.

  This change came a bit suddenly

  The insect tribe was almost wiped out in the great demon station 10,000 years ago, and now only a branch of the green party mantis people is left, which is also sparse and not prosperous. Suddenly, an unextincted pair of butterfly people from the Yufrere tribe appeared.

  Old Liu turned his head and looked at O'Neill, whose mouth was open wider than a basin.

  This thing is indeed beyond everyone's imagination.

  Ten thousand years ago, the word "Bimon" was just a racial term like "Elf", "Dwarf", and "Giant". The suffix "-beast" also emerged only a thousand years ago - because by then, the Bimon Kingdom had been reduced to only beastly Bimons.

  In fact, for the once brilliant Bimon on the Aegean continent, many forbidden human scholars have raised doubts. They have great doubts about the extinction of the insect tribe Bimon in history. Most of the views are that with the reproductive ability and survival adaptability of the insect people Bimon, it is absolutely impossible to become extinct in logic.

  The inference of these anthropologists is that even after volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and earthquakes, small insects like ants will still appear. How can a brutal war completely destroy an entire ethnic group?

  Many scholars, after thorough investigation, believe that the extinction of the insect tribe Bimon was a result of internal slaughter by the beast tribe Bimon, rather than being exterminated in the great ethnic cleansing by the demon tribe.

  This conclusion also becomes one of the main reasons why humans are stubborn and unenlightened beasts, and it is deeply rooted in people's minds.

  If these scholars come to ask Liu about the worship of Richard, Lao Liu's response will definitely be a big slap in the face. This is absolutely certain.

  Just like beastmen and animals are two completely different things, the insect people are also a completely different concept from insects. They are living, human-shaped creatures with their own intelligence, language, and characteristics that represent their tribe. After billions of years of evolution, the reproductive ability of the insect people is similar to that of all other tribes, including humans. It's ridiculous to think that they would give birth to tens of thousands of offspring at once like insects - even if a person's belly was huge, it couldn't possibly hold ten babies, let alone tens of thousands! Moreover, the physical constitution of the insect people is relatively slender compared to other tribes in the Insect Kingdom, as can be seen from the only remaining Green Party tribe.

  Bimon's lifespan is equivalent to that of humans. They do not live beyond the age of one hundred, except for the Model Tribe, almost all Bimon are like this, including Birdman Bimon and Aquan Bimon. Insectuman Bimon are also like this, Beastman even more so, even if there are individual differences, they will absolutely not be too off the charts.

  Bimon is Bimon. They are a wise race with their own written language and unique customs!

  A string of "Damn it! Damn it!" from the parrot-like dirty talk brought Old Liu back to reality.

  "Krein, tell me, why is there a shadow of our insect tribe here!" Not only did Liu want to know, but everyone present wanted to know. Although the real Bimon here was just O'Neill alone.

  "It's a bit of a long story." Lord Tideford Grenn saw that his opponent didn't seem to have any intention of making a move.

  A great stillness fell over my mind: "Xexu Deru and I have been imprisoned here for many years, we can't calculate the time. Now only remember that when we were first imprisoned it was in the year 484 of Shangpa, that year, the Mank tribe had just split from the Mongol Empire a thousand years ago."

  "Mongk is better than Mong? Haha, it should be called human now." O'Neill smiled, as a contact poet of the Mong, he still knew this history.

  "It's now the 115th year of Aeolus calendar, which is equivalent to 2115 in the old calendar. Liu Zhen was shocked and coldly laughed: "You and Xu De La have been here for quite some time!"

  Since ancient times, the Aegean continent has changed a new era every two thousand years. Until humans began to control the Aegean continent, in order to compile historical books conveniently, it was established that one million years would be an era unit. The eras before the Aegean calendar were collectively referred to as the ancient Aegean calendar. One hundred and fifteen years ago, the ancient calendar just reached one million years, and now the Aegean calendar is a new calendar.

  Xu De and Ge Rui'en were imprisoned for a long time, and it has been over 1,500 years since they became immortals.

  "Life... life... I'm overwhelmed with emotions... it's already been over a thousand years!" Lord Garen of the Tideshore was also shocked.

