Stronger from Earth

Chapter 411 - 405: Suppression

The light of swords was dazzling in the nest of the Insect Race. This sudden attack left the numerous Insect Queens both shocked and furious, a significant oversight on their part.

However, no one expected that with their combined strength equivalent to several thousand Jade Platform Celestial Immortals, along with dozens of Half-Step True Tier insects, any being would dare to target them!

Time seemed to freeze, no longer flowing. Their astonished expressions remained, like statues carved from stone.

A royal Mother Insect, which had just expended a large amount of life force for its ninth transformation into a Divine Silkworm, was horrified at this moment.

In an instant, it coiled its dozens of meters long silkworm body into a ball, using its plump white flesh to shield its head, to prevent Wang Xuan’s sword from directly slicing through its skull.

Clang!

The black Long Sword swooshed down, immediately cutting through the white flesh of the Divine Silkworm. Wang Xuan, wielding his weapon, felt a strong resistance, testament to the formidable defense of the Divine Silkworm.

Indeed, after evolving nine times, each entity the royal Mother Insect emulated had a powerful bloodline. In its emergence as a Divine Silkworm, it naturally acquired some of its innate abilities, possessing formidable defense and life force.

Wang Xuan exerted all his strength, leveraging the advantage of his black Long Sword as a Half-Step Immortal weapon embryo, to cleave through all obstacles and charge directly toward the head of the royal Mother Insect.

The royal Mother Insect’s eyes turned wild: "Intruder, you will die!!!"

As an Emperor, how long had it been since it personally went to the battlefield? Its subordinates were enough to overwhelm same-tier beings without its intervention.

But now, someone had dared infiltrate its nest and launch a surprise attack during its weakest moment, an utter humiliation!

The Insect Emperor opened its mouth and spat out a golden round shield, blocking in front of it. The black Long Sword struck the shield, erupting with a booming explosion, illuminating endless light.

"Kill him for me!" the unscathed Insect Emperor roared angrily, prompting the surrounding insects to swarm up, their numbers overwhelming and combat power astonishing.

It should be noted that even a True Disciple of Immortal Martial Mountain does not have thousands of Celestial Immortals. Such a colossal number of insects, comparable to Jade Platform Celestial Immortals, could barely be stopped by powerful True Immortals.

The Insect Race swarmed, and Wang Xuan found himself besieged after failing to kill in one strike. With so many insects against him, he could only unleash the Endless Sword in full force, lest the overwhelming mental shock shatter his Sea of Consciousness.

Insect bodies are large; close combat might involve only a few at a time, but Primordial Spirit power is not restricted by physical space limitations.

If he used the Endless Sword, he might end up in a moment of weakness afterward, which would be ample time for the royal Mother Insect to act.

Wang Xuan was momentarily caught in a predicament.

"Die!" roared the numerous insect Mothers, to them attacking the Emperor was an unforgivable sin, as it was the fundamental cornerstone of their powerful race.

Surrounded by layers upon layers of insects, the royal Mother Insect let out a sigh of relief. If not for the indestructible shield accumulated over the years, it might have truly been severely injured by that one sword stroke.

That strike could severely wound its Primordial Spirit, and being killed afterward wasn’t unimaginable, but such a terrifying outcome ultimately did not happen.

A smile crept up its mouth, yet it failed to notice a massive Long Staff descending from above. As the Heaven-Shaking Rod arrived with mountain-crumbling force, the Mother Insect had no time to react.

At that moment, only one thought filled its mind: it had roamed for generations, having countless insect swarms under its command, yet it failed to exploit its advantage and capsized right here!

How sorrowful! How unfortunate!

Thud!

A thunderous smash reverberated as giant power and Primordial Spirit force channeled through the Heaven-Shaking Rod, delivering a dual physical and spiritual blow to the royal Mother Insect, causing it to collapse on the ground.

The figure of Clone Emperor Xuan appeared, letting out a cold laugh as he took the royal Mother Insect away with the assistance of the Void Python, alongside his true self, Wang Xuan.

The Void Python’s understanding of the Path of Space far surpassed the royal Mother Insect’s. The other Insect Queens and Insect Kings hadn’t even reacted when the enemy had already whisked away the Insect Emperor.

Continuously leaping through space, Wang Xuan had already traveled light-years away from that star system. He had to flee, for another True-tier creature, nourished by the Star Core’s power within a star, had awakened.

It was the strongest war soldier cultivated by the Insect Emperor, meant for its own protection, its combat power was second only to the Insect Emperor’s.

