Chapter 197: Planet's Will

Moreover, with just one technique he completely froze the Abyssal Insect tribe that had been battling for more than half an hour without being killed; this is a method only Heavenly Disaster Realm beings possess!

So the legendary His Majesty the Ice Lion King has arrived!? Regarding the Ice Lion King, Lin Ran's heart is still full of curiosity and admiration.

"Cheep!" (still made it in time~)

After the Frost Crane Leader released the 【Heavenly Ice Drop】 and froze all Abyssal beings in an area, it breathed a sigh of relief.

As a being of the Heavenly Disaster Realm, dealing with these King Realm Abyssal Insect Beasts is relatively easy.

In fact it arrived in Dongxia long ago; this is already the third "Demon Nest" it has dealt with in this region.

All three "Demon Nests" have produced peak‑level King Realm Abyssal Insect Beasts, which are hard for Dongxia's Awakened Ones or Transcendent Beings to handle.

The other Demon Nests were left to other beasts; besides it, the Heavenly Disaster Realm beings that came to assist this time also include the Black Panther Luna.

Dealing with these King Realm Abyssal Insect Beasts is more than sufficient.

"Cheep!"

After clearing this Demon Nest, the Frost Crane Leader slowly descended, preparing to take back several of the frozen insect‑beast corpses.

These Abyssal Insect Beast corpses are excellent research material.

The Frost Crane Leader elegantly descended from the sky before the Azure Flame Squad; the moment it touched down not a sound was heard, its appearance like the legendary celestial crane.

Sensing its overwhelming aura, everyone in the Azure Flame Squad instantly realized that this was indeed a Transcendent Being of the Heavenly Disaster Realm.

"Thank you, Senior Frost Crane, for stepping in to help!"

Captain Deng Rui expressed his gratitude.

He naturally recognized the Frost Crane's identity.

What he didn't expect was that the Frost Crane Leader had already advanced to the Heavenly Disaster Realm! As far as he knew, the Frost Crane Leader's combat power didn't even rank in the top ten of the Ice Lion Kingdom, yet now it had also ascended to the Heavenly Disaster Realm.

That would mean that there are already more than ten Heavenly Disaster Realm beings in the Ice Lion Kingdom!?

What realm has that legendary Ice Lion King now reached?

"Thanks to your intervention this time, otherwise we might all have perished here."

Deng Rui said with a smile.

"Cheep~"

The Frost Crane flapped its wings, meaning "you're welcome."

After all, its main goal in coming to Dongxia this time was also to eliminate hidden dangers.

"Has His Majesty the Ice Lion King also come this time?"

Deng Rui asked again.

"No."

The Frost Crane Leader shook its head.

"These petty foes we can handle ourselves; no need for His Majesty to appear. Rest assured! We can help you eradicate these Abyssal Insect Beasts."

The Frost Crane Leader replied via telepathy, sounding quite confident.

Having said that, it directly grasped the completely frozen corpse of an Abyssal Flying Dragon Insect Beast with its claws, then gently beat its wings, soaring upward and soon disappearing from everyone's sight.

Watching the Frost Crane Leader come and go in a flash, a hint of envy flashed in everyone's eyes.

For most of them, reaching the King Realm was already the limit.

Breaking further would be as hard as scaling the heavens! ————

The next day.

Whether the beings of the Ice Lion Kingdom or the humans of various Dongxia cities, everyone was discussing the sudden black meteor shower that appeared in the sky yesterday.

After all, throughout the entire Blue Star region, the meteor shower's descent was visible.

The massive roar produced by these "black meteors" falling made countless beings feel as if the end of the world had arrived.

Especially the people of Dongxia.

They woke from sleep, and many personally witnessed the battle between Awakened Ones and Abyssal Insect Beasts.

Many also lost their lives because of it.

But when the sun rose again, the living breathed a sigh of relief.

Regarding the Ice Lion Kingdom's astonishing combat power displayed in this disaster, the Dongxia side was shocked, and some felt a trace of fear in their hearts.

Dongxia Command.

"Although the Ice Lion Kingdom helped us resolve this crisis, it also revealed a huge problem."

"That is, the Ice Lion Kingdom is too strong! If the Ice Lion Kingdom were to invade Dongxia, we would have no means to resist."

"This time even the Ice Lion King did not appear; merely a few high‑ranking envoys easily defeated the Abyssal Insect Beasts we could not defeat!"

A slightly plump general said, his tone agitated.

"As for this issue, you need not worry. The Ice Lion King once told me it still has some feelings for Dongxia."

Tang Lao said slowly.

Previously he had represented Dongxia in a dialogue with Chen Mo.