  "Did you just say that you've had dealings with our aquatic tribe's sacrificial rituals? Are you over 5,000 years old this year?" Liu was shocked and rolled his eyes.

  "I don't know either. It should have been enough. For Gruyere to live for over 4,000 years is already quite good, maybe it's because he has been in a state of sleep for over a thousand years, so he exceeded the limit?" The Lord of Chaoxi was slightly pleased with himself.

  "Believe it or not, I'll make you die a peaceful death today?"

  "Cough, cough... Let's continue with what we were just discussing..." Garen hastily cleared his throat, glossing over the sensitive topic: "A long, long time ago, Xudela and I were the two overlords of this sea domain. One lived very comfortably, and this small island was our habitat, just like how dragons on your mainland like to occupy a mountain. Garen and Xudela also had their own territory. Your land-dwelling dragon clans like to live in solitude, but we powerful ones in the ocean prefer to unite, just like how shells like to attach themselves to coral reefs. We think this makes us stronger. During the era of the Great Sea-Land Station, the sea elephant's defeat and retreat from the Aegean mainland had multiple reasons. Apart from the Storm Ripper mages who created the 'Water Separation Array' being defeated, Xudela and I also made our contributions. We took advantage of the sea tribe army's large-scale attack on the mainland and indeed acted tyrannically in the ocean for a long time."

  "Why don't you join us? You two also belong to the camp of sea creatures." Liu Zhen asked.

  "Why bother? Isn't development the same in sea elephants too? The dragon tribe on land is so powerful, and the surface world can sense different elemental powers. The giant dragon clan can develop multiple magical abilities, not to mention other powerful creatures. Take this fire bird of yours, for example - the vibrant elements on its body surprise me! But our strong sea elephants are limited by their nature, born with only the ability to understand and rest in wind and water magic, so we have this self-awareness." Guren let out another strange laugh: "Long before the Great Divide between land and sea, I and Xidela had already made a name for ourselves in this ocean. The sea tribe tried to surround and annihilate us, but with the help of our wind magic, if we couldn't beat them, we'd escape. After all, the sea is so vast - the sea tribe can't do anything to us."

  "Can't beat 'em so you run? Haha... You truly are the embodiment of a cheater, utterly deceitful!" Liu Zhenpeng laughed.

  "The Zorvath finally thought of a compromise, which was to contribute. To contribute food for us." This time, Grevin didn't dare laugh and stammered: "This food... is what you see, these insect-like creatures called Mong."

  "Weren't the insect tribe wiped out during the God Demon Station era 10,000 years ago? Where did the sea tribe get these butterfly people from?" Liu Zhen was puzzled.

  "It's not just the Butterfly People, but also you Sket tribe Cicada People." Guren turned up her nose, have you forgotten? Your insect tribe is second only to the Mongols, and the most skilled in flight are the Butterfly People of the Uralis tribe and the Cicada People of the Sket tribe! In the dark era of the Magic Purge, a tribe of about 30,000 people composed of Butterfly People and Cicada People fled to a small island on the sea surface. Driven by fear of the magic tribe's extermination and death, they overcame their short flight distance with wisdom, stepping through the scattered islands, one step at a time, until they reached the outer sea and entered the territory of the Sea Tribe... During this great migration, about half of the population fell into the sea and drowned due to exhaustion, air currents, weather, and other factors.

  "Is this a Skadi tribesman?" Liu and the people around him looked at each other in dismay.

  One antique after another has been dug up.

  Speaking of Skadi's tribe, it is inevitable to mention a title that was cancelled in the Bi Mung Sanctuary ritual - "Prophet of the Azure Sky".

  This title was originally a ceremonial title on par with the "Great Shaman of the Skede" and only belonged to the most excellent shamans among the Cicada people. This title symbolized the pride of all insect tribes - it is well known that cicadas have another name called "Know-it-all", because their name implies they know everything, so the "Sky Prophet" is the spiritual idol of all physically weak insect tribes. Similarly, the "Sky Prophet" is also the pride of all Cicada tribes, as only the "Sky Prophet" can simultaneously possess elemental powers belonging to both the sky and the earth. Apart from the cicada tribe's "Sky Prophet", no other shamanic tribe can use the "Storm Lion's Horn Song" and "Starbucks' Tears Song" - this is the fairest compensation given by the war god to the physically weakest insect tribes.

