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"The will of the world has awakened!"

Ysera's dark gold vertical pupils suddenly contracted, her voice trembled, and there was an indescribable sorrow in it.

Because another, more insane and twisted will has also awakened at the same time, seemingly dragging the entire world into an endless nightmare.

Two completely different, yet equally immense, wills intertwined and collided at the heart of the world.

The rules of the entire world of Exoc began to become disordered and blurred.

The cold wind was no longer just cold; it was mixed with chaotic whispers. Ice shards hit my face, bringing a strange burning sensation, and even the space around me rippled.

"Let's go! We're going to the Heart of the World!" Ysera suppressed the excitement in her heart and turned to lead the way.

She and Ian rose from the ground almost simultaneously, breaking through the howling wind and snow, attempting to reach the entrance to the Earth's core.

However, when their gaze pierced through the churning cold mist and they saw the scene beyond the ice field...

The color drained from Ysera's face instantly.

"This...this is..."

The light in her vertical pupils flickered violently, and what she saw was a terrifying scene that could drive anyone to despair.

A sea of ​​insects.

A boundless sea of ​​insects that engulfs everything.

They are no longer scattered nests, nor are they swarms that operate in designated areas.

All the remaining Zerg units in the entire Exoc world received the same supreme command from the outer celestial mother hive.

They abandoned all their strongholds and missions, and gathered into the most frenzied swarm of insects, surging from every corner of the world toward the far north ice plains, toward their location!

The sky was obscured by countless shadow-winged insects with their transparent or dark purple wings vibrating!

They were like billowing black smoke, layer upon layer, filling every inch of the sky, completely obscuring even the light from the expanding cracks.

The high-frequency buzzing of the wings combined to form a noise storm that pierced the soul.

The earth was churning, a terrifying wave created by the trampling of insect legs, the raking of arthropods, and the friction of carapaces.

Starting from the edge of the ice field and stretching to the horizon, the horizon has been completely replaced by an ever-advancing wall of insects.

At the forefront were countless drones and velociraptors, their scarlet compound eyes filled only with the pure command to kill, charging forward by stepping on the carapaces of their companions.

Mixed in among them were enormous bone-eating worms and corrosive creatures that sprayed acid.

You can even see some bloated, almost immobile level 4 queen insects. They usually stay in the deepest part of their nests, but now they are being dragged by a large number of engineer insects and appearing in the sea of ​​insects.

Their large abdomens were still wriggling, and they were still laying new eggs.

As soon as the insect eggs landed, they hatched rapidly in the chaotic energy field and catalytic slime, joining the charging ranks.

In the air, besides the Shadowwing Insects, there were many more chilling figures.

The level four guardian insects, their auras deep and imposing, their carapaces gleaming with a metallic sheen, their mouthparts powerful enough to tear through space, hovered in swarms near the mother insect.

They locked onto Ian and Isera high in the sky, their razor-sharp forelimbs poised to strike.

Further away, some shadowy figures emanating soul energy appeared and disappeared, those were the remaining Soul-Eating Insects.

They lurk deep within the insect horde, like the most cunning assassins, waiting for the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Acid, corrosive gases, shell friction, screeching and whistling, wing buzzing...

Countless sounds and smells mingled together, forming a filthy and frenzied torrent that engulfed the entire ice field.

Click!Click!

The permafrost and rocks at the edge of the ice field were constantly crushed and collapsed under the crushing force of the insect swarm, and then swallowed up by the black insect tide.

The advance is extremely rapid. At this rate, the entire ice field will cease to exist and become part of the insect swarm in ten minutes at most.

Ysera's body trembled slightly, not only from fear, but also from a deep sense of powerlessness and despair.

As the chief of the Summoners Council, she had seen the Zerg army and experienced countless fierce battles.

But I have never seen such a large-scale, crazy, all-out encirclement and suppression operation that is so reckless and leaves no way out!

This is the most direct and brutal response from the Void Mother to Ian, this outsider. It is determined to crush him completely by using the power of all the Zerg in the world!

"It...it's about to force its way in..."

