A golden-red glow blooms from the east. Wherever the sun reaches, the night fades and light falls.
After the Dangwan people had a hearty meal, time passed unconsciously.
"Buzz~~! Buzz~~! Buzz..."
A slight beep sounded from afar.
A swarm of gold-and-blue tiger-headed swallow-tailed wasps flew in as fast as a galloping horse, covering an area no less than a few hundred feet.
In the middle of the swarm, a six-foot golden hive was lifted and flew nine feet above the ground.
"The Steller's Swallowtail Bee is here! Everyone, get ready!"
The red silkworm looked coldly and solemnly, squinting his eyes as he looked at the rapidly approaching swarm of bees, and issued the order in a clear voice.
"yes!"
At the entrance and exit of Wufeng in Xiawan, dozens of Xiawan people lit their torches in the fire and prepared quietly.
The swarm advanced rapidly, and as it passed through the grass, some creatures emitted shrill screams and roars.
These neighing and roaring sounds were extremely short-lived, as if they had just screamed and were suddenly strangled by the neck.
The golden and blue bee swarms are very gorgeous, but they contain awe-inspiring murderous intent.
'Don't come here! Don't come here! Don't come here...'
Hong Can and all the Xiawan tribesmen stared at the bees, praying secretly in their hearts.
However, the expectations of everyone in the Xiawan tribe were shattered when they saw the bee swarm that was supposed to pass through the water bay suddenly turn towards the five peaks of Xiawan with a long roar.
‘Alas~~~!’
Red Silkworm abandoned the last unrealistic fantasy in her heart, and her will instantly became extremely firm.
He raised his left hand slightly, waiting for the swarm to approach.
"Buzz~~! Buzz~~!"
The bee swarm covering an area of hundreds of feet was not obvious from a distance, but when it approached, it rolled in like a tornado that covered the sky and the sun.
Hundreds of people at the entrance of Wufeng Cave in Hawan watched with fear on their faces as the swarm of bees approached rapidly like wind and waves.
If they had not understood that even running away would be of no avail, and that their relatives were still in the cave, some tribesmen would have collapsed and fled long ago.
When the tiger-headed swallow-tail bee swarm was less than 200 feet away from the two frontmost peaks, Red Silkworm waved her left hand decisively.
Although the smoke would be more effective if the swarm got closer, she was worried that her tribe would not be able to withstand the pressure and collapse, so she waved the order directly.
The fire snake beside him will blow the rhinoceros horn that has been prepared for a long time.
"Duwu——!"
The dull sound of the trumpet echoed in the distance.
After hearing the trumpet sound, many anxious Xiawan tribesmen at the entrance of Wufeng Cave quickly threw burning torches on the piles of dead wood and grass.
"Hoo~~! Hoo~~!"
The piles of dry grass and dead wood soaked in rosin were instantly ignited, and the aroma of rosin and pungent smoke emanated instantly.
Some Xiawan tribesmen sprinkled some dry powder into the fire, and the smoke suddenly changed from gray-white to blue smoke.
These powders come from some special plants and are originally used to repel mosquitoes in summer. When burned, they will produce a very pungent smell.
A Xiawan tribesman who wrapped his mouth and nose with a wet cloth quickly flapped the large leaves of the plant in his hand, trying to blow the thick smoke outward.
The entrance to Wufeng Cave is extremely high and huge, and at least five fires are lit at the entrance of each cave.
Moistened with rosin, the numerous fires burned very quickly and the smoke was extremely strong.
The thick smoke billowed outwards, and in just a few breaths, the entrance to Wufeng Cave was completely shrouded in thick smoke.
"Ahem——! Ahem——!"
Although the Xiawan people have tried their best to fan the thick smoke outwards, the smoke still inevitably spreads inside the cave.
Even with the cover of wet cloth strips, many Hawan people still inhaled a lot of thick smoke.
Everyone's throats were burning and they couldn't help coughing. Their eyes were filled with smoke and couldn't help but shed tears.
But even so, many Xiawan people still tried their best to flap the leaves in their hands without daring to relax at all.
Thick smoke billowed outward from Wufeng Cave, shrouding the front line of the swarm that was already approaching quickly.
'Prrr~! Prrr~!'