  "Stormcaller's Chorus" represents the power of the sky, able to summon a "Chain Lightning", which can hit up to four targets in sequence.

  "Starbucks' Tears Song" represents the power of the earth, able to summon a powerful "earth element" to assist in battle.

  Since the extinction of the insect tribe a million years ago, these two powerful battle songs with attack capabilities have been lost - even if they are not lost, there is no longer a ritual to use them.

  The current Bimon War Song, except for linking the "Hex Singing" - "Power Drawing Song" to the third stage, or summoning "Starry Cloud Chain Lightning" with a burning life method, there are no more attack-type war songs in the Bimon War Song.

  "Where is Skadi's tribe now?" Liu Zhenpeng roared at the stunned Chaoxiang leader, Ge Rui'en.

  "In that valley over there..." Guren pointed with his claws to a distant hill on Liu's left, shrouded in trees.

  Old Liu tilted his head, and O'Neill immediately understood, pushing aside the weeds and wildflowers. Went to that hill over there.

  "After a long period of recuperation, the two branches of Bugimon began to forget the terror of the Demon Tribe and thought about returning to their hometown on the Aegean continent. However, due to the movement of the earth's crust, they lost their way back. Several coral reefs that served as stepping stones had sunk into the sea floor, so from then on, these two branches of Bugimon stayed on the surface of the sea.

  Greymon sighed and lamented with infinite sorrow: "Their tragic fate began from this moment... The Merpeople soon discovered the Bugimon on the island. Although the ferocious Merpeople could briefly emerge from the water, how could they be a match for these two weak-bodied Bugimon? If it weren't for the regular army of the Merpeople not intervening, these two branches of Bugimon would have been annihilated long ago... It's fortunate that these two branches of Bugimon can fly, or else they would have been exterminated..."

  "Didn't the Hai tribe's officials come out to surround and suppress them earlier?" Liu Zhen was slightly surprised, when did the Hai tribe become so polite?

  "In the early days, it was non-existent, perhaps thinking that these insect tribes were smaller than the Mongols. They were just some sea thieves, mercenaries, and the like, who spontaneously came ashore to enjoy the autumn breeze, and by the way, said that the butterfly tribe's girls are beautiful. It really is true." Guren let out a habitual lewd laugh, and then quickly restrained himself.

  “…Anyway, back to the topic... The two insect tribes were still barely getting by since the Sea Tribe didn't officially show up. Their population was increasing slowly, but after the Great War between the Sea and Land Tribes, the Sea Tribe started taking out their frustrations on these insect tribes. After several massacres, the populations of these two insect tribes plummeted. By that time, I and Xidela had already begun roaming freely in the Western Ocean, so the Sea Tribe simply offered us the remaining two insect tribes as food...” Gruyne glanced at this Bimon's face, which still looked normal, before continuing: “Xidela and I can also use wind magic and fly, but we didn't really want to chase after these butterfly people and cicada people who could also fly. So we continued causing trouble in the Western Ocean; with so many people in the Sea Tribe, their military couldn't keep up.”

  "If we dragons did that too, no country on the Aegean continent could withstand our harassment." Daisy said disdainfully.

  "This is the truth." Old Liu was very much in agreement with the power of guerrilla warfare, and the native bandits on the Donau Great Plains were a good example, let alone two powerful creatures working together.

  "Over a thousand years ago, we were both unfortunate," Gruin said with a bitter face. "A fleet from the distant eastern continent somehow helped these sea tribes and used a strange confinement method to lay down a magical array of coral reefs around our island, only allowing entry but not exit. When we returned, this island became our prison."

  "A fleet from the distant East? Is it the Cloud Qin's expedition for medicine?" Liu Zhen asked, turning his head to look at Jing Yu.

