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Chapter 1281: You Are Too Weak

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The formation of a talisman was a tool commonly used by formation masters. They would imprint formations with Divine Power on the formation talisman beforehand so that they could use it anytime they wanted.

The stack of formation talismans in the hunk's hand were defense formations. There would be an extra layer of defense formation on the city gate each time a talisman was pasted on it.

The hunk was extremely quick. Within a few breaths of time, he had restored most of the one-third damages the Giant Hammer Bugs' attacks had caused.

Even though the Bug Tribe had no idea what the hunk was holding in his hand, they could sense the changes on the defense formations on the city gate.

Within 20 seconds, the person restored the damages that the tens of Giant Hammer Bugs had made for some ten minutes.

Noticing that, the Bug Tribe's upper echelon finally could not hold it back.

A red glow as thin as a hair shot out in the air. It was targeted at the head of the hunk in golden armor who was standing at the city gate.

Not only was this attack extremely fast, but its aura was suppressed to the minimum too.

Just when Lin Huang sensed that with his Divine Telekinesis, the shot had arrived behind the golden-armored hunk. It was less than ten meters away from him.

"Such a quick attack, this is definitely a technique of a fifth or even sixth-rank True God!" Lin Huang could not help but exclaim.

Seeing that the shot was going to hit the back of the golden-armored hunk, another golden glow shot from the other direction of the sky. It drew an arc in the air, which then collided with the red glow that was almost invisible.

The very next second saw a golden spark exploded that drowned the red glow completely. Stunning fireworks of red and gold fell into the big hordes like a meteor shower.

Any of the Bug Tribe fighters that came into contact with the sparks even for a little bit exploded instantly. They turned into carcasses all over the ground.

Lin Huang's eyes lit up when he saw that.

The reason was that he could tell that the counterattack came from a firearms master. He considered himself half a firearms master before.

Ever since he was out in the world, it was his first time encountering such a powerful firearms master.

"A true god-level firearms master?!"

Lin Huang stared at the city gate. He wanted to see how that firearms master looked like.

He then saw a silhouette stepped out of the city gate.

It was a man wearing a red trench coat. He was skinny with short hair as white as snow.

"A fifth-rank True God ambushing a Virtual God, aren't you guys ashamed of yourself?"

The man in the red trench coat looked into a certain direction in the air. There was mockery at the corner of his lips.

A moment later, a commotion came from the air. Tens of Bug Tribe powerhouses revealed themselves.

The leading one was a Bug King that looked 50% to 60% like an ant.

"Nangong Wei, it was you who killed a whole bunch of my virtual god-level Bug Tribe fighters earlier. Now you're mocking us for ambushing you?"

"If you guys didn't ambush us, do you think I would have to show myself in the battle?" The man in a red trench coat who was called Nangong Wei had powerful majesty even though he was facing tens of intermediate-stage true god-level Bug Tribe powerhouses alone.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang was secretly guessing the person's identity. "Judging by the attack earlier, this guy is definitely a sixth-rank True God. Since his last name is Nangong, he's most probably that human class-4 genius that was mentioned in the Bug Tribe group chat earlier."

"Yi Li, if you think that I've mistreated your Bug Tribe members, you can fight me one on one. As long as you agree to that, I definitely won't say no," Nangong Wei smirked slightly while saying that extra loud on purpose.

The Bug King across fell silence for a moment, he dared not respond.

The reason why the Bug King was silent was simple. Although they were both class-4 powerhouses whereby their ability was similar, he was oppressed by Nangong Wei on a certain level.

The Bug King Yi Li was great in close combat, whereby he was an expert in fighting with strength.

Meanwhile, Nangong Wei was a firearms master. Not only was he an expert in long-distance attack, but his movement and speed were also stunningly fast.

It was impossible for Yi Li to fight him one on one.

Yi Li knew very well that he would be killed by Nangong Wei if he was to fight him one on one. He might not even be able to attack Nangong Wei once.

He knew very well that apart from himself, almost none of the bunch of powerhouses around him could survive three minutes with Nangong Wei.

Although the Bug Tribe had the upper hand of quantity, none of the high-level powerhouses that he sent at the moment could fight a fair match with Nangong Wei.

As long as Nangong Wei was here, it was impossible to conquer this city.

Meanwhile, Yi Li had considered draining Nangong Wei of his energy with the number of Bug Tribe members. However, he knew very well that the possibility of executing that was slim. With Nangong Wei's Movement Skill, nobody could make him stay if he wanted to move.

To look at the situation by taking a step back, even if Nangong Wei was forced to leave due to the sea of Bug Tribes, Yi Li and the rest would not feel safe even if they had conquered and stayed in the city.

Without the city tying Nangong Wei down by then, he who had complete mobility would be even more threatening. Yi Li and the rest were worried that they would have their guards up at all times to prevent Nangong Wei from ambushing them secretly.

That was the reason why this city had yet to be conquered after being attacked for so long.

Although Lin Huang had no idea of what the Bug King was thinking about, judging by his silence, the Bug Tribe was fearful of this Nangong Wei.

As the Bug King fell into a moment of silence, the Scorpion Monster next to him spoke seeing the situation.

"Nangong Wei, what makes you think that you're worthy of challenging the Bug King?!"

The Scorpion Monster shook its red tail slightly. It was terrified of Nangong Wei too. He only mustered its courage to say that just to butter the Bug King up.

Nangong Wei looked away from the Bug King and had his eyes on Scorpion Monster now. A glance was all he took to see the red sting at the back of its tail.

"It was you who attacked the Virtual God, am I right?"

"St-Stop being so cocky!" The Scorpion Monster yelled at Nangong Wei ferociously and took a small step back at the same time.

A silver pistol appeared in Nangong Wei's hand. In the next second, a few golden glows shot out of the muzzle.

The golden glows seemed like they defied the law of space whereby they appeared on the Bug King's left directly. They prevented him from saving the Scorpion Monster completely.

The Bug King merely lagged for a second, a golden glow shot by its left shoulder and accelerated.

In the next second, purplish-red blood splashed all over the Bug King's body.

As it turned its head to look left and right, one-third of the Scorpion Monster's upper body was busted. Its head was completely gone.

"You…" The Bug King was enraged, its compound eyes were bloodshot.

Nangong Wei blew on the muzzle and said looking like he did not care, "I'm not cocky, you're too weak."

Chapter 1282: Battle of the True Gods!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A gunshot that killed the Scorpion Monster in a second, Nangong Wei's ability terrified the Bug Tribe's high-level powerhouses even more now.

They knew very well of the Scorpion Monster's ability, where it was a fifth-rank True God. On the Bug King's camp, apart from the Bug King itself, Scorpion Monster's combined ability was powerful enough to be ranked top five.

Nangong Wei managed to kill such a powerhouse like a piece of cake. It made sense that the other bug beasts were petrified.

Of course, the Bug King Yi Li knew that Nangong Wei was challenging it on purpose to be killing its underling right before it. However, it would not fall into the trap on its own.

One must know that the Bug King's reputation was just after the Queen Mother among the Bug Tribe. It could say that it was unwilling to take the challenge before for the big picture.

However, now that Nangong Wei threw a cold blanket on it, its reputation would drop drastically if it did not take up the challenge.

Yi Li's compound eyes were bloodshot. It was enraged, but it had yet to lose its mind.

At the moment, the humans' high-level combat strength made their overall ability more powerful in Tough City's battle. If their high-level powerhouses were to fight, it was an unfavorable situation for the Bug Tribe.

However, for the sake of its reputation, Yi Li had to fight.

As it racked its brain, it soon had a plan. It contacted the bunch of Bug Tribe upper echelon secretly with the 'group chat'.

What the Bug King had no idea was that there a human was hiding in the 'group chat'.

Lin Huang was stunned to see the message popping up on the 'group chat' out of nowhere.

The message was written in red, indicating clearly that it came from the Bug King that was being challenged by Nangong Wei at the moment.

"All True Gods get ready to fight! I'll challenge Nangong Wei later, intermediate-stage True Gods will look for the opportunity to fight together and besiege him. When the human True Gods came in for the rescue, beginner-stage True Gods will join in the battle and fight with all of your might!"

"If any of you managed to kill Nangong Wei, seize the opportunity to kill all human True Gods and reap the battlefield. If you failed to kill them within a certain time, wait for my order to retreat."

Lin Huang who was hiding under the Giant Beetle's carcass shook his head while smiling when he saw the message.

He did not think that the Bug Tribe's ambush would be a successful one. It was not that there was anything wrong with the Bug King's plan, but the humans had a smarter military advisor here. It was impossible that they did not put that into consideration.

Lin Huang was even sure that there might be a similar sure-kill plan since Nangong Wei was challenging the Bug King alone.

It was just that his acting skill was too good, making the Bug Tribe think that he was only challenging the Bug King on purpose.

Moreover, there was a possibility that Nangong Wei had challenged the Bug King frequently before. Therefore, the Bug Tribe did not suspect much when this happened.

'A battle of the True Gods…' Lin Huang was secretly elated, 'All True Gods would be minding their own business, nobody should notice me sneaking in.'

He had been looking for the opportunity to blend into the human's camp. Now the opportunity had finally come.

As soon as the message was sent to the Bug Tribe's group chat, the Bug King Yi Li that was in the air had spoken.

"Nangong Wei, I know that you're challenging me on purpose to force me to fight you. I had been unwilling to fight you one on one earlier because you're a firearms master, whereby you would suppress me considering that I'm good in close-distance combat. Furthermore, our ability is similar, it's hard for me to kill you. However, don't you dare think that it's impossible."

