With a neat cracking sound, in an instant, countless green summer cicadas that had just emerged from their pupae appeared in the woods.
These cicadas are only about the size of a finger on an ordinary summer day. Although they are ugly, most of them hide among the leaves. They only cause a little trouble to people when they emit their sharp and annoying chirping, and they occasionally become the food of naughty children.
But when the size of this chirping hemipteran insect is magnified a hundred times, the ugliness is magnified more than a hundred times?
Tang Zhao once saw demons and ferocious beasts, which were alienated from various animals. Quite a few of them were ugly and disgusting, but they were abnormal monsters after all. Who knew that these insects did not need to be alienated and polluted, and they were already terrifying simply by amplifying them.
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"Know--"
Countless cicadas chirped as if metal were rubbing against each other. The sound was heartbreaking. Each chirping sounded like a charging horn, and the ugly cicadas rushed out overwhelmingly.
Three or five of them rushed towards Tang Zhao, four or five towards Deputy Commander Chi, and more rushed upward in groups, towards Xingji in the sky.
"The monster is coming!"
Just now, when those singing cicadas were staring at Tang Zhao quietly with their compound eyes, he felt horrified in his heart, but when they really charged up and turned into black shadows rushing towards him, they were no longer so scary.
Look at the sword——
Tang Zhao swept across with his sword, and the sword energy turned into light and cut through like a line.
This is not any swordsmanship, but a direct sweep with the sword element. The sword element merges with the sword intention and naturally turns into flowing light.
The light-like sword energy swept over, and part of it touched the giant cicada's hard body. It could not move and collapsed directly. Another sword light swept across the thin wings and cut them off directly. Half of the wings flew lightly, and the big cicada flew away.
The body fell from the air.
There is a flaw!
Tang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he lifted his body up and quickly avoided the sneak attack of a singing cicada behind him.
These singing cicadas have strong bodies, are fast, can carry sword energy from the front, and...
boom--
Tang Zhao saw from a distance that Deputy Chi was knocked backwards by a singing cicada and almost fell into the sea of fire. However, he quickly flew back and continued fighting with his sword. Apparently, he was not seriously injured.
Very powerful.
But the weaknesses are also obvious.
Those wings are thin and transparent, obviously giving the cicada unrivaled speed, but they are very fragile.
This kind of vulnerability is not relative vulnerability, but absolute vulnerability.
Tang Zhao's sword light just now is not strong. Because of the attribute of "light", the sword light is extremely fast and not agile. The strength depends on the energy density Tang Zhao gives it immediately. The upper and lower limits are very different. The one who split the wings of the giant cicada.
Tang Zhao did not add much sword energy to that light, and even suppressed the high temperature, so that the wings could be cut off, indicating that the wings were really fragile.
The only obstacle is that the wings are grown on the body of the giant cicada, which flies extremely fast and is extremely difficult to catch. Sometimes even the eyes cannot catch it, but the thing Tang Zhao is not afraid of most is speed.
The speed of light, in ordinary battlefields, there is really no need to use the word "speed".
"Borrow me some light."
Tang Zhao didn't even bother to do anything. He gently twisted out a ray of light from the bright sky around him and waved it out. The light shot forward almost instantly, piercing a transparent wing, and then jumped up according to Tang Zhao's gesture.
, tearing out a gap. Then the light stopped condensing and dispersed into the sky.
Still a bit unskilled. Not as good as my own sword light.
Tang Zhao knew that although he had obtained the Sunshine Sword Elephant, he was still far from being able to play with light, let alone manipulate natural light as he pleased. Tang Zhao was just on a whim and wanted to test his relationship with Sunshine.
No matter how troublesome it is, the sword energy in his hand turns into light, and even his body is bathed in layers of brilliance.
After a few chirps, its wings were cut off, and the last cicada fell down.
After all, there are only three cicadas on the opposite side.
In fact, these cicadas were still alive. Their wings were gone and they fell to the ground and crawled on the ground. Obviously, their hard bodies could not be injured by a high fall. But ignore them for the time being, because in a battle of this level, things crawling on the ground are not a threat for the time being.
After Tang Zhao finished dealing with his side, he went to see Deputy Chi. He remembered that Deputy Chi seemed to have suffered a loss just now. Deputy Chi didn't seem to be a speed type, and even if he knew the weakness, he couldn't attack...
Immediately afterwards, he saw at a glance that Deputy Chi was flying a kite with four or five singing cicadas into the sea of fire in the surrounding forest.
Ah...what a tactic.
Tang Zhao let out a small sigh, and saw Deputy Chi crawling out of the sea of fire in disgrace, seemingly unscathed except for his embarrassment. Immediately afterwards, bursts of burning aroma and crackling sounds of fire-roasted crispy skin were heard from behind.
This smell makes Tang Zhao feel a little nostalgic. He was one of the urchins who roasted cicadas in the fire, and it was only a few years ago.
There was only a few hints of burnt aroma at the beginning, but then the smell became strange, mixed with other unknown odors. It seemed that as the insects grew larger, some things would become particularly unpleasant when roasted.
Tang Zhao was so disgusted that he interrupted his childhood memories. He turned to Deputy Commander Chi and asked, "Deputy Commander, are you okay?"
Deputy Chi spit out a mouthful of charcoal ash and said: "It's okay. I'll let you kid get rid of it before me. This should be the old man's way of ambushing him in advance. We should all go and deal with him first."
