The distant Insect Cloud circled through the air for a while. Only after losing sight of Lu Ye did it settle back into hiding.
Lu Ye's expression turned grave.
He had only just returned to the Nine Provinces and had been immersed in the joy of returning to his homeland, so he had not paid much attention to anything else. But now, he finally noticed some unusual things.
The most obvious was the change in Liyuan.
Liyuan was an enormous plain and also served as Myriad Demon Ridge's strategic buffer zone in Soldier Province. There were no people here, but since it was a plain, it should naturally have been teeming with life.
At the very least, when Lu Ye had come here with Nian Yuexian last time, he had looked down from the sky and seen Liyuan awash in rippling green.
But Liyuan now had not a trace of green left. As far as the eye could see, there was only desolation, without the slightest hint of life.
Coupled with the Insect Cloud he had just seen, how could Lu Ye not understand the root of it all?
Wherever the Insect Race passed, not a blade of grass remained; all life was extinguished.
The Battlefield Mark contained a great deal of information, all of it sent over by Yiyi just now. As Lu Ye continued reading, his alarm grew with every line.
He had never expected that such a momentous event had taken place during the two years he had been away from the Nine Provinces.
The Bug Tide had swept across the land of the Nine Provinces!
Moreover, the scale and ferocity of this Bug Tide were the most savage and terrifying ever recorded in the history of the Nine Provinces.
Every stretch of land and every corner