"I could tolerate your challenges in the past, but now that you've killed my underling, I must bring justice to Scorpion Monster! No matter how great of a price I would have to pay, I must kill you today to avenge Scorpion Monster!"

The Bug King was standing on high moral ground when he said that. One was to tell the fact that Nangong Wei suppressed him which explained why he was unwilling to fight him before. Another was to avenge his underling to win the reputation of valuing his underlings. On the other hand, he also showed that he would pay the price to kill Nangong Wei, proving that his ability was above him. It would win his reputation back.

As many Bug Tribes in the battlefield were touched by what it said, Nangong Wei threw a cold blanket at it

"So well put! You deserve to be the Bug King! If I didn't kill you today, you should be able to get to lord-level in the future with your flamboyant words alone."

The Bug King Yi Li looked terrible as Nangong Wei exposed him on the spot. Fortunately, its compound eyes were bloody at the moment, hiding all of the expressions on his face.

"Quit your bullsh*t, Nangong Wei. Let's fight!"

Before it was done speaking, the wings behind Yi Li flapped and an after-shadow was created in the air. It was charging at Nangong Wei.

Nangong Wei seemed to have expected the Bug King to launch a sudden attack. Two pistols appeared on each of his hands, it was silver and black.

Some ten golden glows shot out of the silver pistol in his right hand. However, the black pistol in his left hand merely shot out two bullets. They had bloody red glows.

As compared to the golden glows' preciseness and high speed, the red glows were a little slow, but it gave out a more threatening vibe.

It was Nangong Wei's Double Pistol. The black pistol would take care of killing, whereby it was impactful. Meanwhile, the silver pistol was in control of various changes.

Even Lin Huang was stunned as he watched.

He had almost all of his attention on Nangong Wei. It was his first time seeing a true god-level firearms master's ability.

The red bullets shooting out of Nangong Wei's black pistol had little changes, but it had a terrifying impact. Even the Bug King dared not touch it simply.

Meanwhile, the golden bullets that were shot out of the silver pistol were fancy. Lin Huang felt dizzy while watching them.

Not only the golden glows had a variety of changes in speed, but they could also be shot in an arc and they could deviate their route. Some bullets even had special effects.

For instance, temporary Space Seal, Space Warp, accelerations, decelerations, explosions, sparks…

Lin Huang could also speculate roughly that most of the effects from the pistol should not come from Nangong Wei. Instead, they came from the pistol itself.

"How could a god rule relic come with so many Rule Bending Power of different attributes?"

Lin Huang could not understand that.

However, he soon got the answer to the question.

"There are some unique god rule relics that might be able to do that such as Random Rule, Integration Rule, Complex Symbiosis Rule, Engulf Rule, Memory Rule, Clone Rule…"

It was the knowledgeable stone tablet who said that.

"However, such a god rule relic is extremely scarce while it usually costs nothing below a common god sequence relic."

"This guy in red ranks on top even in the great world for his talents and potential in firearms to be able to play so many tricks with a pistol alone," the stone tablet commented.

Lin Huang who initially could not get over being a firearms master as a career was excited when he first saw Nangong Wei showing his techniques. However, seeing those difficult tricks later on, he figured not choosing to be a firearms master back then was the right choice.

"Even though I have Xiao Hei, I would need some three to five years to practice my skills to get to his level. Huh, I should stick to the direct way of combat which is to kill with swinging swords."

Although Lin Huang said that, he was watching the battle between two True Gods with his eyes lit up.

Nangong Wei's gun techniques were too difficult to a half firearms master such as Lin Huang. However, it enlightened him to use his telekinetic weapons on a higher level.

Seamless was merely a technique to increase the number as well as controlling the telekinetic threads. However, it depended more on the powerhouse on how to develop and use it specifically.

"Seems like I must study Qi Muxiong's experiences on telekinesis…"

Chapter 1283: Sword11

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The battle between the Bug King and Nangong Wei was getting more and more intense in the air.

Just like what the Bug King Yi Li expected in the beginning, Nangong Wei had been treating him like he was playing a kite.

Not only Nangong Wei's gun techniques were amazing, but his body movement and speed were also top-notch.

However, Yi Li was not as weak as the humans had thought it to be. Its speed was nothing slower than Nangong Wei as it flapped its wings rapidly. Although its body movement's agility was nothing like Nangong Wei, it managed to dodge above 90% of Nangong Wei's gun attacks.

Moreover, it was more powerful than Nangong Wei in strength and defensive ability.

That was the reason why Nangong Wei had been unwilling to fight with it in close-range combat.

In reality, the duo's combined ability was on par. It was difficult to determine who was the winner within a short period. However, as their expertise contradicted each other, it might be unfavorable for the Bug King if this went on.

After all, firearms masters were experts in long-distance attacks. The suppression for a combat cultivator that was expert in close-range combat was too much.

As Lin Huang watched the battle secretly, he waited patiently for the chaos to begin.

The battle between Nangong Wei and the Bug King went on for some ten minutes. Suddenly, a Butterfly-winged Monster attacked from the Bug Tribe's side all of a sudden.

It turned out the Butterfly-winged Monster had set up a large, invisible silk web above the clouds the duo was fighting secretly when the Bug King had just started the battle with Nangong Wei.

Seeing that Nangong Wei and Yi Li had stepped into the silk web's coverage, it then activated the trap that it had set up.

Up to 1,000 silks penetrated the clouds and fell from the sky. As if the prison had fallen upon, it intended to seal Nangong Wei's activity space.

The biggest upper hand a firearms master had was a long-distance attack. If he was being restricted in space, he might not perform 70% of what he had. Furthermore, his opponent was the Bug King, a close-range combat powerhouse who was best in fighting in a small space.

If the Butterfly-winged Monster's plan worked, there might be a turn of the table in the battle between Nangong Wei and the Bug King.

Seeing the silk attack that came out of nowhere, nobody could see any emotions on Nangong Wei's face. However, he was retreating rapidly. He wanted to escape out of the prison before the silk web dropped completely.

Lin Huang was secretly worried about Nangong Wei.

"I think he's slightly slow, I don't think he will make it out in time!"

As Nangong Wei was going to be covered in the large silk web, a blood-red sword glow charged above the city wall as if it was going to tear the sky.

Lin Huang could not help but be shocked when he saw the charge of the sword.

The sword had surpassed all sword skills that he had ever seen before. As the blood-red sword glow lit up above the city wall, it pierced through space directly and tore the large web made of 1,000 silks into pieces.

At the same time, a terrifying aura above the city wall suppressed the scene.

Lin Huang could feel clearly that it was the integration of Sword Dao and killing intent. He stared deadly at the source of the aura above the city wall.

However, his vision was blocked by the city wall, he could not see anything.

At the moment, the powerhouse stepped out on his own. He crossed the high city wall.

Lin Huang finally saw the person's face.

It was a man with red hair who looked mediocre. Even his height was merely 1.7m to 1.8m, he was considered short. However, the first thing that Lin Huang noticed was his completely black pupils.

The glance from far away alone gave Lin Huang a feeling that there was a sharp knife lingering his neck. He even felt a faint pain on his skin.

"Is that Sword Dao true meaning? It's so powerful!"

The man stood on the city wall, he lifted his head to look at the direction where many Bug Tribe powerhouses were standing in the air calmly.

Almost at the same time, Bug King Yi Li's enraged voice came from the air.

"Bloody Sword, Sword11! Why are you here?"

"To end this battle of course," the man with red hair looked at Bug King Yi Li expressionlessly.

"You humans sure are cunning!" That voice came from the Bug Tribe's camp.

"I wouldn't attack if that moth didn't interrupt the battle earlier. It was you guys who broke the rule first, so naturally, we don't have to follow the rule too."

What Sword11 said made the Bug Tribe speechless.

The Butterfly-winged Monster glared at Sword11 furiously. Before it managed to say 'I'm not a moth' out loud, it swallowed its words back from Sword11's stare.

It could not offend such a powerful person.

As Lin Huang was doubting who this Sword11 was, the Bug Tribe's 'group chat' had begun a discussion.

"What's happening? Why is Sword11 here? Shouldn't he be in Heavenly Sword City?"

"Even Sword11 is here, there's no way of us winning this battle now."

"Who exactly is this Sword11?" Finally, someone asked what Lin Huang wanted to ask at the moment.

"To put it simply, Sword11 is the most powerful sixth-rank True God human in this star zone!"

"What you said isn't entirely correct, you should remove the word 'human'. He's the most powerful sixth-rank True God in this star zone, there's no other person like him."

"I've heard the Queen Mother mentioned that Sword11 is a human class-5 genius. His talent and quality are on par with our Bug Tribe's class-5 sovereign-grade Bug Queen…"

…

Lin Huang finally had a preliminary understanding of Sword11 from the conversations in the 'group chat'.

"A powerful sword cultivator who masters the Sword Dao true meaning. He must have deep attainment in the Sword Dao true meaning…"

As a sword cultivator powerhouse who was stepping into the Sword Dao true meaning soon, Lin Huang could feel that Sword11's Sword Dao was much more powerful than his. He must have stepped into the Sword Dao true meaning for a long time.

"Could it be that this guy had obtained the Great Heaven's Sword Dao inheritance…"

However, the thought merely flashed through Lin Huang's head, which he then denied it.

"It shouldn't be. If someone has already taken Great Heaven's inheritance, the Great Heaven Territory would be sealed automatically as it's the land of inheritance or it would be inherited by the heir. It wouldn't be like this, whereby it's open for people to participate in the trial."

