# Chapter 3: War Lord Title Bonus
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It wasn't that Su Xiao was being overly cautious. A monster capable of devouring extreme elemental forces, located in the Eternal Light World, and the true origins of the World Borer—none of these were entirely clear even now.
Su Xiao even suspected that what he had awakened using his title ability was merely a part of the World Borer. After arriving in the Eternal Light World, with an abundance of natural elements, this incomplete World Borer gradually recovered to its former peak.
The World Borer's original peak was likely stronger than the Second Tier World-Destroying ethnic group: Star-Riding Crabs, Rampant Growth Clan, and Deep Sea Evil Spirits. This wasn't entirely speculation; from beginning to end, it wasn't Su Xiao who banished the World Borer—this thing was banished by the Void Tree.
In all this time, Su Xiao had never seen the Void Tree banish anything, yet it specifically chose to banish the World Borer. Thinking about it this way, the World Borer's original peak definitely wasn't at Eighth Rank. When he first summoned the World Borer using his title ability, the prompt indicated that the World Borer had devoured over 95% of the organic matter on its planet, eventually having nothing left to consume, and thus perished.
This felt very much like the World Borer had been trapped on a single planet. After being awakened through the title ability, the power the World Borer displayed far exceeded Eighth Rank.
Furthermore, after arriving in the Eternal Light World, the World Borer rapidly grew stronger. Or rather, the World Borer was already very strong originally; it was just that previously, the Void Tree's world certification had suppressed it to Eighth Rank. Now banished to the Eternal Light World, it had instead unlocked its former upper limit.
Why the World Borer was originally sealed in an Eighth Rank world was unknown, but after arriving in the Eternal Light World, it wasn't growing—it was recovering. Only recovery could explain such speed and smoothness.
This was also why, after the World Borer became the First Tier and occupied the best area of the Rampant Growth territory, the two strongest factions there—the Star-Riding Crabs and the Rampant Growth Clan—didn't have direct conflict with it. Because the World Borer wasn't struggling to grow stronger; this existence was originally a top-tier predator-level powerful being. Therefore, the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan didn't feel unconvinced.
If the World Borer's original peak was slightly higher than the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan, then the current World Borer had reached a new tier among World-Destroying existences. This tier was named after the World Borer itself: the World Borer Tier.
The most important thing now was to develop the insect race. Just as Su Xiao was preparing to build a lineup to deal with the Giant Demon, the communication device in his pocket rang. Answering it, he heard the Irritable Little Elf, Diagu.
Previously, the Irritable Little Elf had been tracking the Nightmare Blood Shadow, but with little success. The Nightmare Blood Shadow could shuttle between nightmares and the material world, so it was no wonder the Irritable Little Elf often lost track. Therefore, Su Xiao changed the commission, asking him to monitor the World Borer instead.
Initially, the Irritable Little Elf refused, but after Su Xiao raised the price to 100 Space-Time Power, the Irritable Little Elf immediately set off to the central area of the Rampant Growth territory to keep watch on the World Borer.
A moment later, inside the Nest Chamber, the Irritable Little Elf downed several large cups of water before letting out a long breath and saying, "This communication device occasionally malfunctions."
"Elemental energy interference."
"Oh~, so that's it," the Irritable Little Elf put away the communication device, thought for a moment, then set the stage, "I have some news, but I'm not sure if it's accurate. It's entirely my personal judgment. Just treat it as not-too-accurate intelligence."
"Mm."
"I feel that the World Borer should be waking up soon. At the shortest, two days; at the longest, three days. It might awaken. And I found this near its nest."
The Irritable Little Elf took out a rock, then picked up his 30-plus-centimeter-long spike spear, twisted it, and the tip of the spike spear emitted a faint white light like a flashlight. Under this light, very faint red dots appeared on the rock.
"I suspect this was left by someone from the Scarlet Faction. That guy was in the central area of the Rampant Growth territory and probably encountered dangerous insects, so he had to deal with them. Because his Scarlet Power touched this rock, it left this trace."
As a reconnaissance-type ability user, the Irritable Little Elf had been shared much of the intelligence Su Xiao knew about this world, and now it was paying off.
The Irritable Little Elf, Diagu, pointed at the scarlet particles on the rock and continued, "Looking at the break on this rock, it's from the last few days. Do you think it's possible that the Scarlet Faction in the underground world has some method to communicate limitedly with the Scarlet Monarch in the nightmare seal, and under the Scarlet Monarch's direction, they came to see the World Borer on his behalf?"
Hearing the Irritable Little Elf say this, Su Xiao took out a bottle of Elemental Brew. The Irritable Little Elf immediately beamed, pouring the entire bottle into his small flask, which was disproportionate in size and capacity. After taking a drink, he continued:
"The World Borer and the Scarlet Monarch have a common goal. The World Borer helps the Scarlet Monarch break free, and then the two of them together break through this world's seal. This way, the Scarlet Monarch escapes his cage, and the World Borer can make the Eternal Light World its lair, instead of being trapped here unable to leave."
