CHAPTER 92: CHAPTER 89: THE VENERABLE BATTLE!

With the intervention of the Venerables, the situation instantly reversed.

The three Venerables were like harvesting machines, slaughtering madly amidst the Insect Beasts. With a single move, they swept through a swath of enemies. Even as millions of Insect Beast armies surged in attack, the Venerables only needed to lightly step, floating upwards, and the Insect Beasts could only let out angry howls, completely helpless.

The Tier Nine Flying Insect Beast swooped in, only to be met by two great sabers flashing coldly. The sabers swung like phantoms, causing the Tier Nine Flying Insect Beast to stagger back, blood splattering from its body.

"Die!" In a flash, the Tier Nine Flying Insect Beast became riddled with wounds, attempting to retreat, but the Venerable wielding the twin sabers merely gave a cold snort, pursuing with the blade’s glow and slaying the Tier Nine Flying Insect Beast on the spot, blood spilling all over.

The first Tier Nine Insect Beast fell, followed by more Tier Seven and Tier Eight Insect Beasts perishing under the Venerable’s blade.

The number of Insect Beasts continued to grow, but they were all ordinary. No matter how many, they posed no threat to the Venerable, becoming nothing more than lost souls under the Venerable’s hands.

"Long live the Venerables!" Officers and soldiers cheered loudly, their eyes filled with admiration.

Roar!

Suddenly, a massive roar cut off their cheers, their bodies immediately freezing, eyes widening as large as saucers.

A gigantic head slowly emerged from the sea, followed by a creature as enormous as a dinosaur, walking slowly onto the shore.

"Ultimate Venerable Level Insect Beast!" Double Saber Venerable was shocked, then immediately shouted, "Quick! Contact the Celestial Destiny Palace, reach out to all the Venerables you can find, the Fourth Safe Zone needs their support!"

The two Venerables were also stunned; they had never seen an Ultimate Venerable Level Insect Beast before. But upon hearing Double Saber Venerable’s shout, they instantly activated their light computers to contact other Venerables at the Celestial Destiny Palace.

"It’s over, the Fourth Safe Zone is truly finished this time." Double Saber Venerable’s face turned pale; an Ultimate Venerable Level Insect Beast was something he could not withstand. To kill one would require at least four or five Venerables of the same rank to encircle and attack it, and even then it was extremely dangerous, with a risk that a Venerable might fall.

Losing a Venerable was a terrible nightmare for humanity, a loss immeasurable!

This dinosaur-like giant beast took a step forward, the ground shuddering with its movement, many weaker Insect Beasts crushed to death underfoot, coming before the Energy Wall, suddenly swinging its huge tail dozens of meters long!

Boom!

As if glass being shattered, the entire Energy Barrier shattered and dispersed instantly, exposing the Fourth Safe Zone to millions of Insect Beasts!

"Second Brother, Third Brother, hold the entrance, I’ll take care of it!" Double Saber Venerable roared, needing no response from the other two Venerables, his figure suddenly rushing forward.

"Big Brother!" The two Venerables wished to stop him, but it was too late, Double Saber Venerable had already entangled with the Ultimate Venerable Level Insect Beast.

"No choice left, let’s hold the entrance, not a single Insect Beast should get through!" The two Venerables’ eyes turned red, knowing one going to hold off an Ultimate Venerable Level Insect Beast meant certain death; their Big Brother was buying time for them, for humanity in the Fourth Safe Zone! They couldn’t just wait idly by.

The entrance to the Fourth Safe Zone wasn’t large; a steel protective door made of special minerals had dropped down. Although the Insect Beast army continuously assaulted, they couldn’t break through for the time being.

But Insect Beasts weren’t fools, unable to enter through the main gate, they naturally began scaling the walls, climbing over.

The two Venerables reached the entrance, slaughtering madly, preventing any Insect Beasts from approaching the walls. Their eyes turned blood-red, as all weaponry and defense systems in the Safe Zone activated, burning oil cascading down the walls, flames scorching the Insect Beasts like a massive wall of fire, successfully slowing the Insect Beasts’ assault.

Shells, firearms, laser cannons—humanity used every bit of weapon technology available, sparing only nuclear bombs but everything else was brought into play.

"Boom!" Double Saber Venerable was smashed aside by a huge tail, crashing into the city wall, creating a large pit, his Defensive Star Spiritual Treasure dimming, cracking with countless tiny fractures, then silently shattering apart.

Double Saber Venerable let out a bitter laugh, blood seeping from his lips, holding the fragments of the Star Spiritual Treasure: "Old friend, we’ve battled for so many years, the time to say goodbye has finally come."

"Big Brother!" The two Venerables shouted red-eyed.

"Hold on! Wait for the other Venerables to arrive!" Double Saber Venerable roared furiously, charging toward the Ultimate Venerable Level Insect Beast once more!

He gave his all.

