Free Web NovelChapter 1838: Chapter 86: Control
The arrival of the Bellier Clan successfully attracted most of the insects’ hatred. Now on the battlefield, besides some stray drones and desert worms occasionally wandering over to the Alliance Army’s side, it seems that everything else is no longer related to humans; they can just sit back and watch the tiger fight.
The number of drones is enormous. Although not quite as numerous as the insect race, they clearly outnumber the Alliance Army.
The Bellier Clan differs from the insect race; they belong to hive thinking. Low-level drones have almost no self-awareness; instead, they are more like individually acting mechanical arms, with the central control area of the mother nest serving as their brain.
The forms of drone motherships vary greatly. Some might be a massive metallic nest, others might be an oddly shaped space station, and some could be high-order aircraft; in short, they have no fixed appearance.
As things currently stand, these drone motherships are likely the huge planet in the distance. If one wants to win the battle, they just need to deal with the Death Omen Star over there, and all remaining drones will simultaneously lose their combat power.
This is also the biggest difference between the Bellier Clan and the Desert Worm Clan, and likewise their most fatal weakness.
Of course, regarding this weakness, the drones won’t be without defense. The mother nest’s defensive capabilities are nearly invincible; one could say that no one in the same grade could directly destroy the mother nest before eliminating all the drones, unless the level difference between the sides is enormous, making it possible to take down the mother nest under focused fire from countless drones.
Within the Bellier drone group, there is also a hierarchy, ranging from low to high: Reconnoitre, Assaulters, Destroyer, Destroyer, God Slayer.
Among these drones before them, Zhang Xiaoman saw more than five God Slayer level drones and nearly a thousand Destroyers.
The drones also have very strong defensive power; their structures utilize various Dark Spiritual Materials for construction, even stronger than those desert worms’ shells. Moreover, whether high-order or low-level drones, they have powerful shields for protection, making their damage rate on large-scale battlefields much lower than that of insects.
The speed of these drones is fast; ordinary desert worms can’t catch up to them. If not for the numerical disadvantage, it’s likely the Insect Race wouldn’t be a match for the drones, and the two sides wouldn’t have been fighting back-and-forth for so many years now.
Zhang Xiaoman observed the battle between the two sides for a while, and the form of victory was leaning towards the drones. After all, the current Desert Worm Army had already lost some troops in previous battles, and two Ancestor Worms along with a peak Lower God-level Insect Queen had been killed. Naturally, they wouldn’t be opponents for the same level Dead Omen Star drones.
It can be said that the combat power of this drone legion is comparable to an ultra-large Level 7 insect swarm. Even when both sides are at their peak, neither would necessarily win; let alone, these insects have just gone through a big battle with humans.
In less than ten minutes since the start, an Ancestor Worm was blown apart by the full output of God Slayer level drones. Zhang Xiaoman remembered this insect; it was the guy who had fought with Zi Kuang for a long time before. Probably due to enormous consumption, it was quickly killed by the drones.
While pondering, the distant Death Omen Star slowly opened a huge gap, suddenly emitting a burst of red light. That was a powerful light cannon constructed from spiritual power.
"Boom!!"
As this long-prepared spiritual power cannon was fired, tens of millions of insects instantly turned to dust; an Ancestor Worm was hit first and directly killed by the cannon.
"Such strong power!"
Zhang Xiaoman was shocked. The attack from the Death Omen Star made him involuntarily widen his eyes. From the intensity of spiritual power, this attack’s damage reached the same level as Blue White Clothes, which is the peak Lower God level, no wonder it could instantly kill an Ancestor Worm. ƒrēewebnovel.com
The insect race lost two Extraordinary Level Ancestor Worms in succession, facing huge blows in high-end combat power. Coupled with the crazy assault from the drone swarm, it was retreating rapidly, quickly heading toward the direction of the Alliance Army.
"Damn! These drones are pushing the insects over to us!"
Someone couldn’t help but exclaim watching the insect swarm retreating like waves, and the members of the Alliance Army panicked along.
"Drones are coming! Be careful! Quickly dodge!"
"My God! So many drones! That’s so much material and money! If I could take them back, just by selling Dark Spirit Circuits I could be rich!"
"Fool! Still thinking about getting rich now! First, save your life!"
"Don’t panic! Don’t panic! Gather into a defensive formation, move towards me! Temporarily don’t attack actively, activate invisibility mode! Let them ignore us! First, wait until they contend against one another! Let’s not intervene!"
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The Alliance Army experienced a burst of chaos, but quickly calmed down. Zhang Xiaoman noticed most of the fleet had activated invisibility mode. Although this mode was not much use in combat, easily detectable by spiritual power, in the current situation, it could at least help them reduce some presence, allowing the insects and drones to temporarily ignore them and get the opportunistic advantage of reaping rewards from their struggle.
