Locusts are a very troublesome creature, no matter what country they are in, once they swarm, often hundreds of thousands of millions, overwhelmingly devouring all the plants they can see, human crops, orc pastures, elven forests, dwarf terraces, wherever they pass, no plant is immune. However, they are very fragile in their own right, a simple swarm of poultry can destroy a large number of locusts, and if you bring in a high-level or even Legendary-level mage, you can also severely damage them by casting a few fire-type spells into the air. The intelligent creatures of the Yala continent have been fighting against locusts for tens of thousands of years, and they are already familiar with the habits of locusts, but I am afraid that no one knows that perhaps in ancient times, these locusts did not feed on plants as they do now, and they also belonged to quite ferocious meat eaters, who went out in groups to hunt large creatures and eat flesh and blood.

At the end of the narrow tunnel, countless swarms of locusts roosting underground, alarmed by the sound of six people crawling, began to flap their wings and leap through the caves they roosted. The locusts were very ugly, with huge heads, large bulging gray eyes, partparts that were split into several lobes, and amazing hind legs that were covered with sharp serrations and barbs, and yellow-brown wings that unfolded like a withered yellow leaf.

These locusts have been living on the fourth floor of the underground world, and have no fixed territory, and are used to roaming around to hunt, all large arthropods, except for the beetles encountered at the entrance of the fourth floor, have terrible defenses, the rest are food from the mouths of locusts, they will tear the shell of their prey with the serrations of their hind legs, pick open the wounds of their prey with their advantageous limbs, and gnaw the flesh of their prey with their sharp mouthparts. In the darkness of the underworld, countless locusts roam through tunnels and hollows, like their distant cousins on the ground, and there is no living thing in their path.

What the expedition encountered was just a small swarm, although it was small, but when the locusts were disturbed, everyone could hear the buzzing in front of them getting louder and louder, and the sound gradually converged, as if thousands of magic cars were starting at the same time, and it could be guessed from the sound that the so-called small was only relatively speaking, and the number of small swarms in front of them was probably not less than 100,000.

"The people in front, get down. Catherine, at the end of the line, also heard this voice, and shouted with a stern face: "Vivien, set fire, the others turn off the lights." ”

Lina pressed Ike in front of her, and lay flat on the ground with Pannis. The air suddenly became scorching, and a blazing flame rushed forward against the backs of the trio, scorching the hair on the back of the heads of quite a few people along the way. The incandescent flames crossed the remainder of the narrow tunnel in an instant, exploded at the exit of the tunnel, and spread into a wall of fire that burned violently, and the fire was extremely violent, not only blocking the tunnel, but also spreading to the interior of the tunnel.

"No, there's something wrong with this flame. Vivian's face changed, and she said hurriedly: "Retreat, retreat immediately, at least a hundred meters, Lina, seal the front, quickly, immediately." ”

"Oracle, terrain changed. Lina lay on the ground and struck the floor of the tunnel with a hammer, and a rock rose from in front of Pannis, sealing the narrow tunnel completely, leaving no gap. Lina cast her magic spell and immediately shouted: "If you want to retreat, retreat quickly, with such a fierce flame attack, my magic will not last long, five minutes at most." ”

"Five minutes is enough. A few people started with Catherine at the end of the line and slowly retreated through the tunnel. It's easy to climb forward in a narrow tunnel, but it's much more difficult to go backwards than to climb forward, so you have to move back little by little. Five minutes later, the rock summoned by Lina's magic in front of him disappeared, and a scorching breath came to his face, scorching everyone's body, and several people had just retreated to a position where they could barely stand on their back, cautiously staring at the situation in front of them. After a long time, there was still silence in the dark tunnel, there was no sound of flapping wings, no locusts bouncing, and the black oppressive space was as silent as death, as if nothing had happened before.

"Shhh Pannis grinned, and forcefully pulled off a locust half the length of a small arm from his arm, the locust's mouthparts were tightly on Pannis's arm, and it actually broke through the demigod's ** defense, and the teeth were deeply embedded in the skin. The locust was still alive, struggling violently in Pannis's hands, its two strong hind legs stomping hard, and its serrated calves kept cutting into Pannis's arms, although they cut his clothes, they could not cut his skin, and only left white marks on his arms. The corners of Pannis's mouth twitched, and he threw the locust to the ground hard, and stepped on it, the locust's body made a sound like a wooden barrel cracking, and the upper body was directly trampled flat, and the yellow-brown juice splashed all over the ground, but the lower body was still writhing, and the two hind legs were still stretching and convulsing.

