Chapter 614: Chapter 600: Making a Fortune Quietly
"Hiss... Hiss..."
The Insect Realm descended into complete chaos. Countless insects cried out in despair as an irreversible catastrophe unfolded around them. The lack of oxygen had already claimed the lives of innumerable low-tier insects on the ground.
After devouring enough life, the dimension underwent another transformation. The Power of the Soul within not only strengthened but even expanded the netherworld by twice its size. Now, its area was no smaller than a town, capable of housing tens of thousands of people.
Yet, a small town is insignificant compared to the world. Witnessing all this, Chen Feng couldn’t help but feel shocked.
From the moment the dimension appeared to now devouring the Insect Realm, it had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of living beings. Even though these beings weren’t particularly strong, mostly being non-evolved life forms, when combined, it sent shivers down one’s spine.
More astonishing was that after consuming so much life, the netherworld was still only the size of a small town. What kind of unimaginable number of lives would it take to restore the entire world’s form?
At this moment, Chen Feng felt that this dimension was like an endless abyss, never to be filled!
Now, every second, insect soldiers suffocated and died. Out of fear, some filth even flowed onto the ground, and in an instant, waves of stench passed through the rift and descended into the canyon.
The Insect Realm had its own civilization. Insect soldiers were merely at the bottom of the food chain. Above them were Insect Warriors, Insect Generals, Insect Kings, Insect Emperors, Insect Gods, similar to the tiers of professionals.
For instance, an Insect Emperor was equivalent to a legendary strong being. A legendary Insect Emperor that had existed for countless years, given its terrifying reproductive ability, could very well have created an entire race, with millions of offspring!
The damaged dimension was like a Taotie, never knowing hunger or satiety. Chen Feng broke through the Insect Realm, and the insects assumed it was an opportunity to invade, not realizing the sudden change. The suffocating air continued to cause deaths, not only of insect soldiers, but even Bronze-tiered Insect Warriors died in droves.
Suddenly, a massive object, obscuring the sky and earth, surged toward the rift. It was a butterfly, void of any patterns, instead pitch black, as if the incarnation of death, appearing not far away.
This was an Insect Emperor!
A massive butterfly, also an ancient entity, living in the Insect Realm for countless years. Perhaps it was one of the masterminds behind the invasion of the Human World, always observing the changes around. Now, seeing its subordinates dying one after another, it finally couldn’t restrain itself and revealed its true form!
The moment the Insect Emperor descended, it flapped its wings, and a twelfth-grade hurricane erupted around, sweeping up the surrounding dust and insect blood, tearing toward the rift!
Chen Feng constantly observed everything in the Insect Realm. Though he knew the rift wouldn’t be easily shattered, the ability of legendary beings was enigmatic and unfathomable. No one knew if, upon discovering the dimension, they’d find a way to seize it.
Never underestimate the intelligence of insects!
At the realm of an Insect Emperor, it possessed intelligence comparable to humans. By then, if you try to steal a chicken only to lose the rice, that would be quite a loss!
Chen Feng sought to quietly make gains. Though every second the dimension existed, large amounts of the Power of the Soul were converted, he also knew when to stop.
"Close!"
Seeing the sweeping hurricane, Chen Feng dared not wait any longer, shouting, and the entire rift vanished without a trace. Instantly, the surrounding oxygen supply was restored.
Sensing its world return to normal, the Insect Emperor let out an angry hiss. With another flap of its wings, the surrounding insects were turned to blood mist, disappearing from where they stood.
In contrast to the death of insect soldiers, its greater fury stemmed from everything deviating from its plan. Originally, after discovering the human world, several titans of the Insect Realm had their own schemes, first dispatching insect soldiers to transform the world, planning to descend when the time was right.
Yet, from the invasion to now, the Insect Realm lost over a hundred thousand insects. While this loss was negligible to the Insect Emperor, it all veered away from its expectations, causing it immense fury!
The Insect Emperor stared intently at the rift as if penetrating the boundary, locking eyes with Chen Feng in an instant.
Their gazes met, a wave of unseen killing intent and blood energy emerged. Knowing it couldn’t breach the rift, the Insect Emperor hissed once more, vanishing from sight.
Due to suffocation, the remaining insects developed a certain fear, watching the rift, not daring to emerge further. Gradually, the rift began to mend, and aside from the lingering stench in the air, it was as if nothing had happened.
"Legendary tier, these are the ancestors among insects, seemingly vanished, yet I bet it’s lurking nearby. If I open this rift now, it could very well launch the fiercest attack!"
Insects possessed intelligence, but such tactics were too shallow to trick Chen Feng—it was impossible!
But there’s one thing Chen Feng must be cautious about: the Insect Realm, after several defeats, was undoubtedly enraged to the extreme. He decided not to provoke them for the foreseeable future. Otherwise, if several Insect Emperors united, at the moment he cleaved open the rift, it would be possible to suffer a severe blow!
Never underestimate any legendary strong being, for their means are beyond prediction!
As for this damaged dimension, Chen Feng pondered slightly. Opening the netherworld required countless lives—it wasn’t a feat to be accomplished in a year or two, and being anxious would do no good.
Currently, as a Golden Tier, Chen Feng could only carry the dimension to devour the creatures on this land. Yet, upon reaching legendary tier and opening the Abyss, he could naturally satiate the damaged dimension.
Aside from this, the Power of Faith must also be gathered. As Saruman said, although this world was destroyed, it wasn’t easily subdued. However, due to some strange serendipity, it recovered a bit of its Origin, akin to the state of a human at one year of age.
Ignorant, without awareness.
At this time, although the child’s intelligence hadn’t developed, by being constantly around, one could gain its reliance. Now, what needed to be done was to invest more Power of Faith into it. Once the concentration reached its peak, the dimension would naturally be fully conquered!
This is a long and arduous task. Chen Feng knew it couldn’t be rushed, so he wasn’t eager to have the damaged dimension devour the surrounding oxygen and life.
The surrounding land was scarce now, with only the ocean having the life forms the dimension required. However, the ocean was vast, and who knew what kind of beings lived there?
If this attracted a legendary oceanic creature, that would be quite a predicament, potentially even affecting the canyon’s migration plans.
After all, this was human territory. Even if the Insect Emperor hated Chen Feng due to the rift, it couldn’t truly descend. But if an oceanic legendary creature went berserk, it could trigger a tsunami—who could stop such a catastrophe?
Better to leave things alone, and thus Chen Feng decided to let the damaged rift autonomously devour on the island. Once he found an opportunity, he would then assist it in completing its transformation!
