Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

"The remains of the ancient war tree have transformed into a void fungal carpet!"

Turn the battlefield into the Zerg's home ground!

Using Leviathan as the core of the battle, break through the enemy lines!

Let the fungal carpet take root in the earth and destroy that precious star tree!

Seeing that the battlefield had stabilized, Qin Mu immediately gave orders.

The ancient war tree, which had been kicked apart by the Flame Lord and turned into countless fragments scattered across the battlefield, had silently taken root and sprouted again.

They then took root directly in the space, growing patches of emerald green fungal carpet, with spore forests continuously growing on the carpet tissue.

That's right!

The ancient tree of war has indeed perished, but its almost inexhaustible vitality has not dissipated.

Even units cultivated like the Forest Lord of Seeking Wood can have their severed bodies transformed into spore forests, and can even rapidly multiply through self-destruction.

How could the ancient war tree, as the mother tree, not have this function?

Its enormous body, a billion kilometers high, is covered with spores.

Once the body breaks apart, these spores will devour the life energy in the remains and grow rapidly, transforming into new swarm units.

Void carpet, on the other hand, is a completely new variant of carpet.

After entering the Cosmic Sea, there is no land in many areas where the fungal carpet can take root.

Especially within the three extreme zones, the harsh environments have caused the fungal carpet to evolve wildly, giving rise to countless different varieties.

For example, the God-Slaying Abyss and the Flame-Ice Domain are relatively common environments with extremely high temperatures and extremely cold temperatures.

Or perhaps it is the Ice Flower Rock World, in which there are huge flowers that appear beautiful but actually hide deadly dangers. These flowers are composed of various spaces.

Naturally, through countless evolutions, fungal carpets have also developed strains that can directly take root in the space.

By taking root in space, they can absorb energy from spatial turbulence and reproduce rapidly!

In an instant, the battlefield, stretching for tens of thousands of light-years, was covered with spore forests, which continued to spread outwards.

Although they lost the Ancient of War, a super-large unit, they can still contribute to the Zerg swarm's continued fighting power when dispersed.

At the same time, the entire swarm of insects suddenly surged forward frantically, trying to break through the blockade of the contaminated body and directly impact the land where the Starry Sky Tree was rooted.

With the addition of two new teams, the Zerg swarm has stabilized its high-end combat capabilities.

Although it doesn't offer a significant advantage, it's enough to allow some Zerg units to break through the defenses!

As long as it can reach the vast land where the Starry Sky Tree is rooted, the super-strong vitality of the fungal carpet can spread there and wipe out the rotten nests on the Starry Sky Tree.

Through observation, Qin Mu has determined that this rotten nest is nourished by the Starry Sky Treasure Tree and is constantly devouring pollutants to grow and develop.

If they can grow to the next stage, they will be able to achieve the ability to replace the will of the universe, similar to the Cosmic Messenger System or the Mother Ancestor System!

However, after giving birth to a Thousand-Eyed Demonic Chapter at the level of a Void True God, it was obvious that the aura of the rotten nest also weakened somewhat.

But as the battles continued, this feeling of despondency gradually disappeared.

Qin Mu needs to test the waters further!

To test whether it will continue to breed combat units of the same level as the Thousand-Eyed Demon Chapter!

They were trying to find out where the two vanished Void Gods had gone.

At the same time, we must do our best to delay the gestation and transformation of the rotten nest!

However, this kind of probing should not be done too hastily.

Because the insect swarm also needs time!

In the extremely intense war, facing more than two hundred top true gods and tens of thousands of universe lords, the first batch of ten thousand universe lords who joined the battlefield, the insect hive tyrants, have suffered more than 80% casualties!

Although the Zerg swarm held out against those top-tier true gods, it paid a heavy price.

For conventional units with a scale of hundreds of billions, the casualties were even more severe.

Especially without the support of the Ancient Tree of War and the Primal Sea, they can only rely on Leviathan hatching and the Void Creep that has not yet reached a large scale to sustain the battle, and their numbers are dwindling.

Without the support of the Second and Third Fleets, the fleet would have collapsed much sooner due to the ongoing fighting.

Despite the heavy price paid, the swarm did not come without some gains.

In that extremely intense war, the insect swarm is also evolving at a terrifying speed.

The instinct of life has led to a continuous breakthrough in the gene multiplication rate, which was originally 15000 times, and has now reached 20000 times.

Furthermore, the swarm's genes and bodies are constantly evolving as it continuously absorbs the strongest warrior system and witch system for enhancement.

• There is also the emergence of the devouring system, which allows the swarm to continuously devour the strength of the enemy on the battlefield, becoming stronger with each battle!

The Devouring System excels at breaking through in battle.

The more powerful life forms this system consumes, the stronger it becomes.

