Chapter 233: Helper

Jiang Xia's wrist drooped down; red and azure-green colors appeared intertwined in his palm, and his aura grew more condensed.

Several cracks spread across the claw's center; surging mighty power, mixed with red flames, gradually formed before him.

Feeling that stabbing pain coming from afar, the Alien Insect Queen instantly turned cold; the weapon that could once harm her body has appeared again—that red long sword.

Its crystal-like surface instantly peeled off, gathering toward her palm; faint fluorescence ebbed and flowed on the blade; the surrounding time flow slowed, leaving several traces on the originally crater-pitted lunar surface—this is a sword that can affect time.

Now the fire in Jiang Xia's palm gradually condensed into shape; two irregular energies quickly melted and solidified, forming the sword tip.

Two weapons perfectly matched to Jiang Xia's own power were forged; they shouldn't be called forging, but summoning.

All weapons can only unleash their greatest power when suited to their wielder; and now the summoned weapons are the most suited to him.

They gradually condensed into shape, presenting as ancient, heavy yet sharp giant sword bolts.

Originally the gaps left to match various insect instruments all disappeared; at this moment all insect instruments melted—YellowBee, Jia Dou, Steel Bucket, Jin Dou, and various insect instruments transformed into parts of the sword blade.

The sword blade bore countless intertwined insect patterns, using the former Hundred Insect Sword as base and all insect instruments as power source, together forming a great sword that contains the power of all knights of the Jia Dou World.

The other sword is infused with all of Jiang Xia's power, cut from a giant Magic Emperor Stone crystal, able to sever any obstruction—the Magic Emperor Sword.

Two sword-shaped weapons, each possessing considerable power in knight history, are thus held in his hands.

As the two monsters' bodily energy erupted, the atmosphere of the deserted lunar surface instantly condensed; invisible shockwaves whipped up hurricanes blowing around, countless rocks turned to dust, breaths continually colliding—battle is imminent.

Around Jiang Xia erupted a near-earthquake tremor; immediately his dragon wings unfurled, emitting a fierce roar.

On those splendid, beautiful wings, a cyan flash flickered; the surrounding time nearly halted.

The Sea Pa Worm's power has been merged; the fine scales on the huge dragon body tightly mesh, like the most precise gears.

Seeing Jiang Xia produce two weapons, the Alien Insect Queen also sensed the threat; both weapons' traits could to some extent harm her—it seems that while she searched the universe for someone, the other side wasn't idle.

In such a short time he managed to create a weapon capable of breaking her defense, drawing power from the Alien Insect.

She scrutinized Jiang Xia, regretting why she hadn't kept him back then.

If she could study Jiang Xia, she could not only gain greater power but also obtain Alien Insect-derived technology; but it's not too late—given the situation, capturing and mimicking him is still possible; this is the confidence of the Insect Race's top queen.

The Insect Race is a cross-galactic species capable of controlling time particles; although larval intelligence is low and easily influenced by adults, they are numerous, and if they mimic intelligent lifeforms they can gain those memories and emotions, thus molting using them as energy.

As the top Alien Insect Queen, the Alien Insects she splits off transfer their stored memories and emotions to her with each molt; thus the more mimicked Alien Insects, the stronger she becomes—this ability gives her the capital to travel across galaxies or even invade.

Now Jiang Xia's body has fully risen, holding the two great swords before the Alien Insect Queen; at that instant his speed burst past the limit humans can perceive.

Battle only needs to kill the enemy; if you want more or to do other things, after grinding them to dust there's plenty of time.

For the Moon, meteorites falling on it are trivial—just another crater; it's used to it, but encountering these two monsters fighting, it's done for.

The Moon's surface suddenly kicked up huge dust clouds; the extreme speed brings almost unstoppable force.

Merely the moment the two approached each other already left a long trench on the ground.

This showdown is truly fortunate for humanity.

If on Earth, a city or even a nation would be destroyed by the aftershocks of the two monsters' battle.

