Ding Yuyi, hiding behind the Insect Swarm's collective will, paled in horror. The black flames seemed to have come alive. Not only had they wiped out more than half the swarm in an instant, they were also beginning to spread toward his Mental Body.
Faced with Grete's strike, which had been nothing short of an assault from a higher dimension, Ding Yuyi could only cut his losses. Without the slightest hesitation, he abandoned the remaining swarm's collective will to keep his own will alive.
The agony of his soul being torn apart mingled with the madness he had distributed among the swarm, and it all came crashing back upon Ding Yuyi at once.
"Hiss!!!!!"
At that moment, Shui Feifei, who had been struggling to hold on, also regained her senses. Still shaken by her narrow escape, she did not hesitate. She activated her domain, enveloped the planet she was on, and fled the Lost Kingdom in an instant.
With Shui Feifei and the others from the Human Federation gone, the Lost Kingdom fell completely under the occupation of Ding Yuyi's Rachkainis Insectoid Race (Modified). Apart from the Rachkainis Insectoid Race, not a single living creature remained there.
Grete's strike had all but crippled the seemingly unstoppable advance of the Rachkainis Insectoid Race (Modified).
Over the period that followed, the course of the war in the Star Sea changed once again.
Having lost the Martial Arts Spirit Seed, Playa fell completely from its pedestal as a major power. Although Matthew himself possessed Limit-Breaking strength, all Playa could do against the severely weakened Rachkainis Insectoid Race was stop losing territory. Recovering its occupied lands was nothing more than wishful thinking.
Meanwhile, upon discovering the Insect Race's massive casualties, the Vax Corporation immediately launched a counteroffensive. With the resources it had plundered