Chapter 463: Reinforcements

Yize's sudden violent death instantly snapped Centipede back to attention.

He stared at the small half-section of corpse in the distance that had already gone still, his face full of confusion: "You were able to kill him?"

Clearly the cockroach-man had a certain understanding of his companion, so he naturally knew just how difficult it would be to take the other out.

And even if it were him, under the circumstances of excluding interference from Yize's main body, it would still be extremely difficult to accomplish this step.

Yet the little dragon whelp in the sky had done it with ease.

Recalling Yize's extremely abnormal attitude right before death, Centipede suddenly understood: "No wonder he'd rather beg me and still wanted to capture you."

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Facing the cockroach-man who was muttering to himself, Li Ang gripped 【Gungnir】 and said nothing.

The situation had already shifted from one-versus-two to one-versus-one; if the opponent only possessed the level he'd shown earlier, then he was confident he could maintain this state of affairs.

As if sensing his wariness, the topmost pair of segmented limbs on Centipede couldn't help but scratch at his cockroach head: "You don't need to be so nervous, I won't make another move."

As he spoke, he walked toward the location of Yize's corpse, as if he truly wouldn't continue launching attacks.

Seeing this, a flicker of doubt passed through Li Ang's eyes; he couldn't quite figure out what the other party was actually trying to do.

Centipede couldn't be bothered with what the dragon-type creature in the sky was thinking; he looked at the companion before him with a gaping hole in his head and sighed with some emotion: "Manfred, to think you'd end up like this."

Although he knew what stood before him was merely a split-body, losing to a fifth-level little dragon whelp was still somewhat inexcusable.

Of course, it was also possible that this particular little dragon whelp was a bit unusual, but unfortunately Centipede hadn't found any useful information in the Swarm Network.

He only found the information Brando had sent earlier, but he'd already seen that information long ago, and there was nothing strange about it.

Thinking of this, suspicion inevitably rose in Centipede's heart.

'That Mother Empress wouldn't be hiding some key information from me, would she?'

As an outsider to the Swarm, although he usually disguised himself extremely well, there was no guarantee he wouldn't let something slip.

'Otherwise... I try connecting to the Mother Empress one more time?'

As this thought rose in his mind, Centipede immediately became somewhat eager to try.

Although the last connection had given him a series of aftereffects like cognitive errors and split personality, the gains had likewise been enormous.

Not to mention these problems counted as only minor ailments under 【Immortal Evolution】.

Just as Centipede was considering what posture to use this time to enter the Swarm Mother Empress, a voice that betrayed no emotion descended from the sky into his auditory organs.

"What might you be trying to do, sir?"

Li Ang looked at the giant cockroach below that had suddenly zoned out, and couldn't help but slightly furrow his brow.

This bug—

Is it a bit brain-damaged?

At this moment, having his thoughts interrupted by the voice, Centipede sighed somewhat helplessly, then spread all four hands: "What could I possibly do?"

As he spoke, he pointed at the corpse by his feet.

"This guy's already been taken out by you; I can't exactly start a conflict with you over a dead man, can I?"

"And even if I won, there's no way he could come back to life."

Centipede's words were well-reasoned and convincing.

This was indeed his heartfelt sentiment; compared to dragons, he still preferred studying bugs.

Facing the cockroach's explanation, Li Ang fell silent for a moment, unsure whether the other party was serious or lying.

But Centipede quickly used action to prove his words were true.

He was seen lifting Yize's corpse, then extending a pair of transparent elytra from his carapace, and beginning to fly out beyond the planet.

Seeing this, Li Ang did not stop him.

Although he still had quite a few trump cards that could handle the other party, the less trouble the better; it was better to take this chance to make a quick getaway.

Just as Li Ang considered the matter finished, a deafening roar suddenly came from the vault of the heavens.

The wind howled, and the sickly green clouds polluted by Centipede were swept clean in the blink of an eye.

Again?!

Sensing this overbearing aura, Li Ang's face immediately darkened.

He hadn't expected this little Morabis Star to be so lively today—sixth-level powerhouses were popping up near this plant-planet as if they cost nothing, clustering together.

Fortunately, Li Ang quickly realized this aura was somewhat familiar.

"Grandfather!"

With a pleasantly surprised cry from the distance, he instantly realized who the owner of the aura was.

Seth.

This sixth-level giant dragon belonging to 【Aio Logistics】, at this moment bathed in sunlight, reflected streaks of iridescent radiance all over his body.

He beat his enormous wings and, in an extremely cold tone, uttered two words: "【Bug Demon】."

Hearing his own name, Centipede couldn't help but scratch his head: "You're...?"

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Seeing the other party didn't recognize him, Seth was not angered.

Just as he was about to say something, Li Ang suddenly appeared on the scene.

The youth looked at the cockroach not far away and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured, Grandfather, Sophia is fine."

Hearing this, Seth subconsciously glanced at the unharmed young dragon beside him.

Long before he had just arrived, he had already discovered that his own granddaughter and this little dragon whelp were none the worse for wear.