Chapter 136: Phoenix King Kongji
Huai'an is located in the southern part of Daxia, which is also the best place for growing crops. However, Qin Lang and others found something wrong as they traveled along the way. When they passed several villages and some fields, they saw flying insects constantly surrounding the sky, and the people in the fields were unable to drive them away.
Qin Lang looked at the locusts gnawing around the fields, and realized that Huai'an would not be safe for long. The drought was spreading. It was not just Beiyang. Jianan, which he had passed through before, was also a bit dry. However, Jianan was still barely tolerable. But when he arrived in Huai'an, locusts had already bred due to the drought.
Occasionally, a buzzing sound can be heard in the sky. These are the locusts breaking out of the ground and eating the crops. Droughts are usually accompanied by locusts and plagues. After the locusts have eaten all the crops in the fields, some locusts even start to eat people. The bacteria spread to the human body. After the person dies, due to the high fever, they rot and produce mosquitoes, and finally the plague.
This is an extremely terrible thing.
Whenever Qin Lang passed by a village, he saw the villagers hurriedly driving away locusts, and he felt very sorry for them. Even Canglang, the Dragon King, felt disgusted with these densely packed insects.
After passing through several villages, they finally arrived outside Dongping County of Huai'an. Qin Lang remembered that his parents had discussed it at the beginning. They said that they had good friends in Dongping County of Huai'an, so they came here for refuge. Now the group finally arrived in Dongping County.
The towering city gates were wide open, and many people were waiting to enter the city. Qin Lang opened the curtains of the car and heard the voices of the people outside.
Many people were going into the city to buy food because of the dry weather and locusts in the fields, which seemed to affect the subsequent harvest. The people planned to buy some food in advance, so they crowded outside the city early. However, they needed to be inspected to enter the city, and the soldiers were still inspecting.
The world is difficult and people's lives are even harder. Just as Qin Lang was looking at people's withered faces and sighing, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound from a distance, followed by the frightened voices of the people.
"The locusts are coming!!! The locusts are coming!!!"
"Everyone run! The locusts are coming!!!"
“Locusts eat people!!!”
Along with people's crazy shouting, a group of pitch-black things in the distance were swarming towards the crowd, especially the people who were leaving the city and had food with them, so these locusts that swept in from the sky actually fell densely on these people.
Qin Lang's carriage frame was also hit by the locusts and made crackling sounds. The guards outside were waving their swords to resist the locusts, but there were too many locusts, almost overwhelming them. The whole area was dark and dense, which made people's scalps numb just by looking at it.
Qin Lang gritted his teeth and lowered the car curtain, unable to help but complain to the system.
"Don't you know I hate crowded things the most? I have trypophobia!!!"
After saying this with gritted teeth, Qin Lang directly opened the dress-up system mall, skillfully found the god-level suit [Phoenix Crying in the Nine Heavens], and clicked to buy it.
[Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for purchasing the god-level suit [Phoenix Crying Nine Heavens]. One million Faith Points will be deducted.]
God-level suit [Phoenix Singing in the Nine Heavens]: The wearer can transform into the phoenix, the auspicious bird in the world. The phoenix is the king of birds and can control all birds in the world.
Dragon King Canglang blinked and felt that he sensed something unpleasant.
The next moment, Qin Lang directly changed into [Phoenix Singing in the Nine Heavens].
At this moment, the people outside Dongping County were fleeing in all directions, their bodies covered with dense locusts. Those locusts even lay on people's faces and heads and bit them. It looked extremely terrifying, like a scene from hell.
The soldiers at the city gate were also frightened and hurriedly wanted to close the city gate, as if this could stop the locusts. Although they knew this was impossible, this group of locusts seemed to be surrounding the people at the city gate with a targeted attack. Hundreds of people were densely surrounded by locusts. The locusts lay on people and bit them. Things that usually do not make people afraid have become a panic-stricken existence.
People fled in all directions, crying and screaming madly. It was like hell on earth.
Just as people were running away, a golden light shot out from the frame of the car Qin Lang was sitting in. The next moment, it was accompanied by the cry of a bird that had never been heard before, which pierced the sky and pierced everyone's eardrums.
Then everyone saw a fiery red figure rising out of the golden light. A huge divine bird rose from the golden light, almost covering the sky and the sun. Along with the sound of birds singing, all kinds of birds flew in from nowhere all around.
A huge golden and red divine bird soared outside Dongping County, and then everyone heard the voice of the divine bird.
"I am Kongji, the King of Birds, Phoenix Mingwang. All birds obey my command! Kill the locusts!!!"
What are insects most afraid of?
Of course it’s a bird!
As the divine bird in the sky gave the divine order, the surrounding sky suddenly became noisy. Various birds flew from nowhere and rushed towards the divine bird in the sky. These birds were numerous and diverse in species, and they circled around the Phoenix King in the sky.
