Chapter 332: Insect Slaves
Chapter 332: Insect Slaves
"Bastard! What did you do to Randall?" Locke glared at Fanta.
"No, no, no, we didn't do anything to him. This was Randall's own choice. Didn't you notice that his aura was approaching that of a level two wizard? I wasn't lying when I said he was preparing to be promoted to level two." Fanta smiled faintly and shook his head, not moved by his anger.
"But he has changed from a normal wizard to this weird look." Locke said in a deep voice, showing the indignation that a student should have.
"This is just normal insect transformation. No insect controller can avoid it." Fanta gestured for him to look at the other people in the square. Without exception, they were all seriously transformed. He continued:
"You are lucky. You will soon be able to witness Randall's promotion to a second-level wizard and also witness him becoming a mid-level insect master."
"You bastards, you better not do anything bad to Randall, otherwise I will never forgive you." Locke stared at him with cold eyes.
"Watch your words, low-level insect master Ivan. I'm giving you the good news out of kindness, not asking you to come here and act rudely." Seeing him being rude again and again, Fanta couldn't help but pull a long face.
While the two were arguing, more people arrived at the square, including quite a few level two wizards and three level three wizards.
The strength of the Black God Society was finally revealed. Perhaps not all of it, but it was enough to allow Locke to temporarily avoid the spotlight. He looked at Randall with a puzzled expression, and followed Fanta's instructions to sit down on the other side of the square.
Of course, there was also Fanta’s ridicule and scolding.
"Hold on, hold on. The more intelligence we gather, the more helpful it will be for future rescue operations." The Silkworm Queen was afraid that Locke would lose control, so she kept whispering in his ear.
"Listen, I will kill this guy." Locke emphasized only one sentence.
Soon, everyone sat down in the square.
Outside the square, the black fog of the Black God Abyss kept changing. As time went by, the black fog expanded upwards little by little, and soon enveloped the square. The atmosphere in the square became strange.
"Low-level insect master Ivan, remember to pray with us."
Fanta reminded again, and just as he finished speaking, the people of the Black God Society began to chant ancient lyrics and music.
Uniform, enthusiastic tone.
Locke recognized that this was the content of the first layer of the Blackbeard Movement, 'Breath of Insects'. After being sung with rich emotions by these people, it turned into a strange prayer.
The power in his body started to play tricks on him again, and he had no choice but to sing along reluctantly, which was bound to lead to some cutting corners and numerous mistakes.
He wanted to see what other tricks the Black God Society had up its sleeve.
"Be careful, something is coming."
"I know."
About half a minute later, Locke and the Queen Silkworm sensed a big movement in the Black God Abyss. A different kind of aura was approaching the square, which made them nervous.
In the dim square, the strange and passionate chanting continued, almost echoing throughout the entire Black God Abyss.
Along with the chanting, clouds of inky black mist floated out of the Black God Abyss and swept towards the square, covering the square in an instant.
Locke widened his eyes. This was not black fog at all, but extremely tiny insects.
There were countless bugs, and they looked like miniature versions of the statues on the mountain wall, with wings, black whiskers and tentacles.
What puzzled him was that the aura of these tiny insects was integrated and inseparable, making him feel more like they were part of a certain creature. The overall aura was strange and terrifying.
Based on this discovery, many ideas emerged in his mind, such as summoning the evil god, resurrecting the evil god and so on.
"Don't act rashly."
"Well, I have the support of the entire Xunmu Silkworm Clan, so there won't be any problems. On the contrary, you--"
"What can I do?"
Locke and the Silkworm Queen exchanged a few words of comfort, and the insects moved closer, drowning them and everyone else in the square.
The aura around him became even more strange, and Locke felt as if he had entered the body of some living creature.
As the creature began to digest, his strength and vitality gradually faded away, and the same was true for the Silkworm Queen. The Blackbeard Music once again became a kind of medium.
Locke has spiritual qualities and is always sensitive to all kinds of emotions.
At this moment, there were members of the Black God Society around him, so they naturally became the objects of his observation.
In the darkness, something unexpected was revealed. He observed the different expressions of these people. Some had their strength and vitality drained away in the struggle, some were flattering and actively contributing, some had turned from enthusiasm to fear, and some had twisted expressions of unwillingness.
Emotions are extremely rich and varied.
He could also sense that Fanta's breath was weakening at a clearly visible speed. The magnitude was so large that it was jaw-dropping, and the look of horror on his face made it hard to tell how to evaluate it.
It turns out that all the enthusiasm was just a disguise.
"I originally thought they were believers, but from their demeanor, it's not hard to see that they are more like slaves that can be taken away at will. Could the Blackbeard Music be used by alien creatures to cultivate slaves?"
Combining the content of the complete version of the Kurosu movement, Locke suddenly realized this, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible.
Insects are the masters and humans are the servants.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry for his boss.
"It seems that the Black God Society is very deep, so deep that there may be a force beyond the fourth level. No, we have to find a way to pass the information to the boss. We can't let the boss come and take risks."
Locke didn't care about the power that was stripped away from him. He realized that the Black God Society was a big pit and he had to get out of it with what he had seen and heard.
Before he could think of a solution, he discovered that the restraining force in his body was increasing, which made him feel even more upset.
After about a quarter of an hour, the tiny swarm of insects like black mist finally retreated. Many people breathed a sigh of relief, and the chanting became louder, as if they were seeing off the swarm of insects.
When the swarm of insects retreated completely like the tide, the chanting slowly ended.
"High-level insect master Fanta, are you okay?" Locke asked in a low voice.
"Don't meddle in other people's business. Come back with me right now to where you should be. Do you understand? Low-level insect master Ivan." Fanta's face was pale and he glared at him fiercely.
It is not difficult to find that the so-called high-level insect masters were deprived of the most power, and Fanta almost returned to his apprenticeship period.
In contrast, Locke himself only lost less than 10% of his strength and a small part of his vitality, which made him feel even more that the so-called high-level insect masters were real insect slaves, who were completely submissive to these insect masters.
"I have to ask, how often do these gatherings take place?"
"Half a year."
At Fanta's urging, Locke looked back at Randall who was confused about the situation, left the square and returned to his narrow residence.
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On the other side, Ivan and his party were traveling at full speed, and after working day and night, they had entered the territory of the southern region of the China continent.
"How long will it take to reach the Blood Ring Mountains?" Ivan came back to his senses from his thoughts on the back of the marsh ant.
"Just a week." Jenny answered his question.
"Remember to remind me when we're almost there." Ivan nodded slightly and fell into thought again.
These days, he was not only traveling, but also devoted himself to exploring meditation methods in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish.
However, exploring meditation methods is not an easy task. He must continue the characteristics of the Heixu music and derive a meditation method that can carry on his own power.
The more he explored, the more he discovered the depths of Kurosu's music.
Fortunately, he had a lot of reference materials, including the Sacred Heart, the Pure White Star, the Trinity Meditation Method, the Ode to Spring and Summer, and other fragmentary elemental meditation methods.
He had pondered these meditation methods for a long time and had conducted in-depth studies on many of them.
He is also supported by many lights of wisdom and great wisdom.
Along the way, he consumed two portions of light of wisdom and two portions of light of great wisdom, and the new meditation method finally produced initial results.
But there is an obvious drawback, that is, it is too biased towards the Holy Heart.
There was no way, because the Sacred Heart of Qiansi was complete and could bring the richest insights, and his thoughts were unknowingly led astray by the Sacred Heart of Qiansi.
Thinking that the Black God Society was not far away, Ivan did not care too much at this moment. He first replaced the original meditation method, and would slowly adjust and improve the others later.
(End of this chapter)