Chapter 1378: Chapter 461: We’re Really Strong, All Five of Us!

"Spread out! Everyone spread out!

Don’t give them a chance to wipe us out!

Cover each other, we can’t just sit and wait for death!"

A Telekinesis Master used telekinesis to project their voice across the battlefield, but in the next moment, their voice abruptly stopped as another telekinetic storm erupted in the sky.

This sudden turn of events made the Contractors and other Telekinesis Masters turn their heads. In the core area distorted by telekinesis, only a body split vertically remained.

Inside, white and red splattered through the air, the black-red magic power at the cut remarkably glaring.

At the edge of the telekinesis field, a black Giant Bee clad in streamlined metal armor hovered in mid-air.

On its two stoutest legs, the sharp tips still dripped with the same red-black magic power as on the body. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

This was the Insect Clan, one of the four 8th Rank who hadn’t yet acted!

And that flowing black-red magic power was naturally the signature Annihilation Energy of the Insect Swarm in melee!

Just like in defense, this one, also elevated to the 8th Rank, was deficient in both defense measures and attack means.

After all, the swarm’s tactic was always about group strategy, not individual combat prowess.

The most common method was constructing turrets via metalization, but how could this compare to the professional prowess of brain worms and the Undead?

When these two races unleash warship cannons or even go into battle in "Gundam form," the swarm has to return to basics, employing their beloved melee combat.

But fortunately, even if this Emperor swings a golden hoe, it’s definitely a titanium hoe.

All Insect Clans present had completed recent genetic updates, with many gene entries like "Annihilation Energy Adaptation" also reinforced.

With streamlined armor constructed through metalization, complemented by various enhancements via runes within its territory, it transformed into a melee assassin.

Only now, having effortlessly killed an enemy, did the Insect Clan fully confirm its current Combat Power, and its gaze on other Telekinesis Masters and Contractors turned bloodthirsty.

Although Contractors and Telekinesis Masters knew this Insect Clan was synonymous with danger, filled with fear and anger, various attacks bombarded the Insect Clan.

Yet the Insect Clan paid them no mind.

Enchantment effects erupted from its body, turning the Insect Clan into a black meteor, freely moving between the Telekinesis Masters and Contractors.

Various attacks couldn’t touch it at all, and even when surrounded by attacks, it easily withstood them with its metal shell.

Its combat style wasn’t as awe-inspiring as others, but every pass left a difficult-to-heal wound on a Contractor or Telekinesis Master.

That was the effect of the Annihilation Energy in the swarm’s hands!

This Annihilation Energy was inherently aggressive in magic power of the same tier, enhanced to an even higher level at 8th Rank.

Even against the telekinetic defenses of high-level contractors and Telekinesis Masters, its legs imbued with Annihilation Energy cut through like bursting bubbles.

The exaggerated wounds left on their bodies were covered with black-red Annihilation Energy, preventing healing and continuously corroding.

These Seventh Rank Transcendents, wanting to handle 8th Rank priority Annihilation Energy, could only use immense magic power to flush it, leveraging quantity against quality.

But this Insect Clan wouldn’t give them the self-healing opportunity.

If a pass didn’t kill, the next strike came swiftly.

Most often, they fell if the first pass hit a vital spot.

By choosing to spread out, the Telekinesis Masters did reduce the threat of being wiped out by the abilities of the other three.

But it also allowed the battlefield to better accommodate the Insect Clan’s abilities, swiftly maneuvering on the loose battle lines, threatening everyone like a shadow of death.

Meanwhile, they still had to face artillery barrages from the distant "porcupines" and Fire pillars cosplaying as Lightning in the sky.

Either avoiding artillery and Fire pillars while ignoring the Insect Clan and being sliced in two, falling from the sky as pieces bathed in black-red magic power.

Or being so focused on the Insect Clan and its attacks that they neglected the other three 8th Rank’s long-range assaults.

Burned into blackened char, or torn into unrecognizable forms from the artillery.

Facing just four temporarily ascended to 8th Rank, the Contractors and Telekinesis Masters were utterly overwhelmed.

The spectacle of Seventh Rank falling occurred in quick succession.

Over a hundred Seventh Rank powerhouses were like chickens awaiting slaughter before them.

This was no battle; it was a massacre!

From the awakening of the few 8th Ranks and the initial outbreak, it took some fumbling, sometimes taking over ten seconds to find an opportunity to kill a Seventh Rank.

But as the opposing Seventh Rank numbers dwindled and resistance decreased, the efficiency soared, often resolving an enemy in seconds.

In just five minutes, the battlefield in the sky was entirely cleared.

Only the four 8th Ranks remained, along with the rest of the Seventh Rank volunteers who hadn’t yet acted, watching from the sidelines.

Throughout the battle, Bai Yi, observing from the sidelines, had gathered sufficient data.

"Come back for now; let’s not interfere with the frontline battle."