"However, judging by Sword11's rumored quality, the possibility of him being chosen to participate in the trial to retrieve the Great Heaven's inheritance should be high. There's a high chance that he might know something about the Great Heaven's inheritance!"

Although Lin Huang speculated that Sword11 knew roughly about the Great Heaven's inheritance, it was a trouble to get him to spill the information.

Sword11 was a sixth-rank True God himself while his ability might be even higher than that. Lin Huang would have to dodge him if he was to encounter such an expert. With his current ability, even if he showed all of his trump cards, he might not escape from his sword alive. After all, the difference in combat strength was way too much.

"Well, I can only take it one step at a time…"

As Lin Huang's thoughts were flying around for a while, he looked troubled as he lifted his head to look at the current situation of the battle in the sky.

Everyone was shocked to see Sword11's attack. Even the Bug King and Nangong Wei who were fighting stopped.

Lin Huang was secretly anxious noticing that the battle was stopping.

'Don't stop, keep fighting. If you guys stopped fighting, how am I supposed to sneak into the city?!'

Fortunately, the silence did not last too long, as a change happened on the battlefield again.

Sword11 spoke again calmly, "Yi Li, you have two options now."

"You either retreat with your armies and this will be the end of everything. You guys don't need to fight me, and I can save some time to get to the next city."

"Or, we can fight now. Of course, I can tell you the result in advance. Every one of you would die here, nobody would leave this place alive."

Sword11 glanced through the bunch of Bug Tribe upper echelons without a change of expression on his face, as if he was telling a fact.

All of the Bug Tribe upper echelons who he glanced through dodged the stare, none of them dared to look into his eyes.

Meanwhile, the Bug King was the only one who glared deadly at Sword11. However, it knew very well that Sword11 could say such things indeed.

"I'll give all of you three minutes to discuss this. Watch the time, I'll take it as you guys are going for the second option if you guys aren't done discussing within three minutes."

Chapter 1284: Blending into the Battlefield

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Sword11, the legendary class-5 genius, the most powerful person among sixth-rank true god-level powerhouses in the Great Heaven Territory. His appearance caught the Bug Tribe off guard.

He was compelling as soon as he showed himself. The Bug King of the same combat strength was nothing to him at all.

However, everyone who had heard of his name knew that he was worthy of saying such a thing.

With Sword11's talent and potential, he was a class-5 supreme god-level that was on par with Bug Tribe's Bug Queen. He was one in a million even when he was being compared to in the great world crowded with geniuses.

The Bug King Yi Li did not hesitate much as soon as Sword11 spoke. It peeped at its opponent Nangong Wei that it was fighting earlier, it then flapped its wings and retreated from the battlefield.

As soon as Bug King returned to the area where the Bug Tribe upper echelons were, it reported Sword11's arrival immediately. It then began discussing with the other upper echelons that were present.

"What do we do now? If Sword11 is here, we might not be able to kill him even if we were to fight together, let alone there would be Nangong Wei whose ability is on par with me providing long-distance assistance from aside."

The Bug King felt like its head was exploding.

"Don't forget that apart from both of them, there are close to 20 intermediate-stage True Gods in Tough City. The number of their high-level combat strength powerhouses are more than us even before Sword11 came."

"Should we retreat? With Sword11 here, I'm afraid we're just sitting ducks if we fight forcefully."

"Retreat? How am I supposed to report to the superior? Forget it if we failed to conquer and retreat on normal days, Queen Mother ordered a general offensive today. Retreating now would mean defection!"

"So, what do you think we should do? Let them kill us like sitting ducks?!"

…

As the Bug Tribe was having an intense argument, a message popped up in the 'group chat' all of a sudden.

The message was written in gold.

"The superior has acknowledged the situation with Sword11. The general offensive plan has been set, there's no turning back! Bug King Yi Li, stall Sword11 with the army, support is on the way!"

The upper echelons including Yi Li looked terrible when they saw the message.

"We can't retreat, and we'll have to stall Sword11, are they trying to get us killed?"

"Alright, stop it now. We'll be in trouble if the superior heard our grumble," Yi Li comforted feeling helpless. "Such an arrangement is for the sake of the big picture. They would not ruin the entire battle plan just for the safety of a minor group in the battle."

"Since we can't retreat now, we can only fight. Let us think about the strategies of how to stall longer. Since they said support is on the way, I don't think they're messing with us. We will survive as long as we can until support is here!"

Since Yi Li and the rest had no freedom of choice, they could only use the remaining time to discuss the strategies.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang who was hiding under the Giant Beetle's carcass was secretly laughing. He too saw the message.

"It seems like the Bug Tribe isn't retreating. As soon as Sword11 came in, the current high-level combat strength among the humans in the battle of Tough City is sufficient to suppress the Bug Tribe. However, the Queen Mother's order is to stall Sword11, Yi Li and the rest must be secretly cursing. I wonder what their next plan is."

As Lin Huang was thinking of that, another message popped up on the 'group chat' again.

It was written in red this time, indicating clearly that the message was sent by Bug King Yi Li.

"Inform all members to take my order later, we will launch a general offensive directly! Everyone must participate in the battle enthusiastically, give your all and last until reinforcements come!"

Bug King Yi Li looked at Sword11 from far after sending the message.

"We've made up our mind!"

"So, your choice would be…" Sword11 raised his brows. He realized that the opponent had made their decision before the three-minute that he gave was up.

"Our decision is very simple, there's only one word – Fight!"

As soon as Yi Li was done speaking, it took the lead and charged head-on. It was hard to believe that its target was directed at the most powerful one on the battlefield, which was Sword11.

The over 20 Bug Tribe powerhouses behind it seemed to have charged at the same time.

A sea of bug beasts charged up to the sky, the sun was covered. They were charging above the city wall even more fearlessly now.

Countless bug beasts on the ground were in mania as if they were in the great migration. They dashed toward the city gate. The ground was shaking from the bug horde.

Meanwhile, Sword11 who was on the city wall scoffed. Seeing Bug King Yi Li's arrival with the armies, he did not have the means to retreat at all. He tapped the tip of his toe on the city wall and leaped. He was going after Bug King Yi Li.

Not far away, Nangong Wei did not hesitate at all as he saw what was happening. He ordered with a cold expression.

"Kill!"

As his order came, tens of True Gods led the charge. They went after the Bug Tribe's upper echelons' direction.

Subsequently, a sea of virtual god-level powerhouses charged above the city wall and beneath the city gate. They blended into the bug horde.

Lin Huang knew that the opportunity had come.

Very soon, attacks arrived at the area where he was hiding.

Lin Huang removed his Bug Tribe disguise and changed into a human face. However, he did not remove his disguise completely. Instead of using his real appearance, he used Lin Xie's face.

Of his combat strength, he disguised it into Virtual God rank-3.

After scanning through with Divine Telekinesis for a little while, Lin Huang got out of the bug shell seizing the opportunity. He held a long battle sword and killed a beginner-stage virtual god-level bug beast.

Subsequently, he became one of the members on the battlefield under the sun. He wandered among the bugs 'carefully' as he looked for his hunting target.

Naturally, he was pretending to be careful. After all, his disguised combat strength was merely Virtual God rank-3. He could only hunt for low virtual god-level bugs.

It was not that he did not want to kill more Bug Tribe fighters. Instead, he could only stay low profile at such a time. He had to try his best to not let anyone notice his existence. That was the only way with the highest probability for him to sneak into the city.

He would attract unnecessary attention if he was too eye-catching in his performance. He could not afford to have his identity being investigated.

Lin Huang could seize the opportunity to familiarize himself with his sword skill. He even avoided attacking the bug beasts' crucial parts as much as he could so that he would not kill a bug beast in one hit.

However, a human lady nearby noticed his behavior.

She spoke to him through voice transmission, "Shell-type Bug Tribe has a stunning defense, your way of attack has low efficiency. Their weaknesses are their stomach, waist joint, eyes, mouth, and anus. Attack their weaknesses when you get the chance to do so, at least the efficiency would be a fold higher than what you're doing at the moment."

"Thank you," Lin Huang thanked her. Noticing that the lady was still watching him as she fought, he immediately shoved his sword into the waist joint of a bug beast that he found next to him.

Seeing that Lin Huang killed a couple of bug beasts by attacking their weaknesses, the lady only left at ease and proceeded to look for more hunting targets.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang went back to his initial sword practicing mode.

He followed the battle situation in the sky secretly while he practiced sword.

The battle had just begun for a few minutes, the human powerhouses Sword11 led were suppressing the Bug Tribe's camp all the way.

However, Lin Huang noticed that Bug King Yi Li and the rest were hardly taking the initiative to attack so that they could stall. They were dodging and defending the humans' attacks with all sorts of techniques. They did not even attack once after fighting for a few minutes.

However, what Lin Huang was curious about was that he had a feeling that Sword11 and the rest were not giving their all too. They seemed to be stalling too, it was just that they were more secretive about it.

It had caused the battle to look intense without any effective result. Half an hour later, Sword11 and the rest had only killed three Bug Tribe True Gods.

Although they were trying to survive with all of their might, never had Bug King Yi Li and the rest thought that they could last for half an hour.

'I wonder when will this end if the situation remains the same,' Lin Huang thought to himself secretly.

Some ten minutes had passed, a dimensional stir came on the battlefield all of a sudden.

A Dimensional Whirlpool formed rapidly in the air, causing many on the battlefield to watch.

Lin Huang too was watching the Dimensional Whirlpool while practicing sword.

The black Dimensional Whirlpool merely took three to five seconds to stabilize completely. It was swirling quickly.