"How about being bitten. There were four people between Catherine and Pannis, and under her previous orders, everyone had turned off the shoulder lamps and headlamps, and only one headlamp above Pannis's head still emitted a faint light, plunging the surrounding environment into darkness, so she couldn't see the condition of Pannis's injury, so she could only ask worriedly: "Do you need treatment?" But I didn't smell blood, so there shouldn't be bloodshed." ”

"Ha, you've learned to sense your environment with your sense of smell, which is a big step forward. Still optimistic, Pannis said, "Don't worry, my skin is too thick, and they won't be able to bite through my defenses." But you have to be careful, judging by the strength of their bite on me, if you don't open your shield, you will definitely tear off a large piece of flesh if you bite me, and I don't think that is a very pleasant experience. ”

"None of them hurt. Catherine relieved herself and looked around in the darkness by the light of a headlamp, and when she saw that everyone was fine, she asked, "Vivien, what happened just now?"

"I don't know. Vivien's face was hazy and cloudy, and she said in a low voice, "My flames felt strange as soon as they came out, the temperature was unusually high, and the range was much larger than I expected. When I called you, it was because I found that the flames seemed to be out of control, spreading uncontrollably in all directions, and it was too late to cast protective magic for a while, and I was afraid that everyone would be burned by the flames, so I had to let Lina seal the path of the flames spreading. ”

"Why?" Catherine's face was also unsightly, and it was hard to say whether Vivien's fire magic was out of control and whether it would be related to her physical problems: "You'd better check your physical condition and see if there are any problems." ”

"It's not my body's problem, I have already tested a few other attribute magic by the way when I quit just now, and it's normal, but when it comes to fire attribute magic, no, no, it's wrong, when it comes to explosive fire attribute magic, the power will be significantly enhanced. ”

"When did it start?" Catherine asked, immediately patting her forehead, "What a fool, the last time you used magic was outside of Chongshan City." ”

"yes, I don't know when it started. Vivien pondered, "I think maybe it's the effect of the special environment here, for example, the free fire element here is particularly rich, but it doesn't feel rich, or maybe there are some other strange things here?"

"Forget it, I can't think of any results if I think about it like this, you can control it later, try not to use fire attribute magic, and test it again when you leave here in the future to know if it's a problem with the environment here." Catherine said, "Pannis, what's going on up ahead. ”

"It tasted delicious and I was hungry. Pannis wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a yearning expression: "It turns out that these locusts will be so fragrant when cooked, but I don't know how they taste good, I think ......"

"Don't even think about it. Lina raised her eyebrows when she heard this, raised her voice and said: "Don't fight this kind of idea, we will never eat such an ugly bug, although yesterday's scorpion was delicious, but that is already the limit." ”

"It's a pity, but in the Bailong Dominion, they like to eat roasted or fried locusts as the most delicious snack. Pannis sighed regretfully, "I didn't quite understand why they love to eat those things before, but now I smell here, and I finally understand." ”

"That's not allowed to be eaten. Catherine gritted her teeth and gave an order: "How's the situation up front?

"I couldn't hear much, the locusts seemed to have been burned away, and they sounded farther and farther away. Pannis closed his eyes and said, "Okay, I'll go over and take a look first, you guys wait here for a while, and if it's okay, I'll let you know with the Resonance Crystal." You'd better just light a headlamp while you're here, I'm not sure if the locusts here will react to the light, but the locusts from outside there will. ”

"I still know this, so I just asked everyone to turn off the lights. Catherine nodded, "Be careful, if there is a problem, come back, it's a big deal, let's take a long detour." Although your life is big enough, it is not a good thing to die again and again. ”

"Haha, don't worry, I'll open the domain and escape in case of danger. Pannis waved his hand with his back in distraction: "You can wait here patiently, well, I hope the ground has cooled down, I don't want to crawl over the red-hot rocks, otherwise the smell on my body will be no different from those roasted locusts." ”

"Hurry up. Catherine scolded angrily: "Let you say that you will be disgusted when you smell this smell, go quickly." (To be continued.) )