Chapter 2294: The Battle Begins
There was no time to grieve for the others. As an Insect Emperor, even at the Star Devourer rank, one must never expose one's true body to danger!
If your life is lost, everything is lost!
Moreover, within Tiantang Zhijing, the swarm simply couldn't provide effective protection for the Insect Emperor!
It was like two armies clashing, and a commander of one side fell into the enemy camp, facing the constant threat of being eliminated!
Furious beyond measure, Chong Bishi's eyes turned bloodshot as her entire body erupted with emerald light!
She broke through Tiantang Zhijing at an incredibly terrifying speed, streaks of light flashing like emerald lightning splitting the starry sky!
"Insect Emperor's Perception!"
Unlike mental detection, Chong Bishi utilized the Insect Emperor's innate environmental sensing ability to clearly locate every Two-Dimensional Fragment around her!
Even fragments as small as specks of dust fell within her perception range!
She could easily dodge them and choose a safe path!
Furthermore, the swarm trapped in Tiantang Zhijing was clearing the way for her!
However, since an opportunity had finally come, how could Xuan Se let Chong Bishi leave so easily?
All of the Chaos Legion fearlessly drove their Divine Control Vessels straight toward Chong Bishi's true body!
They self-destructed on contact, and even if they couldn't reach her, their exploding energy fed the Two-Dimensional Fragments, causing them to expand wildly and block her escape route!
The self-destructing Chaos Legion would directly return their split spirits to the Chaos Mine, suffering almost no losses!
They even manipulated gravitational fields, using the Two-Dimensional Fragments as attack weapons, shooting them toward Chong Bishi!
Chong Bishi's escape speed was greatly hindered, and her eyes burned with rage!
"Xuan Se! Go to hell! Stop messing around! Biluo Light Rays!"
Suddenly, Chong Bishi's head of emerald ring-shaped hair exploded outward!
At the tip of each strand of hair was an insect head, opening its mouth and automatically aiming at the charging Chaos Divine Control Vessels, firing tiny Biluo Light Rays!
Like a laser weapon CIWS, the rate of fire was extremely fast!
The Chaos Legion had no way to defend against it, as this was a direct attack from a Star Devourer-ranked powerhouse!
Struck by the Biluo Light Rays, they instantly turned into emerald crystals, shot to pieces on the spot, and even the Chaos split spirits within them were annihilated along with them!
But even the remains served to feed the Two-Dimensional Fragments' expansion!
The path became increasingly difficult to traverse!
Chong Bishi, enraged, brutally assaulted Xuan Se Si—just as Xuan Se Si had said, she couldn't bear to kill him!
If she killed him, she would lose her leverage, and everything would be gone!
Xuan Se Si's eyes were filled with pain, yet he still laughed wildly:
꒰⸝⸝꒪ั҉̛ꇴ꒪ั҉̛⸝⸝꒱ "Hahaha! Why don't you activate your domain? Have the swarm come protect you? That way the Chaos Legion can't get close to you!"
Chong Bishi ground her teeth: "Shut up!"
Activate her domain? Was she looking for death? Once she touched a Two-Dimensional Fragment, how would she stop it from expanding?
Gathering the swarm would only make her more dangerous!
Having her true body trapped in Tiantang Zhijing had completely thrown off her rhythm, plunging her into absolute passivity!
Just then, Chong Bishi was horrified to discover that countless Two-Dimensional Fragments ahead were being churned by an invisible force!
They transformed into a massive, terrifying vortex, pressing down toward her with overwhelming force!
Under the Insect Emperor's Perception, there was simply no path forward!
Clearly, the monster within Tiantang Zhijing had tasted the sweetness and had no intention of letting her go!
The entire Tiantang Zhijing, which had been stretched into an elliptical shape, was now contracting, slowly returning to its original spherical form!
Chong Bishi cursed under her breath and was forced to turn around, avoiding the pressing vortex. She headed deeper into Tiantang Zhijing, trying to find another way out!
She felt like a hunted prey being driven and toyed with!
There was not a trace of security in her heart!
...
The transformation of Tiantang Zhijing shocked the blockade forces so much that their jaws nearly dropped!
No one expected that Jiangnan would reuse his old tricks and pull out so many colorful energy bombs at once!
He fed Tiantang Zhijing all the way, letting it extend and devour half of Chong Bishi's swarm, even taking out the central insect nest!
Compared to Chong Bishi's losses, the blockade forces' sacrifices were nothing!
Outside Tiantang Zhijing, a large number of swarms remained that had not yet entered!
Clearly, Chong Bishi still held the hope of escaping!
But Tiantang Zhijing, stirred by the transformation, gave her no chance!
Such explosive news was quickly reported upward!
Before long, Dante and Venus from Chuangjie arrived via dimensional crossing!
Atitya from the Star Mine Bureau also arrived on the scene. Seeing this, they all widened their eyes, genuinely shocked by the display!
Along with Dante came Langmu, the new Star Lord of Holy Star!
He wore a high ice-silk ponytail, with three Holy Judgment Blades hanging at his waist, a loose feathered coat exposing a large part of his chest!
One hand rested on his sword hilt as he whistled at the scene before him!