A gigantic, pitch-black bug leg stretched out of the whirlpool…

Chapter 1285: Dead End

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A gigantic pitch-black bug leg stretched out of the whirlpool. The first joint that had just come in was 200 to 300 meters long.

However, the mere stretch of one bug leg joint made the intense threat that Lin Huang was feeling to peak. Even though he had no idea what kind of bug beast that was exactly, the aura alone gave him goosebumps

It only took him a second to realize that he was definitely no match for this powerhouse.

Without much hesitation, Lin Huang used all sorts of large bug beasts' bodies to cover himself. He turned around and headed straight to the city gate's direction.

The battlefield was no longer safe, he was not even sure if Tough City would be safe.

However, he had no other options.

Lin Huang's activity was rather stealthy. Given that most of them present had their attention on the Dimensional Whirlpool that appeared out of nowhere in the sky, almost nobody noticed him.

Meanwhile, the gigantic Bug Tribe that was coming out of the Dimensional Whirlpool at the moment attracted almost everyone's attention.

As Lin Huang arrived at the border of the battlefield just tens of meters away from the city gate, he deviated his direction all of a sudden. He charged at and killed a bug beast that was close to him.

It was not that he did not want to return to the city. It was just that everyone was fighting now, returning to the city would make him a target. He might even be called a coward.

He would have to take strategies into consideration even if he was to leave the battlefield.

As the giant bug beast in the air stretched both of its front legs out in the air, it soon revealed its head.

By then, only did everybody recognized what the bug beast was.

"Titan Bug!"

Lin Huang's pupils shrunk slightly. Such a monster was not on the gravel world's monster guide, but there was information about this bug beast in the documents that Bloody had provided.

In the God Territory, the Shelters below grade-4 only had the abridged version of the species guide. Even a grade-4 Shelter might not necessarily sell the complete version of the species guide. The species guide Bloody obtained was the abridged version. Together with some older versions that she found online and using the monster guide in the gravel world as the blueprint, she came up with a new version herself.

Although this version could not compare with the complete version, it was much informative than the abridged version of the species guide.

There happened to be recordings of Titan Bug.

It was a type of gigantic Bug Tribe monster with powerful defense and terrifying strength.

The conditions to produce this bug beast were extremely strict.

Firstly, the Queen Mother would have to be at least a ninth-rank True God or even on heavenly god-level.

Secondly, the Queen Mother would need a sea of True God carcasses as its reproduction materials.

Thirdly, the reproduction period was painfully long.

Usually, a heavenly god-level Queen Mother could hatch up to 10,000 bug eggs containing true god-level Bug Tribe fighters per second. However, it would take at least a week to produce a true god-level Titan Bug.

In reality, the Titan Bug's rank was not high. It was merely a class-2, which was the equivalence of a double mutated monster. Even its intelligence belonged to the lowest among double mutated monsters.

However, such class-2 bug beasts were born to have true god-level combat strength. It could even reach peak true god-level combat strength the most.

Such a bug beast's ability seemed to be traded completely with its intelligence.

A peak-stage ninth-rank True God Titan Bug could almost fight a first-rank Heavenly God head-on.

Their strength was definitely on par with heavenly god-level powerhouses, its defense was difficult to be broken even for Heavenly Gods.

However, the main function of such a bug beast was mainly to siege.

Their attacks came with a dimensional stir and spatial tear innately. They could tear down all sorts of defense formations and barriers.

If the Giant Hammer Bug's attack was like soft punches on your chest, then Titan Bug's attack would definitely be the punches of a pile driver on your chest.

Lin Huang was immediately speechless when he saw the Titan Bug that revealed its head. He could sense from its aura that this Titan Bug before them definitely has a combat strength of ninth-rank true god-level. Even a Heavenly God might not be able to defend this big guy's attacks.

"With this beast here, Tough City wouldn't be safe. The defense formations and barriers on the city wall might not be able to hold it even for half an hour."

The upper echelons on the human side looked extremely terrible as soon as Titan Bug revealed its head.

Sword11 and Nangong Wei were frowning too. Clearly, they did not expect the Bug Tribe to do this.

"Nangong, take care of the battlefield here. I'll try and see if I can get this guy to return to where it came from!" Almost without hesitation, Sword11's aura skyrocketed on his body.

His sixth-rank True God combat strength broke through to seventh-rank within seconds. As it skyrocketed to the peak of seventh-rank True God, there was no sign of the aura decelerating. Instead, it proceeded to grow. It broke through the seventh-rank True God border and arrived at eighth-rank True God. However, that did not seem like the end. Sword11's aura was still growing. There was finally sign of slowing down when he broke through to ninth-rank true god-level.

Just when his combat strength had broken through to ninth-rank, Sword11 had charged as if he had turned into a ferocious glow before his aura stabilized.

His body was like a lightning shooting in the air, his thunderous sword landed on the Titan Bug's forehead.

Golden sparks exploded immediately. As if the sun had exploded, a glaring golden glow lit up the entire sky. At that moment, even the glow of the stars was covered.

Golden was all that was left in the world in that second, whereby other colors were dimmed.

Lin Huang's eyes were blinded by the glow coming from the sword. As a sword cultivator himself, it made sense that he did not want to miss the battle. However, even Lin Huang had failed to dodge the golden glow that Sword11 charged with the sword.

White was all that he saw before his eyes at the moment. He could not see anything else at all.

Fortunately, most of them on the battlefield were blinded temporarily as well, including the Bug Tribe.

When everyone closed their eyes for their vision to recover, Lin Huang did not suffer any ambush.

However, the battle was still going on in the sky.

Sword11 swung his sword again and again with the vain attempt to force Titan Bug back to where it came from. However, even though he was attacking with all of his might coming from a ninth-rank True God, his attacks merely left white sword trails on the Titan Bug's head. He did not even manage to break its defense.

"Stop wasting your time! The Titan Bugs that Master Queen Mother produced this time has a combat strength of peak ninth-rank True God. Unless a god sequence-level (heavenly god-level) powerhouse that masters god sequence chain fights himself, it's impossible for anyone to break its defense."

"Master Queen Mother has been preparing for this battle for close to two years and produced up to a hundred Titan Bugs of such. Your city isn't the only one that's being attacked by Titan Bug on this planet at the moment."

"You humans only have two Heavenly Gods. It's futile even if the Heavenly Gods participate in the battle themselves! Moreover, the two old guys from you humans should be busy handling our three Heavenly God Bug Kings' attacks…"

A voice came above the Titan Bug's head.

Sword11 looked over, there were two silhouettes standing above. Their aura intensity was nothing below his, they were clearly ninth-rank True Gods.

Chapter 1286: Sun Slash

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Sword11 attacked with all his might, and in a mere dozen seconds or so, he had unleashed several tens of thousands of slashes. However, not a single one of his slashes penetrated the Titan Bug's defenses. They only left light white marks on the Titan Bug's black armor, and even those white scratches were repaired in an instant.

The Titan Bug even ignored Sword11's existence completely. It looked toward the direction of Tough City in the distance, excitement shining in all eighteen of its pupils.

Within slightly over ten seconds, its body escaped from the Dimensional Whirlpool completely.

Only then did the others see this creature in its entirety. It was as large as a supreme giant, and its eight enormous pitch-black insect legs were almost a thousand meters long. Its body was even larger, making it look like a giant mountain walking on eight gigantic pillars.

It stretched out a leg and stomped on the ground, every stride taking it a kilometer forward. Its steps caused tremendous tremors, as though they were experiencing an earthquake.

After it put its feet onto the ground, the Titan Bug grew even more excited.

The city not too far away looked to it like a parcel waiting to be opened. It especially liked the feeling of tearing open a parcel.

It even began to sprint toward the 'parcel' impatiently.

Sword11 tried his best to stop it, swinging his blade again and again, but it was no use. He could not stop the Titan Bug at all.

The Titan Bug did not even look at him, ignoring him completely.

The pair of ninth-rank True God Bug Tribes atop the Titan Bug did not bother with him either. They just gave Sword11 a jeering grin from high up above.

To the two of them, nothing pleased them more than the powerlessness in Sword11's expression.

Within just four or five seconds, the Titan Bug had crossed the entire battlefield and was pouncing at the Rough City walls.

Just as it was about to reach the wall, a bolt of purple lightning shot out of the city, aimed straight toward the Titan Bug's head. At the same time, there was a colorless ripple from inside the city, sweeping toward the Titan Bug like a wave.

The lightning seemed to have a numbing effect. After making contact with it, the Titan Book shook its head a little.

As for that colorless ripple, it seemed to have a speed-reducing event. Nevertheless, it could only make the Titan Bug pause for an instant, less than 0.1 seconds. Soon, the Titan Bug was back to moving like normal.

After those two attacks, two figures appeared in the sky above the city wall, one after another. They took their places next to Sword11.

One was a muscular man with a full golden beard, his body crawling with electricity.

The other was a woman in a black dress, holding a long white jade flute in her hand.

"The Titan Bug is immune to most energy attacks, and only a tenth of the power of our attacks remain when they land on it. We can't stop it at all!" The lightning man's brows furrowed deeply. He had no idea how to stop the enemy for now.

The woman in the black dress next to him said expressionlessly, "It's immune to my soul attacks too. This monster has reached the god order-level (True God), and I'm afraid only a god sequence-level (True God) powerhouse can kill it."

"We can't protect this city anymore. And not just this city, either. With the Titan Bug around, none of the other cities left in this world have defense formations or barriers strong enough to last more than half an hour. If the cities fall, considering how many bugs there are, not a single person will be able to survive." With those words, the woman in the black dress turned her head and looked at Sword11. "Right now, the wisest thing to do would be to give up on this planet completely and try to transport as many people away as we can before the cities are overrun. Thankfully, we already safely evacuated all of the civilians a few months ago. The only ones left are combatants, and there aren't too many of them. We can evacuate at least 70% of them within half an hour."

