Chapter 747 - The Strong Bullies the Weak (2/2)

They had encountered the stone worms and king worms. Though this beast would bring great stress to Gongjia Ren and the others, it dealt little effect to the Flaming Horn members’ spirit. After all, giant beasts weren’t new to them and they regularly hunt for fearsome beasts. They had even seen a few king beasts.

The Flamin Horn members merely spared the giant golden beast an eye before returning their focus on those masked, unbreathing ‘humans’. They were more bothered by the presence of these monsters.

However, the Flaming Horn Tribe’s silence led Su Le to believe that they were intimidated.

“We have clearly outnumbered you. Nevermind that. As long as you surrender Gongjia Ren and the rest of the Gongjia members, I’ll allow you a grace period to leave,” offered Su Le languidly, making it sound like a rare blessing.

Shao Xuan smirked. He lifted his chin to look at the direction of the wind that blew against the canvas curtains. “So you think outnumbering us will automatically give you an advantage? Is this not called ‘bullying’?”

“So what?” Su Le felt like the concept of bullying the weak was merely common sense. It was the safest approach and his favourite. Doing things the other way round was not normal.

“Nothing.” With that, Shao Xuan raised his right forefoot and stepped on the ground.

Instantly, there was a slight tremor beneath their feet. While it was rather underwhelming compared to the giant golden armoured beast’s roar, the sensation spread far and wide. The surrounding air seemed to have shifted with this step. There seemed to be muffled noises coming from a distance but at the same time, it felt like it was coming from underground. A layer of sand on the surface began spreading outwards in a circle rapidly. Soon, it had gone past Su Le’s position.

The armoured personnel around Su Le felt their feet getting lightly grazed by moving sand. But it gave them a fake impression that an icy hand had gripped their heels. All of a sudden, they felt cold.

The temperature was high and they had been rushing through the journey earlier. It was normal for them to feel extremely hot but the earlier sensation triggered involuntary shivers. Something just felt fundamentally astray.

“Young master, something is wrong…”

Su Le too felt odd. The man peeled the canvas away and peered outwards. He jolted in shock.

“Beetles!”

He watched as small black beetles began emerging out from the surface. Though a lonely beetle seemed easy to kill, a bad feeling surged as more and more beetles continued to flood out.

He took another look at the giant blue beetle beside Shao Xuan. Su Le inhaled vehemently as his fingers began to tremble. He released his grip on the canvas curtain, swallowed his spit and shouted with a voice filled with shock and fear.

“Insect swarm!”

Since when did everyone learn about the fears of an insect swarm? When was the news spread?

In Su Le’s memory, though there were past incidents that involved beetles devouring battle beast corpses, the fear hadn’t begun there. The pure terror the insect swarm brought them had actually stemmed from an incident years ago.

Back then, the Lord of Snow Plains City had sent out two hundred soldiers after Shao Xuan. None of the Golden Armours had survived the mission. It was said that those who went to look for the Golden Armours found their bodies scattered on a spot in the desert. What was left were merely pale bones and tattered fabrics. Their proud golden armours were half-buried in sand, everything felt dead.

Though he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, merely hearing it from other people, it wasn’t difficult to imagine an eerie scene like that. Though rumours were often exaggerated and those two hundred Golden Armours had not necessarily perished in an insect swarm, it was highly possible that their complete wipeout was tied to the insect swarm!

That was the beginning. Since then, insect swarms have become another disastrous tragedy in the desert.

Su Le’s slaves were indeed armed like the famous Golden Armours of the Snow Plains City. He and Su Gu had done the same- The armour cladding their personnel were made in the same batch and later given to them through Su Lun. This could be considered a fair allocation of resources by the Lord of the Fallen Leaves City before an heir was selected.

If the famous merciless and bloody Golden Armours of the Snow Plains could not escape the insect swarm’s assault, what would happen to his slaves?

Indeed, Su Le was proud to own a team of slaves armed with gold armour. However, he knew that these slaves were still far off from the Golden Armours of the Snow Plains.

The thoughts that crossed Su Le’s mind sent chills down his spine. His teeth began to clatter. So this was what Shao Xuan was referring to earlier!

The black beetles that emerged to the surface had formed an insect swarm. All they could see now was a sea of black insects.

The black beetles rushed towards Su Le like a wave. The armoured slaves screamed as they tried to swat away the beetles clinging onto their bodies. But more beetles continued to squeeze through the gaps between their armour and clothes.

The mounts they rode stamped their hooves and threw off its rider on their back. The originally neat formation was now a mess.

However, there were exceptions.

Shao Xuan studied the situation over there with a heavy expression. “They’re avoiding the monsters!”

The beetles were not picky at all. Fresh meat or rotten meat, they’d leave behind nothing. But when faced with the monsters, the beetles seemed to be very repulsive. The insects were actively avoiding them.

Compared to the frantic golden-armoured slaves, the linen-wrapped monsters on the outer wing really seemed like a log of wood, unresponsive to the things happening around them.