The Irritable Little Elf's words weren't without reason. In fact, this was very likely the truth.
But in Su Xiao's view, whether the World Borer and the Scarlet Monarch cooperated or not didn't matter. He would deal with the World Borer first, then the Scarlet Monarch—this was unavoidable. Therefore, whether the two sides cooperated wasn't the key point. The key point was that the World Borer might fully awaken in 2 to 3 days.
Given the current development speed of their base camp, in 2 to 3 days, they could only wipe out the Third Tier World-Destroying ethnic group. And that was assuming the two Second Tier World-Destroying ethnic groups didn't intervene.
Therefore, the original plan to deal with the Giant Demon was directly abandoned by Su Xiao. He needed a faster, higher-risk development method: by defending against fierce attacks from strong enemies, quickly accumulating Bio Energy and Evolution Points. This was how his insect race had developed rapidly in the past—defending the base early on, accumulating enough Bio Energy while defending, then exploding in troop numbers to annihilate all strong enemies.
Pulling the Eternal Light World map on the table closer, this world had a total of 3 Second Tier World-Destroying ethnic groups: the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan were both located in the Rampant Growth territory, while the Deep Sea Evil Spirit ethnic group was located in the Sand Sea.
All three sides were difficult to deal with. However, one pleasing aspect was that the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan had historically been at odds. Both wanted to destroy each other and dominate the Rampant Growth territory, until the World Borer arrived, causing both sides to shelve this thought.
That is to say, if Su Xiao deliberately provoked one side, the other side would likely be willing to stand by and watch in the early stage. Assuming Su Xiao deliberately provoked the Rampant Growth Clan and engaged them, the Star-Riding Crabs would definitely watch the show initially, and when the time was right, join the Rampant Growth Clan in dealing with Su Xiao.
World-Destroying ethnic groups weren't fools. Even if the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan had conflicts, the Star-Riding Crabs wouldn't just watch the Rampant Growth Clan fight Su Xiao.
If he provoked both the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan simultaneously, this seemed feasible, but there was a risk: the dozen or so Third Tier World-Destroying ethnic groups would likely join the Star-Riding Crabs and Rampant Growth Clan in besieging their insect nest. Holding off the fierce attacks of 2 Second Tier World-Destroying ethnic groups was already the limit; they couldn't face more enemies.
Su Xiao shifted his gaze to the Second Tier World-Destroying ethnic group in the Sand Sea region: the Deep Sea Evil Spirits. What would happen if he provoked both the Deep Sea Evil Spirits and the Rampant Growth Clan at the same time?
The Rampant Growth Clan was the local bully of this region, while the Deep Sea Evil Spirits were the boss of another territory. If these two sides besieged their insect nest together, the situation would be much more complicated. Under such circumstances, the Star-Riding Crabs would likely wait and see, and the Third Tier World-Destroying ethnic groups in this region would dare even less to act.
Even if this plan really failed and their insect nest was besieged by all World-Destroying ethnic groups, it didn't matter. At worst, Su Xiao would take Jila back to the Gray Holy Sanctuary. As long as Jila was there, the insect nest could still rise again.
Afterwards, to establish a new insect nest, they could go near the Sand Sea, fight the local creatures there and the Deep Sea Evil Spirits, develop quickly, then return to the Rampant Growth territory to face the fourteen World-Destroying ethnic groups one-on-one.
Having made up his mind, Su Xiao had Barbatos command 100 Demon Flame Dragons to fly toward the Sand Sea. Due to the long distance, it took nearly three hours for the hundred-plus Demon Flame Dragons to reach the designated position.
After making this preparation, Su Xiao had Barbatos command another 100 Demon Flame Dragons to head toward the central area of the Rampant Growth Clan's territory.
At this moment, on the Sand Sea in the northern region, a wooden boat was speeding along. Luosina stood at the bow, her gaze extremely determined, which made the scarlet in her eyes even less noticeable.
Whoosh! Wind pressure passed overhead, causing Luosina's heart to chill. Although she had strength, in the Eternal Light World, some World-Destroying ethnic groups were beyond her ability to deal with.
Luosina saw one dragon after another with rough but tough dragon hide flying overhead. Unlike ordinary black dragons, these black dragons' auras weren't violent, but had a kind of hair-raising focus, as if they were all obeying the same existence, and that existence's command was the meaning of their existence.
"Insect race flying dragons."
Luosina immediately recognized the origin of these black dragons. As a wolf swordsman who had roamed the myriad realms, having such experience wasn't surprising.
But the next actions of those insect race flying dragons in the sky caused Luosina's pupils to rapidly contract. Those insect race flying dragons spread their wings wide and all charged into the Sand Sea. Luosina immediately jumped into the seawater as well.