In the time it had taken the three of them to discuss this, the Titan Bug had already pounced onto the dimensional portal on the city wall. It opened its mandibles wide and began to chew on the dimensional portal.

Its mandibles looked like they were made of several hundred pairs of giant scissors and pliers. They could jolt several million times in an instant, and as it chewed away, the defense formation and barrier soon shattered, a layer at a time.

In front of the Titan Bug, the city wall was as fragile as an eggshell.

When he saw the Titan Bug devouring the city wall's defenses, Sword11 gripped the hilt of his sword tightly with his right hand.

After a second, he turned around to look at the two people next to him.

"I have a move that might be able to kill this Titan Bug. After that one slash, though, I'll have to leave the rest to you two."

"Don't be a fool, Sword11. Even if you kill this one, there are several dozen others at the other cities. Once the other cities are overrun, this one won't be able to last either." The lightning man did not have to guess to know that Sword11 was referring to a forbidden skill. There was a high chance he would suffer some damage too if he used it, and it might even kill him. The lightning man did not want to see a proud Five-star genius like Sword11 die here.

"I know. I just want to buy us a bit more time so we can send everyone away." Sword11 looked at the lightning man with determination in his eyes. "The remaining 30% are human lives too."

His last sentence silenced the lightning man.

"What are the chances you'll be able to kill this Titan Bug?" asked the woman in black after a short silence.

"About 50%, I guess. I'm not too confident myself. I never used this move before, after all," said Sword11 somewhat uncertainly. "Even if I can't kill it, I should be able to seriously wound it and slow down its destruction of the city."

"What are the repercussions of you using this move?" the girl in black continued to ask.

"I'll definitely use up all my Divine Power, and there's a high chance I'll suffer the recoil, because this move is a lot to take on. I don't know how bad the recoil will be, though." Sword11 smiled helplessly. "I just hope I won't die."

"The way I see it, it's not worth sacrificing a Five-star genius for eighty thousand people," said the woman in black. "But if you insist, I won't stop you. Although I think you're being quite foolish, I also respect your decision."

"Since Xiao Di already said that, it seems like I shouldn't try to stop you anymore either," said the lightning man with a laugh. "Go and do what you must. I'll make sure to drag you back as soon as you're done."

Just then, an amused voice spoke from above the Titan Bug's head.

"Hey, are you three done with your chit chat? If you don't stop soon, we'll have destroyed the entire city wall!"

The Bug Tribe was purposely taunting them. The three of them had been communicating with Divine Telekinesis, so while it seemed like they took some time, only an instant had actually passed. They did not waste any time at all.

"If you're in such a hurry to die, we'll fulfill your wishes!" As soon as the lightning man said that, his body turned into a bolt of lightning that shot out and crashed into one of the Bug Tribes on the Titan Bug's back.

The woman in black looked at the other Bug Tribe and brought her flute to her lips with a smile.

The two of them had chosen a Bug Tribe True God as their opponent, and Sword11 did not waste any time either. With a flash, he appeared right in front of the Titan Bug.

He held his silver battle sword in front of him, one hand on the hilt and the other palm sweeping across the blade. After that, he wiped his dark red blood down the blade, from the hilt all the way to the tip, staining the entire blade with his blood.

The next second, the entire blade turned scorching red, as though it had been heated over a flame.

Sword11's exposed skin was also burning as red as fire right now.

His hands, his neck, his entire head, his eyeballs, and even his hair… He looked like a creature made completely of lava.

Even the air around his body began to heat up. The temperature of the battlefield around him began to rise as well.

Following the simultaneous change in his body, Sword11 gripped the sword hilt with both his hands, but he did not unsheathe his sword. Instead, he continued to gather energy for this one slash.

As Divine Power rapidly surged into his body, the temperature of the blood kept rising, and that fiery red color grew ever brighter.

Within a few short seconds, the entire battlefield grew at least thirty degrees hotter.

Lin Huang felt as though he had been thrown into a sauna. The temperature had been a comfortable twenty degrees earlier, but it had risen to fifty and more in the blink of an eye.

The color of Sword11's body changed alongside that of his blade, but it was clear that the heat emanating from the blade was becoming more and more painful to him. Nevertheless, he held in there.

It was only when the blade and his body were both a piercing golden-red that his blade began to emit golden-red sparks…

Just then, Sword11's eyes spewed golden-red flames as well. Golden-red flakes fell off his hands and face, like scales off a molting snake, floating into the air.

He knew that he had taken this slash as far as he could go.

"Sun Slash!"

With that low holler, Sword11's entire body merged together with the battle sword, turning into a flash of golden-red light that crashed toward the Titan Bug.

That slash finally gave the Titan Bug a feeling of danger. However, it had been too occupied with eating the defense formation earlier, so by the time it sensed the danger, it was already too late to dodge. When it saw the sword gleam cleaving through the sky, it tried to turn its head around in a panic. It tried to avoid this attack coming right at it, but it was already too late.

The golden-red light ripped the void apart and crashed down like a meteor, carrying with it infinite force and fire as it crashed onto the Titan Bug with a boom.

The moment it made contact, the light immediately exploded, and the golden-red explosion of flames was like a giant spear that instantly pierced through heaven and earth alike. The golden-red light shot out in all directions endlessly, illuminating an entire side of the planet.

In that instant, it was not just Tough City. Every creature on the planet felt the temperature rise abruptly to that of a hot summer day.

Not only that, everyone on the battlefields of the five remaining cities on the planet saw a blinding light that outshone even that of the star.

This flash of golden-red light lasted for a good two to three minutes before it finally faded.

As soon as Lin Huang regained the use of his eyes, he saw that the Titan Bug that had been hunkered over the city wall was now completely gone. In the midst of his surprise, he suddenly realized there was a new mountain several kilometers away.

It was only when he looked carefully that he realized the mountain was none other than the Titan Bug that had been camping on the city wall's defense formation.

A third of that Titan Bug's head had vanished completely, and there was even a deep sword cut on its neck. The cut was clearly badly scorched.

"It's been killed?!"

Lin Huang was secretly ecstatic, as were the other humans.

Their visions began to clear, and that was what they saw.

Just as Lin Huang heaved a soft sigh of relief, though, the "dead" Titan Bug lying on the ground suddenly moved again. The missing chunk of its head also began to regenerate at a visible speed…

Chapter 1287: An Unknown Heavenly God?

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Sword11, who could deal such tremendous damage to the Titan Bug, was now passed out and unable to fight. The lightning man had just sent him back to the city, but when he turned around and went out of the city again, he saw the Titan Bug clambering to its feet. His expression instantly looked extremely pained.

The woman in the black dress was still engaged in a fierce battle with the Bug Tribe, while Nangong Wei and the others were frowning deeply, their expressions darker than the night.

Almost everyone on the humans' side who witnessed this scene felt the clouds return to their hearts.

Lin Huang frowned slightly too, and he racked his brain to come up with a solution.

"If we don't finish this Titan Bug off, all the defense formations and defensive barriers will completely fall apart within half an hour at most. If the defense formations fail, the bug swarm will overrun the entire Tough City. Taking the sheer numbers of the Bug Tribe army into account, Sword11 would be exhausted to death even if he was in peak condition. No one can even survive, much less leave via the dimensional portal."

Lin Huang wanted to sneak into Tough City so he could use the dimensional portal to leave this planet and head to a galaxy with better resources. Now, however, it seemed like his fate was tied to that of Tough City.

"Even if the humans change their plans now and decide to abandon this city, half an hour still won't be enough for a full evacuation.

"The only way out of this now would be to finish this Titan Bug off quickly…

"This bug beast has a defense as high as that of a true god, so there's no way I can kill it using conventional means. I'll have to rely on the effects of Xiao Hei's cards… Of the card types I know now, the only ones that can solve this crisis are the Kill Cards, Seal Cards, and Destruction Cards.

"Also, the Titan Bug is a true god, so only the Grade-4 or golden Grade-3 cards will have any effect on it. Right now, though, I only have Grade-2 and Grade-3 at hand. Even if I exchange them for a designated Kill Card, Seal Card, or Destruction Card, I wouldn't be able to deal it any damage…"

Lin Huang's musings were suddenly interrupted by Xiao Hei.

"A Seal Card's grade has nothing to do with its combat level."

"Huh?" Lin Huang suddenly heard Xiao Hei's voice, and it took him by surprise.

"It's true, most cards have their effects limited by their grade once they have an assigned grade. But a few cards have their own limitations, and even after they are assigned a grade, they still adhere to the initial limitations as opposed to the combat level limitations of that particular grade.

"Seal Cards had a condition to begin with, and that was the rarity of the monster. After these cards are assigned a grade, the only difference is that the rarity levels are further categorized.

"Grade-1 Seal Cards can seal all monsters that are Epic-level (second mutation) and below. Grade-2 Seal Cards can seal all monsters that are Mythical-level (fourth mutation) and below. Grade-3 Seal Cards can seal all monsters that are Supreme God-level (fifth mutation) and below.

"The Titan Bug may be strong, but its rarity is only Epic-level. A Grade-2 Seal Card would suffice."

Lin Huang's eyes lit up at that. He had assumed that he would need a Grade-4 Seal Card to seal the Titan Bug, and he never once thought that a Grade-2 would do the trick.

"I just need one Grade-2 Seal Card?"

