Chapter 112: The Blood Bat Locusts harassment

Chapter 112: The Blood Bat Locusts harassment

Murong Lin’s figure glided effortlessly through the forest, rapidly approaching the outskirts of a small town. He fixed his gaze on the town, a hint of malevolence flickering in his eyes.

Ever since he had decimated the army dispatched by Chu Ze to purge the Demonic Beast Forest, he had been journeying toward Chu’s borders.

While several Sky Reaching realm demonic beasts had been causing turmoil at the borders of Chu, their efforts were relatively restrained. They had inflicted minor destruction, targeting a few houses rather than entire towns or villages.

The small town before Murong Lin had clearly endured the wrath of Sky Reaching realm demonic beasts, but to his discerning eyes, the destruction was far from sufficient to provoke Chu’s military response.

Without enticing the Chu army to take action, Murong Lin wouldn’t be able to launch a full-scale assault by himself.

He patted the spirit beast bag containing the Blood Bat Locusts, and in an instant, the entire sky above the town darkened.

The immense swarm of locusts descended upon the small town with frenzied fervour, assaulting its inhabitants with unchecked chaos. Their objective wasn’t to kill, but to unleash havoc.

“Ahhhh! What in the world is that? It’s terrifying!”

“Everyone, flee! They’re unbelievably powerful!”

“It’s a beast wave! Save me! The beast wave is upon us!”

The residents of the small town immediately recognized the perilous situation. After witnessing the overwhelming might of the Blood Bat Locusts, terror overcame their faces.

The town’s mightiest inhabitant was a meagre Fetal Enigma realm cultivator, who could only gaze at the vast swarm of locusts for a brief moment before shouting with a horrified expression, “Everyone, run, hurry!”

The locusts, with their monstrous wings in full frenzy, devoured the town with ruthless abandon. They left a trail of destruction in their wake, destroying buildings and slaying anyone who dared to resist. Those who managed to escape their wrath were spared, as the locusts focused their madness on reducing the town to rubble.

The Blood Bat Locusts exhibited merciless ruthlessness as they devoured anything living or capable of cultivation, plunging the entire town into a cacophony of wails and screams.

Frantic people fled from the town, with some riding their spirit familiars or fleeing without clothes, all in desperate attempts to escape the impending catastrophe. Some risked a glance backwards, only to cry out heart-wrenchingly, “What sins have we committed to deserve this?”

Indeed, what had they done to deserve such a calamity?

As they helplessly witnessed the locusts annihilate their town and saw their friends who valiantly resisted meet their demise, those who managed to escape were left deeply scarred. They fled toward neighbouring towns and cities, carrying with them the horrifying tale of the town’s destruction.

Meanwhile, Murong Lin stood on the outskirts of the town, watching impassively as his locusts consumed the settlement. He then divided them into swarms devoid of any Sky Reaching realm locusts and dispatched them toward the surrounding towns and cities.

The vast swarm in the sky fragmented into a dozen clouds, each heading in a different direction. Every Blood Bat Locust emitted spine-chilling screams, their wails hauntingly piercing.

The Ridge Fir Alliance, a coalition comprising three mighty nations and twenty-five smaller states, contained formidable powerhouses. Daling, Daqing, and Dale, the trio of dominant nations, possessed vast territories, dwarfing smaller nations like Yan tenfold. Moreover, each of these great nations boasted nearly a hundred Sky Reaching realm experts.

Most crucially, each of these great nations could count a Cognizance realm ancestor among their ranks.

Cognizance realm experts enjoyed lifespans of five centuries and harboured a Primordial Spirit within their spiritual seas, capable of surviving even after the demise of their physical bodies.

The applications of the Primordial Spirit were manifold. Those who withstood the soul tempering of the Sky Reaching realm could mould their own Primordial Spirit to mirror their Manifestation transformations.

However, the majority opted to create clones of themselves, with the radiance of their Primordial Spirit aligned with their elemental attributes.

A minority pursued the creation of Primordial Spirits attuned to their innate talents. For instance, practitioners of the Sword Dao crafted Sword Soul Primordial Spirits, those devoted to the Pill Dao birthed Pill Medicine Primordial Spirits, and followers of the Ghost Dao manifested Spectre Primordial Spirits.

For instance, the Tiger-faced Verdant Dragon Python residing within the Demonic Beast Forest, a seasoned expert of the Cognizance realm, had forged a Primordial Spirit resembling a smaller version of itself, its sapphire form representing its affiliation with water attribute cultivation.

If Murong Lin were to craft his own Primordial Spirit, it would likely take the form of condensed darkness, a manifestation of the 《Lifelessness Law》. This entity would be ever-shifting, formless, and elusive.

Murong Lin remained motionless, contemplating Chu Ze’s strengths and vulnerabilities.

While Chu Ze commanded loyal soldiers and formidable officials and generals, he was not without his own shortcomings.

One glaring issue was the lack of cohesion among his various domains.

Perhaps, given more time and notable achievements, the people might unify behind Chu Ze as their rightful ruler.

However, his brief rule had been marked by conflicts with three neighbouring countries, resulting in a ceaseless drain on his resources in his pursuit of expanding his influence and territory.

War was an undesirable prospect for all, but Chu Ze’s excessive self-confidence and impetuosity had sown seeds of discontent.

Dissatisfaction with his rule loomed, and if a catalyst were to emerge, imminent disaster could befall Chu Ze.

The dissatisfaction of his subjects posed the most significant hidden threat to Chu Ze.

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