Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 538 - 281: The Human-Insect War [Subscription Requested]

The nests of Demon Insects are always located deep underground, similar to those of rodents.

However, the structure of Demon Insect nests is much more complex than that of rodents.

It is like an upside-down beehive underground, divided into countless tiny chambers where larvae hatch and adults each have their own separate chamber as a habitat.

At the same time, at the very bottom of the nest, there are drainage ditches dug to divert water that seeps down from above into other regions, to avoid flooding.

Such a unique structure makes it difficult to destroy the Demon Insect nest.

As long as there is a supply of food, the larvae inside can grow exceptionally well without fear of external threats.

The Demon Insect nest that Zhou Chun and his group discovered was not very large, and didn’t even have second-order Demon Insects in it.

It seemed to be a newly constructed nest not long ago.

According to the information they had gathered earlier, these kinds of Demon Insects had already spread throughout the Yang Kingdom, and in response to the food crisis, many large groups of Demon Beasts had no choice but to create separate nests.

This was also a strategy by the Human Clan Cultivators.

By implementing the Scorched Earth Strategy to cut off the insects’ food sources and then besieging them from all sides within the borders of Yang Kingdom, they were confined so they could not spread outwards.

Yet, with the insect plague already reaching such a scale, if a concentrated force broke through in any direction, the Human Clan Cultivators on this side would still likely be unable to intercept.

At this moment, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, after observing the situation of the underground nest, directly began to capture insects.

Zhou Mingde raised his hand and waved it, and a scarlet-gold Flying Sword shot toward the location of the nest.

This third-order Magic Artifact Flying Sword was incredibly sharp; ordinary rocks could not withstand its edge, and it quickly bored a hole in the ground.

Before long, the Flying Sword reached the nest, moving back and forth, turning it into a complete mess.

This act enraged the Demon Insects, and soon one after another, they rushed out of the hole to the surface, attacking Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde.

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If they were Demon Beasts, they certainly would not have the courage to attack a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator and a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.

But Demon Insects are fiercely aggressive and do not know what fear is; they only attack any enemy that provokes them.

Although there were no second-order Demon Insects, the sight of hundreds of first-order Demon Insects leading thousands of ordinary ones in an attack was still quite significant.

Just as the reports had mentioned, most of these first-order Demon Insects possessed their own spell abilities.

The Demon Insects attacking Zhou Chun and his group were mostly of the fire attribute; as they approached their enemies, they could spit out a high-temperature venom which burned and corroded the target.

Not to mention humans and Demon Beasts made of flesh and blood, even ordinary first-order Magic Artifacts hit by the high-temperature venom would be corroded and damaged.

Additionally, these Demon Insects could form defensive formations by clustering together, enhancing their overall defense, or even channel their scant Mana into another insect, forcibly amplifying its strength.

Thus, even if there were only hundreds of first-order Demon Insects, once they formed a formation and launched an attack, they still posed a threat capable of challenging ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

However, the enemies they encountered this time were not ones that could be dealt with by such minor tricks.

After briefly gauging the strength of the swarm, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde killed most of the insects and then used a special Magic Artifact they had prepared in advance to capture more than twenty live first-order Demon Insects and hundreds of ordinary ones, taking them back to the Marketplace.

After returning to the Marketplace, the two handed over the captured insects to Zhou Jiawei, who then began conducting experiments.

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In the following days, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde still made occasional trips into the Yang Kingdom territory to try and capture second-order Demon Insects.

However, it turned out that their idea was virtually unfeasible.

The second-order Demon Insects were extremely violent; once trapped, if they realized there was no escape, they would desperately smash themselves until they died from exhaustion.

And Zhou Chun and his companions had yet to find an effective method to prevent this from happening.

At the same time, the experiments being conducted by Zhou Jiawei were making no progress.

Although a few days was not a long time, it had been sufficient for him to test all the various low-cost poisons he brought over, with very poor results.

The vitality of the Demon Insects was incredibly tough, such that almost none of the low-cost poisons Zhou Jiawei brought could kill them, not to mention ones that could inflict significant damage.

"Uncle Fourteen, I think the direction of your research needs to be changed, and you should focus on the study of poisonous smoke. With the scale of the insect plague, only large-scale fumigation with poisonous smoke can achieve the effect of extermination," Zhou Chun said in a low voice to Zhou Jiawei, after understanding the current situation of poison development.

"If you can research a poison smoke that eradicates ordinary Demon Insects, even if it involves some rather rare materials, it would still be worthwhile."

"After all, materials that our Zhou Family finds hard to collect, in comparison to the various sects of Yang Kingdom and other countries, may not be that difficult to obtain!"

In the room, Zhou Chun offered his opinion to Zhou Jiawei after getting to know the current situation of poison development.

However, upon hearing his words, Zhou Jiawei could only sigh with resignation and said, "Don’t you think I know that poison smoke is the best method of exterminating insects!"

"But compared to poisoned water and powders, poison smoke is inherently weaker in toxicity, and the Demon Insects have a different body structure than our Human Clan and ordinary animals. The poisonous smoke that works on our clan and common animals might not be effective on them."