Abyss Summoner-Chapter 316 - 310: Dragon Patterned Beetle

The battlefield remains in a standoff.

However, with the arrival of Xu Hongzhuang, the warriors felt noticeably less pressure. Still, their expressions remained solemn, because they knew a real battle was imminent.

Four Magic Crystal Cannons were pushed out, and all their targets were concentrated at one point.

After multiple investigations, the movements of the insects are confirmed. They are concealed ten meters underground, and to dig such a giant hole, there’s no other creature besides the insects that could accomplish this.

Drilling Insects. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Externally resembling a giant centipede, but with a massive body, within the swarm, if the Earth-Boring Giant Worms are the Lord-level tunneling experts, then these insects have reached Elite Level.

These insects don’t possess much offensive capability. In fact, since their mutation, they have hidden underground, consuming soil and rocks for survival.

Yet this doesn’t mean they are harmless to humans. As one of the subordinates enslaved by the Insect Emperor, these insects help other peers craft hiding places, occasionally even constructing large tunnels leading to human cities. Though rarely devouring humans, they are still accomplices of the insects.

More importantly, these insects have a terrifying destructive power on the land. If the foundation is wrecked, even a minor earthquake could cause surrounding collapses.

To dig such a massive cave, it’s conservatively estimated there are more than ten Drilling Insects inside, which sounded an alarm for Chen Feng. If he wants to win this battle, he must act quickly. If the Drilling Insects become aware and in no time dig a survival tunnel for the other insects.

Chen Feng does not wish to see this scenario.

"Begin."

Chen Feng nodded to Xu Hongzhuang, who raised her arm. The next second, four Magic Crystal Cannons were ignited, tracing an arc and blasted toward the center point!

Suddenly!

The entire battlefield underwent drastic changes, followed by a deafening sound so strong that some people couldn’t stand firmly, almost falling to the ground.

With the power of gunpowder, these Magic Crystal Cannons have astonishing destructive force. The land before them swiftly vanished at a visible rate.

Boom!

A terrifying impact exploded in an instant!

When these four shells hit the ground, the entire land began to tremble, and the surrounding trees directly snapped. A huge wave mixed with dust surged up, reaching heights of over ten meters, expanding like a mushroom cloud.

Cracks appeared all around, and the hard ground was blasted into a large pit, and mixed in with the expected soil and stones were splatters of red blood at the same time.

They emerged!

Just as the insects thought they were safely hidden underground, several shells had directly blasted their hiding place, leaving them nowhere to escape.

"Deploy!"

Chen Feng waved his hand, and a group of small Devils suddenly flew to the explosion point’s air. Aside from some High-Explosive Grenades, they even carried corpse bombs from hanging dead trees. At this moment, they used all their strength to toss everything downward.

Continuous explosion sounds rang out, and only after three rounds of throwing did the small Devils fly to a distant place with excitement.

They were attacked!

Even the dumbest of insects now sensed something was wrong.

Squeak squeak squeak!

Along with the insects’ cries, sounds of gathering emerged at the nearby entrance of the pit.

The insects’ individual consciousness is very weak. In such a swarm of thousands, there must be a command-giving [Head Insect], leading them like a general, issuing orders through cries.

"Arm yourselves!"

Although the Magic Crystal Cannons and High-Explosive Grenades have astounding destructive power, they can’t truly kill all the underground insects. In this situation, having 30% of the insects killed by the explosion is already a rare surprise.

In fact, Chen Feng never pinned victory on attacks at this level. Bombardment was merely a step to disrupt the opponent’s plans; true victory was guided by the battle between blood and flesh.

At the forefront stood a group of Skeleton Warriors, who, following the commands of the Undead Mage, armed themselves without fear and stepped forward to form a defense line.

Meanwhile, at the rear were human warriors holding weapons and guns. Their faces showed some nervousness, but more than that, there was decisiveness. They were true warriors, and they knew how to better calm their nerves in such a situation.

The dust settled.

Suddenly, a chilly gust of wind blew in, lifting dust and scraps of paper off the ground, swirling in the air, making some pedestrians unable to open their eyes.

At the same time, the front seemed to depict a Dimension Wall-like scenario. The ground that had been bombarded by the shells still permeated layers of pulsating light strip smoke, emanating a profound and terrifying oppressive aura.

A massive crater, inside rippling like waves, occasionally surged with insects, sometimes two or three, sometimes a dozen, as if spooked, frantically flooding out.

Sure enough, this was evidently a staging point for the insects!

There were traditional Sulfuric Acid Insects, Red Rock Beetles, Giant Strength Grasshoppers evolved from locusts, as well as Blade Mantises, Flame Poisonous Giant Louses, and Blood Nether Centipedes.