Countless traces formed beneath them; along the way all mountain peaks were split apart; red lightning and azure-green energy collided, unleashing unimaginable impact.

The Moon's countless protruding peaks, after they passed, became smooth as a mirror; the mountains that once stood above have turned into sky‑scattered dust drifting in space.

The collision of two monsters equally able to control spacetime particles made the area's time flow speed unstable, with extreme fast and slow occurring simultaneously.

In that tangled instant, one second an explosion just rose, the next second it froze mid‑air, like a stuck tape.

Their figures in that tangled time turned into countless streams of light, blasting each other apart.

Each blade collision makes accelerated time faster and slowed time slower, until reaching a limit both cannot bear.

The so‑called ClockUp here has completely lost its effect; their control of spacetime particles far surpasses the knights.

It's not reliance on machines or external assist systems; rather they rely on instinct to counter the opponent's control and continually seize it.

If one simply rushes in with acceleration, they could be flung into different timelines by violent spacetime turbulence; that's still the best case.

Normally, different time streams flow through your body, subjecting it to time's scouring—you could die of old age or be reduced to cells.

Knight armor capable of controlling time particles could instantly be aged by time's scouring to total uselessness; time‑control ability is top‑tier in any world, nearly invincible.

Let alone ordinary thermal weapons; here any remotely controlled weapon will fail, and humans still lack the capacity to fight in space.

Thick dust gradually dissipated, the two sides collided like meteors,

Jiang Xia's gripped sword blade pierced the time gap with a crack; as the clear sound of shattering glass rang, the crystal sword once held by the Alien Insect Queen, now riddled with cracks, finally could not hold.

The formerly tough sword burst with a bang; its green crystal, carrying immense impact, instantly punched countless holes in the surroundings.

The two were then flung apart by their respective impacts, each turning direction to charge again.

Just as he turned direction, Jiang Xia's internal Magic Emperor power condensed at his throat; crimson lightning instantly focused to a point, shooting toward the distant azure‑green figure.

The red light flow engulfed the forward area—a domain of destruction; Jiang Xia's forward sector now shows a white expanse filled with magma; if on Earth, this blast could split the sea in half.

Although an attack capable of splitting the sea is indeed strong, just as the Magic Emperor power was about to strike the Alien Insect Queen's body surface, her rear insect wings suddenly swelled and then directly blocked in front of her.

The Alien Insect Queen's already solidified breath, encased in a sphere, was forcibly split apart; the sharp, piercing vibration continued, like the sound of rotating steel plate and alloy rubbing.

The dispersed breath resembled lasers, sweeping the surrounding crust, then triggering a staggering explosion.

The Alien Insect Queen was directly hit head‑on; countless beams sprayed from the center of her emerald wings, finally striking her body.

Compared to the wounds inflicted by the Hundred Insect Sword and Magic Emperor Sword, these heal in the blink of an eye.

They fell onto the lunar surface; golden blood kept pouring from Jiang Xia, while the Alien Insect Queen's originally crystal‑like body became riddled with penetrating cracks.

Jiang Xia coughed a few times, spitting out shattered organs and blood, propping himself up with his sword.

The Hundred Insect Sword's effect is excellent; combining all insect instruments and Alien Insect core power already lets it ignore most defenses and cause piercing damage—this matches his original development plan, even exceeding it slightly.

This is many times stronger than the original Hundred Insect Sword, enabling it to cooperate with the Magic Emperor Sword; even in the knight universe it counts as a very powerful weapon.

But he never imagined that, having completed the Hundred Insect Sword, he would be so severely wounded.

Jiang Xia's current scales are like fish scales, battered to a bloody mess; his body has countless holes bleeding freely, falling onto the lunar surface like strong acid, continually corroding downward.

The Alien Insect Queen has the upper hand; initially it was actually Jiang Xia who had backed her into a corner, but now his wounds far exceed hers, even surpassing his own self‑healing ability.