The endless Insect Sea made one’s scalp tingle, and facing such countless Insect Queens and Insect Kings was not easy.

Moreover, the Insect Emperor suppressed in the Star Hall had awakened and was vigorously struggling; Wang Xuan needed strength to suppress it, leaving him with no extra energy.

Staying there now was not a wise choice.

Returning to the Evolution Realm, he could invest time and energy to subdue the royal Mother Insect, for his own use, and then return to the Insect Nest to subjugate the insect swarm.

That would be the foolproof choice.

The treasures within the Star Hall had all been transferred to the six great treasure troves, safely stored within the Void Python’s belly.

The Star Hall, initially a defensive artifact, was now suppressing the royal Mother Insect; layer upon layer of Array Patterns and Runes enveloped it, combined with the material of the Star Hall itself, the Grotto Void True Immortal level beings couldn’t break it.

Moreover, the royal Mother Insect was already in a weakened state, its combat power reduced to less than thirty percent, needing to absorb a large amount of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi for recovery, which it couldn’t do here.

"Sneak attacking me, human! If you have the guts, let me out for a fair fight. If I return to my peak, I can suppress you with one hand!"

The royal Mother Insect, proud and arrogant, considered being captured and suppressed a tremendous humiliation!

Still in a Divine Insect status, its life force was robust, and after consuming lots of Primordial Qi, its injuries were already healed.

Given the chance to recover, it could instantly become a full-fledged True-tier master, its combat power utterly amazing.

Wang Xuan’s Heart Spirit was wholly focused on the Star Hall, observing the royal Mother Insect constantly struggling, clashing and roaring within the Star Hall’s space.

This anger wasn’t a helpless vent but rather a façade of the Insect Emperor, as Wang Xuan discovered the Insect Emperor was stealthily siphoning energy circulating within the array’s restrictions.

The Insect Emperor, having nurtured thousands of insect swarms, was indeed learned and brilliant, understanding nearly everything. Though it may not reach the pinnacle in every field, it could certainly plunder and use them.

Wang Xuan similarly altered the array quietly, shrouding it with Evil Qi and coating the exterior with a Devouring Spirit Array, continuously absorbing and extracting the Qi energy within the space.

"Insect Emperor, don’t waste your efforts. Submit to me willingly and become my follower, and you’ll reach Immortality within a millennium!

Though adept in Insect Sea Tactics, against top-tier powerhouses, numbers are of no significance, and within a few years, I’ll be able to face you at your peak head-on."

Wang Xuan attempted to persuade it to surrender, but the Insect Emperor, immensely proud, captured in its weak phase, refused to yield, how could it acquiesce?

"Get me to submit? How can a weakling harness a strong one? You must be dreaming!

I’ve lived for tens of thousands of years, achieving this level of life, and you claim you can make me Immortal within a thousand years, how audacious!"

The Insect Emperor sneered and continued to devour the energy within the array’s restrictions, but suddenly a surge of vast Evil Qi invaded its body, causing its life force and insect origin to surge wildly, nearly spitting out old blood.

Just as it murmured through great effort to convert the Evil Qi into its power, before it could continue to consume the energy within the array, a peculiar suction began to drain its life force.

In this state, it took significant effort just to remain unaffected by such devouring, preventing further weakening, making it impossible to discreetly siphon the circulating energy in the array as before.

This human is indeed cunning, how can I find the opportunity to escape? The Insect Emperor contemplated inwardly.

"How do I make it submit?" Wang Xuan worried over how to deal with the Insect Emperor as he rode the Void Python toward the Evolution Realm.

With his capability, he could easily kill the Insect Emperor, but an alive royal Mother Insect could command the billions of insects in that Star Domain, invaluable.

What use was a dead Insect Emperor to him other than the carcass?

After some time, Wang Xuan chuckled: "I have the time, my growth is swift, soon I’ll be able to forcibly enslave the Insect Emperor. The longer it drags on, the more advantageous it is for me."

For him, there was no dilemma; once powerful enough, the problem would cease to exist naturally.

The Star Sea stretched endlessly; it had been several days since he left the Evolution Realm but upon his return, he noticed something amiss.

The Earth Expeditionary Army stationed in the Evolution Realm was gone, with no trace of True Immortal auras in the starry sky.

Hovering high in the sky, Wang Xuan gazed afar, easily spotting the nearly thousand-zhang tall Gate of the World, and his heart surged with excitement.

The Realm Gate has reopened?! I can go home!

Without hesitation, Wang Xuan’s figure streaked like a shooting star, crossing hundreds of thousands of miles, and stepped into the Realm Gate.