The Sulfuric Acid Insects and Red Rock Beetles are manageable, merely unevolved insects. But the Giant Strength Grasshoppers are as large as adults and have incredible jumping abilities. With one leap, they can even reach five stories high. Not to mention, inside there are some Bronze Tier Blood Nether Centipedes, with countless legs moving freely, their bodies covered in dark bristles like steel needles, glowing with a toxic gleam. Their eyes are like Hell’s lava, emitting an intense, sinister aura.

And inside, there are some mutated lice. What is an image of lice? You need to look carefully with the naked eye to see them. But now, after an energy mutation, these insects have become monstrous, grotesque creatures the size of a washbasin.

Even more so, the Flame Poisonous Giant Lice can spray venom. The venom contains some fire poison; once infected, a person’s skin begins to ulcerate, their blood becomes contaminated, and within ten minutes, they become a highly decomposed corpse. It’s terrifying to the extreme.

"Sss..."

These insects, once they emerged, immediately stormed towards the crowd crazily. Although there were only hundreds of insects, their momentum was no less than an army of thousands!

A familiar scene.

Chen Feng now felt somewhat dazed. At this moment, he seemed to be in that cataclysm from a past life, surrounded by sounds of crying and begging for mercy.

The crowd immediately turned into chaos, screaming, crying, and howling as they fled desperately, some even throwing away their backpacks and bags, running frantically with haunting cries—they didn’t need to outrun the insects, just their companions, as the insects would eat what’s in front first.

In such an environment, some, in order to survive, didn’t even hesitate to knock their companions to the ground to increase their own chances of escape.

Human nature is the most difficult emotion to test.

In the face of despair, the ugliest side of human nature will be exposed. A small number of people are killed not by insects but actually by the hands of their companions.

But now things have changed.

The insects are still the same, waving their insect feelers; the Blood Nether Centipedes, the Blade Mantis flying in the sky, and the tank-like Red Rock Beetles. They used to hide underground, but now, disturbed, they dance like fiends, stirring fear in hearts.

But now, what the insects face are no longer those panicked ordinary people, but a group of well-equipped, strong-willed warriors.

The Magic Crystal Cannon was pushed out.

"Start charging!"

"Aim and shoot!"

"Fire!"

A dazzling light shot out!

The Magic Crystal Cannon, imbued with soul power, flickered with a dazzling light, reducing several Skeleton Warriors on the path to dust, then crush through, blasting all insects in a straight line.

In just an instant, the center of the battlefield saw a five-meter-wide vacuum zone. Whether low-tier or Bronze-tier insects, faced with this peak strike, had no chance to resist and were blasted into minced meat, falling to the ground.

Dead silence reigned over the battlefield!

This one shot directly took out nearly sixty insects, instantly decomposing the enemy corpses, even evaporating parts of the hard insect armor!

The power of this shot even seemed to cause a riot among the fearless insects.

"Open fire!"

Xu Hongzhuang began to issue orders.

The warriors from the Qiaodong District fiercely pulled the trigger, and immediately, like a meteor shower falling, countless bullets rained down on the insects.

Evolved insects could endure for a while under such intensive gunfire, but for ordinary insects, this was a devastating blow.

Countless blood splatters erupted on the insects, like the Sulfuric Acid Insect, completely decomposed. Even more frightening, after exploding, the sulfuric acid splattered everywhere, corroding the insect armor of nearby companions, causing them to wail and collapse on the ground.

Given the current situation, the insects were already at a disadvantage.

"Boom..."

However, just when Chen Feng thought the outcome was decided, a strange earthquake sound suddenly came from deep underground.

Even the air was filled with a dangerous aura, making people’s skin crawl. As the cold wind blew, a chill slowly crawled up their spine, like thick, sticky water snakes slithering along their skin up their backs.

Not only ordinary people but even experts like Lu Wei and Wei Xun, when they looked at the giant pit filled with insect carcasses, felt like their hearts nearly stopped, as though a massive stone weighed heavily on their throats and chests, leaving them breathless with shock.

Then, a giant insect, flashing with bright light and filled with orange stripes, broke through the ground and appeared before everyone with astonishing momentum.

"As expected."

Chen Feng’s expression was somewhat surprised, but only just. He had already predicted this place previously, and upon seeing the opponent, he could finally confirm it.

One of the five Insect Kings, the leader of this swarm.

Known as the "Invincible Land Warrior," capable of killing three silver-tier warriors by collision alone on the battlefield, the Insect King appeared before everyone in this manner.

Dragon Patterned Beetle.

Chen Feng gazed at this insect, more intrigued than fearful, calmly saying, "A rare sacrifice, truly an unexpected gain..."