This battle required sacrifice, and he was the first!

A moment later, the two Venerables witnessed this dinosaur-like giant Insect Beast stretch out its massive claw, grabbing Double Saber Venerable, then mercilessly crush him to death in its grip!

No wailing, no screams, only blood splattering about.

The massive claw released, Double Saber Venerable’s body fluttered like a withering leaf, crashing to the ground, submerged by the Insect Beast army.

The Venerable, had fallen!

"Damn it! You damned Insect Beasts, I’ll kill you to avenge Big Brother!" The two Venerables roared to the sky, unleashing their power again, massacring the Insect Beasts.

Whoosh!

At this moment, several figures rushed over from the horizon.

One, two, three... a total of seven figures flew over, all of them witnessed the moment of Double Saber Venerable’s fall, anger filled their expressions!

"Kill!" Venerables needed no superfluous words, turning into streaks of light, rushing to avenge the fallen Venerable.

Suddenly——

Howl!

Roar!

Once again, two gigantic roars came from a distance, revealing a massive bipedal fish-like Insect Beast emerging from the ocean, while a creature as huge as a whale leapt out of the water, spreading its wings and roaring towards them.

Two Venerable Insect Beasts!

All the Venerables inhaled sharply, realizing this was no simple insect plague, but a harbinger of humanity’s impending extinction wave!

"The Extreme Ancient Hall should contact the Void Envoy, the Freedom Alliance should contact the Judge, and the military should contact Marshal HQ. The consequences of this disaster will affect all of humanity!" said a white-robed man among the seven, the only one who had reached the Third Realm among all Venerables, naturally taking command.

"Can’t get through."

"Not online."

"Unable to contact."

The Venerables quickly reported back, astonishingly finding that all God-level figures were unreachable at the same time.

"What’s going on?" The white-robed man frowned, but the situation was urgent, leaving no time for contemplation. He quickly said, "Contact all Venerables, as many as possible, regardless of their realm, call everyone!"

Hong Yushu was also among the seven. He was handling affairs in the Fifth Safe Zone and, upon hearing news of a massive Insect Beast invasion in the Fourth Safe Zone, including Venerable-level creatures, he realized the situation was far more complex than it appeared.

Hong Yushu immediately contacted Wang Xu, who was also rushing to the Fourth Safe Zone.

......

A plain round table was surrounded by ten people, who were unmistakably the highest echelon of the Extreme Ancient Hall, the Freedom Alliance, and the military—the God-level beings!

"Everyone, we cannot intervene in this matter," Luo said, seated at the head.

"I want to know why," a square-faced man with a military Marshal’s badge on his chest said gravely, "Mankind now has only seven Safe Zones left to live in. If we abandon the Fourth Safe Zone, humanity will decrease by 16%. The cost is too great!"

"Take a look at this," Luo activated a projection, and a holographic screen suddenly appeared.

Everyone’s attention immediately focused on it.

On the screen appeared an ordinary piece of paper scribbled with crooked Earth letters.

"Humans, this is a fair war which we will not interfere with, and hope you do not either."

The short sentence did not move them, but what truly suffocated everyone was the signature at the end.

"Blood Array."

"It’s actually it!" The square-faced man’s expression was grim. He had crossed swords with Blood Array several times, nearly dying at its hands. There was no one present more familiar with Blood Array’s impression and reputation than him.

"Who is Blood Array?" The Judge from the Freedom Alliance spoke.

"The Insect King!" the square-faced man said darkly, "Its power has reached the Upper Void Level, on par with Luo. If it acts, we can barely resist, but it also has two Initial Void-level underlings. If a battle starts, we’ll have no time for anything else..."

Silence fell over them.

The Insect King was too powerful, a single Upper Void-level Insect King was enough to hold all ten of them at bay. Even if they could handle it, with its two Initial Void-level underlings, if they truly engaged, none of them might escape!

"I agree," said the Judge after a moment, "Let the younger generation fight this war."

"Agreed."

"No objections."

Immediately, everyone chose to agree. For the sake of humanity, they had no choice but to compromise!

......

Meanwhile, seven Venerables were engaged in a fierce battle with three Venerable-level Insect Beasts.

At this time, the Fourth Safe Zone had gathered a total of nine Venerables, with more joining the fight continuously.

Roar!

Roar!

Suddenly, two more roars echoed from afar, causing all Venerables’ faces to turn grim.

No way, five Venerable Insect Beasts appearing at once?

Among the five Venerable Insect Beasts, three were in the First Realm and two in the Second Realm. Such a terrifying lineup had never been seen since the era of insect disasters; this was the first time!

All Venerables wore solemn expressions, their hearts sinking with despair. Five Venerable Insect Beasts, could the eleven Venerables present possibly hold them at bay?

Even with more Venerables arriving relentlessly, who could guarantee that no other Venerable Insect Beasts would appear?

Is humanity truly on the brink of extinction?