The thick smoke had an excellent effect. The Steller's Swallow-tailed Wasp that was caught in the smoke immediately became confused and flew around randomly when exposed to the blue smoke.
In the short distance of twenty feet, the massive swarm was still unable to rush into the cave.
As soon as you rush into the thick smoke, a few breaths later, a large number of tiger-headed swallow-tailed wasps will fall from the sky like raindrops.
Red Silkworm stood aside, with several layers of wet cloth wrapped between his mouth and nose, watching the movements of the bees closely.
"Ping Monkey, blow the wind to the left!
Wind raccoon, blow the wind to the right!"
After seeing too much smoke gathering at the entrance of the cave, Red Silkworm decisively gave the order.
The humans of the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' can easily activate their innate supernatural powers due to their powerful physiques.
Pinghou and Fengli are good at controlling the wind and driving away fog, and the rest of the wind controllers are distributed throughout the five peaks.
After hearing the order from Red Silkworm, Pinghou and Fengli directly activated their innate magical powers.
The flat monkey quickly rotated his hands in front of him, turning them alternately like wool in his hands. In an instant, a translucent wind line emerged from his hands.
As his hands moved, the wind line between his fingers grew rapidly. After a while, Pinghou pushed his hands outward.
"Huh~!"
A gust of wind rotated out of the hand, quickly sucking the thick smoke on the left into the wind, and then guided the gust of wind to turn outward in a straight line.
At the same time, Fengli pinched his lips with his right hand and blew outwards.
"Huh~!"
A whirlwind erupted directly from its mouth. As the raccoon's head turned, the whirlwind also rolled up the blue smoke on the right side and blew it out of the cave.
The two wind rolls rolled outwards with blue smoke. In order to cause greater damage to the hornets, the two tried their best to control the wind rolls and draw in a large number of hornets.
Layer by layer, wave after wave, countless tiger-headed swallow-tailed bees were stunned by the thick smoke and fell to the ground.
The cave entrances of the other four peaks have also blocked numerous swarm attacks.
It seems that the situation is very favorable to the Hawan people.
But Hong Can and some others frowned.
Although the Steller's Swallowtail wasp was unable to break into the cave, it did not give up here and leave as the red silkworm hoped.
Amidst the roaring sounds, some tiger-headed swallow-tailed wasps were hovering in the thin smoke, waiting for the opportunity.
Others, however, rushed into the thick smoke desperately.
"Damn, there's a queen bee controlling the colony."
When the red silkworm saw that the bee swarm had not dispersed, she immediately understood that there was a queen bee controlling the swarm's actions.
This is the worst news.
If the bee swarm does not retreat, the Xiawan people will not be able to extinguish the fire. In this case, the thick smoke in the cave will not disperse.
Even if the human race in the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' are strong and healthy, they will definitely not be able to stay in the smoke for a long time.
It doesn't take much time, even if there is no swarm attack, the Xiawan people in the cave will suffocate to death from excessive smoke inhalation.
'what to do?'
'Are you going to rush out?'
Which is the more comfortable way to die, suffocation by thick smoke or stinging by swarms of bees?
Red Silkworm laughed bitterly at himself.
In the thick smoke, some Steller's Swallowtail wasps accidentally passed through the smoke while rushing randomly.
After seeing the human race appearing nearby, the bodies of these tiger-headed swallow-tailed wasps, the size of quail eggs, trembled.
Immediately, two tail needles shot out from the swallow-tail-shaped tail.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The individual Steller's Swallowtail Wasp is not an overly powerful creature, and its tail sting is not too toxic individually.
If you want to kill a human with poison, you have to be stabbed at least dozens of times.
However, its tail needle can shoot out from the body, which is a strange thing. Fortunately, it can only shoot out one foot away.
At this time, dozens of hornets rushed to the vicinity of the Hawan people and then used their tails to launch poisonous needles.
The tail needles shot out like raindrops. Some of the tail needles missed the target, but others hit several Xiawan tribesmen.
"Ah~~!"
If the tail needle penetrates the body, the unique toxicity of the Steller Swallowtail Wasp will cause extremely severe pain.
Several Xiawan tribesmen couldn't help but howl in agony.