  "At first, we and the Hai tribe were able to sign a treaty that allowed us to pass through the Seven Seas. It's true that it helped several countries in the sea to suppress the harm caused by the super-class demon beasts. Specifically, I'm not very clear about it either. However, apart from us, it's unlikely that anyone else would dare to venture into this sea area. According to the timeline, it should have been done by the Fang Shi of the first generation of the Seeking Medicine Ship. The current Lord Xu doesn't have such ability." Jing Yu said: "Many of the Fang Shi's spell arrays have already been lost, including this sealing array."

  "What kind of magic circle is this?" Yolna asked Qingyu curiously.

  "This must be the Yun Tai Empire's most renowned 'Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation' back in the day. It doesn't require any magic power, it just relies on placing a single object at different positions to produce an astonishing locking force." Jing Yu's face was slightly solemn.

  Yuelin's beautiful eyebrows also furrowed upon hearing this.

  "You... you are the descendants of those Eastern fleets?" Guren stared at Ning Yu, his face flashing with anger, resentment and ferocity.

  "Go on, our Lord of the Tides, how did you survive?" Liu Zhen pointed at the giant worm wriggling in the distance: "Why are we still in the infant stage compared to the Mongols? No... I should ask, how can you still be alive in both of your mouths after 1,500 years."

  "We certainly can't eat these wretched insect tribes that are just as pitiful as us... We're all miserable, we chose to hibernate." Guren said with a stern expression, the nine-headed serpent Hydra next to him nodded in agreement.

  "Get out of my sight." Liu Zhen was enraged: "This is the last warning, if you dare to spout nonsense again, I will completely annihilate you. Do you see the Death Lord ring on my hand? It will either imprison you forever or utterly destroy you."

  A single, sharp cry of demonstration, and the air was filled with a thick wave of fire elements.

  "Your wisdom can replace champagne..." The Lord of the Tides said hastily: "I and Xuedela must need food, like any creature, without food we will also die. Hibernation-like sleep, in an undisturbed state, can last for a year, during which we must wake up to eat once, each time we must swallow 500 souls and brain pulp. Or we can swallow some more powerful souls to guarantee our resistance, these insect tribes are our only food..."

  "...We also know that eating them all at once would be satisfying, but we'd inevitably starve to death. So, we chose the most reluctant way. Every time we wake up, we only eat fifty...to maintain our lowest consumption..." Guren stared at this Bimon's face, carefully discerning his expression.

  "It seems that neither of you has fully recovered your strength, haha. That's great." Yolna covered her mouth and giggled.

  "Wow, you're really something... In 1,500 years, your kind has devoured 75,000 of our insect tribe's people. Great... Not bad... You're quite compassionate... " Liu's shocking laughter made the two Deep Abyssal strongmen feel a bit chilled to the bone: "Of course, how many people from the Butterfly and Cicada tribes have been sacrificed to you?"

  "There are nearly two thousand people in total." Geren's eyes rolled quickly.

  "How much is left now?"

  "Probably still two thousand."

  "You're also capable of domesticating and pasturing." Liu Zhenhong coldly snorted.

  "We're just a bunch of old, weak, sickly and disabled people, heh... actually, by doing this, we've also indirectly preserved the bloodline of the Meng family, all the way to today when you, Master Liu, led them to escape with their lives!" Gerein hastily defended himself with a clever tongue, and gave Liu Zhen a small slap on the back.

  "Why not escape from that magic circle? There's a sea tribe's magic circle over there. With your strength, it should be easy to use this teleportation magic, right?" Liu Zhen asked strangely: "Could it be that the magic circle was also restricted?"

  "It's not that easy! That's the mermaid's exclusive secret technique, 'Water Well Transmission', which has very strict startup conditions. Only a mermaid with pure blood can activate the transmission array." Guren said with a bitter face.

  "You two are really stupid. Why didn't you ambush at the magic array and catch a mermaid?" Liu Zhen sighed.

