After all, although these insects were ferocious, they had little intelligence. It made perfect sense for them to obey a demon of their own kind.
But Rasputin had explicitly said that the old man was alone.
That meant that even within the Insect Sea, the old man could not shelter anyone else.
This further ruled out Cui Jiuyang's initial guess. If this really was a Blood Locust that had become a spirit, why would he attack targets like them without bringing a couple of helpers?
Unless he was arrogant enough to think that he and the Insect Sea alone could wipe them all out.
Cui Jiuyang judged that Rasputin should have no trouble dealing with this old man alone.
But he did not want to reveal his strength in front of Divine Path Heaven's guardians.
After all, there was no telling when he might become enemies with Divine Path Heaven. Revealing his strength too early was by no means wise.
So he cleared his throat and called out to the others, "Does anyone have the corpse of a Blood Locust they just killed? Give me one-one of those being controlled!"
A guardian beside him immediately answered, "I have one here, still fairly intact!"
Cui Jiuyang reached out and took it. The Blood Locust was soaking wet all over; it had actually been drowned.
It seemed this guardian had a fine command of water spells. The moment the Blood Locust approached, it had been enveloped in a ball of water and suffocated.
Cui Jiuyang held the Blood Locust in his palm, muttering incantations while his fingers continuously formed complex Mudras.
The nearby guardians, who had no idea what he was doing, saw how solemnly he performed the procedure and assumed he was about to unleash some ingenious spell to defeat their