ᥬ(✡͡°⇀͡°) "Tsk tsk tsk~ The insect nest is gone? This time, Chong Bishi really lost both her wife and her army!"
"This Jiangnan is truly unexpected!"
Dante bowed his head: (⌒ㅂ⌒☫) "Brother Langmu? Should we take the chance to make a move now? The timing..."
Langmu glanced at Dante:
(￢_￢✡)᭄ "What's your hurry? No matter what, Chong Bishi is still a Star Devourer. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Why are you worrying?"
"The Creation Beast won't disappear. But you, you're too careless. I can cover this up for the higher-ups, and once we retrieve it, it'll be as if nothing happened."
"But if you make such a mistake again, there's no need for me to say it—you won't be able to keep your position as Great Mine Lord."
Dante smiled obsequiously: "It's mainly because of that annoying Time System user! This time, I'm relying entirely on Brother Langmu!"
Although Langmu wasn't a Star Devourer, he had succeeded Xingluo as the Star Lord!
Both in status and strength, he was far above Dante!
The Bose race had four factions: First Light, Lawkeeper, Chuangjie, and Holy Star!
Those who could sit as branch leaders were no simple characters!
Langmu said: "Simple. But as for the Creation Crystal and the mine's profits..."
(⌒_⌒;) "Ah, no need for you to say, brother. I'll make the arrangements properly."
Atitya, watching from the side, was extremely excited!
Seeing Chong Bishi suffer, how could she not be happy?
The insect race was the Eighth Sequence. With this loss, their strength would be greatly reduced, making the angel race's position more stable!
She wished Chong Bishi would be completely lost in there!
꒰ঌ(՞͜ʖ՞)໒꒱ "Now that Elder Mailiushi hasn't arrived yet, and the silicon-based weapons support as well as Moto's Stardust Army haven't shown up, it's still too early to act."
"Besides, Chong Bishi asked to go first herself. If she doesn't speak up, it's not really our place to interfere, right?"
Saying this, she folded her arms, fully in the mood to watch the show.
Langmu glanced at Atitya. Hah, I see your little scheme.
"Notify all parties to gather at Tiantang Zhijing as soon as possible. No one knows what will happen next. Get the personnel together quickly."
"Opportunities may vanish in an instant!"
...
Outside, the joint capture legion was still assembling. The few leaders who had arrived were in a completely spectator mindset!
But Chong Bishi, trapped in the quagmire of Tiantang Zhijing, still couldn't find a way out!
Her remaining patience was completely exhausted!
Just then, while breaking through at top speed, Chong Bishi suddenly turned to the side, her body blazing with intense emerald light!
She instantly dodged!
A large swath of Two-Dimensional Fragments flew toward her like blades at extreme speed!
She narrowly avoided them!
But it seemed even her evasion path had been predicted, as more fragments were already shooting toward her!
There was no way to dodge!
Facing the incoming Two-Dimensional Fragments, Chong Bishi had no good way to stop them!
Whether matter, energy, or even mental power and space, any contact with the fragments would be unfolded!
How could she stop them?
Chong Bishi didn't have abilities like gravitational fields!
"Blood Sacrifice!"
"Boom!"
Just as one of her arms was about to touch the fragments, it exploded on the spot!
With her arm sacrificed, Chong Bishi's body glowed with thick blood light, and her speed instantly surged, far exceeding the limits of what the naked eye could react to!
In an instant, she passed through the gaps between countless fragments!
And appeared right before Jiangnan and the others!
Jiangnan had been traveling at maximum curvature warp speed to bring his people here!
He had intended to launch a surprise attack, but under Chong Bishi's Insect Emperor Perception, nothing could hide!
"Die!"
Her hair directly aimed at Jiangnan and his team!
Olivia shouted: "Watch out!"
Fortunately, the Whisper of the Divine had played a major role!
Wu Liang had already struck—with both hands!
The Divine Giant Hand formed instantly, its fingers interwoven to block Chong Bishi!
But the moment the hand took shape, it touched the Two-Dimensional Fragments!
It was Two-Dimensionalized in the blink of an eye!
It turned into a massive Two-Dimensional Fragment blocking Chong Bishi's path!
Chong Bishi slammed on the brakes, the tip of her nose nearly touching the fragment!
The next moment, all members of the Bully Gang simultaneously activated their Stardust Gravitational Fields!
They pushed the huge Two-Dimensional Fragment toward Chong Bishi!
Chong Bishi was grinding her teeth to dust, forced to retreat sharply!
Within Tiantang Zhijing, her strength was severely limited; she couldn't unleash her full power freely!
Once she touched a Two-Dimensional Fragment, she would be unfolded. She had to be cautious in every move!
That's why she didn't want to come in!
"Do you really think I have no way to deal with you? That only you can use the fragments? That I can't?"
Piercing buzzing sounds came as she approached Jiangnan and the others at extreme speed through gaps in the fragment formation!
The insect soldiers were bright red, vibrating their wings at high speed, a crimson glow gradually lighting up above them, and a blood-red "危" (danger) character appeared above their heads!
Chong Feiyu shouted anxiously: (งᵒ̌﹏ᵒ̌)ง "Watch out! They're suicide bombers!"