Chapter 604

Advancing the formation meant expanding the area occupied by human professionals on the outer battlefield.

It had both pros and cons.

The downside was that maintaining the formation required more energy and more formation mages!

The upside was that professionals could return to the formation area at any time, and the Insect Monster Clan couldn't send too many insect monsters into the outer battlefield,

greatly reducing the sacrifice rate of professionals!

After a round of calculations!

All the researchers' eyes lit up.

If it were in the past, this plan would absolutely not work!

The reason was simple:

Not enough resources!

Maintaining the formation required a large number of spirit items and monster materials produced by dungeons.

But it was different now!

The national border trial had a double drop rate increase!

And because of the Abyss Illustrated Handbook, the combat power of professionals had greatly increased, and more professionals were qualified to enter dungeons to grind monsters!

Resource output was absolutely enough!

They didn't know until they thought about it, and they were shocked when they did.

The researchers were all silent.

All of this,

was brought back by the Chief General.

In the hour Li Yao was asleep,

a large number of military professionals entered the [Broodmother Battlefield] military base in an orderly fashion,

in case of a counterattack by the Insect Monster Clan after the toxic fog dissipated.

Two hours later,

the toxic fog concentration dropped to 54%, and the New King could already ignore the corrosion of the toxic fog.

Entering the outer area,

he stood guard alone on the cliff of the No. 2 Broodmother nest,

waiting quietly for the insect monsters to appear.

It was also at this time

that formation mages from countries around the world arrived in the Dragon Country through teleportation formations and entered the [Broodmother Battlefield]

to prepare for the advancement of the formation.

Four hours later,

the toxic fog concentration dropped to 32%.

Equipment capable of withstanding this toxic fog was produced by the Weapons Department.

Researchers entered the outer area to collect toxic fog for study.

At the same time,

the defensive formations of the twelve military bases began to advance.

Hua Qianxue and major Seventh-Turn professionals rushed to the [Broodmother Battlefield] to guard the Broodmother nest together with the New King.

Twelve hours.

The toxic fog concentration dropped to 9%.

According to detection, some powerful insect monsters could already survive in the toxic fog.

But those high-level professionals guarding the nest cliff

still didn't sense the Broodmother's aura.

The formation advanced to a distance of fifty kilometers from the nest!

The area the Insect Monster Clan could occupy was becoming less and less.

The number of professionals needed to defend the battlefield dropped by half!

Seventeen hours.

A sudden change occurred!

The twelve military bases

simultaneously sounded urgent alarms.

A large number of creatures with excessive energy appeared at all the major Broodmother nests!

Even the No. 4 Broodmother, which had already been slaughtered by the Chief General, still had signs of life in its nest!

At the No. 2 nest guarded by the New King,

the New King leaped directly into the cliff,

smashing the creatures with excessive energy into pieces with two punches.

At the No. 1 Broodmother nest guarded by Hua Qianxue,

it was the same.

As the only Eighth-Turn professional,

Hua Qianxue had completely absorbed the improvements of the Eighth-Turn during this time.

The equipment on her body had been replaced with a perfect combination of three Epic-tier items and five Eighth-Turn Purple Gold-tier items.

Her strength far exceeded the time she fought the Titan Emperor.

The powerful creatures that suddenly appeared were slaughtered by Hua Qianxue the moment they poked their heads out on the cliff.

At the same time, intelligence was sent back:

these mimicry insect monsters that looked like crows were not as strong as the batch that had injured the New King before;

they were all Seventh-Turn True Name-level creatures!

The No. 1 and No. 2 nests were successfully defended.

The other nests didn't have such good luck.

Seventh-Turn True Name-level monsters were far from what ordinary Seventh-Turn professionals could deal with.

Even with ten Seventh-Turn professionals guarding simultaneously, the line of defense was broken through by the True Name-level monsters.

A sky full of insect monsters crawled out from under the cliff, rushing toward the formation.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out!

Countless professionals walked out of the formation,

relying on formations to meet the insect monster tide.

Hua Qianxue and the New King supported two different directions, beginning to slaughter the True Name-level mimicry insect monsters.

