The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 1198 - 416: The Sparrow and the Mantis

The card summoning creatures that had initially plunged deep into enemy lines to quickly annihilate the insect swarm bore the brunt, completely reduced back to magic power under the barrage of spells and gunfire almost face-to-face.

In just a second, most of the Seventh Rank cards that were flaunting their might beside the Giant Bees were destroyed.

In the blink of an eye, the tide of battle had reversed yet again!

"Damn it... there’s actually Seventh Rank powerhouses hidden within those Giant Bees..."

The supporting Seventh Rank Card Saint’s face sank instantly, and it’s not only these Seventh Rank witches suddenly appearing from the Giant Bees, from the direction where the Giant Bees came earlier, three more Giant Bees have appeared, rapidly approaching the battlefield. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Just moments ago, he was ridiculing the insect swarm as the mantis being watched by their hunting sparrows.

But now, he understood that it was never the insect swarm that was the mantis, but themselves!

Relying on the defense of the warship, with the Seventh Rank witch in front, the insect swarm suddenly changed from their previous passive state.

A portion of the insect swarm released from the abdomen of the Giant Bees centered around the Giant Bees to build defenses and supplement firepower, while another portion directly attached themselves to the Giant Bees.

The flesh at the contact point between the Giant Bees and the insect swarm began to writhe, actively fusing these insects into one, transforming themselves into heavy artillery on the Giant Bees.

This is precisely one of Bai Yi’s enhancements given to these Worker Bee Battleships!

This originally came from the Queen Bee Mother Ship’s ability to fuse Worker Bee Battleships to enhance itself, integrating it into the Worker Bee Battleships, also allowing them the power to fuse with weaker insect swarms!

With the massive firepower on the Giant Bees as the main force and the surrounding insect swarm firepower as a supplement, firepower was hurled at their card summoning creatures as if it was costless.

Though it’s insect swarm and Giant Bees, they managed to conjure a vision of infantry and tank coordination.

Using the warships as the base to establish defenses, they fended off the Seventh Rank attacks, while on the other side, they served as supplementary combat power, clearing away the troublesome middle and low-tier cards for the Giant Bees.

Even though the few transcendent squads that had been supporting had already tossed out a large number of cards, it was to no avail.

After the three Seventh Rank cards were ambushed, they no longer had any opportunity.

"Retreat..."

Seeing the three new Giant Bees in the distance about to arrive, the supporting Seventh Rank Card Saint grit his teeth and spat out the word.

Even though he didn’t want to admit it, with the current displayed strength, it’s entirely unrealistic to deal with three Giant Bees!

Compared to being taught a lesson and then forced to retreat, preserving strength for a strategic withdrawal was better!

The three still-battling Seventh Rank immediately tossed out several new skill cards, stirring the surrounding viscous magic power to forcibly obscure the view.

When vision was restored, the several Seventh Rank along with the initial squad in the distance had already disappeared.

Little Tower sensed the departing presence, having never intended to capture them.

But the remaining three squads of card masters not taken away were gladly accepted by the insect swarm.

Without the protection of high-tier forces and with their cards already half-lost, these three squads had no ability to resist.

Only able to watch as the insect swarm used their limbs to tear all their cards one by one, from combat cards to those support cards, and finally, the limbs’ target became them...

Leaving behind a chorus of screams in the air, this ambush battle officially concluded.

And above the battlefield, in the unseen high sky, witnessing the results below, the "Card King" snorted coldly, casting a deep glance at an insect from the opposing side, lifted and then lowered his cards in hand, ultimately not making a move.

He wasn’t ready for the final showdown yet.

If action was taken here, an 8th Rank battle would only result in both sides continuously mobilizing powers of the same tier, ultimately stirring up another showdown.

Although this plan failed, not only failing to kill the insect swarm but also being counter-tricked, it wouldn’t necessarily spark another war.

As the plan he personally devised, he naturally had to oversee its execution.

After all, this is war; it won’t bother to be fair, won’t intentionally refrain from using, just because your battle power tier this time is lower, only use matching powers to compete with you.

Since there’s combat power suppression, it surely has to be crushed directly.

Both sides possess 8th Rank combat power, if there’s no equivalent force intimidation, making the other side equally reluctant to act, with the 8th Rank power, others shouldn’t even bother fighting.

Luckily, this time these insects likewise dared not act.

"Unexpectedly, in just one day, those insect swarms exhibited new abilities so swiftly...

Even my new cards were just crafted, and they’ve already resolved the issue of stationary turrets.

The evolution speed of these insect swarms is no slower than our card research...

Heh, although this time didn’t result in no gain at all, at least my probing revealed their new insect clan, while my cards remained well-hidden.

Furthermore, this time, the squads managed to harvest some insect clan materials."

Thinking of the cards made from insect clan materials he researched personally yesterday, inheriting those insect swarm’s powerful attributes and abilities, the "Card King’s" mood eased somewhat.

"It’s a pity the cards are still in their infancy; must swiftly begin intensive research.

Humph, wait and see, when all resources are converted into strength, you’ll surely witness the true power of us card masters!"

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Watching the "Card King" completely depart, the all-encompassing insect clan guarding in the sky finally transformed itself into lightning, heading back towards the temporary camp, returning to Bai Yi’s presence.

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