The thrill of destroying a hundred thousand strong army with a mere flick of his hand intoxicated him.
With a life intensity of 70 points and the Mental Energy amplification brought by the Queen Ant's advancement, he was like an omnipotent god on this battlefield.
"Continue building."
Zhou Qi landed on top of the newly built fortress, his dark robe fluttering without wind.
"Our goal is to completely conquer this world."
The Bug Clan Family responded with an earth-shattering roar. The dark golden tide surged again, pushing the construction work forward at an even faster pace.
Zhou Qi knew this was just the beginning—as the eleven-tiered Bug Clan Family members continuously bred by the Queen Ant joined daily, his army would grow stronger and stronger.
Afterward, Zhou Qi went to the Bug Fortress established by the Bug Clan Family in the Iron-Blood World.
He stood on the central command platform of the Bug Fortress, his feet on a biological alloy ground condensed from countless Bug Clan secretions.
The surface of this special Materials emitted a faint blue metallic luster, reflecting a strange halo under the crimson sky.
The ground was not completely flat, but covered with a dense honeycomb structure, with a dormant Army Ant curled up in each hexagonal hole, ready to be awakened and put into battle at any time.
The towering black spires all around were covered with working Thorn-Horned Blast Bugs, continuously reinforcing this newly established war fortress with their sharp mouthparts.
The tower body was covered with a translucent biofilm, gently trembling in the breeze, emitting a faint luminescence.
These biofilms could not only absorb impact but also provide extra energy for the fortress through photosynthesis.
The air was filled with the unique sweet and pungent smell of Ironblood Bugman blood, mixed with the acrid smell of Bug Clan secretions, forming a suffocating battlefield atmosphere.
Occasionally, a gust of wind would sweep by, picking up metal fragments from the ground, which glittered with tiny specks of light in the sunlight, like countless tiny blades dancing in the air.
Zhou Qi's black robe flapped in the wind, and the dark golden runes embroidered on the hem were faintly visible.
He slowly raised his right hand, a ball of faint blue Mental Energy condensed at his fingertips, drawing a graceful arc in the air.
This energy moved like a living creature, finally forming a translucent light screen in front of him, displaying a three-dimensional projection of the entire battlefield.
His gaze pierced through layers of restraining nets, locking onto the most massive Ironblood Alpha Bug in the center.
This giant beast was entangled by countless wrist-thick neurotoxin spider silks, each silk shimmering with a faint blue bio-electric light, its surface covered with dense barbs.
These barbs were deeply embedded in the Ironblood Alpha Bug's carapace crevices, continuously releasing nerve-paralyzing toxins.
"You're the one."
Zhou Qi's lips curved slightly, and he gently raised his right hand, slowly closing his five fingers.
This simple action, however, caused astonishing energy fluctuations; the surrounding air suddenly became viscous, as if it had turned into a solidified liquid.
In an instant, Mental Power surged out like a tide, condensing into a translucent giant hand in the air.
The outline of this hand was clearly visible, with silver-white energy ripples flowing on its surface, and each finger was like a meticulously carved work of art.
The giant hand directly grasped the Ironblood Alpha Bug's breastplate, emitting a grating sound like metal friction.
The Ironblood Alpha Bug let out an earth-shattering roar, the sound waves shaking nearby rubble down.
Its six appendages struggled wildly, thick muscles bulging under its carapace, like writhing giant pythons.
The ancient runes on its dorsal carapace flickered wildly, gradually changing from dark red to dazzling gold, attempting to resist this force.
The spider silks strained with a "creak," and a few thinner strands had already begun to break, splashing green bio-electric sparks that drew strange trajectories in the air.
Zhou Qi snorted coldly, and a powerful Mental Power rushed directly towards this Ironblood Alpha Bug.
The giant beast immediately stiffened, the fierce light in its compound eyes dissipated for a moment, and the green saliva flowing from its mouthparts drew long threads in the air.
Seizing this opportunity, he yanked hard, and the colossal creature, weighing hundreds of tons, was forcibly pulled out of the confinement device.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of metal breaking and the grating noise of carapace friction, the Ironblood Alpha Bug was completely stripped of its restraints, suspended in mid-air.
Its six appendages hung limply, like a giant fish caught on a hook, still making its final struggles.
"Reinforcement begins."
Zhou Qi's eyes were slightly closed, and the Evolution Space unfolded in the depths of his consciousness.
His spiritual world suddenly became immeasurably vast, as if he were in the boundless Universe.
Countless stars twinkled around him, each representing a potential evolutionary direction.
"Ding, consuming 1 billion Evolution Points, Ironblood Alpha Bug reinforced to Elementary Ironblood Alpha Bug, gaining Elementary intimacy."
A reinforcing light pillar descended from the sky, completely enveloping the giant beast.
This light pillar presented a pure golden color, with fine energy ripples flowing on its surface, pouring down like a waterfall.
Within the light pillar, the Ironblood Alpha Bug's carapace began to crack, emitting a crisp sound like breaking porcelain.
Dark red blood seeped from the cracks, but vaporized the moment it touched the light pillar, forming a crimson energy mist that slowly rotated within the light pillar.
The runes on its dorsal carapace lit up with golden light as if ignited, and the patterns began to reorganize, becoming more complex and profound.
These runes were no longer simple decorations but truly possessed life, like countless tiny golden snakes moving across the carapace surface.
Each movement would leave new patterns, eventually forming a complete energy map.
Suddenly, the Ironblood Alpha Bug let out a heart-wrenching shriek, and its left third appendage snapped with a "crunch."
A large amount of green bodily fluid spurted from the break, but under the effect of the power of evolution, these fluids did not spill but suspended in the air, forming crystalline droplets.
Even more miraculously, the broken limb began to regenerate rapidly; the newly formed tissue presented a metallic texture, its surface covered with fine golden scales, shimmering with dazzling light in the light pillar.
............
"Ding, consuming 16 billion Evolution Points, Ironblood Alpha Bug reinforced to Fifth-Tier Ironblood Alpha Bug, gaining Oath of Loyalty."
The reinforcement entered its final stage, and the brightness of the light pillar suddenly increased tenfold, forcing the surrounding Bug Clan Family to retreat.
Some Army Ants that were too close were even scorched by the escaping energy, turning into wisps of green smoke that drifted away.
The Ironblood Alpha Bug's body began to swell wildly, the "clack-clack" sound of bone growth was incessant, as dense as popping beans.
Its dorsal carapace suddenly shattered, fragments scattering, but they were dissolved by the light pillar before flying even a meter away.
Three pairs of crystal-clear crystalline wings broke out of its body; each wing was as thin as a cicada's, yet it emitted a heart-palpitating spatial fluctuation.
These wings were not simple flight organs but precise energy converters; each flap would generate subtle spatial ripples in the surroundings.