"Since two months ago, the news from Yunyadu has been broken." General Han Lao, who was stationed at Zhenbeiguan, was a cautious and steady man, more conservative than enterprising, and although he lived for nearly 100 years, he was still strong enough to have a large group of descendants, but courage was never his specialty.

When he found out that there were strange insects near Zhenbei Pass, his first reaction was to put the entire Zhenbei Pass on alert, and all the soldiers had to be ready to fight, and even put their weapons by their side when they slept at night, ready to fight at any time.

To this end, he also conducted several special exercises to ensure that once an enemy attacked, Zhenbei Pass could immediately enter a state of war and would not fall into a situation of surprise.

I have to admit that people grow old and become fine. Even though the veteran general's true talent lies in martial arts rather than the art of war, his decision is sound and there is nothing obvious wrong.

But in this case, when he got a report like "cut off contact with Yunya", the talent that had been slowly accumulated over the years was finally exhausted.

In line with the idea of "be careful, there is no big mistake", General Han just sent a few spies to try to investigate the situation, and the result of the spies was that the entire Cloud Cliff was gone!

"Getting to the point!" Zhong Chao listened to him babble about how scared and worried he was at that time, how he thought about it carefully, and how many meetings he held to gather the high-level generals of the entire Zhenbeiguan to brainstorm and discuss repeatedly...... Finally listened impatiently, and interrupted him very unceremoniously, "Less nonsense! How can a person who is only a hundred years old be so nagging! ”

Although in terms of appearance, Old General Han looked much older than Zhong Chao. But in fact, Zhong Chao is old enough to be his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather...... This is because Zhong Chao himself belongs to the category of young geniuses, if you use the age of the old man with withered leaves to calculate, then I really don't know how many "grandfathers" Lu Dao has to say.

It's not that he is rude, in front of this kind of small characters, Zhong Chao doesn't have the idea of respecting the old and the virtuous - no matter how you look at it, the older and the more virtuous are all him!

Choked by this young-looking immortal, Old General Han looked a little embarrassed. He knew that the age of the Dao Immortals could not be judged by their appearance—for example, the Crescent Moon County Lord should have been more than a thousand years old, but he looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old.

In contrast, this immortal, who looked to be in his twenties, may have lived for three to five thousand years...... Even in the army, this kind of veteran soldier is also privileged, not to mention that people are immortals!

So he had to cough dryly, ignore the words that emphasized his hard work, and talk directly about the insects.

About three months ago, an alien insect appeared outside Zhenbei Pass.

Although the number was small, the strength of the insects was beyond the reach of mortals, and the reconnaissance team he sent out was almost completely wiped out, and only a few seriously wounded returned.

In view of the strength of the alien insects, General Han Lao immediately asked for help from the Protector Immortal Officer stationed in Zhenbei Pass. The immortal officials eliminated the alien insects, but they were also damaged, and the leading immortal officials were even seriously injured, and since then they have been in retreat and recuperating, and they have not yet come out of the customs.

"Did they say what level of alien worm it was?" Wu Xie asked.

"No, they just said, 'This thing is dangerous, we're going to find some help,' and they left, and none of them came back." Old General Han sighed deeply, "I originally thought they had escaped, but now it seems that they may have been killed by insects......"

"People in the right path do not deceive, even if they want to run, they will tell you." The old man shook his head and sighed, "They said they were looking for helpers, and that was to find helpers—to be honest, you don't deserve a bunch of Jindan monks to lie and deceive." ”

He spoke very politely, but it confirmed his words.

People in the righteous path do not deceive, and the old man with withered leaves and Zhong Chao look down on this guts Xiao Han, so they don't even bother to be polite to him.

In contrast, on the contrary, Wu Xie was more polite - he didn't expect anything from this Xiao Han, but this person was also decent, and his requirements were too high and unrealistic.

"So...... Do you have any other news about insects? "We need as much information as we can, whether it's complete or fragmentary, detailed or sketchy, if it's related to insects, or maybe related to insects, we want it." ”

For the rest of the afternoon, they listened to reports from various spies.