Although it is unclear why this ice lion from Africa feels affection for Dongxia, it is evidently true.

Now the oceans and lands of the entire Blue Star have almost become the Ice Lion Kingdom's territory.

Except Dongxia.

Moreover, the Ice Lion Kingdom has sincerely established a mutually cooperative relationship with Dongxia.

Whether it is the taught 【Great Spirit Rain Technique】 or the gifted Divine Medicine Seeds, Dongxia has gained great benefits.

Wenyan said, others cannot deny.

Indeed, if the Ice Lion King truly intended to conquer Dongxia, it would have acted long ago.

Relying on its Transcendent strength, no one in Dongxia can thwart its will! "Instead of pondering the Ice Lion Kingdom's threat, consider how to raise your own strength!"

Tang Lao, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, spoke slowly.

"This Black Abyss Insect Tribe crisis is the best warning! Our strength is not strong enough; in the face of disaster we cannot even determine our own fate!"

The appearance of the Black Abyss Insect Beast gave many senior officials of East Summer a strong sense of crisis.

Since the revival of spiritual Qi, Blue Star has been becoming increasingly dangerous.

If they cannot seize the opportunity, then they, and even the entire East Summer civilization, face the danger of extinction.

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The "Black Meteor" crisis caused little stir in the Ice Lion Kingdom.

In less than six hours, all Black Abyss Insect Tribe members that landed on Blue Star's surface were completely exterminated.

Including five Black Abyss Insect Beasts of Disaster Realm, all were killed or captured, none spared.

Most of the crashed "Shuttle Ships" were taken back to the Ice Lion Kingdom's research base.

The Ice Lion Kingdom still knows little about these "Extraterrestrials".

Moreover, these "Extraterrestrials" are likely to have accomplices.

Prepare before the rain; the Ice Lion Kingdom must make preparations early.

Frozen Snowfield.

On this pristine white snowfield stands a prison entirely made of ice crystals.

The prison holds only those who have committed grave crimes or are immensely powerful and dangerous.

Each piece of cold ice here contains the primal ice‑type spiritual energy, making it incredibly hard.

Moreover, every room is inscribed with a Frost Spell.

The spell can freeze the spiritual energy within living beings, acting like a spiritual lock.

Just yesterday, a gigantic "Visitor" was added to the prison.

It is over 30 meters long, its body jet‑black like ink, exuding an evil aura, and looks like a huge black beetle.

It is the Black Abyss Beetle.

It is also one of only two captured Black Abyss Disaster Insect Beasts!

At this moment, it is confined within an iceberg, countless ice‑crystal chains binding it tightly.

The Black Abyss Beetle Beast closes its eyes, trying to use sleep to resist the endless cold.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the Black Abyss Disaster Insect Beast flings open its scarlet eyes and looks ahead.

Ahead, a creature appears: a completely snow‑white, fur‑covered being with six fluffy giant tails—a Six‑tailed Spirit Fox.

The Six‑tailed Spirit Fox walks slowly toward it.

"Sss!!"

The Black Abyss Beetle glares viciously at the Six‑tailed Spirit Fox, hurling mad curses through telepathy.

Its words are filled with endless resentment.

Unfazed by the Black Abyss Beetle Beast's curses, the Six‑tailed Spirit Fox asks via telepathy:

"Tell me about the Black Abyss Insect Tribe!"

"Sss—" (You won't get any information about my tribe from my mouth!) The Black Abyss Beetle possesses considerable intelligence.

Earlier it had roughly guessed the Six‑tailed Spirit Fox's intention, assuming it wanted information about the Black Abyss Insect Tribe.

The Black Abyss Beetle feels confident and fearless.

Most Black Abyss Insect Tribe members cannot feel pain and have no particular fear of death.

"This is an order, not a request."

The Six‑tailed Spirit Fox says calmly.

Immediately a blue flash passes through its eyes, and a powerful mental force sweeps toward the Black Abyss Beetle.

Hit by the mental force, the Black Abyss Beetle, which had been cursing nonstop, suddenly feels its mind clouded, slipping into a half‑dream state.

Snow‑treading Six‑tailed Spirit Fox uses Ice Illusion Technique.

After advancing to Disaster Realm, its innate Ice Illusion Technique naturally received several upgrades; it can still affect beings of Disaster Realm, even achieving mental control.

The Black Abyss Beetle's physical quality is top‑tier among its peers, but its mental power is a weak point, so it was instantly "charmed" by the Six‑tailed Spirit Fox.

Soon, the Six‑tailed Spirit Fox obtained many pieces of information about the Black Abyss Insect Tribe from the captured Disaster Realm Black Abyss Insect Beast.

