Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 257: Chapter 120 Come Out and Die!_3

The first Forbidden Army Insect led dozens of War Worms into view!

Lord Sword Madman took immediate action to suppress them, and several Captain-level fighters struck at once, swiftly shattering the skull of the Forbidden Army Insect. They hunted down and killed all of the War Worms!

Deeper within the maze, the Insect Master sensed the human team’s speed beginning to slow.

The Insect Master let out a cruel laugh, ”Already struggling to keep up, are you?

Don’t forget, the deeper you go, the stronger the insect defense line becomes!”

However, soon, when the human team reached a depth of approximately five hundred and seventy meters below ground, they suddenly stopped moving.

The Insect Master found this truly boring, ”Is this all the humans have? Hahaha.”

Meanwhile, at a depth of over five hundred meters below in a deep pit tunnel, the human team quickly set up the battlefield.

Lighting Bombs and Spiritual Flames were ignited one after another, turning the dim tunnels into daylight.

One dangerous Taboo Item after another was deployed.

And Li Yelai was protected at the very center of the team.

”Is everyone ready?” Sword Madman asked.

”All set!” a Processor shouted, holding a sinister map.

”Ready!” Li Yelai pressed his hand against his cheek.

”Good!” Sword Madman smiled, ”Let’s pay them a visit!”

The next moment, the Mobius Ring Map spiraled out of control, throwing the Underground Maze’s space into chaos.

Simultaneously, Li Yelai activated the Face, and Calamity descended!

...

On the other hand, the Insect Race pondered the coming confrontation with the Mad King and... the malice from the Void Realm!

As for the human beheading squad, it didn’t bother to care about them anymore. They had only ventured five hundred meters underground and stopped, whereas it resided more than one thousand three hundred meters below, separated by dozens of defense lines.

More concerning than that was the existence in the Void Realm.

Indeed, the humans had perhaps not noticed or perceived it, but there was an elusive force in the Void Realm targeting the insect swarm.

From the insect swarm’s observations, there was an existence in the Void Realm sheltering humans driven to desperation.

The most direct instance was when an official human Captain-level powerhouse, on the brink of death, received a fantastical blessing of power and erupted with unprecedented combat strength. He furiously slew the Abyss Worm and many of the higher-ranking Insect Race.

His strength rivaled that of a Seventh Awakening Spirit User. Although he eventually succumbed to exhaustion, the Green Flames that blazed were indeed a concern for the Insect Master.

It didn’t know which meddlesome fellow dared to reach into the midst of the Disaster Fog.

No... actually, it wasn’t meddling. It was attempting self-preservation!

Thinking of this, the Insect Master couldn’t help but let out a laugh filled with malice.

It was the natural enemy of all living creatures in the Physical World!

It came to No.3 Border City because of the Old Mad King. If it devoured everything within the Disaster Fog, its strength would come infinitely close to that of a King.

And the Old Mad King was in a unique state, unable to maintain peak combat strength consistently.

If everything went according to plan, it might have the chance to commit regicide!

If it devoured the Old Mad King, its insect swarm would grow even stronger!

The Disaster Fog it commanded wouldn’t become a Disaster Forbidden Zone and hide like other Kings of Restricted Zones.

Instead, it would immediately launch an assault on the Physical World.

It would devour everything without restraint and reproduce and evolve limitlessly until the insect swarm had consumed all living creatures. Even the other Calamity Forbidden Zones were its hunting targets!

Given enough time and resources to grow, it would ultimately devour everything.

That existence from the Void Realm was naturally on its menu. In that sense, it was indeed trying to save itself. Hahaha... but all that would be futile!

Then, the Insect Master’s laughter abruptly ceased.

Because it suddenly felt something was wrong. The space around it became disordered, and a vast number of insects lost their command.

And... it could actually sense the presence of humans?

For a moment, the Insect Master thought it was hallucinating.

How could it be? How could the humans have suddenly arrived outside the Flesh Barrier?

However, the next instant, a voice exploded from beyond the Flesh Barrier!

”Insect Master, come out and meet your death!”