Isera's voice was hoarse as she looked up at the wildly expanding crack in the sky.

Behind the rift, deep within the dark purple void, an indescribably enormous shadow is gradually becoming clear.

It was a colossal object with a diameter of at least thousands of miles, composed of countless writhing biological carapaces and energy veins.

The Level 5 Void Mother Nest!

It is frantically assaulting the world's barrier, attempting to tear open the rift and force its massive body into the world of Exoc.

If it successfully arrives, not only Ian, but the entire world of Exoc will come to an end.

The awakening of the world's will, the resurgence of the abyss's will, the forced arrival of the Hive, the Zerg's ultimate siege...

At this moment, the world of Exoc seemed to be pushed to the edge of a cliff, reaching a turning point in its destiny.

Ian hovered in the air, his robes fluttering in the turbulent air currents.

His face showed neither the panic nor the solemnity that Isela had expected; instead, it was unusually calm.

His deep eyes swept over the overwhelming swarm of insects, over the terrifying shadows that drew ever closer beyond the crack in the sky, and over the furious will that was locked onto him.

He sensed the boundless killing intent of the Void Mother Nest, cold and violent, filled with the extreme rage of being provoked by ants.

"This is... a cornered dog resorting to desperate measures."

Ian's lips curled into a smile, his eyes bloodshot, and he gradually went mad.

The flame in my heart was not extinguished by this desperate situation, but was instead completely ignited, transforming into a soaring spirit!

Trying to drown me with a swarm of insects? Trying to descend in true form and crush me?

I'll wipe out your Zerg right in front of you, and what can you do about it!

"Isera, find a place to hide. I'll come find you later," Ian said calmly.

He took a deep breath and stopped suppressing his strength.

boom!!!

Centered on him, an unprecedented storm of rules erupted.

Heat, gravity, purification... six rules intertwine and resonate to an unprecedented degree.

The sky behind me suddenly presented two completely different scenes.

On the left, the golden-red sun is no longer a phantom, but rather appears as a real star descending.

Within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers, the dark red sky was illuminated with a golden-red hue, and the air twisted and boiled in the light.

On the right, a crescent moon, blood-red in color, casts its deep crimson light.

Where the moonlight flowed, strange ripples spread through the space, and countless twisted, wailing faces rose and fell, their silent whispers echoing deep within the souls of all living beings.

[Sun and Moon Realm] Full Power Deployment!

A spherical space with a radius of 15,000 kilometers instantly and completely enveloped the sky.

The first to disappear were the vanguard of the insect swarm that had already rushed into the ice field.

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There were no screams, no struggles; the millions of drones, velociraptors, and bone-eating insects froze instantly the moment the dual domains descended upon them.

From matter to soul, in less than a tenth of a second, they transform into the most basic particles and dissipate into the air.

But this horrific death did not stop the subsequent swarm of insects in the slightest.

Under the hive mindset, there is no fear, no retreat, only obedience to the highest command of the hive: kill the intruder!

More Zerg, stepping over the empty space left by their fallen comrades, roared and howled as they surged into the area with even greater frenzy.

The Shadowwing swarm in the sky swooped down as if committing suicide, attempting to overwhelm the golden-red sun with sheer numbers.

The swarms of insects on the ground, like tireless black waves, crashed one after another toward the edge of the territory.

Ian's eyes were indifferent as his body slowly rose higher, no longer fixed in one place, but began to move!

With a slight thought, he transformed into a pale golden streak of light, trailing a terrifying domain covering 15,000 kilometers behind him, and swept across the sky above the sea of ​​insects!

He was like the Grim Reaper wielding a paintbrush, using the earth as his canvas and the sea of ​​insects as his paint, beginning to outline the circle of death.

Wherever it passed, the red sky moved with it, and all the Zerg within its range, whether in the sky or on the ground, turned to ashes.

A vast blank area with a diameter of 30,000 kilometers crisscrossed back and forth in the boundless black sea of ​​insects as he moved!

The first circle of death swept across the ice plains, wiping out tens of millions of Zerg.

The second circle of death swept across the outer insect wall, leaving countless insectoids like stains erased by an eraser.