He still had more than 11,000 Grade-2 cards that he had not exchanged for Grade-3s. According to the ten-to-one exchange ratio, that meant he could redeem more than 1,100 Seal Cards.

"The Titan Bug would be invincible on the battlefield! No one less than a heavenly god can break through its defenses!"

"Host, you're getting ahead of yourself. This Titan Bug's combat level is way higher than your current limit. Even if you seal it into a monster card, you won't be able to summon and use it for a while.

Xiao Hei rained on Lin Huang's parade again.

Only then did Lin Huang remember that his current abilities limited him to summoning nothing more than virtual god-level imperial monsters. However, he was not bothered, waving his hand as he said, "There's no rush. The limits will be lifted eventually."

His conversation with Xiao Hei really opened his eyes.

Once he exchanged ten Grade-2 cards for a specific Grade-2 Seal Card, Lin Huang manifested the Seal Card on his hand.

The golden card had one corner facing downward, and it floated upright, less than five centimeters above Lin Huang's palm. There, it slowly spun.

The corners of Lin Huang's lips curved, and he stared relentlessly at the Titan Bug.

Of course, no one overheard Lin Huang's little chat with Xiao Hei.

They could not see the Seal Card that had manifested on his hand, either.

Several kilometers away, the Titan Bug got back onto its feet and shook its somewhat dizzy head. Soon, it raised its head, its eighteen eyeballs searching everywhere.

It was looking for the person that had nearly killed it with one hit earlier.

However, Sword11 had long since been sent back to the castellan's residence, courtesy of the lightning man. Right now, Sword11 was lying unconscious on a bed in the guest room.

The Titan Bug did not have x-ray vision, and the city had formations that blocked off one's scent, so naturally the Bug's search amounted to nothing.

However, this also infuriated it, and it turned its gaze back to the direction of Tough City.

It wanted to tear this "parcel" open even more now, if only to vent all its pent-up anger.

A furious roar echoed across the sky, and the Titan Bug lunged forward with its eight giant legs, its eyes red as it rushed toward Tough City.

The lightning man forced his opponent to retreat and morphed into a bolt of lightning, unleashing an attack at the Titan Bug.

Nangong Wei and the others worked hard to fight back their foes as well, taking the chance to attack the Titan Bug in a futile attempt to halt its advances.

The Bug Tribe True Gods who were repelled did not give chase, either. Instead, they savored the lightning man's and everyone else's meaningless efforts, laughing coldly.

Even though the lightning man and the others aimed for the wounds on the Titan Bug's body that had yet to heal completely, it did nothing to stop the Titan Bug from pressing onward.

Within a mere three to four seconds, the Titan Bug had once more pounced onto Tough City's defense formation. It completely ignored the attacks from the lightning man and the others, chomping down on the defense formation once more…

Just then, however, there was a flash of golden light from somewhere.

That golden light rapidly enveloped the Titan Bug, and the Titan Bug immediately put up a fierce struggle, but it was all in vain.

As the golden light sealed the Titan Bug up, the bug's enormous body drastically shank, like a leaky balloon. Within three to five seconds, it had become a microscopic speck of dust that could not be seen by the naked eye. After that, it vanished without a trace.

That peculiar scene left everyone dumbfounded.

"What just happened?"

It was not just the Bug Tribe. The humans were confused too.

More than ten seconds passed, and the Titan Bug did not reappear.

Finally, someone from the human camp finally could not help a loud cheer.

"The Titan Bug is dead! Lord Heavenly God must have helped us!"

With that voice as the starting cue, an uproar soon started among the humans.

On the other hand, the Bug Tribe members were utterly shocked. After all, the Titan Bug had disappeared so eerily.

The Bug King Yi Li returned to his senses and immediately notified the Bug Mother regarding what had just happened.

After a moment, a reply came from the Queen Mother, written in gold.

"This must be the work of an unknown heavenly god. Stop attacking the city right now and retreat! Don't suffer any more losses!"

Once he received the Queen Mother's decree, the Bug King Yi Li informed the entire army without hesitation.

"All Bug Tribe warriors, stop attacking the village and retreat! Retreat to three hundred kilometers away!"

As soon as he issued those orders, the already terrified Bug Tribe warriors immediately turned and ran without even looking back.

When he saw how decisively the Bug Tribe was retreating, Lin Huang had to raise an eyebrow. "To think the shock effect works this well."

With that, he smiled and turned his head to look at the blue card that had just appeared on his left palm.

The front side of the card had a picture depicting none other than the Titan Bug that had just vanished.

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Chapter 1288: The Heavenly God Arrives!

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"Yi Li, tell me exactly what happened at the time."

A golden message appeared in the Bug Tribe's chat group.

"Just now, I saw the Titan Bug pouncing at the city wall, and suddenly there was a flash of golden light that completely enveloped its entire body. After that, it rapidly became smaller. It seemed to try and struggle a little, trying to break out of the golden light, but it never managed to. Finally, it became so small that it just disappeared…"

"Are there any other details? The rest of you, add on if you saw anything else," the golden words continued to say.

"It went more or less as Yi Li said. We were even closer to the Titan Bug, and though we didn't see exactly where that golden light came from, we can tell a general direction. It came from underneath the Titan Bug's body, so there's a high chance it was emitted from the Tough City walls," replied the ninth-rank True God, Polypod King.

"There's one more weird thing, but I don't know if I should say it." The other ninth-rank True God, Mantis King, chimed in as well.

"You can tell me everything, including your guesses and suspicions," replied the golden words.

"Although I saw the golden light envelop the Titan Bug with my own eyes, I did not feel any energy waves from that golden light. I didn't sense a threat, either." The Mantis King shared his feelings.

"Now that you mention it, I don't think I felt any energy then either." Yi Li hurriedly nodded and supported the statement.

"There's nothing odd about that. Logically speaking, if it were a beginner-stage god sequence-level (heavenly god-level) powerhouse, we should be able to clearly feel its energy and the threat it poses. If we can't feel it, that must mean it's very likely an intermediate-stage, or even be a high-level god sequence-level, trying to conceal its energy waves." The Polypod King said nonchalantly, "In order to prevent us from sensing its actual combat level, it's possible that the enemy purposely hid their energy waves.

"Of course, there's another possibility. The Titan Bug could have turned traitor, and perhaps it's putting on a show for us. The golden light that enveloped it could be nothing more than some illumination effect with no practical purpose. However, I feel like the probability of this is close to zero.

"Firstly, the Titan Bug isn't that smart. Secondly, it's not good enough to shrink its body that far. Thirdly, the Titan Bug was born from the Mistress Queen Mother herself, not a second- or third-generation Queen Mother. Its loyalty is undeniable."

The Polypod King sent a whole string of messages, and soon the Queen Mother sent another line of golden words.

"That Titan Bug has cut off communications with me."

The Queen Mother who spoke this time was clearly the heavenly god-level Queen Mother that had given birth to the Titan Bug. Her reason for saying that was also perfectly clear. Only dead Bug Tribes could cut off their connection with their birth Queen Mother.

"I've already reported this incident to the seniors, and Sir Braintipede will be going there shortly to investigate the matter. I've also asked the Bug Kings from the other battlefields to move their Titans over to that one after they take down their respective cities. If that god sequence-level powerhouse is still there, I expect they would attack the other Titans too. When that happens, Sir Braintipede will personally determine how strong our opponent really is.

"The rest of you, stay put for now and wait for Sir Braintipede to arrive before making the necessary arrangements. If there's anything out of place, inform me immediately."

"Understood, Mistress Queen Mother."

The heavenly god-level Queen Mother's words finally put the Bug Kings' hearts at ease.

It did not matter if the enemy had a Heavenly God on their side. Their own Heavenly God would soon arrive there too.

Tough City was now a hubbub of activity.

The Titan Bug's mysterious demise and the Bug Tribe army's sudden retreat was undoubtedly great news.

As for the humans, they had retreated back into the city as well.

Lin Huang mingled in the crowd and successfully slipped inside too.

Inside the city, there was a cacophony of noises. Everyone fancied this a hard-earned victory.

At the same time, Nangong Wei and the other True Gods were gathered in the castellan's residence.

"Old Lightning, how's Sword11?" Nangong Wei asked at the first opportunity he had.

"Old Li said it's nothing to worry too much about. He's mostly exhausted and out of Divine Power, and he suffered some burns, but he didn't sustain any critical damage." The lightning man addressed as Old Lightning said with a laugh, "The kickback from that attack wasn't as serious as he made it sound. He'll be more or less fine after a day of rest or two. Old Li said medicine probably won't work on his burns, though, so he'll have to let that heal slowly on its own."

"Do you know who's behind that Titan Bug's disappearance?" Nangong Wei asked once he was sure that Sword11 was fine.

"I don't, but I know it has to be a god sequence-level (heavenly god-level) powerhouse." Old Lightning raised an eyebrow.

"It wasn't the two lords," said the woman in the black dress, Xiao Di with certainty.

"Could it be the reinforcements the two lords called in?" Old Lightning turned his head to look at Xiao Di.

"I'll ask." With that, Xiao Di continued, "It doesn't matter if they're the lords' reinforcements or not. Either way, we shouldn't dig into this any further. They helped us but refused to reveal themselves, so there must be a reason for that."

"Yeah." Nangong Wei hurriedly nodded. "Let's discuss the retreat.

"The Bug Tribe army has retreated and is now three hundred kilometers away, so this is the best chance for us to retreat. The other four cities aren't as lucky as we are. They still have Titan Bugs around, so they're sure to fall within another twenty minutes or so. Once that happens, we'll be the only city left standing on the entire planet.

