Chapter 1612

Before the Starfall Divine Palace,

When that six-meter-tall pale golden figure stood respectfully beside Xu Jingming,

The pupils of every living being present shrank instantly!

"Haley?! The strongest of the insect race, Haley?!"

"Haley, the strongest of the insect race?!"

"This is impossible!"

"......"

Shocked cries erupted like a tidal wave; all factions present burst into uproar.

The demon race, monster race, and mechanical race elites all wore expressions of utter shock, while the insect race camp plunged into chaos at once.

"My lord Haley?!"

One transformed insect queen whispered in stunned disbelief:

"How could you stand beside a human?!"

The remaining insects emitted uneasy hisses, their mental waves violently disrupted.

Haley was the strongest among the insect race's entrants to the secret realm, their leader and symbol!

Yet now, she stood bowed like the most loyal servant beside that human!

"No!"

One insect queen suddenly realized, "It's enslavement! My lord Haley has been enslaved!"

"What?!"

"Enslave the strongest of the insect race?!"

Even greater shock swept across the entire arena like a storm!

Every insect is a master of mental force.

Under equal rank, it is nearly impossible to successfully enslave them!

This is a universally accepted law among all races of the universe!

Yet this scene before them had violently torn apart that law!

"What is this human?!"

In the demon race camp, Walker frowned.

Among the demons, Lin Yin's violet eyes flickered with barely concealed envy.

'Master has enslaved another—again, and this time it's the strongest of the insect race.'

She whispered inwardly, the Heart-Eroding Pattern on her lower abdomen warming slightly, 'How envious—I could stand beside Master so openly.'

Unfortunately, she bore a covert mission and could not reveal her connection.

This envy could only be buried deep within her heart.

Within the human camp, Luo Si, Deng Ken, Yin Hongyu, and others were already stunned speechless.

"I—I didn't imagine that?"

Deng Ken rubbed his eyes hard, his voice dry, "Did Xu brother enslave Haley?!"

"According to the data provided by Nine Swords, Haley is a being who has reached the third level of Immortality's combat power!"

Even Luo Si of the God-Slaying Martial Temple could not help but draw a sharp breath:

"To enslave her means Xu Jingming's strength has reached at least the third level of Immortality!"

This is a combat power attainable only by special lifeforms!

Yet Xu Jingming had achieved it.

How long has he been in the Cosmic Stage? How could he already possess such an extraordinary combat power?

"But even so—

The four opposing races have over two hundred elites!

There are likely more than five or six with third-level Immortality combat power!

How can Haley and Xu Jingming possibly suffice?"

Though Yin Hongyu was stunned by Xu Jingming's strength, her greater concern was dread.

This was also the sentiment of nearly all human elites at this moment.

Xu Jingming's move was indeed shocking, yet the gap between enemy and ally strength remained terrifyingly insurmountable!

"No wonder he dared provoke our four races—he had this trump card."

Walker of the demon race was the first to regain his composure; he stepped forward.

His five-meter-tall frame cast a monstrous shadow in the sunlight, his lips curling once more into a cruel smile:

"But have you underestimated us—or overestimated Haley?"

He scanned the surroundings, deliberately amplifying his voice:

"The insect race is indeed powerful, but don't forget—there are still over a hundred insects here!"

"That's right! Haley has been enslaved—she is no longer one of us!"

"Her current status is a disgrace to the insect race, a traitor!"

"We'll handle her—this is our insect race's own matter."

Immediately, one transformed insect queen from the insect race spoke up in agreement, her eyes blazing with cold killing intent.

Though Haley was their strongest, the remaining insects still contained powerful ones.

At least those with first- and second-level Immortality combat power remained—they would lead the rest.

"Ssssshhrrrr—!!!"

With the leader bug's words falling, hundreds of bug empresses around it let out earth-shattering screeches!

Zhum—!!!

The void was ripped apart in vast sheets.

Thousands of dark wormholes instantly unfolded, as if the abyss had opened its colossal eyes!

In the next instant, a black tide surged forth!

Not hundreds, not thousands—but an endless, densely packed ocean of bugs!

In merely three breaths.

Black-clad bug warriors had already drowned vast plains like an apocalyptic Wang Yang, their numbers clearly exceeding one million!

In the compound eyes of every bug warrior burned cold, burning rage.

The supreme strongest within our race, enslaved by lowly human slaves?

For the entire bug race, this was a humiliation sharper than extinction!

It must be washed away in blood!

"The bugs are unleashing!"

"Such a terrifying swarm!"

"No single faction could possibly win against them alone!"

"......"

Watching this tide-like bug swarm, other factions all showed expressions of deep wariness.

There was no way.

The bug swarm was too numerous—each bug could summon at least thirty thousand bug warriors.

With over a hundred bugs here, that's over three million bug warriors!

This scale was enough to sweep away any faction.

On the human side.

Everyone, including Brody, turned pale instantly.

Only Xu Jingming was not alarmed—he was delighted.

"Three million bug warriors."

"If I kill them all, how many Source Points will I gain?"

Xu Jingming's eyes blazed with intense light.

Conservatively, killing all the warriors of one bug empress yields thirty billion Source Points.

One hundred empresses? That's thirty billion Source Points!

Three hundred billion!!

In reality, the final Source Points gained would surely exceed this number!

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming's breathing grew rapid.

This was more than enough to raise the Source Core Secret Scripture to the fourth layer!

"What's going on with little brother?"

Lin Qianxue, beside him, noticed Xu Jingming's emotional shift immediately.

She unconsciously recalled Vera's words.

Could little brother really be a masochist?

She had never believed it before—but now she was beginning to doubt.

After all, they'd been traveling together for five months.

Whenever they encountered bugs, Xu Jingming always seemed thrilled.

The more bug warriors, the more he was beaten, the happier he became.

Now he was practically beaming with joy!

"But Vera said people with masochistic traits—"

"Often also enjoy inflicting pain on others."

"Could little brother enjoy doing that to his partners too...?"

For some reason, Lin Qianxue unconsciously thought of this.

"Since the bugs moved first, let's destroy them first."

Xu Jingming had no idea what Lin Qianxue had imagined.

He was about to attack the bugs when the demon race Walker's voice suddenly rang out:

"Since Helie is given to you bugs—"

"Then this arrogant human boy is mine."

He flickered, shooting skyward, directly lunging at Xu Jingming!

Golden and green light swirled around his body, radiating astonishing aura fluctuations.

This meant his life origin and metal origin had both reached perfection.