Hunting God Era

Chapter 194 Restraint within Restraint
The mother locust, surnamed You, has had her specific name faded over time.

He was a person from the Qing Dynasty and a member of the White Lotus Sect. There was no particular reason why he joined the White Lotus Sect.

Even though her family was starving, and although they were not spared after joining the White Lotus Sect, at least they managed to get a few full meals.

After burying her entire family, she joined the White Lotus Sect, which was naturally not a good sect either. She paid a heavy price to survive.

Fortunately, she had a decent physique back then, which caught the eye of a minor leader who also revealed some of her cultivation methods.

Back then, or rather, before the establishment of China, martial arts secrets were not something that ordinary people could access.

Just like the overseas world today, they still retain this tradition.

With that tiny skill, which couldn't even break through to the second realm, and would only be considered the most basic martial arts in modern terms, You Shi went up.

The method was simple, with an element of luck involved. During that period, the White Lotus Sect split, and the Locust God Sect emerged victorious amidst the famine.

This is a movement that advocates that people should not starve to death. If those in power do not provide a way to survive, they will fight for it themselves, even if it means becoming demons.

They also believed that humans were too evil, and that demons were the ones who rebelled.

If you can't improve your martial arts skills, you can improve them with food. In a famine, what is the cheapest food that is also the most abundant?
demon?

No.

It's people!

By eating people, and by being among the first to do so, You Shi came into contact with the power of demons.

It's no different from the seeds we have now, provided you're qualified to accept them. If you are, you'll have the power to transform into a demon.

Even now, through repeated crackdowns, they have gone into hiding, scattered, and re-emerged. This cycle has continued, eventually transforming them into a massive cult with branches all over the world.

Only in China is their propaganda a little weaker, because the people there have enough to eat.

But ultimately, this is their root, and it is also where they want to continue to spread their message, so that the roots can fall into their hands and blossom and bear fruit again.

The beginning of the universe is not the same as the beginning of the universe. Similarly, the Demon Realm and the Demon Realm are different because of different legends and customs, and they have become different things.

While both Nezha are the same, in China, they are represented by local legends or other things such as the Three Altars Sea God, the Third Prince, the Demon Orb, and the Immortal Drink.

Just like Erlang Shen could be Li Erlang or Yang Erlang, but that doesn't matter. No matter where he came from, in the end he is 'Erlang Shen'.

However, in Bharata, Nezha is 'Narakuva' or 'Natakuvara', the third son of Vaisravana, who killed the giant serpent Naga.

The higher the level of a martial artist, the more their power is determined by their geographical location.

Despite its large scale, the Locust God Cult's influence overseas is ultimately less than that within its own borders.

But they don't have that much power on their own soil, so they can only keep enduring this situation.

Slowly infiltrating, slowly erupting into disaster, creating more famines, producing more seeds, forming a massive famine—this has always been their goal.

It's just a bit difficult.
But no one gave up.

The Locust Mother is in charge of the China region. Although the work is difficult, she has managed to open up a few openings over the years.

There will always be people who crave power, people who hate the status quo, and people who are not thinking straight and who believe in fallacies and heresies as authoritative figures.

This also allowed her to find a channel to get the seeds out and put them in.

But now, that road has been cut off.

She wasn't surprised. After all, as a fourth-realm being, and a powerful one at that, she didn't believe anyone in the mortal realm could capture her.

Especially when she saw a third-realm cultivator sitting there, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

When did China start looking down on people like this?
Then, as the sword was drawn, she inexplicably felt a sense of danger.

Having lived for so many years, she never took chances; otherwise, she wouldn't have lived this long.

She immediately retreated and launched an attack, also preparing to escape.

But as the sword was drawn aside, before the blade even made a cut, the tip of the sword already emitted a point of extremely refined silver-white light!
That radiance terrified her even more.

Li Ye merely raised his head slightly, his deep gaze piercing through the giant python of insect clouds, precisely locking onto the figure high in the sky.

The locust mother retreated extremely quickly, the cloud of insects beneath her feet enveloping her and causing her form to gradually dissipate.

It's a secret technique, its speed is very strange, and it's very difficult for a normal person to capture her.

But in Li Ye's mind, she couldn't escape.

"cut."

With a single sword strike, the giant python of insect clouds dissipated, falling into the river like rain, stiffening and dying as if insects had encountered insecticide.

