Chapter 595: Chapter 582: Yama Centipede
"Buzz buzz buzz..."
A sound of insects buzzing came from behind.
Like a natural disaster descending, the swarm of insects ahead suddenly burst open. In one strike, hundreds of insects met their end, including over a dozen mutant insects, with one even having reached silver tier, possessing extremely powerful attack strength.
Yet now, it was these elite insects being slaughtered by their own kind directly. The surrounding people had no idea what was happening and could only speculate if some kind of infighting had occurred among the insects!
No matter how fierce a ruler might be, they understand one thing very well, which is that profession-based fighters are the cornerstone of any faction. It can be said that a defensive silver-tier fighter standing here would be unphased by hundreds of people hacking away with knives, not even grazing their flesh!
What’s more, those mysterious awakening abilities can make up for technological shortcomings. The so-called high-rise buildings might require modifications by hundreds or even thousands of workers during peaceful times, but for profession-based fighters, perhaps only a dozen people using their abilities could construct a building in a few days.
This shows why profession-based fighters are indispensable resources to any ruler.
But after all, an insect is just an insect. Chen Feng glimpsed the world behind the crack and saw that although these insects had their own civilization, they showed no pity whatsoever for their fellow creatures.
Humans also have social hierarchies, but humans, in times of peace, even those who are at the very top of society, wouldn’t take pleasure in hunting ordinary people.
However, in the Insect Realm, low-tier insects have no status at all. Even though they appear fierce and terrifying to the utmost when facing humans now, within the Insect Realm, those caterpillars have no status and serve as food for their stronger counterparts!
Insects do not understand planting, nor do they comprehend trade. Most of the intelligence they possess relates to slaughter and invasion. The reproductive capabilities of insects are horrifyingly formidable, and even though the Insect Realm is three times the size of the Human World, throughout countless years of reproduction, other life forms in that world have long been devoured entirely. Moreover, some mutant locusts not only devour meat but won’t even spare the grass on the floor, leaving desolation in their wake!
This environment has already led the insects to consume all there’s to eat, so all they can do is open their mouths to devour their kind.
Those caterpillars are akin to the meat pigs of the Human World, kept in isolated zones in ordinary times, swarmed by countless insects during feeding times who gorge themselves inside.
The Insect Race is indeed a civilization.
Yet it is a terrifying civilization, a cruel civilization, a civilization without emotion.
Precisely because of this, as they ascend in ranks, the Insect Race becomes increasingly ferocious. As we just witnessed, a force considered powerful by any ruler can be annihilated by high-tier insects without a second thought!
The Insect Realm is threefold larger than the Human World, where insects number in the billions and trillions! To these insects, the least valuable commodity might be their kind’s lives!
From this, it’s evident the kind of desperate scenario faced by the prior generations’ gates. Even if the crack is immense, it cannot allow a billion insects to descend upon a city all at once, but even if only a thousandth or a ten-thousandth breaches the crack, it’s an apocalyptic disaster for humanity!
"Hiss hiss..."
A hiss echoed.
By appearance, it seemed to be a centipede, but its size stretched over a dozen meters, with a width reaching five meters. When it surged from the insect swarm, it was like a derailed train, and the flesh and blood surrounding the station were incapable of resisting such terrifying force!
Can humans withstand the collision from a train?
Even if the surrounding insects’ Insect Armor had undergone reinforcement, they had no ability to resist such a creature and quickly shattered into pieces. More terrifying was the centipede’s gaping mouth, constantly devouring low-tier insects along the way, gulping over a hundred weak insects into its stomach!
The Insect Realm!
Golden Tier!
This Yama Centipede has survived in the Insect Realm for decades. It evolved from a weak insect into a present-day king, consuming innumerable insects, and to it, these meals are merely appetizers before the big feast.
At this moment, the king from the Insect Realm turned its entire gaze on Flora, with those venomous and sinister compound eyes gleaming with utmost greed, quite clearly considering Flora as its next meal!
This Yama Centipede is akin to a lofty noble. Having indulged in enough roughage, Flora undoubtedly appeared like a grilled steak, tender and succulent. If consumed, it might trigger mutations within its body, allowing its massive form to further evolve!
Resolution firmed!
The Yama Centipede bore no attempt to hide its intentions. Despite its enormous size, in the next moment, it moved like lightning, incredibly fast, especially in small spaces where it vanished, leaving ordinary fighters seeing nothing but a blur!
"Squeak—"
The Yama Centipede, fully aware this was its opportunity for advancement, opened its mouth, with a wriggling motion at the oral cavity, "rip..." it grew another pair of fierce, barbed mandibles!
This was the Yama Centipede’s mutated form, drastically consuming its stamina, rarely used in normal times because the Insect Realm inherently lacks rationality. It would kill other insects, but other insects similarly regard it as gourmet.
Those somewhat less powerful insects might be ignored, but enemies of the same tier must be guarded against. Once fatigue from consuming energy sets in, it’s highly possible foes could exploit weakness, at which point, the Yama Centipede’s several-meter-long body might serve as an undeserved prize for its enemies!
But now, it felt the energy flowing from Flora’s body, aware that if it could consume this strong figure, mutations would occur in its body, perhaps even achieving legendary status. Though just a single step, ascending from golden tier to legendary demands energy as vast as the sea—a step not far, but indeed shortens the distance to higher tiers!
Everything was prepared!
The Yama Centipede was ready now, squeezing every ounce of power from its body. If at this moment Flora truly collided, even if she awakened as a master of punches, she would suffer severe trauma, possibly having her ribs shattered!
There’s only one chance!
As the Yama Centipede eyed the reducing distance, a glimmer of victory already emerged in its sights!
"Clang!"
A metallic fracture’s mourning sounded!
The Yama Centipede’s waist broke clean, with the immense force shattering the wound into blood and flesh, white insect meat squirming. It appeared quite enticing, yet with a peculiar beauty of incompleteness...
"Hiss..."
The Yama Centipede didn’t even comprehend what had transpired; everything occurred in an instant, and by the time it felt pain, its body was already split in two.
This scene caused a moment of daze among humans and the Insect Race engaged in fierce battle nearby!
Some people smelled an aroma, one unlike ordinary scents, like a naturally exceptional fragrance that enthralls upon a whiff, making one want to submit immediately as if, suddenly, they’d become a servant, bowing before the skirt of the adversary!
The darkness silently descended upon this land...
Elwin.
Appearing!
