Chapter 103: Moving the Battlefield to the Wang Zu Family Territory

Su Hanlin felt his hair stand on end the moment he heard it.

He knew about the Shell Insects; they were a very formidable type of mutated insect nest that built their nests using the living bodies of Shell Insects. They would construct the entire nest upon the back shell of a Shell Insect.

It could also link the Shell Insect's life force directly to the nest's energy pool. As long as the energy pool accumulated within the nest did not completely dry up, the Shell Insect was virtually unkillable.

It could heal itself, and it healed very quickly.

Its hard carapace was also extremely tough; ordinary spell attacks could hardly leave even a single mark on its shell surface.

"Run quickly, it's chasing us." Xue Chiluo pulled his own tender little root out of the soil, stomping his feet to remind Su Hanlin again. That giant insect, disregarding everything, rushed straight toward Xue Chiluo. Had its speed not been somewhat slow, it would likely have already killed Xue Chiluo right before his eyes.

Su Hanlin quickly glanced at Su Huchen, and at the other's signal, he hugged the flower pot and jogged backward.

"It's the Starfall Insect Clan," Su Huchen gritted his teeth and said. "It seems the mastermind behind the chaos in our Xiancheng is the Starfall Insect Clan."

"How did they manage to bring the Shell Insect through layer upon layer of blockade?" Director Bao Junyi's face looked extremely grim, yet his heart was even more puzzled. "If you say there's a problem with our Xiancheng, I admit, there indeed is. But if the Shell Insect has already been brought inside, does that mean every single blockade checkpoint has failed?"

"I don't think that's possible."

The Shell Insect is no small thing; this kind of creature is a small offensive insect nest created by the Starfall Insect Clan itself.

It is specifically used for conducting ground siege warfare.

As long as resources are sufficient, this type of small insect nest can sustain combat for several years, or even over a decade.

"Bring the insect eggs in; as long as they are raised in a resource-rich place for ten or so years, they can still grow into giant insects," Su Huchen complained. "The Starfall Insect Clan hasn't never done such a thing before. Otherwise, why would I say the former City Lord Ma Jue truly deserved to die?"

"Xu Chengzhu has arrived. Go with me to greet him. Be careful what you say in front of him." Director Bao Junyi sensed that Xu Chengzhu was leading a group of experts rushing over, so he immediately flew forward to welcome him.

Director Bao Junyi and Su Huchen went together to welcome Xu Chengzhu and his entourage.

Xu Chengzhu's face at this moment was truly as black as the bottom of a wok.

Who would have ever expected that a Shell Insect this huge could be hidden inside Xiancheng!!

His trusted subordinates each deeply felt the City Lord's anger.

As soon as Director Bao Junyi flew to his side, Xu Chengzhu immediately asked with a serious expression, "Why is this insect here?"

"I don't know," Director Bao Junyi said. "We brought Xue Chiluo all the way searching until we just arrived at the northern city gate, and it detected us. It immediately started moving. By the time we reached the area where it was located, it had already crawled out from underground.

I have already done my best to have my subordinates evacuate the nearby mortals and cultivators with low cultivation.

However, the casualties are certainly significant."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chengzhu immediately looked up.

He saw that giant insect, the size of a small mountain, step with its insect claw, instantly crushing a two-story small building flat.

Even if there were living people inside, they would be turned directly into meat patties, impossible to piece back into human shape.

It was still walking, seemingly very determined.

"What is it looking for?" Xu Chengzhu asked.

"It is tracking Xue Chiluo," Director Bao Junyi said.

Upon hearing this, Xu Chengzhu immediately came up with an idea.

"Director Bao Junyi, quickly order your people to take Xue Chiluo toward the southwest direction. There are many large mansions there and few people, making it convenient for us to act."

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Director Bao Junyi looked at him speechlessly.

"What? Do you think that is the Wang Zu family territory, so you think my decision is wrong?" Xu Chengzhu immediately countered.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, not at all. I just suddenly feel the need to get to know you again." Director Bao Junyi curled his lips into a smile. Then he said to Su Huchen, "Hurry and make Xue Chiluo go that way."

"I'll go there right now." Su Huchen went to find Su Hanlin, hugged the flower pot himself, instructed Su Hanlin to hide quickly, and then flew on his sword toward the Wang Zu family territory.

He blatantly flew in a circle around the front of the giant insect, letting it see the Xue Chiluo in his arms, then turned his direction and flew toward the Wang Zu family territory area.

The giant Shell Insect was like an ox with a nose ring; it immediately followed him, changing direction and charging toward the Wang Zu family territory.

The Wang Zu clan leader had just arrived with the clan's high-end combat power, only to immediately face such a terrifying scene.

Damn it, the Shell Insect was being lured straight toward their own family territory.

He widened his eyes, so angry he wanted to curse his father, his mother, and Xu Chengzhu's ancestors.

"Xu Chengzhu is inhumane. Where did our Wang family ever provoke him? He intends to use our Wang family territory as a battlefield. He is planning to destroy our Wang family territory."

Fortunately, his daughter was not a fool; she held back her father who wanted to go argue with Xu Chengzhu. "Father, the area with the fewest people nearby is our side, making it suitable as a battlefield. Going to complain now is useless. You should immediately contact several uncles and evacuate all the clan members.

Let them do whatever they want with the houses, spirit fields, and whatever else.

Anyway, our Wang family has already made a sacrifice. After the war, who can stop us from taking the largest share of the spoils?"

The Wang Clan Leader's eyes instantly cleared up.

That's right, the value of a single insect nest is enormous.

"Eldest daughter, you lead the clan's experts to follow the main group. I will contact the family members to evacuate quickly and give up the family territory." The Wang Clan Leader was also decisive and immediately divided the tasks with his eldest daughter.

His daughter said nothing more and left with the Wang family's experts. The Wang Clan Leader immediately began using a Thousand-Mile Message Talisman to contact his family members. He also flew quickly back toward his own family territory.

The entire Wang family, upon hearing that their family territory was about to become a battlefield for exterminating insects, was in total chaos.

Many clan members who had not originally thought of leaving the family were forced to grab some important items and evacuate quickly.

The giant insect stomped forward with a boom, boom.

The Wang Zu clan members were also fleeing desperately. Unfortunately, the Wang Zu family territory was too close to the Thousand Carp Lake.

So very quickly, the giant insect charged into the Wang Zu family territory.

The Wang Zu mortals and cultivators who had not managed to escape could only watch helplessly as they were stepped on by an insect claw and turned into meat paste.

Those six huge claws of the Shell Insect were truly super road rollers for crushing houses and people.

One step crushed a patch of blood and rubble.

The Wang Clan Leader stood on his flying sword, his heart aching so much he couldn't bear to look.

His younger brother's heart also grieved, after all, those who died were his own clan members.

They were all living lives.

But he still patted his elder brother's back and comforted him, "Big brother, the Shell Insect has been hiding in the Thousand Carp Lake for many years. If our Wang family does not make a sacrifice this time, then being captured and held accountable by the entire clan will be our best outcome. Sacrificing a little now is far better than having the whole clan exiled to a barren land later."

Although a large number of elderly and children who couldn't escape in time were sacrificed, the Wang Clan would certainly suffer heavy losses because of this.

In the future, it was very likely that an entire generation or two would not be able to compare with the other noble clans.

But being able to preserve the entire clan was worth it.