This sword strike emitted countless streams of light, all rushing towards the river surface and surrounding the locust mother's dissipating body.

The swarm of insects, which had been flapping their wings at high speed, seemed to have been plunged into sticky glue under the radiance, and their speed was visibly slowed down.

The frequency of wing flapping and making sounds slowed down, and some of the larger flying insects, just like those that had just cut down the giant python in the insect cloud, fell stiffly from the sky.

The cloud of insects enveloping the locust mother became distorted and stagnant in its overall trajectory, no longer able to dissipate as before.

This allows the locust mother's almost vanished form to be gradually restored under the activity of the insect cloud.

She didn't run away.

This guy is no ordinary person!

She sensed that her 'supernatural powers' were being suppressed by something.
The Divine Land has cultivated a weapon specifically designed to counter their Locust God Cult.
Or is it simply to control her?
No, that's impossible. There's no such thing. It's just a simple coincidence.
"Don't underestimate me!"

If you can't run away, then fight!
She was not intimidated!

This boy must die here, otherwise he'll cause real trouble once he grows up!
The locust mother snorted coldly, her wide sleeves fluttering without wind, and she emitted a sharp, short, inhuman hiss.

With this hiss, the eerie green phosphorescence on its body suddenly surged, and the sluggish swarm of insects regained its vitality.

They seemed to be injected with a violent life force, and began to expand violently, their size more than doubling in an instant. Regardless of whether they had shells or not, a new layer grew out at this moment.

Their carapaces turned jet black and shiny, their mouthparts gleaming with a metallic cold light. The small swarm of insects transformed into a ferocious insect the size of a palm, and it pounced on Li Ye once again.

This time it wasn't fast, but it was even more overwhelming and ferocious!
At the same time, a huge whirlpool was stirred up on the water surface beneath the locust mother's feet, and three dark red giant worm heads, as thick as water vats and covered with sticky mucus and segmented carapaces, burst out of the water.

They have no eyes, only spiraling, sharp mouthparts that make a grinding sound that makes your teeth ache.

The Locust God Cult is based on locusts, but all hungry insects leave traces of it.

For example, these creatures are like blood flukes; through her supernatural powers, they will become even stronger.

Her supernatural abilities bear traces of those from the Southern Frontier, but they are not the 'insect manipulation' of the Southern Frontier people. Rather, she absorbed a lot of the local Five Elements when she was in the Third Realm, combined them with the characteristics of the Five Elements from overseas, and then adapted them to martial arts to create her own abilities.
'Breeding insects'.

While her individual strength is average, she excels at causing destruction.

These three schistosomes were conceived using supernatural methods; all it took was a simple dip in water, selection, and gestation inside the body.

Now that it has appeared, it is a creature of immense strength, with a tough carapace, mouthparts that can spray highly corrosive pus, and the ability to burrow into the ground and penetrate rocks. It is a combination of pure physical destruction and pollution!
Their targets are not only Li Ye, but also the river embankment behind him. If they manage to breach the embankment or rush into the city and damage it, the water will flood in.

To be honest, what she likes most is flooding.

Because a major flood usually precedes a locust plague.

"This kind of thing."

Faced with attacks from both sides, Li Ye chuckled and flicked his sword lightly. Its light split into countless strands, which pierced the swarm of insects above and the worms below, turning them into ashes.

But upon closer inspection, these ashes seemed to have entered Li Ye's body along with countless strands of silver light. He also possessed more than one authority.

He was even more restrained when dealing with martial artists who possessed polluting properties!
Normal human martial artists can only rely on the Ruyi to suppress and adapt to their natural enemies.

But for Li Ye, who is polluting, this is a natural enemy!

Especially when the individual strength of the insect is not high.

What quantity?
Power is not determined by the quantity of your power, but by the quality of your power.

If the quality is up to standard, then Li Ye will have to put in a lot of effort.

The quality is substandard.
He opened his mouth and ate it.

Devouring demons!

taste
Sweet and rotten.
It tastes like eating spoiled milk powder.

"generally."

Li Ye exhaled and looked at the locust mother, "Any more? You seem to be able to produce a lot of insects yourself."

The moment it devoured them, the authority relayed information: these insects contained extremely active eggs with strong parasitic and assimilation properties!

If a normal person comes into contact with it, as long as they are injured, the insect eggs will enter. This is not a big problem for martial artists, but if an ordinary person comes into contact with it, it will turn into a 'locust nest'.

