Battle of Vilsert (19)

They had already been two overwhelmingly powerful attacks, and Samiras had lost all reason, with nothing in his eyes but Aliya's blood. He had not offered any resistance at all.

The outcome needed no guessing.

The insect race, which had originally possessed only seventeen Royal Bugs, lost another one after the two that had fallen in the First Main Arm.

The remaining fourteen Royal Bugs did not even dare breathe. Like obedient children, none of them dared move.

Ignoring them, Aliya began using Dark Energy to heal her injuries. That last attack had worsened her wounds, and she needed to recover immediately.

In truth, Aliya had not killed Samiras because he coveted her blood, but because—

Before a Royal Bug evolved to a higher level of life, neither its physical structure nor its brain could withstand the blood of a higher-dimensional life-form.

If Samiras had truly devoured Aliya's blood, then while gaining immense power, it would also have turned into a beast driven solely by instinct within a very short time.

As for why Aliya knew this?

A year ago, the insect race had still possessed eighteen Royal Bugs. Now, there were only seventeen!

While Aliya hurried to recover, on the battlefield in the forward section of the First Main Arm, the Nether Fleet and the Fifth Attack Group worked together to easily wipe out all eight Super Swarms of half-Royal Guard Bugs that had failed to retreat and lost command. It had taken less than half an hour.

However, even though they had resolved the crisis posed by the high-level Stealth Blade Bugs and killed two Royal Bugs, Lin Yu showed no joy. He repeatedly studied the battle footage provided by Bai Xuan, along with the vast amount of data she had transmitted.

Perhaps no one in the Nether