"Besides, a Heavenly God joined the battlefield earlier, so the Bug Tribe's Heavenly God would definitely be heading here by now. We don't even know if that unknown Heavenly God will fight again, and even if they will, the Bug Tribe's Heavenly God will just have to stall for time, and Tough City will eventually fall anyway. We can't even hold up against one Bug Tribe army, so don't even think about facing five at once."

"How should we arrange the retreat?" Old Lightning asked without raising any objections.

None of the other True Gods present objected either.

"Old Lightning, Xiao Di, you two lead Sword11 and the other True Gods away as part of the first batch. Once we're certain we're going to retreat, there's no need to fight anymore, so the stronger fighters should leave first. As for those of us here in Tough City, I'll take the rear. After all, I am the castellan."

"Nangong…" Old Lightning wanted to say something, but Nangong Wei cut him off.

"It's decided. The True Gods will leave in the first wave, the high-level Virtual Gods will go second, followed by the mid-level Virtual Gods in the third wave, and lastly the low-level Virtual Gods. Even if we don't make it in time, we should minimize the losses however much we can." After he decided on the retreat order, Nangong Wei looked at Old Lightning and Xiao Di. "I have to stay behind. If I don't, Tough City will descend into chaos."

At those words, Old Lightning went forth and patted Nangong Wei on the shoulder. "You better make it out alive!"

"I'll try my best," Nangong Wei said with a smile.

In the castellan's residence, the True Gods managed to decide on their retreat strategy within minutes, and it was executed just as quickly.

There were not that many True Gods. Old Lightning and the others brought Sword11 with them, leaving via the dimensional portal first.

Once they announced the retreat order, many low-level Virtual Gods immediately felt unhappy. It made them feel like sacrificial lambs.

A few of them even started yelling at the city gates.

Nangong Wei did not silence them by force either, letting them yell as they pleased. All he did was secretly watch them, ensuring that no one was purposely inciting chaos.

On the other hand, Lin Huang could definitely understand why Nangong Wei arranged things this way. Letting the higher-level combatants leave first was the best way to maintain the combat level of humanity as a whole.

Lin Huang wanted to leave this dangerous place as quickly as possible, but after some consideration, he decided not to camouflage his combat level.

He knew very well that Nangong Wei's Telekinesis was spread across the entire city right now, watching over everything in case anything went wrong. If Lin Huang tried anything funny, he would definitely be found out.

All he could do was stay patient and keep waiting.

Time passed, and soon another half an hour had passed. The retreat had reached its third wave, and the mid-level Virtual Gods were leaving, one after another.

At the same time, however, the four Titan Bugs attacking the other four cities had also arrived at the Bug Tribe camp outside Tough City.

At around the same time, someone else arrived at the planet. It was the heavenly god-level Bug Tribe powerhouse— the Braintipede!

Chapter 1289: Retreat!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Braintipede's real body was a centipede as large as a giant, with a blood-red shell and sharp poisonous spikes lining its back.

The species was called the Braintipedes because their eggs had to be hatched in the brains of other creatures. Once they hatched, they would quickly devour the hosts' brain matter, receiving the hosts' memories and life experiences at the same time.

After they matured, the Braintipedes could also release tiny centipede clones that would crawl into the brains of other creatures and live there, turning these creatures into their puppets.

A Braintipede's path to maturity was quite treacherous, so it was practically a miracle for one to reach the heavenly god-level.

The tens of thousands of years he had spent growing under harsh circumstances was also the reason why this one was especially careful and cautious.

When the Queen Mother informed him that an unknown Heavenly God had appeared on this battlefield, the Braintipede immediately abandoned his battle with two human Heavenly Gods and made a beeline for Heavenly Spirit Planet.

As soon as he teleported here, the Braintipede swept the entire planet with his Telekinesis several times, before frowning slightly.

"I don't sense any god sequence-level (heavenly god-level) auras!"

He was cautious by nature, so he turned his head to look at the Ant King Yi Li and the others. "How was the Titan killed? Tell me again in detail."

Yi Li repeated the information he had reported to the Queen Mother, but in even more detail this time.

Upon hearing that, the Braintipede looked at Tough City in the distance and thought it over for a moment. He did not attack immediately; instead, he turned to look at one of the other Titan Bugs, giving it a command.

"You! Go and break down this city's defense formation!"

The Titan Bug did not know how dangerous that would be, so it accepted the order without any objections. It stepped forth boldly and headed right for Tough City.

All the other Bug Tribes looked toward the direction the Titan Bug was heading, staring that way without blinking. They wanted to see if the enemy Heavenly God would attack again.

When the Titan Bug reached within a hundred meters of the city, Tough City began to ring the alarms.

"Titan Bug attack!"

"Titan Bug attack!"

"Titan Bug attack!"

The contents of the alarm made Lin Huang frown slightly despite himself.

A second attack by a Titan Bug meant that the other four cities had already fallen. Even if they were yet to be completely taken over, the cities' defenses must have been broken, at the very least. That was by no means good news.

"Are they testing us by only sending one Titan Bug?"

After he sealed the Titan Bug earlier, the Bug Tribe retreated without hesitation because they suspected that the humans had a Heavenly God who secretly killed it. The fact that they dared to test the waters now gave Lin Huang a good idea about the source of the Bug Tribe's confidence.

"They're probably doing this because the Bug Tribe has a Heavenly God on their side now.

"If there really is a Bug Tribe Heavenly God on the scene now, the only thing I can do is scare him into staying his hand! He probably sent the Titan Bug to test the waters because he's wary. As long as we muddy the waters, he won't dare to attach so easily."

Lin Huang turned around to look at the direction of the dimensional portal. The retreat was in its third wave, and about half of the mid-level Virtual Gods had been sent away. He probably had another dozen or so minutes left to wait until it was his turn.

When the people heard the alarm saying that another Titan Bug was attacking, they began to panic.

Thankfully, Nangong Wei appeared in an instant and unleashed his aura, steadying the entire area.

"Don't panic, everyone. The more you panic, the slower the teleportation will become. The defense formation is at full power right now, and it will take the Titan Bug at least another half an hour to break this formation. That means we have another half an hour, at least…"

Nangong Wei did not tell them the truth.

The truth that the Bug Tribe might have a Heavenly God on the battlefield now…

The truth that the enemy still had four Titan Bugs, and if the four of them worked together, the defense formation would fall apart within seven or eight minutes at the most…

Nevertheless, his lies put most of the people at ease. As for those smart enough to see through his ruse, they also wisely kept their mouths shut.

Saying the truth now would only cause even more panic, and anyone who tried would likely be killed on the spot by Nangong Wei to set an example for the others.

Lin Huang did not say anything either. He just quietly exchanged his cards for a Grade-2 Seal Card. After he mixed into the crowd, he applied a tiny bit of force in his fingers and shattered the card.

The next instant, a flash of golden light lit up in the sky, flying from Tough City and traversing the huge distance almost in an instant. The light enveloped the Titan Bug that had just gotten within a hundred kilometers of Tough City.

The next instant, the Titan Bug wrapped in golden light rapidly shrank, disappearing completely within two to three seconds.

Another Titan Bug had vanished?!

The few remaining sentries in Tough City's watchtowers felt their jaws fall open again at the sight. After a second, they recovered and instantly spread the news back into town.

When the people inside the city heard this news, they could not help a cheer of delight.

They were even starting to believe that a Heavenly God was secretly protecting Tough City.

The line to the dimensional portal had been a little chaotic earlier, but now it was going perfectly smoothly again.

On the other hand, the Bug Tribe reacted completely differently to this development.

Every member of the Bug Tribe who witnessed that scene felt unspeakably shocked, and many of them looked toward the Braintipede.

When most of them looked at the Braintipede, their hearts settled. After all, they had a Heavenly God here too. However, a few of them were wondering if their Heavenly God was any match for the unknown Heavenly God on the humans' side.

The Braintipede's Telekinesis had been locked onto the Titan Bug from the start, and at first, the Braintipede looked rather confused. After a while, however, his expression turned somewhat ugly.

The instant when the golden light enveloped the Titan Bug earlier, he had felt a power repelling his Telekinesis away. After that, it seemed like the Titan Bug's enormous body was shrunk to its absolute limit, until finally it simply disappeared. The Braintipede witnessed the entire process clearly, but he still could not understand how the opponent was doing it.

That eerie process even made him somewhat scared.

The creepier part was he never once felt any hint of energy coming from that power.

"It can't be a high-level Heavenly God, can it?!"

The Braintipede was feeling a little uneasy now.

However, he was not quite willing to give up after just one attempt, especially since there were so many Bug Tribe juniors watching.

After a moment of consideration, he issued a new command after all.

"Send in another one!"

This time, the Braintipede did not only lock his Telekinesis onto the Titan Bug, he even snuck some of his Divine Power into its body.

The Bug Tribe sent out its second Titan Bug, attracting even more attention from within their ranks. Almost everyone was waiting with bated breath to see if the opponent's Heavenly God would make another move.

In Tough City, the alarm rang again, notifying the town about this second Titan Bug attack.

When Lin Huang heard the alarm, he raised a brow.

"Again?! Do they know I'm after Titan Bugs or something?"

He exchanged another ten draws for a Grade-2 Seal Card, shattering it stealthily once more.

There was another flash of golden light from Tough City, and as soon as the light left the constraints of the defense formation, it once more sliced through space and fell over the second Titan Bug. Within an instant, it had enveloped the entire Titan Bug.

Almost at the same time, the Braintipede's targeted Telekinesis and the Divine Power hidden inside the Titan's Body were both repelled right out.

After that, the same process repeated itself.

