Chapter 1149: Facing the Encounter

Why aren't they scattering!?

Why!?

They were shocked and turned pale.

Out of years of habit, they had long assumed that after the worms finished eating people, they would lay eggs and disperse. But now it seems the opposite—as if they were directly attracted over.

"It's an alien species! It must be the alien species that attracted them!"

Grief-stricken and on the verge of despair, the clan leader seemed to think of something and suddenly shouted.

The last time an alien species descended on their gathering place was back in his grandfather's generation; he was still too young then, only remembering how terrifying the alien species were, but forgetting that any place occupied by an alien species would invite a bug swarm's attack.

Seeing everyone's grief, with their gazes fixed firmly on him, Lin An paid no heed.

Indeed, in their eyes, he was both a disaster and a demon.

Of course, he will act later, and he doesn't need them to change their opinion of him. As for this group of Heaven-eye People, Lin An has already marked them as clue plus fuel.

"Sir, sir!"

"Please, please use your power to save us!"

Having no idea what Lin An was thinking, the young A-gu fell to his knees with a thud, begging Lin An to act. He had seen Lin An act before and knew these worms were no big deal for him. Although the worms were drawn by Lin An, he could only seek help this way.

Get ready for battle; I will act.

After calmly recovering, Lin An directly walked forward with a gradual acceleration; to everyone's eyes, he moved toward the bug swarm in an extremely discordant way.

Although his steps were slow, his speed was abnormally fast.

As his aura kept rising, they felt that Lin An at that moment was like a myriad troops; one person's aura could rival the bug swarm covering the sky and earth.

They could no longer afford to hold grudges.

The clan leader, having regained his senses, picked up the fire stick again, howling and urging the clansmen to prepare for battle.

The bug swarm moved quickly; under Lin An's leisurely approach, moments later the two sides clashed.

Destruction!

Collapse!

Seeing the bug swarm filling his entire field of view, Lin An also realized that relying solely on physical combat would likely not end the battle quickly.

The Heaven-eye People behind him could at least offer some protection; even if only a little, they'd still be useful later.

He also wasn't sure whether these Heaven-eye People needed to be alive when fed into the Spirit Energy Tower, or if corpses would do.

Boom!

Boom!!

Blood shadow exploded.

All that could be seen was Lin An, wrapped in the blood-colored surge, like a blood sun rising from flat ground; in an instant, accompanied by a deafening roar, he slammed hard into the bug swarm.

The leading mass of beetle bugs was instantly blown into blood mist, unable to offer even the slightest resistance.

A single horizontal sweep of the sword.

Cain's Blade, augmented with Spirit Energy Sword Breath, was like a huge death scythe; a single sweeping slash generated a tremendous sword curtain tens of meters long, cutting the surrounding worms in half at the waist.

Si!!!

Shaaa!

The bug swarm screamed miserably; the hissing cries mixed with the sound of breaking limbs, as horrific as hell.

Directly withstanding the attacks of several fire-spitting bugs, Lin An's body shuddered; the simultaneously erupting Collapsing Force instantly sent out a ring-shaped shockwave, collapsing the ground into a pit tens of meters deep.

With one foot, the vast bug swarm was struck by the shockwave into corpses, flung high and then slammed down heavily.

Arcane Torrent!

Purple light gathered; seeing the bug swarm again fearlessly surrounding him, Lin An coldly snorted and directly generated a series of arcane forces, like a missile barrage, blasting outward in all directions.

Boom boom boom! Boom!

Heaven collapsed, earth sank.

Under the terrifying combat power of his Third Rank Peak, this group of worms, at most Second Level, died in great numbers in an instant.

The entire battlefield seemed to become his performance; every gesture released tremendous power.

Meanwhile, the Heaven-eye People who had just been engaging the scattered worms could only stare blankly at the exaggerated figure flashing constantly within the bug swarm.

Compared to before, when Lin An ignored the clan leader's attacks, even with only part of his firepower unleashed, Lin An was enough to shatter their courage.

"Too... too scary..."

"This alien species is too terrifying!!"

Compared to the pressure the bug swarm brought them, Lin An, who was clearly helping them fight, instead made them even more fearful.

When had they ever seen such a bloody, exaggerated scene?

Upon seeing Lin An kill the Impatience with his own eyes, he directly grabbed a huge worm bare-handed, using it as a whip to smash afterward; all the Heaven-eye People in the gathering broke out in a cold sweat.

