This Was Only the First Wave of the Insect Tide

Night fell, rain began to fall, and the Mother Queen awoke...

Of course, that thunderclap awakened not only the Mother Queen, but also all the insect beasts in the eighty-three insect nests.

Of these eighty-three Insect Tide, the smallest number of insect beasts was over 300,000, while the largest number was nearly two million.

Even more terrifying was that the Mother Queen began giving birth the moment she awoke.

Less than half an hour after the thunder sounded, Gu Ding heard the Sea Emperor's voice again.

"The first Insect Tide is coming; they'll arrive in ten minutes at most."

But almost no one knew this. If it were just ordinary night, it would be no different from daytime in their eyes. But the night in this world seemed to be special. The darkness could greatly obscure everyone's visual senses, making everyone's eyesight no different from that of an ordinary person.

With their vision obscured and their senses severely compressed, no one noticed that the Insect Tide was approaching.

Gu Ding took a deep breath and shouted, "Everyone get ready! The Insect Tide will arrive in less than ten minutes!"

His voice quickly spread, reaching every corner of the city and suddenly silencing the crowd that had been noisy due to the darkness.

Several members of Top 1 suddenly appeared beside Gu Ding, led by a girl with a ponytail. She wore a gray shawl draped over her back, and her outfit consisted of a casual white t-shirt and black overalls, with black knee-high military boots on her feet. The members of Top 1 were not entirely under the jurisdiction of the military, so there were no strict requirements for their attire, and they generally dressed very casually.

Gu Ding remembered that the girl's name was Kass, and she was the youngest member of Top 1 in this mission. However, her attack power was the highest, with a test result of Nine-and-a-Half Star. She was not only the one with the highest attack power among Top 1, but also the one with the highest test star rating among ten thousand people.

"Gu Ding, can you see the movements of those insect beasts?" Kass's voice sounded like he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, about the same age as Elsa.

"Yes. Everyone, get ready for battle immediately." Gu Ding nodded. At this point, it wasn't good to hide the fact that the Sea Emperor could conduct long-range reconnaissance. If anyone asked later, he could just pin it on himself and say that he had reconnaissance abilities.

Without asking any further questions, Kass turned and shouted to the other members of Top 1 and the Federal Government personnel, "Everyone, get ready for battle immediately!"

The gray cloak billowed in the strong wind, giving it a somewhat heroic air.

Although she was young, it was clear that members of the Top organization held significant positions within the Federal Government. Even though they were of the same military rank, they did not ignore her call to arms and immediately began preparing for battle, taking their positions as previously assigned.

Seeing that the Federal Government personnel were on high alert, the others realized that Gu Ding's earlier shout was probably not a joke, and they abandoned their initial indifference. They all drew their weapons and stood with the Federal Government personnel, their gazes fixed on the distant horizon beyond the city walls.

Before long, people heard the chirping of insects and the flapping of wings of insect beasts coming from afar. Judging from the sound alone, the number of insect beasts this time was definitely not small.

Soon, the swarm drew closer, and the group finally saw the legendary Insect Tide. As far as the eye could see, there were only insect beasts, like a boundless ocean. The movement of these beasts resembled a giant tidal wave, making everyone feel incredibly small, and some even lost their will to fight.

"All long-range attacks, unleash your full power! At this moment, hold nothing back!" Gu Ding's voice boomed once more amidst the crowd, and he was the first to strike. Black Devouring Flame surged forth, like a giant black dragon, sweeping through the swarm of insects, annihilating all the insect beasts in its path. These vanguard troops, none of whom were of high rank, were instantly killed by Gu Ding, numbering in the thousands.

And the others also made their moves.

Beside Gu Ding, Dokter unleashed twelve throwing knives simultaneously, targeting only insect beasts below four stars. Each knife pierced through the target instantly, killing them instantly. As Gu Ding had previously stated, their Combat Strength was insufficient to overwhelm the insect beasts; their primary mission was to reduce their numbers as much as possible. The stronger insect beasts would naturally be dealt with by others.

Liliath's guns were also switched to rapid-fire mode, with the power controlled at around five stars, as she frantically sprayed bullets at the low-level insect beasts.

Tagore didn't transform; he simply plunged into the swarm of insects, his claws scattering corpses wherever they went. He had now reached the level of Low-rank God, his Combat Strength nearly two minor ranks higher than before. As long as he didn't encounter five-star Elite Bug beasts or Mutated Elite Insect Beast, he could basically kill them instantly.

Although the Gu Ding Team was missing most of its main Combat Strength except for Gu Ding and Tagore, its performance was still quite impressive.

But on the top 1 side, each one of them is a killing machine, and their elimination speed is no less than that of Gu Ding.

The girl Kass summoned a massive hurricane with a radius of nearly a hundred meters. Any insects or beasts caught in its grasp were torn apart as if by sharp blades, utterly pulverized. Due to the hurricane's powerful attraction to the surrounding insects and beasts, her killing speed even surpassed that of Gu Ding.

Besides the Kass, there are two other Logia-types in the top 1.