Because there's no energy replenishment, in a world full of Alien Insects each of Jiang Xia's killings returns energy—like a fighting machine with infinite power—until his body can't bear the energy or fully collapses does he stop fighting.

But now, the Alien Insects that had occupied an asteroid were used by the Alien Insect Queen as a shell, not only perfectly withstanding the cost of traveling through time, but even at the last moment, the energy of all the Alien Insects that had been annihilated was completely reclaimed by her.

While one wanes and the other waxes, Jiang Xia has become considerably stronger now, able to fully consciously exert the power within his body to fight the Alien Insect Queen, but he still couldn't kill her.

In countless collisions, the Magic Emperor Sword and the Hundred Insect Sword continually broke through the Alien Insect Queen's outer defenses, piercing her body, and even those wounds, due to the power of the Magic Emperor sharing the same origin as the Alien Insect Queen's power, would linger in her body for a long time.

But it cannot be denied that the Alien Insect Queen still has the strength for one more battle; the injuries she has sustained are considerably lighter compared to Jiang Xia's.

Jiang Xia is like a fish left stranded on the shore by seawater; although still alive, he can barely flop a few times.

He relied on his ability to jump between different time axes to avoid many serious injuries, but after using this method a few times, it had already been deciphered by the Alien Insect Queen, after all, the Alien Insects originally gained control of time.

And precisely for this reason, Jiang Xia created the Hundred Insect Sword, so that his attacks would not be diminished by defense.

With the sword blade planted in the ground, he forcibly straightened his body, using his muscles to press on the wounds to stop the bleeding.

In Jiang Xia's view, the core located inside the Alien Insect Queen's body was faintly throbbing, but there were some cracks on it, which also proved that his attacks were not completely ineffective.

The Alien Insect Queen also watched warily the dragon-like monster before her; although she could still launch an attack, she dared not approach, and even her gaze never shifted.

She seemed to have already secured the final victory; as long as she drew near and used her claws to cut open his body, chopping his head into pieces, she could obtain his secrets and also retrieve the other half of her core, which for her was not particularly difficult.

However, she hesitated; countless Mimicry memories told her not to try to approach a dying prey, and that very attack had just pierced her core, so she dared not gamble.

Of course, this judgment might not be wrong, because Jiang Xia really held back a trick—a broken boat still has three inches of nail, and a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

Although he is indeed exhausted now, and his energy is almost depleted.

However, simply giving it his all is still possible.

At that moment, a beam of greenish light burst from somewhere on Earth, shooting out of the atmosphere at extreme speed and heading straight for the Moon.

Accompanied by the explosive sound of energy, a blue-colored figure directly slammed into the unprepared Alien Insect Queen, sending her flying; then the energy coalesced, and a blue breath, accompanied by fury, surged violently toward the Alien Insect Queen.

When the Alien Insect Queen was blown away, it took advantage of this brief opening and quickly came to Jiang Xia's side.

Under the Alien Insect Queen's gaze filled with angry roars, a dragon that looked extraordinarily similar to Jiang Xia, but with a fully crystalline, translucent greenish body, arrived on the Moon and stood guard beside Jiang Xia.

Looking at the bloody, mangled wound on Jiang Xia's body, a flicker of heartache passed through its greenish pupils.

Looking at the already exhausted but still firmly standing Jiang Xia, the dragon's wing, resembling crystal, lightly rested on his body, which was full of cracks and blood.

At this moment, the wounds on Jiang Xia's body also began to gradually heal under the transmission of its energy.

Jiang Xia, who had originally exhausted his strength, was like a dried-up riverbed, while her appearance was like a heavy rain that nourished his body, allowing him to regain his strength.

On the battlefield now, the time particles that had previously calmed down suddenly condensed.

Subsequently, a knight bearing large red horns, with armor that opened to both sides, also appeared here.

He was merely a little late, without a doubt, he is on Jiang Xia's side, because the one who arrived is Jia Dou, or rather the Sea Pa Jia Dou wearing a Sea Pa Worm around his waist.

(End of chapter)