Several days later, deep in the forested mountains, Ye'e Di Luosha personally led an army of a hundred thousand, accompanied by the kingdom's elders, champions, and generals, toward the territory occupied by the Insect Race.
There were capable figures among the Sea Folk who recognized the threat posed by Queen Bee No. 3 and refused to let her develop any further. Thus, they adopted Sha Tan's strategy, concentrating overwhelming forces early on and committing their full strength.
The entire Yan Pond Sea Kingdom mobilized more than ten fighters with Foundation Establishment combat power, along with an army a hundred thousand strong. They landed from the inland sea and the Eastern Sea, advancing upstream along the largest river in central Inkstone Continent and launching a ferocious offensive.
They had no idea that all of this was under Li Chen's control.
Li Chen had Queen Bee No. 3 produce large numbers of cannon-fodder troops, feeding them into the battlefield wave after wave.
Most of this cannon fodder consisted of Hunting Insects. They lacked variety and were weak, relying solely on superior numbers to charge recklessly about and bully the scattered Ruins Seekers they had encountered before.
This time, against the Sea Folk army, they were like waves crashing against a reef, smashed to pieces on impact.
The Sea Folk held back the Insect Race's attacks with one battle formation after another. They even moved swiftly along the river, beginning to contest the Insect Race on a strategic level.
Queen Bee No. 3 could indeed monitor the entire territory through the mycelial carpet and Mayfly Insects, but the hives and production bases were scattered, and assembling and deploying her armies also took time. In just a few days, her defensive line had been torn open.
Believing they had successfully suppressed their enemy, the