Chapter 331

It was dark, it was raining, and the Queen Mother was awake …

Of course, the thunderclap had not only awakened the Queen Mother, but also all the bug beasts in the eighty-three hives.

Among the eighty-three bug hordes, there were at least three hundred thousand bug beasts, and the largest number was nearly two million.

What was even more frightening was that the Queen Mother had started giving birth as soon as she woke up.

Less than half an hour after the thunder, Neptune's voice rang in Gu Ding's ears again.

"The first wave of bug hordes is here. They will arrive in ten minutes at most."

However, everyone knew nothing about it. If it was just an ordinary night, it would be no different from daytime in everyone's eyes. However, the night in this world seemed a little special. The darkness could greatly obscure everyone's visual senses, making everyone's eyesight no different from that of ordinary people.

With their vision obscured and their perception severely suppressed, no one noticed that the bug hordes were approaching.

Gu Ding took a deep breath and shouted, "Everyone, get ready. The bug hordes will arrive in less than ten minutes!"

His voice quickly spread to every corner of the city, causing the crowd, which had been noisy because of the darkness, to suddenly quiet down.

Several members of the TOP1 group suddenly appeared beside Gu Ding, led by a young girl with a ponytail. She had a gray shawl draped over her back, and her clothes were a very casual white T-shirt and black overalls. On her feet was a pair of black military leather boots. The members of the TOP organization were not completely under the jurisdiction of the Army, so there were no rigid requirements for their clothing. They generally dressed very casually.

Gu Ding remembered that this young girl was called Karsi. She was the youngest member of the TOP1 mission, but her attack power was the highest. Her test result was nine and a half stars. Not only was she the one with the highest attack power among the TOP1 members, but she also had the highest test star among the ten thousand people.

"Gu Ding, you can see the movements of those bug beasts?" Karsi sounded like she was sixteen or seventeen years old, about the same age as Elsa.

"Yes, everyone, hurry up and get ready for battle." Gu Ding nodded. At a time like this, it was not good to hide the fact that Neptune could carry out long-range reconnaissance. If someone were to ask, he would at most push the blame to himself and say that he had a probing ability.

Karsi did not ask any more questions. She turned around and shouted at the other members of the TOP1 and the federal government, "Everyone, get ready for battle immediately!"

His grey cloak fluttered in the wind, making him look rather heroic.

Although she was young, it was obvious that the members of the TOP organization had a high status in the federal government. Even though they were of the same military rank, those people did not ignore her shouts. They immediately began to prepare for battle and stood in their previously arranged positions.

Seeing that the people from the Federal Government had entered a combat-ready state, the others knew that Gu Ding's shout just now was not for fun. They also put away their initial thoughts of not caring too much. All of them drew their weapons and stood together with the people from the federal government, staring into the distance outside the city.

Not long after, someone heard the buzzing of insects and the flapping of insect beasts' wings from afar. Judging from the sound alone, the number of insect beasts this time was definitely not small.

Soon, the swarm of insects was getting closer and closer. Everyone finally saw the legendary insect swarm. As far as the eye could see, there were insect beasts everywhere, like a boundless ocean. On the other hand, the movement of the Insect Beasts was like a tidal wave, making people feel so insignificant. Some people even lost their will to fight.

"All long-range attacks, go all out. At a time like this, don't hold anything back!" Gu Ding's voice once again exploded in the crowd, and he took the lead to attack. Black devouring flames surged out wildly, like a giant black dragon. It swung through the swarm of insects, annihilating all the insect beasts in its path. These vanguard troops were not of high rank, and thousands of them were killed by Gu Ding in an instant.

As for the others, they also made their moves.

Beside Gu Ding, Dockett threw out twelve flying daggers at the same time. All the insects he chose were less than four-star, and the flying daggers pierced through them in one shot, killing them instantly. According to what Gu Ding had said before, with their combat effectiveness, they could not crush the insect beasts. Their main task was to reduce the number of insect beasts as much as possible. As for the stronger insect beasts, someone would naturally take care of them.

On the other hand, Lilliath's gun had also activated its continuous firing mode. She controlled the power to be around five-star as she fired wildly at the low-rank insect beasts.

Tagore did not transform. He rushed directly into the swarm of insects, and wherever his sharp claws passed, insect corpses fell to the ground. Now that he had entered the level of a Lower Rank deity, his combat effectiveness had increased by nearly two small ranks. As long as he did not encounter five-star elite or elite mutant insect beasts, he could basically kill them in seconds.

Although Gu Ding's crew did not have the main combat effectiveness except for Gu Ding and Tagore, their performance was already eye-catching enough.

On the other hand, the TOP1 team was simply a killing machine. Everyone's killing speed was no slower than Gu Ding's.

The girl named Cass summoned a thick hurricane with a radius of nearly a hundred meters. Any insect beast that was caught up in it seemed to be dismembered by a sharp blade and was completely crushed. Due to the hurricane's strong attraction to the surrounding insect beasts, her killing speed even surpassed Gu Ding's.

