The instant Liu Changxu slew the second Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor, Murong Yuyao seized the opening as well, guiding the Snow Lotus Ice Soul Sword to pierce a vital point of a dragonfly-like Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor with unerring precision.
After witnessing their kin fall one after another, terror flashed in the eyes of the three remaining Ninth-Tier Insect Emperors. They no longer dared linger in battle. All three beat their wings, distorted spatial ripples rising around them as they unleashed space divine abilities simultaneously and fled into the distance. In the blink of an eye, they tore through the void and vanished without a trace.
This time, Liu Changxu did not let them escape. His figure flickered as he immediately unleashed Spatial Displacement, pursuing a mantis-like Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor.
Murong Yuyao had intended to join the pursuit, but when her gaze swept over the swarm still battering the Island-Guarding Grand Formation, a thought stirred, and she changed her mind.
She turned into a streak of light and plunged into the swarm. With an incomparably fierce sword assault, she began slaughtering the vast horde.
Meanwhile, Liu Changxu's exquisite control over the laws of time and space gave him a speed far beyond that of the Insect Emperor he pursued.
Within moments, he caught up. He brought forth the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror, and its surface flashed. A beam of silver mirror light shot out, instantly imprisoning the mantis Insect Emperor in the void and rendering it immobile.
Immediately afterward, the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp hovered in the air and released a dusky purple beam of Soul-Destroying Divine Light, enveloping the Insect Emperor with pinpoint accuracy.
The power of the Soul-Destroying Divine Light was terrifying. It instantly inflicted grievous damage on the Insect Emperor's divine soul, and the Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor let out a piercing