These reports are naturally a bit messy, and many of the messages in them lack a sense of reality, and may be mixed with the misjudgments of many spies. But now, that's all they can rely on.

"Messy, Rory's rambling, incoherent!" After dinner, the group discussed future plans, and Zhong Chao said indignantly, "What are these spies talking about!" There's no valuable news at all! ”

"Brother Zhong, you can't expect a group of mortals to fully understand what the 'Faxiang Realm' is? What is 'Millennial Cultivation'? What is a concept like 'large-scale magic circle', they can only know that 'that worm has a very hard shell', 'the knife and axe can't hurt', 'flying extinction', and so on. The old man withered leaves was quite tolerant of those spies who risked their lives, and persuaded with a smile, "Anyway, we finally have a relatively clear impression of the insect plague in the Cloud Pine Country, isn't it a good thing?" ”

"The so-called 'clear impression' is that mortals feel that they will definitely not win, and everyone is dead, so let's pray that a few immortals will fall from the sky to save their lives...... What's the value of this! ”

"Mortals, what else can they think of?" Wu Xie smiled, "I guess they don't know about the collapse of the Dao Sacred Mountain and the collapse of the Immortal Gate...... If you know the truth, I'm afraid there will be many people who commit suicide in despair. ”

Speaking of this, everyone was a little gloomy.

Because Jingyun Mountain had been destroyed, they had no choice but to change their plans and go to Zhenbei Pass.

Zhenbei Pass is the most important Xiongguan in the entire Yunyi Kingdom, and it is guarded on the throat of the northern barbarians going south. There are not only 100,000 male soldiers here, but also the most elite immortal officials of the Yunqi Kingdom to guard them.

However, the barbarian strength of the Yunfei Kingdom is not strong, so Zhenbei Pass has not experienced a relatively large war for many years. Even though General Han claimed that he had been preparing for battle these days, Wu Xie and the others only saw that the armament was slack and morale was low, and no matter how they looked at it, they didn't look like they could fight at any time.

They had the heart to talk to those immortal officials, but they found that the immortal officials stationed in Zhenbei Pass were gone. In desperation, he had to find the general of Zhenbeiguan, who was a mortal, and ask him for news.

What I heard was a bunch of news that seemed worthless no matter how you look at it.

Coincidentally, just one night later, an accident gave everyone a new hope.

"What do you say? Found another insect nearby? Ding Xiaoyue frowned, "In what direction?" How far is it? ”

General Han called a capable-looking spy and pointed out the location on the map.

The distance is less than 100 miles.

"Strange...... It's just a hundred miles, but why can't you find the old man's divine thoughts? The old man looked at the map, groaned for a moment, and said suspiciously, "I only see traces of battle there, but I can't see any insects." ”

"I didn't see it either." Zhong Chao nodded and said, "Maybe those bugs are gone?" ”

"Wait a minute, I'll see for you." Wu Xie turned into a thunderbolt and disappeared, and then in less than a word, he turned into thunder and appeared again, and he was still holding a strange insect that was bound by mana and was constantly struggling.

"There are indeed insects there, and there are quite a few of them." He frowned and said, "But the Divine Mind can't detect their existence at all. These guys seem to have the ability to evade the probes of the mind. ”

"Avoiding Divine Thoughts...... No wonder Jingyun Mountain and Junhuang Mountain were destroyed by them. For us monks, being able to avoid the detection of divine thoughts is simply equivalent to stealth! Ding Xiaoyue was startled, "Then what should we do?" ”

"You study this bug first, and I'll follow their tracks to catch up."

"Senior Brother Wu, are you going alone?" Meng Xiujun was taken aback and persuaded, "It's better not to take risks alone!" ”

Wu Xie hesitated for a moment and smiled.

He understood Meng Xiujun's kindness, but to be honest, if he wanted to do something risky, it was really more convenient for him to go alone!

Not to mention anything else, if there is only one person, he can freely use the Thunder Light Escape Method, with the speed of the Thunder Light Escape Method, even if he faces the Yang God True Immortal, he will most likely be able to run away if he can't beat it.

But if there are other companions around him, he has no choice but to use the small transfer technique to escape with his companions, and he may not be able to escape at that time.

