Lin Fei had thought that with the Gold-Devouring Insect King as his hostage, he could coerce the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother.
He had never expected the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother not to care at all.
At her command, countless Gold-Eating Beetles swarmed toward him.
"Solar True Fire!"
He decisively activated the Golden Crow Divine Nest, releasing blazing Solar True Fire that formed a spherical barrier of flame.
Like moths flying into a flame, the Gold-Eating Beetles were burned alive by the Solar True Fire.
The three human immortal realm Immortal-Eating insects immediately rushed at the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother to keep her from attacking Lin Fei.
Protected by the Solar True Fire, Lin Fei was utterly beyond the reach of the ordinary Gold-Eating Beetles.
He glanced at the Gold-Devouring Insect King curled up inside the Golden Crow Divine Nest and could not resist teasing him.
"Looks like you two aren't getting along. Your wife doesn't care whether you live or die."
Lin Fei did not know that although Gold-Eating Beetles reproduced sexually, pairing a male with a female, their hierarchy was strict, with the strong ruling over the weak.
The Gold-Devouring Insect King was stronger than the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother, so he had kept her under his thumb for years.
The Gold-Eating Beetle Mother had long harbored resentment toward him.
Once the Gold-Devouring Insect King died, the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother would become the swarm's leader.
Moreover, through devouring and evolution, the swarm would raise a new Gold-Devouring Insect King to ensure the continuation of their species.
But the newly ascended king would certainly be far weaker than the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother.
From then on, he would remain under the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother's thumb.
The metallic energy gathered by the swarm would be supplied to the Gold-Eating Beetle Mother first, and only then to