The dozens of tiger-headed swallow-tailed wasps fell directly from the air after shooting out their tail needles.
As time passed, more Steller's Swallow-tailed Wasps inadvertently rushed through the smoke obstruction and attacked the Xiangwan tribesmen.
Amidst the constant coughing, screams came and went.
People of the Xiawan tribe stung by venomous bees not only suffer unbearable pain, but also suffer from slight numbness, making their bodies unable to coordinate their movements.
The result is that there are fewer people in Hawan fanning the smoke, causing the smoke to quickly accumulate in the cave.
No matter how many wind masters used their magical powers, they still couldn't stop the smoke from spreading deep into the cave.
"It's over!"
Seeing more swarms of bees rushing into the cave, the red silkworm muttered to herself in frustration.
It only took a few minutes from the time the smoke was ignited to when some of the swarm broke into the depths of the cave.
Seeing the tribesmen around him meaninglessly waving weapons and using various magical powers to kill the poisonous bees, Hong Silkworm already felt despair.
'Haha, I never thought that the Xiawan tribe would perish in my own hands today.'
Red Silkworm smiled bitterly and allowed dozens of poisonous bees to rush towards him without any desire to fight back.
Suddenly, Shan Qiao, who was trying hard to wave his leaves beside him, suddenly shouted:
"Hey, then...is that Ruyi layman?"
For a moment, Hong Can's heart beat violently, as if it was tightly grasped by a big hand, and she couldn't breathe.
The neck suddenly turned to look in the direction pointed by the mountain. Because the twisting was too rapid, the neck made a "click" sound.
In the air outside the cave, a short human wearing a white-gold robe was seen standing on the clouds.
Looking at the white mist-like eyes and the familiar face like a stone carving, it was none other than the layman Ruyi who had been gone for three months.
The heartbeat of the red silkworm is like a drum, and it is beating faster and faster, and a glimmer of hope for survival is born from the bottom of my heart.
"Master Ruyi, please save us!!"
First, one person shouted loudly towards Zhang Ke overjoyed, and then more people shouted excitedly.
"Master Ruyi, please save us!!"
"Master Ruyi, help me!!!"
Red Silkworm screamed loudly and desperately, and at the same time, he waved his hand, and dozens of red lines flew out from his fingertips to kill the Steller-headed Swallow-tailed Wasp that was charging towards him.
With hope, she will naturally not sit still and wait for death.
Unexpectedly, many human beings shouted loudly for a moment, but they only saw the Ruyi layman frowning slightly, looking around but showing no intention of taking action.
Red Silkworm's heart gradually sank to the bottom, and the movements in the hands of some Xiawan humans also became sluggish.
Just when everyone was feeling desperate, they saw a ray of white-gold light shooting out from the palm of Ruyi's left hand, with countless talisman lines intersecting and connecting to form a circular magic circle.
Immediately afterwards, this circular formation continued to spread outwards, directly covering all the five peaks of Hawan.
The gold and red talisman lines are twisted in pairs, just like two different vines intertwined and hooked together.
Among them, the red rune lines form a group of peony flowers, which constantly rotate outwards and bloom with countless petals. All the Xiawan humans visible within the five peaks stand in the center of the flower.
A golden chrysanthemum bloomed at the feet of Master Ruyi.
Between it and the Wufeng Xiawan people, there are two chicken-sized copper bells hanging in the air connected to gold and red talisman lines.
‘This…isn’t this the Language Array?’
During the previous three days of contact with Zhang Ke, Zhang Ke used this formation many times to communicate with the Xiawan tribe members.
I am very familiar with this formation of red silkworms. Since Master Ruyi has set up this formation at this moment, he has something to say to everyone.
A glimmer of hope once again emerged in Hong Silkworm's heart.
"Jingle Bell--!"
Along with a crisp ringing, Zhang Ke's voice reached Hong Silkworm's ears.
"Step into the light spots I have laid out!"
At this time, the cave was filled with blue smoke, and it was not possible to see a few steps away, only the sound of coughing could be heard one after another.
After Hong Can heard Zhang Ke's voice, he immediately lowered his head and looked around, but did not see any light spots anywhere.
