CHAPTER 353: CHAPTER 314 SERIOUS

Due to their physical structure, insects are exceptionally sensitive to smells and sounds.

As Gao Xuan walked along, he didn’t make a special effort to hide his tracks. Yet those insects seemed blind to him.

Evidently, the mysterious windbreaker has an effect on the insects as well.

The question is, how can this insect before him see him?

After sensing the presence of the other party, Gao Xuan immediately knew this guy wasn’t human.

Though the body shape is somewhat similar to humans, the difference between them is enormous.

This insect race has a slender body, stands at two meters and five, with elongated limbs, and the surface of its body has a protective layer akin to armor, making it appear as though it’s wearing golden armor.

From the stance of its body, it’s evident that the entity is full of explosive force, possessing an uncanny combination of agility and power.

The eeriest aspect is the opponent’s spiritual fluctuations, wholly different from human spiritual power waves.

The distinction is so vast that Gao Xuan could immediately confirm the alien race identity of the opponent.

The spiritual power of intelligent life actually originates from the soul and body. Combining the two yields spiritual power.

Neither the body nor the soul alone can generate spiritual power.

That’s why humans can’t abandon their bodies. No matter what, the soul must have a carrier.

The insect before him fundamentally differs from humans on the soul level, let alone its eerie body.

Insects evolve through devouring the genes of other races, constantly adjusting their state. The forms of insects are wildly diverse, and many high-tier insects maintain human shapes. This is very normal.

Since the opponent can speak, expressing meaning clearly, he undoubtedly possesses wisdom and logic, making communication entirely feasible.

The insect race across him didn’t rush to act, saying, "The item on you is quite special. Yet it cannot screen all frequency of thought waves."

Gao Xuan roughly understood. This insect didn’t see him but sensed his presence by continuously shifting thought wave frequencies.

Indeed, the mysterious windbreaker isn’t almighty.

Gao Xuan actually anticipated this early on. If the device had no weaknesses, it would have soared to greatness long ago.

Truly, the golden insect race is formidable.

Gao Xuan asked, "Buddy, what’s your name?"

"In your human language, my name is Starlight." The insect surprisingly answered Gao Xuan’s question with patience.

"You’re quite artistic, hahaha..."

Gao Xuan laughed, "Meeting for the first time; I’ll give you a small gift."

While speaking, Gao Xuan pulled two mini nuclear bombs from the windbreaker and cheerfully tossed them to Starlight, the golden insect.

In Starlight’s compound eyes, the two mini nuclear bombs rapidly rotated, and the numbers sprayed on the bombs were clearly visible. He could even see the intense reactions inside the nuclear bombs with violent energy about to erupt the next moment.

From the human knowledge he absorbed, Starlight judged these to be mini nuclear bombs with horrifying nuclear blast power.

Though his body was tough, he couldn’t withstand a frontal nuclear bomb hit.

Catching and throwing back the nuclear bombs should be timely from the energy reaction perspective, or even controlling the energy reaction.

Starlight’s thought waves are powerful, and his mental reaction speed is extremely fast. In a split second, he’s already considered multiple times.

Starlight’s shadow flickered, and both his hands grasped the two nuclear bombs. His strong thought powers penetrated into the nuclear bombs, disrupting the reacting energy.

Gao Xuan had already drawn the Godslaying Sword, thrusting swiftly at Starlight.

This strike from Gao Xuan was given with full force — the fastest Aurora Flash Stab.

The scarlet blade light flickered directly to Starlight’s face.

Holding the two nuclear bombs, Starlight’s golden compound eyes suddenly focused, and the strong thought waves solidified the space.

The flashing Godslaying Sword nearly wounded Starlight, yet due to this mere distance, the Godslaying Sword couldn’t break through.

The sword slashed by Gao Xuan vibrated intensely, and the blood-colored blade light twisted like a snake, unable to pierce through the invisible barrier condensed by Starlight’s strong thought waves.

At this moment, Gao Xuan truly felt the might of the golden insect race.

This individual named Starlight might not have an entirely sound mind, though his powerful thought waves are indeed formidable.

The key is Starlight can extract the thought waves of billions of insect races, merging and consolidating them for his use.

Just this alone surpasses Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan’s spiritual power, at 34 points, held no advantage before this golden insect race.