Too violent.

That figure, soaring like a deity, though tiny, could seize a huge worm and smash it, making the very earth tremble.

In their dazed panic, a miserable cry woke them.

It turned out that, while facing the scattered worms, a Heaven-eye Person accidentally got speared through the stomach.

Not daring to watch Lin An's battle any further, the remaining Heaven-eye People struggled to regain their composure and cautiously began fighting the worms.

Bang!

A few minutes later, after stomping and exploding a beetle bug the size of a truck, Lin An calmly sheathed Cain's Blade behind his back.

Hovering in midair, beneath his feet lay vast expanses of worm corpses indistinguishable in shape.

Corpses lay everywhere; the rich, foul-smelling worm blood made the ground hiss and sizzle, and at a glance it looked like a slaughterhouse.

In total, eight thousand seven hundred thirty worms were killed by him alone.

And the consumption of spiritual energy is about 6%.

He glanced at the spiritual energy inside him that could not be replenished, and Lin An's mood was not very good.

Only an hour had passed, and the points gained from occupying the gathering place had increased by just 200, but his spiritual energy consumption had already reached 6%.

In the past, this amount of consumption could be quickly made up.

But now, it has become a problem.

Even the Death Seed could not absorb any energy, and even the basic vitality was pitifully low.

The current situation is somewhat similar to that of the Red Tower Zombie.

What exactly are these worms?

Lin An let out a quiet sigh and did not think about it further.

The worms provide slightly more points, about nine hundred.

Some worms are worth a bit more, but it's still pitifully little.

Compared to his own consumption, he is obviously not satisfied with the harvest. Can he last seven days and also deal with the subsequent Awakened Ones?

It is indeed a bit tricky...

No wonder, no matter which world the Alien Species come from, they eventually choose to use the Heavenly Eye People as fuel.

He landed slowly.

Amid the complex gazes of fear, awe, and resentment, Lin An walked straight back to the gathering place.

Looking at the two corpses on the ground, he raised his eyebrows, lifted them directly into the void, and prepared to throw them into the spiritual energy tower.

These two were obviously killed by the worms that had slipped through the net.

I have to say, the combat ability of the Heavenly Eye People is pretty poor...

The youth A Gu, whose arm had been scratched by a worm, noticed Lin An carrying his clansmen's corpses toward the spiritual energy tower, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.

It was obvious that Lin An intended to throw the clansmen into the tower.

"Sir! You said you wouldn't.."

Before A Gu could finish speaking, Lin An glanced sideways and spoke calmly:

"Yes, I promised not to kill you."

"What's wrong with burning the corpses?"

Although Lin An did not want to start a massacre, or rather to guarantee fresh fuel, he was not that pedantic.

Spiritual energy is consumed, and he needs to replenish it.

Moreover, he was curious whether dead Heavenly Eye People could be used, and if so, how much spiritual energy they could replenish.

As for whether this would provoke even greater hostility from them, Lin An simply did not care.

He had not realized the value of the Heavenly Eye People; disposing of them all at once was already his greatest mercy.

Civilization has failed, so one must have the resolve of a failed civilization.

"Bang!"

After throwing the corpses into the spiritual energy tower, Lin An patiently waited for the tower's conversion. How much spiritual energy the Heavenly Eye People could replenish is crucial to his later plans!

On the vast land, a squad of about twenty people, led by three Third Level members of the Brahma squad, eagerly examined the traces on the ground.

"Have you gotten the news? Someone in our war zone has already occupied a gathering point and can earn points every hour!"

"These worms can find the gathering point; looking at these movement traces, there must be a gathering point nearby! And it's probably not small!"

"Brahma covers shipping; occupy a few more, and we can also gain valuable points!"

"But what if someone else has taken it?"

In the squad, a Second Level member with a yellow cloth wrapped around his head asked worriedly. Their luck was not bad; after entering, they actually found that people from their war zone had randomly appeared nearby. They immediately formed a team, and the journey went smoothly.

"Anyone?"

"The three of us Third Levels have such good luck running into each other; who could stop us?!"

"Heh, when we see people from other war zones, we just kill them! There's also a point reward!"

As the words fell, the dark-skinned leader of the Third Levels unconsciously looked toward the distance where the worm tide was moving. Vaguely, he seemed to see the shape of a gathering point.

But he did not know that the gathering point ahead was exactly where Lin An was.