Chapter 1717

Star-Shatterer!! Star-Shatterer is coming to kill!!

「Quick, run!! 」

「No no!! Quick, attack the portal!! 」

「To run is also death!!! 」

Chaos erupted in an instant.

After Hei Di intentionally announced Lin An's Descent, the large numbers of Fifth Stage Awakened Ones who were already pushed to their limit instantly became like an ignited ant nest, falling into chaos.

Some wanted to speed up their escape, some panicked to the point of collapse, and others, in desperation, tried to fight back with all their might.

Too close, it's really too close!

In the eyes of the fleeing ones who knew nothing, this portal that appeared before them was nothing less than the gate of hell, cutting off their last path to survival!

If only they were a little farther away, they would still have a sliver of hope!

But facing the Star-Shatterer's pursuit at such close range, escape is impossible! This is clearly a plan to net them all at once!

Under the extreme overlap of emotions, some already crazed Fifth Stage individuals even directly dragged others down, pulling everyone into the abyss!

Destroy the portal, and there is still hope!

Otherwise, we all die together—no one runs!

Under the distortion of extreme emotions, in an instant the situation suddenly began to develop exactly as Hei Di had designed.

「Boom boom boom boom!! 」

The power of rules erupted explosively.

Only to see, with the spatial gate as the core, a large number of desperate Fifth Stage individuals, their faces twisted, launched an attack toward the center.

Under the massive collective bombardment of rule power, the sky centered on the spatial gate instantly fell into a torrent of rules, and the violently torn spatial rifts, like scars, were scattered all around.

Facing this desperate all‑or‑nothing strike by the fleeing ones, the Hei Di subordinates responsible for deploying the spatial gate also hurriedly fled, fearing they would be caught up in it.

After all, anyone could see that this group of Fifth Stage individuals was ready to fight to the death.

As for whether the spatial gate they deployed after fleeing would violently fluctuate, and whether Lin An would suffer the impact of spatial turbulence, that had nothing to do with them.

That being so powerful, this minor issue surely isn't enough to threaten that one, right?

At the same time, watching the situation unfold exactly as he had expected, Hei Di, who observed from afar while pretending to be exhausted, couldn't help but let out a cold chuckle, as if watching a play, his eyes gloomily fixed on the portal about to be completed.

「Let me see... Lin Emperor... let me see... just how strong you really are compared to what I imagined! 」

With fists clenched tight, Hei Di's eyes brimmed with deeply suppressed violence, like a cold poisonous snake ready to strike at any moment.

Even a dog has dignity! After being repeatedly humiliated by Lin An, he not only wants the reward for killing Lin An, but even without it, he insists that Lin An die without a burial place!

「Hei Di! I can smell that worm! 」

Almost at the same time Hei Di's arrangement succeeded.

The Chimera Emperor, who had been vigilant of the surroundings, saw its expression shift slightly as both dragon heads opened their eyes and looked westward.

He smelled it, he smelled the foul fragrance of the worm mother!

The plan really unfolded just as Hei Di had rehearsed; that damned worm is also nearby, and now it can no longer restrain itself!

「Pretend not to know! 」

「Act according to the situation! 」

In the mental voice transmission, Hei Di was overjoyed inside, though his face remained calm.

Very good!

Now not only can we see how Lin An will kill these Fifth Stage individuals, but perhaps we can also let the worm mother test them again!

「Emperor! Are we really going up!? Is the risk too great!? 」

In the spatial interlayer, two entirely dark‑purple Void Insect Clan Fifth Stage individuals looked with some fear at the trembling portal.

According to Hei Di's earlier announcement, the other side of the gate is that Star‑Shatterer‑level expert!

Just thinking of the scene where Lin An instantly killed Gul Hong Mo, the two felt a chill in their hearts, feeling that even hiding in the spatial interlayer was not safe.

Unlike the fear of the Void Insect Clan, the Human‑Insect Fifth Stage followers behind the Empress hurriedly spoke up:

「Your Majesty the Empress! You must save my people! They are the finest seed of our civilization! 」

「You promised us! As long as we serve you, you will surely act! 」

The urgent tone and the rapidly writhing mouthparts exposed the anxious heart of this Human‑Insect Fifth Stage individual.

If Lin An were here, he would probably recognize him at a glance.

Ignoring the humble plea of the Human‑Insect leader, one sees in the spatial interlayer the Void Insect Empress, whose outward appearance is like a human's, coldly staring at the pitch‑black portal.

Scarlet, like jewels, her twin eyes seemed to be searching for something.

This Human‑Insect leader who follows her possesses a spatial aptitude in the rule attribute, which is very useful to her.

Therefore she intends to save people; otherwise she would not have risked sneaking back.

Moreover, in the original plan she intended to contend with Hei Di and the others, rescuing people while also reaping a portion of the Fifth Stage.

But all of this presupposes that the Star‑Shatterer is not present.

But now...

Hesitant and undecided.

The dark‑purple skin writhed like a living thing; as the mother‑empress of the Void Insect Clan, she must consider her own civilization.

Her true combat strength is even weaker than that of Gul Hong Mo.

If Lin An can instantly kill that demon, he will surely be able to instantly kill her as well.

「Should we use a clone? The clone's combat power is at War Star Peak; even if that one kills it, it wouldn't matter much. 」

「If we strike amid the chaos, we might possibly be able to take one with us. 」

His eyes flickered.

Star-Destroying Level powerhouse, thought speed extremely fast. In less than a second, Xu Kong Chong Mu had already flashed through many guesses in her mind.

To be frank, actually after being scared away by Lin An, she quickly realized something was off.

According to reason, the combat power Lin An displayed was enough to kill all of them at that time! Even if discounted, leaving half would still be no problem.

But Lin An delayed acting, to the extent that even the fastest Star-Destroying Level group had almost reached the edge of the 'poison circle'.

But now it seems, Lin An suddenly intends to personally pursue and kill.

This is wrong, moreover, given her understanding of Hei Di, that old fox's black light domain definitely isn't this effect.

"Forget it, just dying a clone; if I don't act, this bunch of trash will surely have second thoughts."

"Moreover..."

In hesitation, Xu Kong Chong Mu ultimately still quickly made up her mind.

Her strength is not among the strongest batch, and the insect swarm she brought in is the most numerous. This means she not only needs a large amount of points to complete the mission, but she is also prey in the eyes of other Star-Destroying Level ones!

If she doesn't act, it's hard to say how many of those temporarily absorbed Fifth Stage ones would still be willing to follow her!

Having come to this thought, as flesh and blood rapidly split, under Xu Kong Chong Mu's control, a dark purple clone suddenly emerged from hiding in the void and rushed straight to the center.

Like Hei Di, after choosing to act, Xu Kong Chong Mu hidden in the spatial interlayer couldn't help but stare fixedly at the teleportation gate.

"Buzz!"

Soon.

With a sound unique to spatial transmission, the black light representing transmission completion suddenly lit up in the storm of rules.

Lin An, he has arrived!