Demon Sword Immortal

"Blocked?"

“Yes.” Huang Qian nodded.

"It's blocked out a hundred meters in; even if you dig three meters in, you still can't see the road."

"I have ordered everyone to evacuate from inside and set up camp a little further away."

That means there are no reinforcements or heavy firepower available for the time being.

Bai frowned.

Is this an office building?

Was it Chai Xuan who did it? Or was it the Demon Immortal Sect?

Rumble…

Just then, a tremor suddenly came from beneath their feet.

As if the earth were shaking, the soil in the middle suddenly broke open, and a dark shadow emerged from it, rushing straight towards Bai Xiang.

Chapter Sixty-One Divine Cry

"Beast!"

With a roar from Huang Qian, Bai Xiang instantly dodged to the side.

While dodging, she also tried her best to observe the shadowy figure and discovered that it was a big, fat, and plump insect with a yellowish-brown shell!

It stands over a meter tall and is nearly three meters long. Its carapace is smooth and semi-transparent, its lower abdomen is fat and its upper back is wide. It has two sharp chelicerae at the front and a sharp, long beak under its face, which is folded and tucked into its chest.

Is this a tick or a mole cricket?

But it seems more like... a cicada larva?

Before the giant insect could even fully land after its attack missed, a broadsword crashed down from behind. The sword slammed into its body with a "thud," and with a spray of clear, colorless insect blood, it was completely rendered immobile, most of its body crushed by the sword.

Even Huang Qian couldn't withstand a single sword strike; this thing doesn't seem that powerful.

But neither Bai Xiang nor Huang Qian felt the situation was easy, because it was obvious that a single insect could not create the kind of tremor that had just occurred.

Rumble…

The tremors are even intensifying!

laugh!

A few meters ahead of them, another layer of soil was lifted up, and another identical insect jumped out.

Chi Chi Chi!

And this was happening all around! Countless yellow beetles of varying sizes were emerging from the soil...and their numbers were increasing! In just a few blinks of an eye, hundreds had accumulated, covering a small open space!

These insects seemed to lack vocal organs; they emerged without making a sound, simply turning their heads toward the two people in the middle and swarming towards them with great force.

"Stand behind me!" Huang Qian roared. "Quickly break out and join them!"

In this critical moment, he couldn't afford to hold back any longer. A red light rippled across his broadsword, encircling half of his body and materializing out of thin air the silhouette of a three-meter-tall, armored, black-maned nightmare horse!

Demon Pool! Eight-Armor Nightmare Horse!

Neighing sounds

Under Bai Xiang's gaze, Huang Qian suddenly withdrew his sword, gripped it with both hands, and thrust it into the ground. The illusory image of the Nightmare Horse that enveloped him immediately raised its front hooves and slammed them into the ground, causing a violent collapse!

This is--

Bai wanted to glare.

Yes... There are so many of these insects, and they've crawled out of the ground, which means they've dug many tunnels underground, leaving the underlying structure in a mess!

At this moment, using the Demon Pool's ground-shaking divine power is truly effective!

She moved quickly, already following Huang Qian to the outer edge of the open space. The muddy ground around them was rapidly collapsing, forming a sinkhole a hundred meters wide, which sank in along with the yellowish-brown beetles.

But this only slightly slowed down their encirclement. Countless beetles flipped over and immediately climbed ashore, relentlessly pursuing them!

That's not the worst.

The worst part was that as the two of them ran swiftly through the giant tree forest, with each step their feet took, the soil and grass beneath them felt unusually soft, as if earthworms had burrowed into and turned them over.

Chi Chi!

Beetles continued to emerge from the ground along the way.

They're practically everywhere!

It's as if this place is their kingdom!

"Pfft!"

Several beetles that lunged at Bai Xiang midway were sliced ​​in mid-air by her sword.

But when he drew his sword again, Bai Xiang raised an eyebrow. The blade no longer cut in a straight line, but instead cut into the insect's abdomen in an arc, taking a little longer.

what happened?

She was surprised because the beetle seemed to have the ability to learn and adapt to the trajectory and angle of her last sword strike.

Their two sharp chelicerae in front of them are like two thick-backed swords with serrations. When they are wielded, they vaguely resemble sword moves, and the feeling is quite familiar!

Suddenly! The soil in front of Bai Xiang bulged up and a giant beetle, more than four meters long, emerged and attacked her, waving its pincers!

"Clang!"

Bai Xiang's momentum was temporarily halted. He clenched his sword and chelicerae and exchanged blows in mid-air for several rounds. He calmly bypassed the insect's defense and was about to pierce its head with a thrust.

But just then! The giant beetle suddenly sprang back. Not only did it narrowly avoid the sword strike, but it also raised most of its body, placing its two pincers vertically against its chest, assuming a strange posture...!?

'I only regret that summer is too short'?

Bai Xiang subconsciously recalled a strange move from the Divine Cry Sword. Before she could react, the giant beetle's body began to emit a mournful cry!

Buzz—~~~~~！ ！ ！

Its entire carapace and chelicerae were trembling at a terrifying frequency, perhaps thousands of times per second. These tremors converged into a horrific wave, fiercely surging in all directions from the center of the giant beetle!

