Densely packed Insect Nests hung ahead.
Parasitic tissue grew along the edges of the hollow, layering into platforms at varying heights. Thick sinew bundles connected them, making them look from afar like dangling beehives.
The scouting team had turned back here twice.
The winged players could get across, but there was nowhere safe to land. After they killed one batch, more insects crawled out from beneath the platforms; if they wanted to rest, they could only retreat the way they came.
This time, their escape route had flown in alongside them.
The Patrol Carrier halted outside the nest belt, avoiding the most turbulent section of the Breathway.
[Vanguard Across the Realm] stood at the upper exit, looking down at the landing point marked by the scouting team.
The outermost platform was wide enough and thick enough.
They would take that first.
"Lower deck, get ready. We'll clear the top."
As soon as he spoke, he leaped out, flight wings spreading behind his back.
A swath of blue-white lightning shot past him and slammed into the insect swarm ahead!
[Thunder King] did not wait for the winged parasites to scatter before raising a hand and following up with another lightning strike. The current pierced their thin wings and leaped continuously through the swarm behind them, sending dozens of insects tumbling down.
Silver Wing Sentinels swept past from both sides, their wing edges slicing open the abdomens of the insects that slipped through.
Farther away, a massive Nest Guardian Bug raised its head. Its back carapace slowly opened, revealing the swollen spray sac beneath.
[LV.63, Tier Three.]
[Vanguard Across the Realm] lowered his body and sped along the platform's edge.
The instant the first stream of acid sprayed out, he vanished from where he stood.
The next moment, he appeared