These Black Abyss Insect Tribe members come from a powerful civilization that can traverse worlds across the universe; its primordial mother nest even surpasses the Divine Realm, located in the central region of the cosmic sea, tens of thousands of light‑years from Blue Star.

This branch, called the Ghost Eye Division, obeyed the Mother Nest's command, traveled through wormholes across the universe, and arrived here.

Consequently, Blue Star's will instantly sensed the arrival of this Black Abyss Insect Tribe unit and expelled them to a barren planet.

These Black Abyss Insect Tribe act like "interstellar pirates" or scavengers in the cosmos.

They go to planets rich in spiritual Qi, occupy them, gradually corrode them, and eventually devour them completely.

This batch is the fifth‑wave Vanguard dispatched by the Ghost Eye Mother Nest after it restored its traversal ability.

In the Ghost Eye Mother Nest's plan, once this Vanguard lands successfully, it can swiftly occupy the planet and gradually consume its self‑will.

But no one expected the variable of Chen Mo to appear.

The massive cultivation of Divine Pill has made Blue Star's beings absurdly strong! "What is the transcendence rank of your Ghost Eye Division's strongest entity?"

Snow‑treading Six‑tailed Spirit Fox asks, a faint blue glimmer flickering in its eyes.

"The strongest is the Ghost Eye Mother Nest Lord, Totem level, …"

"Aside from the Ghost Eye Mother Nest Lord, the Ghost Eye Division also has four legendary‑realm Black Abyss Insect Tribe members. They are the Black Abyss Beetle Tribe, the Exploding Insect Tribe, the Flying Dragon Tribe, and the leader of the Ghost Snake."

Under the effect of Ice Illusion Technique, the Black Abyss Beetle feels its mind hazy, unknowingly becoming a "traitor" of the insect tribe, spilling all information about the Black Abyss Insect Tribe and the Ghost Eye Division.

Hearing that the Black Abyss Insect Tribe's overall strength is so great, the Snow‑treading Six‑tailed Spirit Fox felt a sudden chill in its heart.

If this time's Black Abyss Insect Tribe is of Legendary Realm, they are no match at all!

So the Snow‑stepping Six‑tailed Spirit Fox immediately asked the Black Abyss Beetle before it:

"Since there are so many strong ones among your Black Abyss Insect Tribe, why haven't those strong ones come?"

"It's not that they don't want to come, but that they can't come."

The Black Abyss Beetle's abdomen expanded and contracted hazily, saying: "After the Ghost‑eye Mother Nest regained the ability to create directional wormholes, it let the leader of the Flying Dragon Clan lead the Flying Dragon Insect Beast tribe aboard a shuttle ship to your planet."

"But your planetary will directly exiled them to an unknown place."

"Later the Ghost‑eye Mother Nest also tried to dispatch several squads, but as soon as their Transcendent rank exceeds the mid‑tier of the Calamity Realm, they are detected by your planetary will and exiled to an unknown location."

The Black Abyss Beetles were the first batch to successfully land on the Blue Planet.

It was originally thought they would unleash a massive slaughter and occupy this planet.

After all, according to the Fundamental Mother Nest's estimation, with the current spiritual energy concentration of the Blue Planet, at most only King‑realm beings would appear.

They came not to rampage and kill! Instead the situation reversed, and they became the ones being slaughtered! Upon hearing that beings above the mid‑tier of the Calamity Realm cannot enter the Blue Planet, the Snow‑stepping Spirit Fox felt a sigh of relief.

Moreover, it felt a sensation—

That the Black Abyss Insect Tribe that successfully landed on the Blue Planet seemed as if the planet itself deliberately "released" them.

On one hand, it lets the Blue Planet's creatures become aware of the enemy's existence; on the other hand, it helps cultivate Transcendent beings on the Blue Planet.

After all, the crystal cores within these Black Abyss Insect Beasts contain rich primordial spiritual energy, which, after purification, becomes usable Transcendent resources.

The Snow‑stepping Six‑tailed Spirit Fox felt a strange sensation.

It was unexpected that the planet beneath its feet actually possessed its own consciousness, and most likely a considerable intelligence!

Soon, the Black Abyss Beetle awoke from its half‑dreaming state, completely unaware that it had almost revealed all information about the Black Abyss Insect Tribe.

Everything that just happened seemed to have been forgotten.

Having obtained the information, the Six‑tailed Spirit Fox did not linger and soon left this Ice Prison.

"Whether it is the planetary will or the existence of the Black Abyss Insect Beasts, both are extremely important intelligence that must be reported to Your Majesty as soon as possible."

The Snow‑stepping Six‑tailed Spirit Fox thought to itself.

(End of Chapter)