Chapter 269: It is my duty to cooperate with Commander Shen's work

Half Mountain Village.

This is a small village at the southernmost part of Wuyang Prefecture, not far from the Crucian Carp Village where Chaku discovered the Demonic Insects.

However, Chaku had warned that the Crucian Carp Village had been completely evacuated; they, Half Mountain Village, were a step behind and hadn't had time to evacuate, and by the time they wanted to leave, many Demonic Insects were already prowling around the village.

Instantly, nobody dared to leave; a few brave souls went to seek help, but none returned, and this situation lasted until nightfall.

An Yu was a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl who lived at the village entrance; normally at this time she would be gathered with her family eating dinner and chatting.

But today the whole house was pitch dark, with no speaking; the only sound was the old yellow ox's mournful lowing in the yard. She also hid under the table, her pupils constantly dilating, she clamped her hand over her mouth, not daring to make a sound.

Because those Demonic Insects were gnawing on the old yellow ox in their own yard, the sounds of chewing and tearing kept ringing, continually destroying An Yu's spirit.

Not long after, the old yellow ox's lowing ceased.

Suddenly, a miserable cry rang out; it was a villager.

This cry was extremely painful and hoarse.

An Yu, frightened, made some noise: 'Ah...'

As soon as she made that sound, the chewing in the yard stopped, and immediately after came the sound of something striking the door.

Boom!

A door made of ordinary wood could certainly not stop the Demonic Insects; in almost an instant, the room's door was smashed in.

Bang!

Crack crack crack!

This was the sound of the Demonic Insects' hard feet stepping on the floor; in an instant, seven or eight half-meter-long Demonic Insects rushed into the house, their dark green pupils locking onto An Yu hiding under the table, their terrifying mouthparts constantly opening and closing, blood and saliva dripping continually.

An Yu completely broke down.

Just as the Demonic Insects were about to pounce on An Yu, at that moment—

Boom!

A huge sound came!

A figure descended from the sky, directly stomping a large hole in the roof and crushing a Demonic Insect into debris.

Pa-chi!

Dark green juice splashed onto the other Demonic Insects.

Before the other creatures could react, Shen Qing raised his hand and a blade of light shot out.

Bang! Bang!

Successive explosion sounds rang out!

Each Demonic Insect was directly blown into fragments, except one that still had only a head left; even so, it kept opening and closing its terrifying mouthparts, trying to tear at Shen Qing.

Shen Qing directly stomped that head into powder and gave a cold laugh.

"It seems the Demonic Insects have no sense of pain."

Just then, Chaku also arrived here, his body still stained with some green blood.

"Commander Shen, are these... evil malign?"

Shen Qing nodded, his expression calm: "That's right, these are Demonic Insects; there should be a mother worm nearby."

While the two were speaking, dozens more Demonic Insects rushed into the courtyard, their bean-sized eyes filled with greed.

It was like a miser seeing gold, a lecher seeing a beauty.

However, Shen Qing felt doubtful, because those greedy gazes seemed to be directed at Chaku.

Shen Qing also turned to look at Chaku: "Do you have something on you that's attracting them?"

Chaku shook his head blankly: "I don't know."

With a howl, dozens of Demonic Insects rushed to kill the two.

Shen Qing's expression remained calm; he lightly tapped his finger, and several terrifying bolts of lightning appeared.

Boom boom boom!

Directly blasting the Demonic Insects into charcoal.

Only a Grand Master Realm worm remained; Shen Qing stepped on its back with one foot, letting it struggle wildly.

"Hey, can you speak human?"

That Demonic Insect emitted a rough, hoarse sound; it seemed able to speak, but what it said was not a language Shen Qing knew, likely the tongue of the evil malign.

Shen Qing stepped on it and crushed it outright.

Afterward, a vast surge of spiritual power poured out, covering the entire village; since it couldn't speak, he would carry out a carpet search—if he could confirm you were nearby, his vast spiritual power would scour the ground, leaving you no escape.

The spiritual power rolled like a flood in all directions; soon Shen Qing discovered some traces, as well as the remaining Demonic Insects.

These Demonic Insects also sensed Shen Qing's spiritual power, opening their claws and running toward him.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes.

"Not only do you not run, but you actually walk toward me?"

But shortly after, Shen Qing noticed something different: these creatures seemed unlike the earlier ones—not in appearance, but in emotion.

The earlier creatures had given him feedback of violence and destruction, but now these actually transmitted a notion of submission.

Soon, these few worms ran out of the woods; their bean-sized eyes indeed no longer held violence, only submission and excitement?

They ran to Shen Qing's feet, not attacking, merely making hoarse sounds from which one could hear joy.

Chaku was also dumbfounded: "Commander Shen... what... what is going on..."

Shen Qing didn't speak; he too was pondering what was happening.

The only difference between himself and the start was that he had used spiritual power; the problem must lie in the spiritual power.

The greatest change in his spiritual power was plundering from an evil spirit a term called 'Soul Like Ancient Pine'.

Could it be that, because of this term, these Demonic Insects mistook him for an evil spirit?

Shen Qing thought more and more that this was possible.

Shen Qing is also someone who reacts extremely quickly.

Since that's the case, we should make full use of it—we can use these worms to locate the worm mother, saving Shen Qing a great deal of effort, and we can also discover what on Chaku's body is attracting these demon-slaying worms.

Shen Qing said, "Chaku, take out whatever you have on your body and let these worms identify it—see what's attracting them."

Shen Qing's words had barely left his mouth when Chaku's voice came from behind.

"Governor-General Shen, is this alright? Should I take off my underpants too?"

Shen Qing turned around and saw that Chaku had stripped down to nothing but his underwear, revealing a strong, muscular physique.

Shen Qing chuckled: "No need to go overboard."

Chaku stood at attention: "It's my duty to cooperate with Governor-General Shen's work."

Chaku was too eager to advance.