As waves of insect monsters landed, a thick layer of insects accumulated on the grass in the canyon, and the insect swarm extended from Qianji Secret Valley to the west.
In less than half a stick of incense, the canyon opposite the eastern end of Qiangu Garden was occupied by insect demons, and the area occupied by insect demons also continued to expand westward.
The insect demon army is still hitting the vortex, and it has hit hundreds of times in just one stick of incense.
Some insect demons hit the large vortex and flew to both sides, occupying the mountains.
The insect tide was so fierce that the monks did not dare to release their spiritual consciousness. They could not see what the army of insect demons had done. They could only see the black insect demons rushing forward one after another.
As the insect demons landed on the ground and crowded the canyon grassland, the monks could truly see what the locusts looked like.
The vanguard of the insect wave are death squads, fearless of death.
The hunting teams all know that it is not advisable to attack the vanguard of the insect wave directly and quietly wait for the right opportunity.
The army of insect demons continuously impacted the large vortex. After impacting nearly two thousand times, the large vortex that had been stationary finally trembled slightly.
That change also made the Zerg extremely excited.
A strange hissing sound sounded from the insect swarm.
After several sounds, the insect swarm surged, and countless insect demons poured into the gap between the two peaks above the golden light of the vortex, and then landed on the surface of the golden light layer, biting the golden light and absorbing the power of the golden light layer.
The insect tide no longer hits the vortex, but flocks to it, swarming on the surface of the golden light layer and biting it, absorbing the power.
The surface of the huge vortex was crowded with insect demons. The insects that could not squeeze in temporarily stopped on the mountain. Whenever the insects that had absorbed the strength from the golden vortex exited, another batch would bite.
A large number of insects swarmed towards the mountains or the ground on both sides, and soon the valley facing the Qiangu Garden barrier was filled with dense insect demons. As the insect swarms behind them continued to come, the insect demons piled up.
When the insect monsters piled up in front of him, the team of monks from the world of gods and immortals took action in unison!
The people in charge of managing the defensive formations of each team quickly moved the magic weapon's defensive barrier outwards and trapped the insect monsters in their own magic weapon.
A team with a high combat power will circle five or six insects or a dozen insect monsters at a time, and a team with a slightly lower combat power will trap three to five insects at a time.
The hunting team that was ready to go quickly attacked, surrounded the insect demon, and hunted it.
The insect monster is not easy to bully and will fight back ferociously.
Those insects that were not pulled into the battle circle saw that their companions were under attack, and they rushed towards the defensive barrier like a tide, biting and hitting the barrier.
The barrier of Qianguen was also attacked.
The safe zone that protects Qiangu Garden is a divine weapon. The barrier is strong and cannot be broken by first-order locusts. The stewards ignored the insect monsters attacking the barrier and sent out strands of their spiritual consciousness to supervise each team of monks.
Since the Qinggang Locust is named "Qinggang", they have not lost their name in vain. Not only are their head shells and shoulder armor made of hard steel, but the soft armor on their back and abdomen are also equally hard.
The leather armor of first-level locusts is the same as that of low-level or mid-level fairy magic weapons. If it is a magic weapon below fairy level, there will not even be a mark on their body when cut, and some magic weapons are missing their blades.
The locust itself is hard and protected by spiritual energy. Even if it is struck with an immortal magic weapon, it may not be able to break through the spiritual defense layer. The zigzag blades on its wings and legs can easily cut off the bones of a Mahayana monk.
Even if a team of monks besieged one locust with several people, or if a group of people besieged several locusts, they would not be able to gain any upper hand, and sometimes they would even be forced to just parry.
Whenever the Green Steel Locust sprays saliva or releases stink bombs, the monks are in a hurry and are unable to resist.
Locusts don't need to be killed, but with a strong team and proper coordination of the hunting group, it will take as long as a stick of incense to kill one locust at the fastest.
For those weak teams, even if they work as a team, it often takes a stick of incense, or three or four quarters of an hour to kill a locust.
Whenever the locusts are eliminated, the logistics team quickly cleans the battlefield, collects the corpses, cleans up the dirt, and immediately helps to treat the wounds if any companions are injured.
If a member of the hunting group is low on energy, he or she will withdraw and rest first, and a substitute will take over.
The personnel in charge of pulling the insect monsters will then pull the locusts into the battle circle. If there are too many locusts besieging outside, they must find ways to disperse them.
A swarm attack by locusts can easily break through the magic weapon barrier. The members of each team responsible for defense always keep an eye on the magic weapon barrier. Generally, if the barrier is damaged or lacks spiritual power, immediately replace it with a defensive magic weapon.
The team of God Realm and Fairyland works well together.
For the team from the spirit world, half of the team's barriers could not withstand the attack of locusts, and the members were forced to give up killing insects and return to Qiangu Garden.
Several teams have high-level defensive magic weapons that can block the gnawing of locusts. After observing the fighting methods of other teams, they also imitate the same, pulling one or two locusts into the battle circle and starting the killing mode.
Other teams were engaged in team battles, and Buddha Nanga was working alone, integrating logistics, hunting, defense, and backup team members, but he did not panic.
Nanga calmly took out a set of wooden fish magic weapons, then put a locust into his defense circle and knocked the wooden fish against the locust.
The locust had just spread its wings to pounce on the human race, but was shocked by a sound that made its brain buzz, and it paused.
When it calmed down and rushed forward again, the human monk struck the wooden fish again, and its movement paused again, and then repeated.