By the time the mimicry insect monsters were all killed,

the insect monsters had already attacked the formation's position.

The overwhelming insect monsters spread across the Broodmother Battlefield.

Soon, it returned to the appearance of the [Broodmother Battlefield] in the past; the ground couldn't be seen, and all that met the eye was pitch black.

Without the mimicry insect monsters,

over a hundred professionals above the Sixth-Turn each found an area and began to slaughter the insect monsters, reducing the pressure on the soldier professionals.

However,

the energy of professionals was limited,

while the number of the Insect Monster Clan seemed infinite.

Wave after wave of insect monster tides rushed into the battlefield, continuous and endless.

Xiao Bai began to exert effort.

The remaining energy in its body was used to breed only one type of soldier—Mortar Scythe Insect Monsters.

Tens of thousands of insect monsters,

set up like artillery batteries outside the formation,

could kill a large number of insect monsters with one volley.

These Mortar Scythe Insect Monsters played an even greater role on the battlefield than the New King.

The battle continued.

Twenty hours later,

the Dragon Country's high-level officials gathered for a meeting.

According to decades of practice,

before the Broodmother was slaughtered, the number of insect monsters was infinite.

The three major combat powers of human professionals now:

New King, Hua Qianxue, Li Yao.

The topic of the meeting:

Exploring the feasibility of these three joining forces to lead Seventh-Turn professionals into the Abyss to wipe out the Broodmother.

Could they, before Li Yao Mayor Woke up,

let Hua Qianxue and the New King go in first to see the situation?

With the two joining forces,

even if there were Overlord-level mimicry insect monsters inside, they could return safely.

Hua Qianxue, however, refused flatly,

leaving only one sentence:

"Wait until Li Yao wakes up."

"Without Li Yao's permission, I will not enter the Abyss."

Once this was said,

everyone had nothing to say.

"Didn't I say so? Lady Hua couldn't possibly agree," Lin Lao said to the crowd, "Let's wait."

"Wait for that Chief General to wake up, and I'll go ask."

Twenty-four hours.

In a rest room,

Li Yao's brows moved, and he slowly opened his eyes.

Just like last time,

next to him was a meal made of spirit items,

steaming, looking like it had just been made.

Li Yao didn't stand on ceremony; after sending a message to Lin Lao, he picked it up and started devouring!

The taste was delicious, melting in his mouth.

After the first bite, the slight soreness from sleeping for twenty-four hours was swept away.

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"So delicious!"

"Should the team be equipped with a chef?"

"Blue Star's spirit items can increase attributes; wouldn't those spirit items in the Abyss add even more?"

Li Yao guaranteed, he definitely wasn't just craving this bite!

Not long after,

the sound of the door opening rang out.

Lin Lao walked in with a smile.

"Looking in good spirits?"

Li Yao nodded: "Very delicious, help me thank Senior Mu."

Both times the spirit food was prepared by Mu Mu Jixian, a Seventh-Turn healing professional.

"That's good." Lin Lao hesitated for a moment and asked, "This item that requires twenty hours of sleep..."

Li Yao had used this item before when dealing with the New King,

and had used it again this time when entering the Abyss to explore the toxic fog.

"Is the situation in the Abyss very dangerous?"

"Dangerous? Not really."

"Those guys are also afraid of the toxic fog; as long as I'm in the toxic fog, I won't be in danger."

"This item is just to restore mana and resist the toxic fog."

"By the way, how is the toxic fog?" Li Yao asked.

At that time, he had used [Dedication] to slash out the strongest sword,

misaligning the entire continent.

If his guess was correct, the toxic fog should have disappeared.

Looking at the smile on Lin Lao's face,

Li Yao's hanging heart was set at ease.

Subsequently,

Li Yao gave Lin Lao a rough account of the situation inside.

After hearing it, Lin Lao felt a lingering fear.

"It's a good thing you went in!"

"If those insect monsters that even the New King couldn't slaughter increased in number, the possibility of us eliminating the insect monsters would be almost zero."

"So," Li Yao said in a condensed voice, "the New King must enter the Abyss constantly."

"Even if we can't completely stop them from creating these mimicry insect monsters,"

"we must delay their progress as much as possible!"