Chapter 1101 - The Insects’ Future

The Demon Roach recoiled from the Nine-Faced Dragon God in shock. It had only ever felt this kind of pressure from the Swarm Queen, but the Swarm Queen’s pressure had always been warm and gentle, nothing like the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s piercing cold.

At last, the Demon Roach knew fear. The Jade Dragon Emperor and the Radiant Dragon Emperor rushed forward to treat Han Wu and the Battle Dragon Emperor. Both were hanging on by a thread, but they were alive. With treatment and rest, they’d make a full recovery.

“I didn’t let you down,” Han Wu said while receiving treatment from the Jade Dragon Emperor.

The Jade Dragon Emperor understood his meaning and said emotionally, “Defiant One, you’ve done well. Thanks to your protection, the Great Dragons avoided losing a Dragon Emperor.”

As the Radiant Dragon Emperor treated the Battle Dragon Emperor, it noticed that a force of Life Energy had shielded the Battle Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Heart. If not for that, the Battle Dragon Emperor would’ve died. It was no exaggeration to say that Han Wu had saved the Battle Dragon Emperor’s life.

The Nine-Faced Dragon God stared at the Demon Roach while keeping a constant awareness of what was happening behind it. Han Wu and the Battle Dragon Emperor had both survived. That was already the best outcome in a terrible situation.

The Insects would pay for what they’d done. It didn’t matter that the nest contained an aura that suppressed the Great Dragons. The Nine-Faced Dragon God was at the Threefold Macrocosm rank. And the suppression only restricted a small portion of its strength. His remaining, unsuppressed power was more than enough to crush the Demon Roach with ease.

It only took a split second for the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s pressure to descend.

The Demon Roach had no chance. The immense pressure pinning it to the ground caused its exoskeleton to crack and shatter. Fragments scattered across the floor. Its extraordinary Life Energy hardly mattered when it was being injured faster than it could heal.

Realizing its life was about to end, and that there was no escape from the imminent death bearing down upon it, the Demon Roach unhesitatingly detonated its own soul.

The scattered soul fragments merged into the surrounding walls, carrying information about the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s arrival. Within the nest existed a communication method unique to the insects, capable of relaying information to the Swarm Queen at incredible speeds.

The Nine-Faced Dragon God detected the Demon Roach’s intent and sealed the nest using its Dragon Fear combined with its Divine Authority. No one would be escaping.

Almost simultaneously, after the Demon Roach’s soul detonation, the Swarm Queen received the news of the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s arrival. The Swarm Queen had also reached the Threefold Macrocosm rank, albeit through its breeding capabilities alone, and had naturally heard of the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s fearsome reputation.

It was the seal that followed that truly plunged the Swarm Queen’s mood into darkness, however. The Nine-Faced Dragon God intended to cut off every escape route and slaughter every insect within.

The Swarm Queen would not allow the race it had built from nothing to perish just like that. Its expression hardened as it glanced at the Phantom Butterfly guarding its side.

“The Nine-Faced Dragon God has come. Ordinary insects can’t stop it.” It stroked its belly. “Perhaps this little one will grow strong enough to defeat the Nine-Faced Dragon God someday, but I won’t live to see it.”

With a grim expression, the Swarm Queen plunged its hand into its belly and tore out its womb. It could see a small creature sleeping through the translucent tissue.

This was their future Insect God.

“Swarm Queen, what are you doing?” the Phantom Butterfly cried out in alarm. “I can carry you out of here!”

The Swarm Queen shook its head. “The Nine-Faced Dragon God has covered the nest with its Divine Authority. It’ll sense if I leave and come to stop us at all costs. Then no one escapes.”

It placed the extracted womb into the Phantom Butterfly’s hands. “Take the Insect God and leave. Find somewhere hidden to raise it. The Insect God will take my place in leading us to glory. I’ll stay behind and buy you the time to escape.”

Tears streamed down the Phantom Butterfly’s face. It was one of the Swarm Queen’s offspring and thus fiercely loyal. If it could, it would prefer to die in the Swarm Queen’s place.

But its mission was to escape with the Insect God. This was the mission of the entire insect race. For their collective future, the Phantom Butterfly could only abandon the Swarm Queen and flee with the still-developing Insect God.

“I’ll get the Insect God out safely and witness the insect race’s future glory for both of us,” the Phantom Butterfly vowed, hot tears streaming down its face.

Following the Swarm Queen’s guidance, it fled toward the edge of the nest.

The Swarm Queen then connected its will to every other insect inside the nest. Its order was absolute. They were to throw themselves at the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s group and slow their advance by any means necessary, even at the cost of their lives.

This command spread through the nest in an instant. Countless insects obediently surged toward the Nine-Faced Dragon God, launching suicidal attacks using every ability they possessed to delay the group from reaching the nest’s core. If they landed a hit, then all the better.

However, to the Swarm Queen’s dismay, the Nine-Faced Dragon God’s power far exceeded its expectations. The barrage didn’t faze it at all. It simply condensed its pressure into an impenetrable barrier that shielded its companions and blocked incoming attacks.

The Nine-Faced Dragon God’s perception swept through the nest with painstaking precision, not missing a single detail. Before long, it located the Swarm Queen.

The two Threefold Macrocosm life forms clashed in a silent collision of consciousness. Invisible shockwaves rattled the Dragon Emperors trailing behind. The Battle Dragon Emperor regained consciousness, only for an aftershock to knock her unconscious once more.

Heaving a sigh, the Radiant Dragon Emperor grabbed the Battle Dragon Emperor’s body with its claws and dragged her forward. Meanwhile, Han Wu rode on the Jade Dragon Emperor’s back.

There was nothing he could do to assist the Nine-Faced Dragon God in its onslaught. All he could do was quietly open his Slaughter Barrier to its maximum range and absorb the remains of the dead insects.

The Nine-Faced Dragon God noticed that Han Wu was using its slaughter to stockpile power for himself. He was riding the coattails of its power!

However, given that Han Wu had risked his life to save the Battle Dragon Emperor, the Nine-Faced Dragon God decided not to comment.

Before long, the group arrived at the core of the nest, where the Swarm Queen had been patiently waiting for the Nine-Faced Dragon God to arrive.