Wow!

Countless dust, gravel, withered branches and fallen leaves were swept away and thrown back. Bai Xiang was also forcibly stopped from thrusting, and was pushed back from mid-air by the impact, needing to hold on to the ground to stabilize his body.

A huge storm raged within her. Her eyes were fixed on the beetle that stood proudly in front of her, analyzing and dissecting every move it had made with its pincers... forming a unique sword technique in her mind.

This is the Divine Sword!

So that's how the Divine Cry Sword is used?

You can't talk about ice with a summer insect...

I only regret that summer is too short... I only regret that summer is too short!!!

Buzz—~~~!

Buzzing—~~~~!

The giant beetle's buzzing sounded like a bugle call to arms, and instantly, every beetle in the woods stopped what it was doing, stood up, and began to vibrate its shell in unison.

This behavior had terrible consequences... Even Huang Qian, whose demonic pool form 'Eight Armor Nightmare Horse' was painstakingly condensed, was instantly shattered in the face of this converging wave of energy. He was blown backward and crashed hard into a tree!

"puff!"

Blood spurted from Huang Qian's teeth. After falling, he quickly hid behind a tree trunk, not daring to confront the roar head-on.

so horrible!

Such ordinary individual strength, yet it has gathered to create such a sound wave! It's simply earth-shattering! And then, the gods tremble!

Unheard of... What kind of monster is this?

By the way, what about the Bai family girl?

Out of the corner of his eye, Huang Qian saw Bai Xiang standing alone in the sound waves, his white hair blown about and fluttering wildly in mid-air.

what is she doing

If you keep pushing like that, you'll shatter your bones!

Why don't you just hide?!

Buzz—~~~

Buzzing—~~~!

Endless divine roars swept in from all directions, squeezing Bai Xiang alone in the middle, leaving her no room to dodge at all.

At the critical moment of life and death, Bai Xiang withstood the violent sonic wave and suddenly sheathed his sword, holding the blade upright in front of him in a strange posture.

Her wrist seemed to blur for a moment.

That's vibration.

By vibrating the arm and wrist at a high frequency, the vibration frequency is transmitted to the blade being held.

At first, her movements were a little awkward.

The frequency of the sword's vibration was off, like a swarm of insects chirping in unison on a summer's day; she was the one that was seriously out of tune.

But gradually, as the sound waves washed over her body time and time again, she experienced and imitated them through this personal experience... Her vibration frequency became closer and closer to these insect demons, and her calls became more and more like theirs... until she was no different from them!

Her entire being, her whole being, and the sword in her hand—everything about her—seemed to merge into the heavens and earth through this unique performance, allowing one to feel the spirit contained within the 'Divine Melody' out of thin air.

She seemed to see a tiny beetle emerging from the ground after a summer thunderstorm, climbing a tree trunk, breaking free of its shell, spreading its beautiful wings, and letting out a sharp chirp in the summer sun!

The first sound caused the heavens and earth to lose their color.

The second sound was heard in silence by the mountains, rivers, and all the beasts.

That is the spirit of 'ten thousand years is too long, seize the day'.

It was as if a voice roared from within: I do not seek winter! I only seek to amaze the summer's scorching heat!

boom!

The scene before my eyes shattered with a deafening crash.

Bai Xiang's consciousness fell into the starry universe, and a scroll flew out of nowhere from the Milky Way and unfolded before his eyes.

Upon closer inspection: it depicts a cicada demon with outstretched wings, surrounded by densely packed inscriptions.

Countless streams of information converged and blended in her heart, eventually forming the three characters "惊神蝉" (Jing Shen Chan).

It was transformed into the title of the volume.

It is etched in my heart.

Chapter Sixty-Two Acceleration

Everything happened in his consciousness. When he tried to open his eyes, all he saw was a field full of insects.

Compared to their previous eagerness to tear her to pieces, these giant insects now seemed somewhat hesitant.

Clearly, they were disturbed by Bai Xiang's chirping. Their limited intelligence left them confused about whether the other party was even one of their own kind. After a moment of bewilderment, they finally came to their senses and... pounced on Huang Qian in a flurry.

???

Huang Qian was filled with questions. He looked at the swarm of insects rushing across the mountainside and instinctively grabbed the tree trunk with both hands, trying to climb up.

"Commander Huang!" Bai Xiang called out to remind him, "Discard the bronze cicada!"

Bronze cicada...what bronze cicada?

Huang Qian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening, reached into his waist pouch, pulled out the 'Bronze Cicada' from the Demon Pool, and threw it forcefully into the distance.

Then a miracle happened: except for a few beetles that were still eager to try their luck on him, most of the insects turned around and followed the 'Copper Cicada' in a dense, dark mass.

Huang Qian and Bai Xiang worked together and quickly dealt with the remaining few beetles. Only then did he slump down and gasp for breath.

"...How did you find out?" After a moment, Huang Qian looked at Bai Xiang with amazement.

So the reason we were being hunted was that bronze cicada?

But how would you know?

You found out way too fast!