"These guys are just a bunch of burdens!" Ye Hong, who happened to turn into the form of a female man, said disdainfully, "They are not enough for you to fight, if even you are in danger, they will all be wiped out!" ”

"Whether it's cumbersome or not, it depends on how to use it." Wu Xie smiled, "They are actually quite capable, but they are not suitable for me to find trouble with those bugs." ”

At his suggestion, everyone gave up their plans to go with him and stayed in Zhenbei Pass.

Among these six people, there are two Dao Fruit Monks, one Celestial Monk, and one of the remaining three Dharma Monk is a beast tamer, a formation mage, and even Zhong Qi is good at defensive spells and medical methods. With their protection, unless the swarm attacks in a big way, Zhenbei Pass should be safe.

With this premise, Wu Xie can set off with confidence and go to reconnoiter the situation of those bugs.

Or, to hunt down the man behind the curtain who has been cursed by him, who is constantly unlucky at the moment, and who has been faintly locked by him!

"Ahh Ao Yan sneezed and rubbed his nose, a little puzzled.

With his Yang God True Immortal cultivation, he shouldn't catch a cold!

But he clearly felt that since the night before, his state seemed to be a little wrong.

This kind of malaise does not refer to the decline of mana or the confusion of the Dao heart, but the fact that there seems to be a sense of crisis in the dark, as if something unfortunate and dangerous is happening.

But...... What could happen in such a small country that was unfortunate and dangerous for him?

He's not one of those ordinary monks, he's a high Yang God True Immortal! Moreover, he is not one of those unsuccessful cultivators, he is a great dragon!

Who ever heard that dragons get sick? Who has ever heard that the Yang God True Immortal will get sick? It's a joke!

Ao Yan rubbed his nose, put some thoughts of crying and laughing behind him, and continued to observe the huge cocoon.

He could feel that inside this cocoon, a powerful breath of life was taking shape, constantly flourishing.

Calculating that the time was almost up, he walked up to the cocoon and began to cast a spell.

His spells are very complex, and with each cast, a spell will fly out of the canopy and land on the giant cocoon, turning into an inconspicuous spirit pattern.

One for two...... Ten hundred...... Later, there were more and more spirit patterns, and they gradually became one.

When the first spirit pattern landed on the giant cocoon, Ao Yan clearly felt that the breath of life inside the giant cocoon vibrated and violently.

It was the creature that was being conceived that sensed the danger of being refined, and was trying to resist.

But what is the use of this revolt? It's useless at all!

Ao Yan's mana is very powerful, not to mention that the creatures in this giant cocoon were originally created by him, and how can this thing resist with his special method of casting refining spells?

"It seems...... It's growing pretty fast! While refining, Ao Yan sensed the situation inside the giant cocoon through the connection of mana, and judging from what he had seen so far, it would take two or three days at most for the things inside the giant cocoon to hatch.

It's just that...... Ao Yan calculated a little and frowned.

"Two million sacrifices don't seem to be enough! I'm going to have to get some more bugs back! ”

This amount was somewhat beyond his expectations, according to his previous calculations, as long as a million living beings, it was enough to give birth to an empress who could control the entire swarm. But in fact, because his formation is not perfect enough, the use of life force is not delicate enough, and there are too many wasted parts!

According to the current momentum, we still need to catch another three and a half million......

The slaughter of three and a half million people in one fell swoop was indeed a very terrible atrocity. But Ao Yan didn't care - in fact, in order to make this insect swarm that would be used as a Dao soldier in the future take shape, they had already killed millions of people, and only then did they transform a large number of alien insects.

Although most of these insects do not even have basic sanity and can only be regarded as the lowest level of tools, they can also bite and kill elephants if there are more ants. Didn't the few Dao Fruit cultivators who joined forces before, who could even be comparable to the Yang God True Immortals, finally die of exhaustion under the siege of more than 100,000 alien insects?

Their carcasses were put to good use, and they became the youngest and most elite of the insects. According to Ao Yan's estimate, after refining the newborn empress into a magic weapon, and then using it to drive the insect swarm, you can gather all the insects that were Dao Fruit monks before their death, and try to catalyze them to grow faster.

