Free Web NovelChapter 2315: Chapter 1317: Did I Miss Something?
For the Human Race army, the appearance of a General Level Insect Clan... is really not a big deal considering the scale of this war.
Most of the military high command knows that there are now over a hundred General Level Insectoids. Based on this scale analysis, there should be nearly a hundred thousand General Level insects. Although Xiajing City is only the fourth-largest city on the main planet, it is currently besieged by thousands of General Level insectoids.
Each General Level insectoid can inflict massive damage on the Human Race, and to kill them, powerful weapons are necessary. Since the defense level of Xiajing City is somewhat inferior and there aren’t many powerful weapons, bravery and sacrifice of the warriors are all that can be relied upon.
In any case, having a General Level insectoid wounded is still great news for the Human Race, and orders immediately came to ask, "Can you tell what type of insectoid it is?"
The observation post hesitated before answering, "It seems like Shadow Wasps."
Strictly speaking, this naming is not accurate. These wasps don’t hide just in shadows but purely have a spatial talent; the term "Assassin Wasps" would be more fitting.
However, the Human Warriors are really troubled by these things, finding them sneaky, just like walking in the dark.
"Shadow Wasps?" On hearing these four words, the superior’s scalp tingled, "Can you confirm it’s not a trap?"
"No," the observation post replied helplessly and added after thinking, "There are very few cases where Shadow Wasps are used as bait."
"Can you lock down the location?" the superior asked first, then sighed, "Forget it, ammunition is precious. I’m going to take someone there personally. Send the coordinates as quickly as possible."
Generally speaking, if a General Level insectoid is trapped, the combat unit would call in artillery to sweep the area. However, the current situation makes it very clear... the hard days are still ahead!
This Company Commander on duty gritted his teeth, thinking using artillery on Shadow Wasps... would be too wasteful, so he decided to lead a small team instead.
Feng Jun and others did not expect that this small team, risking their lives to attack, would thoroughly flush out the hidden insectoid nanny.
This insectoid nanny was quite intelligent, executing various divine techniques swiftly. Its visit to Xiajing City was for supervision rather than fulfilling the nanny’s duty—which was primarily done by that Golden Core.
Once the Golden Core nanny died, this Nascent Soul was terrified. Although the insectoids are generally similar, there are objective individual differences. This one was more intelligent with a keener intuition than ordinary Nascent Souls, sensing imminent horror vaguely.
It didn’t know what powerful weapon the Human Race had developed, but it was certain that confronting such horror would be a life-threatening situation, hence it decided to hide.
Being so cautious, it faintly sensed the divine sense of Yi Jue and others, not knowing what it was, but avoiding seemed the best bet.
The Assassin Wasp’s distress call was the first thing it heard, but it had no intention of intervening—after all, it was just a mere assassin. Not to mention, even if you had a Nascent Soul, could you compare with me, a Nascent Soul nanny?
An assassin indeed doesn’t compare to a nanny, but it’s not entirely undisputed. That thing kept on wailing, annoying the nanny, which decided to observe from afar cautiously, then quickly moved away.
After watching for a while, it increasingly sensed something was amiss. Just a Human soldier, wielding an unimpressive firearm, intended to wear down a Golden Core-level assassin to death live? ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
It felt something was off, even doubting how this collapsed building had trapped the wasp.
However, speaking of which, because of its spatial talent, Assassin Wasps sometimes cause jokes like this. Any spatial instability induced by its talent can lead to strange phenomena.
If the nanny had a rose in hand right now, it might be plucking the petals, "Save, don’t save, save, don’t save..."
Then it spotted a Human Race team appear with two space mechs, moving directly towards the assassin.
The nanny, having experienced many battles, knew this meant the wasp’s distress signal had been intercepted by the opponent. It even figured out why the Human Race didn’t use artillery bombardment—they were conserving energy and ammo.
This made sense, akin to how it conserved divine power; during a full-scale war, managing reserves wisely is crucial.
So, are you still intent on eradicating the assassin? Well... in your place, I’d choose similarly.
The nanny decided to act, feeling it was too risky without backup, summoning a Nascent Soul stage mantis over.
It instructed the mantis, "Move the stone, rescue the assassin, and by the way, kill that weak human."
Arguably, saving the wasp should be the focus, yet the insect race... harbor grudges intensely. How could the prestigious Golden Core of the insect race almost be worn to death by an ant without killing and consuming him to vent the anger?
At present, the wasp has more than half of its body buried under the rubble. If the rubble is lifted abruptly, it might be killed instantly. So at the moment the mantis moved, the nanny threw down a green halo.
However, just as the healing technique was thrown, Yi Jue locked onto that space, and her body flashed instantly.
At the moment the mantis performed the Void Cleaving Slash, Elder Kumu, who had been lazily waiting with his gun, suddenly perked up. He launched a Divine Sense Attack and then made a gesture, "Bind!"