As Starlight activated, all insects in the Crystal Cave awakened.

Gao Xuan’s dashing form clad in the windbreaker was deeply imprinted in the dense eyes of the insects.

Gao Xuan also sensed the cold, eerie stares of many insects. He used spiritual power to say to Starlight, "What are you looking at!"

He opened his Celestial Dragon Eye, endless blazing light shone from deep within his pure golden eyes. The next instant, countless thunderbolts struck down.

Gao Xuan’s spiritual power was inferior to Starlight’s, yet not something these low-tier insects could rival.

After upgrading the Celestial Dragon Eye to the Golden Level, its power surged.

Especially the lightning released from the Celestial Dragon Eye, much stronger than the plasma the Plasma Beetle released.

Given Gao Xuan’s current realm, although he hasn’t mastered his unique Thunderbolt Power, he’s subtly achieved a few Sword Intents in controlling lightning.

Billions of intense blue-white electric lights crazily transmitted around.

In the enormous Crystal Cave, electric light overflowed everywhere.

The Crystal Cave chosen by the insect race for their lair, these crystals possess special Source Power, exceptionally suited for the insect race.

The intense thunderstorm energy also triggered a chain reaction with the Source Power of the crystals. The insects in the gigantic cave couldn’t bear it anymore.

In the dazzling electric light, each insect’s body exploded and carbonized.

Even the gigantic mother insect’s body surface was riddled with thousands of massive black holes.

In an instant, ninety-nine percent of insects in the Crystal Cave were dead.

It’s not that they’re weak, but Gao Xuan too strong.

Starlight’s body surface appeared a thick layer of golden light, firmly blocking the thunderstorm outside.

The fierce electric light and thunder did not harm Starlight.

Suddenly exerting force with both hands, Starlight crushed the two mini nuclear bombs into powder.

The internal reaction of the nuclear bomb was forcibly terminated, preventing a nuclear reaction.

Gao Xuan couldn’t help but admire; it was his first time seeing a nuclear bomb directly crushed into powder.

Even if the opponent was an Insect Race, he had to give praise. That move was quite cool.

However, the way Starlight was messing around was pointless. He used a Thunderstorm and almost wiped out all the bugs inside the Crystal Cave.

Starlight crushed two nuclear bombs and reached forward with four fingers to grab the Godslaying Sword.

Gao Xuan was shocked and quickly withdrew his sword and retreated.

The Godslaying Sword twisted, breaking free from Starlight’s grasp like a flowing light. Unfortunately, the Godslaying Sword still couldn’t pierce the outer armor formed by the opponent’s cuticle layer.

Gao Xuan felt something wasn’t right. Starlight’s outer armor couldn’t be broken, which was troubling.

Even more troubling was that the opponent’s Spiritual Power was stronger than his, and the body seemed also stronger. At least the agility was a level higher.

Starlight didn’t say anything about avenging his race; from beginning to end, he seemed not to care much about the life and death of the Insect Race. Because the Thought Waves he emitted were consistently stable and powerful.

Seeing Gao Xuan retreat swiftly, Starlight pursued with successive attacks.

Starlight wasn’t using human Martial Skill; it appeared more as an instinctual attack.

But he was too fast, with the control of Power being too strong.

The four-fingered claws had complex changes, resembling four different short swords.

Starlight was like Gao Xuan’s shadow, regardless of how Gao Xuan changed, he couldn’t shake off the opponent.

Gao Xuan was suppressed in speed and could only rely on the exquisite Swordsmanship to barely hold on.

The continuous blood-colored Sword Light transformed into heavy barriers, but under Starlight’s sharp claws, the blood-colored Sword Light was easily torn apart.

Both sides moved exceptionally swiftly; where they passed, the surging Source Power aftershocks shattered the charred corpses of the Insect Race into debris.

Gao Xuan was so suppressed he almost lost patience. This fellow was really strong, not weaker than the Celestial Snake King. Physique was even stronger than the Celestial Snake King.

As said, the Celestial Snake King was not weak. Gao Xuan managed to kill him entirely relying on the Godslaying Sword and the Mysterious Windbreaker.

Starlight was weaker in Source Power level compared to the Celestial Snake King. But his Spiritual Power was stronger, and his physique was also stronger.

