Chapter 104: Steal Its Nest

“When the battle starts, we’ll chop that damn bug a few more times.” The Wang clan chief’s eyes turned red with rage.

The giant bug stubbornly chased after the direction where Xue Chiluo had fled.

Su Huchen flew on his sword while deliberately heading toward sparsely populated, open areas.

The giant bug followed their path closely, fixated on Xue Chiluo, and chased them deep into the Wang clan’s territory.

Deep within the Wang clan’s territory, the ambush site was now utterly deadly.

Many human experts had been waiting for a long time, all ready for the bug’s arrival.

At this moment, City Master Xu and Bao Junyi and others had already arrived at their prearranged positions in the encirclement.

Right after Su Huchen zipped past City Master Xu with a “whoosh,” Xu raised his arm high.

Then he slammed it down.

Instantly, countless powerful spells erupted from experts surrounding the area, all striking the giant bug’s carapace.

The giant bug let out a mournful, low wail.

Though its carapace blocked all the spell attacks, the pain could not be reduced—it was still a living being, and it hurt when struck.

The pained giant bug immediately shifted its focus from Xue Chiluo to the human experts who had attacked it. It abandoned chasing Xue Chiluo, lifted one massive claw, and stomped down toward the densest clusters of people.

The humans in the stomping direction scattered like birds and beasts.

The giant bug stomped repeatedly, but failed to crush any human.

It only destroyed wave after wave of houses.

It grew furious, sucked in a deep breath, then exhaled violently.

A flood of bug-people, drenched in sticky slime, were spat out of its mouth.

When first ejected, these bug-people had their eyes closed and were covered entirely in deep blue-green insect carapace.

The moment they hit the ground, they opened their eyes, stomped their feet, used the recoil to launch themselves into the air, drew weapons stored in their finger-space talismans, and charged toward the human experts they had chosen.

Bug-people had human shapes—but they were insects.

Their eyes held no emotion, only slaughter.

Thus, their attacks against human experts were utterly ruthless.

One bug-person, to kill a human who had dodged behind it during combat, reversed its spear, plunged it through its own belly—and through the enemy’s body at the same time.

Then it pulled the spear out and stabbed several more times.

Once the human expert behind it died, the bug-person sank down contentedly. Behind it, another bug-person had killed its opponent and rushed over, tossing the fallen one back onto the giant bug’s carapace. Other insects naturally dragged it away for healing.

Bug-people had far stronger lifespans than humans.

Even if cut in half, as long as other bugs carried them back to the nest, they would recover within days.

Such ferocious bug-people sent chills down the spines of the surrounding human experts!!

This was Xiancheng, the secure rear of the sects—many human experts here had risen through years of steady cultivation and had never encountered such violent biological weapons as bug-people!!

Some with weaker minds turned and fled outright.

The moment they ran, bug-people who hadn’t found suitable targets immediately lit up.

They furiously chased after the deserters.

They pursued relentlessly, slaughtering the cowardly human experts until the ground was littered with corpses!!

The horror made nearby human experts and civilians or cultivators who hadn’t escaped and were watching from afar turn away in shock!!

Too fierce—these bug-people were too fierce.

“Cut off their heads! Only then will they die completely. Cutting off limbs or stabbing their bellies won’t stop them from fighting,” Bao Junyi shouted.

A human losing an arm might become fearful, hesitant to fight.

But bug-people wouldn’t.

After losing limbs, they became even more ferocious.

Some would even embrace their enemies and detonate themselves, taking them down together.

Bao Junyi was clearly accustomed to such brutal combat—he remained calm under pressure, continuously deploying true battle-hardened experts, ignoring the cowards already terrified of bug-people, and intercepting the bug-people chasing the deserters.

Otherwise, the encirclement would be torn apart.

Then he organized more arriving human experts into larger spell clusters for long-range attacks on the giant bug.

After enough strikes, no matter how thick its armor, it would eventually crack and sustain damage.

The remaining experts suited for close combat and martial cultivation were deliberately held back for the final assault.

He arranged the entire battlefield with perfect order—even City Master Xu was highly satisfied.

The sect’s decision to assign Bao Junyi here clearly showed how seriously they took Xiancheng’s problems.

On another front, Su Huchen tossed the potted plant in his arms to Su Hanlin. “Take care of it—I’m going to join the battle.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll protect Xue Chiluo,” Su Hanlin said.

“Just hide it safely,” Su Huchen said.

“Got it,” Su Hanlin replied.

After instructing Su Hanlin to protect Xue Chiluo, Su Huchen turned back and plunged once more into the hunting circle, joining other human experts in hunting the giant bug.

Su Hanlin also found a hidden but open vantage point on the corner of a tall building, holding Xue Chiluo as he watched the battle.

Seeing the giant bug howling in pain and continuously spitting out more bug-people to attack the human experts, leaving it no attention for itself, Xue Chiluo immediately said to Su Hanlin: “Su Hanlin, I need to slip away for a moment—just a little while. Don’t tell anyone.”

“Where are you going?” Su Hanlin instantly sensed danger, gripping Xue Chiluo’s body, his hands pierced with countless needle-like holes, blood dripping out—but he seemed not to feel it. “Don’t you dare sneak up on that giant shell-bug—it’s too dangerous. What if you get hurt? How will I explain to your master?”

“I’m not going to attack that giant bug. Its armor’s too thick—my attacks can’t break it.”

“Then what are you going to do?” Su Hanlin asked, astonished.

“I’m going to steal its nest. When it left its nest, it buried some extremely fragrant stuff underground. I’m going to steal it back.” Xue Chiluo said excitedly.

Su Hanlin hesitated, then said: “Shouldn’t I come with you for protection?”

“No, you’re too slow. If I take you, you might get caught by the bug-people that look like humans. It’s left many strange bugs guarding that place! If I take you, you’re just a burden.” Xue Chiluo said bluntly.

Su Hanlin was deeply wounded.

He was a burden?!

“Aren’t you afraid of those bug-people?” Su Hanlin asked again.

“What are bug-people?” Xue Chiluo asked, confused.

“Those strange bugs that look like humans,” Su Hanlin explained.