  "We're too hungry, every time we wake up and finish eating 'food', we can only sustain ourselves for a week before having to hibernate again. And the Sea Clan will also sense whether we are awake or asleep through the magic array below. They are really too cunning! Tidal Leader's anger was overflowing as he waved his claws: "They are really despicable! Every year, they send some difficult-to-deal-with, kind-hearted strong individuals to our place using their damned 'Metal Cage Seal'! And then use that ear-piercing conch shell sound to wake us up, and then let us help them solve the problem, before calmly taking back the legacy of those strong individuals."

  "Isn't the 'Metal Cage Boundary' of Mermaid pretty common?" Liu Zhen asked somewhat gloomily, he had suffered a great deal from this cage.

  "When each mermaid queen is crowned, as a blessing from the sea, their boundary will automatically transform into a "metal cage boundary". This boundary is indeed very powerful, but it's not that difficult to deal with." Guren let out two strange laughs, seeing Bimon's face change, he quickly stopped laughing: "It's actually quite ridiculous, they might be afraid of people knowing, or for some other reason, they also gave us two a title, called 'Divine Envoy'!"

  "Why didn't Aimeier ever mention this to me before?" Liu Zhen was shocked and muttered to himself.

  "This secret will not be told to the princess, only the princes can know." Gerein chuckled and said: "To contribute this matter to us, after all, it doesn't seem so glorious. Although it's been thousands of years, face is still needed. Isn't that a mermaid in the arms of the strong man? Are we..."

  "What a pity, Aimee's soul has been transferred, otherwise we could have left here now and made a big splash in the sea." Liu Zhen shook his head sadly and looked back at Little Ai in Fei's arms.

  "Soul transfer?" Garen was taken aback: "This ability can only be used by those above the rank of Count Semen! What is Ares Sea Tribe doing in Xiyue?"

  "Siren and Mermaid have made an appointment, preparing to attack the Aegean mainland together." Liu Zhen's eyes swept across Chao Tai and Jiu Shou Snake Monster with a slanted gaze, this kind of gaze making the two powerful beings feel a chill run down their spines.

  "Xiyahaiz probably feared that this beauty would lead us to escape, so they did this." Gerein glanced at Aimeer's sleeping-like body with a hint of regret.

  "It's indeed the case. However, there might be another reason why these bastards can't kill me but want to destroy me instead. Aria and I are dual cultivation partners, as long as they destroy his soul,"

  "I'd rather die completely, just to disappoint them." Liu's words were as cold as the icy snow-covered peaks of Taemu Mountain: "It seems we're not going to die that easily after all."

  As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and patted his chest where the inverted cross brooch was. He knocked off the white silver base armor and dug out the Phoebe Lirien poison bead that could preserve a corpse for ten thousand years like new from his necklace, letting Cong Yu stuff it into Aimeier's mouth.

  "Mermaid and you are a pair of dual cultivation bodies..." Even Ge Rui'en rolled her eyes, silently cursing in her heart that fresh flowers were inserted into dung.

  "You are also a powerful earth creature. Your knowledge of magic should be rich, I'd like to ask for your guidance, do you know how to transfer the soul back to its original body?" Liu Zhen asked Gerein politely.

  The Lord of the Tides keenly sensed that if this sentence was left unanswered, its market would likely be miserable.

  "Soul transference... I can actually do it too... but my magical powers aren't enough yet..." A hint of cunning flashed in Guren's eyes.

  "You are a devourer of souls, not a transmigrator of souls. The two cannot be mixed up. In the basic principles of magic, you don't even have the qualifications to deceive someone like Meng Zixi." Liu Zhensheng gazed at Chao Tai's lord, making Ge Ruien feel uneasy all over.

  "You're right, devouring a soul and transferring a soul are two different things... Using the Soul Control Ring to transfer someone's soul is an absolute technique of the Aristocratic Family of Siren. This spell is used by Siren to punish traitors. It's very difficult for one body to accommodate two souls, this kind of pain is like trying to put two feet in one boot at the same time. Even if two souls can coexist, it will lead to a situation where one person belongs to someone during the day and another person at night, with one of them only having the right to watch but not speak for the rest of the time. It's too evil! This damn transfer technique, even Siren can't restore it because their Soul Control Technique can only control one soul at a time. If they use this technique on a host who has two souls, they will immediately be counterattacked by the elemental powers... I estimate... maybe... it can't be restored..." Guren said honestly.