This thing
It shares the same origin as those nutrient solutions.

They were all born to this woman.

Upon seeing this, the locust mother's expression changed, "You..."

Her 'child' just disappeared like that?

It's even worse than before.

What is that sword?
Is China really serious about this?

Why do I feel such restraint?

It's like they were born to target her!
She had never encountered such a strange and difficult opponent. She took a deep breath, her body surging, and an even more powerful aura, filled with endless life and decay, began to rise.

The whirlpool beneath her feet spun even more wildly, the water a deep, black hole-like color.

"Then you should try it and see how powerful these underwater bugs are!"

More insects flew out from beneath the whirlpool, instantly occupying the river surface between Li Ye and the locust mother, and then soaring outwards.

This is not about fighting.
This will implicate others.

Behind Li Ye was the city, and she no longer wanted to get entangled with him. She was being too restrained, and there were still people around.

This is to capture her alive.

Must run!

"You're quite clever, but once you're here, nothing you do will make a difference."

Li Ye pointed his sword, and the blade erupted with thousands of streams of light a hundred times more dazzling than before. As if guided by his own arm, those thousands of streams of light rolled upwards, creating a rain of silver light.

"As you wish, as you wish, according to my will, it will manifest its power."

A meteor shower fell from the sky, carrying an aura of majesty, shooting precisely into the whirlpool at the river mouth and landing on the swarms of insects spreading outwards.

The swarm of insects disappeared because, in the rain of light, besides the Ruyi power, there was also Li Ye's Devouring Ghost.

Those dazzling lights were his devouring, because 'Ruyi' could do that.

And the vortex. Everything is under Ruyi's control.

The moment the light rain touched the swarm of insects, it was like a red-hot iron pressed onto ice and snow. The dense, polluted insect fumes were forcibly evaporated and purified. The enormous insect bodies disintegrated and collapsed inch by inch in the dazzling light, turning into ashes and dissipating.

More streaks of light, like nails, pierced deep into the swirling black vortex, forming a vast and complex three-dimensional network of light beneath the surface of the river mouth.

Then, mend it!
"Do not!!"

The locust mother let out a shrill scream, not out of pity or pain, but out of fear!

She could clearly feel that her own power was stuck in a quagmire, its flow sluggish, and every stream of light that made up the rain of light was suppressing her!
She tried to unleash her power, but it was like throwing a mud ox into the sea; she couldn't even create a ripple.

This rain of light was so intense that even the locust mother couldn't summon a swarm of insects!

Her supernatural powers didn't work!
"I told you, you can't leave."

Li Ye's voice was calm and even, yet it carried an undeniable sense of judgment.

"Once I capture you alive, I'll know what's going on."

"impossible!"

The locust mother's figure appeared somewhat disheveled in the sunlight and rain, and the heavy, resentful breathing coming from under her hood was intense.

"You can't do that. I'll remember that. When my god descends, you will be the first to become the nest!"

After uttering those harsh words, she knew it was too late; the pressure from the light rain was only increasing.

She glared at Li Ye hatefully, then her figure suddenly exploded, transforming into countless tiny, almost invisible micro-flying insects that instantly merged into the water below, like dissipating smoke.

The flying insects were still covered in blood.

This is a forced application of a secret technique.

"I told you you couldn't leave."

Li Ye stared sharply at the spot where the locust mother had disappeared, smiled faintly, and with a turn of his sword, the flying insects suddenly froze, and Li Ye heard another scream.

The locust mother's form solidified once more.

Embarrassed.

She was 'sealed'.

The river breeze remained the same, but the oppressive feeling that once made one's heart tremble was gone. Only the starlight formed by swords shimmered quietly beneath the water's surface, like a reflection of a galaxy, guarding this body of water.

The people on the river froze completely, their faces filled with disbelief.

She was really trapped.

Unable to use his supernatural powers, and with his physical body restrained by the rain of light, he couldn't exert any strength at all.

Apart from
Blow up!

"receive."

Li Ye simply swung his sword, giving him no chance whatsoever. Guangyu transformed into beams of light again, tightly binding the locust mother.

"I won't give you any chance. Once you're in my hands, you won't even have the right to die."

Her corruption and her supernatural powers were rendered useless under Li Ye's dual authority.

Such a cult, with its extreme restraint, made Li Ye feel even more relaxed than those in the ordinary Fourth Realm.

(End of this chapter)