"All Immortal King Level, heed my command! Activate the Celestial Star Gate Formation immediately upon engaging a Saint Level opponent!" Tsubasa's voice resounded in everyone's hearts. He had just cleaved the tail stinger of a Saint Level male Insect King with a single sword strike when he saw more and more Immortal King Level falling into danger. Flame Emperor Tenbutsu's Demon-Subduing Sword struck the Insect King's carapace, but the golden flames were bounced back. Hinata Hyuga's Byakugan could pinpoint weaknesses, but it was completely unable to break through the Saint Level Insect King's defenses. Senju Nawaki's Wood Release was like a mere tickle.
" The Celestial Star Gate Formation? Burning one's essence and life force in exchange for power!" a ninja exclaimed. The Celestial Star Gate Formation is the number one forbidden technique in the Shinobi World, created by the Golden Core Immortal Venerable Saint Venerable Tsubasa when he was a Golden Core Immortal Venerable using the Eight Gates Released Formation. It requires strength above the Golden Core Immortal Venerable level to learn, and involves burning one's own essence, life force, and even soul to briefly unleash an attack power a hundred times greater than usual. However, once the formation ends, participants will suffer a significant drop in cultivation and life force, or even death.
"Now is not the time to hesitate!" Senju Nawaki wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and flew to the designated location first. "Are we just going to watch these monsters trample the Star Domain Great Wall and destroy our home behind us?" He quickly Hand Seals, and the Star Gate in his body opened one by one, with powerful Immortal Power burning wildly. A huge phantom of God Tree appeared behind him.
"That's right! Let's fight!" Hinata Hyuga wiped the blood from her mouth, flashed to Senju Nawaki's side, Byakugan shone brightly. "We, the Hyuga Clan, have never had the right to back down!"
Despite his injuries, Uchiha Itachi flew over, his Sharingan switching to the Rinnegan, his body surrounded by the remaining Susanoo Chakra: "For the Shinobi World, this sacrifice is nothing."
Flame Emperor Tenbutsu, Uzumaki Murasaki, and the other six powerful Immortal King Level responded one after another. Countless experts opened their Celestial Star Gate, and their Immortal Power and life force burned simultaneously. " Celestial Star Gate, open!" Countless voices rang out at the same time, and the powerful force made their Immortal King domains a hundred times stronger.
"This power... can actually suppress me?" A Saint Level male insect king frowned as it felt the pressure of the Immortal King's domain power. Just as it was about to rush over and destroy the planet, it saw a huge Xingchen sword condense in the Tian Mai Immortal King's domain. The sword, carrying an aura of world destruction, slashed down at it.
"A mere trick!" The Saint Level male insect king swung its claws, trying to block the Xingchen Sword, but unexpectedly, the sword directly cleaved through its claws and struck its carapace. With a crisp "crack," a huge crack was cleaved in the carapace, which was as hard as a planet, and green fluid gushed out.
"It works!" Everyone became excited. They all unleashed their strongest moves to kill the Saint Level Insect King. Each attack left a devastating wound on the Saint Level male Insect King. However, the faces of the Immortal King Level experts who had activated the Celestial Star Gate Formation grew paler and paler. Their life force was rapidly draining away. Senju Nawaki's hair had begun to turn white, and Hinata Hyuga's breathing became rapid.
"Hold on! Orochimaru and I, the Corpse Saint, will slay them!" The voice of the Saint Venerable Tsubasa rang out, his figure suddenly accelerating, surrounded by golden power of law. At the same time, a black figure rushed out from the " Dubhe " fortress, none other than Orochimaru, the Corpse Saint.
Orochimaru's lips curled into a sinister smile. He formed hand Hand Seals, and black corpse energy erupted from his body. " Saint Venerable Tsubasa, this time we'll see who kills more Saint Level Insect Kings." Behind him, the phantom of the Eight-Headed Orochi appeared, its eight heads roaring simultaneously, carrying a terrifying pressure.
