"Now that you've captured me, once you go Beyond the Heavens, you'll be hunted by my race.
"And when that time comes, only I can protect you," the strange insect continued.
"You carry my scent. They'll follow that scent and track you all the way here.
"Even a Great Emperor would be powerless to help.
"Do you dare kill me?"
"Great Ancient Divine Territory? Why have I never heard of it?" Xu Zimo asked.
"How could someone like you ever come into contact with it? You're merely a frog in a well from a Small World," the strange insect said blandly.
The moment its voice fell, it let out a miserable scream.
Xu Zimo's massive foot came down, stomping heavily on its head.
He drove its head deep into the ground.
Dust billowed into the air.
"You're so formidable, so how did you end up as my prisoner?" Xu Zimo asked.
"If the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanyang Continent hadn't plotted against us, even ten Great Emperors would have been useless. Do you think I was defeated by you?" the strange insect asked unwillingly.
"What do you mean?" Xu Zimo asked.
"Back then, our Great Ancient Divine Territory race attacked the Yuanyang Continent. We never expected to underestimate this Heavenly Dao and suffer grievous losses from its schemes.
"In the end, we were exterminated under the leadership of that Feather Emperor.
"Of the several hundred insectkin, I alone survived," the strange insect said resentfully.
"I was on the verge of death and eventually went into hiding.
"For hundreds of thousands of years, I treated my injuries and waited to make a comeback.
"Now, just as I was not far from recovering my full strength, I never expected the Heavenly Dao to have been watching me all along.
"It sent you