Chapter 1349

The insect queen's sharp hiss sounded like an invisible tide, striking Yan Buji's mind and spirit. Its pair of icy compound eyes locked onto him firmly, filled with violence and greed. Obviously, the chaos and silence extinction aura emanating from Yan Buji was, to them, a more attractive "delicacy" than the Life Core's solidification force!

Hiss!

As the insect queen gave a command, the swarm surrounding it surged like a breached black flood, sweeping over Yan Buji like a sky-covering deluge! The rustling chewing sounds merged into a scalp-tingling noise; before the swarm even arrived, the gray-corrupt aura capable of eroding laws had already washed over him, even the silence extinction chaos shield emitted a faint 'sizzle'.

At the same time, the insect queen's massive body shuddered, its back carapace splitting open to unfurl two pairs of wings thin as cicada wings yet shimmering with metallic luster—gray wings! It actually took flight, speed astonishing, like a gray-black bolt of lightning, closely following the swarm, its scythe-like mouthparts opening wide to strike straight at Yan Buji's head! Upon the mouthparts, thick gray-corrupt light condensed—this was highly concentrated law-eroding force, capable of easily rending the body-protecting divine abilities of a Great Vehicle Stage cultivator!

Attacked from front and rear, danger struck suddenly!

Yan Buji's eyes turned icy; facing this surging assault, he did not retreat but advanced!

He let out a low shout, and the gray-gold chaos domain burst open—but this time, the domain incorporated more of the solidification intent gleaned from the Amber Seal! The domain's range did not expand; instead it became more solid and inwardly focused, like a deep, bottomless gray-gold mire, instantly enveloping the insects that first rushed into it!

Within the domain, time seemed to stretch and space grew viscous. The speed of the invading swarm plummeted, as if trapped in an invisible glue; their gray-corrupt sheen clashed violently with the domain's Silence Extinction force, annihilating in dense explosive cracks. Moreover, the domain's inherent 'solidification' intent made their soul connections grow murky, causing their movements to fall into disorder.

Silence Extinction Condensed Splendor, explode!

With a thought from Yan Buji, at the core of the domain, the previously scattered gray-green law crystals flared bright and exploded with a boom! This time it was no longer silent annihilation but a small-scale law storm! The intertwined power of solidification and Silence Extinction raged within the domain, and the slowed swarm, as if tossed into a meat grinder, was shredded into powder in swathes.

However, the swarm's numbers were simply too great, wave after wave, and the domain's power was being rapidly depleted. More deadly, the insect queen had already broken through the domain's outer edge; its matchless scythe-like mouthparts, wielding gray-corrupt light that shredded everything, viciously stabbed toward Yan Buji's face!

Good, you came!

A fierce gleam flashed in Yan Buji's eyes; his right hand, charged long ago, lashed out! The illusory spear forged from highly condensed Silence Extinction Condensed Splendor shot forth like a gray lightning breaking free of its bonds, flying straight to meet the insect queen's mouthparts!

There was no deafening boom, only a heart‑pounding sound of law annihilation!

The gray‑green illusory spear and the insect queen's mouthparts' gray‑corrupt light collided violently! Both forces, adept at eroding and annihilating laws, went berserk in mutual consumption and devouring!

The stalemate lasted only an instant.

The gray-corrupt light on the insect queen's mouthparts, though domineering, was more inclined toward erosion and decay, whereas Yan Buji's Silence Extinction Condensed Splendor spear contained a higher‑level 'Return to the Void' truth and the forest's solidification origin—giving it a qualitative edge!

Crack!

A faint cracking sound rang out; the tip of the insect queen's supposedly indestructible scythe‑like mouthparts actually showed a fine crack! The crack spread rapidly, and the gray‑corrupt light clinging to it, as if meeting its nemesis, swiftly dimmed and collapsed!

Hiss!!!

The insect queen emitted a shrill, painful hiss; its massive body lurched backward in a roll, its mouthparts wounded—clearly it had suffered a heavy blow. Its eyes blazed with red light, filled with shock and fury and a hint of fear.

Yan Buji pressed his advantage, unwilling to let it catch its breath; enduring the drain and backlash from the domain under the swarm's relentless assault, his form clung like a shadow, instantly closing in on the rolling insect queen!

He pointed with finger like a sword; the gray‑dark light at his fingertip condensed to the extreme, and the newly born Infinity Chaos Essence crystal within his body spun violently, pouring the remaining Silence Extinction truth and the mixed law power gathered from the recent clash against the swarm entirely into this finger!

This finger was no longer aimed merely at flesh or soul, but pointed straight at the soul core that governs the myriad insects and the law foundation on which its existence depends!

The finger‑wind was soundless, yet it seemed to draw resonance from the solidification field of the surrounding Life Core space, carrying a terrifying portent that all things would cease and all laws would collapse, pointing to the exact center of the insect queen's carapace, where the densest soul undulation resided.

Sensing the mortal threat, the insect queen frantically struggled, trying to flap its wings to escape, while driving the remaining swarm to recklessly hurl themselves at Yan Buji, even beginning to self‑detonate, forming sheets of gray‑black corrosive energy storms in an attempt to block him.

Yet, under the dual protection of the silence extinction chaos shield and the lingering domain, the death‑struggling swarm's self‑detonations could not fully block the speed and resolve of Yan Buji's finger!

Pfft!

As if piercing a tough layer of leather, Yan Buji's fingertip touched the center of the insect queen's thick carapace.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

The insect queen's frantic struggling motion abruptly froze; the red light in its icy compound eyes swiftly faded and dispersed. The layer of gray‑black carapace on its body, centered on the point of impact, rapidly lost its luster, turning gray‑corrupt and desiccated, like rock weathered over myriad ages.

Immediately thereafter, cracks spread across its whole body like a spiderweb!

Hum...

A low, resonant sound, as if the very structure of laws were collapsing, emanated from within the insect queen's body.

The next moment, this Great Vehicle Stage Devouring Insect Queen, its massive body silently and soundlessly utterly disintegrated, turned into a huge cloud of gray dust that drifted down, leaving not a trace of residue. At its core lay a faint Life Core, gray‑corrupt and condensed with some of the swarm's law characteristics; Yan Buji's Chaos Force swept it up into his body for later study.

The insect queen has fallen!

The remaining swarm instantly fell into utter Chaos! They lost unified command and soul connection, like headless flies bumping about, tearing at each other, their aggression greatly diminished.

Yan Buji seized the moment, drawing a breath of chaos energy, and spread the remaining Silence Extinction Condensed Splendor as a domain to carry out the final cleansing. Without the insect queen, these larvae were no match; under the dual blows of solidification and Silence Extinction, they were swiftly wiped out.

When the last Devouring Insect turned to ash and drifted away, the entire Life Core space returned to Silence.

Only that verdant Life Core continued to pulse slowly, shedding a soft glow. The dim patches on its surface gnawed by the swarm were being repaired at a visible speed by a newly born halo.

Yan Buji stood where he was, drawing a slight breath. Though the battle seemed swift and decisive, it actually exacted a huge toll; the domain had endured repeated impacts, his spirit was somewhat fatigued from exerting the ultimate killing move, and his mana was nearly depleted. Yet the gains were equally great: not only did he verify the power of his new ability, he also sensed up close the solidification origin of the Life Core, and he obtained a peculiar insect‑queen Life Core.

He lifted his gaze toward that Life Core, his vigilance undiminished. The forest will's transaction is complete, but will it keep its promise?