Chapter 197: Chapter197-The Swarmborn Chieftain Appears

The instant Gadiel’s body exploded within the Swarmborn army, the entire battlefield fell into a brief, deathly silence.

Many powerful Swarmborn were torn to pieces by the elemental shockwave unleashed from the explosion of their own commander.

Green flesh and blood sprayed everywhere across the battlefield.

Like a torrential downpour, it rapidly rained down, covering an area spanning several thousand meters.

However, this violent explosion did not cause the surviving Swarmborn to feel fear. On the contrary, it awakened the primal ferocity that had not appeared within them for a very long time.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

Terrifying screeches rang out one after another throughout the Swarmborn army.

They were using this method to rapidly communicate with one another and reestablish their command network.

In the next moment, their formation, which had fallen into chaos due to the death of their commander and the devastating losses suffered by the army, instantly returned to perfect order.

It was as if they had already gained a new commander.

Seeing this, John frowned slightly.

His gaze shifted beyond the sea of insects. At the far end of the horizon, a terrifying pressure capable of suffocating all living beings had appeared.

Worse still, it was approaching at an astonishing speed.

Rumble!

At the edge of the sky, an enormous green pillar of light suddenly appeared, piercing straight through even the clouds of the All-Race Battlefield.

"That is..."

John’s expression shifted slightly.

At this moment, he could clearly sense that the existence emitting this aura was far stronger than Gadiel, whom he had just killed!

The being behind this aura possessed an extraordinarily high lifeform level.

The moment it appeared, it exuded the oppressive presence of a natural predator standing above all other creatures.

Even the countless human players in the city below could sense the incomparably terrifying aura coming from the distance.

They all raised their heads and looked into the distance, only to see an enormous mass of Swarmborn suddenly appearing in the sky like a vast black cloud.

This Swarmborn army blotted out half the sky. Their numbers were already far beyond anything that could be estimated with the naked eye.

"What... what are those things?"

A player stared at the distant insect horde, his voice trembling violently.

No one around him answered.

At this moment, everyone had been so thoroughly shocked by the enormous Swarmborn force that had suddenly appeared in the distance that they could not utter a single word.

The Swarmborn army surged forward like a vast green tide.

Their bodies varied in size, and their forms were completely different from one another.

Some were as majestic and enormous as mountain ranges, while others appeared as small as hawks in comparison.

Yet every single one of them radiated an aura that vastly surpassed that of the human players.

Just how many of them were there?

Five billion?

Ten billion?

No, even those numbers were nowhere near enough.

Within the visible range alone, the number of Swarmborn had already surpassed the army previously led by Gadiel by dozens of times over.

And at the very center of this newly arrived Swarmborn army stood an enormous green figure that resembled a towering giant.

It was a colossal Swarmborn whose body measured over two thousand zhang in size at a glance.

From afar, its body looked like a moving mountain. Its entire frame was covered in incomparably thick armor plating, and all across that armor crawled countless eerie, deep-blue patterns.

Dozens of pairs of compound eyes stared fixedly at the human city.

Its aura was so terrifying that it had nearly taken physical form.

Merely approaching from the distance was enough to cause the air within the entire city to become unbearably heavy.

John’s gaze landed on the massive creature. He immediately cast Detect on it.

In the next instant, his pupils abruptly contracted.

[Swarmborn Chieftain: Devouring Lord]

[Skills]: Myriad Insects Devour the Body, All-Domain Insect Calamity, Abyssal Breath

Level 350.

This was unquestionably the highest-level existence John had encountered since entering the All-Race Battlefield.

Furthermore, judging from its title, this creature was clearly one of the most powerful existences among the Swarmborn.

"Hiss... Hiss... Damnable human."

The Devouring Lord’s mouthparts continuously ground against one another, producing an ear-piercing sound like metal scraping against metal.

"You actually dared to attack my subordinates?"

The moment those words rang out, even though the Devouring Lord had not used any soundwave-type skill, many of the lower-level players in the city below still felt an immense pressure crash down upon them.

Some even collapsed weakly to the ground on the spot.

Only John remained fearless, standing in midair as he confronted this colossal monster whose body was over a thousand times larger than his own.

"That’s right. I killed your subordinates. What are you going to do about it?"

The instant he heard these words, all of the Devouring Lord’s compound eyes locked firmly onto John.

He had never expected this insignificant human to actually dare speak to him in such a manner.

"Interesting. A tiny human who is merely Level 250 actually dares to speak to this king like that.

"Unfortunately, you are nothing more than a foolish and arrogant creature."

Before his voice had even faded, a sharp screech suddenly erupted from the Devouring Lord’s throat.

In the next moment, that sound spread throughout the entire space.

Every Swarmborn received his command.

In an instant, the overwhelming Swarmborn army surged forward like a raging tide, tightly surrounding the entire human city.

Whether in the sky, on the ground, or even beneath the earth, countless Swarmborn appeared from every direction.

Their numbers were so overwhelming that the human players felt as though they had completely lost any hope of breaking out.

"Guild Leader, what should we do now?"

"There are so many Swarmborn! Even if we could kill one with every step we took, we’d still have to keep stomping for tens of thousands of years!"

"It’s over! It’s over! We’re completely finished this time!"

The players within the city walls cried out in trembling voices.

However, John did not even turn his head.

He merely waved his hand indifferently.

"Stay inside the city. All you need to do is stop the Swarmborn from breaching the defenses. Leave everything else to me."

Compared to the terrifying sonic pressure unleashed by the Devouring Lord, John’s voice was incomparably calm.

Yet the fear in the hearts of the players below instantly faded by a great deal.

They quickly came back to their senses.

That was right!

Their Guild Leader was here.

As long as John stood before them, they did not need to be afraid even if the sky itself came crashing down!

In the next instant, John’s figure flashed through the air, reappearing directly in front of the Devouring Lord.

The Devouring Lord looked at the human before him, but he did not immediately attack.

Instead, his interest was piqued, and he silently observed this insignificant member of the human race.

Before entering the All-Race Battlefield, he had witnessed countless creatures far smaller than himself struggling beneath his feet.

Before their deaths, those ants would usually either beg for mercy or roar furiously in defiance.

Yet in the end, they would all become nothing more than food for the Devouring Lord.

Only this human was different.

Despite clearly facing such a hopeless situation, he remained completely calm, as though the one trapped in a desperate predicament was not him at all.

"Human, in recognition of your composure, this king can offer you an opportunity."

The Devouring Lord’s voice emerged from deep within his throat.

"Submit to me now, and I may consider granting you a chance to live. I may even allow you to participate in our glorious plan and become one of the Swarmborn."

Hearing those words, the corners of John’s mouth rose slightly.

He mocked, "You call something like yourselves evolution?

"With the pathetic intelligence of your race, becoming a disgusting thing like you would be worse than death."

Upon hearing this, the Devouring Lord’s gaze instantly turned ice-cold.

"You ignorant fool. Since you are so eager to seek death, this king shall grant your wish!"