While an Yi Serpent Person was fending off an attack from a Zhu Yan Demon Insect, her attention was drawn by the movements of another Zhu Yan Demon Insect nearby, causing her to inadvertently expose an opening.
The nearby Zhu Yan Demon Insect, quick as lightning, instantly plunged its venomous stinger into her arm.
The venom, like a black curse, rapidly spread through her body; her arm instantly lost all sensation, her muscles began to atrophy, her skin turned dark and cracked, and her blood vessels protruded beneath her skin, appearing a strange bluish-black.
She groaned in pain, almost dropping her shield, and her whole body swayed precariously.
The female Yi Serpent Person Leader, seeing her kin injured one after another, felt the rage in her heart ignite to its extreme.
Her once beautiful face was now contorted with fury, her eyes seemed to spit fire, and she let out a thunderous roar that echoed through the surroundings, filled with endless anger and power.
A white Qi vortex erupted around her, and her body continuously expanded, swelling to nearly ten meters tall; her figure, like a black lightning bolt, charged towards the Zhu Yan Demon Insect that was attacking her kin.
The long spear in her hand was wielded so densely that it was impenetrable, like a telephone pole, its flashes dazzling to the eye.
The long spear cut through the air, emitting whooshing sonic booms, like a nimble Dragon churning rivers and seas.
Every move and every stance contained immense power and exquisite skill, the spear tip gleaming with an eerie light, like points of cold stars, sending shivers down one's spine.
The Zhu Yan Demon Insect felt an unprecedented immense threat; its compound eyes gleamed with merciless light, and it quickly flapped its wings, attempting to evade the attack with nimble flying techniques.
Its wings flapped at an extremely high frequency, creating a strong whirlwind that kicked up the surrounding sand and stones.
However, the female Yi Serpent Person Leader's life intensity far surpassed that of the Six-Stage Zhu Yan Devil Insects, and her attack speed was too fast, like a raging storm, making it difficult to parry; it was only by relying on its Combat Instinct that it managed to barely hold on.
Yet, the long spear still struck the Zhu Yan Demon Insect's body with heavy force.
With a 'crack', the Zhu Yan Demon Insect's body made a crisp sound, and a huge crack instantly appeared.
It let out a piercing shriek, its voice filled with pain and unwillingness.
The unbalanced Six-Stage Zhu Yan Devil Insects, like a kite with a broken string, plummeted straight to the ground.
It kicked up a cloud of dust upon landing, and it struggled painfully on the ground, its body twisting incessantly, trying to stand up again, but failing repeatedly.
However, even injured, this Zhu Yan Demon Insect remained extremely fierce.
It struggled to get up from the ground, using all its strength to stab its huge venomous stinger from its tail towards the approaching Yi Serpent Person Leader; the stinger gleamed with deadly cold light, carrying a pungent, fishy smell.
The Yi Serpent Person Leader's eyes turned cold, and she sidestepped, easily avoiding the stinger's attack.
At the same time, the long spear in her hand shot out again like lightning, aimed directly at the Zhu Yan Demon Insect's head.
The Zhu Yan Demon Insect's reaction was not slow; it quickly used its chelicerae to block, and with a 'clang', metal collided with chitin, sending it flying an unknown number of meters, where it fell to the ground and ceased to move.
At this moment, other Zhu Yan Demon Insects, seeing their companion in danger, rushed to provide support.
They attacked the Yi Serpent Person Leader from different directions, forming an encirclement.
Some Zhu Yan Demon Insects flew high, circling in the air before shooting venomous stingers from a distance; the stingers, like black arrows, cut through the air, flying towards the Yi Serpent Person Leader with sharp whistling sounds.
The Leader's eyes were vigilant; she parried the incoming venomous stingers with her long spear while carefully dodging attacks from other Zhu Yan Demon Insects.
Each time she parried a venomous stinger, a 'ding-ding' sound could be heard, like a tense battle symphony being played.
Other Zhu Yan Demon Insects wielded their scythe-like forelegs for close-quarters combat; their movements were agile and swift, their scythe-like forelegs flashing with cold light as they swung through the air.
The Yi Serpent Person Leader continuously swung the large spear in her hand, and several more Zhu Yan Demon Insects perished beneath her large spear.
However, under the siege of numerous Zhu Yan Demon Insects, she gradually began to feel strained.
Her movements slowly became somewhat sluggish, and some wounds appeared on her body; blood oozed from the wounds, dripping onto the ground.
It was instantly absorbed by the dry earth, but she still resisted stubbornly, with no sign of retreat in her eyes.
In the fierce battle, the Zhu Yan Demon Insects' cooperation became increasingly tacit; they no longer fought individually but began to coordinate with each other based on their Combat Instinct, constantly searching for weaknesses in the Yi Serpent Person Leader's defenses.
One Zhu Yan Demon Insect deliberately attracted the attention of the Yi Serpent Person Leader; it flew back and forth in front of her, continuously provoking her with its scythe-like forelegs.
The Yi Serpent Person Leader was enraged and focused all her attention on this Zhu Yan Demon Insect, but she did not notice that several other Zhu Yan Demon Insects had quietly circled behind her.
This Zhu Yan Demon Insect seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack, stabbing its venomous stinger into the Yi Serpent Person's back.
The moment the venomous stinger entered her body, the Yi Serpent Person Leader let out a scream; her body fell forward to the ground, her hands struggling wildly on the ground.
The other Zhu Yan Demon Insects, seeing this, swarmed over her like a tide, continuously striking the Yi Serpent Person Leader with their venomous stingers.
In a short while, the Yi Serpent Person stopped moving, and her body returned to its previous size of about three meters.
The rest of the Yi Serpent People had been subdued even earlier; they grabbed the bodies of the Yi Serpent People and the captives and rushed towards the base.
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On the other side, Zhou Qi had already learned of the battle situation through his Clones' perspective and got up to meet them in the middle of the camp.
Hundreds of Six-Stage Zhu Yan Devil Insects placed the living Yi Serpent Person captives on the ground, while the dead bodies, like the Snail Monster, were taken to feed the tai sui meat Clone.
Zhou Qi observed these Yi Serpent People; he saw that their skin was indeed similar to the monstrous snakes that were indigenous to the Underground Base cave, feeling that there might be some mysterious connection between these two species.
Looking at the Yi Serpent Person Leader's skin, it was very delicate, like gray silk, and her figure was exceptionally prominent, with alluring curves; Zhou Qi swallowed hard, unconsciously reaching out to touch it, feeling only that it was incredibly smooth.
It was completely impossible to tell that she was the powerful individual who had just displayed Divine Might and taken down more than ten of his Six-Stage Zhu Yan Devil Insects.