Chapter 382 It must be Manluo’s doing!
After walking a few steps along the mountain path, a dense "buzzing" sound suddenly came from the forest, as if thousands of bees and insects were flapping their wings and swarming from all directions.
Xiao Nanyan's heart tightened, and he shouted:
"Be alert, there's movement!"
Before he finished speaking, a black swarm of insects emerged from the gaps between the leaves - they were poisonous insects the size of a fingernail, with emerald green bodies and wings that shone with a metallic luster.
They seemed to be controlled by some kind of instructions, rushing towards the Apocalypse soldiers like a tide, their sharp mouthparts piercing into the flesh, instantly leaving red and swollen blood spots.
"Protect the prince! Light the torches!"
Mo Ren shouted loudly, and the shield-bearing man protected Xiao Nanyan tightly.
However, the swarms of insects seemed to be not afraid of fire at all. When one group died, another group would rush up densely, as if they could not be burned out or destroyed.
At this time, the person who was bitten began to groan in pain.
First, purple lumps quickly swelled up on his face and hands. Then his whole body convulsed, white foam came out of the corners of his mouth, and he fell straight to the ground, unconscious.
But in just a moment, more than a hundred soldiers in the front row had all fallen to the ground, and the mountain road was suddenly filled with a fishy and sweet smell.
Xiao Nanyan ordered sternly:
"Save the wounded and retreat three miles!"
The soldiers of Apocalypse dragged their fallen comrades, and the rear team became the front team, retreating in a panic.
After finally retreating to three miles away, the poisonous insects suddenly retreated like a tide and disappeared without a trace.
Xiao Nanyue frowned slightly as he looked at the soldier who was still twitching on the mountain road.
He grabbed a soldier's arm and looked at the clear bite marks on it, which were obviously quite poisonous.
Mo Ren is still in shock:
"Your Majesty, what kind of poisonous insect is this? It's so powerful."
Xiao Nanyan opened his palm and stared at the poisonous insect he had just crushed to death. He examined it for a while, then brought it to his nose and sniffed it.
"This poisonous insect looks like a green-tailed Gu, a species unique to Southern Zhao. However, this large-scale, swarming appearance must be due to someone secretly lighting some herbal remedy to attract them."
After he finished speaking, he waved the poisonous insect to the ground, and his eyes shot into the depths of the dense forest like icy blades:
"It seems that this must be Manluo's doing!"
Mo Ren was a little anxious: "Your Majesty, what should we do next? We are almost at the top of the mountain and have won the second round, but who would have thought that so many poisonous insects would appear!"
Xiao Nanyan sighed softly and curled his lips slightly:
"No hurry. Retreat another three miles and find an open area to set up camp. First, treat the wounded soldiers. I estimate that within three days, someone will come to deal with these poisonous insects."
…
On the side of the dense forest.
Manluo raised her foot and crushed the still smoking piece of poison-attracting incense under her feet. The spark struggled for a few times in the wet mud and was completely extinguished.
She let out a long sigh, turned around and made a face at Xi Yan beside her:
"Xiyan, I risked my life to help you. If that evil spirit guessed that I was the one causing trouble and preventing him from getting married, he would definitely break my neck."
Xiyan's eyes suddenly turned cold when she heard this: "He dares!"
Manluo curled her lips and curled her hair with her fingertips:
"Of course he wouldn't dare to touch you, but he wouldn't be polite to me."
Xiyan curled the corners of her lips:
"Hasn't your Chi Zhong Gu poison been cured long ago? Why are you still so afraid of him?"
Manluo snorted lightly, then laughed awkwardly:
"That's right, maybe after being enslaved by him for eight years, the fear in my bones hasn't completely faded."
Xiyan smiled and shook her head:
"If you're afraid of him, let Second Brother take you down the mountain now and don't get involved in this anymore. I have my own arrangements for the formations later, so you don't necessarily need to take risks."
"Look at what you're saying!"
Manluo immediately straightened her back and patted her chest to assure:
"Being a good sister is not just a lip service. I will definitely help you to the end. Not to mention Xiao Nanyan, even if the king of heaven comes, he can't hinder me in the slightest."
Xiyan looked at her confident expression, a warm feeling welled up in her heart, and she smiled gratefully:
"I hope this Green Tail Gu can really force back the Apocalypse army."
"Xiyan, who are you looking down on?" Manluo refused to give in, with a confident look on her face:
"I, Manluo, have been practicing poison for a long time. The evil god is unparalleled in his strategy, but he's not good at poison. Just be patient!"
Xiyan nodded:
"Alright, let's fight him for ten days."
"Don't worry! If he dares to take his troops one step forward, I'll light the poison-attracting incense. I guarantee these green-tailed poisonous insects will bite them so hard they'll cry for their parents. They won't even think of getting any closer to the foot of the mountain!"
Xiyan nodded lightly, with a hint of barely perceptible fatigue in her voice:
"I hope so. This time, we're gambling with the formation to minimize the casualties of both countries. After all, the lives of Nanzhao soldiers are lives, and the lives of Tianqi soldiers are also lives. I don't want to kill too many people because of the personal matter between me and Xiao Nanyan."
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