"Swish!"
Unable to take down the immature Mermaid Maiden for so long, the Poisonous Insect Queen gradually grew impatient.
"Swish—!"
Suddenly, the Poisonous Insect Queen let out a sharp cry. It sounded like some kind of horn, spreading outward like a signal and echoing without end.
Under the hornlike cry, not only the poisonous insects in the Poisonous Insect Den began to move—even the insect-type Phantom Demons started stirring.
With all kinds of howls and cries, they began gathering in this direction.
Clearly, in order to take down Xiao Hai'er as quickly as possible, the Poisonous Insect Queen had begun deploying her forces.
The poisonous insects were manifestations of this queen's abilities. They were offspring she had catalyzed with her own power, while the insect-type Phantom Demons were subjects who had attached themselves to her banner and been permitted to inhabit her territory.
This was the army under a Greater Phantasmal Demon.
Greater Phantasmal Demons were basically lords or overlords of their respective territories. As long as they lived in the wilderness, they would subdue similar Phantom Demons and gather them into armies under their command, using them to fend off foreign enemies or collect living sacrifices whenever necessary.
The insect-type Phantom Demons inhabiting the Poisonous Insect Den were the soldiers under the Poisonous Insect Queen—a mighty army capable of waging war in every direction.
Originally, seeing that Xiao Hai'er was still immature and alone, the Poisonous Insect Queen had wanted to act personally instead of sending the insect-type Phantom Demons into battle. She had feared that Bloodline Suppression would affect them, leaving them to be slaughtered and causing heavy losses.
But now, the queen clearly no longer cared about that.
Ultimately, they were still Phantom Demons. No matter how intelligent they were, they could never think with the flexibility