"Then let's try!" Tsubasa shouted, his longsword bursting with dazzling light as he charged directly at a Saint Level Insect King. The Insect King, having just been wounded by the Tian Mai Immortal Sword, was in a berserk state. Upon seeing Tsubasa charging towards it, it immediately unleashed a black beam of light. Tsubasa neither dodged nor evaded, but with a swift swing of his longsword, golden sword energy cleaved through the beam of light, and then his sword pierced a crack in the Insect King's carapace.
"Pfft--" The longsword pierced through the core of the Insect King, and green fluid gushed out like a fountain. The Saint Level male Insect King let out a shrill roar, and its huge body began to collapse, eventually turning into a sky full of blood mist.
"Looks like I'm in the lead." Tsubasa drew his longsword, wiped the bodily fluids from his face, and said with a smile.
"Don't get too cocky." Orochimaru's figure flashed, appearing behind another Saint Level male Insect King. Simultaneously, the phantom of the Eight-Headed Orochi launched its attack, its eight heads biting at different parts of the Insect King. "Devour!"
The Saint Level male Insect King tried to turn and retaliate, but the Eight-Headed Orochi's teeth, infused with corpse venom, instantly pierced its carapace. The corpse energy flowed into its body, slowing its movements. Orochimaru seized the opportunity to unleash a black dagger, stabbing it directly into the Insect King's compound eye. "Your eyes are quite beautiful."
"Damn human! I will kill you!" The Saint Level male Insect King roared angrily, its massive claws slamming towards Orochimaru. But Orochimaru dodged like a ghost, simultaneously manipulating the phantom of Eight-Headed Orochi to entangle the Insect King's limbs. " Tsubasa, aren't you going to help?"
Tsubasa flashed, his longsword crackling with golden sword energy, and directly severed the insect king's head. "Done. Now it's one to one."
The two exchanged a smile, then simultaneously charged towards the other Saint Level male insect kings. Tsubasa's swordsmanship was incredibly sharp, each strike containing the power of Saint Level expert's laws, easily breaking through the insect kings' defenses; Orochimaru, on the other hand, excelled at corpse poison and devouring, his corpse poison capable of interfering with the insect kings' minds, causing them to turn into zombies and kill each other.
"These two Saint... they actually managed to kill the Saint Level Insect King so easily?" Senju Nawaki, who was struggling to maintain the Celestial Star Gate Formation, widened his eyes upon seeing this scene. He could sense that the auras of Saint Venerable Tsubasa and Saint Venerable Orochimaru far exceeded those of ordinary Saint Level.
"As expected of the guardian deity of the Shinobi World." A hint of admiration flashed in Hinata Hyuga's eyes. She knew that Tsubasa and Orochimaru had paid an unimaginable price to achieve such strength.
However, there were simply too many Saint Level male insect kings—a full three thousand. Although Tsubasa and Orochimaru were powerful, capable of killing an insect king with each attack, they gradually began to feel the pressure from the relentless swarm. One of the Saint Level male insect kings seized the opportunity to bypass them and charge towards the rear, shouting, "Destroy these troublesome planetary fortresses first!"
"Oh no! It's charging!" Uzumaki Murasaki's expression changed drastically. Once the fortress is destroyed, the entire second line of defense will collapse completely.
Senju Nawaki gritted his teeth and suddenly burned even more of his life force. "Want to break through my defenses and destroy the fortress? You'll have to get past me first!" He manipulated the countless giant trees within his domain, entwining them towards the Saint Level male insect king.
"Overestimating yourself!" The Saint Level male insect king sneered, its claws slamming directly at the giant trees. This time, the forest of giant trees was actually destroyed by its attack, and the Senju Nawaki spat out a mouthful of blood, its body swaying precariously.
" Nawaki!" Hinata Hyuga wanted to provide support, but she was entangled by another Saint Level male insect king. The other Immortal King Level powerhouses were also too busy to help other star field defenses.
