Chapter 347: Black Insect Swarm (1/5, Autumn Subscription)

Because now Fang Yue is an Oil Person.

Activating the Flame Heart Method, igniting flames, he didn't know what he would become.

Recalling the corpse that had just spontaneously combusted, turning to charcoal in five seconds, Fang Yue felt uncertain.

Just as Fang Yue hesitated, he suddenly noticed that the strong, strange oily stench on his body was fading!

It was as if the jet-black insect swarms crawling rapidly over his skin were feeding on this strange oil.

The only problem was the itching sensation on his body, which made Fang Yue uncomfortable.

"Ye Ge?"

Everyone watched Fang Yue nervously; Fang Yue shook his head slightly at them, then his expression changed.

Because a sharp pain suddenly bit into his right arm!

Fortunately, the sensation came fast and went fast; the pain quickly turned to itching.

He quickly pulled up his sleeve—and froze.

Blood spattered across his arm.

Swarms of jet-black insects were frenziedly tearing at that spot, as if trying to bite his arm off.

But the damage dealt was truly touching.

1!

1!

1!

1!

1!

Fang Yue: …

Fang Yue:?

Fang Yue:???

At first, Fang Yue was slightly panicked.

But soon, his face went expressionless.

Are you giving me a gua sha? Hit harder—haven't you eaten? You stinking bugs!

He slapped his arm where the insects clustered.

100!

100!

100!

100!

100!

The insects immediately burst forth with a dense flurry of -100 health warnings.

As if these insects had only 100 HP each, they tumbled down in a cascade, dying en masse.

Fang Yue: …

Damn!

Thought it was something terrifying, and it's just this?

The remaining black insects that escaped Fang Yue's Buddha Palm were terrified, swarming in a flurry into his clothes.

This made Fang Yue angry—small size, hard to deal with.

As Fang Yue was thinking how to handle them, the Blood Hunter suddenly grabbed his hand, excitedly.

"Ye Ge! Don't kill them!"

"... Huh?"

"Ye Ge, haven't you noticed? Those insects are sucking the strange oil oozing from you! Your right hand, which was overflowing with oil, is now completely clean!"

Fang Yue froze, then realized: though his arm had been torn by the black insect swarm, the strange oil had also been eaten away.

So they're beneficial insects!

The greasy sensation of oozing oil, mixed with slight itching and stinging, along with the dull, painless "-1" "-1" "-1" prompts rising from his head—his entire body's strange oil was devoured by the black insect swarm.

After the strange oil was gone, the black insects began feeding on Fang Yue's blood, dealing damage.

Fang Yue frowned slightly and immediately activated the Flame Heart Method.

Boom—the flames erupted from his body, and he began to self-immolate.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle.

Amid the sound of roasting meat, the black insect swarm collapsed in waves.

As Fang Yue shook himself twice, a large pile of roasted insects lay on the ground.

"Ye Ge?"

"Don't panic."

Fang Yue told the Blood Hunter to calm down; after confirming no insects remained on him, he said: "These 【Oil-Eating Insects】, I found them under the stones beneath my feet. We were in a hurry before and didn't notice. But I think… right now, beneath our feet, there are probably many of these 【Oil-Eating Insects】!"

We can't release them directly. Though the 【Oil-Eating Insect】 swarm has no effect on me, if they latch onto ordinary people, it's almost certainly fatal."

The wilds are never a safe place.

Species that survive in the wild are naturally not benign.

The Blood Hunter wiped the strange oil from his forehead and asked: "Ye Ge, what should we do?"

"Capture some 【Oil-Eating Insects】, contain them, and use them in controlled doses to suck oil from people—then after cleaning, I'll burn the insects!"

"Got it!"

As soon as he said it, he did it, just as Fang Yue had said.

Earlier, they had run in haste and noticed nothing, but now the stones along the village path had loosened, and beneath them seemed to be a vast swarm of creatures undergoing migration!

They took up coarse hemp sacks, had someone hold a Human Soul Torch for light, and prepared to pry open another porcelain-white stone.

Buzzzz!

A vast swarm of black insects suddenly flew out from the previous hole, directly attacking the squad member holding the torch.

Fang Yue's expression changed instantly; he quickly blocked the hole with the porcelain-white stone and turned around.

The squad member wildly swung his Human Soul Torch.

Each swing forced back the approaching 【Oil-Eating Insects】.

But more 【Oil-Eating Insects】 crawled into his clothing seams and sucked the strange oil from his body.

"Ye Ge!"

The man, terrified and desperate, looked at Fang Yue with pleading eyes.

Fang Yue lunged forward, and flames burst from his body, roasting the still-fluttering 【Oil-Eating Insects】.

He extinguished the flames, snatched the Human Soul Torch from the man's hand, and asked grimly, "How do you feel?"

"... Itchy... itchy... they're licking me... No! No! Wait! They're biting, biting... Aaaahhh!"

The squad member's expression shifted several times.

The first two sentences were hesitant with fear; the last one erupted into a scream.

Fang Yue had originally planned to have him remove his clothes, but seeing the urgency, he ignited flames and burned him directly.

Boom—the flames engulfed the squad member's entire body.

Instantly, the sizzling sound of roasting insects filled the air.

"Too hot! Too hot! Painful! Painful!!"

The squad member, burning and screaming, rolled on the ground slick with strange oil amid others' cries—then the flames slipped from Fang Yue's control and blazed wildly. In an instant, the man was reduced to charred ash, motionless, lying still.

Everyone's faces twisted in horror, their hearts gripped by terror.

Fang Yue's face darkened as he glanced at the Blood Hunter.

"Ye Ge, it's not your fault, don't blame yourself. We need to clear a grease-free zone, then direct the insects there to clean the strange oil, and finally let you finish it—your control over the flames will maintain the balance: solving the oil problem while burning the insects, so no one gets drained to death."

"... Alright, do it that way."

Time waits for no one.

Many in the squad were already growing feverish from the strange oil coating their bodies.

If they delayed further, everyone would spontaneously combust and die!

From earlier observations, Fang Yue realized the 【Oil-Eating Insects】 were not emerging through cracks in the village path stones—they were drawn upward by the light.

Fang Yue brought the lit Human Soul Torch close to the hole; sure enough, the 【Oil-Eating Insects】 swarmed out with a buzz.

Without hesitation, the prepped coarse hemp sacks smothered part of the emerging swarm.

The remaining 【Oil-Eating Insects】, beyond control, were incinerated instantly by Fang Yue's Flame Heart Method.

Tomorrow I'll go out; back on the 6th to resume heavy updates.

(End of Chapter)