Xing, let’s share a few of them, it can save half of the disaster for Lao Xing, so it’s of some use, right?”
Tang Zhao felt that it was too much to say that he had blocked half of the disaster. The two of them together had eliminated less than ten cicadas. How many more than a hundred of those flying cicadas had rushed towards them? Even if it was not even a tenth of the disaster, the effect was better than nothing.
But this cicada is not particularly difficult. They can deal with it. It won't be difficult for Mr. Xing to deal with it, right?
Even if the quantity is a little more.
at this time.
The sky is already covered with iron cables. These iron cables branch out from the iron frame that holds the big tree, blocking the sky in various directions, like a huge insect net.
Although these iron cables have been woven into a network, the gaps were not small before. If they were ordinary insects, they would have leaked in like a sieve.
Fortunately, these cicadas are huge enough, and the iron ropes are an extension of the deep prison. Once they are detained, they will be affected by the "prison energy" of the prison and will be suppressed and unable to move. Although these giant cicadas are menacing, they can only
He could lie on the net unable to move. This move was quickly suppressed. Even the piercing chirping stopped.
However, Xing Ji secretly said something bad: maintaining these iron ropes would take away part of the power of the deep prison, and he would be at a disadvantage in the swordsmanship competition.
And these cicadas are probably the back-up that the Xia Shangzhu Kingdom planted from the beginning, and are not a temporary force. They should be some kind of special swordsmanship. Once the prerequisites are met, they are allowed to grow in the soil.
, using the growth time and other conditions, the consumption of sword yuan is weakened and the power is increased. Therefore, the sword yuan subtracted by both sides is not the same, and he is at a disadvantage.
To be honest, the sword energy of the two of them was not at the same level in the beginning. Although the cultivation of sword energy is fast and slow, it always becomes more and more as time accumulates. Xing Ji's age and the time he took to become a swordsman are both longer than
The opponent is far away, and being young and strong is not an advantage in the Swordsman match. They were already a bit worse when competing against each other before. At the same time, subtracting part of it is still a disadvantage, not to mention that one's own side has lost more than the opponent, and the disadvantage is even greater in one fight and another.
Of course, Xing Ji had his own plan to drag the situation into a stalemate. But the premise is that the situation cannot be too disadvantageous, and the sword skills he prepared are still being prepared. The wave of cicada's attack just now was too sudden, so
He subconsciously distributed a lot of sword yuan, which was a small mistake.
If you make a mistake, you will give the other party an opportunity.
The man opposite is an experienced old rebel, he should be here to kill him, right?
Xingji was already prepared for the opponent's wave of advances.
"Hahaha..." Shangzhuguo stood on the top of the big tree and laughed loudly.
Um?
Xing Ji was surprised: Instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to attack, he laughed suddenly? Are you trying to distract me with laughter so that you can attack me secretly? It's like shouting before you kill a general on your own.
"Do you think this is the end? You underestimate our Summer Cicada."
You summer cicadas?
"The cicada has been buried under the soil for seventeen years, but its lifespan is only a few days. Ten years of life is exchanged for seven days of chirping. How gorgeous is the chirping sound? How can it be muted so easily? I want to sing.
Cicada, shut up, you are going against the will of heaven."
Xing Ji couldn't help but said: "Where have these things been buried for seventeen years? Have they been buried for seventeen breaths?"
Xia Shangzhuguo sneered: "Do you think I just buried these cicadas? Since I established the village, I have sent them into the soil to develop. They eat dust, drink dew, and lie dormant for several days, just for today.
Ming. For a blockbuster, we can sacrifice everything. Because we are born in summer and buried in summer, this is the song of summer!"
"Cry, Xia Chan!"
"Know--"
The cicadas, who had just been suppressed by the prison energy, suddenly chirped together, their shrill voices reaching into the clouds, like a roaring symphony.
At the same time, the green bodies on the iron rope suddenly darkened, turning into dark brown, and their bodies continued to expand, becoming several times their original size, completely crushing a person's size.
That is the complete body of the cicada, the most mature moment and the moment closest to death.
They ran toward death at a faster speed, gained more strength, and charged with a roar.
collapse--
An iron rope was broken by a strong force.
Xing Ji's expression changed slightly - his strength not only increased, but also reached a higher level, reaching the level of swordsmanship. The opponent now has two swordsmanships at the same time!
The latter sword technique is more difficult.
Beng Beng Beng——
The chains were broken one by one, and a large number of cicadas rushed towards Xingji. The sound of their wings vibrating was like scraping metal, and the ugly heads were arranged together, revealing their sharp mouthparts like straws.
Even though Xing Ji saw the demon so often, he couldn't help but step back and reach out to block——
"The prison gate is closed!"
The gate with a tiger's head stood up out of thin air, blocking the first wave of cicadas' life-threatening impact.
"That's not enough! There are not only singing cicadas in summer, but also countless blooming lives!"
Shangzhuguo's laughter rumbled, as if he was laughing out of his soul: "People say that the key to summer is 'luxuriance'. However, I feel that this is the bloom before death. Just because autumn is approaching,
All things are facing withering and death is inevitable, so blooming today is meaningful. In order to better welcome the end, we should bloom at this moment at all costs!"
"Bloom, summer flower!"
Snapped--
Another soft sound
The sound of flowers blooming.
The towering tree was instantly filled with huge flowers.