On White Rat Star, the Golden Insect Race could crush him from all angles. This was beyond Gao Xuan’s expectations.

Gao Xuan relied on the exquisite Body Technique, making changes that repeatedly caught the opponent off guard. This allowed him to barely hold on. But escaping was difficult.

Moreover, he didn’t want to run. Finally encountering the opponent, he definitely wanted to exert all his strength to eliminate the adversary.

Gao Xuan suddenly flashed, retreating into the huge Mother Insect’s body.

The huge Mother Insect was pierced with thousands of holes by Thunder Light, but it wasn’t dead, its body still twitched, and the Thought Waves were still very active.

Starlight didn’t hesitate for a moment, continuing to attack fiercely. Gao Xuan’s Godslaying Sword collided with the claws, the Sword Light barrier shattered again, and Gao Xuan couldn’t withstand the impact, crashing into the Mother Insect’s thick body like a cannonball.

The interior of the Mother Insect’s body wasn’t a large cavity but had various chaotic body tissues. The space inside wasn’t big.

Gao Xuan’s fierce crash immediately burst the Mother Insect’s body tissues into a mess. The large body exploded into segments under Gao Xuan’s impact.

Gao Xuan found some buffer, transferring most of the force his body endured.

But at that moment, his actions paused slightly.

Starlight seized the opportunity, flashing like an illusion to Gao Xuan’s front. With a tear and a probe from his claws, he ripped open the defense of the Godslaying Sword and scratched Gao Xuan’s chest.

Luckily, Gao Xuan retreated swiftly, his body contracting to reduce force, barely avoiding being torn into pieces on the spot.

Even so, his chest was ripped open with three long bloody marks.

With a constitution of 30 points, Gao Xuan’s body was extremely resilient and vibrant. The three deep bloody marks rapidly closed.

Even so, Gao Xuan felt a bit dizzy. His ribs were cut, and his heart almost exploded from the scratch.

This Starlight was too fierce!

However, the hit wasn’t for nothing. Starlight was so focused on killing him, attacking crazily.

Starlight barely succeeded with a move but disrupted his own rhythm.

Gao Xuan, seizing this space, finally managed to unleash the Hongyi Sword.

As for why he didn’t use the Hongyi Sword initially, it was because using the Godslaying Sword for a sneak attack didn’t necessarily require holding the Hongyi Sword.

Gao Xuan suffered severe injuries yet wasn’t mortal. His spirit was instead very excited.

Since his rebirth, this was the first time he’d encountered such an opponent.

Starlight didn’t cultivate human Martial Arts but launched direct and effective attacks relying on strong Thought Waves.

The powerful body under his control manifested precision.

Unlike human Martial Arts Secret Technique, which is enigmatic with various insights, Starlight’s movements were executed to extreme precision. Each movement was very efficient.

From a physical combat technique perspective, Starlight was actually very strong.

Of course, human martial arts secret techniques aren’t just for show. Special spiritual imagery can stimulate corresponding Spiritual Power and Source Power cooperation, releasing greater strength.

The upper limit of human secret techniques is higher but overly complex, elusive.

Starlight’s combat technique was solid, almost perfect control of power and body.

Gao Xuan originally thought his control over body power levels was extremely high, stronger than most Golden Powerhouses.

After all, an assassin plays with precision.

In other words, he’s a micro-operation master.

Until Starlight taught him a lesson, he realized the body could be controlled like this.

Gao Xuan flicked the Hongyi Sword in his right hand; rippling Ming Che Sword Light spread like a surface of water.

Starlight’s claws fiercely struck the Hongyi Sword. Gao Xuan’s blade twisted; Starlight realized something was wrong but it was already too late; his three fingers were twisted off under the bright, water-like blade.

Starlight’s figure flickered, retreating swiftly to a hundred meters away.

Gao Xuan succeeded with one strike but lacked the strength to pursue.

He simply stopped, lightly clashing his dual swords, about to taunt a couple of sentences to stoke some hatred.

Starlight’s figure shook, already rushing again to Gao Xuan. His severed three fingers had regrown, just like they hadn’t been injured. Speed seemed even faster by two points.

Gao Xuan waved his dual swords to meet him, and he could only scream with Spiritual Power to the bugs, "Are you ready? I’m really coming!"