Chapter 1602

Three minutes later.

The valley, once awash with demonic qi, had become a lifeless wasteland.

On the charred ground lay scattered remains, still flickering with black lightning.

The stench of blood mingled with the smell of burning, drifting through the air.

Xu Jingming hovered midair, the Lei Guang around him slowly receding.

He stirred his thoughts, and a pale blue system interface unfolded in his mind.

【Source Points】: 7.83 billion

"Increased by over a billion source points."

Xu Jingming murmured softly.

One ambush, and the harvest was still quite rich.

This efficiency was far faster than chasing them down one by one before.

"But compared to the insect race, it's still far too slow."

Yet he couldn't help shaking his head, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.

If it had been a hundred and more insect hive mothers, with their endless swarms...

Who knew how many source points I could have reaped.

"Master."

Lin Yin flew to his side, bowing respectfully:

"Handmaiden has collected all the demon corpses."

In her hand rested a dark purple storage ring, neatly filled with all the spoils.

"Good."

Xu Jingming took the ring and nodded in satisfaction.

Having a slave is convenient—nothing needs to be done by hand.

He glanced at the valley and spoke:

"Clean up all traces here."

Though Lin Yin had been enslaved by him, she would eventually need to return to the demon race.

The plan was this—so the unusual deaths here must not be discovered by others.

"Yes."

Lin Yin responded, her jade hand flicking lightly.

Purple-black demonic flames surged across the ground, incinerating the remains and bloodstains to ash.

Having finished, she returned obediently to stand beside Xu Jingming.

As if the massacre moments ago had nothing to do with her.

"Master, where do we go next?"

Lin Yin asked.

"Not 'we.' You."

Xu Jingming paused briefly, then commanded:

"From now on, we part ways. You follow your own plan."

Unless I give a direct order, you must not reveal our master-servant bond."

"Also, from this moment on, you must not kill any humans."

Since they must hide their bond, Lin Yin could no longer accompany him.

"Yes, Master."

Though Lin Yin's face showed reluctance, she obeyed instantly, transforming into a purple streak of light that vanished into the horizon.

"I should continue too."

"I wonder when I'll next encounter the Insect Empress."

With a flap of his celestial thunder wings, Xu Jingming shot into the sky like a black lightning bolt.

Xu Jingming had assumed he'd need to fly across the vast Star Fall Continent for another one or two months

before he might luck into a second Insect Empress.

But fate seemed to favor him especially.

Just three days later, he encountered another Insect.

Beneath the deep blue sky, a towering, almost exaggerated figure hung motionless.

She stood over six meters tall.

Her skin shimmered in a blend of pale gold and luminous white, like glass, glowing with a sacred yet eerie aura under the starlight.

Her face was exquisitely beautiful, yet her compound eyes were deep, obsidian blue, as if holding an entire galaxy.

Behind her unfolded three pairs of translucent, cicada-wing-like membranes.

"Insect! And it's... Haili?!"

A surge of wild joy erupted in Xu Jingming's heart!

Haili—the strongest Insect Empress!

The leader of the Insect faction in this realm, explicitly marked in the Nine Sword Dominator's data!

Her power was rumored to have touched the Third Stage of Immortality!

"Looks like my luck has turned!"

"I've encountered a second Insect so quickly—and it's the strongest Insect Empress!"

Xu Jingming laughed inwardly.

Yet his face instantly shifted to one of terrified shock.

He even deliberately let his voice tremble slightly:

"Haley! How could it be you?! The strongest of the insect race!"

As he retreated in feigned fear, he cried out in his consciousness:

"Vera, get ready!

I'll pretend to be overmatched, slowly wearing down her insect warriors.

When her reinforcements are exhausted, you and I will join forces and enslave her!"

If he could enslave this strongest insect queen, he would gain an endless stream of Source Points!

"Tsk tsk, the masochist's back online~"

The demon girl Vera appeared in his consciousness.

Swinging her heart-shaped tail, she habitually mocked.

But when Xu Jingming's icy, blade-like gaze swept over her,

She instantly straightened her small frame, her large purple eyes filled with loyalty:

"Understood! This time, I'll definitely play my part perfectly in this grand drama!"

"Base human.

To die by my hand is your honor!"

Haley's voice was cold as an icy spring, yet carried the indifference of one looking down upon ants.

She flicked her jade hand—

Hummmmm!!!

Dozens of dark insect portals ripped open violently before her!

A tidal wave of insect warriors surged forth!

Blade-wings, Tearers, Blazeborns, Shadow Stalkers… countless types, perfectly coordinated.

In just five seconds, the insect horde exceeded ten thousand!

A black sea, their screeches merging into a storm of death!

"Perfect!"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

No wonder she's the strongest of the insect race!

This power far surpasses that insect beast from before.

"Damn it! I'll fight you to the death!"

Xu Jingming roared outwardly.

He gripped the Ninefold Thunder Prison Spear, forcibly suppressing the intensity of the Annihilation Divine Thunder around him.

His body became a black lightning bolt, charging straight into the insect horde!

His spear thrust like a dragon, yet he deliberately held back his true strength to an abysmal level.

As Xu Jingming here performed his actor-level brilliance, staging a brutal battle against the insect empress Haley,

Two thousand kilometers away,

A slender, graceful figure sped swiftly between towering mountains.

Her figure was tall, her long, straight legs taut and powerful as she ran, carving fluid, potent lines.

Each leap and landing was as swift and light as thunder.

Suddenly, she halted.

Her toe lightly tapped the rock peak, steadying her perfectly.

Lin Qianxue lifted her exquisite face, her pale golden eyes like cold stars fixed on the northeastern horizon.

"The insect race's aura… and it's substantial."

She sensed the tidal wave of psychic energy spreading far away.

Cold, yet carrying the insect race's bloodthirst and order.

But the next instant—

Hum!

Another familiar, unmistakable thunder aura pierced through space, faintly reaching her!

"Little brother?!"

Lin Qianxue's expression changed instantly.

That direction was precisely where the insect horde gathered!

"No good!" She didn't hesitate a moment.

Her slender body instantly became a blue lightning bolt, tearing through the sky as she raced furiously toward the source!

Those long legs Xu Jingming had secretly admired,

Now wrapped in lightning, seemed to become twin bolts of electricity, each step shattering the air.

The sonic boom trails lingered long, carving a straight, brilliant blue lightning path across the Starfall Continent's hundredfold gravity!

It wasn't that she overreacted.

The terror of the insect empress had been etched into countless bloody battle reports across the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.

Within the same realm, the insect horde tactic was nearly unbeatable!

No matter how high your talent, how strong your combat power.

Faced with an endless horde of insectoid troops, they could only be worn down and killed slowly!

Xu Jingming may be strong, but if he truly encountered a powerful insectoid, he would be in great danger.

"Don't worry, Little Brother's strength is immense; ordinary insectoids are no match for him."

Though she thought this in her heart, Lin Qianxue pushed her speed to its absolute limit.