Many powerful individuals who follow the Devouring System prefer to devour cities or even kingdoms one by one in order to grow stronger quickly.

But how can that compare to a swarm of insects directly devouring the entire universe?

In particular, the quality of the contaminated entities on the battlefield was frighteningly high, with a large number of corpses of Venerables and even Lords of the Universe being directly devoured by units within the swarm.

Behind the battlefield, the insect swarm was also undergoing a frenzied metamorphosis.

In addition to the cosmic will assisting in cultivation, the nine Lava Demons, a key combat force in the swarm, along with the more than two hundred supreme treasures they carry, are being nurtured in the form of a divine weapon system.

If the gestation is complete, the swarm's top combat power will be greatly enhanced.

Especially the nine lava demons, whose formidable defensive power alone allowed them to ignore everything and directly attack the rotten nest.

Compared to the War Skull Beast, which relies on war secrets and lacks sustained combat ability, the Lava Demon God is the true Void God of War!

And there were a full nine of them!

But all of this will take time.

The insect swarm's biggest shortage is time.

The battle continues.

As the swarm's fighting intensified, some basic units finally broke through the contaminant's blockade and landed on that vast void continent.

The battlefield was too large, and there were too many combat units.

Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that some breaches of the blockade will occur.

In order to spread the fungal carpet as quickly as possible, among these fallen insects, a giant of nature exploded on the spot, and countless spores scattered on the ground in an instant, which then quickly took root and sprouted.

In the blink of an eye, the earth transformed into a vibrant green, covered by sponge forests.

However, before Qin Mu could rejoice...

The land covered by the fungal carpet suddenly surged, as if the land had transformed into a turbulent sea.

Countless roots, like giant pythons, burst forth from the soil, instantly wiping out the entire spore forest.

"This is the root of that Starry Sky Tree!"

Qin Mu, who was keeping a close eye on the battlefield, sighed as he watched this scene. The roots of the Starry Sky Treasure Tree were actually scattered all over this continent!

This kind of thing is not incomprehensible.

After all, that Star Tree, which is over 1 light-year tall, has been rooted in this continent for countless years.

Over this long period of time, it was not unusual for them to control the entire continent.

When Qin Mu sent the fungal carpet to strangle the Starry Sky Tree, he had anticipated this possibility.

This did not deter Qin Mu from laying the mushroom carpet; on the contrary, it made him even more determined.

To destroy the rotten nest, the Starry Sky Treasure Tree must be destroyed. However, it cannot be directly smashed under the cover of Emperor Qingye's formation. Therefore, the strangulation by the fungal carpet is another best method.

At the very least, it can delay the transformation of the rotten nest.

boom!

Suddenly, a loud bang echoed throughout the entire battlefield.

On the battlefield, the Flame Overlord, whose body was billions of kilometers tall and was fighting the War Skull Beast, suddenly shattered and then exploded!

How terrifying would it be if a top-tier tenth-order True God, especially one most skilled in physical strength, self-destructed?

The massive war-skull beast closest to it, with a body billions of kilometers tall, was instantly flung away, its three heads shattering and its body cracking extensively.

They're too close!

The two behemoths, most adept at close combat, were almost touching, allowing the Warhead Beast to take the brunt of the impact.

Self-destruction is the ultimate killing move that exists in almost every system.

If two strong individuals of the same level get too close, they will almost certainly die.

Moreover, it was the Flame Overlord, a being who simultaneously followed the bloodline cultivation system and the strongest warrior system, possessing unparalleled physical strength, who self-destructed.

Even a Void God of a higher rank would be severely injured.

The fact that the Warhead Beast did not collapse on the spot is already a testament to its immense power.

The shockwave from the self-destruction of the Flame Overlord swept across thousands of light-years, with hundreds of light-years within its core kill zone. In an instant, billions of swarm units perished, and tens of billions of contaminated entities were destroyed.

As if it had been planned in advance, Emperor Qingye made his move the instant the Flame Sovereign self-destructed.

"drink!"

The sphere, formed by countless arrays and enveloping the entire rotten nest, trembled violently, instantly drawing power from the rotten nest and unleashing an unprecedentedly powerful soul impact.

This soul impact transformed in mid-air into a shrieking, thousand-eyed, rotting serpent phantom that charged directly towards the swarm of insects across the battlefield.

boom!

Qin Mu felt as if the will of the swarm had been struck hard by a giant hammer. The will of the swarm, composed of billions of insects, actually felt dizzy under the impact.

Even the swarm network is showing signs of collapse.

"Hehehe!"

A maniacal laugh echoed through the swarm's will, and the thousand-eyed rotting serpent tore at the swarm's will with such force that Qin Mu felt intense pain.

Qin Mu's expression changed drastically.

"This is actually an attack of will at the level of an Eternal True God!" (End of Chapter)