The third one, the fourth one...

Ian's speed increased, and a pale golden streak trailed a dazzling trajectory in the sky.

He needs to take the initiative and charge into the area with the highest density of insects.

The golden-red sun's rays swept across the area as he moved, and the blood moon whispered indiscriminately, eroding the souls of every Zerg that entered its range.

The sea of ​​insects thinned rapidly, like ice and snow melting away, and the sky was no longer obscured, allowing light to shine through the gaps in the sparse insect swarm.

The insect walls that advanced on the ground showed large areas of faults and gaps.

The bloated queen insects carried by the engineer insects vaporized silently along with their surrounding guards the moment the domain swept past, leaving not a trace behind.

Ysera had retreated deep into the ice field, hiding at the edge of an ice crevice, using the natural terrain to barely withstand the aftershocks of the domain.

She looked up, her eyes glazed over the sky, staring at the figure that swept across the sky with an aura of death, the shock she felt was beyond words.

Is this... is this the true power of the Lord of the World?

No, this is definitely not an ordinary world lord. The two powerful figures who fell before could never have done such a thing.

This is practically a human-shaped natural disaster, using absolute power to fight against an entire world's swarm of insects.

The Void Zerg's despairing numerical advantage seemed so weak in the face of this death domain that covered 15,000 kilometers.

Every second, millions of Zerg are wiped out.

Although the swarm of insects continued to pour in frantically under the will of the mother hive, the rate of replenishment could not keep up with the rate of Ian's slaughter!

However, just as Ian's killing efficiency reached its peak and the swarm of insects began to decline.

hiss! ! !

A piercingly sharp screech suddenly erupted from the depths of the crack in the sky.

The screech contained boundless rage, icy killing intent, and a soul-shaking impact refined to the extreme.

It is formless and intangible, yet more terrifying than the sharpest blade.

Ignoring physical distance, it crashed into Ian's mental sea the instant it rang.

Ian's rapidly moving figure suddenly stopped!

It was as if an invisible giant hammer had struck him in the chest, and the pale golden light revealed its true form in the air.

He groaned, his brows furrowed tightly, and a trickle of golden blood slowly seeped from the corner of his eye, sliding down his cheek.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, the blazing star core and the silvery dream core trembled violently simultaneously, erupting with dazzling light to resist the soul attack from this level-five being.

The golden star trails flowing across the surface of the star core became momentarily disordered.

Despite being separated by a world, the main body of the hive could not exert its full power, but this soul impact, unleashed in anger, still made Ian feel the terror of a level 5 hive.

The tearing pain from the soul is far more profound than physical injury.

Ian raised his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his eye, his gaze becoming even sharper.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the crack.

Through the twisted and expanding cracks, he could clearly see the enormous creature behind him.

It was a living nest with a diameter of a thousand miles, its surface covered with constantly writhing flesh and carapace, with countless energy veins slowly pulsating, emitting a suffocating level five pressure.

It appears that it has torn the crack to its limit.

A forelimb, made entirely of biological tissue and covered with a thick chitinous carapace, is emerging from the crack and grasping the edge of the world of Exoc!

It's about to happen!

Ian took a deep breath, suppressing the stinging pain and turmoil in his soul.

He glanced down and saw that after the rapid harvest, the once boundless sea of ​​insects had become much sparser.

Within the sensing range, only the edge of the domain and the more distant areas not yet covered by the domain remained, where scattered Zerg were still surging.

The most conspicuous were several bloated mother insects hiding behind the swarm, protected by a large number of level-four guardian insects.

They are the core of the Zerg hive, and as long as the queen Zergling lives, they can continuously produce new Zerglings.

"Tackle the biggest problem first."

A fierce glint flashed in Ian's eyes, and he ignored the remaining Zerg.

He took a step forward and appeared directly in front of the wildly expanding rift.

At the edge of the rift, spatial fragments constantly shattered and healed, emitting muffled cracking sounds.

The countless compound eyes on the mother nest's forelimbs all turned around at this moment, staring intently at Ian, who was so close at hand, their frenzied killing intent almost solidifying into a tangible form.

