Chapter 377 - 199: Slaying the Tier Three Mother Empress, War Intensity Upgrades

Chapter 377: Chapter 199: Slaying the Tier Three Mother Empress, War Intensity Upgrades

It was well aware that its Spiritual Attacks were being skillfully neutralized by some other power.

A human Awakener could never possess such exquisite control!

Spiritual Power was like a biological genetic sequence. While every individual’s was broadly similar, the details were unique. Therefore, confrontations of Spiritual Power were usually decided quickly by one side simply overwhelming the other.

But in the situation it now faced, its opponent was using weakness to overcome strength, finding the minute flaws in its Spiritual Power and attacking them, causing its own assaults to be continuously dismantled.

’There was only one possibility...’

The humanoid creature slowly approaching from the distance was just like itself—a Zerg Race Mother Empress.

Only then could it be so intimately familiar with a Zerg Race Mother Empress’s Spiritual Power, able to counter it with such precision!

What the Jiangbei Mother Empress found most difficult to accept was that without the cooperation of this Mother Empress Avatar, it would have been absolutely impossible for this mere Tier Two Peak human to kill it!

As Lin Feng frantically pulled the trigger of his Electromagnetic Cannon.

One Armor-Piercing Shell after another passed through the opening in its Neck Guard and exploded inside the Mother Empress’s brain...

With its fading consciousness, it turned toward Ling Yi in the distance and let out one final, shrill roar:

"How dare you conspire with a human! Aren’t you afraid of the others finding out and making you a public enemy?"

"The great Mother of Life will not forgive a traitor!"

"You will never be promoted to a Tier Four Zerg King!"

Ling Yi’s gaze was ice-cold as she watched, expressionless, while the man gunned down the Mother Empress.

The Jiangbei Mother Empress’s reaction had been too slow. Perhaps the massive Damage from the Nuclear Bomb’s explosion had thrown it into a state of panic.

’It completely failed to notice my presence.’

’If it had calmed down sooner and managed to upload the fact that I was cooperating with a human to the shared Spirit World of the Mother Empresses before it died...’

’...then things would have become far more difficult than they were now.’

’Fortunately, by the time it realized, it was too late to mobilize the little Power left in its body to communicate with the Spirit World.’

As dozens of Armor-Piercing Shells detonated inside the Jiangbei Mother Empress’s massive, fifty-meter-diameter brain, its rapidly plummeting Life Value dropped from eight thousand to zero.

The unconscious Mother Empress crashed to the ground, smashing a fissure-lined crater nearly a hundred meters wide.

Only when a series of notifications appeared before his eyes did Lin Feng’s ferocious expression soften. He finally calmed down and released his left index finger from where it had been clamped on the trigger.

[Level 32 Zerg Race Mother Empress has been slain!]

[Successfully slain one Tier Three Life Form!]

[Level 29 Electromagnetic Cannon Tier Jumping Upgrade mission complete!]

[Absorbing Life Energy from the target’s body!]

[Do not move away from the target’s corpse!]

Lin Feng took a deep breath and collapsed onto the Jiangbei Mother Empress’s corpse.

As the Bloodthirsty Frenzy state ended, the effects of the adrenaline gradually wore off. An intense pain exploded from deep within his brain, spreading through all the orifices on his face.

The pain from injuries he had ignored in the heat of battle now surged forth all at once.

Panting heavily, Lin Feng checked his Attributes:

[Lin Feng, Level 29/30, Heavily Injured State]

[Life Value: 750, Physique: 850, Spirit: 700]

[Note: Due to a fierce Spiritual Attack, Spiritual Attribute has been reduced by over 50%. Life Value and Physique have been affected to varying degrees.]

’Too dangerous. The Mother Empress’s Spiritual Attack, derived from Realm Power, was a fatal technique second only to Domain Descent.’

’A single attack had sliced away more than half of my Spiritual Attribute.’ Lin Feng clearly remembered that at full health, his Spiritual Attribute was as high as 1595... Now, not even half of it was left.

Opening his Face Armor, Lin Feng wiped the blood from his face. Amidst the cheers of his surrounding subordinates, he slowly rose to his feet and raised his shattered Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword high...

...a symbol of victory!

With the Jiangbei Mother Empress dead, the Zerg Race under its command lost their leader. They scattered uncontrollably, following their instincts and retreating back toward the Jiangbei Zerg Nest.

The surviving soldiers erupted in joyous laughter, celebrating their survival.

By now, Ling Yi had walked over to stand beside Lin Feng. She watched as his Electromagnetic Cannon, pressed against the Mother Empress’s forehead, continuously absorbed Life Energy from the corpse. She spoke softly:

"We won."

Lin Feng glanced at her.

"Shouldn’t you be heading to Jiangbei to take control of its Swarm?"

A golden light flashed in Ling Yi’s eyes. Since the final battle began, she had maintained a connection to the Mother Empresses’ Spirit World. This allowed her to both monitor whether the Jiangbei Mother Empress had exposed her "betrayal," and to secretly observe the reactions of the others to the death of the first High-tier Mother Empress.

And the news of its death...

...had already caused a massive uproar!

Now, in response to Lin Feng’s question, Ling Yi nodded, her expression extremely grave.

"Don’t worry. I’ve already directed the remnants of the Swarm to retreat. With my previous experience controlling them, it won’t take much to bring them under my command."

"But before I go, I have to warn you about something..."

Lin Feng frowned slightly, waiting for her to continue.

Ling Yi took a step, speaking as she began to walk away.

"When a Zerg Race Mother Empress dies, her consciousness returns to the Spirit World left behind by the Zerg God, there to await awakening in a new body. That’s why attacks and annexations between Mother Empresses don’t cause much of a stir..."

"But when a Mother Empress dies at the hands of another race, it means one of our own is gone forever."

"News of its death has already spread throughout the entire global Zerg Race..."

"A vote was held, and the decision was unanimous. The Tier Three King Spine Zerg will be deployed to the surface in half a month."

"They’ve also unlocked Tier Three authorization for the Pulse War Scorpion, the Tank Flame Armor, and other genetic hybrids."

"The intensity of this war is about to escalate."

"Humanity is about to face an even more ferocious assault!"