1226 Food Preferences (2/2)

Versatile Mage Chaos 45410K 2022-07-23

”Brother Fan, are you scared?” Zhang Xiaohou could not help but ask as he walked alongside Mo Fan.

”I'm fine, perhaps I'm slowly getting used to it,” Mo Fan answered. He still remembered how a bunch of high school students were assigned to be the vanguard during the Calamity of Bo City, clearing the path for the entire school. Even though the danger they were facing back then was nowhere close to the current danger, they were extremely weak back then. It had been his first time putting his life at risk. His whole body had been trembling in fear.

However, they still had to move forward, even if they were scared. It was the same most of the time.

”I think I would be quite scared if I was alone, but I realize we can always overcome the situation whenever I'm with Brother Fan,” Zhang Xiaohou said optimistically.

Mo Fan knew Zhang Xiaohou trusted him.

Everyone had someone they could trust completely in their hearts. They would feel calm and collected even if they were heading toward the unknown or death as long as they were with the person they trusted. It seemed like he was the person that Zhang Xiaohou trusted in his heart.

Unfortunately, Mo Fan did not have one. It was the reason he kept trying so hard to become stronger!

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Mo Fan felt like his brain was about to explode from the noise in his ears. He could barely cast a few Basic Spells and Intermediate Spells under the circumstances. There was no chance he could cast an Advanced Spell.

Luckily, Little Flame Belle had a ring of fire around her. She was escorting Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou after Mo Fan Summoned her.

The Sandstorm Demon Locusts were afraid of the fire of the Ardent Sunset. After all, they had mutated from the flames surrounding the Ardent Sunset, which were inferior to the flames of the Ardent Sunset. They did not dare challenge the much stronger Ardent Sunset. As a matter of fact, the Ardent Sunset was deadlier to them than any other kind of fire. Even the slightest touch would set the Fire Seed in their bodies aflame.

Little Flame Belle stood on Mo Fan's shoulder. She did not need to release any energy. Her Domain alone was enough to keep the Sandstorm Demon Locusts ten meters away from them.

Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou eventually reached the territory of the Sandstorm Demon Locusts. The soldiers at the camp were utterly relieved when they saw Zhang Xiaohou and Mo Fan were fine in the 'tornado' of the Sandstorm Demon Locusts!

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”Well done!”

”Where there's a will, there's a way.”

The faint ring of fire in the cloud of Sandstorm Demon Locusts was the last wisp of hope among the soldiers. They were utterly impressed by the two figures that were gradually moving into the distance!

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The light was fully blocked off. It felt like they had entered a nest of demon creatures when so many Sandstorm Demon Locusts were circling and flying in the sky around them. Even an entire army would be devoured by the Sandstorm Demon Locusts once they came in here.

Humans were still too weak compared to demon creatures!

Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou slowly entered Anjiao Town. Even the ground was covered in a layer of the Sandstorm Demon Locusts. Their secretions were like a layer of wax above the ground in the town. It stank.

As the ring of the Ardent Sunset passed by, the Sandstorm Demon Locusts nearby quickly fled into the sky in a panic.

Mo Fan looked around and saw the remains of a Summoned Beast. It was likely that a Battlemage had sent their Summoned Beast out to investigate the situation outside, but it ended up as food that the Sandstorm Demon Locusts competed over.

The Sandstorm Demon Locusts were unwilling to give up. They could smell the living humans under the ground. They would not leave until they had eaten them all.

”It must be somewhere here, the building...holy crap, where did the building go?” Zhang Xiaohou was initially looking at the map, but he realized the place ahead was completely empty when he lifted his gaze.

There were supposed to be four buildings here, according to the map!

”What are these demon locusts up to? Why didn't they eat the buildings in the first place? I remember seeing these buildings back at the camp...” Mo Fan said.

”Yeah, maybe it's because they need time to digest their food?” Zhang Xiaohou said.

”Digest… right!” Mo Fan realized something.

Mo Fan had stayed with the mutated Sandstorm Demon Locust on the Burning Mountains for some days. He gave the creature jerky at first, and the creature gladly ate the jerky. However, after it finished eating the jerky, it began to eat other things. It started with the burned weeds between the gaps of the rocks, the sand, and eventually the rocks. However, when Mo Fan gave the remaining jerky to the creature, it still ate it gladly...

It implied that the Sandstorm Demon Locusts had preferences for their food!

”These Sandstorm Demon Locusts will eat living things first. They will then eat fresh plants before eating metal, rocks, and finally...” Mo Fan glanced ahead as he was speaking.

Some Sandstorm Demon Locusts that were unable to find food were sniffing the soil on the surface, before they started chewing away at it.

”Crap, they are starting to eat the ground!” Zhang Xiaohou yelled.

”The soil and sand must be the most difficult thing for them to digest, so they won't eat it unless they have no other choice. However, there's nothing else to eat here, but there are living things under the ground!” Mo Fan shivered in fear as soon as he said the words.

If the Sandstorm Demon Locusts ate the ground, the people underground would have no way to escape!

”Why is there such a terrifying species in the world!?” Zhang Xiaohou swore.