As long as you can grow even one or two Yang God realms, it is equivalent to picking up a large sum of money on the side of the road, and it is completely for nothing!

Moreover, these guys had already died, and they had been resurrected by relying on his mana, transformed into alien insects, and all of them had been branded by him. If necessary, as long as he had a single thought, he could summon dozens of Dao Fruit Realms, hundreds of Heavenly and Human Realms, and countless Faxiang realms at any time...... Insect Soldiers.

Although these Dao soldiers have not yet been formed, the battle is a little chaotic, and I am afraid that even two or three percent of the power of ten percent will not be able to exert one. But Ao Yan himself is not a weak person, with the assistance of Dao soldiers, among opponents with the same cultivation, he is already invincible!

In fact, the fundamental reason why Ao Yan researched and created this group of weird insects was to fight with opponents of the same cultivation.

Although these bugs have other uses, this one is the most fundamental purpose!

He gently stroked the huge cocoon, and was about to say a few words of encouragement to his subordinates who were busy next to him, but suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and his eyes went dark, as if there was some danger again.

Ao Yan was startled and hurriedly began to calculate. But after extrapolating and calculating, he only found that he had a large group of fewer subordinates, but he didn't know what these things had to do with him?

If he wants Ao Yan to encounter danger, he must have a Yang God True Immortal to take action, and the ordinary Yang God True Immortal is not enough to see. Among the dozen or so Great Shifting Formations nearby, the only one with a powerful Yang God True Immortal stationed all year round, and the only one who could potentially kill him was the Yujing Sect.

However, the Yujing faction is impossible. Because the messenger of the Dragon Palace has gone.

The power of the Four Desecration Dragon Palaces is greater than that of the Yujing Sect, especially the dragon clans on the shore are generally narrow-minded, once they offend them, they are often more troublesome than offending ordinary Yang God True Immortals!

For example, Ao Yan, the reason why he researched such a dangerous method and cultivated such a dangerous insect was not only because he wanted to improve his combat effectiveness, but more importantly, a long, long time ago, when he was not a true immortal of the Yang God, he once met a monk from the Yujing faction here, fought a fight, and suffered a loss.

Maybe the Yujing sect monk who fought him at the beginning had already forgotten about it, but Ao Yan himself wouldn't forget it! When he researched this strange bug, his first thought was to come to the country of clouds and use the population of the country to cultivate a large swarm of insects.

This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, which can not only allow him to obtain powerful Taoist soldiers, but also allow him to settle part of his grievances, which is really a double win!

Thinking of this, Ao Yan couldn't help but laugh.

But he only laughed twice, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

A Dao Fruit monk rode the thunder light and suddenly appeared outside the underground passage where the insect leaders lived, looking at it coldly.

"I can't believe that this is the nest of bugs!" Wu Xie smiled, and casually threw the insect he grabbed the soul searcher in, like a bomb, blowing up the manor on the ground into ruins.

"I'm Wu Jie, I'm here to collect debts from you!" Immortals are more troublesome!

For example, Ao Yan, the reason why he researched such a dangerous method and cultivated such a dangerous insect was not only because he wanted to improve his combat effectiveness, but more importantly, a long, long time ago, when he was not a true immortal of the Yang God, he once met a monk from the Yujing faction here, fought a fight, and suffered a loss.

Maybe the Yujing sect monk who fought him at the beginning had already forgotten about it, but Ao Yan himself wouldn't forget it! When he researched this strange bug, his first thought was to come to the country of clouds and use the population of the country to cultivate a large swarm of insects.

This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, which can not only allow him to obtain powerful Taoist soldiers, but also allow him to settle part of his grievances, which is really a double win!

Thinking of this, Ao Yan couldn't help but laugh.

But he only laughed twice, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

A Dao Fruit monk rode the thunder light and suddenly appeared outside the underground passage where the insect leaders lived, looking at it coldly.

"I can't believe that this is the nest of bugs!" Wu Xie smiled, and casually threw the insect he grabbed the soul searcher in, like a bomb, blowing up the manor on the ground into ruins.

"I'm Wu Jie, I'm here to collect debts from you!"