Chapter 291: Bloodthirsty Locusts Attack

The next moment, a strange cry echoed as more than ten gigantic locusts flew out from the crimson flames. They were the size of adult wild boars, each with a foot-long bloody stinger protruding from its mouth and four pairs of thin, blood-red wings on its back.

Their speed was incredible; in just a few blinks, they swooped down on two clansmen, their sharp, bloody stingers piercing through their bodies.

Two desperate screams broke the air as the two clansmen plummeted from the sky.

Wang Changhui was heartbroken. He quickly made a hand seal, and his flying spiritual artifact glowed brightly, accelerating rapidly. The blood-devouring locusts pursuing them were all first-tier mid-grade demonic insects. Wang Changhui exerted full control over the flying spiritual artifact, while the two clansmen summoned spiritual artifacts or talismans to attack the locusts, significantly hindering their flight speed.

A quarter of an hour later, Wang Changhui and the two clansmen managed to escape back to Wang Family Fortress.

A massive yellow light barrier enveloped the entire fortress. Wang Mingjiang and other Foundation Establishment cultivators stood on the city wall, where Wang Changhui reported the situation to them.

As they fled back to Wang Family Fortress, nearly ten thousand blood-devouring locusts also arrived, swarming above the fortress.

Wang Mingjiang had only received the news yesterday, and now, the very next day, the blood-devouring locusts were attacking their gates. This speed was simply too fast!

A piercing whoosh filled the air as thousands of foot-long blood blades shot forth, striking the yellow light barrier with tremendous force. The barrier shook violently, its light dimming significantly.

“Uncle Twenty-One, we cannot let them continue to attack the clan protection array, or it will break sooner or later.”

Wang Changyue warned, frantically pouring her spiritual power into the yellow formation plate in her hand.

Wang Qingqi and Wang Changhao also injected their spiritual power into their respective formation plates, and the yellow light barrier quickly returned to normal.

While infusing spiritual power into the formation plates, they simultaneously released a second-tier flying puppet beast to attack the blood-devouring locusts.

Wang Changfeng summoned a glowing red fan and gently fanned it. A large amount of fire light appeared out of nowhere, rapidly transforming into a gigantic crimson fire python that swayed its head and tail as it lunged towards the blood-devouring locusts.

Wang Mingjiang conjured a palm-sized white gourd, which expanded to ten feet in size against the wind, then sprayed out a vast expanse of white cold air.

Wang Ruyan summoned a long, thin white thread, which spun rapidly as it struck the blood-devouring locusts.

Wang Qingshan had gone to the mortal world to collect animal blood and had not yet returned.

Wang Changyi and several other Qi Refining cultivators also summoned first-tier puppet beasts to attack the blood-devouring locusts.

Most of these blood-devouring locusts were first-tier, with fewer than ten second-tier ones.

The crimson fire python charged into the swarm of blood-devouring locusts, wreaking havoc. First-tier locusts that touched the python instantly turned to ash. However, leveraging their numerical advantage, the locusts quickly overwhelmed the crimson fire python.

When the blood-devouring locusts came into contact with the white cold air, they were instantly frozen and plummeted from the sky.

The white thread danced rapidly, shredding more than a dozen blood-devouring locusts into fragments.

The flying puppet beasts either breathed fire, clawed, or bit, sending one blood-devouring locust after another crashing down from the sky.

A strange shriek pierced the air, and the bloody full moon rolled and transformed into hundreds of several-zhang-long blood-red spears, rapidly striking the yellow light barrier below.

With a series of muffled cracking sounds, the yellow light barrier shook continuously and dimmed considerably. Wang Changyue and the two others hurriedly injected spiritual power into their formation plates, and the yellow light barrier quickly returned to normal.

“Be careful, these blood-devouring locusts can transform and attack, making them difficult to deal with. Everyone, be extra cautious.”

Wang Ruyan warned, her willowy brows furrowed in concern.