One is the Earth Element swamp ability, which can turn the ground into a swamp. The swamp is filled with powerful vine-like plants, and anything that passes through the swamp will be pulled in and slowly sink.

The other one is a fire-type like Gu Ding, but his fire ability is not to summon flames like Gu Ding. Instead, he can control earth fire and magma. He even summoned a Lava Giant of Mid-rank God from another plane. The giant was hundreds of meters tall and charged into the swarm of insects to slaughter them.

The others also performed admirably.

The Freedom Alliance, while keeping a low profile and not using many powerful moves, still managed to kill quickly.

Gu Ding finally witnessed Stda's ability. The genius boy, roughly his own age, stood rooted to the spot, his pupils suddenly changing color, and a blue flame unexpectedly spread through the swarm of insects. Every insect beast that touched it died instantly. The effect of that blue flame was even better than Gu Ding's Devouring Flame.

"What kind of flame is that?" Gu Ding was somewhat alarmed.

"That's Netherworld Ghost Fire, a flame at the soul level. The soul strength of most insectoids is at least one level weaker than their cultivation level, so for him to unleash this Netherworld Ghost Fire with a soul strength comparable to Mid-rank God, the effect is terrifyingly good," the Sea Emperor explained. "Actually, Liliath's Purgatory Fire is even more powerful than this flame. Purgatory Fire can not only damage the soul, but also directly damage the physical body."

"Lily, try using the Purgatory Fire!" Gu Ding suddenly turned around and said to Liliath.

"The Purgatory Fire won't be very effective. My internal energy is too weak; it's far inferior to the effect of the Divine Source." Liliath, however, was unaware of the special properties of the Purgatory Fire.

"Lily, don't use your internal energy to activate it; use your soul power directly. The Purgatory Fire has a dual power source. Using internal energy or divine power to activate it will damage your physical body. Using soul power will directly harm your soul," the Sea Emperor reminded Liliath in her ear.

"Okay, I'll give it a try!" Liliath.

Driven by her soul power, black Purgatory Fire indeed rose from her palm, rapidly escalating with her will. She imitated Gu Ding, unleashing the flames that engulfed a swarm of insects and beasts, instantly causing them to collapse to the ground. The effect was astonishing.

The Sea Emperor wasn't surprised, because after absorbing the Heaven Soul Crystal, Liliath's soul strength had reached the level of Seven-Star Low-rank God. Even a five-star Elite Bug beast, due to its innate deficiencies, wouldn't have a soul strength exceeding six stars. Therefore, before Mutated Elite Insect Beast appeared, Liliath's Purgatory Fire would undoubtedly be invincible.

Liliath seemed quite excited at the sudden switch to fire. Her killing speed increased dramatically, now rivaling that of Gu Ding.

On the Freedom Alliance side, apart from Stda, the others are also very Combat Strength.

Sharp, that guy, fights in the same way as Bigge. They both charge into the swarm of insects, then unleash a barrage of longsword strikes, each one capable of annihilating a group of insectoid beasts.

However, Sharp seems to be the weakest member of the Freedom Alliance this time, and the one that was eliminated the slowest.

Besides Stda, the Freedom Alliance also had a guy named Fritz whose killing speed surpassed Gu Ding's. He was an Ice Element nature user, and his cultivation level was at the level of Five-Star Low-rank God. In the previous assessment, he and Stda both achieved the same result of nine stars. He simply walked through the swarm of insects, and wherever he went, all the insect beasts were frozen into ice sculptures. Not a single insect beast could enter a ten-meter radius around him.

This wave of Insect Tide basically reveals the true strength of everyone. Even if some people, like Gu Ding, have kept their killing moves, the strength of their ordinary moves has already been revealed, and their strength is not far apart.

The top nine and the seven from the Freedom Alliance are in the First Array, capable of slaying any insectoid beast of any strength.

Aside from these two major forces, there aren't many people who can be classified as part of the First Array. Gu Ding can be counted, and Liliath, who uses the Purgatory Fire, can barely be included as well.

Several Interstellar Hunter and Interstellar Pirate, including Du Long, can also be considered in the First Array. During their assessment, their test results were generally above eight stars.

The Second Array is much larger, and this array basically has no scruples about anything except five-star Elite Bug beasts.

This includes the Federal Government's Elite Legion, Tagore without his transformation, Lyon dressed in all white, and dozens of Interstellar Pirate and Interstellar Hunter with test results of seven stars or higher.

The remaining people are mostly in the third Fourth Array.

After more than an hour of fighting, this wave of insectoid beasts was finally wiped out.

One of the top members said dismissively, "It seems the Insect Tide isn't as terrifying as the rumors say."

Gu Ding glanced at him expressionlessly. "This is only the first wave, and a relatively small one at that, with less than 400,000 insect beasts. The second wave will begin in three minutes..."

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(Thanks to [Humming a Little Love Song] for providing the minor role of Lyon, and to [Puchi Yixiao Hehehe] for providing the minor Kass ~ If you need any minor roles, you can leave a message in the minor role thread in the book review section. Um, to reiterate, only Westernized names are accepted~~ Some readers have been stubbornly leaving Eastern names, which are really unnecessary, everyone~) (To be continued...)