Around the wasp, he had previously laid a huge binding array. Not to mention the wasp wanting to escape, even if a Nascent Soul came to rescue it, they’d fall into the trap—if a cooked duck flew away, he’d really become a laughingstock in the Spirit Plant Path.
In fact, the mantis race among the insect clan has strong combat prowess. Even at the Golden Core level, they possess the Void Cleaving talent. Fortunately, the massive array Elder Kumu prepared was large enough to barely trap the Nascent Soul Mantis.
The Nascent Soul Mantis chose to kill the human first before rescuing the assassin—for it, this order of priorities didn’t waste any time, and the savage nature of the mantis made slaughter a priority.
At the instant it charged toward the human, it suddenly felt like its body weighed countless times more.
But the bravery and courage of the mantis clan weren’t just empty boasts. Without considering what it had encountered, it swung its forelimb, sending out a crescent-shaped white light, which was the mantis clan’s Nascent Soul secret technique—Void Cleaving Slash.
Nonetheless, just as it was expecting to see the opponent being sliced into pieces, the white light abruptly stopped in front of the individual, trembling slightly, and then... dissipated!
Dissipated? The Nascent Soul Mantis could hardly believe its eyes. The next moment, it shouted, "It’s an ambush!"
Actually speaking strictly, it should have shouted, "There’s a master!" A very crucial piece of information wasn’t conveyed.
But that’s just the way the mantis clan is; their brains aren’t particularly sharp. When it shouted "It’s an ambush," it didn’t even consider whether the Void Cleaving Slash faded because the opponent’s personal strength was formidable or because it encountered a newly developed defense energy field by the human race.
Yet it didn’t matter, for Elder Kumu didn’t intend to let the mantis speak. Another Divine Sense Attack was launched, directly forcing the "There’s an ambush" phrase back into the mantis’s gut.
There was not much issue with the mantis side. The real problem arose for Yi Jue dealing with the nanny.
She blinked to the nanny’s side, casually performing a Si Ganlin, followed by a "Snare Technique"—she was very serious about dealing with this nanny. Generally, against an insect clan Nascent Soul, a single Snare Technique would suffice.
At this moment, the Si Ganlin was also due to the overcast rain, the ubiquitous raindrops extending her technique, capable of slowing the insect race’s movement, an effect almost resembling a domain.
However, just when she trapped the nanny, one of the nanny’s forelimbs exploded suddenly, emitting a peculiar misty aura, fleetingly accompanied by an unparalleled divine atmosphere.
There’s a problem! Yi Jue immediately reacted, but the more critical the moment, the calmer she was. She swept her horsetail whisk, directly severing the nanny’s neck, casually gathering the nanny’s corpse, and then preparing to disrupt the spiritual energy.
"Reckless," someone snorlty muttered, as Ren Tu True Sage’s Nascent Soul arrived; a cloud of black and white intermingled formed atop it’s head, swiftly transforming into a massive umbrella, overshadowing Yi Jue and Kumu. "You dare disturb the Summoning Divine Essence?"
The next moment, he whisked the two away, swiftly retreating two hundred miles away, then stated indifferently, "This distance should suffice, though your cultivation levels are a bit lacking, don’t try this lightly."
Ren Tu always cared about Yi Jue. He was aware of the events transpiring here and felt some admiration that these True Immortals conceived using the Rain Prayer Array to conceal their tracks: Indeed, the younger generation is formidable!
Setting ambushes and the like didn’t quite impress him, but it was passable.
His attention wasn’t entirely on the main star, only a sliver of his mind was focused. Currently, he mostly desired silently plundering the insect race Golden Core. He’d never realized how much he enjoyed bullying the weak, and some things truly could become addictive.
He hadn’t anticipated the insect race’s Nascent Soul nanny hiding a trace of Summoning Divine Essence.
Upon realizing it, he immediately teleported using his Nascent Soul; being cautious was never excessive.
"Summoning Divine Essence?" Elder Kumu’s eyes were slightly glazed; though not extensively knowledgeable about Incense Fire Ascension, he had heard of Summoning Divine Essence. Fortunately, before being whisked away, he had slain two insect races and stowed the binding array.
He respectfully bowed to Ren Tu True Sage, "Thanks for the rescue, True Sage."
He wasn’t like Yi Jue, who had once been Ren Tu True Sage’s junior, a slight lapse in etiquette wouldn’t matter. He needed to express sincere gratitude—he understood clearly that without Yi Jue, True Sage might not have saved him.
"No need for such courtesy," Ren Tu waved dismissively, always maintaining his cold persona, "Even possessing Summoning Divine Essence may not necessarily attract divine attention... hmm, did I miss something?"
Yi Jue’s lips twitched slightly, "Feng Jun... seems to be still there?"
