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Chapter 1169 Disaster Relief
A massive, overwhelming crimson wave swept in, devouring everything within sight from all directions.

Even more terrifying is that the air was so thinly absorbed that it created a vast vacuum.

What is truly despairing is that this wave of bloodshed is merely a tiny, insignificant corner of the blood-red clouds in the sky.

But for everyone on board, it was nothing short of a catastrophe.

Lian Zixiu and Qi Qingdi, both powerful warriors, have gained a deep understanding of the Blood Locust Plague over their journey.

A single blood locust can be crushed with two fingers, but once hundreds of millions of blood locusts attack in swarms, even a late-stage powerful martial artist will only face certain death.

Natural disasters, especially locust plagues, are undoubtedly catastrophic events.

It is likely that only a grandmaster could escape unscathed from the ocean formed by the blood locusts.

"Stop arguing. If you want to take the young master to see the master, I'll do it..."

Qi Qingdi spun his divine weapon, the short staff, and in an instant, a tiger roared and a dragon howled. Sound waves and air currents swept across the heavens and earth, and an invisible, enormous millstone began to turn. The blood locusts were swept into it and turned into powder.

In the blink of an eye, the space with a diameter of one kilometer was completely blocked.

Not a single blood locust survived in this space; only countless particles of dust disappeared with the wind and water.

"sharp."

Zhou Xin was amazed; this was the power of a powerful martial artist's all-out attack.

I heard that Qi Qingdi is my master's most prized disciple and one of the best among the younger generation in the city. As the second-generation head of the Daqian Martial Arts Academy, he has already reached the fourth level of the Strong Martial Realm.

However, before he could finish speaking, a chilling scene unfolded before his eyes.

The blood tide around the newly cleared space instantly accelerated tenfold or a hundredfold, with blood locusts rushing into the vacuum zone like arrows.

In just a few breaths, the empty space that Qi Qingdi had created was filled, and the amount of space was even greater than before.

Looking further afield, the number of blood locusts was not affected at all; there was no sign of a reduction.

"I will strike again and cleave a path to survival, then you can take the young master away."

"Don't think it's easy. The blood locusts on both sides won't let you escape easily. Use all the ultimate moves from Wanxiu Mountain and Wanli Swamp Sea. Don't let your master down!"

Lian Zixiu nodded emphatically and raised his hand to unleash the 'Hundred Poisons Strike,' a secret technique he had exchanged with Lu Chongsheng, which was extremely powerful.

All that could be seen was the hundred poisons transformed from blood and qi surging into the flood of blood locusts, gray mist churning, and corpses falling like raindrops.

The poisonous gas spread, and the blood locusts swarmed together in dense, tight packs.

In the blink of an eye, an empty passage appeared.

"I'll take my men and leave first; you follow later!"

Lian Zixiu grabbed Zhou Xin and leaped into the air using the "Mountain-Turning Step" technique from Wanxiu Mountain.

Behind him, Qi Qingdi's hand holding the short stick emitted white smoke. This was due to the high temperature generated by the friction between his blood and qi and the divine weapon, which almost melted his skin.

He was going all out this time; the air around him heated up and turned into steam, with occasional popping sounds.

Seeing the blood locusts swarming in from both sides, about to engulf Lianzi Xiu and Zhou Xin...

"True Yuan Qi that Subdues Dragons and Tigers!"

A burst of lightning exploded on the flat ground, and Qi Qingdi swallowed a spherical stream of air. The short stick flew out as illusions of a fierce tiger and a real dragon.

A dragon and a tiger charged into the swarm of blood locusts, shattering everything in their path before the locusts could even touch them.

The scene resembled a hundred-ton soil roller whizzing by.

Qi Qingdi's face turned pale at a visible speed. The stronger the move, the greater the consumption. He was risking his life.

But the next moment, his heart sank to the bottom of the ocean.

From the blood-red clouds high above, hundreds and thousands more blood locusts flew out again, their sheer numbers causing them to pile up and squeeze against each other.

If the swarm of blood locusts had flowed like water just moments before, now it felt like a massive, solid mountain crashing down. "It's over!"

Not only Qi Qingdi, but Lian Zixiu also sensed the overwhelming power of Mount Tai and felt that the situation was dire.

It would be fine if it were a mountain of the same weight, but this mountain is made up of blood locusts, which devour everything, fearless of death, and are only monstrous insects driven by the instinct to devour.

All that's left is self-destruction.

As soon as Lian Zixiu had the thought, she subconsciously looked at Qi Qingdi on the boat, and the two of them were of one mind and their eyes met.

He and Zhou Xin certainly couldn't self-destruct, otherwise it would inevitably affect others. Only Qi Qingdi on the ship had a chance.

Qi Qingdi smiled and nodded at him, placed her hands on her chest, took a deep breath, and her whole body turned red.

This is a sign that it's about to self-destruct.

Shocked, Lian Zixiu quickly covered Zhou Xin's eyes, saying, "Open your eyes when I tell you to."

He overdrawn his vital energy and tried his best to push the speed of the Mountain-Turning Step to the limit in order to avoid the aftershocks of the self-destruction.

The sounds of heaven and earth seemed to vanish in an instant.

At first, Reiko held her breath and turned her back to the outside, trying to shield herself from the aftershocks of the self-destruction.

However, the pricking sensation did not come for a long time.

He suddenly widened his eyes and saw a magnificent sight he had never seen before in his life.

Above their heads, the menacing shape of the blood-red clouds quickly solidified, then receded and shrank rapidly like a receding tide.

Radiant ribbons hung down from the sky, like the sashes of fairies, but in reality, they were made of so much pulverized blood locust powder that they formed waterfalls cascading down from above.

The gaze shifts from the distance to the closer...

The endless swarms of blood locusts seemed to trigger a chain reaction, causing them to explode and shatter one by one.

The scene was even more spectacular and the affected area was wider than before. With crackling sounds, the blood locusts were blown to pieces from near to far.

This is undoubtedly a long process. In the past, no matter how many blood locusts died, they would replenish and increase.

But even the most ignorant maid, Bu Yatou, could tell from the scene before her that these insects were doomed.

"not me!"

Qi Qingdi was about to self-destruct when she saw the sudden turn of events and shook her head, indicating that it had nothing to do with her.

Lian Zixiu knew, of course, that it wasn't him; even the Human Sect and the Earth Sect didn't have that ability.

But who exactly took action to wipe out these blood locusts?

They escaped by sheer luck, and still shaken, they sailed out of the area. The locust plague that had affected several states was quickly eradicated in the days that followed.

The sky and the ground were filled with the corpses of blood locusts that had died suddenly.

Along both sides of the river, one can often see cheerful people using winnowing baskets to collect the insect powder of blood locusts.

Occasionally, when encountering ships passing by from different directions, the news received was invariably that all the blood locusts had died out.

Without the blood locusts, the journey became much easier.

The rest of the journey was very quick, and before we knew it, we had arrived at Maijing Prefecture, one of the eight prefectures of Zhili.

As rumored, the governor of Jingzhou, Ying Bu, was a good friend of Zhou Daqian. He sent people to personally receive Zhou Xin and his party, treating them with extremely generous hospitality.

It was also in Maijingzhou that everyone learned a shocking piece of news: the one who had stepped in to resolve the locust plague was none other than Zhou Xin's father, Zhou Daqian.

In other words, the 'lifesaver' they encountered on their journey was the elder they were visiting.

The thought that his father was more wise and powerful than he imagined China to be, and that he was the greatest hero in the world, made Zhou Xin tremble with excitement.

(End of this chapter)