As if they were blessed by the Phoenix King, these various birds fell straight down again. This time they began to fly towards humans, or to be more precise, towards the locusts that fell on humans.
Many birds began to fight around humans. They had the sharpest beaks and could eat locusts quickly without hurting humans.
There were many locusts on the people at the city gate, and there were many birds surrounding them. The birds ate the dense locusts on their bodies. When they finally dared to open their hands that were covering their eyes, they saw all kinds of birds that they had never seen before helping them drive away the locusts and even eating them.
People couldn't help but look up at the sky, and saw a huge golden bird flying in the sky. The bird flying in the sky was like the phoenix in mythology, with bright golden feathers on its body, reflecting colorful lights as it danced. There was a wisp of red feathers on its head, which was extremely bright, and its tail was even more beautiful.
The huge tail in the sky is like a beautiful picture album, with colorful colors on it. The colors change with the floating feathers. It seems that golden dust falls when it flies. No, that should be the gold powder on the phoenix feathers.
The people who were saved by the birds witnessed this miracle with their own eyes. They did not even bother to escape and immediately knelt on the ground.
"Phoenix!!! The Phoenix is coming!!!"
"Phoenix saved us!!!"
"Phoenix Great Ming King!!!"
The birds then devoured the locusts on the people's faces and bodies, revealing their original appearance. However, because the locusts had just bitten them, their faces were injured and bleeding profusely. The golden powder showered down from the sky, landing on everyone's face and body, causing a brief burning sensation, followed by an itchy sensation. Then, someone noticed that the wound on the face of the person next to them had healed!
"Your wound... has healed!!!"
The wounds bitten by locusts healed surprisingly quickly, and the person opposite pointed at his family members in front of him.
"You're healed too!!!"
This scene was simply like a miracle. Not only were all the people attacked by the locusts, but even the people who were hiding on the city walls and watching at the door were stunned and fell to their knees.
Oh, God! God has truly descended to this world!!!
When news of the Dragon King came from Beiyang, people in Dongping County also felt a little strange. But before they had time to guess whether it was true or not, a god actually descended to Huai'an!
This is a phoenix! The king of birds, the phoenix!!!
Beside Qin Lang's carriage, Dragon King Canglang had already looked up at the phoenix in the sky with a frown. He was a dragon and the other was a phoenix. Humans always said that dragon and phoenix were auspicious, but that was not the case. As early as the age of gods, dragons and phoenixes were in a fighting relationship, and whoever lost could be eaten.
The dragon is the best food for the phoenix, and the phoenix is the dragon's favorite food.
However, sensing the scent of his close friend Qin Lang on this phoenix, the Dragon King forced himself not to transform into a black dragon to fight the phoenix above.
Qin Lang at this moment has transformed into a huge phoenix. Looking at the humans underground, they seem very small. However, he finally confirms that the birds have eaten all the locusts, and he feels relieved.
To be honest, he had never thought that his claustrophobia was so severe before, but this time when he saw the overwhelming locusts, Qin Lang felt indescribably irritated.
Seeing that the locusts were dealt with, Qin Lang let out a cry, and the people of Dongping County saw the real spectacle of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix in the sky.
In the center was a huge golden phoenix. Its beautiful body was so beautiful that it was hard to describe. Just one look at it would fill one's heart with longing. Around it were various birds. Although they were so far away, many people could see the appearance of those birds with their naked eyes. They reverently surrounded the phoenix and made pleasant calls.
Oh my god... there really is a divine bird called the Phoenix in this world, and this Phoenix is the Great Ming King! It's a deity!!!
Everyone had this thought in their minds, and the phoenix in the sky had issued a new divine order. All the birds dispersed, and after the phoenix rotated in the sky, it turned directly into a golden light and landed at the city gate, right on Qin Lang's carriage.
Qin Lang replaced [Feng Ming Jiu Tian] and sat in the carriage with an expressionless face.
[Ding Dong! Congratulations to the host for unlocking a new set and gaining 50,000 Faith Points...]
Qin Lang didn't want to listen anymore. He closed his eyes and felt upset.
Dragon King Canglang looked over curiously, as if he didn't understand why his best friend's face turned pale. If he had heard of intensive phobia, he would understand Qin Lang's current appearance.
After closing his eyes, the densely packed scene just now appeared in his mind again, making Qin Lang's hands and feet suddenly cold again. He opened his eyes again, and the Dragon King Canglang took out a bunch of grapes and handed it to him.
"My dear friend, would you like some grapes? You don't look well."
Qin Lang's head was buzzing, so he took a grape and put it in his mouth. The cool, sour and sweet taste of the grape made him sober up again.
He had decided to kill all the locusts.
Locusts are disgusting, really disgusting! ! ! !
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