She was not suited for this type of defensive battle. Her sonic attacks were indiscriminate; unless a special formation was set up beforehand, it would be difficult, as her sonic attacks would affect the Wang family members as well.

Wang Changfeng frowned slightly, tossed the red fan in his hand forward, and frantically poured spiritual power into it. The red fan glowed brightly, and the embroidered red flood dragon on its surface seemed to come alive, rapidly swimming across the fan.

This Scarlet Flood Dragon Fan was a high-grade magical artifact that Wang Changsheng had seized from an enemy. Because it sealed the spirit of a second-tier high-grade fire flood dragon, it could transform and attack, possessing immense power. Wang Changsheng had entrusted it to Wang Changfeng for use.

Wang Ruyan summoned a green scroll depicting hundreds of green demonic wolves—the 'Hundred Wolves Hunting Map'. This was a mid-grade magical artifact that Wang Changsheng had crafted for her using the spirits of multiple demonic wolves.

She quickly formed hand seals with her ten fingers, sending several magical incantations onto the green scroll, which instantly burst with light.

“Awooo!”

A mighty wolf howl echoed, and a colossal green demonic wolf surged out from the green scroll. Behind it, dozens of smaller green demonic wolves followed.

Led by the wolf king, dozens of green demonic wolves rapidly lunged towards the blood-devouring locusts.

Before getting close, the green demonic wolves began to unleash streams of green wind blades.

Dense green wind blades sliced the blood-devouring locusts into chunks of flesh. While the locusts gained significant attack power when they formed spear-like shapes, their defenses were not strong, mainly due to the scarcity of second-tier blood-devouring locusts.

“Transform into Flood Dragon!”

Following Wang Changfeng's cold shout, the red fan erupted with dazzling crimson light, and a deafening dragon roar resounded. The red fan transformed into a colossal crimson flood dragon, covered in dense scales, its gaping maw revealing a row of sharp teeth, appearing exceptionally ferocious.

“Roar!”

The crimson flood dragon let out a furious roar, a layer of crimson flames erupting from its body, as it clawed and lunged towards the blood-devouring locusts.

Wang Mingjiang summoned a silvery-white longsword and frantically poured spiritual power into it. The sword glowed brightly, then blurred and transformed into a twenty-foot-tall white giant eagle, which spread its wings and swooped down upon the blood-devouring locusts.

The blood-devouring locusts, being low-level and fighting individually, were quickly overwhelmed by Wang Mingjiang and the others. One after another, the locusts either turned into shredded flesh, were frozen into ice sculptures by the white cold air and fell from the sky, or were torn to shreds by the crimson flood dragon.

Although the number of blood-devouring locusts was vast, they could not break through the Wang family's clan protection array and could only passively endure the attacks.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the number of blood-devouring locusts had decreased by a tenth, and their numbers were still rapidly dwindling.

They seemed unwilling to leave and furiously attacked the yellow light barrier.

The sheer number of blood-devouring locusts was overwhelming; they couldn't kill them all. Wang Changyue and the two others had not been in the Foundation Establishment stage for long, so their spiritual power was not abundant. Due to the excessive spiritual power consumption, their foreheads were covered in sweat, and their faces were pale.

“Uncle Twenty-One, we are almost at our limit. Please exert more effort to kill as many blood-devouring locusts as possible and reduce their numbers.”

Wang Changyue suggested, her eyes filled with worry.

“Alright, I understand. Qingze, relay my command: all clansmen not participating in the battle are to hide in the cellars dug beneath their homes, seal the entrances, and prepare for the worst.”

“Yes, Great Uncle Twenty-One, I will do it immediately.”

Wang Qingze assented and departed to carry out the order.

“Uncle Twenty-One, why did so many blood-devouring locusts suddenly appear?”

A familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Wang Mingjiang turned to look and saw Wang Changsheng flying towards the city wall on a cloud.

Compared to three years ago, Wang Changsheng's aura had grown significantly stronger.