Just when he raised his head, he saw the Ruyi Master raised his right sleeve, and countless gold, blue, green, black and white light spots scattered.
This light spot fell to the ground in an instant and could be clearly seen even in the blue smoke.
Densely packed light spots of various colors flickered on the ground like stars.
Faintly, these light spots seem to have various mysterious connections.
The red silkworm stepped on a red light spot out of instinct.
Many Xiawan people next to them also stepped on the light spots of different colors according to their own intentions.
Having wandered in danger all year round, the human race in the 'Mountain and Sea Realm' has a very strong mental toughness.
If it weren't for the fact that the Xiawan people had no way to fight against the Steller Swallow-tailed Wasp, leaving them with no hope of survival, they wouldn't be so desperate.
Now that I see the hope of survival, I will naturally not hesitate anymore.
Almost instantly, all the Xiawan tribesmen stood on various spots of light.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the layman Ruyi continue to speak.
"Follow the light point quickly."
As his voice fell, some red light spots appeared again on the ground in front of Red Silkworm's feet.
The red silkworm stepped on the nearest red light point under its feet without thinking.
Then the legs stepped out alternately, moving quickly in a little red light.
Every time she took a step, a red light would flash in front of her, and she was concentrating on stepping on the red dot.
Red Silkworm discovered that the red light spot under his feet was not a straight line, but followed an '∞' shape and moved back and forth.
The frequency of red dots is not constant, but may be fast or slow. Red Silkworm only took a few steps to realize that the frequency of the red dots was guiding her movement speed.
Because she had to pay attention to the movement of the red dot under her feet at all times, she had no time to observe other people's movements.
Zhang Ke dispersed his thoughts and paid close attention to everyone in the Five Peaks of Xiawan.
The ten fingers of both hands move, stroking the space like playing a piano, playing with laws and ideas.
Countless light spots of various colors flash frequently in the Five Peaks Cave.
The hundreds of people from Xiawan followed his guidance and quickly stepped on the light spots to move.
Looking from the direction where he was, he could see hundreds of people from Xiawan moving different '∞' trajectories on the ground like marionettes.
However, no matter how fast or slow these hundreds of human beings move, it seems that they may collide with each other at any time, but they are always like different trains that follow the timetable and pass by each other on the railway track.
As Zhang Ke's ten fingers trembled faster and faster, the movement speed of the Xiawan human race in Wufeng also continued to accelerate.
After a few breaths, different haloes of light were seen rotating rapidly in the Wufeng Cave.
During this rotation, the blue smoke in the cave seemed to be gathered by invisible hands into the two circles of '∞'.
Seeing that the time was right, Zhang Ke moved his left and right hands outward.
Hundreds of people from Xiawan instinctively moved with the light spots under their feet, and two gaps suddenly appeared in the '∞'-shaped formation.
The blue smoke trapped by them was instantly pulled out of the cave by the surge of vitality.
Zhang Ke flicked his fingers and continued to pull, and Red Silkworm and others also involuntarily left the cave and came outside.
The feet moved quickly, and the vitality was turbulent. The blue smoke was restrained like two blue dragons enveloping the tiger-headed and swallow-tailed swarms flying in the sky.
The queen bee hiding in the hive sensed that something was wrong, and made a vibrating sound to guide the swarm to move.
But under the guidance of Zhang Ke, hundreds of people including Hong Silkworm formed a formation and rotated.
After the two blue smoke dragons rotated several times, they wrapped all the Steller Swallowtail Wasps bit by bit, and continued to shrink them inward.
A few breaths later, the two blue smoke dragons were connected end to end to form a ring, keeping all the tiger-headed and swallow-tailed bees in one place and spinning continuously.
A moment later, countless Steller Swallowtail Wasps fell from the blue smoke cloud like raindrops while spinning.
After more than ten breaths, Zhang Ke casually waved his hand, and it no longer emitted various colored light points for guidance.
The red silkworm was moving quickly on the red dots under its feet in a daze, but suddenly found that there were no red dots under its feet for some reason.
Instinctively following the kinetic energy generated by the movement of the body, he rushed forward a few steps and then stopped blankly.
When I turned my head and looked around, I felt like the world was spinning, and I couldn't help opening my mouth to vomit.