No need to ask—both the Insectoid Clan and the Mech Clan had clearly noticed this "Stubborn Stone's" uniqueness and value at the very first moment!
The Insect Emperor Guard's cold compound eyes locked onto the Stubborn Stone, emitting a low grinding sound as the ghostly gleam on its blade arms intensified.
Entropy of the Mech Clan stopped manipulating the metal ring. Its black crystal-carved head turned fully toward the Stubborn Stone, while the ghostly blue torrent of data nearly condensed into solid threads.
The three sides—including Jiang Shu, Venerable Duanyue, and Yu Sha—almost simultaneously fixed their sights on the black Stubborn Stone floating at the edge of the destruction core.
The killing intent permeating the air instantly became colder and more tangible than the vortices around them that devoured everything!
The pitch-black stone floating at the edge of the destruction vortex seemed to contain the combined weight of the entire world that was collapsing madly.
The space around it warped and caved in like a frozen mercury mirror. There was no radiance, no leaking energy—only an ultimate sense of devouring. Even one's gaze would be invisibly dragged in and shredded upon approaching it.
The shell covering the Insect Emperor Guard trembled faintly, its dark golden surface etched with savage patterns, while its icy compound eyes remained locked on the Black Stone.
It released a low, piercing tone. It was not a language, but an order calling the insect swarm to gather.
The two early-stage Venerable blade war insects at its side instantly lowered their stances. The ghostly glow flowing across their shells accelerated, and their sharp blade arms pointed at Jiang Shu's group and the Mech Clan's Entropy from afar, displaying undisguised killing intent and a beast's instinct to guard its food.
On the other side, Entropy's ink-blue mechanical body