After going back and forth more than twenty times, the locusts became disoriented and couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north, and they didn't know whether to advance or retreat.
Buddha Nanga stretched out the mallet in his hand and struck the locust on the head.
With a loud "buang" sound, the locust fell to the ground.
"Amitabha!" Nanga chanted the Buddha's name, calmly collected the locust corpses, and released two more locusts into the defense circle.
The locusts smelled the scent of human flesh and blood, and rushed towards them excitedly, preparing to replenish their nutrients.
The Buddha calmly knocked on the wooden fish, and when the locust was dizzy, the hammer hit the locust's head, and he calmly sent the two locusts to see the Buddha.
The neighboring team of monks surrounded and killed an insect demon. While taking advantage of their breath, they paid attention to the Buddhist cultivator next door. Then they saw the Buddhist cultivator pull three locusts into the circle and calmly knock the wooden fish.
A team of monks were so shocked that their eyes widened. Then, they witnessed with their own eyes the Buddhist monk's miraculous operation of knocking out wooden fish and killing insects.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When the Buddhist cultivator put away the insect corpses, the team leader immediately raised his voice to say hello: "Fellow Buddhist cultivator, I wish Songqing and his companions are polite!"
"Amitabha." Nanga turned around and sang a salute to the neighbor team.
The monks also bowed back and wished Songqing to strike while the iron was hot: "Fellow Taoist, do you have any opinions on cooperation? If you are willing, we will cooperate. You only need to be responsible for knocking the wooden fish and chanting sutras, and we will be responsible for the rest.
The result of the battle is 40% to 60%, we are divided into 60%, and Taoist friends are 40%."
All the team members had no objection to the captain’s proposal.
"Okay." Nanga did not hesitate, but made another request: "Pindao is waiting for someone. If that fellow Taoist comes, Pindao may withdraw from the battle at any time."
"It doesn't matter. When will Taoist friends come, our cooperation will be suspended. If there is an opportunity, we will continue to cooperate." Zhu Songqing did not care about the conditions for Buddhist practice.
The other party was sincere and friendly. Nanga moved up to the outside of the neighboring team's defensive barrier. When the cooperative team was included in the defensive barrier, he clasped his hands and sang a promise to the monks.
The monks also bowed in return, stopped exchanging pleasantries, and prepared to kill the insects.
"The poor monk's sound attack technique can deal with up to eight insects at a time. How many can all the fellow Taoists deal with?" Nan Jia first revealed the basics.
"We're not sure yet. How about letting three or four of them try first?" Zhu Songqing proposed a reasonable plan based on the strength of the team.
Nanga has no objection.
The monk in charge of defense prepared himself and quickly pulled in four locusts.
As soon as the locusts were pulled into the barrier, they were greeted by the peaceful sound of wooden fish.
Zhu Songqing and his teammates swarmed forward and launched an attack while the locusts were slow in their movements.
The sound of the wooden fish is like a magic spell, restraining the locust and making it difficult for it to use its ultimate move.
As the saying goes, when an old master is beaten with random punches, the monks "take advantage of people's illness to kill them." When the locusts can't react, they punch them indiscriminately and kill them.
The four locusts fell to the ground one after another, and the total time was less than half a stick of incense.
The monks were overjoyed and went into the next round of hunting in high spirits.
After experiments, the monks found that releasing the locusts four or five times at a time was the most labor-saving and time-saving to kill them.
Unable to bite off more than they can chew, the monks did not get dizzy and were not greedy. They hunted four or five times at a time.
Because of the flawless cooperation of one team, they were able to harvest thirty or forty insects every hour, which also made the neighboring teams jealous.
Zhu Songqing's team cooperated with Buddhist cultivators, making it easier to hunt locusts, but their spiritual power was also consumed very quickly. The hunting progressed into the evening, and the members were all tired.
After Zhu Songqing discussed with Buddhist monks, the team retreated to the safe area to recuperate.
Like them, many teams also retreat to the safe zone when they are exhausted.
After a night's rest, each team was resurrected with full health and regrouped to fight again.
The primary attack target of the insect monster army is the golden vortex. The battle on the human side is just a small fight, and no one in the insect commander is distracted at all.
Under the command of the commander, the insect swarms formed groups one after another to bite the barrier, swallowing the power of the barrier, and intercepting the spiritual energy in the canyon, without giving the barrier a chance to replenish its spiritual power.
After the insect swarm absorbs the power of the barrier, it eats the power of the barrier again as quickly as possible, flying in the air to consume physical and spiritual energy.
There were insects everywhere between the canyon floor and the mountain, and dense swarms of insects filled the air. The insect demons covered the sky and blocked the sun, making the canyon in front of the Qianji Secret Valley invisible to the sky for hundreds of thousands of miles.
With the continuous hunting, in less than three months, the monk team also entered a period of exhaustion. Some teams gradually became unable to do their best, making mistakes and causing injuries.
Initially, only people were injured, but as time went by, people inevitably died, and some teams' defenses were even breached by the insect swarm, resulting in a large number of deaths.
Sometimes, there was even no time to recapture the monk's body. Whenever Xiu Gan's body fell into a swarm of locusts, it was devoured by the swarming insect monsters.
As for the team of insect monsters, they were full of energy because they gnawed at the barrier of Qianji Secret Valley and ate plants, and their combat power has not been reduced.
The monk team's pest control operation became difficult, and people were injured every few days.