"Want to come in?" Ian grinned, revealing a sinister smile. "Did I ask first?"

He knew that conventional rule-based attacks, separated by the world barrier, would have difficulty inflicting effective damage on the main body of a level 5 mother nest.

Although the domain is powerful, it has no effect on the main body of the mother nest on the other side of the rift.

However, the soul attacks from the Mother Nest can penetrate the barrier and injure him.

It's time to let this trump card see its blood.

Ian slowly closed his eyes. This forbidden magical artifact, which had been continuously nurtured with the dual rules since its creation, was awakened on its own for the first time.

The skin between the eyebrows bulged slightly and then parted to the sides.

A dark gold eye slowly emerged from between the eyebrows, opening a tiny slit.

As soon as it opened its eyes, a destructive aura that caused the space to collapse spread out.

The massive mother nest on the other side of the rift seemed to sense something, and its frenzied assault paused.

For the first time, a look of surprise and doubt appeared in countless eyes.

At this moment, Ian poured all his mental energy and power of rules into the dark gold pupil between his eyebrows.

The nebula deep within his pupils began to spin wildly, starlight and dark purple veins colliding and annihilating violently, generating wisps of hazy, destructive energy.

"You really think... I can't hurt you?!"

Ian's eyes widened suddenly, and the slit in his dark gold pupil between his eyebrows abruptly opened.

"Star Devourer!"

A cold, sharp shout pierced through the spatial barrier.

Within the dark golden pupils, a hazy beam of light, accumulated to its limit, shot out silently!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no dazzling brilliance, only a beam of light that annihilated everything.

It easily pierced through the chaotic spatial currents, ignored the weakening of the world's barrier, and headed straight for the colossal object behind the rift.

The speed of this beam of light was beyond comprehension.

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The moment the hazy beam of light touched the mother nest, all biological tissues, shells, and energy channels vanished silently.

Along with the will of the Mother Nest and the fragments of the soul carried by that part of the organization, they were all erased.

"ah!!!"

A shriek, as if the screams of billions of insectoids were heard simultaneously, erupted from the core of the hive outside the world.

The screech pierced the barriers of the world and exploded in the sky of the world of Essoc.

Rumble!!!

The barriers of the entire world began to shake violently.

Centered on the rift, countless black spatial fissures appeared out of thin air and then quickly vanished, bringing with them chaotic spatial storms that swept in all directions.

The sky has become a mirror about to shatter, with black cracks moving everywhere.

The earth groaned, the ice fields collapsed, and the distant mountains disintegrated in tremors.

Ian was the first to be hit, severely impacted by the spatial storm and the Mother Nest's agonizing soul screams. He groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and his figure rapidly drifted backward.

The dark gold pupil between his brows had slowly closed and disappeared back into his brow.

But he kept his eyes fixed on the main rift.

Behind the rift, the massive shadow of the mother nest was retreating and shrinking frantically.

The portion annihilated by the [Star-Eating Eye] was clearly a devastating blow to its very core.

Its assault on the world's barriers ceased, its forelimbs that had been trying to penetrate retracted, the expansion of the fissure began to slow, and there were signs of closure and shrinkage at the edges.

The chaotic spatial storm lasted for more than a minute before gradually subsiding.

The black cracks in the sky slowly disappeared, and the tremors on the earth gradually weakened.

The main rift still exists, but it has shrunk by about half from its previous frantic expansion and is slowly healing.

Behind the rift, the terrifying shadow of the Void Mother Nest was rapidly receding, with an almost panicked retreat.

The mother nest had withstood the full force of the attack from the Star-Eating Eye and would not dare to attack the world barrier again for a short time.

Ian hovered in the air, his dark gold pupil between his brows already closed and disappeared, leaving only a trace of burning pain.

He raised his hand to rub his temples; the attack just now had greatly depleted his energy, and he felt a sense of emptiness in his mind.

Although there was an element of luck involved, the effect was immediate.

The greatest threat to the Zerg has been temporarily eliminated, and the possibility of the main body of the Hive returning has been minimized.

Ian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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