
"This magical weapon is indeed interesting. No wonder you are so brave!"
Slowly raising his feet, the middle-aged man took a step towards Xu Wen without seeing him move.
With a wave of his hand, the spirit beast bag flew out, but what rushed out was not a spirit beast, but an unkempt man.
The spirit animal bag is a very special space device that can hold living creatures, and is mainly used to hold spirit beasts.
But staying in it is definitely a hell-level experience, so even a slightly smarter spirit beast would not be willing to stay in it.
If you can pretend to be a spiritual beast, you can naturally pretend to be a human being, but why would the other party do this?
Shocked, Xu Wen couldn't help but take a step back, wondering what the middle-aged man was doing.
The middle-aged man took a step forward and raised his hand to slap the man on the spirit beast bag repeatedly. The man clenched his teeth and made a series of extremely painful creaking sounds, but he forcibly endured it and never screamed out.
A moment later, a strange sound sounded within the man's body, and the strange connection between the man and the middle-aged man was completely released, and the spirit beast contract was actually terminated.
"Wow!" He spat out several mouthfuls of blood. The man supported the ground and tried to get up, but he couldn't straighten his body.
"It's hard on you!"
With a sigh, the middle-aged man raised his hand one after another, and cast a series of more than a dozen spells on the man to calm the mind, calm the soul, strengthen the bones, gather energy...
After a series of spells, the man who had been tortured into a human shape regained a little strength.
He slowly stood up and smoothed his hair. The other party looked at Xu Wen and said in a hoarse voice:
"Junior Brother Xu, long time no see?"
Hearing this distant voice, Xu Wen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The next moment, a person's face came to mind. He suddenly stepped forward to support the crumbling opponent and exclaimed:
"Senior Brother Zuo...you...this is..."
After getting some water and washing the gambling house covered in filth several times, it turned out to be Zuo Mingyue, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
But the other party at this time was completely different from before. The original honest and even somewhat dull demeanor had disappeared, replaced by infinite perseverance and coldness.
He already had foundation-building cultivation. When the two met, his cultivation level was higher than that of Xu Wen, and he had even attacked foundation-building. It was not surprising that he could reach this point.
But what surprised Xu Wen was that he did not have the roundness and fullness of Xu Wen and other foundation builders. Instead, he had gray hair and a face full of vicissitudes of life.
And his eyes were even more frighteningly bright, as if they were burning with anger and hatred all the time.
A person transforms into a spirit beast, hides in the spirit beast bag, and then forcibly removes the restriction of the spirit beast. Thinking about the pain involved can make people feel horrified.
Xu Wen hurriedly helped Zuo Mingyue sit aside, took out some spiritual milk for him to drink, took out two spiritual peaches for him to eat, and took out some spiritual stones to help him restore his magic power.
Seeing that his breath gradually stabilized, Xu Wen felt relieved, walked to the middle-aged man on the side, bowed deeply and said:
"I have met my uncle Zhi, and he has been so kind to me. We will never forget it!"
Since it is Zuo Mingyue, it is self-evident who this unknown Jin Dan is.
It is the only remaining golden elixir master in their lineage - Zhi Wuya.
Zhi Wuya was obviously also proficient in the art of calculation. When the ancestor of their line died suddenly, he knew something was wrong, so he volunteered to guard Jedi Fei Locust Ridge.
Now that he suddenly appeared here, it was naturally not a coincidence, but he came specifically to look for Xu Wen.
Back then, Li Xiuning didn't tell Xu Wen where he would send Zuo Mingyue to build a foundation.
Thinking about it now, at that time, their team was in decline, Zuo Mingyue didn't have many choices, and only Zhi Wuya could be called safe.
"You are very good, Xiuning did not misjudge you!"
Looking at Xu Wen, Zhi Wuya nodded, with a hint of gentleness on his seemingly expressionless face:
"Not long after your senior brother came to my place, he successfully advanced to Foundation Establishment. However, the situation in Feilu Ridge is special and it is basically isolated from the world, so I can't inform you."
"I only found out about Xiuning not long ago. I thought you were going to pass by and there was something important that I had to inform you about, so I came to see you!"
"Originally Mingyue didn't come, but he had to come. Only by hiding in the spirit beast bag could he break through the Dutian Divine Evil Formation and withstand the baptism of the space storm..."
After hearing what he said, Xu Wen realized that those monster locusts did not appear here inexplicably.
It was the result of Zhi Wuya calculating that Xu Wen was going to pass through here and driving them deliberately.
The formation at Fei Locust Ridge is so solid that nothing inside is allowed to come out. Even Zhi Wuya, who is guarding the place, cannot come out easily.
So, he took advantage of the demonic locusts' ability to devour space and deliberately let go of a corner of the formation, allowing the demonic locusts to dig through the space and reach here.
He then closed the formation and followed behind the demonic locust, resisting the power of the formation and the space storm, and forced his way out.
Zuo Mingyue obviously didn't have that ability, so she could only temporarily transform into the spirit beast of Zhi Wuya, hide in the spirit beast bag and sneak out.
He said it in an understatement, as if it was just a trip to the neighbor's house next door, but anyone who knows the situation in Feilu Ridge knows how risky it is.
(End of chapter)
