Buzzz! The Steel-armored Beetles turned into a red cloud and charged madly toward the crimson-gold Corpse Puppet Insect...
Sizzle!
Crack, crack, crack! Although Li Xiaoya had not killed the crimson-gold Corpse Puppet Insect with one punch, he had broken its body and neck. After a burst of piercing buzzing... even this Heaven-and-Earth Realm Corpse Puppet Insect could not withstand more than a few attacks. The tremendous red cloud churned, and before long, it had devoured the crimson-gold Heaven-and-Earth Realm Corpse Puppet Insect without leaving a trace...
Just then!
Buzzz! Within the red cloud of Steel-armored Beetles, roughly another quarter of them began to change. Red and white light flickered over their bodies as they swelled continuously, releasing piercing buzzing sounds. Before long, they had grown seven or eight times larger. The blood-red light over them steadily receded, gradually flowing into their enlarged bodies...
Crack, crack! Just then, the Steel-armored Beetles that had swollen several times larger suddenly went rigid. Their hideous blood-red shells began turning into something like a gray, horny casing. Their wings could no longer beat, and they plummeted downward!
"Rise!" Spiritual light flashed over Li Xiaoya's hand. He thrust a finger toward the falling Steel-armored Beetles and shouted.
In an instant!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! A mass of spiritual light enveloped all the falling Steel-armored Beetles encased in those dingy gray shells...
However!
"Hm?" Li Xiaoya discovered that the falling Steel-armored Beetles in their dingy gray casings were actually absorbing the magic power he was using to support them...
Before long, the Steel-armored Beetles had absorbed all the magic power Li Xiaoya had released...
Whoosh! The Steel-armored Beetles encased in dingy gray shells plunged straight down from the sky. They seemed to have become immensely heavy as they hurtled toward the ground, tearing through the air with astonishing