After Liu Changxu slew the upper-ninth-tier Insect Emperor with a single sword strike, he saw the leaderless swarm fall into disarray and immediately locked onto the low-ninth-tier Insect Emperor bringing up the rear of the fleeing force.
His fingers shifted slightly through a spell seal, and the Ruyi Void-Mystic Mirror abruptly rose into the air. A beam of pearly white mirror light shot through the void like a chain, instantly binding the Insect Emperor in place and leaving it unable to move.
Before the Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor could break free of the silver mirror light, the Wishful Soul-Destroying Lamp lit up. A wisp of deep violet divine light pierced straight into its head. Its body shuddered violently as its divine soul suffered a devastating blow, and it let out a howl of agony.
Seizing the opening, Liu Changxu issued a command. The Thirty-Six Red Lotus Immortal Swords became streaks of crimson light, surrounding the Insect Emperor like an unfurling lotus; the Heaven-Flipping Sea-Splitting Halberd smashed down with the force to crumble mountains and split seas, its tip gleaming with chilling light; beside them, the Great Sun Violet Gold Cauldron hovered in the air, spewing golden Great Sun True Fire that relentlessly scorched the Ninth-Tier Insect Emperor's protective carapace.
Under the combined assault of the Innate Spirit Treasures, the low-ninth-tier Insect Emperor lasted only moments before letting out a mournful cry amid the divine light and sword shadows, dying at last. Its enormous body plunged heavily into the sea, raising towering waves.
Victory in the Third Battle of Golden Ring Island was like a thunderbolt cleaving through the gloom cast over the human race by the insect race, greatly bolstering everyone's confidence in resisting the invaders.
As though it had sprouted wings, news of the victory swiftly flew beyond Golden Ring