Bearing the blue sky

Zhu Ge snorted coldly and threw the piece of wood to block the bullet-like phantom.

The wood was instantly shattered by the impact, turning into wood chips that scattered into the flames, providing fuel for the fire.

But while flames can stop ordinary insects, they can't stop the insect demon.

The insect demon passed through the flames and continued its rapid advance.

Zhu Ge held his breath and focused his mind, making the starting stance of the "Wrathful Vajra Palm" with both hands.

"open!"

His movements may appear slow, but they are actually extremely fast.

His palm, radiating golden light, lashed out straight forward, colliding with the attacker.

"Thump!!!"

The flying insect demon collided with Zhu Ge's palm, producing a sound similar to a resounding bell, which stirred up a wave of air that made the surrounding flames tremble.

The golden light in the singer's palm dimmed slightly, and the visitor fell to the ground.

"Black wasps?"

Zhu Ge narrowed his eyes, stepped forward with his right foot, and slammed his fist into the black wasp on the ground.

The black wasp looked disoriented and was actually killed by Zhu Ge with a single punch.

"There are black wasps from the Spirit Realm, but they haven't taken human form yet?"

Zhu Ge smashed the black horse bee to death and immediately stood up on high alert.

In a beehive, even ordinary worker bees possess a spiritual realm, but what about the queen bee?

"Buzzing!!!"

really!

A series of buzzing sounds came from the north. Zhu Ge couldn't see them, but he could guess that a swarm of black wasps had turned around and were coming.

They are all first-level insect demons!

However, these black horse wasps were of a very low innate level, so in terms of strength, each one was several times weaker than the bear that Zhu Ge had killed before.

However, the numbers are terrifying!

"I'm not playing with you guys anymore."

Zhu Ge retreated directly into the cellar, leaving the black wasps to hover outside for a long time before leaving.

However, this also made Zhu Ge realize that there was indeed someone with ulterior motives behind this insect swarm.

Otherwise, the black wasps, upon sensing that one of their kind had been killed, would have swarmed out to kill him.

Instead of dedicating a small portion of their efforts to dealing with him, and then hastily leaving again after failing to find him.

It was as if they were rushing to do something in the north.

"Yuanyang City is to the north!"

Scholar Yu walked over from the stone gate, his face serious: "Zhu Ge, Yuanyang City is in trouble!"

"That's no longer something we need to worry about." Zhu Ge shook his head. "Yuanyang City has many beings at the Third Realm, and even some who have transcended the Third Realm. We don't need to worry too much."

"Indeed." Yu Xiucai's lips curled up: "It would be best if your fisherman in the straw raincoat also died in this insect swarm."

"Hmph." Zhu Ge's face darkened, and she said no more.

The insect swarm lasted for a day and a night, and the sound of insects gradually subsided by noon the next day.

The flames on the top of Jianshan Mountain gradually subsided, and when Zhu Ge emerged, all he could see was devastation all around him.

The earth looked as if it had been gnawed on.

After the insect swarms receded, all the leaves of the trees and shrubs were gone, leaving only a few scattered patches of green, much like the Loess Plateau.

As the flames died down, the billowing smoke seemed to have triggered a change in the weather.

"Rumble..."

A thunderclap resounded.

But even now, Zhu Ge still felt that something was wrong.

"What exactly is wrong...?"

Zhu Ge glanced around, reminiscing about the past.

"Rumble..."

The thunder rumbled for miles, startling countless insects.

"Wait! This is..." Yu Xiucai exclaimed in horror, "Oh no, Zhu Ge, that wasn't a real insect swarm!"

Without Yu Xiucai needing to say anything more, Zhu Ge naturally noticed it as well.

The previous insect swarms were clearly coming from south to north and were purposeful.

That was not the natural awakening of insects in the world.

Now, the insects that have surged out from all directions because of the thunder are the real insect swarm.

"We don't have enough wood!" Zhu Ge immediately realized that the remaining wood would not be enough.

He had to find another way to keep the insects out of the food!

"I'm going down the mountain to chop firewood now. You all wait here!"

Zhu Ge said urgently, "You all need to burn the remaining firewood first, otherwise when those bloodsucking worms, flying mosquitoes, and leeches come out, we won't be able to get rid of them!"

"Be careful!" Yu Xiucai didn't have time to say more, because some small black insects had already taken flight.

They quickly lit a fire and then started a fire again.

But there wasn't much firewood left, and the thunder in the sky foreshadowed the coming downpour.

In heavy rain, flames cannot burn for long unless the fire is very large.

The fire was so big that even the rain couldn't extinguish it.

When the rain gets heavy, it can extinguish any fire.

"Rumble..."

Thunder is approaching, and rain is imminent.

Zhu Ge moved quickly, and upon reaching the foot of the mountain, he immediately used the "Wrathful Vajra Palm" to break three large trees.

During this process, several leeches crawled onto his feet from who knows where.

"Bang!"

As the blood and qi circulate, the muscles tremble, and the leech falls off.

*Smack!*

Zhu Ge slapped himself in the face, then looked down and saw the corpse of a small black insect and his blood on his palm.

"No, I have to hurry!"

Zhu Ge was startled.

He smashed another tree, then carried the several large trees on his back, circulated his blood energy, and rushed towards the mountaintop with all his might.

These trees should theoretically be difficult to burn, since they are not dry wood and contain too much moisture.

But at this point, there was no time to worry about that.

This tree may not burn into a large fire, but it can produce high temperatures and smoke, which can also repel insects to some extent.

"Splash—"

In the distance, a torrential downpour was imminent.

Zhu Ge carried the wood to the fire, split the wood in two with his bare hands, and threw it directly into the fire.

"I want to build a simple shed."

Zhu Ge looked around and then went to a nearby house. He knocked down several walls of the house and then carried the roof and beams to the underground entrance to block the rain from falling from the sky.

The flames burned fiercely, producing thick smoke due to incomplete combustion.

"Snapped!"

"That's all for now."

There are no more ways to celebrate.

In my memory, every year during the Awakening of Insects, in addition to the whole village burning fires, every household would light fires and place them at the doors and windows to prevent insects from getting in.

However, there are still some fleas, bloodsuckers, leeches, and other pests that slip through the net.

These insects have been starving all winter, until the thunder awakens them, and then they come out frantically to forage for food.

I wonder how Sui Niang is doing... Zhu Ge finished making the fire and went into the tunnel, blocking it with stones.

Upon entering the tunnel, his body felt a surge of energy, and the tingling sensation in his back disappeared.

Looking back, I realized that there were seven or eight large leeches crawling on my back.

And this final blow left Zhu Ge completely exhausted.

"Zhu Ge, how are you?"

When Yu Xiucai and his group arrived, they saw Zhu Ge sitting down to rest.

It should be noted that although he is a martial artist in the Resentment Realm, his blood energy is still limited.

They broke several large trees and moved them back, then they also had to break down the roof and move it back as well.

Normally, it would take several people to carry a large tree.

Therefore, Zhu Ge exhausted all her blood and energy, collapsing to the ground in exhaustion.

"It's alright, I just need to eat something and rest."

Zhu Ge grinned.

At that moment, Hua Liusha in his mind suddenly said urgently:

"Oh no, brother, shut up!"

"Something big is coming!"