Dressed in pristine white, Fan Daoyi stood atop the illusory Scales, his robes fluttering in the wind, appearing as if a banished immortal had descended to earth.
He looked up at the scene, his Adam's apple bobbing, and finally he couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Damn, what a show-off."
After blurting it out, he immediately waved his hand and explained, "Just to clarify, it's purely a compliment and has no derogatory meaning whatsoever."
"Damn it, kill him!"
The swarm of insects rushed toward Scales like a black torrent, but was crushed into dust by an invisible force the instant it approached the phantom, and was immediately suppressed by Scales.
The situation was dire for the Insect Mother; by the time she conceived the idea of escaping, there was no way out.
Their entire race has descended here. If they fail, given the Insect Race's reproduction and growth rate, Fan Daoyi will definitely annihilate them all.
The Insect Mother's massive body trembled slightly, her compound eyes flashing with an eerie light, and she began to slowly retreat. "Fan Daoyi, I've thought about it. There's no deep-seated hatred between us. You open the passage, and we'll leave immediately, how about it?"
Its voice was no longer arrogant, but instead revealed a hint of panic.
"What are you talking about?" Fan Daoyi tilted his head and chuckled innocently, "Breaking into a private residence, causing a scene, and you think you can get away unscathed?"
The illusory image of the Scales suddenly trembled, and the space around the Insect Mother instantly froze.
On the battlefield below, a sudden change occurred.
The group, who had been suppressed by the swarm of insects, suddenly froze in place.
"My rank... is skyrocketing?" Li Fire looked at his palm in disbelief.
"It's not a surge," Qian Heaven squinted at the illusory Scales, "It's Fan Daoyi's 'balance'."
The starlight on the left side of the Scales is growing wildly, while the Insect Race phantom on the right side is beginning to collapse; the Scales are approaching balance.
"Limit Break... This is the threshold of the Limit Break Realm!" Azure Dragon's pupils contracted. The Limit Break, which he had pursued all his life, was now being broken in batches under Fan Daoyi's rules!
The swarm of insects let out terrified hissing.
The prey that was being overpowered just a moment ago has now become the grim reaper!
Gen Mountain a single punch, the force of the blow, accompanied by spatial rifts, instantly blasted the Insect Race within a hundred meters into a bloody mist.
Zhen Thunder and Li Fire stood in mid-air, the lightning and fire transforming into a giant net, annihilating the insect swarms wherever it passed.
Kun Earth controlled the swarm of insects, annihilating their lives at will.
"Fan Daoyi, this isn't balance, it's ascension! You're using us to ascend!" the Insect Mother roared.
Their countless voices mingled together, forming a chilling murmur, "Since you want us dead, we won't let you have your way!"
Some of the insect swarm exploded in response, turning into a sky full of black mist, from which countless translucent energy bodies emerged.
"What is this?" The crowd stirred, wary of the translucent energy object.
"It's poisonous, everyone be careful!" the Si Snake warned.
"Mist Painting." Azure Dragon waved his ink-wash folding fan, and thick, dark mist enveloped the energy body.
Having broken through human limitations, his abilities have undergone a qualitative leap. The Azure Dragon's Mist Painting has transformed into a new small world.
He confines his energy body within his own little world, sustaining it.
Azure Dragon was filled with emotion as he felt this sudden surge of power. "Is this what Limit Break is...? Then what kind of immense power is the Heavenless beyond Limit Break?"
He longed for it, and even briefly hoped that the Insect Race would be even stronger. To Balance, Scales took him to experience that power.
Having reached the Limit Break, He Piaojian no longer simply swung his sword wildly; instead, he learned to 'learn'.
For example, he had recently witnessed the Rainy Ice Domain the Taowu. As a result, he also learned how to use ice.
The sword light was like a reversed Milky Way, freezing time wherever it passed. The energy-based swarm of insects was frozen in the river of time, retaining its original form, constantly reverting to the beginning of life, and dissipating into time.
High in the sky, the Insect Mother was still locked in Fan Daoyi.
The Insect Mother's energy-based body is disintegrating, and it finally realizes that all its struggles were part of the other's scheme.
"You've been waiting for our entire race to descend from the very beginning..." it hissed, "You want to annihilate our entire race and drain our fear!"
Fan Daoyi stood in the void, and upon hearing this, he nodded seriously. "Hmm, that makes sense. Perhaps this idea is not bad."
"Perhaps?" The Insect Mother was surprised by Fan Daoyi's words.
"Perhaps?" Fan Daoyi tilted his head and chuckled, twirling a few black and white chess pieces between his fingers, his white robes fluttering in the wind. "Although I have no memory of it, this is certainly something I'm capable of doing."
He slowly extended a hand in an inviting gesture. "Please."
"Please ask what?" the Insect Mother asked, puzzled.
"As the villain, stop wasting your breath, skip all the tedious steps, and unleash your final, devastating attack."
The swarm of insects flapped their wings and roared, while the onlookers below murmured, "What did Dao Yi Dao Yi this time to cause such a commotion among the insects?"
"Uh... I have a feeling he's going to say something really bad in a serious tone. What's that called? Sincerity is always the ultimate weapon?"
The Insect Mother's body trembled violently, and tens of thousands of insects suddenly surged backward like a black tide towards her. The sound of shells colliding was unsettling, and the sticky sound of flesh and blood Fusion echoed through the sky.
Fan Daoyi chuckled, his figure suddenly appearing beside the Azure Dragon. He asked, "Do you trust me?"
"There's no point in asking me about this," Azure Dragon replied.
He waved his folding fan forward. "All Four Symbols Guards, heed my command!"
The Azure Dragon's voice traveled through the mist and reached everyone's ears.
"Here!" A deafening roar echoed from all corners of the battlefield.
"From this moment forward, everyone must cooperate with Dao Yi's actions." The Azure Dragon Fan pointed at the swarm of insects, "No questions asked!"
Fan Daoyi chuckled softly, his fingertips drawing silver lines in the air.
Silver threads intertwined on everyone's wrists, a bond forged through Balance.
"My friends, do not resist, do not doubt. Entrust everything to me, and I will... lead you to victory!"
Dao Yi took over Azure Dragon's position and commanded from a high vantage point. He used Weiyang's ability to transmit the thread.
"Now, kill!"
The soldiers obeyed the order. The White Tiger Guards, wielding their heavy halberds, assumed a thrusting stance, while the Vermilion Bird Guards' archers had their arrows nocked. They all used their abilities to attack the enormous worm in the sky.
Fan Daoyi observed their movements, then casually teleported them through space.
The soldiers were suspended in the air, their weapons pointing downwards.
Faced with this situation for the first time, they instinctively changed the actions they were taking.
The moment the action changed, Fan Daoyi switched their positions again.
The soldiers reacted instantly, gripping their weapons tightly, their movements unchanged, their weapon strikes piercing straight through the giant worm.
Do not reject, do not doubt, entrust everything to Fan Daoyi, he will lead us to victory!
Weiyang exclaimed, "Even though I've witnessed his amazing control once, seeing it again still seems too outrageous. How exactly does his brain make these calculations?"
Qian Heaven's eyes also held some complex emotions.
Kun Earth gently placed his hand on Qian Heaven's shoulder, a hint of tenderness in his eyes. "What are you thinking about?"
"Tell me, is he even a 'human'?" Qian Heaven asked, looking at the figure that kept flashing and shifting in the air.
Why think so much? Actually, no matter who he is, since we're Eight Trigrams, whether it's us, you, or everyone else, we're all a group, family, first and foremost, and then we can talk about other things, right?