Deep within the shattered palace, the deathly silence broke in an instant!
Hive's elite squad lunged from the shadows like wraiths, their ghostly green biological armor gleaming coldly in the dim light. Moving as swiftly as lightning and in perfect coordination, they sent high-frequency vibrating stingers and sticky energy nets hurtling toward Lin Ye and Gamora, clearly intending to end the fight quickly and seize the thunder crystal on the throne!
"You're asking to die!" Gamora shouted. Her twin blades flashed from their sheaths as she became a green whirlwind, deftly knocking the incoming stingers aside. She nimbly dodged the energy nets and lunged straight at the nearest bee soldier! Blade light flashed amid the piercing clash of metal!
Lin Ye's gaze turned cold. Without even moving his feet, he let a faint shimmer of lightning ripple around him as [Chaos Thunder Body] activated on its own. The approaching energy nets and stray stingers struck the lightning and were instantly annihilated, vaporized! He raised a hand and closed it around empty air. A concentrated strand of [Thunder of Annihilation] formed a slender needle, striking first despite being launched later and instantly piercing the energy core of a bee soldier attempting to flank Gamora! Before the soldier could even scream, it crumbled to ash!
The Hive commander's compound eyes contracted, clearly not expecting Lin Ye's counterattack to be so devastating! It let out a shriek, and the remaining soldiers immediately changed tactics. Abandoning their direct assault, they scattered and used the palace's broken pillars and rubble as cover to harry their opponents. At the same time, they kept hurling sticky spore bombs that emitted disruptive fluctuations toward the throne, trying to slow Lin Ye's approach!
"They're stalling! They're waiting for reinforcements!" Gamora instantly saw through their plan. Her twin blades whirled