Chapter 223: Chapter 142: Above the Third Floor_3

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Slowly maneuvering the Cang Qiong to retreat, it moved toward the entrance of the Spatial Veil.

According to the textbooks and the compendium of Starry Sea races and civilizations, if things went as expected, this Third Rank Queen Insect would soon condense the energy stored within its body and subsequently expel it all, supplying these energies to the surrounding Insect Race, allowing them to undergo multiple evolutions in a short period of time and thus gain formidable combat capabilities.

Of course, this kind of situation would only occur under circumstances where there was no other energy supply available. Normally, neither queen insects nor mother bugs would use their own vitality to supply their swarm. Currently, there were no other sources of energy in this relic space, so this possibility was very likely.

Everything that happened afterward proved Song Chi’s previous assumption to be indeed correct.

Watching the Queen Insect before him, its abdomen having shrunk by more than half, Song Chi’s eyes grew somber, as he saw the appearance of tens of thousands of First Rank and Second Rank insects. After absorbing the energy stored by the Queen Insect, the evolution of this group of insects was astonishingly rapid, having evolved from Zero Rank to their present state in the blink of an eye.

Of course, such forced evolution was at the expense of depleting the life force of these insects. After this battle, they would soon die. Although the evolution speed of the Insect Race was already astonishing, it had not reached such an extent; otherwise, they would have dominated the entire Shattered Starry Sea long ago.

Sizzle!

The Electromagnetic Ray Cannon on the Cang Qiong had been continuously firing since entering the third layer of the relic space, with the Electromagnetic Thunderballs continuously bombarding the insect swarm a kilometer away. Every burst of Lightning Arc Splash would result in the immediate death of a dozen First Rank insects, but compared to the number of insects present, it was clearly insufficient.

Hiss!

In the center of the insect swarm, the crystal purple Mother Bug suddenly let out a piercing hiss.

Upon hearing this hiss, all the insects seemed to have heard a charge command, their compound eyes turning entirely blood-red, fearlessly charging towards the Cang Qiong a kilometer away.

Inside the Cang Qiong, Song Chi watched the dense swarm of insects intently.

“Splasher Insects, Twin-Winged Tiger Head Insects…”

Song Chi felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Clearly, all the insect eggs laid by the mother were specifically aimed at countering and restraining the Cang Qiong, with none like the Iron Armor Insects.

The Splasher Insects could spit Corrosive Acid while the Twin-Winged Tiger Head Insects possessed wings and could flexibly pursue the Cang Qiong from the air. Moreover, their mouthparts, shaped like tiger jaws, were frighteningly sharp. If they got close to the Cang Qiong, and the Dark Matter Energy Shield failed to activate, the Type V Starshine Warship Armor alone would not last long.

Despite the urgency in his heart, Song Chi did not lose his composure. The Electromagnetic Ray Cannon continued to pour fire, trying to hinder the insects’ advance, while the Pure Yang Sword Beam Cannon remained locked on the crystal purple Mother Bug thousands of kilometers away, firing immediately upon completing its charge.

Song Chi understood that everything hinged on this Third Rank Queen Insect. As long as he could deal with it, the leaderless ordinary insects would soon fall into chaos, and dealing with them would be easy.

However, frustratingly, the Queen Insect was simply too large in size. Even though the Pure Yang Sword Light had bombarded the wound on its head more than a dozen times, it still showed no signs of weakness, its vitality exceptionally astonishing.

This was extremely vexing, yet there was little that could be done.

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