Just as the Blood Locust calamity began to rise, Zhou You received a prompt.
Trial Project (Ten-Star): Slay the mastermind behind the Blood Locust calamity, the second of the Bewitcher Queen's adopted sons.
So that was it. This natural disaster truly was connected to the Bewitcher Queen.
He had heard before that the Bewitcher Queen had one hundred and eight adopted sons, all Calamity Bewitchers, each hidden deeply away.
This Blood Locust calamity had been wrought by two of those adopted sons working together. No wonder it had spread so widely and struck with such ferocity.
Without the System Panel's assistance, even Zhou You, as a Heavenly Sect master, would have had nowhere to begin.
The two Calamity Bewitchers were hiding deep within the endless Blood Locust swarms, disrupting outside tracking. It was all too easy for them to conceal themselves.
By past custom, a Sealed Lord would have to organize the governors of every major prefecture in a joint encirclement. The army and civilians would work together to exterminate the Blood Locusts until ninety-nine percent of the insects had been wiped out, leaving the Calamity Bewitchers nowhere to hide before capturing and destroying them.
Such a method consumed immense resources and manpower, and at the very least, vast stretches of land and countless people would have to be sacrificed.
Lian Feihong had only just ascended the throne, with everything waiting to be rebuilt. If such a disaster struck, it would likely take decades just to catch his breath again.
Therefore, the best way to break the deadlock was a swift battle and a swift decision.
No one else could have resolved the source of the problem within ten days, but Zhou You could.
The System Panel had provided a transparent, single-point target and battlefield—precisely the crucial links