Chapter 1185: Chapter 1185

The dark beetles kept devouring various insects and reproducing around the area, yet they seemed unable to grow in numbers like a snowball. Beetle fighting beetle was indeed a good method, no matter which side they were on.

Fortunately, my own dark beetles were still increasing in number. Without that, this battle might have been lost.

Off in the distance, the magic insect swarm, which initially didn’t seem to notice the commotion, also detected the signal from their kin. These magic insects didn’t particularly favor their own kind, so they kept a considerable distance from one another.

But upon receiving news of an attack from a foreign species, these magic insects still came flying over, ready to unite against the common enemy. If the magic insects could think, they’d have realized that this situation was akin to pouring oil on fire.

The number of magic insects kept increasing, and the beetles, too, kept multiplying. Both sides continued to attack and deplete one another’s numbers, but the magic insects were unknowingly aiding in increasing the enemy’s ranks. Unfortunately, since they were all insects, they lacked higher consciousness, and so this pouring-oil-on-fire tactic persisted.

Time slowly passed, and a whole day had gone by. My queen insect had been killed by magic insects several times, and finally, the beetles realized something was amiss and started to manufacture the queen directly underneath them at the center of the group. This ensured the queen wouldn’t die so quickly.

A whole day’s fighting had terrifyingly increased the number of beetles, but the gathering of magic insects was also extremely exaggerated. If anyone could see this scene, they would find that the sky and earth were shrouded in black.

It was as if layers of black clouds were tangled with each other in constant conflict. In the distance, even more dark clouds were gathering, a sight that could frighten the faint-hearted to death.

Meanwhile, Du You had already opened several spheres. Whenever a group was nearly completely wiped out, it would signify the doom of that group, and then I could receive a sphere.

It wasn’t necessary for every last individual to be dead. As long as 99% were gone, that was sufficient. Maybe the remaining could reestablish a group, but the panel’s calculations wouldn’t include those insects.

Of course, Du You understood that the magic insect groups that had perished were likely annihilated entirely because this was a battle between beetles. Not to mention the enemy wouldn’t flee, even if they wanted to, they couldn’t escape.

"Tier-six insects are coming," suddenly, Du You spoke up.

The truly tense moment had arrived; if my beetles completely failed to hold back the tier-six swarm, then it was really all over. Moreover, I still didn’t know what the reward for this would be.

Magic Insect Powder: Tier-five material, ten portions of it could be fused with Queen Insect Powder to form a mysterious material.

Yes, that was the magic insect powder Du You had obtained, but its use was unknown to Du You. Without the Queen Insect Powder, its special use—if it was material-related—could only be discovered upon returning.

Du You collected another portion of the magic insect powder and then refocused his attention on the frontline battle.

The tier-six magic insects finally arrived, larger than the tier-fives, but there was no other change in appearance. Still, leveraging their larger size, the magic insects were able to kill a dark beetle in one bite.

These magic insects seemed smarter than their tier-five counterparts. After devouring part of the beetles and sensing something wrong, they stopped eating. They simply killed and dissipated; it was faster that way.

And Du You realized, in a do-or-die manner, it took the death of one beetle to leave a mark on their enemy. It typically required the sacrifice of dozens to take down even one. At this rate, my dark beetles might be completely eradicated. Thinking this, Du You knew he had no choice but to step in.

"The dark beetles inside are completely surrounded; they can’t get out, so I’m the only one who can cast spells. Yucha, open a gap for me." Official source ıs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⁂𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⁂𝓷𝓮𝓽

Lin Yucha understood this decision was risky, but since Du You had spoken, she bit her lip and still created an opening. As soon as it was open, Du You released a dark beetle through it, then the gap closed again.

Under Du You’s command, the beetle flew in another direction. The magic insects from that direction had already left, but a large number of insects remained. That was Du You’s plan: to use the insects left behind by the enemy to breed another swarm.

After a long while, Du You breathed a sigh of relief; his risky action had not been detected by the magic insects. Perhaps they noticed but didn’t care, but either way, he was no longer in danger.

The beetles silently flew to the other side, taking advantage of the absence of magic insects to devour and reproduce en masse.

It was fortunate that these beetles could last longer; otherwise, Du You wouldn’t know if they would still be alive when reaching the designated place. Just like before, a vast number of beetles began to continuously consume and reproduce, endlessly splitting into more.

This was without the presence of a queen insect, so their own evolution was very slow. However, since there were no magic insect disturbances, these dark beetles bred rapidly and eventually, under Du You’s strategic thought process, started to converge towards the highly evolved beetles. Their smooth and hard exteriors, along with the giant mouthparts suitable for battling other insects, were advantages.

Half a day later, when Du You found out that the majority of his original group of dark beetles had perished. A new group had cleaned out a vast area of insects, and their numbers were now enormously large.

These numbers had nearly reached ten times that of the previous group. Having a vague sense of this situation, Du You nodded in satisfaction. "Leave some, continue to spread out elsewhere. The rest, go reinforce."

Following Du You’s command, the majority of the dark beetles flew towards the battlefield. The magic insects, which were initially fervently exterminating the interloping beetles, suddenly found themselves faced with an even larger number of beetles from behind.

Their limited intellect didn’t allow the magic insects to ponder why there were so many enemies; they only knew they had to eliminate them. Thus, a pincer-like battle ensued. The first to suffer were the tier-six insects.

After such a prolonged battle, although the tier-six magic insects had taken down many beetles, the beetles weren’t exactly pushovers. One-third of that group of tier-six magic insects had been wiped out.

The newly arrived beetles, once they made contact with the queen insect, began to reproduce faster. In a matter of moments, they were elevated to the same level as the highly evolved beetles. The encirclement began, and the tier-six magic insect swarm gradually moved towards extinction. "Fantastic, we have a good chance to eradicate these tier-six beetles." The reward for exterminating tier-six, I never thought I could achieve it.