Chapter 113 - 104: Insect Human

Chapter 113: Chapter 104: Insect Human

’I can’t let these bugs chew through my Source Ore.’

Heaven-Reaching Palace.

A deep blue Fist Intent radiated from Chen Qi’s body, rendering the massive Red Falcon formed from air currents blue.

The next moment, the deep blue giant falcon swept over the thicket again.

In the physical world, dust flew into the air as the entire thicket was transformed into a large earthen gully.

But the true lethality of the attack was hidden on the plane of the Life Magnet Field.

Compared to Chen Qi’s Life Magnet Field, the insects’ were far too weak.

Furthermore, once Chen Qi’s Life Magnet Field transformed into Fist Intent, its solidity increased a hundredfold, supported as it was by his will and Spirituality.

The result of their collision was like a sledgehammer striking an egg—the insects’ Life Magnet Fields were annihilated in an instant.

’When my people clean up the battlefield later, I can have them collect the insect corpses for research.’

This was Chen Qi’s only thought regarding the insects. The next moment, he tore through the air and leveled another hill.

There was nothing unusual there. It was simply in his way.

...

"What in the world is that terrifying creature?"

"It’s so vicious!"

"Those armed militants we were just fighting... they were torn to shreds! It’s horrifying!"

As they retreated, the mine’s guards kept glancing back to watch the terrifying giant bird soaring across the sky.

Along the way, they saw several areas where the ground had been torn asunder, looking as if it had been hit with high explosives.

The gruesome state of the armed militants was especially frightening.

Hundreds of meters of the hillside were strewn with fragments of flesh, and not a single intact vehicle part could be seen.

Luckily, Supervisor Taruno had given the order to retreat. Otherwise, wouldn’t they all have lost their lives here?

"Hurry, move faster!"

"The supervisor said the entire mine is about to be destroyed! If we’re too slow, we’ll be buried here with it!"

The guard captain was extremely anxious, repeatedly urging his men onward.

He wasn’t like these clueless fools. Supervisor Taruno had repeatedly stressed the importance of this place, ordering them to protect it at all costs.

But now they were being ordered to retreat. That could only mean that staying here would not only be useless, but it would also be suicide.

’My God, what’s going to happen next?’

’Don’t tell me something even more terrifying is about to fight that giant bird in the sky?’

’Please, just let us get a little farther away.’

Perhaps his prayers moved Heaven, because the terrifying disaster never came, not even after they had safely evacuated the mine.

...

’Still no reaction?’

’Is the person not here, or are they hiding using some special method?’

Atop a small hill, Chen Qi ended his bombing run, descending from the sky to stand in silence.

In just two minutes, he had conducted a carpet search of the entire mine.

In the end, he had only eliminated some small fry and found no sign of the mastermind.

This left only two possibilities.

First, the attack was merely a probe, or perhaps a threat, and the mastermind was never present at the mine.

Second, his opponent had been here all along, but Chen Qi’s Life Radar had failed to find them.

This was not impossible. Perhaps they possessed a special ability that could conceal their Life Magnet Field.

Or, they might have already advanced to LV3 and could contain their own Life Magnet Field.

Chen Qi initially leaned toward the second possibility, believing his opponent had been hiding here all along.

Since his opponent had launched a probing attack, they must have arranged a follow-up. It was impossible that this was their only move.

Even though his Life Radar had evolved, its scanning resolution was still crude. He himself could easily evade its detection.

So, a lack of detection didn’t mean a lack of presence.

For the sake of safety, and to be certain of finding his opponent, Chen Qi had brought the Compass with him on this trip.

Once the Compass’s needle was moved, it would invariably lock onto the creature with the strongest life signature within a three-kilometer radius.

Chen Qi had tested this himself. Even when he used his Spirituality to continuously suppress his own Life Magnet Field, he was still unable to escape its lock.

After his Life Radar came up empty, Chen Qi immediately flicked the needle on the Compass.

To his surprise, the strongest life signature in the entire mine was still his own.

Given that the Compass came from an Earth Master’s legacy—and that he couldn’t escape its lock even after his own Spirit Awakening—Chen Qi had great faith in its results.

In other words, the only creature in the entire Fadir Mine with a life level above 2 was, in fact, himself.

But Chen Qi still didn’t dare let his guard down or completely rule out the possibility of other players being present.

The case of that old codger Felix, whose Life Magnet Field signature was even lower than an ordinary person’s, was the perfect example.

Who was to say another player couldn’t lower their life level to that of a common insect?

Although it was a season of flourishing life, the number of life signatures in the Fadir Mine was simply too high.

More accurately, there were too many insects living in the mine, far exceeding the limit that the local ecosystem could sustain.

Chen Qi hadn’t paid this issue any mind at first, not until he discovered that group of special insects hidden in the thicket.

’Looks like I can’t delay this any longer. I have to retrieve the Source Ore today.’

’As for whether there’s a Yellow Sparrow waiting in the wings, ready to strike... I don’t care anymore!’

The situation at the Fadir Mine was far worse than Chen Qi had anticipated. Without anyone noticing, the place had somehow become a massive insect stronghold.

Under these circumstances, Chen Qi could no longer risk leaving the Source Ore here.

The guards couldn’t be blamed for this situation. Their opponent was simply too cunning.