In addition to Cass, there were two other Natural Abilities in the TOP1 team.

One of them was an Earth Ability Swamp. He could turn the ground into a swamp. Moreover, powerful rattan-like plants grew in the swamp. Anything that passed through the swamp would be pulled into it and slowly sink.

The other one was a Fire Ability like Gu Ding. However, his Flame Ability did not summon flames like Gu Ding's. Instead, he could control ground fire and magma. He even summoned a middle-level deity Magma Giant from another dimension. It was hundreds of meters tall, and it rushed madly into the swarm of insects to slaughter them.

The others also performed well.

On the Freedom Alliance's side, although they kept a low profile and did not use their ultimate skills, their killing speed was not slow.

Gu Ding finally saw Star's ability. The genius young man, who was about the same age as him, stood in place. His eyes suddenly changed color, and a blue flame spread among the swarm of insects without warning. All the insects died upon contact. The effect of the blue flame was even better than Gu Ding's Devouring Flame.

"What kind of flame is that?" Gu Ding was a little shocked.

"That's Netherworld Ghostfire. It's a soul-level flame. Most Bug Tribe's soul strength is at least one level lower than their cultivation level. Therefore, with his soul strength comparable to a middle-level deity's, the effect of this Netherworld Ghostfire is terrifying, "Neptune explained." Actually, Lilliath's Purgatory Fire is more powerful than his flame. Not only can Purgatory Fire harm the soul, but it can also directly harm the flesh. "

"Lili, try using Purgatory Fire!" Gu Ding suddenly turned his head and said to Lilliath.

"Purgatory Fire won't be very effective. My Righteous Force is too weak. It's far less effective than God Source." Lilliath still did not know what was so special about Purgatory Fire.

"Lili, don't use Righteous Force. Use your soul power directly. Purgatory Fire has two sources of power. If you use Righteous Force or God Source to activate it, it will cause damage to the physical body. If you use Soul Power to activate it, it will directly damage the soul, "Neptune reminded Liliath.

"Okay, I'll give it a try!" Lilliath nodded.

With the help of her soul power, a black Purgatory Fire rose from her palm and rose rapidly with her thoughts. She followed Gu Ding's example and spewed out the flames, covering a large group of bug beasts. The bug beasts fell to the ground in an instant. The effect was amazing.

Neptune was not surprised because after swallowing the Heavenly Soul Crystal, Lilliath's soul strength had reached the level of a seven-star Lower Level deity. Even a five-star elite bug beast would not have a soul strength higher than a six-star due to its congenital deficiency. Therefore, before the mutant elite bug beasts appeared, Lilliath's Purgatory Fire would definitely be successful in every endeavor.

Lilliath was also very excited to suddenly switch to using flames. Her killing speed increased and was no longer inferior to Gu Ding's.

On the Freedom Alliance's side, other than Star, the others were also very strong.

Sharp fought the same way as Biggie. They both rushed into the bug beasts and kept swinging their swords. Each slash killed a bug beast.

However, Sharp seemed to be the weakest in the Freedom Alliance this time, and his killing speed was also the slowest.

Other than Star, there was another guy in the Freedom Alliance named Friz who was also faster than Gu Ding. He was an Ice-type Natural Ability user and his cultivation was at the level of a five-star Lower Level deity. In the previous assessment, he and Star had the same test results, which were nine stars. He walked among the bug beasts, and wherever he went, all the bug beasts were frozen into ice sculptures. Not a single bug beast could come within ten meters of him.

From this wave of bug beasts, one could basically see everyone's true strength. Even if some people held back their killer moves like Gu Ding, the strength of their ordinary moves had already been revealed, and their strength was not far from each other.

The nine people from TOP1 and the seven people from the Freedom Alliance were in the first line, and they could kill any bug beast they encountered.

Other than these two major forces, there were not many people who could be included in the first line. Gu Ding could be included, and so could Lilliath, who used Purgatory Fire.

Several Interstellar Hunters and Interstellar Pirates, including Dou Long, could also be included in the first line. During the assessment, their test results were basically eight stars and above.

There were more people in the second line. Basically, this line had nothing to worry about other than five-star elite bug beasts.

This included the Federal Government's Elite Legion, Tagore, who had not transformed, Leon, who was dressed in white, and dozens of Interstellar Pirates and Interstellar Hunters who had test results of seven stars and above.

The rest of the people were basically in the third and fourth lines.

After more than an hour of fighting, this wave of bug beasts was finally wiped out.

A TOP1 member said with some disdain, "It seems that the bug beasts are not as scary as the rumors say."

Gu Ding, on the other hand, looked at him with a blank expression. "This is only the first wave, and it's a relatively small wave. There are less than four hundred thousand bug beasts. There are three minutes left in the second wave … "