Just as the Saint Level male insect king was about to crash into the Star Gate, a golden figure suddenly appeared and blocked its Star Gate. "Your opponent is me." The Holy Venerable Tian Yu's voice was icy, and the power of law around him exploded to its limit, the light on the runic longsword almost blinding.
"It's you! Lord Insect Nine?" The Saint Level male Insect King recognized the Tian Yu, a hint of fear flashing in its eyes, but it was quickly replaced by anger. "You are also Insect Race, why are you helping these little reptiles!" It swung its claws, carrying earth-shattering power, and slapped at the Tian Yu.
The Tian Yu neither dodged nor evaded, its longsword slashing towards the insect claws. With a loud clang, golden runic sword energy and black qi collided, creating a massive shockwave that sent surrounding Insect Race and stardust flying. The Tian Yu's arm went slightly numb; the power of this Saint Level male insect king was immense.
" Orochimaru, help Tian Yu!" Tsubasa noticed Tian Yu's condition. This daughter's supernatural ability was to give birth, and she was not good at fighting.
"Here it comes." Orochimaru's figure flashed, appearing beside the Saint Level male insect king. Simultaneously, the phantom of Eight-Headed Orochi launched an attack, entangling one of the insect king's claws. "This guy's strength is pretty impressive, but his brain isn't very sharp."
The Saint Level male insect king was entangled, and its movements became sluggish. The Tian Yu seized the opportunity, and its longsword, imbued with golden law power, pierced directly into the crack in the insect king's carapace. "Pfft--" The longsword pierced through the insect king's core once again, and green fluid gushed out.
"No--!" The Saint Level male insect king let out a shrill roar, and its huge body collapsed with a crash, turning into a sky full of blood mist.
They began to join forces to kill the Saint Level Insect Kings who had broken through to the Immortal King realm. After continuously killing Saint Level male Insect Kings, their Immortal Power was also greatly depleted. However, there were still many Saint Level male Insect Kings and countless Insect Race armies around them. This battle had only just begun.
" Tsubasa also saw the predicament on the human side?" Tsubasa frowned. Even if he and Orochimaru were incredibly powerful, they couldn't kill many Saint Level male insect kings. "It seems we have no choice but to use that move."
A flicker of curiosity crossed Orochimaru's eyes. "Oh? What other plans do you have?"
Tsubasa didn't answer, but instead raised his head and looked towards the core area of the insect swarm. There, the aura of the Saint Level Mother Insect One was growing stronger and stronger, clearly constantly urging the insect swarm forward. "To completely resolve this crisis, we must first kill those Holy Mother Insect Kings."
"Killed the Holy Mother Insect King?" Orochimaru laughed. "That was Saint Level Mother Insect, protected by many Saint Level Insect Kings stronger than these male Insect Kings. We can't even handle these Saint Level Insect Kings right now, how could we possibly kill her?"
"Therefore, someone needs to restrain these Saint Level male insect kings." Tsubasa's gaze fell on the Immortal King Level experts who had activated the Celestial Star Gate Formation. "Do you hope you can hold out until we kill the Saint Level female insect king?"
Without hesitation, Senju Nawaki replied, "Even if it costs us our lives, we will hold on!"
The other Immortal King Level powerhouses nodded in agreement, "For the sake of the Shinobi World, we have no regrets!"
Tsubasa took a deep breath and said to Orochimaru, "You hold off most of the Saint Level male Insect Kings, I'll go and kill the Saint Level female Insect King alone."
"You're going alone? It's too dangerous." Orochimaru frowned. "Those Saint Level Queen Insect Kings are surrounded by Saint Level guards; you won't be able to get close at all."
"I'll give it a try. If all else fails, I'll activate the Divine Will of Fire Formation," Saint Venerable Tsubasa said fiercely.
Saint Venerable Orochimaru said, "Wasn't that desperate move you used to deal with the Insect God? Don't let a small thing cause you to lose sight of the bigger picture!"
Tsubasa laughed, "I have absolutely no confidence in facing the Insect God's true form. It's better to kill these Saint Level Mother Insect Kings that drive these insect swarms!"