The Titan Bug, as large as a mountain, shrank into nothing within two to three seconds.

The Braintipede looked even more troubled now. He was almost certain that the attacker was stronger than him, and by a considerable margin too.

After all, he had tested the opponent twice, but he still had no idea how the other side was doing it.

That made him extremely wary.

After a moment of hesitation, he secretly contacted his two heavenly god-level friends and explained what had happened with his scouting.

When they heard his description, the two Bug Tribe Heavenly Gods gave him different responses.

"According to your description, there's a high chance the opponent is a high-level sequence god. Just retreat, and stop provoking them. When you bump into someone like that, just avoid them.

"The fact that you can't sense their energy feels weird to me. If they're really that much stronger than you are, why would they hide their energy waves? I think they might be acting mysterious on purpose, hiding their energy waves using some special means to try and scare you off. I'd suggest you lure them out. If you really can't beat them, you can still run away later.

Those were two completely different suggestions, but the Braintipede gave it some thought and decided that the second one made more sense.

However, he did not intend to throw caution to the winds and lure his opponent out just like that. Instead, he wanted one last test.

The Braintipede turned his head to look at the Titan Bugs again.

Of the two Titan Bugs, he placed one of his centipede clones into one Titan Bug's brain and inserted a portion of his god sequence chain into the other.

Once those arrangements were done, the Braintipede ordered them once more,

"This time, both of you will attack at once!"

Although the two Titan Bugs were not very smart, they saw what had happened to their two 'seniors', so they knew that this was dangerous. However, the Braintipede's orders were absolute, so they had no choice but to jump into it.

The alarms in Tough City rang again soon.

"The Titan Bugs are attacking! This time, there are two of them!"

When he heard that, Lin Huang glanced at the dimensional portal. The mid-level Virtual Gods were still being sent away.

"I thought they would send the bugs one at a time, so I'd be able to buy more time. But now they're sending two at the same time! This should also be the last test. I wonder how the Bug Tribe's Heavenly God will respond."

Lin Huang knew that there were only two Titan Bugs left, but he could not be sure what that Bug Tribe Heavenly God would do after he sealed away these two.

"If he chooses to fight in the end, I'll have to run away with an Escape Card. I just don't know where I'll be randomly sent off too…"

Lin Huang had already planned out his escape route. He did not want to use an Escape Card because its effects were random. If it sent him to the Bug Tribe's home base, he would be in trouble.

Many ideas flashed through his mind, but Lin Huang did not hesitate for long. He exchanged two more Seal Cards anyway.

Glancing at the two golden cards in his hand, he applied a little force with his fingers and shattered these cards as well.

The next second, two flashes of golden light shot out of Tough City and instantly enveloped the two Titan Bugs.

This time, the centipede clone in one Titan Bug's body immediately exploded, and even the Braintipede's god sequence chain in the other one was destroyed without putting up any resistance.

Far away in the Bug Tribe's camp, the Braintipede took both blows at almost the same time, and he spewed two consecutive mouthfuls of blood.

The purple-black blood that he spewed rain down on swathes of Bug Tribe members, and those who had blood on them instantly turned into a puddle of liquid.

The Braintipede raised his head and looked at the direction of Tough City in alarm, issuing his command without hesitation.

"Retreat!"

Chapter 1290: Golden City

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A glance in the direction of the dimensional portal told him that the mid-level Virtual Gods were not done leaving yet. As a result, Lin Huang's entire body tensed up.

He had already sealed away the last two Titan Bugs, which meant that the Bug Tribe Heavenly God did not have any more pawns to test the waters with. Lin Huang had no idea what he would do next.

Judging by the teleportation rate here at Tough City, it would be at least another five minutes before it was his turn to use the portal.

He had even already prepared a Grade-3 Escape Card. It could get him off Heavenly Spirit Planet, but the location it sent him to would be completely random.

Thankfully, his nerves did not stay taut for long. Soon, the watchtower sent them some shocking news.

The Bug Tribe had retreated!

When he heard that news, Lin Huang was stunned at first, but then he finally heaved a sigh of relief.

The others may not know what had happened, but he knew perfectly well. His gamble had paid off. Perhaps after all his scouting attempts failed, that Bug Tribe Heavenly God finally chose to give up.

However, what he did not know was the rules of the cards had injured the Braintipede and scared the cautious Braintipede off. That was why he chose to retreat without hesitation.

The other humans in Tough City were confused at first, but after a while, some of them began to cheer, and soon cheers reverberated throughout the entire city.

The many low- and mid-level Virtual Gods that had thought they would end up dying with Tough City realized that the danger was over now, and their pent-up emotions finally found release.

Some of them roared and howled, some of them sprinted as fast as they could. Some wept quietly, while others wailed loudly…

Even Nangong Wei heaved a huge sigh of relief. When he decided to stay, he had been determined from the start to die here.

He was also one of the few people who knew that a Bug Tribe Heavenly God had arrived. When he saw the Titan Bugs approaching, one after another, he knew very well that this was just a test. Thankfully, after three rounds of tests, the Bug Tribe Heavenly God chose not to attack after all. Perhaps the enemy was wary of the unknown powerhouse on their side.

Although he was curious to know who the unknown powerhouse who killed those Titan Bugs was, and how strong this person truly was, Nangong Wei wisely chose to let it go.

The fact that the powerhouse helped them secretly meant that they did not want to be known. If Nangong Wei tried to find out by force, there was a chance he might anger this unknown powerhouse instead.

Collecting himself slightly, Nangong Wei looked at the somewhat chaotic scene below and spoke once more.

"The retreat of the Bug Tribe army only means that Tough City is safe for now. However, the appearance of the other four Titan Bugs earlier proves that the other four cities have been defeated. It's only a matter of time before the Bug Tribe comes back.

"I can understand that you're happy we survived this, but I hope you will look at the bigger picture first and retreat in an orderly line. Once we have retreated to somewhere safe, we can let ourselves go then…"

Nangong Wei's words calmed most of the people down, and they lined up again properly.

The few who still wanted to celebrate wildly hurriedly joined the lines again when they saw how everyone else was lining up now.

Lin Huang stood in line, but a part of his consciousness had delved into his internal world.

Amidst the many Monster Cards, there were five new blue-colored Epic-level Monster Cards.

The front side of the card depicted the Titan Bugs that had just vanished from the battlefield.

The combat level of these five cards was simply too high, so they could not be summoned for now.

Lin Huang knew very well that he could lower the five Monster Cards' levels. Once he lowered them down to virtual god-level, he could summon them as usual. However, he refrained.

The reason was very simple. These five Titan Bugs were Epic-level Monster Cards, and their combat level cost the Bug Tribe Queen Mother a great number of ingredients and a ton of energy. That was why they were born so strong. If their combat level was reduced to virtual god-level, they could not be raised to true god-level again, not unless he used an Advance Card to raise them to mythical level.

Lin Huang had his own plans for these five cards.

Once he reached the true god-level, he would summon these five Titan Bugs as soon as he could and advance them all to mythical level.

Epic-level Titan Bugs were already unbelievably powerful. In terms of power and defense alone, they far surpassed most mythical-level monsters. Lin Huang could not quite imagine how strong they could become if he advanced these bug beasts to the mythical level.

Soon enough, it was Lin Huang's turn to take the dimensional portal.

Perhaps it was because he was more relaxed now, but Lin Huang felt like the line was moving much faster than he expected.

He stepped into the dimensional portal with a bunch of others and turned his eye to the distant city walls.

He had only been in Great Heaven Territory for a day, but he had not expected so many things would happen here.

He disguised himself as a Bug Tribe member, joined the battlefield, snuck into a human city, earned five Titan Bug cards, and scared off a Bug Tribe Heavenly God…

There was a high chance he would not return to this planet anymore, and even if he did, this city would certainly look different from how it was now.

With that thought in mind, Lin Huang watched his vision sway. A second later, his surroundings were completely different.

"Welcome back to Golden City, heroes from the battlefield!"

A few stylishly-dressed female greeters stood outside the dimensional portal and shouted in unison.

Golden City was not the name of a city. Instead, it was a planet in the safe zone within the humans' anterior star zone.

Although it was not one of humanity's core territories, it was almost as developed as some of the core planets.

There was only one reason for that. This was where human warriors came to splurge, a heaven of money and opulence.

The entire planet had only one city, and most stores in this city provided entertainment.

There was an entire range of them. No matter what kind of a service you wanted, you could get it as long as you could pay for it.

Women, men, foreign tribes, and even monsters… As long as you could afford it, you can enjoy any services.

Aside from that, this planet had the largest black market in the entire star zine as well.

You could buy just about anything in this black market with the right money. All sorts of equipment, illegal items, information… Everything was there for the taking.

Legend even had it that someone once sold a Bug Tribe Queen Mother on this black market. Of course, it was only a virtual god-level Queen Mother larva.

By the time Lin Hung searched up the information about this planet, more than ten minutes had passed.

The moment he obtained a map, he headed right for Golden City's black market.

He needed a more detailed star map, information about more planets, and even information about the entire Great Heaven Territory in general…

After all, his final aim here in Great Heaven Territory was to earn the Great Heaven inheritance. Even if the chances were slim, he did not intend to just give up on it.

"Sword11 should know more about the Great Heaven inheritance, so if I want to get it, he'll be my biggest clue. Besides, he used the same dimensional portal as I did, so there's a high chance he's in Golden City too. As for how I'm supposed to find him, I'll have to think of something. For the next couple of days, I should just get whatever information I can find…"

He organized his thoughts at the entrance to the black market street, but once he figured it out, he strode right into it.