After passing through the upper layer of floating sand and entering the seawater, Luosina saw that those flying dragons' speed didn't decrease at all upon entering the sea. They charged toward various bottom holes at the bottom of the Sand Sea. After reaching near these holes, dragon flames spewed out.
Rumble...
The impact and high temperature of the dragon flames caused vibrations in the seawater. The dragon flames sprayed into the seabed round holes illuminated the scenes inside each hole.
Inside were monsters that were half-wraith, half-creature. These monsters averaged several dozen meters in length, like pythons with deformed arms. However, their tails were more elongated, composed of spine-like bones, with sharp tail blades at the ends.
"Roar!"
The Deep Sea Evil Spirits at the bottom of the sea were instantly enraged. They erupted extremely fast swimming speed, instantly surrounding all the Demon Flame Dragons. Countless black parasitic threads spread and spurted from their bodies, and in a very short time, all hundred-plus Demon Flame Dragons were absorbed into bone fragment residue, floating toward the sea surface.
A Deep Sea Evil Spirit over a kilometer long swam out from a huge seabed cave. On top of its head was head-armor-like exoskeleton, looking like an exquisite triangular skull, possessing a bizarre beauty yet filled with eerie strangeness.
The parasitic threads hanging from this Deep Sea Evil Spirit leader were all golden. It looked toward the direction of the Demon Insect Race Mother Nest, its vertical pupils narrowing slightly.
"Roar!!!"
No one dared to provoke the Deep Sea Evil Spirit leader. But today, the insect race from the Rampant Growth territory had angered the Deep Sea Evil Spirit leader.
On the sea surface, Luosina flipped back onto the boat, then picked up the completely bewildered Yousha, flipped the wooden boat over, making the bottom face upward.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless Deep Sea Evil Spirits burst out from the sea surface. They quickly swam through the air, heading straight for the Rampant Growth territory.
At this moment, in the base camp of the Rampant Growth territory, inside the Nest Hall.
The Silver Queen lightly sipped some Maple Tea. The charm of the Black Maple Tree put her in a good mood. Looking at the Law Destroyer opposite her, she found him much more agreeable than before. She opened her mouth and asked, "What did you call me here for this time?"
Currently, the Silver Queen's mother nest was located below Jila's insect nest. Additionally, Jila had recently wiped out all enemies in the nearby territory, which kept the Silver Queen, who was skilled at mining life mineral veins, quite busy. She had established six secondary insect nests in different places. At this point, only the Silver Queen herself knew how much life ore she had stored.
Since Su Xiao was cooperating with the Silver Queen, he naturally couldn't put his Dragon-Slaying Flash against her neck and demand she hand over her existing life ore.
"We have new enemies this time. We'll need a lot of life ore."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Silver Queen sighed and said, "I want to too, but mining life mineral veins is a lengthy process. I still have 10 units of life ore here. Why don't you use that for now?"
After the Silver Queen mined life ore, she split it with Jila in a 4:6 ratio, with Jila taking 60%. This might not seem like much, but if Jila's insect race mined these life ores, in the same time, they couldn't even extract 0.2%. The Silver Queen's development-type abilities were undeniably strong. Therefore, the Silver Queen was now extremely wealthy in terms of life ore.
The 10 units of life ore the Silver Queen mentioned was 100,000 Bio Energy. If used to cultivate Demon Flame Dragons, it would only produce 166—far from enough.
"The enemies we're dealing with this time are quite strong. One side should be arriving soon."
Hearing Su Xiao say this, the Silver Queen suddenly had a bad premonition. She asked, "What enemies are you talking about?"
"The Deep Sea Evil Spirits from the Sand Sea."
"You... why did you provoke them?!"
The Silver Queen, whose overall strength could only be considered Third Tier, naturally didn't dare to provoke the Deep Sea Evil Spirit ethnic group.
"And the Rampant Growth Clan."
Hearing the name of the second enemy, the Silver Queen's teacup, which she had raised, suddenly stopped mid-air. If Jila's insect nest above was destroyed, then she, in the insect nest below, would certainly have no good outcome.
"Like I said just now, we need a lot of life ore this time."
Hearing this, the Silver Queen glared at Su Xiao, gritting her teeth as she said, "I still have... 300 units of life ore."
After revealing all her cards, the Silver Queen's heart ached for a moment, then she chose to temporarily forget about it. She took a sip of Maple Tea, recovered her mood, and asked, "I've always been curious. What exactly did you come to the Rampant Growth territory to deal with?"
"The World Borer."
"Mm?"
The Silver Queen's "Mm?" carried a tremble. She suddenly felt that the Deep Sea Evil Spirits and Rampant Growth Clan she was about to face didn't seem so terrifying anymore. She took a long breath to calm her emotions, but thinking that the ultimate enemy this time was actually the World Borer, her mentality immediately collapsed.