Soon, earth-shaking screeches rang out from deep within the insect nest. Sensing the invasion of a powerful enemy, the fifteen ninth-tier Insect Emperors instantly appeared above it. Their carapaces shimmered with eerie lights of different hues. Some bore enormous pincers covered in barbs; others unfurled membranous wings that blotted out the sky and sun. Fifteen incomparably ferocious auras intertwined, condensing into a dark cloud that pressed down upon the void.
"ROAR!"
The upper-ninth-tier centipede Insect Emperor at their head let out a roar that made their eardrums ache. The scarlet compound eyes atop its head suddenly lit up, and two dazzling beams of golden light, condensed almost to solidity, shot toward Liu Changxu at tremendous speed with a piercing shriek that tore through the void. The golden light contained utterly terrifying energy. Wherever it passed, even the void could not withstand it, rippling with spatial disturbances.
The other fourteen ninth-tier Insect Emperors likewise attacked without holding anything back. The beetle Insect Emperor swung its spiral horn, unleashing a dark-purple pillar of spirit energy; the Giant Scorpion Insect Emperor fired an inky-green beam imbued with terrifying poison capable of corroding powerful Innate Spirit Treasures...
Fourteen dazzling beams of spiritual light in different colors wove into a dense net of attacks. Some shot straight at Liu Changxu, while others struck toward Jin Haonan and the other three. Their onslaught was so violent that it threatened to churn the entire world to pieces.
Meanwhile, the insect swarms on the ground and in the air surged like tides. At the Insect Emperors' command, countless giant insects below the ninth tier swept forward like a black flood. Long-bodied venomous centipedes prowled through the low skies, while six-legged flying locusts obscured the sun. The densely packed insect silhouettes threatened to swallow the entire world, their piercing