  "Nonsense!" Yelena curled her lip: "You've been locked up for too long, the principle of magic is circular! When the demons invaded the mainland back then, they also used a similar 'soul control' spiritual control system magic. Now, among the divine spells used by the gods, there's a 'divine restoration technique' that should be able to restore it!"

  "It's just a possibility, not absolute, this magic is about probability." Guren also curled his lips: "Siren's Earth Control Technique is quite formidable after all."

  "This rotten magic can only bully those who don't have any anti-magic equipment, but anyone with even one piece of anti-magic gear wouldn't be controlled by the soul so easily. This magic is truly too evil!" Daisy said resentfully.

  "Any chance will do." Liu Zhen said calmly, his heart secretly vowing to get some anti-demon equipment. The equipment of the Feilong warriors was really too shoddy, and even the helmets of the Holy Temple Knights didn't have magical protection, let alone Gatan's aura which couldn't resist, not to mention those small fries.

  "Boss..." O'Neill came running back in big strides, and the old employee heard him shouting: "Found them! I found them! There really are butterfly people and cicada people! But they don't dare to come over..."

  "How many people?" Liu Zhenhong asked.

  "I don't know, anyway not a few... There were quite a few insects that saw me and heard my stiff tone was in Mongolian, suddenly turned into a large group of Sket tribe cicadas speaking Mongolian, later hehe... What they said was still ancient Mongolian!" The hippopotamus poet's excited voice trembled.

  "How did they acquire these skills? How can adults still transform into juvenile forms?" Liu Zhen was stunned.

  "This is the racial ability of the Skadi tribe - 'Winter Worm Summer Grass', in summer they can still transform into flowers and grass." Gerein explained to the lord with a flattering face.

  "Damn, how many years have passed? We've even forgotten the racial abilities of our own tribe, let alone the Mong's! Liu Zhen was narrowing his eyes at the leader of the Chao Tuoluo: "Do the Butterfly People finally have an ability?"

  "My lord, the Butterfly Clan's special ability is 'True Eye', which can see through all stealth. Just now... it's strange, how could a butterfly person release lightning?" Guren finally remembered this and stared blankly at the large insect that had transferred Aimee's soul.

  "O'Neill, take the lead." Liu Zhen pointed to the mountain valley and then at the two-headed snake monster and Gruin, "You two idiots, come with me."

  Two fairy dragons flew to the side of Gruene and the nine-headed snake monster, one hundred yards away, shaking the consecutive crossbows in their hands. The two deep-sea strongmen rolled their eyes, but this distance could only be choked, physical attacks would definitely not catch up with the fairy dragon who had "Dragon Soaring Technique" and "Instant Movement", let alone magic, even if they hit, it would be useless, on the contrary, Yolna's two dark steel crossbows in her hand made Hydra and Gruene anxious.

  "Ten thousand years are too long, I contend for every morning and evening." Liu Zhenhong suddenly recited a poem.

  The big worm twisted violently in Figo's arms after hearing this.

  "Give me a hug." Liu Zhen said to Gao Fei.

  "Not giving." The whale warrior said stubbornly, having just gone to splash some water again, his whole body still dripping wet.

  "This kid is a bit off." Hippopotamus Oni sneered with a smile: "This body of muscle looks like it's been trained to take a beating."

  "Are you trying to challenge my dignity?" Benny Road Warrior Goffi was furious.

  Three crossbows emitting a faint blue glow targeted him at once, and then the insect was in Liu Zhen's arms.

  A short-tailed alligator suddenly crawled onto the shore, O'Neill was about to go up and step on it, but the alligator's mouth opened wide, and GuoGuo lay on the alligator's soft tongue, smiling at him. This poor alligator didn't have a single tooth left, and upon closer inspection, it seemed to also have a crooked nose and squinty eyes.

  The two deep-sea powerhouses, who were being closely monitored by the living crane and the immortal dragon, as well as the ring spirit, couldn't help but mutter to themselves when they saw this scene: "What in the world is this family?!"